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Kansas City, MO-KS National Compensation Survey September 1997 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner Revised March 1999 Bulletin 3090-30 The Bureau of Labor Statistics has identified data errors in the National Compensation Survey bulletin previously published for this area. This revised bulletin presents the corrected data. Preface T For additional information regarding this survey, please contact the BLS Kansas City Regional Office at (816) 4262481. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6220, or send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at the BLS Internet site (http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm). 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. 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; TDD phone: (202) 606-5897; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-326-2577. his bulletin provides results of a September 1997 survey of occupational pay in the Kansas City, MO-KS, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as the 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. Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Stanley W. Suchman, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the Kansas City Regional Office. 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 analyzed the survey results. iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ Wages in the Kansas City, MO-KS, MSA.................................................................................................. 1 2 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 ............................................................... 4 7 11 15 18 22 27 28 29 30 Appendix A: Technical Note ..................................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................ Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors...................................................................................... Appendix table 3. Average work levels ........................................................................................... v 31 35 36 39 Introduction T broader coverage of occupations and establishments within the survey area. Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected using probability techniques from a list of all those present in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on broad occupational classifications such as white-collar workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers, and individual occupations such as cashiers. In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions that were not comparable across specific occupations. Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time versus incentive status, and establishment employment size. Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program. The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government. his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the Kansas City, MO-KS, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The MSA includes Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray Counties, MO; and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties, KS. This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are analyzed in the initial textual section. 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 is 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 design and products The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) new National Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These data are similar to those released under the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued. NCS more extensive than OCS The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing 1 Wages in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area S $16.82. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for white-collar occupations as $17.22 in private industry and $18.51 in State and local government. Blue-collar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $13.59 in private industry and $13.62 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged $7.07 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $12.55. traight-time wages in the Kansas City, MO-KS, Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $15.18 per hour during September 1997. White-collar workers had an average wage of $17.50 per hour. Blue-collar workers averaged $13.60 per hour, while service workers had average earnings of $8.63 per hour. (All comparisons in this analysis cover hourly rates for both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.) Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational group, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and State and local government, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Dollars per hour $ 20 Dollars per hour $ 20 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 0 White-collar Whitecollar Bluecollar Service workers Private industry Within each of these occupational groups, average hourly wages for individual occupations varied. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at $18.99 per hour, secretaries at $10.94, and bank tellers at $8.45. Among occupations in the blue-collar category, truck drivers averaged $12.52 per hour while stock handlers and baggers averaged $9.98. Finally, service occupations included nursing aides, orderlies and attendants at $7.67 per hour and maids and housemen at $6.70. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 124 detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed could not be reported separately due to concerns about the confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of the data. Survey results show that private industry workers in Kansas City, MO-KS earned $14.82 per hour, while surveyed State and local government workers averaged Blue-collar Service State and local government Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were $15.87 per hour, compared with an average of $8.24 per hour for part-time workers. Data for specific work levels within major occupational groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may not be published because no workers were identified at that level or because there were not enough data to guarantee confidentiality and reliability. 