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Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX National Compensation Survey January 1999 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner September 1999 Bulletin 3095-74 Preface 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6199, or send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are in three formats: An ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin. Results of earlier surveys of this area are also available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis, or at the BLS Internet site. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 606-7828; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. Data 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 inside back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables: A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries ........................................... A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and State and local government........................................................................................................... A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers, all industries ................................................................................................................................. A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only, all industries ............................................................................................ B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries ................................................................................................................................. C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ............................................................... 2 6 10 14 18 22 28 29 30 31 Appendixes: A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. Table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented ......................................................... Table 2. Relative standard errors................................................................................................... Table 3. Average work levels ........................................................................................................ B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ C. Generic Leveling Criteria................................................................................................................. D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ........................................................................................................... E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys............................................................................... v A-1 A-5 A-6 A-10 B-1 C-1 D-1 E-1 Introduction government sector. Table A-3 compares the type of data and details shown in table A-1 for full-time and part-time workers. The definitions of full-time and part-time workers are those used in the surveyed establishments. Table A-4 presents the weekly and annual straight-time earnings for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries. For the weekly and annual earnings, the mean and median earnings and the mean hours are shown. The mean hours reflect hours employees are scheduled to work, excluding overtime hours. Table B-1 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings for groups of occupations and for levels of job requirements related to occupations in the group. Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers, and for full-time and part-time workers in all industries. (See appendix C, Generic Leveling Criteria, for more information on job ranking in this survey. Average work levels for published occupation groups and their component occupations are presented in appendix table 3.) Table B-2 also presents mean straight-time hourly earnings, but for detailed occupations at several levels of job requirements for each detailed occupation. Table C-1 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings for occupation groups and selected occupation characteristics. The occupation characteristics include full-time and part-time status, union and nonunion status, and time or incentive pay status. Union workers’ wages are determined through collective bargaining. Time workers’ wages are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers’ wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions and production bonuses. Table C-2 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings for occupation groups and industry division of employers; these are limited to the private sector. Table C-3 presents mean straight-time hourly earnings for occupation groups and the employment size of employers; these are also limited to the private sector. Table C-4 presents the employment scope of this survey. The occupation employment estimates shown relate to all employers in the area surveyed, not just the surveyed employers. The tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS survey results for the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of 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 generic leveling methodology. NCS products The National Compensation Survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides data on the occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, will be 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 of benefit plans and their provisions. 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. Straight-time earnings 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. A total of 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). Table A-1 presents straight-time earnings for detailed occupations. Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondent or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. The earnings shown include the mean for each occupation, as well as earnings for selected percentiles in each occupation. Table A-2 compares the type of data and details shown in table A-1 for the private industry and State and local 1 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ....................................................................... $17.37 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 17.45 $6.37 6.45 25 Median 50 $9.00 $14.21 9.25 14.42 75 90 $21.96 22.10 $31.45 31.60 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 21.50 22.27 8.50 9.32 11.64 12.52 18.29 19.13 27.16 27.88 38.08 38.95 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Petroleum engineers ............................................ Chemical engineers .............................................. Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Medical scientists ................................................. Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... 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 ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Chemical technicians ............................................ Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... 26.46 27.92 33.16 45.53 34.85 36.44 31.01 30.32 28.30 32.96 28.60 28.67 27.95 36.13 17.99 22.81 21.32 28.33 17.68 44.25 28.73 24.23 24.22 24.59 24.51 26.39 18.80 18.80 31.53 15.02 14.92 37.85 37.99 14.00 16.90 19.62 31.53 25.87 21.38 24.82 22.84 15.60 20.94 20.10 20.10 12.86 20.76 11.87 16.72 16.40 23.77 15.00 20.26 14.82 18.24 19.25 19.30 14.50 14.66 11.71 11.71 16.30 11.50 11.53 20.97 20.97 18.52 20.22 25.48 39.45 28.08 29.49 27.97 24.80 20.94 25.40 22.45 22.45 15.20 26.53 12.51 18.77 18.50 27.37 15.45 28.39 18.93 20.39 20.66 20.46 19.54 22.21 14.23 14.23 26.01 12.35 12.36 26.08 29.33 23.84 25.63 31.41 43.99 32.89 38.16 29.33 29.74 25.48 31.22 26.98 27.11 24.96 32.37 13.73 21.22 20.85 28.85 17.30 41.71 27.00 24.39 24.06 24.49 24.75 27.59 17.77 17.77 30.84 13.94 13.94 29.33 29.33 30.53 32.12 40.02 50.40 38.94 43.45 33.53 33.05 37.59 38.93 32.21 32.21 34.62 44.57 15.53 25.00 23.79 29.54 17.58 54.92 34.73 27.81 27.01 28.35 29.53 32.90 23.60 23.60 33.65 17.48 17.40 43.27 43.27 41.06 42.68 47.85 59.99 48.08 48.18 45.96 47.69 42.69 47.31 37.62 37.62 54.81 64.04 20.51 29.16 26.44 31.29 22.90 63.91 43.47 31.59 30.19 31.92 33.69 32.90 29.55 29.55 51.92 20.71 19.07 68.99 68.27 24.57 19.97 27.49 21.11 15.61 17.87 13.51 14.07 18.96 20.01 25.64 22.22 20.69 19.30 16.81 31.00 34.29 26.65 34.12 38.71 35.15 7.78 6.97 15.33 11.09 7.13 11.40 11.13 8.54 11.60 15.09 16.01 14.33 14.90 17.29 11.14 16.59 18.12 14.29 18.99 25.00 25.00 16.90 7.78 19.12 13.36 11.88 12.21 12.24 11.05 13.23 15.69 19.54 21.25 17.07 17.29 11.29 20.19 24.21 21.09 23.04 25.34 25.97 21.91 18.67 24.77 17.00 16.71 16.14 13.31 14.62 22.15 18.51 24.50 23.12 19.10 20.01 16.88 28.16 31.63 25.66 33.23 41.59 30.29 28.27 27.95 33.65 22.44 19.18 20.28 14.54 16.50 23.62 24.05 32.08 25.03 24.33 20.26 19.54 38.85 41.02 33.26 40.91 42.74 48.74 42.68 37.00 45.67 30.65 23.31 26.65 15.74 18.20 24.70 30.29 35.96 26.01 29.93 22.79 22.37 49.19 51.97 36.13 49.68 68.17 51.46 42.27 31.70 25.22 28.61 22.07 17.30 32.39 28.36 17.30 40.12 30.29 29.26 53.41 34.62 29.72 61.77 38.14 32.16 See footnotes at end of table. 2 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ $29.69 $11.50 $14.08 $18.12 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. 36.60 18.85 24.67 34.62 Management related occupations ............................ 25.97 16.25 17.97 22.51 Accountants and auditors ..................................... 23.34 16.68 17.51 21.05 Other financial officers .......................................... 29.64 14.70 19.51 26.78 Management analysts .......................................... 27.69 15.14 24.04 27.88 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... 26.77 16.06 18.53 20.39 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 22.99 16.28 16.28 20.31 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 25.26 16.17 17.96 21.10 Sales occupations ............................................................ 16.31 5.75 7.29 11.25 Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 22.86 9.85 14.42 18.84 Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... 16.16 8.31 10.37 12.99 Advertising and related sales occupations ........... 19.27 10.21 12.50 16.45 Sales occupations, other business services ......... 19.33 8.77 14.66 18.14 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. 24.47 12.37 20.03 24.59 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 19.77 6.02 8.86 11.17 Sales workers, parts ............................................. 19.15 15.73 16.12 20.52 Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 11.49 6.00 6.25 8.93 Sales counter clerks ............................................. 8.92 5.64 7.00 9.00 Cashiers ............................................................... 6.91 5.15 5.50 6.84 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 12.29 5.75 10.59 11.30 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 12.16 7.78 9.27 11.37 Supervisors, general office ................................... 13.95 11.67 12.00 12.80 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... 19.48 14.29 14.42 16.14 Computer operators .............................................. 14.44 8.40 10.87 13.59 Secretaries ........................................................... 14.27 10.00 11.34 14.04 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... 11.67 6.74 7.62 10.68 Receptionists ........................................................ 8.93 6.25 7.50 9.00 Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 11.39 8.50 10.00 10.00 Order clerks .......................................................... 12.91 7.00 10.42 12.94 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping 11.81 7.50 9.75 10.01 Library clerks ........................................................ 8.59 6.26 8.14 8.46 Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 11.46 8.00 10.00 10.90 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 11.45 8.00 9.87 11.13 Billing clerks .......................................................... 12.54 9.06 10.50 11.54 Mail clerks except postal service .......................... 9.11 7.00 7.84 8.64 Dispatchers ........................................................... 13.57 7.80 9.58 12.10 Production coordinators ........................................ 15.30 10.92 11.50 15.29 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 10.24 6.80 7.26 9.00 Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 9.95 7.00 7.69 9.41 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. 13.19 6.25 6.70 13.22 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... 13.24 9.30 11.35 13.04 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 14.37 8.93 10.25 12.59 Bill and account collectors .................................... 9.93 6.25 6.69 10.04 General office clerks ............................................. 11.35 7.56 8.71 10.51 Bank tellers ........................................................... 9.53 8.06 8.54 9.23 Data entry keyers ................................................. 9.93 6.50 8.00 9.00 Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.94 7.85 8.08 9.64 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 12.54 8.62 9.98 12.24 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. See footnotes at end of table. 