2 Hourly wages averaged $14.23 in all service-producing industries, $16.75 in transportation and public utilities, $12.51 in finance, insurance and real estate, and $14.64 in services. Data for other industry divisions did not meet publication criteria. Table C-4 reports that a total of 506,326 workers were represented by the Kansas City, MO-KS survey. Whitecollar occupations included 298,751 workers, or 59 percent; blue-collar occupations included 124,543 workers, or 24 percent; and service occupations included 83,031 workers, or 16 percent. Work levels for all major groups span several levels, with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting and ending at higher work levels than the other groups. Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 9. As illustrated in Chart 3, the average hourly rate was $8.34 for level 2, $10.41 for level 4, $12.48 for level 6, and $15.65 for level 8. Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for administrative support occupations, including clerical, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by occupational group, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Dollars per hour $ 20 Percent 60 15 50 40 10 30 5 20 0 2 4 6 10 8 Level 0 Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of $17.05, as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion workers averaged $14.79. Time workers, whose wages were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged $15.20 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at least partially based on productivity payments, averaged $14.71 per hour. Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly wages averaged $16.36 in all goods-producing industries, $18.95 in construction, and $15.96 in manufacturing. Whitecollar Bluecollar Service workers Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry, and State and local government are available in appendix table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3. 3 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ....................................................................... $15.18 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 15.43 $6.50 6.87 25 Median 50 $8.75 $13.00 9.00 13.32 75 90 $19.29 19.60 $26.19 26.31 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 17.50 18.27 7.83 8.64 10.29 11.13 14.90 15.45 21.51 22.37 29.56 30.05 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Substitute teachers ............................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Librarians .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. 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 ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ 20.77 22.28 26.27 30.36 27.69 24.28 24.34 25.12 17.54 20.09 25.33 18.99 23.55 17.19 30.11 29.65 23.43 25.08 24.61 25.07 23.22 9.45 20.42 23.26 23.26 18.46 18.06 13.25 13.59 – 11.39 12.65 18.14 18.28 20.89 17.00 15.74 16.91 10.67 13.99 10.26 14.65 14.74 14.91 18.00 17.84 14.33 17.57 17.17 17.70 15.91 8.75 11.93 13.86 13.86 10.79 10.79 9.25 11.06 – 14.28 16.01 20.89 22.33 23.87 20.00 18.70 19.23 12.48 15.55 10.58 16.22 15.32 15.77 20.49 20.24 18.57 20.51 20.00 21.36 17.68 9.33 15.20 15.38 15.38 12.80 11.37 11.39 11.69 – 19.10 20.51 25.24 29.00 28.73 22.75 23.30 24.81 15.65 18.50 13.99 18.81 25.67 17.50 26.31 24.44 22.81 25.28 23.47 24.85 22.18 9.33 19.39 21.18 21.18 16.30 17.97 13.15 13.15 – 25.36 26.73 31.25 38.89 31.49 27.91 29.57 30.29 19.67 21.57 39.42 21.20 27.72 18.41 35.65 35.65 28.01 28.86 28.80 28.99 28.94 9.33 25.95 33.27 33.27 23.71 23.09 15.15 15.20 – 31.80 33.19 37.04 41.68 33.65 33.26 33.89 34.95 31.25 26.00 61.26 23.33 27.72 19.17 43.24 43.70 32.89 33.93 34.77 33.98 32.39 10.28 31.49 36.56 36.56 28.25 28.99 16.71 16.92 – 18.71 17.47 25.40 15.46 16.21 15.08 12.24 11.72 19.70 12.70 21.07 13.69 15.01 25.04 29.49 25.20 22.61 9.13 9.77 14.00 9.80 12.34 12.50 9.30 7.71 13.38 9.62 14.18 11.03 9.35 12.81 15.09 15.07 13.43 11.69 13.65 19.04 11.63 14.48 13.13 10.80 9.00 17.75 9.80 16.83 11.33 11.99 15.60 19.55 17.69 15.69 14.69 15.38 23.26 14.18 16.31 14.40 11.85 12.04 19.17 12.00 19.58 12.20 13.53 21.15 26.22 26.02 20.67 20.75 21.97 36.06 18.51 19.29 16.34 13.57 13.38 21.59 15.16 25.91 15.53 17.09 28.61 32.31 29.83 30.10 29.81 26.02 36.06 23.22 19.54 19.17 14.98 16.59 25.72 17.33 28.85 17.84 23.27 37.26 38.46 34.53 36.34 30.13 29.67 25.80 20.49 29.48 17.30 18.10 17.56 17.90 16.72 16.05 17.17 16.27 12.50 15.38 16.83 10.85 12.01 10.10 15.08 11.40 10.16 20.91 22.10 19.28 16.37 20.96 13.10 13.10 10.55 16.82 13.46 12.02 31.38 28.38 22.49 22.53 26.83 16.15 15.00 11.70 17.31 16.75 14.90 37.26 33.82 28.65 23.34 34.79 20.92 22.24 22.73 17.82 18.87 18.17 38.46 45.43 29.16 24.62 40.60 24.04 24.16 38.46 19.80 22.12 23.70 See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean White-collar occupations (-Continued) Sales occupations ............................................................ $12.12 Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 15.61 Sales occupations, other business services ......... 16.69 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. 26.88 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. 12.39 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ... 10.63 Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 8.04 Sales counter clerks ............................................. 7.66 Cashiers ............................................................... 6.82 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... 12.09 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... 11.18 Supervisors, general office ................................... 14.87 Supervisors, financial records processing ............ 15.66 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... 18.30 Computer operators .............................................. 13.88 Secretaries ........................................................... 10.94 Typists .................................................................. 8.72 Receptionists ........................................................ 8.58 Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... 9.67 Order clerks .......................................................... 11.44 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... 11.43 Library clerks ........................................................ 8.18 Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... 11.43 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 10.80 Billing clerks .......................................................... 11.96 Production coordinators ........................................ 15.40 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... 10.12 Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 12.74 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. 12.69 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... 10.26 General office clerks ............................................. 10.81 Bank tellers ........................................................... 8.45 Data entry keyers ................................................. 10.37 Statistical clerks .................................................... 12.41 Teachers’ aides .................................................... 8.36 Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 12.34 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Assemblers ........................................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. See footnotes at end of table. 5 13.60 16.83 18.57 15.50 14.70 17.64 20.12 19.18 18.52 10.32 16.27 13.84 14.14 12.82 6.53 11.66 15.14 10.13 17.13 13.47 13.21 12.52 9.61 18.15 12.78 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $5.75 8.10 10.42 $6.50 9.95 13.13 $8.95 11.95 16.35 $15.00 18.31 20.43 $22.76 26.63 27.91 6.75 5.15 5.50 5.50 6.00 5.50 6.00 7.50 10.69 11.37 17.37 6.52 6.25 6.02 6.25 6.00 6.90 8.51 11.78 12.48 28.23 11.91 8.54 7.25 6.50 6.55 10.05 10.46 14.85 14.42 33.00 18.16 11.55 9.50 9.00 7.40 16.45 13.00 17.79 18.46 40.27 19.94 24.10 11.05 11.25 8.60 20.85 16.07 19.16 22.01 11.76 9.62 8.44 7.24 7.00 7.25 7.93 6.34 5.40 7.25 7.74 9.36 11.06 7.25 8.00 9.38 6.50 7.50 7.00 7.50 8.85 7.20 8.80 13.25 11.14 9.00 7.24 7.45 8.24 9.13 6.34 7.16 8.98 8.50 10.25 13.73 8.57 11.97 11.06 7.25 8.42 7.50 7.80 10.50 7.68 10.10 14.43 13.08 10.26 7.96 8.41 9.09 10.73 12.60 7.89 10.73 10.24 11.59 14.09 10.02 12.40 12.02 9.00 10.51 8.47 8.76 11.60 8.34 12.08 20.30 15.41 12.00 10.38 9.50 10.58 13.25 14.90 9.04 14.91 12.39 13.03 19.52 11.35 14.61 14.42 11.41 12.65 9.25 11.46 15.41 8.91 13.48 40.00 22.56 14.27 11.54 10.94 13.42 16.90 14.90 10.66 14.91 14.42 16.29 20.63 13.51 16.77 16.59 16.89 15.43 9.87 20.10 16.90 9.50 16.58 7.00 9.99 16.10 8.50 11.60 11.68 15.56 13.40 11.00 7.90 13.85 7.09 8.70 7.00 5.50 8.53 12.13 6.00 8.30 6.90 7.50 8.00 8.15 13.94 9.05 9.00 13.27 17.12 12.00 13.21 15.80 17.70 15.00 13.46 8.25 13.85 9.68 9.45 10.80 5.68 9.24 12.57 7.50 14.28 10.96 9.52 10.32 8.75 13.94 11.20 12.54 17.07 17.31 15.50 14.61 18.04 21.72 18.50 19.71 9.99 15.43 12.43 15.09 12.00 6.25 10.67 14.66 10.00 20.04 11.41 12.00 12.22 9.10 13.94 12.20 18.00 20.50 19.40 17.49 16.30 20.77 22.00 23.40 22.26 11.15 19.50 19.95 15.09 13.75 7.07 12.28 18.48 11.77 20.45 20.25 15.05 14.75 10.30 25.24 14.24 20.45 23.98 23.49 22.13 18.59 20.77 22.00 23.43 24.39 15.00 19.84 20.45 20.00 20.53 7.55 15.43 18.99 14.18 20.45 20.25 18.89 15.69 11.18 27.38 16.66 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $5.75 6.27 9.00 5.00 5.75 7.00 5.50 5.25 $7.00 7.37 12.00 7.00 7.20 8.00 6.00 6.50 $9.00 11.70 16.05 7.00 10.00 9.20 7.08 7.50 $12.28 12.28 17.10 8.25 12.36 14.45 10.70 8.58 $15.87 12.28 17.10 10.55 13.54 20.04 13.60 11.42 8.63 15.18 24.92 14.05 17.33 9.66 5.78 3.50 8.74 16.34 11.40 12.71 7.30 2.13 6.04 11.44 21.32 13.41 14.08 8.03 3.00 7.50 14.82 25.60 14.89 16.37 9.69 6.00 10.00 17.25 27.45 14.89 21.81 11.31 7.50 14.89 21.92 35.40 15.35 21.92 11.57 9.50 10.32 5.27 2.62 8.22 7.32 4.44 6.40 8.07 9.30 7.67 8.12 13.74 6.70 8.03 7.98 5.81 8.59 7.06 8.76 7.11 7.50 2.13 2.13 6.25 6.10 2.13 5.15 6.10 6.62 6.05 6.00 7.21 6.00 5.90 5.03 4.59 6.50 6.10 6.12 5.04 8.75 4.25 2.13 7.00 6.35 2.75 5.75 6.81 7.35 6.54 6.40 11.27 6.25 6.50 6.00 4.85 7.50 6.18 7.00 5.50 10.12 5.00 2.13 8.01 7.10 3.50 6.25 7.70 8.30 7.63 7.19 11.76 6.50 7.26 7.04 5.50 8.44 6.75 8.70 6.55 12.72 6.00 3.01 9.25 7.74 6.75 6.80 8.75 9.41 8.48 9.21 15.17 7.15 9.21 8.81 6.04 9.51 7.93 11.20 9.00 12.98 8.00 3.80 10.67 9.45 7.00 8.00 9.80 11.33 9.62 11.67 22.02 7.64 11.58 12.18 7.57 9.89 8.43 12.22 10.00 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... $10.00 Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... 10.15 Construction laborers ........................................... 14.43 Production helpers ................................................ 8.40 Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 9.98 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 11.79 Hand packers and packagers ............................... 8.39 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 8.40 Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Bartenders ............................................................ 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 .............. Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... 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 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." 6 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $14.82 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 15.09 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Civil engineers .................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Respiratory therapists ......................... Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, except college and university Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Teachers, N.E.C. ................................ Substitute teachers ............................. Vocational and educational counselors .................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Librarians ............................................ Social scientists and urban planners ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ 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 ... Drafters ............................................... Computer programmers ..................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Financial managers ............................ Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations ....................... Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. Managers, medicine and health ......... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. Management related occupations .......... State and local government $6.50 6.50 25 Median 50 $8.45 $12.50 8.75 12.90 Percentiles Mean 75 90 10 $18.89 19.21 $25.36 25.51 $16.82 16.83 25 Median 50 75 90 $7.90 $10.33 $14.68 $21.03 $28.80 7.90 10.34 14.71 21.03 28.80 17.22 18.18 7.50 8.58 10.00 11.05 14.43 15.38 21.00 21.97 29.16 29.66 18.51 18.52 8.83 8.83 11.54 11.54 16.32 16.32 22.93 22.94 31.27 31.27 20.48 22.26 26.60 31.10 27.69 24.61 24.61 11.05 12.02 18.27 18.28 20.89 17.25 15.89 13.94 15.85 21.16 23.51 23.87 20.22 18.75 18.88 20.40 25.59 32.28 28.73 23.54 24.01 24.98 26.43 31.34 39.09 31.49 28.40 29.81 31.25 32.86 37.27 41.68 33.65 33.91 34.10 21.34 22.31 – – – – – 12.20 13.07 – – – – – 14.86 16.12 – – – – – 19.65 20.71 – – – – – 26.18 27.20 – – – – – 32.93 34.25 – – – – – 25.48 24.10 20.26 19.27 23.30 17.19 25.49 20.83 – – – – – 17.37 16.08 13.78 14.89 14.74 14.91 18.24 16.66 – – – – – 19.25 19.19 15.56 16.61 15.32 15.77 19.72 19.39 – – – – – 25.75 22.72 18.74 19.46 25.67 17.50 22.92 19.39 – – – – – 30.51 29.88 21.93 21.21 27.72 18.41 27.73 19.72 – – – – – 34.98 31.25 26.00 23.39 27.72 19.17 30.35 27.51 – – – – – – – 19.59 18.19 – – 31.64 23.55 25.07 24.54 25.07 23.27 9.45 – – 14.27 14.39 – – 17.84 14.25 17.57 17.17 17.70 15.91 8.75 – – 15.48 15.55 – – 22.18 18.40 20.55 20.00 21.36 17.78 9.33 – – 17.91 17.71 – – 27.28 22.89 25.28 23.23 24.85 22.28 9.33 – – 21.00 20.23 – – 38.14 28.34 28.86 28.80 28.99 29.04 9.33 – – 24.11 22.25 – – 46.62 32.89 33.93 34.77 33.98 32.39 10.28 – 17.30 17.30 – 12.64 13.20 – – 13.20 13.20 – 8.97 11.06 – – 15.38 15.38 – 11.06 11.06 – – 18.51 18.51 – 12.31 12.50 – – 21.18 21.18 – 15.18 14.74 – – 21.18 21.18 – 17.25 17.25 – 21.63 27.48 27.48 – 13.80 13.88 – 11.34 15.14 15.14 – 11.62 11.47 – 12.16 18.58 18.58 – 12.65 12.49 – 23.62 30.98 30.98 – 13.25 13.45 – 31.16 33.27 33.27 – 15.15 15.28 – 32.88 36.56 36.56 – 16.44 16.44 – 17.92 17.90 20.63 15.79 8.84 10.10 14.00 9.80 11.18 13.78 14.00 11.60 14.06 16.35 22.22 14.41 19.47 22.21 25.84 18.88 25.84 26.37 27.93 24.29 – – – 14.00 – – – 10.53 – – – 11.94 – – – 14.18 – – – 15.66 – – – 19.29 15.27 14.99 12.56 8.92 11.83 10.00 13.00 12.97 11.04 15.12 14.17 11.85 18.69 16.34 13.57 19.54 19.17 14.90 – – 11.09 – – 7.21 – – 7.61 – – 10.80 – – 14.88 – – 15.42 11.42 19.70 12.70 22.69 7.46 13.38 9.62 16.75 8.80 17.75 9.80 18.00 10.57 19.17 12.00 22.32 13.21 21.59 15.16 27.31 18.51 25.72 17.33 29.40 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.26 9.35 12.02 14.62 17.91 23.64 – – – – – – 25.52 12.90 16.11 21.64 28.85 37.26 22.20 12.65 14.77 19.23 27.78 34.87 30.03 25.35 15.38 15.07 19.70 17.78 26.22 26.02 32.31 29.83 38.46 34.53 26.39 – 14.85 – 19.23 – 24.13 – 31.70 – 36.82 – 22.61 13.43 15.69 20.67 30.10 36.34 – – – – – – 30.13 17.17 20.91 31.38 37.26 38.46 – – – – – – 19.10 25.80 29.78 17.77 11.37 12.50 16.83 10.85 13.80 19.28 21.63 13.10 17.89 22.49 27.06 16.82 21.64 28.65 34.79 21.00 31.44 29.16 40.78 25.67 30.44 – – 14.40 17.33 – – 11.62 24.13 – – 12.81 28.38 – – 14.31 33.82 – – 15.37 47.45 – – 17.67 See footnotes at end of table. 7 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Accountants and auditors ................... $18.10 $12.01 $13.10 $15.00 Other financial officers ........................ 17.56 10.10 10.55 11.70 Management analysts ........................ 17.93 15.08 17.31 17.31 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 16.72 11.40 12.05 16.77 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 16.70 10.37 12.82 16.00 Sales occupations .......................................... 12.13 5.75 6.50 8.87 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 15.61 8.10 9.95 11.95 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 16.69 10.42 13.13 16.35 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 26.88 6.75 17.37 28.23 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 12.39 5.15 6.52 11.91 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ........................................ 10.63 5.50 6.25 8.54 Sales workers, other commodities ...... 8.04 5.50 6.02 7.25 Sales counter clerks ........................... 7.66 6.00 6.25 6.50 Cashiers ............................................. 6.80 5.50 6.00 6.50 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 12.09 6.00 6.90 10.05 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 11.41 7.50 8.63 10.73 Supervisors, general office ................. 15.83 11.78 13.86 16.57 Supervisors, financial records processing .................................... 15.66 11.37 12.48 14.42 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................... 18.30 11.76 13.25 14.43 Computer operators ............................ 13.88 9.62 11.14 13.08 Secretaries ......................................... 11.10 8.50 9.00 10.56 Typists ................................................ 8.78 7.24 7.24 7.96 Receptionists ...................................... 8.75 7.00 7.73 8.50 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 9.96 7.25 8.61 10.26 Order clerks ........................................ 11.44 7.93 9.13 10.73 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .................................. 11.43 6.34 6.34 12.60 Library clerks ...................................... – – – – Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 12.46 7.25 9.25 14.78 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 10.91 7.73 8.57 10.25 Billing clerks ........................................ 11.96 9.36 10.25 11.59 Production coordinators ...................... 15.40 11.06 13.73 14.09 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 10.12 7.25 8.57 10.02 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 12.74 8.00 11.97 12.40 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ................................. 12.69 9.38 11.06 12.02 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 10.26 6.50 7.25 9.00 General office clerks ........................... 10.91 7.25 8.26 10.64 Bank tellers ......................................... 8.45 7.00 7.50 8.47 Data entry keyers ............................... 10.39 7.50 7.80 8.50 Statistical clerks .................................. 