3 12.95 17.19 22.32 6.17 9.69 14.42 7.93 12.35 16.46 11.50 16.45 19.57 75 90 $40.87 43.13 30.29 26.25 39.19 30.45 $72.12 60.10 42.67 33.53 44.29 38.57 39.50 29.13 27.69 20.15 26.92 43.27 35.10 44.12 28.65 41.43 16.27 23.49 27.43 35.19 33.61 28.36 28.59 25.01 21.51 12.38 10.90 7.86 12.77 14.33 15.17 29.38 46.90 22.04 21.28 12.89 9.24 22.64 17.72 18.19 24.04 19.30 16.28 16.21 10.50 12.09 14.42 15.13 8.87 13.38 12.74 13.09 9.66 15.82 18.01 13.35 11.68 27.31 19.30 19.30 17.72 10.86 16.41 16.20 15.13 11.13 15.78 14.70 19.58 13.02 19.82 20.80 15.24 14.05 17.09 19.08 14.78 18.02 11.83 13.50 10.27 11.57 11.45 14.16 16.50 21.88 13.94 16.16 11.14 14.52 12.68 16.54 16.57 21.77 29.24 21.90 23.73 32.64 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Automobile mechanics ......................................... $19.27 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... 15.86 Industrial machinery repairers .............................. 15.79 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... 16.14 Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. 17.68 Carpenters ............................................................ 15.51 Electricians ........................................................... 18.44 Painters, construction and maintenance .............. 11.85 Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. 16.81 Insulation workers ................................................. 11.98 Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. 9.74 Supervisors, production occupations .................... 24.00 Machinists ............................................................. 18.36 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 10.34 Butchers and meat cutters .................................... 11.47 Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 15.89 Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. 23.16 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 11.00 Punching and stamping press operators .............. 9.39 Numerical control machine operators ................... 14.88 Printing press operators ....................................... 12.28 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.30 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 12.38 Welders and cutters .............................................. 12.74 Assemblers ........................................................... 8.89 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 13.03 Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 12.48 Truck drivers ......................................................... 12.23 Bus drivers ............................................................ 12.96 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 8.91 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ 14.52 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 8.57 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... 8.91 Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ 10.93 Helpers, construction trades ................................. 9.96 Construction laborers ........................................... 8.26 Production helpers ................................................ 9.82 Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 7.24 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 8.40 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ 8.42 Hand packers and packagers ............................... 7.19 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 8.82 Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... See footnotes at end of table. 4 25 Median 50 $9.91 $12.83 $16.30 12.17 13.50 16.00 10.70 13.28 15.18 10.75 11.91 15.00 14.58 15.50 17.98 12.71 14.00 15.23 14.07 15.89 18.00 10.39 10.54 11.23 10.50 14.94 16.24 9.00 9.75 11.00 7.25 7.25 8.00 12.27 16.83 23.20 14.90 16.40 17.23 6.77 7.89 10.41 8.49 9.35 11.35 9.06 15.06 16.94 75 90 $23.27 16.57 17.50 20.65 19.85 17.40 21.00 12.80 18.50 13.00 10.12 31.68 22.48 12.56 12.96 18.03 $35.46 22.89 22.48 23.66 21.48 18.15 22.71 14.70 23.12 15.58 15.36 34.18 22.59 13.70 14.43 20.56 20.57 6.00 6.23 9.70 8.81 6.15 7.22 11.17 5.52 7.51 7.14 8.00 7.85 7.00 21.98 7.38 6.60 12.98 9.82 6.81 10.45 11.17 6.44 9.35 8.76 9.74 11.10 7.37 23.22 10.75 10.13 15.74 12.65 7.11 10.92 11.84 8.41 13.65 11.40 11.00 13.71 8.13 23.73 13.58 11.12 16.61 16.00 7.63 13.80 13.91 9.37 16.64 15.77 14.70 14.83 10.50 26.01 16.64 13.76 20.13 17.02 9.48 19.76 15.73 14.99 17.43 18.93 18.49 16.55 11.40 10.03 5.45 6.23 6.00 7.25 5.72 6.67 5.15 5.35 5.58 5.15 6.00 10.62 6.17 7.23 6.89 8.29 6.50 7.76 5.25 6.00 6.21 5.50 6.17 13.25 7.71 8.19 10.62 10.09 8.00 8.86 6.27 7.02 7.67 6.42 7.14 21.20 10.09 10.00 12.00 10.90 9.20 10.82 8.00 9.55 10.85 8.05 10.24 21.20 12.76 12.71 16.55 12.16 12.00 16.14 11.26 15.18 12.69 10.00 15.25 8.98 13.54 14.96 18.24 5.15 7.00 12.58 15.28 5.68 9.88 13.93 16.08 7.46 13.28 15.07 18.23 10.72 16.90 16.88 19.76 16.08 19.48 16.88 22.07 16.52 11.43 8.42 6.57 14.53 9.88 6.25 2.13 15.78 10.81 6.88 5.29 16.64 11.53 7.23 6.13 18.54 12.27 8.65 7.77 18.68 12.27 13.55 10.08 13.27 3.08 7.57 6.55 7.59 6.98 8.08 9.56 2.13 6.00 5.34 4.52 5.25 5.15 11.54 2.13 6.48 5.61 5.25 5.40 6.56 13.94 2.13 7.00 6.20 5.59 6.14 8.04 16.00 2.89 8.00 7.15 14.00 8.42 9.11 16.00 6.35 9.27 8.50 14.00 10.00 10.47 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations (-Continued) Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 $8.92 7.76 7.11 5.99 7.03 11.19 8.65 8.27 7.97 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $7.10 5.15 ( 4) 5.22 ( 4) 5.25 7.48 5.50 5.15 $7.85 6.10 (4) 5.52 (4) 6.00 7.48 5.97 6.41 $8.98 7.62 (4) 5.90 (4) 8.13 7.92 8.42 7.95 $9.47 9.00 (4) 6.27 (4) 10.95 9.46 9.81 9.23 $10.72 10.25 (4) 6.84 (4) 26.75 11.09 9.94 9.23 occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 5 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $17.23 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 17.31 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Petroleum engineers .......................... Chemical engineers ............................ Civil engineers .................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Industrial engineers ............................ Mechanical engineers ......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Natural scientists .................................... Geologists and geodesists ................. Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Respiratory therapists ......................... Teachers, college and university ............ 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 ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Designers ........................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ....... Technical occupations ................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .................................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ......... Drafters ............................................... Chemical technicians .......................... Computer programmers ..................... Legal assistants .................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... Financial managers ............................ Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... Purchasing managers ......................... State and local government $6.08 6.17 25 Median 50 $8.50 $13.93 8.64 14.16 Percentiles Mean 75 90 10 $21.74 21.79 $32.39 32.66 $17.89 17.93 25 Median 50 75 90 $8.47 $10.47 $14.97 $23.00 $30.27 8.50 10.50 15.06 23.01 30.28 21.85 22.98 8.07 9.40 11.55 12.80 18.12 19.11 27.48 28.85 40.52 41.28 20.47 20.53 9.12 9.22 11.85 11.89 19.14 19.20 26.60 26.62 32.15 32.15 27.52 29.60 33.16 45.53 34.85 36.44 31.01 30.32 28.30 32.96 28.76 14.43 17.77 19.62 31.53 25.87 21.38 24.82 22.84 15.60 20.94 20.21 18.53 21.05 25.48 39.45 28.08 29.49 27.97 24.80 20.94 25.40 22.64 24.33 26.98 31.41 43.99 32.89 38.16 29.33 29.74 25.48 31.22 26.98 32.69 34.92 40.02 50.40 38.94 43.45 33.53 33.05 37.59 38.93 32.21 43.27 45.72 47.85 59.99 48.08 48.18 45.96 47.69 42.69 47.31 37.81 24.56 25.58 – – – – – – – – – 12.96 15.28 – – – – – – – – – 18.51 19.42 – – – – – – – – – 23.11 23.98 – – – – – – – – – 28.23 28.74 – – – – – – – – – 32.90 33.29 – – – – – – – – – 28.85 32.45 36.13 22.52 20.61 27.91 17.68 31.92 18.33 19.41 – 17.15 20.21 15.09 20.76 16.25 16.01 25.96 15.00 15.66 10.75 12.36 – 7.90 22.64 21.22 26.53 18.24 18.08 27.37 15.45 16.88 12.99 14.64 – 12.00 27.14 27.74 32.37 21.00 20.50 27.88 17.30 22.29 16.08 18.60 – 14.50 32.21 37.97 44.57 24.05 22.80 29.16 17.58 48.07 23.57 23.29 – 17.88 37.81 64.04 64.04 28.32 25.00 29.16 22.90 53.18 27.79 28.52 – 25.13 – – – 23.39 22.65 – – 44.77 24.49 24.30 24.65 26.16 – – – 17.97 17.54 – – 21.55 18.95 19.37 19.30 18.95 – – – 19.62 19.29 – – 29.05 20.66 20.69 20.50 21.96 – – – 22.30 21.60 – – 42.34 24.70 24.06 24.68 26.53 – – – 27.26 25.54 – – 54.92 27.96 27.01 28.35 30.32 – – – 30.16 28.23 – – 64.62 31.69 30.20 31.97 33.69 – – – – 13.97 – 44.00 43.17 – – – – 8.24 – 20.97 20.97 – – – – 11.50 – 22.13 22.13 – – – – 12.15 – 39.44 39.44 – – – – 20.71 – 59.11 58.62 – – – – 20.71 – 76.92 76.92 27.40 18.88 18.88 – 15.23 15.23 – – 16.14 11.26 11.26 – 11.53 11.53 – – 23.11 14.23 14.23 – 12.66 12.66 – – 28.35 17.85 17.85 – 14.49 14.49 – – 32.90 24.18 24.18 – 17.43 17.43 – – 32.90 29.55 29.55 – 19.39 19.39 – – 25.26 19.97 29.01 22.34 7.78 6.97 18.17 11.69 17.41 7.78 20.51 14.26 22.80 18.67 25.19 17.72 29.13 27.95 34.66 23.22 48.08 37.00 48.08 32.14 – – – 13.96 – – – 9.41 – – – 10.82 – – – 12.21 – – – 16.04 – – – 19.24 15.52 13.67 6.90 11.43 10.58 12.35 16.63 13.31 19.16 14.86 23.31 16.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.38 19.02 20.89 25.64 22.22 20.85 19.30 9.25 11.60 15.26 16.01 14.33 14.90 17.29 11.98 13.24 15.72 19.54 21.25 14.90 17.29 14.62 22.15 20.24 24.50 23.12 18.13 20.01 16.67 23.62 25.08 32.08 25.03 27.25 20.26 18.20 24.70 30.29 35.96 26.01 30.65 22.79 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32.07 16.71 20.31 28.61 40.67 51.64 26.35 15.43 18.85 25.52 32.06 34.95 36.71 18.46 25.34 34.62 44.00 58.70 27.55 14.75 22.07 29.58 32.15 36.13 – 34.47 – 18.99 – 23.04 – 33.23 – 40.91 – 49.68 26.62 – 14.29 – 21.09 – 25.50 – 33.26 – 36.13 – 38.71 35.15 25.00 25.00 25.34 25.97 41.59 30.29 42.74 48.74 68.17 51.46 – – – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 6 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued Private industry State and local government Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .............................. $42.27 $28.61 $32.39 $40.12 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 31.82 17.21 26.35 37.80 Managers, medicine and health ......... 25.35 17.30 17.30 29.26 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .............................. 32.18 11.50 14.99 19.23 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 38.28 21.50 26.51 37.08 Management related occupations .......... 26.46 16.25 18.24 23.34 Accountants and auditors ................... 23.34 16.68 17.51 21.05 Other financial officers ........................ 29.64 14.70 19.51 26.78 Management analysts ........................ 27.69 15.14 24.04 27.88 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... 28.91 17.08 19.00 25.03 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 25.78 18.90 20.31 22.87 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 25.43 16.18 17.96 21.05 Sales occupations .......................................... 16.40 5.75 7.25 11.30 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 22.86 9.85 14.42 18.84 Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................. 16.16 8.31 10.37 12.99 Advertising and related sales occupations .................................. 19.27 10.21 12.50 16.45 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 19.33 8.77 14.66 18.14 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 24.47 12.37 20.03 24.59 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 19.77 6.02 8.86 11.17 Sales workers, parts ........................... 19.15 15.73 16.12 20.52 Sales workers, other commodities ...... 11.49 6.00 6.25 8.93 Sales counter clerks ........................... 8.92 5.64 7.00 9.00 Cashiers ............................................. 6.86 5.15 5.50 6.75 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 12.29 5.75 10.59 11.30 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 12.58 7.62 9.44 11.75 Supervisors, general office ................. 13.85 11.50 12.00 12.80 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................... 19.48 14.29 14.42 16.14 Computer operators ............................ 14.44 8.40 10.87 13.59 Secretaries ......................................... 15.09 10.56 12.40 14.80 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................... 11.67 6.74 7.62 10.68 Receptionists ...................................... 8.72 6.25 7.33 8.75 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 11.41 8.50 9.25 10.00 Order clerks ........................................ 12.91 7.00 10.42 12.94 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping .................................. 11.81 7.50 9.75 10.01 Library clerks ...................................... – – – – Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 11.20 7.84 8.58 10.38 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 11.49 7.78 10.10 11.13 Billing clerks ........................................ 12.70 9.06 10.50 11.54 Production coordinators ...................... 15.57 10.92 11.66 15.29 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 9.98 6.80 7.26 9.00 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.41 7.00 8.61 10.33 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 12.68 6.25 6.44 11.83 See footnotes at end of table. 