12.41 8.85 10.50 11.60 Teachers’ aides .................................. – – – – Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 13.01 10.10 11.32 12.88 Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers State and local government Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 22.12 – – – – – – 18.32 15.00 18.31 25.13 22.76 26.63 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.43 27.91 – – – – – – 33.00 40.27 – – – – – – 18.16 19.94 – – – – – – 11.55 9.50 9.00 7.37 16.45 24.10 11.05 11.25 8.50 20.85 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.45 18.79 16.50 19.21 $10.19 – $7.50 – $8.31 – 18.46 22.01 – – – 20.30 15.41 12.12 10.77 9.61 11.15 13.25 40.00 22.56 15.44 11.82 10.94 13.42 16.90 – – 10.55 – – – – – – 8.44 – – – – 14.90 – 14.91 14.90 – 14.91 – 8.10 9.83 12.59 13.03 19.52 11.35 14.61 15.05 16.29 20.63 13.51 16.77 14.42 75 90 $22.24 22.73 17.82 $24.16 38.46 19.80 19.69 $9.49 $11.28 $13.31 – – – – – – – – 9.03 – – – – – – 10.03 – – – – – – 11.83 – – – – – – 13.31 – – – – – 5.25 7.31 – 7.00 8.98 – 7.89 9.33 – 8.95 10.73 – 10.84 13.64 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.59 – – – – – – 11.41 12.84 9.25 12.24 15.41 – 16.89 16.50 9.87 20.10 16.90 – – 10.51 – – – 8.36 – 8.02 – – – 7.20 – 9.10 – – – 7.68 – 10.29 – – – 8.34 – 11.91 – – – 8.91 – 13.28 – – – 9.50 14.30 16.67 – – – – – – 13.59 7.00 8.95 12.50 18.36 20.45 13.62 8.44 11.21 13.27 17.04 18.24 16.93 18.88 9.70 16.10 13.00 16.30 17.07 17.31 20.50 19.40 23.98 25.07 15.73 – 11.33 – 13.27 – 15.56 – 17.77 – 21.72 – See footnotes at end of table. 8 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Precision production, craft, and repair occupations (-Continued) Automobile mechanics ....................... $15.50 Industrial machinery repairers ............ 14.70 Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ 17.57 Electricians ......................................... 19.18 Supervisors, production occupations .. 18.52 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... 10.32 Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... 16.27 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. 13.84 Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... 14.14 Printing press operators ..................... 12.82 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ...................................... 6.53 Packaging and filling machine operators ...................................... 11.66 Mixing and blending machine operators ...................................... 15.14 Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... 10.13 Assemblers ......................................... 17.13 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..................................... 13.47 Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. 13.30 Truck drivers ....................................... 12.57 Bus drivers .......................................... 9.06 Supervisors, material moving equipment ..................................... 18.15 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... 12.78 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... 10.01 Production helpers .............................. 8.40 Stock handlers and baggers ............... 9.99 Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... 11.79 Hand packers and packagers ............. 8.39 Laborers except construction, N.E.C. 8.42 Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... Bartenders .......................................... 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 ..................................... State and local government 25 Median 50 $8.50 $12.00 $15.50 11.60 13.21 14.61 11.77 15.80 18.53 13.40 15.00 18.50 11.00 13.46 19.71 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $17.49 16.30 20.50 23.40 22.26 $22.13 18.59 20.77 23.43 24.39 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.90 13.85 8.25 13.85 9.99 15.43 11.15 19.50 15.00 19.84 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.09 9.68 12.43 19.95 20.45 – – – – – – 8.70 7.00 9.45 10.80 15.09 12.00 15.09 13.75 20.00 20.53 – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.50 5.68 6.25 7.07 7.55 – – – – – – 8.53 9.24 10.67 12.28 15.43 – – – – – – 12.13 12.57 14.66 18.48 18.99 – – – – – – 6.00 8.30 7.50 14.28 10.00 20.04 11.77 20.45 14.18 20.45 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.90 10.96 11.41 20.25 20.25 – – – – – – 7.50 8.00 8.15 9.10 10.32 8.50 12.10 12.50 8.90 15.05 14.98 9.30 19.69 15.69 10.30 $12.13 – – 13.94 13.94 13.94 25.24 27.38 – – – – – – 9.05 11.20 12.20 14.24 16.66 – – – – – – 5.75 5.00 5.75 7.00 7.00 7.20 9.00 7.00 10.00 12.28 8.25 12.36 16.05 10.55 13.54 9.72 – – 7.37 – – 7.80 – – 8.58 – – 11.95 – – 13.81 – – 7.00 5.50 5.25 8.00 6.00 6.50 9.20 7.08 7.50 14.45 10.70 8.75 20.04 13.60 11.43 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.07 10.58 – – – 2.25 7.00 – – – 5.55 7.75 – – – 6.75 9.04 – – – 8.25 11.78 – – – 10.55 14.85 – – – 12.55 16.18 24.92 14.05 17.33 6.44 10.90 16.34 11.40 12.71 8.01 12.71 21.32 13.41 14.08 11.34 14.89 25.60 14.89 16.37 14.89 18.85 27.45 14.89 21.81 21.70 22.79 35.40 15.35 21.92 9.09 5.62 7.00 2.13 7.60 2.25 8.74 5.85 10.70 7.50 11.58 9.50 – 7.19 – 5.73 – 6.32 – 6.79 – 8.01 – 9.27 10.39 5.27 2.57 8.27 7.35 4.39 6.27 8.06 9.51 7.50 2.13 2.13 6.25 6.10 2.13 5.15 6.10 6.62 8.75 4.25 2.13 7.00 6.35 2.75 5.60 6.75 7.21 11.00 5.00 2.13 8.24 7.10 3.50 6.00 7.70 8.33 12.72 6.00 3.00 9.50 8.00 6.75 6.51 8.69 9.58 15.27 8.00 3.50 10.67 9.53 7.00 7.75 9.78 11.33 – – – 7.92 – – 7.01 8.21 – – – – 6.44 – – 6.32 6.31 – – – – 6.85 – – 6.37 7.25 – – – – 7.50 – – 6.50 7.45 – – – – 8.84 – – 7.50 9.33 – – – – 10.83 – – 8.45 10.03 – 7.58 6.00 6.50 7.50 8.37 9.61 8.55 6.31 7.15 8.69 9.56 10.46 See footnotes at end of table. 9 $9.92 $10.69 $11.72 $12.57 $17.29 – – – – – – – – – – Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........................ Early childhood teachers’ assistants .. Child care workers, N.E.C. ................. Service occupations, N.E.C.. .............. State and local government Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $7.60 6.71 7.54 8.13 $5.50 6.00 5.50 4.85 $6.20 6.20 6.00 5.78 $6.75 6.50 6.75 7.00 $8.00 7.19 8.00 9.00 $11.09 7.70 10.46 13.43 5.81 7.02 9.34 7.30 4.59 5.95 6.20 5.50 4.85 6.25 7.00 5.50 5.50 6.75 8.74 7.25 6.09 7.61 12.16 9.00 7.58 8.43 12.24 10.00 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 10 25 $9.69 – 9.24 7.59 $7.33 – 7.47 6.12 $7.98 – 7.98 6.22 – – 8.18 – – – 6.12 – – – 6.95 – Median 50 75 90 $9.21 $10.25 $13.00 – – – 9.14 9.73 12.00 7.10 8.50 9.70 – – 7.10 – – – 9.33 – – – 11.20 – 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." 10 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $15.87 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 16.01 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Civil engineers .................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Engineers, N.E.C. ............................... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Computer systems analysts and scientists ....................................... Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Physicians .......................................... Registered nurses .............................. Pharmacists ........................................ Respiratory therapists ......................... Teachers, college and university ............ Medical science teachers ................... Teachers, except college and university Elementary school teachers ............... Secondary school teachers ................ Teachers, special education ............... Teachers, N.E.C. ................................ Substitute teachers ............................. Vocational and educational counselors .................................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ......... Librarians ............................................ Social scientists and urban planners ...... Psychologists ...................................... Social, recreation, and religious workers Social workers .................................... Lawyers and judges ................................ 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 ... Drafters ............................................... Computer programmers ..................... Legal assistants .................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Financial managers ............................ Personnel and labor relations managers ...................................... Part-time $7.25 7.45 25 Median 50 $9.50 $13.74 9.68 13.86 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $19.95 20.00 $26.72 26.75 10 25 Median 50 $8.24 8.57 $4.75 2.55 $5.50 5.50 $6.73 6.95 $8.90 $12.97 9.35 14.07 75 90 18.03 18.52 8.43 8.84 10.90 11.41 15.38 15.87 22.12 22.71 30.00 30.30 10.44 13.03 5.50 6.50 6.30 7.74 8.00 10.00 11.28 14.69 18.58 22.05 20.96 22.43 26.27 30.36 27.69 24.28 24.34 11.54 12.89 18.14 18.28 20.89 17.00 15.74 14.69 16.25 20.89 22.33 23.87 20.00 18.70 19.23 20.75 25.24 29.00 28.73 22.75 23.30 25.55 26.84 31.25 38.89 31.49 27.91 29.57 32.04 33.27 37.04 41.68 33.65 33.26 33.89 17.38 19.26 – – – – – 7.25 7.50 – – – – – 10.00 10.80 – – – – – 14.01 16.82 – – – – – 21.11 22.32 – – – – – 27.72 27.72 – – – – – 25.12 17.54 19.46 22.02 18.87 22.17 17.22 30.20 29.67 23.89 25.08 24.61 25.07 23.84 – 16.91 10.67 13.96 9.94 14.86 14.74 14.91 18.03 17.84 16.22 17.57 17.17 17.70 16.48 – 19.23 12.48 15.44 10.58 16.25 15.32 15.91 20.87 20.24 19.26 20.51 20.00 21.36 18.25 – 24.81 15.65 18.19 13.99 18.75 25.67 17.50 26.31 24.44 23.01 25.28 23.47 24.85 22.51 – 30.29 19.67 21.20 19.65 21.00 26.00 18.41 35.65 35.65 28.44 28.86 28.80 28.99 29.43 – 34.95 31.25 25.00 54.26 23.00 26.97 19.17 43.37 43.70 32.92 33.93 34.77 33.98 32.65 – – – 23.86 – 19.63 – – – – 11.56 – – – 11.99 9.45 – – 14.00 – 14.00 – – – – 8.75 – – – 7.74 8.75 – – 16.84 – 15.84 – – – – 9.33 – – – 10.00 9.33 – – 21.17 – 19.09 – – – – 10.00 – – – 12.83 9.33 – – 26.46 – 22.21 – – – – 12.83 – – – 12.83 9.33 – – 33.99 – 24.78 – – – – 17.19 – – – 15.05 10.28 20.42 24.02 24.02 18.46 18.06 13.17 13.54 – 11.93 15.38 15.38 10.79 10.79 8.99 11.06 – 15.20 16.83 16.83 12.80 11.37 11.39 11.62 – 19.39 21.18 21.18 16.30 17.97 13.15 13.15 – 25.95 33.27 33.27 23.71 23.09 15.14 15.15 – 31.49 36.56 36.56 28.25 28.99 16.44 16.92 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19.29 17.69 25.40 15.68 9.77 9.77 14.00 9.80 12.26 13.78 19.04 11.94 15.14 16.35 23.26 14.65 21.12 21.97 36.06 18.63 30.26 26.02 36.06 23.27 11.90 – – 12.01 5.00 – – 7.21 5.00 – – 10.00 7.25 – – 11.33 9.83 – – 12.55 14.06 – – 14.88 16.21 15.75 11.92 12.34 12.96 9.00 14.48 14.17 10.82 16.31 15.30 11.85 19.29 16.50 13.57 19.54 19.37 14.90 – – 16.23 – – 10.00 – – 10.75 – – 12.00 – – 15.66 – – 31.64 11.84 19.70 12.70 21.07 13.92 8.36 13.38 9.62 14.18 10.85 9.00 17.75 9.80 16.83 12.00 12.04 19.17 12.00 19.58 13.32 13.53 21.59 15.16 25.91 16.29 18.51 25.72 17.33 28.85 18.08 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.60 11.42 12.18 15.42 17.91 23.64 – – – – – – 25.06 12.81 15.60 21.18 28.65 37.26 – – – – – – 29.54 25.20 15.09 15.07 19.55 17.69 26.22 26.02 32.31 29.83 38.46 34.53 – – – – – – – – – – – – 22.61 13.43 15.69 20.67 30.10 36.34 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 11 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — 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) Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations ....................... $30.13 $17.17 $20.91 $31.38 Administrators, education and related fields ............................................. 29.97 16.27 22.47 28.38 Managers, medicine and health ......... 25.80 12.50 19.28 22.49 Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ........................................... 20.49 15.38 16.37 22.53 Managers and administrators, N.E.C. 29.48 16.83 20.96 26.83 Management related occupations .......... 17.30 10.85 13.10 16.15 Accountants and auditors ................... 18.10 12.01 13.10 15.00 Other financial officers ........................ 17.56 10.10 10.55 11.70 Management analysts ........................ 17.90 15.08 16.82 17.31 Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ........................................... 16.72 11.40 13.46 16.75 Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 16.05 10.16 12.02 14.90 Sales occupations .......................................... 13.75 6.20 7.50 10.95 Supervisors, sales occupations .......... 15.80 8.10 10.00 12.05 Sales occupations, other business services ........................................ 17.63 11.54 13.13 16.35 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ...... 29.67 16.63 23.08 31.25 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............................................. 12.39 5.15 6.52 11.91 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ........................................ 12.42 6.00 7.65 10.00 Sales workers, other commodities ...... 8.68 5.50 6.40 8.00 Sales counter clerks ........................... 8.11 6.20 6.25 6.80 Cashiers ............................................. 7.19 5.75 6.21 6.95 Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ..... 12.09 6.00 6.90 10.05 Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... 11.36 7.50 8.72 10.58 Supervisors, general office ................. 14.87 10.69 11.78 14.85 Supervisors, financial records processing .................................... 15.66 11.37 12.48 14.42 Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ...................... 18.30 11.76 13.25 14.43 Computer operators ............................ 