7 Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – 75 90 $53.41 $61.77 37.80 29.72 43.08 29.72 40.87 45.04 30.46 26.25 39.19 30.45 72.12 62.50 42.67 33.53 44.29 38.57 – – 19.62 – – – – – 16.06 – – – – – 16.28 – – – – – 18.53 – – – – – 20.03 – – – – – 27.04 – – – 42.67 43.27 – – – – – – 31.30 36.77 – – – – – – 28.22 20.28 26.92 45.81 28.71 41.43 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.27 35.19 – – – – – – 23.49 33.61 – – – – – – 27.43 28.36 – – – – – – 28.59 29.38 – – – – – – 25.01 21.51 12.38 10.90 7.77 12.77 46.90 22.04 21.28 12.89 9.24 22.64 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.02 15.17 18.27 19.39 10.89 – 7.85 – 8.89 – 10.47 – 12.68 – 14.32 – 24.04 19.30 17.00 27.31 19.30 20.43 – – 11.57 – – 9.14 – – 10.02 – – 11.15 – – 13.06 – – 14.56 16.21 10.00 16.41 14.42 17.72 10.86 16.41 16.20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.13 – 13.02 15.13 – 16.16 – 8.57 11.79 – 6.26 10.41 – 7.86 10.53 – 8.41 10.99 – 9.20 13.57 – 11.13 14.15 12.74 13.22 18.30 11.35 11.68 14.70 19.58 21.39 15.24 14.05 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.40 19.17 – – – – – – – $31.69 $22.07 $28.86 $30.29 $34.58 $38.14 – – – – – – Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................. $13.24 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 14.55 Bill and account collectors .................. 9.93 General office clerks ........................... 12.12 Bank tellers ......................................... 9.53 Data entry keyers ............................... 9.93 Teachers’ aides .................................. – Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 13.33 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................................... Carpenters .......................................... Electricians ......................................... Painters, construction and maintenance ................................. Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters Insulation workers ............................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Supervisors, production occupations .. Machinists ........................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Butchers and meat cutters .................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. .......................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Punching and stamping press operators ...................................... Numerical control machine operators Printing press operators ..................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Assemblers ......................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Bus drivers .......................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... State and local government 25 Median 50 $9.30 $11.35 $13.04 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $14.78 $16.50 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – 9.33 6.25 7.56 8.06 6.50 – 10.49 6.69 8.80 8.54 8.00 – 12.87 10.04 11.25 9.23 9.00 – 18.02 11.83 14.81 10.27 11.57 – 21.88 13.94 17.77 11.14 14.52 – – – $10.33 – – 9.94 – – $7.85 – – 7.85 – – $8.58 – – 8.08 9.25 10.79 12.50 14.22 19.51 11.80 8.40 9.25 11.39 14.13 15.64 12.98 6.14 7.78 11.45 16.77 22.48 12.54 8.17 10.33 12.13 14.83 16.78 17.44 23.73 19.47 9.47 14.42 9.87 12.65 17.31 12.89 16.79 22.79 16.70 22.10 29.57 23.43 23.74 33.03 36.01 14.17 – – 10.41 – – 11.12 – – 13.30 – – 16.57 – – 18.50 – – 15.80 15.84 16.42 11.89 10.70 10.75 13.50 13.75 11.78 16.00 15.18 15.00 16.00 17.50 22.48 22.89 22.48 23.73 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17.66 15.51 18.84 14.58 12.71 15.30 15.50 14.00 16.13 17.52 15.23 18.00 19.85 17.40 21.90 21.48 18.15 22.92 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.61 16.62 11.98 9.53 25.82 18.36 9.33 10.00 9.00 7.25 16.71 14.90 11.35 14.68 9.75 7.25 19.42 16.40 12.80 15.98 11.00 7.50 24.67 17.23 14.64 21.77 13.00 9.75 32.19 22.48 14.99 23.66 15.58 15.89 34.53 22.59 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.34 11.47 15.89 6.77 8.49 9.06 7.89 9.35 15.06 10.41 11.35 16.94 12.56 12.96 18.03 13.70 14.43 20.56 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.16 20.57 21.98 23.22 23.73 26.01 – – – – – – 11.00 6.00 7.38 10.73 13.59 16.64 – – – – – – 9.39 14.88 12.28 6.23 9.70 8.81 6.60 12.98 9.82 10.13 15.74 12.65 11.12 16.61 16.00 13.76 20.13 17.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.30 6.15 6.81 7.11 7.63 9.48 – – – – – – 12.38 12.74 8.89 7.22 11.17 5.52 10.45 11.17 6.44 10.92 11.84 8.41 13.80 13.91 9.37 19.76 15.73 14.99 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.04 7.51 9.35 13.65 16.64 17.43 – – – – – – 12.46 12.34 – 7.14 8.00 – 8.52 9.90 – 11.00 11.00 – 16.20 14.70 – 19.35 18.49 – 12.58 – 12.51 10.18 – 10.60 12.87 – 12.87 14.83 – 14.83 16.67 – 14.83 8.91 7.00 7.37 8.13 10.50 11.40 – – – – – – 14.79 10.40 10.62 13.25 21.20 21.20 – – – – – – 8.46 5.35 6.14 7.40 9.97 12.88 10.02 7.74 8.37 10.09 10.90 12.56 See footnotes at end of table. 8 7.33 – 7.69 – – – – – – $9.92 $12.10 $13.53 – – – – – – 9.64 11.45 12.68 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers (-Continued) Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... – Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...... $11.23 Helpers, construction trades ............... 9.69 Construction laborers ......................... 8.17 Production helpers .............................. 9.82 Stock handlers and baggers ............... 7.24 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... 8.40 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ........................................ 8.29 Hand packers and packagers ............. 7.19 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 8.67 Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..................... Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .......... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Health aides, except nursing .............. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Early childhood teachers’ assistants .. State and local government – $6.00 7.25 5.72 6.67 5.15 25 Median 50 – – $6.69 $11.50 8.00 9.30 6.50 8.00 7.76 8.86 5.25 6.27 Percentiles Mean 75 90 – $13.86 10.65 9.14 10.82 8.00 – $16.55 12.61 12.00 16.14 11.26 10 25 $10.05 – – – – – $8.09 – – – – – $8.19 – – – – – – – 5.35 6.00 7.02 9.55 15.18 – 5.58 5.15 6.00 6.21 5.50 6.17 7.21 6.42 6.83 10.22 8.05 10.00 12.69 10.00 15.34 – – 10.69 – – 7.82 7.19 7.78 – – ( 4) 6.19 – – (4) 6.82 – – (4) 7.23 – – (4) 8.03 – – (4) 10.05 – – 12.13 15.45 14.96 18.24 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.77 6.28 6.19 2.13 6.82 5.25 7.23 5.80 8.03 7.27 13.27 3.08 7.63 6.52 7.59 5.97 7.43 – 9.56 2.13 6.00 5.30 4.52 5.15 5.15 – 11.54 2.13 6.75 5.61 5.25 5.29 5.75 – 13.94 2.13 7.23 6.05 5.59 5.58 7.10 – 7.32 5.15 5.54 ( 4) (4) 5.22 ( 4) 5.25 – 5.52 (4) 5.28 – 5.90 (4) 7.48 – 6.55 5.99 6.27 12.56 – 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 Median 50 75 90 $9.76 $12.47 $12.71 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.45 – – 10.53 – – 12.68 – – 13.71 7.19 10.81 12.58 15.28 8.72 12.27 13.93 16.08 10.84 15.78 15.07 18.23 15.78 18.14 16.88 19.76 18.62 20.23 16.88 22.07 16.52 11.43 14.53 9.88 15.78 10.81 16.64 11.53 18.54 12.27 18.68 12.27 9.50 9.50 – 8.54 – 6.39 – 7.19 – 8.57 – 10.00 – 10.15 16.00 2.89 8.00 7.15 14.00 6.12 8.75 – 16.00 6.35 9.27 8.50 14.00 7.01 9.84 – – – – – – 8.90 9.17 9.45 – – – – – 6.78 7.43 7.95 – – – – – 7.39 8.04 8.71 – – – – – 9.21 8.98 8.98 – – – – – 10.00 9.92 9.63 – – – – – 10.32 11.51 11.75 6.68 8.75 9.74 8.91 7.03 7.58 8.47 10.00 11.38 (4) (4) (4) 6.27 (4) 16.90 – 6.84 (4) 32.69 – 8.85 – 8.85 8.81 8.58 6.29 – 6.29 6.42 5.97 7.07 – 7.07 7.92 7.57 8.60 – 8.60 9.23 8.77 10.08 – 10.08 9.81 9.81 11.98 – 11.98 10.73 9.94 all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 The positional statistics for this occupation were suppressed because some were below the minimum wage. In this update survey, an average decrease in mean wages for this occupation was applied to the positional statistics, causing the 10th percentile to go below the minimum wage. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 9 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $18.12 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 18.11 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Petroleum engineers .......................... Chemical engineers ............................ Civil engineers .................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Industrial engineers ............................ Mechanical engineers ......................... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Natural scientists .................................... Geologists and geodesists ................. Medical scientists ............................... Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Teachers, college and university ............ 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 ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Designers ........................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ....... Technical occupations ................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .................................... Radiological technicians ..................... Licensed practical nurses ................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ........................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ......... Drafters ............................................... Chemical technicians .......................... Computer programmers ..................... Legal assistants .................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Part-time $7.03 7.11 25 Median 50 $9.88 $14.99 9.97 15.05 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $22.59 22.67 $32.21 32.20 10 25 Median 50 $7.69 7.92 $5.15 5.15 $5.25 5.25 $6.00 6.10 75 90 $8.06 $12.16 8.43 13.90 22.12 22.61 9.12 9.70 12.27 12.82 18.89 19.35 27.66 28.23 38.78 39.38 9.88 12.40 5.25 6.50 6.00 7.50 7.56 9.75 10.50 15.68 18.05 21.99 26.75 28.24 33.14 45.53 34.85 36.44 31.01 30.32 28.30 32.96 28.64 14.29 17.39 19.62 31.53 25.87 21.38 24.82 22.84 15.60 20.94 20.10 18.83 20.45 25.48 39.45 28.08 29.49 27.97 24.80 20.94 25.40 22.45 24.06 25.82 31.38 43.99 32.89 38.16 29.33 29.74 25.48 31.22 26.98 30.77 32.15 40.10 50.40 38.94 43.45 33.53 33.05 37.59 38.93 32.21 41.45 43.12 47.95 59.99 48.08 48.18 45.96 47.69 42.69 47.31 37.81 17.14 17.90 – – – – – – – – – 7.33 7.33 – – – – – – – – – 10.00 10.00 – – – – – – – – – 16.47 17.30 – – – – – – – – – 21.77 23.51 – – – – – – – – – 27.61 27.88 – – – – – – – – – 28.72 27.95 36.13 17.99 22.73 21.29 28.34 45.63 24.79 24.22 24.70 25.96 20.10 12.86 20.76 11.87 16.69 16.27 23.74 23.84 19.17 19.25 19.30 17.92 22.45 15.20 26.53 12.51 18.75 18.40 27.37 30.35 20.79 20.66 20.50 21.23 27.14 24.96 32.37 13.73 21.10 20.69 28.85 43.25 24.75 24.06 24.53 26.13 32.21 34.62 44.57 15.53 25.00 23.64 30.04 54.92 28.06 27.01 28.35 30.11 37.81 54.81 64.04 20.51 29.16 26.66 31.29 65.04 31.78 30.19 31.97 33.69 – – – – 23.86 21.89 – 17.92 10.41 – – 12.84 – – – – 17.30 17.70 – 9.84 7.33 – – 7.00 – – – – 20.35 21.01 – 18.05 7.33 – – 8.20 – – – – 21.99 21.99 – 18.05 9.63 – – 12.99 – – – – 25.00 24.00 – 18.05 12.00 – – 16.59 – – – – 35.89 24.00 – 22.05 16.59 – – 18.75 26.92 18.84 18.84 31.53 15.05 14.95 37.85 37.99 15.54 11.26 11.26 16.30 11.50 11.53 20.97 20.97 22.43 14.23 14.23 26.01 12.36 12.66 26.08 29.33 27.81 17.77 17.77 30.84 13.94 13.94 29.33 29.33 32.90 23.60 23.60 33.65 17.48 17.40 43.27 43.27 32.90 29.55 29.55 51.92 20.71 19.14 68.99 68.27 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 26.08 19.97 29.01 21.32 13.28 6.97 18.17 11.10 18.91 7.78 20.51 13.35 22.80 18.67 25.19 17.02 29.13 27.95 34.66 22.82 48.08 37.00 48.08 30.94 – – – 14.14 – – – 7.16 – – – 13.56 – – – 14.77 – – – 15.75 – – – 17.00 15.93 17.87 13.34 8.14 11.40 11.08 12.53 12.21 12.10 16.85 16.14 13.22 19.24 20.28 14.32 23.31 26.65 15.47 11.79 – – 6.61 – – 6.84 – – 13.02 – – 15.75 – – 20.74 – – 14.13 18.96 20.01 25.64 22.22 20.69 19.30 8.59 11.60 15.09 16.01 14.33 14.90 17.29 10.45 13.23 15.69 19.54 21.25 17.07 17.29 14.62 22.15 18.51 24.50 23.12 19.10 20.01 16.67 23.62 24.05 32.08 25.03 24.33 20.26 18.20 24.70 30.29 35.96 26.01 29.93 22.79 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.81 11.14 11.29 16.88 19.54 22.37 – – – – – – 31.01 16.59 20.19 28.27 38.86 49.24 – – – – – – 34.29 18.12 24.21 31.63 41.02 51.97 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Administrators and officials, public administration ............................... $26.65 $14.29 $21.09 $25.66 Financial managers ............................ 34.12 18.99 23.04 33.23 Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... 38.71 25.00 25.34 41.59 Purchasing managers ......................... 35.15 25.00 25.97 30.29 Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .............................. 42.27 28.61 32.39 40.12 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 31.70 22.07 28.36 30.29 Managers, medicine and health ......... 25.22 17.30 17.30 29.26 Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .............................. 29.69 11.50 14.08 18.12 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 36.60 18.85 24.67 34.62 Management related occupations .......... 25.99 16.25 17.97 22.51 Accountants and auditors ................... 23.34 16.68 17.51 21.05 Other financial officers ........................ 29.64 14.70 19.51 26.78 Management analysts ........................ 27.69 15.14 24.04 27.88 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... 26.94 16.06 18.53 20.39 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 22.99 16.28 16.28 20.31 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 25.26 16.17 17.96 21.10 Sales occupations .......................................... 18.28 6.77 8.97 13.46 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 22.86 9.85 14.42 18.84 Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................. 17.25 9.50 11.72 13.74 Advertising and related sales occupations .................................. 19.27 10.21 12.50 16.45 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 19.71 9.69 14.66 18.30 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 24.47 12.37 20.03 24.59 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 19.77 6.02 8.86 11.17 Sales workers, parts ........................... 19.16 15.73 16.12 20.52 Sales workers, other commodities ...... 12.99 6.00 7.32 10.00 Sales counter clerks ........................... 9.59 7.00 8.05 9.32 Cashiers ............................................. 7.75 6.00 6.84 7.50 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 12.36 5.75 10.59 11.43 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 12.34 7.96 9.50 11.54 Supervisors, general office ................. 13.95 11.67 12.00 12.80 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................... 19.48 14.29 14.42 16.14 Computer operators ............................ 14.49 8.40 10.92 15.10 Secretaries ......................................... 14.30 10.02 11.42 14.04 Transportation ticket and reservation agents ........................................... 12.16 6.55 8.06 11.12 Receptionists ...................................... 9.34 7.33 8.50 9.23 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 13.19 9.25 10.58 12.09 Order clerks ........................................ 12.91 7.00 10.42 12.94 Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping .................................. 12.48 9.00 10.00 11.65 Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 11.56 8.00 10.00 10.94 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 11.45 8.00 9.87 11.13 See footnotes at end of table. 11 Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – 68.17 51.46 – – – – – – – – – – – – 53.41 61.77 – – – – – – 34.62 29.72 38.14 32.16 – – – – – – – – – – – – 40.87 43.13 30.29 26.25 39.19 30.45 72.12 60.10 42.67 33.53 44.29 38.57 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 39.50 43.27 – – – – – – 29.13 35.10 – – – – – – 28.03 21.58 26.92 44.12 33.30 41.43 – $6.57 – – $5.15 – – $5.40 – – $6.00 – – $7.26 – – $8.75 – 16.97 35.19 – – – – – – 23.49 33.61 – – – – – – 27.43 28.36 – – – – – – 28.59 29.38 – – – – – – 25.01 21.51 14.88 11.00 8.91 12.77 46.90 22.04 22.94 12.89 9.58 22.64 – – 7.31 – 5.98 – – – 5.50 – 5.15 – – – 6.00 – 5.15 – – – 6.09 – 5.50 – – – 7.75 – 6.77 – – – 11.88 – 7.55 – 14.44 15.17 17.76 18.19 8.89 – 6.05 – 6.76 – 8.06 – 10.00 – 12.96 – 24.04 19.30 16.28 27.31 19.30 19.36 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.74 10.50 16.41 14.42 17.74 11.42 16.41 16.20 – 6.88 – – – 5.25 – – – 5.50 – – – 6.50 – – – 8.00 – – – 9.00 – – 15.13 13.47 16.11 15.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.74 14.70 – – – – – – 75 90 $33.26 40.91 $36.13 49.68 42.74 48.74 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Billing clerks ........................................ $12.54 Dispatchers ......................................... 13.57 Production coordinators ...................... 15.30 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 10.62 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 10.11 Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ............. 13.19 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................. 13.24 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 14.61 Bill and account collectors .................. 9.93 General office clerks ........................... 11.54 Data entry keyers ............................... 10.03 Teachers’ aides .................................. 9.99 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 12.62 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics .................................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................................... Carpenters .......................................... Electricians ......................................... Painters, construction and maintenance ................................. Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Supervisors, production occupations .. Machinists ........................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Butchers and meat cutters .................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. .......................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Punching and stamping press operators ...................................... Numerical control machine operators Printing press operators ..................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Welders and cutters ............................ Assemblers ......................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Part-time 25 Median 50 $9.06 $10.50 $11.54 7.80 9.58 12.10 10.92 11.50 15.29 6.99 7.63 9.93 7.00 7.76 9.55 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $13.09 15.82 18.01 14.32 11.68 $19.58 19.82 20.80 15.24 14.05 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.25 6.70 13.22 17.09 19.08 – – – – – – 9.30 11.35 13.04 14.78 16.50 – – – – – – 9.62 6.25 7.85 6.50 7.85 10.59 6.69 8.96 8.00 8.08 12.74 10.04 10.67 9.00 9.72 18.02 11.83 13.50 12.12 11.45 21.88 13.94 16.16 14.52 12.68 – – $8.58 – – – – $5.69 – – – – $6.25 – – – – $6.72 – – 8.62 9.98 12.37 14.22 16.83 – – – – – – 13.32 6.38 8.41 11.95 16.89 22.44 6.88 5.15 5.30 6.00 7.80 9.88 17.39 22.32 19.27 10.19 14.42 9.91 12.67 16.46 12.83 16.62 19.57 16.30 21.77 29.24 23.27 23.74 32.64 35.46 9.16 – – 7.80 – – 7.80 – – 9.00 – – 9.47 – – 10.03 – – 15.86 15.79 16.14 12.17 10.70 10.75 13.50 13.28 11.91 16.00 15.18 15.00 16.57 17.50 20.65 22.89 22.48 23.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 17.68 15.51 18.44 14.58 12.71 14.07 15.50 14.00 15.89 17.98 15.23 18.00 19.85 17.40 21.00 21.48 18.15 22.71 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.85 16.81 9.74 23.97 18.35 10.39 10.50 7.25 12.27 14.90 10.54 14.94 7.25 16.83 16.40 11.23 16.24 8.00 23.20 17.23 12.80 18.50 10.12 31.68 22.48 14.70 23.12 15.36 34.18 22.59 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.34 11.47 15.89 6.77 8.49 9.06 7.89 9.35 15.06 10.41 11.35 16.94 12.56 12.96 18.03 13.70 14.43 20.56 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.16 20.57 21.98 23.22 23.73 26.01 – – – – – – 11.03 6.02 7.40 10.79 13.60 16.64 – – – – – – 9.39 14.88 12.28 6.23 9.70 8.81 6.60 12.98 9.82 10.13 15.74 12.65 11.12 16.61 16.00 13.76 20.13 17.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.32 6.15 6.81 7.11 7.63 9.48 – – – – – – 12.39 12.74 8.97 7.22 11.17 5.52 10.45 11.17 6.44 10.92 11.84 8.41 13.80 13.91 9.37 19.76 15.73 14.99 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.03 7.51 9.35 13.65 16.64 17.43 – – – – – – 12.91 12.27 7.73 8.00 9.37 9.81 11.95 11.00 16.27 14.70 19.35 18.49 7.58 – 5.62 – 5.62 – 5.62 – 9.88 – See footnotes at end of table. 12 – – – – $8.32 $15.68 – – – – 12.40 – Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Transportation and material moving occupations (-Continued) Bus drivers .......................................... $13.86 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... 8.91 Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ........ 14.72 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... 8.95 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... 8.91 Helpers, mechanics and repairers ...... 11.24 Helpers, construction trades ............... 9.96 Construction laborers ......................... 8.26 Production helpers .............................. 9.82 Stock handlers and baggers ............... 8.27 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... 8.58 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ........................................ 8.58 Hand packers and packagers ............. 7.74 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 9.17 Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Police and detectives, public service .. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..................... Correctional institution officers ........... Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Cooks ................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. Health service occupations ..................... Health aides, except nursing .............. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Welfare service aides ......................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .. Service occupations, N.E.C. ............... Part-time 25 Median 50 $8.86 $12.87 $14.83 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $14.90 $16.55 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – 7.00 7.37 8.13 10.50 11.40 – – – – – – 10.40 10.62 13.25 21.20 21.20 – – – – – – 5.75 6.25 8.07 10.51 13.54 $6.07 $5.15 $5.15 $5.61 $6.26 $7.23 6.23 6.00 7.25 5.72 6.67 5.35 7.23 9.41 8.29 6.50 7.76 5.84 8.19 10.99 10.09 8.00 8.86 7.50 10.00 12.88 10.90 9.20 10.82 9.55 12.71 16.55 12.16 12.00 16.14 12.30 – – – – – 5.57 – – – – – 5.15 – – – – – 5.15 – – – – – 5.18 – – – – – 6.00 – – – – – 6.50 5.75 6.18 7.35 9.67 15.18 7.55 5.15 5.30 7.00 8.08 12.05 5.97 5.50 6.17 6.50 6.01 6.18 8.00 7.12 8.17 10.85 8.62 10.53 12.69 10.00 16.09 – – 6.14 – – 5.63 – – 6.00 – – 6.00 – – 6.25 – – 7.00 9.81 14.08 18.24 5.37 7.23 15.28 6.35 10.81 16.08 8.32 14.30 18.23 12.27 16.91 19.76 16.88 19.48 22.07 5.80 – – 4.99 – – 5.15 – – 5.40 – – 6.31 – – 7.68 – – 16.52 11.43 14.53 9.88 15.78 10.81 16.64 11.53 18.54 12.27 18.68 12.27 – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.65 7.08 6.88 2.13 7.23 5.46 7.46 6.75 9.01 8.50 13.55 11.50 – 5.21 – 2.13 – 5.20 – 5.40 – 5.91 – 6.77 13.27 2.92 7.89 6.88 7.54 8.43 9.02 9.56 2.13 6.34 5.34 5.46 5.96 7.21 11.54 2.13 7.00 5.82 5.80 7.01 8.01 13.94 2.13 7.27 6.57 6.90 8.29 8.98 16.00 2.18 8.27 7.80 9.30 9.47 9.60 16.00 6.16 9.27 9.00 10.09 10.76 10.90 – 3.40 – 5.80 5.63 6.43 – – 2.13 – 5.30 5.20 5.15 – – 2.13 – 5.61 5.29 5.15 – – 2.26 – 5.61 5.40 5.15 – – 5.25 – 5.66 5.45 7.79 – – 6.38 – 6.51 6.55 9.00 – 8.15 5.75 6.60 7.94 9.32 10.69 6.39 5.15 5.15 5.15 7.79 9.00 7.69 6.01 7.72 12.32 8.65 8.34 8.27 5.17 5.22 5.15 5.50 7.48 5.50 6.41 5.69 5.52 5.71 7.32 7.48 6.55 7.00 6.89 5.92 7.30 9.23 7.92 8.45 9.23 8.73 6.28 8.93 13.50 9.46 9.81 9.23 11.40 6.90 11.31 29.13 11.09 9.94 9.23 5.56 – 5.56 5.80 – – – 4.99 – 4.99 5.15 – – – 5.15 – 5.15 5.25 – – – 5.15 – 5.15 5.25 – – – 5.60 – 5.47 6.00 – – – 6.51 – 6.54 7.29 – – – 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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 13 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All industries Occupation3 Mean weekly hours4 Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours Annual earnings Mean Median All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 39.9 39.9 $724 723 $600 600 2,013 2,007 $36,487 36,344 $30,498 30,576 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 40.0 39.9 884 902 754 772 1,987 1,972 43,938 44,577 36,791 37,199 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Petroleum engineers ............................................ Chemical engineers .............................................. Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Medical scientists ................................................. Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. 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 ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Chemical technicians ............................................ Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ 39.6 40.0 41.1 40.4 40.4 43.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.2 40.3 40.4 40.2 40.4 40.0 39.8 39.7 40.0 38.6 39.1 38.6 39.5 39.6 39.8 39.3 39.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.3 41.5 1,059 1,129 1,360 1,838 1,409 1,569 1,240 1,213 1,132 1,359 1,155 1,161 1,123 1,458 719 905 846 1,134 1,761 969 935 977 1,028 1,070 740 740 1,261 602 598 1,562 1,575 960 1,020 1,304 1,819 1,375 1,644 1,173 1,190 1,019 1,316 1,079 1,092 987 1,295 549 840 825 1,154 1,672 962 928 960 1,043 1,112 687 687 1,234 558 558 1,173 1,173 1,890 1,868 2,135 2,099 2,102 2,239 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,144 2,098 2,103 2,089 2,098 2,080 2,010 2,017 1,989 1,809 1,471 1,436 1,472 1,518 1,672 1,688 1,688 1,862 2,041 2,039 2,146 2,156 50,550 52,744 70,741 95,576 73,249 81,605 64,501 63,073 58,861 70,666 60,083 60,392 58,399 75,820 37,410 45,686 42,935 56,366 82,537 36,454 34,793 36,357 39,419 45,024 31,788 31,788 58,699 30,720 30,475 81,244 81,881 43,020 44,630 67,808 94,598 71,510 85,477 61,006 61,859 52,998 68,444 56,118 56,770 51,333 67,328 28,556 43,059 42,430 60,008 74,494 36,214 34,502 35,917 39,479 46,270 30,193 30,193 48,320 28,995 28,954 61,006 61,006 39.8 40.0 39.3 38.2 39.7 39.6 39.6 39.8 40.0 40.0 40.6 40.4 39.8 40.0 40.6 40.7 41.1 40.0 41.3 40.0 41.3 1,038 799 1,140 815 632 707 528 562 758 801 1,040 899 825 772 682 1,261 1,409 1,066 1,409 1,548 1,453 912 747 1,012 682 663 613 520 585 886 740 967 925 764 800 675 1,135 1,286 1,026 1,250 1,664 1,363 2,050 2,080 1,997 1,974 1,998 2,059 2,014 2,067 2,080 2,080 2,110 2,103 2,072 2,080 2,111 2,100 2,115 1,999 2,147 2,080 2,149 53,451 41,538 57,916 42,078 31,827 36,785 26,868 29,203 39,430 41,631 54,087 46,724 42,874 40,148 35,484 65,122 72,525 53,269 73,273 80,509 75,544 47,416 38,834 54,101 35,360 33,997 31,892 27,040 30,413 46,072 38,501 50,286 48,090 39,728 41,621 35,104 58,032 64,403 52,772 65,000 86,507 70,876 40.5 39.9 40.0 1,713 1,265 1,009 1,605 1,212 1,170 2,107 2,005 2,080 89,067 63,547 52,460 83,454 63,003 60,861 39.4 41.8 40.1 1,170 1,530 1,041 725 1,438 890 1,938 2,174 2,077 57,544 79,563 53,982 37,690 74,797 46,054 See footnotes at end of table. 