13.88 9.62 11.14 13.08 Secretaries ......................................... 10.97 8.44 9.00 10.26 Typists ................................................ 8.82 7.24 7.47 7.96 Receptionists ...................................... 8.62 7.00 7.45 8.41 Information clerks, N.E.C. ................... 9.81 7.50 8.60 9.25 Order clerks ........................................ 11.75 8.33 9.35 10.82 Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .................................. 11.43 6.34 6.34 12.60 Library clerks ...................................... 8.45 7.00 7.35 8.25 Records clerks, N.E.C. ....................... 11.81 8.34 9.12 11.76 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ 10.74 7.74 8.40 10.25 Billing clerks ........................................ 11.96 9.36 10.25 11.59 Production coordinators ...................... 15.61 11.18 13.73 14.09 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks 10.14 7.25 8.57 10.02 Stock and inventory clerks .................. 13.69 11.97 12.23 13.20 Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ................................. 12.69 9.38 11.06 12.02 Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...................................... 10.89 6.60 8.37 9.45 General office clerks ........................... 11.05 7.50 8.88 10.80 See footnotes at end of table. 12 Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – 47.45 29.16 – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.34 34.79 20.92 22.24 22.73 17.82 24.62 40.60 24.04 24.16 38.46 19.80 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.87 22.12 – – – – – – 18.17 16.79 18.37 23.70 25.63 26.63 – $6.82 – – $5.50 – – $5.75 – – $6.50 – – $7.57 – – $8.50 – 20.63 27.91 – – – – – – 33.00 45.86 – – – – – – 18.16 19.94 – – – – – – 12.82 10.68 9.85 8.25 16.45 24.20 12.14 11.25 8.99 20.85 – 7.19 – 6.39 – – 5.50 – 5.50 – – 5.57 – 5.75 – – 6.50 – 6.06 – – 7.91 – 7.00 – – 9.50 – 8.00 – 13.25 17.79 16.34 19.16 8.70 – 6.12 – 7.19 – 8.21 – 9.91 – 11.28 – 18.46 22.01 – – – – – – 20.30 15.41 12.09 10.38 9.50 10.58 15.30 40.00 22.56 14.36 11.54 10.94 13.42 16.90 – – 9.98 – – – – – – 8.29 – – – – – – 9.04 – – – – – – 10.55 – – – – – – 10.76 – – – – – – 10.76 – – – – 14.90 8.95 14.91 14.90 10.21 14.91 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.39 13.03 19.52 11.35 14.61 14.42 16.29 20.63 13.51 18.48 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.42 16.59 – – – – – – 13.52 12.84 16.97 15.88 – 7.89 – 6.12 – 7.50 – 8.02 – 8.42 – 9.40 75 90 $37.26 $38.46 33.82 28.65 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean White-collar occupations (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical (-Continued) Bank tellers ......................................... Data entry keyers ............................... Statistical clerks .................................. Teachers’ aides .................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Automobile mechanics ....................... Industrial machinery repairers ............ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................................... Electricians ......................................... Supervisors, production occupations .. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Printing press operators ..................... Packaging and filling machine operators ...................................... Mixing and blending machine operators ...................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........................................... Assemblers ......................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Bus drivers .......................................... Supervisors, material moving equipment ..................................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ...................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................................... Stock handlers and baggers ............... Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ........................................... Hand packers and packagers ............. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Supervisors, police and detectives ..... Firefighting occupations ...................... Police and detectives, public service .. Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $8.45 10.39 12.41 8.35 $7.00 7.50 8.85 7.20 $7.50 8.00 10.50 7.68 $8.50 8.76 11.60 8.34 $9.36 11.42 15.41 8.91 $10.00 20.10 16.90 9.49 $8.43 – – – $7.19 – – – $7.60 – – – $8.40 – – – $9.25 – – – $9.25 – – – 12.37 8.81 10.10 12.50 13.56 16.20 – – – – – – 13.91 7.25 9.50 13.17 18.40 20.50 7.88 5.25 5.75 6.82 9.10 16.88 18.57 15.50 14.70 17.64 10.00 16.10 8.50 11.60 11.68 13.27 17.12 12.00 13.21 15.80 17.07 17.31 15.50 14.61 18.04 20.50 19.40 17.49 16.30 20.77 23.98 23.49 22.13 18.59 20.77 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.12 19.18 18.52 15.56 13.40 11.00 17.70 15.00 13.46 21.72 18.50 19.71 22.00 23.40 22.26 22.00 23.43 24.39 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.32 16.27 7.90 13.85 8.25 13.85 9.99 15.43 11.15 19.50 15.00 19.84 – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.94 7.25 9.75 12.58 20.00 20.45 8.45 5.50 6.00 8.25 11.27 12.14 14.14 12.82 8.70 7.00 9.45 10.80 15.09 12.00 15.09 13.75 20.00 20.53 – – – – – – – – – – – – 11.66 8.53 9.24 10.67 12.28 15.43 – – – – – – 15.14 12.13 12.57 14.66 18.48 18.99 – – – – – – 10.16 17.20 6.00 8.50 7.50 14.28 10.00 20.04 11.77 20.45 14.18 20.45 – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.57 12.51 – 7.50 8.00 – 10.00 10.32 – 12.22 12.22 – 15.05 14.81 – 19.79 15.69 – 9.50 – 9.84 6.00 – 8.50 8.50 – 8.90 9.10 – 9.30 10.45 – 10.30 13.01 – 11.64 18.15 13.94 13.94 13.94 25.24 27.38 – – – – – – 12.78 9.05 11.20 12.20 14.24 16.66 – – – – – – 10.39 6.10 7.50 9.49 13.05 16.24 7.15 5.15 5.50 6.00 7.75 10.38 10.46 10.68 7.09 6.75 8.06 8.24 12.28 11.15 12.28 13.05 12.28 13.99 – 7.07 – 5.15 – 5.25 – 5.75 – 8.72 – 10.82 12.38 8.73 8.46 7.50 5.50 5.25 8.75 6.00 6.94 10.30 7.75 7.50 17.33 11.26 8.75 20.04 13.60 11.43 8.76 6.31 – 5.50 5.75 – 5.75 6.00 – 7.25 6.00 – 8.93 6.00 – 14.45 7.00 – 9.54 15.63 24.92 14.05 17.33 5.50 9.35 16.34 11.40 12.71 6.50 11.97 21.32 13.41 14.08 8.14 14.89 25.60 14.89 16.37 11.33 17.68 27.45 14.89 21.81 15.35 22.32 35.40 15.35 21.92 5.71 7.70 – – – 2.13 5.57 – – – 4.25 6.93 – – – 6.00 7.30 – – – 7.00 7.60 – – – 8.00 11.58 – – – 10.04 6.56 7.96 2.13 8.74 4.00 10.66 6.50 11.34 8.40 11.67 10.67 – 4.64 – 2.13 – 2.13 – 5.00 – 6.35 – 8.00 See footnotes at end of table. 