14 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... Advertising and related sales occupations ........... Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, parts ............................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Data entry keyers ................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. Mean weekly hours4 Median Mean annual hours Mean Mean 40.0 40.6 40.0 $934 1,203 1,109 $842 1,071 1,115 2,081 2,111 2,082 $48,577 62,554 57,665 $43,780 55,702 57,990 40.1 40.2 39.9 40.6 40.3 1,079 923 1,009 742 922 816 812 842 544 769 2,083 2,088 2,052 2,111 2,098 56,120 48,015 51,839 38,591 47,953 42,411 42,245 43,784 28,309 39,998 39.3 40.0 40.6 678 771 801 553 658 732 2,043 2,080 2,113 35,253 40,082 41,636 28,767 34,209 38,071 39.8 51.9 45.5 39.1 39.4 38.7 39.3 39.8 40.1 975 1,025 872 507 378 300 486 491 560 956 804 923 394 370 291 434 462 512 2,071 2,697 2,366 2,031 2,047 2,013 2,044 2,012 2,087 50,682 53,316 45,338 26,382 19,632 15,595 25,267 24,829 29,112 49,712 41,820 48,019 20,467 19,240 15,132 22,561 23,242 26,624 40.1 40.0 39.9 40.0 39.7 40.0 39.7 39.4 39.7 39.5 40.0 40.1 40.0 39.9 40.0 781 580 570 486 371 528 512 492 459 453 501 544 612 424 405 671 604 562 445 369 484 517 400 436 440 462 484 612 397 382 2,086 2,080 2,033 2,080 1,980 2,080 2,062 2,048 2,006 2,043 2,080 2,083 1,991 2,077 2,080 40,636 30,138 29,075 25,297 18,494 27,442 26,622 25,563 23,203 23,391 26,075 28,271 30,456 22,062 21,035 34,874 31,403 28,968 23,125 19,206 25,146 26,909 20,821 22,027 22,880 24,003 25,160 31,803 20,654 19,864 40.0 528 529 2,080 27,442 27,498 39.1 39.8 39.8 39.9 40.0 39.4 40.0 518 581 395 460 401 394 504 509 509 402 427 360 372 495 2,036 2,068 2,067 2,025 2,080 1,455 2,064 26,953 30,218 20,527 23,358 20,864 14,542 26,044 26,458 26,447 20,881 21,757 18,720 13,758 25,450 40.4 40.3 40.0 44.1 40.0 40.0 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 538 701 893 850 634 631 641 707 620 738 474 672 482 668 783 734 640 607 596 719 609 720 449 649 2,093 2,093 2,080 2,293 2,080 2,080 2,066 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,066 27,883 36,411 46,418 44,195 32,992 32,833 33,351 36,783 32,262 38,352 24,655 34,730 24,960 34,748 40,706 38,142 33,280 31,574 30,982 37,398 31,675 37,440 23,348 33,774 See footnotes at end of table. 15 Weekly earnings Annual earnings Median Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Punching and stamping press operators .............. Numerical control machine operators ................... Printing press operators ....................................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ Helpers, construction trades ................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ 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. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Mean weekly hours4 Mean Median Mean annual hours 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.0 35.4 43.7 $390 964 734 413 406 695 $320 968 689 416 368 697 2,080 2,092 2,080 2,080 1,842 2,274 $20,259 50,148 38,158 21,500 21,121 36,133 $16,640 50,315 35,838 21,657 19,110 36,238 40.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.9 44.1 37.8 39.8 933 441 376 595 491 292 496 509 359 521 541 541 524 354 938 430 405 630 506 284 437 474 336 546 502 485 593 325 2,094 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,077 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,144 2,292 1,754 2,068 48,500 22,938 19,535 30,956 25,542 15,209 25,770 26,492 18,668 27,098 27,677 28,120 24,317 18,419 48,798 22,360 21,061 32,739 26,320 14,792 22,716 24,633 17,493 28,390 25,210 25,210 30,847 16,915 40.0 40.0 40.0 41.1 40.0 40.0 40.3 39.9 39.7 40.4 40.0 40.0 589 358 356 462 399 330 395 330 340 347 310 367 530 327 328 440 403 320 355 300 272 322 285 327 2,080 2,079 2,054 2,140 2,080 2,080 2,093 2,074 2,063 2,103 2,080 2,071 30,615 18,599 18,300 24,045 20,723 17,179 20,560 17,157 17,700 18,047 16,099 18,997 27,560 16,994 16,827 22,855 20,977 16,640 18,436 15,600 14,157 16,759 14,806 16,994 38.7 40.8 40.0 379 574 730 327 588 729 1,947 2,108 2,074 19,102 29,685 37,829 15,888 30,222 37,738 40.0 40.0 39.9 37.9 661 457 345 268 666 461 298 253 2,082 2,080 2,025 1,852 34,394 23,778 17,507 13,121 34,611 23,982 15,513 12,330 45.3 36.2 37.0 37.6 37.5 601 106 292 258 282 697 77 280 253 262 2,355 1,884 1,868 1,894 1,657 31,245 5,494 14,739 13,030 12,492 36,244 4,010 14,560 12,480 12,192 See footnotes at end of table. 16 Weekly earnings Annual earnings Mean Median Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Mean weekly hours4 39.2 40.0 38.9 39.8 39.5 39.8 32.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 1 Earnings 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. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours $331 361 317 306 237 307 396 346 334 331 $326 359 308 274 236 289 364 317 338 369 2,011 2,080 1,983 2,018 1,996 2,019 1,562 2,080 1,612 1,990 Annual earnings Mean $16,961 18,754 16,160 15,511 11,994 15,584 19,241 17,985 13,448 16,452 Median $16,775 18,678 15,857 13,741 12,266 14,703 16,266 16,467 13,359 16,440 4 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. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 17 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $17.37 17.45 $17.23 17.31 $17.89 17.93 $18.12 18.11 $7.69 7.92 White-collar occupations ................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.50 7.11 9.02 9.71 12.59 15.10 19.40 23.25 23.33 26.47 35.17 37.21 41.78 50.75 61.48 23.37 22.27 7.94 9.12 9.85 12.64 14.67 19.15 23.22 23.49 26.36 35.67 35.32 42.33 50.47 61.48 22.47 21.85 7.05 8.98 9.65 12.71 15.66 19.66 22.75 23.68 26.73 35.85 39.12 41.78 52.05 61.15 21.62 22.98 8.22 9.05 9.89 12.83 15.24 19.34 22.64 23.98 26.60 36.48 36.92 42.36 51.74 61.15 – 20.47 7.46 9.23 9.81 12.02 12.07 18.71 23.89 22.70 25.50 26.48 29.19 41.73 – – 26.31 20.53 7.46 9.48 9.81 12.02 12.07 18.71 23.89 22.70 25.50 26.48 29.19 41.73 – – 26.31 22.12 7.91 9.28 9.86 12.81 15.28 19.43 23.35 23.39 26.45 35.14 37.28 41.78 50.75 61.48 25.79 22.61 8.29 9.25 9.95 12.71 14.77 19.17 23.33 23.55 26.34 35.64 35.38 42.33 50.47 61.48 24.55 9.88 6.07 7.31 8.39 7.98 12.14 17.61 16.15 20.30 27.66 – – – – – – 12.40 6.69 8.08 8.83 9.10 12.88 17.61 16.15 20.30 27.66 – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Natural scientists ...................................................... 26.46 27.92 16.36 21.99 24.09 23.95 25.58 30.87 35.97 41.89 48.06 59.25 22.38 33.16 21.26 26.03 32.19 27.05 32.48 38.19 41.31 48.38 28.60 25.04 25.25 28.07 29.31 38.94 27.95 27.52 29.60 18.47 21.25 24.18 25.04 26.68 31.57 38.14 42.03 49.40 54.79 – 33.16 21.26 26.03 32.19 27.05 32.48 38.19 41.31 48.38 28.76 25.04 25.31 28.31 29.31 38.94 32.45 24.56 25.58 11.81 23.06 24.05 22.70 22.65 26.86 23.77 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 26.75 28.24 17.51 22.13 24.24 24.05 25.51 30.72 36.12 41.89 48.06 59.25 26.27 33.14 21.26 26.03 32.19 27.05 32.27 38.19 41.31 48.38 28.64 25.04 25.25 28.07 29.73 38.94 27.95 17.14 17.90 10.65 18.07 16.04 20.55 27.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 18 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level White-collar occupations (-Continued) Natural scientists (-Continued) Level 7 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Health related occupations ....................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, religious, and recreation workers .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Technical occupations .................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Management related occupations ............................ Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 19 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $26.65 42.87 22.81 20.74 23.27 20.61 25.14 26.16 44.25 23.34 27.22 29.22 24.23 9.33 24.42 24.79 24.19 24.27 18.80 31.53 15.02 14.86 37.85 – $42.87 22.52 20.76 20.85 20.93 24.11 – 31.92 – – – 18.33 13.15 – 20.76 – – – – 13.97 – 44.00 – – $23.39 – – 20.08 – – 44.77 23.34 28.47 29.22 24.49 – – 24.88 24.35 – 18.88 – 15.23 – – $26.65 42.87 22.73 20.65 23.38 20.43 24.72 26.16 45.63 – 27.45 29.21 24.79 – 24.96 24.88 24.46 24.27 18.84 31.53 15.05 14.86 37.85 – – $23.86 – – 23.38 – – 17.92 – – – 10.41 8.89 – – – – – – – – – 24.57 22.87 24.43 21.11 10.67 13.77 14.98 19.16 24.20 23.28 29.43 31.00 16.83 19.15 22.92 23.97 27.29 34.99 34.12 42.89 52.06 64.33 34.29 25.29 22.01 28.08 31.66 33.99 43.01 52.44 65.28 25.97 18.02 19.08 21.33 26.30 25.41 37.47 25.26 – 25.27 22.34 10.67 14.01 15.64 20.33 24.87 23.46 29.43 32.07 17.64 19.17 22.43 24.39 26.34 35.18 34.85 42.81 52.59 64.33 36.71 24.92 20.86 26.87 32.01 34.64 42.92 53.01 65.28 26.46 18.02 19.55 21.54 26.61 25.41 37.47 – – – 13.96 – – – – – – – 26.35 – – 24.77 22.99 31.39 – 32.12 – – – 27.55 – 23.15 31.39 – – – – – 19.62 – – – – – – 26.08 – 24.43 21.32 11.16 13.77 15.01 19.25 24.35 23.40 29.43 31.01 16.83 19.16 22.92 23.97 27.29 34.99 34.12 42.89 52.06 64.33 34.29 25.29 22.01 28.08 31.66 33.99 43.01 52.44 65.28 25.99 18.02 19.08 21.32 26.30 25.41 37.47 – – – 14.14 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers White-collar occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Sales occupations ............................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. $34.57 42.28 16.31 6.66 8.61 9.04 12.41 18.08 21.45 23.74 20.90 28.96 61.09 12.16 7.94 9.18 9.83 12.50 13.37 16.16 17.92 18.12 $35.43 42.28 16.40 6.66 8.72 9.04 12.41 18.08 21.45 23.74 20.90 28.96 61.09 12.58 8.23 9.13 9.85 12.66 13.62 17.09 18.00 18.31 – – – – – – – – – – – – – $10.89 7.46 9.53 9.81 11.97 11.67 13.95 – – $34.57 42.28 18.28 7.55 9.42 9.40 13.20 18.93 21.45 23.74 20.90 28.96 61.09 12.34 8.29 9.33 9.92 12.57 13.30 16.16 17.96 18.12 – – $6.57 5.94 – 7.52 7.42 – – – – – – 8.89 6.68 8.09 8.89 9.07 – – – – Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. 12.95 7.05 8.73 11.18 12.94 14.95 16.32 20.29 22.65 21.80 17.19 8.59 10.67 13.58 15.14 17.39 20.55 23.44 22.48 11.00 6.97 7.95 10.96 12.51 13.48 13.10 18.35 12.48 9.72 9.22 11.70 13.81 15.89 19.37 8.57 6.95 8.86 11.11 11.85 12.98 7.00 8.64 10.98 13.27 15.13 16.45 20.48 22.65 21.95 17.44 8.59 10.61 14.16 15.40 17.70 20.77 23.44 22.71 11.00 6.97 7.95 10.96 12.51 13.48 13.10 18.35 12.46 – 9.15 11.11 14.22 15.99 19.82 8.46 6.87 8.74 11.15 12.15 12.54 9.01 10.04 12.83 10.60 12.10 14.89 17.44 – – 14.17 – – – – 14.51 17.65 – – – – – – – – – – 12.58 – – 13.24 – – – 10.02 9.11 10.07 – – 13.32 7.24 9.02 11.35 12.97 14.98 16.32 20.28 22.65 21.80 17.39 8.40 11.55 13.58 15.15 17.39 20.54 23.44 22.48 11.03 7.00 7.96 10.96 12.51 13.48 13.10 18.35 12.91 – 9.76 11.73 13.96 16.11 19.37 8.95 7.18 9.37 11.24 11.85 6.88 5.66 7.05 9.01 – – – – – – 9.16 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.58 – – – – – – 6.07 5.66 6.20 – – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 20 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level Service occupations ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Protective service occupations ............................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Food service occupations ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Health service occupations ..................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations ............ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. 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 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $8.98 5.95 7.08 8.16 13.79 12.21 16.63 16.36 16.61 13.54 7.07 8.45 14.63 12.23 17.05 16.70 17.41 6.57 5.41 6.75 6.11 8.83 8.08 6.53 7.41 8.79 7.11 6.26 7.20 9.83 11.19 6.60 6.45 8.36 19.27 $7.19 5.71 6.46 7.34 14.31 – – – – 7.78 – 8.12 – – – – – 6.28 5.14 5.87 6.11 8.83 7.43 – 6.65 8.70 6.55 6.02 6.36 8.10 12.56 6.60 6.03 – 20.63 $12.13 8.01 8.51 9.62 13.10 11.83 16.91 16.70 17.41 15.45 – – – 12.21 17.10 16.70 17.41 8.54 8.09 8.77 – – 9.17 – 9.04 – 8.85 8.04 7.97 10.70 8.81 – – 8.95 – $9.81 6.24 7.63 8.33 13.94 12.21 16.66 16.51 16.61 14.08 – 8.46 14.63 12.23 17.10 16.70 17.41 7.08 5.46 8.13 6.31 8.95 8.43 – 7.88 8.85 7.69 6.72 7.31 9.83 12.32 – 6.39 8.50 19.52 $5.80 5.36 5.81 6.93 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.21 5.27 5.04 – – 6.43 – – – 5.56 5.42 – – 5.80 – – – – 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 21 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Petroleum engineers ............................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Chemical engineers .............................................. Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Geologists and geodesists ................................... Medical scientists ................................................. Registered nurses ................................................ Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... Elementary school teachers ................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians .............................................................. Social workers ...................................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Designers ............................................................. Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Level 6 .............................................................. Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Level 6 .............................................................. Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Chemical technicians ............................................ See footnotes at end of table. 22 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $45.53 50.23 34.85 36.44 31.01 30.32 28.30 32.96 21.32 26.12 32.43 26.45 32.27 43.30 37.72 28.67 25.45 24.83 28.49 29.31 37.78 36.13 17.99 21.32 20.63 21.94 20.16 23.91 28.33 17.68 28.73 24.22 24.19 23.61 24.59 25.09 23.95 24.51 13.15 26.18 26.39 18.80 14.92 14.86 37.99 19.97 $45.53 50.23 34.85 36.44 31.01 30.32 28.30 32.96 21.32 26.12 32.43 26.45 32.27 43.30 37.72 28.85 25.45 24.89 28.75 29.31 37.78 36.13 – 20.61 20.72 20.95 20.22 21.03 27.91 17.68 – 19.41 – – – – – 17.15 13.15 – – – – – 43.17 19.97 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $22.65 – – 20.08 – – – – 24.30 24.17 23.61 24.65 25.08 23.95 26.16 – – 27.40 18.88 15.23 – – – $45.53 50.23 34.85 36.44 31.01 30.32 28.30 32.96 21.32 26.12 32.43 26.45 32.27 43.30 37.72 28.72 25.45 24.83 28.49 29.73 37.78 36.13 17.99 21.29 20.58 21.94 19.99 24.24 28.34 – – 24.22 24.19 23.61 24.70 25.09 23.95 25.96 – – 26.92 18.84 14.95 14.86 37.99 19.97 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $21.89 – – 22.66 – – – – – – – – – – 12.84 – – – – – – – – 15.61 16.84 17.87 13.51 12.70 13.71 15.16 14.07 15.34 18.96 20.01 25.64 23.15 28.90 22.22 15.52 16.76 – 13.67 – 13.78 15.16 14.38 15.97 19.02 20.89 25.64 23.15 28.90 22.22 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.93 – 17.87 13.34 12.70 13.61 14.61 14.13 15.34 18.96 20.01 25.64 23.15 28.90 22.22 11.79 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Technical occupations: (-Continued) Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Level 12 ............................................................ Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Level 8 .............................................................. Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Level 7 .............................................................. Sales occupations: Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Level 4 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... Advertising and related sales occupations ........... Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, parts ............................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Level 4 .............................................................. Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Supervisors, general office ................................... See footnotes at end of table. 23 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $20.69 19.30 16.81 $20.85 19.30 – – – – $20.69 19.30 16.81 – – – 26.65 34.12 27.41 38.71 35.15 – 34.47 – 38.71 35.15 $26.62 – – – – 26.65 34.12 27.41 38.71 35.15 – – – – – 42.27 41.11 31.70 25.22 42.27 41.11 31.82 25.35 – – 31.69 – 42.27 41.11 31.70 25.22 – – – – 29.69 36.60 25.22 22.19 26.28 32.01 34.57 44.61 52.78 65.91 23.34 18.14 18.32 26.85 24.18 29.64 27.69 28.02 32.18 38.28 22.80 – 26.28 32.01 34.57 44.61 52.78 65.91 23.34 18.14 18.32 26.85 24.18 29.64 27.69 28.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 29.69 36.60 25.22 22.19 26.28 32.01 34.57 44.61 52.78 65.91 23.34 18.14 18.32 26.85 24.18 29.64 27.69 28.02 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 26.77 29.17 22.99 25.26 21.00 28.91 29.17 25.78 25.43 21.00 – – – – – 26.94 29.17 22.99 25.26 20.97 – – – – – 22.86 9.56 17.22 20.13 22.86 9.56 17.22 20.13 – – – – 22.86 9.56 17.22 20.13 – – – – 16.16 19.27 19.33 16.16 19.27 19.33 – – – 17.25 19.27 19.71 – – – 24.47 19.77 19.15 19.50 11.49 7.84 8.92 6.91 6.39 6.79 7.89 12.29 24.47 19.77 19.15 19.50 11.49 7.84 8.92 6.86 6.39 6.56 7.89 12.29 – – – – – – – – – – – – 24.47 19.77 19.16 19.50 12.99 – 9.59 7.75 7.45 7.38 8.32 12.36 13.95 13.85 – 13.95 – – – – $7.31 – – 5.98 – – – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical: (-Continued) Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping Library clerks ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Billing clerks .......................................................... Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Level 3 .............................................................. Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Level 4 .............................................................. Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. See footnotes at end of table. 24 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $19.48 14.44 14.27 10.59 13.51 15.09 19.00 18.87 11.67 8.93 6.87 9.15 11.39 12.91 11.81 8.59 11.46 10.39 11.45 9.72 11.63 12.26 12.54 9.11 13.57 15.30 10.24 7.65 9.95 10.80 $19.48 14.44 15.09 – 13.99 15.21 19.00 18.87 11.67 8.72 6.87 9.15 11.41 12.91 11.81 – 11.20 – 11.49 – 11.59 12.26 12.70 – – 15.57 9.98 7.65 10.41 10.80 – – $11.57 – 12.18 – – – – – – – – – – 8.57 11.79 – – – – – – – – – – – – – $19.48 14.49 14.30 10.63 13.51 15.08 19.00 18.87 12.16 9.34 – 9.21 13.19 12.91 12.48 – 11.56 10.40 11.45 9.72 11.63 12.26 12.54 – 13.57 15.30 10.62 – 10.11 10.80 – – – – – – – – – $6.88 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.19 12.68 – 13.19 – 13.24 14.37 11.75 9.93 11.35 8.76 9.43 9.78 13.48 13.60 9.53 9.93 9.94 10.20 9.86 12.54 10.42 11.47 15.07 27.49 13.24 14.55 11.75 9.93 12.12 9.96 9.62 10.21 14.60 – 9.53 9.93 – – – 13.33 – 11.84 17.55 29.01 13.24 14.61 11.75 9.93 11.54 9.27 9.94 9.82 13.51 12.83 – 10.03 9.99 – 9.86 12.62 10.42 11.62 15.07 29.01 – – – – 8.58 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 22.32 19.27 17.94 15.86 15.79 23.73 19.47 18.18 15.80 15.84 22.32 19.27 17.94 15.86 15.79 – – – – – – – – – 10.33 – – 9.36 12.41 – – – 9.94 10.20 9.86 11.80 – 10.55 – – – – – – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: (-Continued) Industrial machinery repairers (-Continued) Level 6 .............................................................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. Insulation workers ................................................. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Machinists ............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Punching and stamping press operators .............. Numerical control machine operators ................... Printing press operators ....................................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Level 3 .............................................................. Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers ......................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Bus drivers ............................................................ Level 3 .............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ Level 4 .............................................................. Helpers, construction trades ................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Production helpers ................................................ Level 2 .............................................................. Stock handlers and baggers ................................. See footnotes at end of table. 25 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $15.65 16.14 13.52 16.21 22.64 17.68 15.51 18.44 19.05 19.70 11.85 16.81 11.98 9.74 24.00 22.79 30.00 18.36 18.53 19.21 10.34 11.47 15.89 $15.81 16.42 13.52 16.35 22.64 17.66 15.51 18.84 19.14 19.70 12.61 16.62 11.98 9.53 25.82 22.79 30.00 18.36 18.53 19.21 10.34 11.47 15.89 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $15.65 16.14 13.52 16.21 22.64 17.68 15.51 18.44 19.05 19.70 11.85 16.81 – 9.74 23.97 22.68 30.00 18.35 18.53 19.19 10.34 11.47 15.89 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.16 22.77 23.61 23.16 22.77 23.61 – – – 23.16 22.77 23.61 – – – 9.39 14.88 12.28 7.30 12.38 10.96 12.74 8.89 7.96 13.03 9.39 14.88 12.28 7.30 12.38 10.96 12.74 8.89 7.96 13.04 – – – – – – – – – – 9.39 14.88 12.28 7.32 12.39 10.96 12.74 8.97 7.98 13.03 – – – – – – – – – – 12.23 10.28 12.89 12.96 13.32 8.91 8.17 9.66 12.34 10.47 12.90 – – 8.91 8.17 9.66 – – – $12.51 13.32 – – – 12.27 10.33 12.89 13.86 – 8.91 8.17 9.66 – – – – – – – – 14.52 14.79 – 14.72 – 8.91 10.93 11.50 9.96 10.13 8.26 7.55 9.82 9.04 7.24 – 11.23 11.72 9.69 10.13 8.17 7.55 9.82 9.04 7.24 10.05 – – – – – – – – – 8.91 11.24 11.50 9.96 10.13 8.26 7.55 9.82 9.04 8.27 – – – – – – – – – $5.57 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: (-Continued) Stock handlers and baggers (-Continued) Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............ Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Level 7 .............................................................. Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Level 3 .............................................................. Food service occupations: Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Level 1 .............................................................. Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. See footnotes at end of table. 26 All industries Private industry $6.38 7.86 9.18 8.40 6.46 8.67 8.42 7.19 8.82 6.99 10.19 $6.38 7.86 9.18 8.40 6.46 8.67 8.29 7.19 8.67 – 9.90 All industries State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers – – – – – – – – $10.69 – – $7.59 7.87 9.94 8.58 – 10.18 8.58 7.74 9.17 – 11.46 $5.52 – – 7.55 – – – – 6.14 – – 14.96 18.24 – – 14.96 18.24 – 18.24 – – 16.52 16.67 11.43 8.42 8.95 – – – 7.77 – 16.52 16.67 11.43 – – 16.52 16.67 11.43 8.65 8.95 – – – – – 13.27 3.08 2.73 7.57 7.06 6.55 6.57 7.59 6.98 13.27 3.08 2.73 7.63 – 6.52 6.53 7.59 5.97 – – – – – – – – 8.90 13.27 2.92 2.54 7.89 – 6.88 6.67 – 7.54 – 3.40 – – – 5.80 – – 5.63 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Service occupations: (-Continued) Food service occupations: (-Continued) Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. (-Continued) Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Health service occupations: Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations: Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Level 3 .............................................................. Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 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 Each occupation for which wage 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 ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule All industries Private industry $6.25 7.85 $5.80 – 8.92 7.76 7.34 8.71 – 7.32 6.46 8.70 5.99 5.96 7.03 6.31 7.48 10.40 5.99 5.96 6.27 6.03 6.58 – 8.65 8.27 8.98 7.97 – – – – All industries State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $6.55 8.51 $5.72 – $9.45 8.91 9.06 – 9.02 8.15 7.85 8.78 – 6.39 – – – – 8.85 8.04 7.97 10.70 6.01 5.98 7.72 6.93 7.62 10.40 – – 5.56 5.42 – – – 8.58 8.98 – 8.65 8.34 8.98 8.27 – – – – – – 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 27 Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Occupational group2 Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $18.12 18.11 $7.69 7.92 $19.55 19.84 $17.22 17.28 $17.29 17.45 $19.51 17.71 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 22.12 22.61 9.88 12.40 30.47 34.55 21.35 22.07 21.57 22.32 20.26 18.43 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 26.75 28.24 21.32 31.01 18.28 12.34 17.14 17.90 14.14 – 6.57 8.89 62.70 – 62.70 – – 14.72 25.89 27.92 17.89 31.00 16.50 12.08 26.46 27.92 21.11 30.89 14.41 12.20 – – – 36.82 20.74 10.10 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 13.32 17.39 11.03 12.91 8.95 6.88 9.16 – 7.58 6.07 17.43 20.50 16.18 15.00 11.30 12.01 16.24 10.22 11.63 8.30 12.80 17.06 11.00 12.46 8.55 17.73 19.13 – – – Service occupations ........................................................... 9.81 5.80 19.98 8.68 8.98 – 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 28 Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Goods-producing industries4 Occupational group3 All private industries Total Mining Construction Manufacturing Service-producing industries5 Total TransWholeportsale ation and and retail public trade utilities $19.86 $31.32 $17.06 $18.00 $15.90 $21.13 $13.12 19.74 31.30 17.06 17.83 15.93 21.00 12.80 Finance, insurance, and real estate Services – – $15.74 15.83 All occupations ........................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ................................................ $17.23 17.31 White-collar occupations ....................................................... White-collar excluding sales ................................................. 21.85 22.98 27.61 27.68 33.06 33.08 27.37 27.37 24.04 23.99 19.90 21.05 24.80 25.02 15.76 17.96 – – 21.21 21.58 Professional specialty and technical occupations ................ Professional specialty occupations ................................... Technical occupations ...................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ....... Sales occupations ................................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ......... 27.52 29.60 22.34 32.07 16.40 12.58 31.66 34.60 22.15 34.25 26.13 14.82 37.15 39.90 21.62 36.67 – 16.64 33.11 33.58 31.13 28.94 – 14.86 26.07 28.69 20.75 35.45 24.67 14.13 25.58 27.00 22.41 30.85 15.69 11.96 41.83 29.58 61.62 37.39 22.98 13.78 23.19 28.43 – 29.83 13.84 11.36 – – – – – – 23.93 26.70 17.15 31.60 11.68 11.30 Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 12.98 17.44 11.00 12.46 8.46 14.52 17.53 12.31 12.77 10.38 17.17 20.80 – – – 12.76 13.94 12.81 11.89 9.91 15.08 19.44 12.25 12.44 10.58 11.02 17.24 8.03 12.30 7.39 15.68 19.94 – 15.17 9.37 11.03 17.49 – 11.03 7.75 – – – – – 8.53 13.82 7.44 10.20 6.37 Service occupations ............................................................... 7.19 – – – – 7.17 21.81 5.95 – 6.89 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. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 29 Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers2, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 100 workers or more All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $17.23 17.31 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. Occupational group3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more $14.67 14.02 $17.75 17.97 $15.22 15.12 $20.09 20.32 21.85 22.98 19.51 19.48 22.28 23.56 19.89 21.52 24.05 24.72 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ..... 27.52 29.60 22.34 32.07 16.40 12.58 23.99 26.76 17.92 28.88 19.60 12.60 27.84 29.84 22.78 32.72 15.54 12.58 25.99 29.53 18.20 32.87 15.86 12.42 28.78 29.99 25.48 32.66 14.49 12.70 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 12.98 17.44 11.00 12.46 8.46 11.12 13.19 10.11 11.82 8.33 13.39 18.22 11.18 12.81 8.48 11.65 16.58 10.62 12.30 8.07 15.51 19.35 12.22 13.32 9.36 Service occupations ........................................................... 7.19 5.83 7.54 7.18 7.96 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. 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. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 30 Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All workers Occupational group2 All industries All occupations ....................................................................... 1,046,362 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 965,790 Private industry State and local government 809,760 729,853 236,602 235,936 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 601,120 520,547 434,006 354,099 167,115 166,448 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 244,168 194,875 49,293 93,338 80,573 183,041 144,359 101,737 42,622 74,926 79,906 134,814 99,809 93,137 6,672 18,412 – 48,227 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 297,096 111,221 57,452 40,888 87,536 275,549 102,810 57,357 33,511 81,871 21,547 8,411 – 7,377 5,665 Service occupations ........................................................... 148,146 100,206 47,941 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 31 Appendix A: Technical Note This 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. ployment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy which were not selected for collection. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. 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 was an economic unit which 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 was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment was defined as all locations of a government entity. The Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties, TX. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Collection was the responsibility of the field economists, working out of the Regional Office, who visited each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were used to followup and update data. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multi-step 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. 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, with each selected worker representing a job within the es- Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two stage stratified design with probability proportional to em- A-1 tablishment. 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 collected in each establishment was based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in the following schedule: Number of employees 50-99 100-249 250-999 1000-2,499 2,500+ Number of selected jobs 8 10 12 16 20 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. In cases where 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. Generic leveling through point factor analysis In the last step before wage data were collected, the work A-2 level of each selected job was determined using a “generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation. 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 which written description best matched the job. Within each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. 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 leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firm. Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis showed that several of the generic level 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. Detailed research continues in the area. The results of this research will be published by BLS in the future. Collection period The survey data were collected over several months. 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. ments of the position. (See the description in the technical note and the example for more details on the leveling process.) 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: Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time. · · · · · 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 (e.g., Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free room and board Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) On-call pay In order to calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also 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. Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requireA-3 Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below). Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for the job. 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 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 the nonrespondents equals the mean value of 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 and job level. 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 sample Responding Out of business or not in survey scope Unable or refused to provide data Establishments 613 410 58 145 Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances are noted in the bulletin table footnotes. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated. Not all series that were calculated 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 publishing a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. The number of workers estimates 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 only to indicate the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors A-4 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. Appendix table 2 contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows a relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus and minus 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. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. 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 establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 Number of establishments studied Industry All industries ......................................................... Private industry ................................................. Goods-producing industries .......................... Mining ....................................................... Construction ............................................. Manufacturing ........................................... Service-producing industries ........................ Tranportation and public utilities ............... Wholesale and retail trade ........................ Finance, insurance and real estate .......... Services .................................................... State and local government .............................. Number of establishments represented 100 workers or more Total studied 5,005 4,893 1,205 87 390 728 3,688 361 1,709 330 1,288 112 401 361 116 21 27 68 245 29 81 17 118 40 50 - 99 workers 99 98 20 1 8 11 78 7 26 9 36 1 Total 302 263 96 20 19 57 167 22 55 8 82 39 100 - 499 workers 162 155 47 7 8 32 108 12 44 2 50 7 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. A-5 500 workers or more 140 108 49 13 11 25 59 10 11 6 32 32 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 (in percent) Occupation3 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.3 3.3 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.6 3.9 3.9 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Petroleum engineers ............................................ Chemical engineers .............................................. Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Mechanical engineers ........................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Geologists and geodesists ................................... Medical scientists ................................................. Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ......................... 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 ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Lawyers ................................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Designers ............................................................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Technical occupations .................................................. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Radiological technicians ....................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ........................... Drafters ................................................................. Chemical technicians ............................................ Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Purchasing managers ........................................... Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... 2.6 2.5 4.0 8.4 5.5 8.8 5.7 7.8 9.2 4.4 3.9 4.1 11.8 12.7 23.2 3.7 2.3 3.4 4.4 8.5 11.7 1.6 1.1 1.3 4.5 8.7 14.1 14.1 12.7 7.0 7.4 18.7 21.0 3.2 3.0 4.0 8.4 5.5 8.8 5.7 7.8 9.2 4.4 3.9 4.2 10.8 12.7 – 5.0 2.1 1.4 4.4 35.2 – 8.6 12.4 – 17.3 – – – – 15.3 – 23.8 25.5 4.3 4.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.4 4.2 – – 8.5 – 1.6 1.1 1.3 4.3 8.1 16.1 16.1 – 7.6 7.6 – – 11.2 31.1 12.5 7.8 9.8 14.6 1.8 5.0 8.8 8.0 6.6 7.0 7.6 4.2 10.1 2.7 3.3 13.9 10.6 12.8 11.2 12.1 31.1 12.9 8.4 10.2 – 2.0 5.0 8.8 9.3 6.6 7.0 10.5 4.2 – 2.9 3.4 – 10.9 12.8 11.2 – – – 8.9 – – – – – – – – – – – 5.9 6.3 14.0 – – – 8.0 5.3 9.6 8.0 14.8 10.1 – 5.5 – See footnotes at end of table. A-6 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers (-Continued) Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ................................................ Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Securities and financial services sales occupations .................................................... Advertising and related sales occupations ........... Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, parts ............................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ....... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping Library clerks ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Mail clerks except postal service .......................... Dispatchers ........................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. .................................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Bill and account collectors .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... See footnotes at end of table. A-7 All industries Private industry State and local government 30.4 4.7 4.5 3.3 9.0 6.2 29.8 4.3 4.7 3.3 9.0 6.2 – – 8.9 – – – 10.1 12.4 7.7 9.1 10.7 10.2 9.8 8.5 9.1 10.7 – – – – – 24.2 18.8 10.7 24.2 18.8 10.7 – – – 9.9 24.6 4.7 14.2 9.0 2.6 11.7 1.6 4.7 9.9 24.6 4.7 14.2 9.0 2.7 11.7 1.9 5.7 – – – – – – – 2.6 – 9.1 11.5 2.9 14.8 4.9 12.5 9.1 8.9 5.5 4.4 3.4 10.1 8.3 15.8 7.1 11.2 6.3 9.1 11.5 3.1 14.8 4.8 14.5 9.1 8.9 – 6.3 3.5 11.3 – – 7.3 12.1 5.4 – – 4.9 – – – – – 6.0 5.6 – – – – – – – 13.2 15.0 – 4.2 9.0 13.4 3.2 5.1 11.3 2.1 5.4 4.2 9.0 13.4 4.1 5.1 11.3 – 6.5 – – – 5.2 – – 2.1 8.6 2.9 2.8 3.1 2.9 3.5 5.5 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ....... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Carpenters ............................................................ Electricians ........................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance .............. Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters .................. Insulation workers ................................................. Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Supervisors, production occupations .................... Machinists ............................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Punching and stamping press operators .............. Numerical control machine operators ................... Printing press operators ....................................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Welders and cutters .............................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ............................................ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Helpers, mechanics and repairers ........................ Helpers, construction trades ................................. Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ 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. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ............................................................ Correctional institution officers ............................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ See footnotes at end of table. A-8 All industries Private industry State and local government 9.5 10.4 5.7 6.6 6.0 4.7 4.1 3.6 5.4 7.4 7.8 13.4 8.0 4.9 5.8 3.9 7.1 9.5 10.6 6.7 6.8 6.6 5.1 4.1 3.7 6.0 9.0 7.8 14.3 5.6 4.9 5.8 3.9 7.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1.3 5.4 15.3 10.0 8.0 4.0 8.5 6.2 8.6 9.1 4.4 5.6 5.5 5.7 1.3 5.4 15.3 10.0 8.0 4.0 8.5 6.2 8.6 9.3 5.0 5.7 – 5.7 – – – – – – – – – – 4.7 – 4.1 – 11.9 3.6 8.0 7.5 5.6 8.8 9.0 4.3 11.8 6.6 6.6 10.3 12.2 3.8 – 8.8 6.5 9.0 9.0 4.3 11.8 6.8 6.6 11.0 – 5.1 7.9 – – – – – – – – 8.5 3.9 6.9 2.4 4.3 4.1 5.0 – – 4.3 3.7 2.4 4.3 3.4 2.6 8.4 5.2 – – 5.3 5.8 3.4 2.6 – 4.2 7.6 12.5 5.3 3.5 23.8 7.6 12.5 5.7 3.7 23.8 – – – – – Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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. Individual occupations are All industries Private industry State and local government 5.2 4.2 4.4 5.6 4.7 2.5 5.2 12.2 8.8 7.0 8.6 4.5 5.5 – 6.2 4.8 2.5 4.4 16.5 – – – 3.8 3.4 4.1 6.0 5.9 – 5.9 3.8 – 5.8 – classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. A-9 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 All occupations ................................................................................. All occupations excluding sales ...................................................... 5 5 6 6 3 3 White-collar occupations ............................................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ................................... 7 7 7 7 4 5 Professional specialty and technical occupations ...................... Professional specialty occupations ......................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Petroleum engineers ...................................................... Chemical engineers ........................................................ Civil engineers ................................................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ................................. Industrial engineers ........................................................ Mechanical engineers ..................................................... Engineers, N.E.C. ........................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... Natural scientists ................................................................ Geologists and geodesists ............................................. Medical scientists ........................................................... Health related occupations ................................................. Registered nurses .......................................................... Pharmacists .................................................................... Respiratory therapists ..................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Teachers, post secondary N.E.C. ................................... 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 .................................. Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ Social workers ................................................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................................ Lawyers .......................................................................... Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ........................................................................... Designers ....................................................................... Professional occupations, N.E.C. ................................... Technical occupations ............................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........... Radiological technicians ................................................. Licensed practical nurses ............................................... Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ................. Electrical and electronic technicians ............................... Engineering technicians, N.E.C. ..................................... Drafters ........................................................................... Chemical technicians ...................................................... Computer programmers ................................................. Legal assistants .............................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ............. Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Administrators and officials, public administration .......... Financial managers ........................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers ........................ Purchasing managers ..................................................... Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations .. Administrators, education and related fields ................... Managers, medicine and health ..................................... Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments ... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................ Management related occupations ...................................... Accountants and auditors ............................................... Other financial officers .................................................... 8 8 10 11 10 11 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 11 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 11 7 7 11 11 8 9 10 11 10 11 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 – 12 – 7 7 7 7 9 7 7 11 7 7 11 11 7 7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 8 – – 7 – 6 – – 6 – – – – – – – – 8 6 8 6 6 7 5 5 6 7 8 5 7 7 6 9 10 8 10 12 10 12 10 9 8 11 8 7 10 8 6 8 6 6 7 5 5 6 7 8 5 7 7 6 9 10 8 10 12 10 12 10 9 8 11 8 7 10 – – – 5 5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. A-10 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Management analysts .................................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. .......................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Sales occupations ...................................................................... Supervisors, sales occupations ...................................... Securities and financial services sales occupations ....... Advertising and related sales occupations ..................... Sales occupations, other business services ................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ....................... Sales workers, parts ....................................................... Sales workers, other commodities .................................. Sales counter clerks ....................................................... Cashiers ......................................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ............... Supervisors, general office ............................................. Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ........................................................................ Computer operators ........................................................ Secretaries ..................................................................... Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. Receptionists .................................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ............................................... Order clerks .................................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll and timekeeping .......... Library clerks .................................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Billing clerks .................................................................... Mail clerks except postal service .................................... Dispatchers ..................................................................... Production coordinators .................................................. Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, N.E.C. ....................................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................ Bill and account collectors .............................................. General office clerks ....................................................... Bank tellers ..................................................................... Data entry keyers ........................................................... Teachers’ aides .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ................... Blue-collar occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... Automobile mechanics ................................................... Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................. Industrial machinery repairers ........................................ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .................................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................ Carpenters ...................................................................... Electricians ..................................................................... Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............................ Insulation workers ........................................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................ Supervisors, production occupations .............................. Machinists ....................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. A-11 8 8 7 8 5 8 6 6 6 8 8 7 8 5 8 6 6 6 – – – – 2 – – – – 8 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 6 8 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 6 – – – 4 – 2 – 3 – 7 5 5 4 2 4 5 5 3 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 7 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 – 4 4 5 – 4 5 3 3 – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 3 3 – 3 3 4 – – – – 2 – – – – 4 6 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 6 5 3 7 6 4 6 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 6 – 3 7 6 2 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, January 1999 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ Butchers and meat cutters .............................................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ..................................... Miscellaneous plant and system operators, N.E.C. ........ Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................ Punching and stamping press operators ........................ Numerical control machine operators ............................. Printing press operators ................................................. Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ..................... Welders and cutters ........................................................ Assemblers ..................................................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............ Transportation and material moving occupations ....................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Bus drivers ...................................................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............ Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators, N.E.C. ....................................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................ Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................. Helpers, mechanics and repairers .................................. Helpers, construction trades ........................................... Construction laborers ..................................................... Production helpers .......................................................... 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. ............................. 4 5 5 7 4 3 5 4 2 3 6 2 6 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 4 3 5 4 2 3 6 2 6 4 3 3 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 – 2 – – – – – 1 2 – – 2 Service occupations ..................................................................... Protective service occupations ........................................... Firefighting occupations .................................................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ...... Correctional institution officers ....................................... Guards and police except public service ........................ Food service occupations ................................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations Waiters and waitresses .................................................. Cooks ............................................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................. Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ...................................... Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ........................... Health service occupations ................................................. Health aides, except nursing .......................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service occupations ........................ Maids and housemen ..................................................... Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... Personal service occupations ............................................. Welfare service aides ..................................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. Service occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 3 5 5 6 7 5 3 2 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 – 6 7 5 3 2 5 2 3 2 – 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 – – – – – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 2 1 – 1 2 – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. A-12
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