13 12.00 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 Service occupations (-Continued) Food service occupations (-Continued) Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations ...................... $11.11 Bartenders .......................................... – Waiters and waitresses ...................... 2.89 Cooks ................................................. 8.36 Kitchen workers, food preparation ...... 7.58 Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants .......... – Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. 6.64 Health service occupations ..................... 7.83 Health aides, except nursing .............. 8.65 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... 7.64 Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... 8.64 Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers ............................. 13.74 Maids and housemen ......................... 6.69 Janitors and cleaners ......................... 8.67 Personal service occupations ................. 8.46 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........................ 5.88 Early childhood teachers’ assistants .. – Child care workers, N.E.C. ................. 10.02 Service occupations, N.E.C.. .............. 7.07 $8.75 – 2.13 6.25 6.25 – 5.75 6.10 7.45 25 Median 50 $8.75 $11.00 – – 2.13 2.50 7.20 8.25 6.50 7.50 – – 6.00 6.40 6.78 7.71 7.57 8.47 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $12.72 – 3.30 9.50 7.74 – 7.00 8.71 9.41 $15.27 – 4.00 10.67 10.50 – 8.02 9.78 10.95 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – $5.27 2.34 7.77 – 4.09 5.95 10.02 10.77 – $2.13 2.13 6.00 – 2.13 5.00 6.10 6.05 – $4.25 2.13 6.50 – 2.75 5.15 6.81 6.26 – $5.00 2.13 7.50 – 3.50 5.60 7.21 7.00 – $6.00 2.13 9.00 – 5.15 6.32 9.53 10.23 – $8.00 2.50 10.00 – 6.75 8.00 23.00 27.00 8.35 6.88 7.50 8.17 9.53 9.53 6.00 6.50 7.51 8.45 9.67 6.25 6.70 7.85 9.50 12.25 – – – – – – 7.21 6.00 6.29 4.97 11.27 6.25 6.98 5.95 11.76 6.50 8.00 7.50 15.17 7.08 9.51 9.32 22.02 7.50 12.23 13.43 – – – 6.72 – – – 5.45 – – – 6.00 – – – 6.50 – – – 7.26 – – – 8.44 4.59 – 6.50 4.76 4.89 – 8.74 5.50 5.58 – 10.49 7.25 6.19 – 12.16 9.00 7.80 – 12.24 10.42 – 6.48 6.81 7.16 – 5.85 6.00 5.45 – 6.00 6.30 6.25 – 6.18 7.00 6.55 – 7.10 7.10 8.15 – 7.26 7.18 10.00 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." 14 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 All industries Occupation3 Mean weekly hours4 Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours Annual earnings Mean Median All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 40.0 40.0 $635 641 $550 556 2,025 2,022 $32,142 32,370 $28,226 28,496 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 39.9 39.9 720 740 615 628 2,004 1,995 36,131 36,957 31,013 31,595 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Librarians .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. 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 ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ 39.7 39.6 40.5 40.4 40.3 40.5 40.3 40.3 40.2 39.9 48.9 38.6 41.0 38.5 39.4 40.1 37.5 37.4 37.4 37.6 37.6 39.1 38.1 38.1 39.5 39.3 39.6 39.6 – 831 887 1,064 1,228 1,116 982 982 1,013 705 777 1,078 727 910 663 1,191 1,189 896 938 919 942 897 798 916 916 729 710 522 537 – 763 808 1,024 1,231 1,154 910 960 1,011 620 716 654 724 1,040 700 1,052 1,011 868 956 880 933 854 776 794 794 719 719 525 523 – 1,923 1,883 2,106 2,103 2,095 2,104 2,097 2,098 2,090 2,047 2,545 1,992 2,134 2,002 1,725 1,930 1,447 1,425 1,363 1,441 1,418 1,851 1,671 1,671 1,939 1,904 2,061 2,062 – 40,300 42,237 55,337 63,856 58,007 51,086 51,053 52,688 36,673 39,823 56,057 37,582 47,294 34,458 52,102 57,259 34,582 35,743 33,553 36,120 33,810 37,785 40,140 40,140 35,798 34,386 27,146 27,923 – 36,982 38,646 53,227 64,022 60,008 47,320 49,941 52,582 32,261 36,467 34,008 37,606 54,080 36,400 46,379 47,486 34,016 36,412 32,463 35,501 32,156 40,331 41,301 41,301 34,117 35,147 27,310 27,186 – 39.9 39.8 40.0 40.0 39.0 38.3 39.4 41.1 40.3 40.0 40.1 39.3 41.4 41.2 41.6 41.3 40.5 769 704 1,016 628 633 603 470 487 794 508 846 547 646 1,033 1,229 1,041 916 600 654 930 590 638 590 459 482 810 480 810 500 617 866 1,051 1,006 885 2,068 2,070 2,080 2,082 2,030 1,991 2,049 2,138 2,095 2,080 2,087 2,041 2,154 2,133 2,146 2,148 2,108 39,894 36,607 52,841 32,651 32,901 31,352 24,432 25,320 41,283 26,412 43,984 28,421 33,600 53,456 63,398 54,140 47,656 31,179 34,008 48,381 30,701 33,176 30,701 23,858 25,043 42,120 24,960 42,099 25,974 32,074 45,006 53,998 52,291 46,043 41.3 39.4 41.1 40.3 42.7 40.6 40.0 40.1 44.3 43.1 39.9 40.1 41.6 1,243 1,180 1,060 826 1,258 703 724 704 793 721 640 551 657 1,261 1,132 1,010 923 1,108 646 600 468 866 670 596 441 481 2,145 1,962 2,136 2,096 2,219 2,110 2,080 2,086 2,303 2,244 2,069 2,081 2,161 64,624 58,817 55,103 42,951 65,415 36,513 37,640 36,616 41,222 37,514 33,210 28,610 34,146 65,562 55,619 52,499 48,009 57,595 33,592 31,200 24,336 45,006 34,840 30,992 22,880 25,002 See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All industries Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Sales occupations (-Continued) Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Typists .................................................................. Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... Library clerks ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... General office clerks ............................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Statistical clerks .................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Assemblers ........................................................... Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Hand packers and packagers ............................... Mean weekly hours4 Mean Median Mean annual hours 41.5 $732 $680 2,160 $38,071 $35,354 43.0 44.7 40.2 38.1 35.7 41.2 40.0 39.5 41.9 40.0 1,276 553 499 331 289 297 484 449 623 627 1,412 500 396 300 218 280 402 420 654 577 2,235 2,323 2,089 1,983 1,856 2,144 2,080 2,013 2,177 2,080 66,330 28,776 25,942 17,200 15,042 15,421 25,144 22,870 32,384 32,583 73,398 26,021 20,592 15,600 11,315 14,560 20,904 21,632 34,008 29,994 40.8 40.0 39.4 39.7 39.9 40.0 38.6 37.9 38.6 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.3 37.4 40.0 39.8 39.6 39.9 40.0 40.0 38.9 34.5 40.7 746 555 433 350 344 392 454 433 326 473 428 478 629 379 548 505 431 441 338 416 483 288 503 646 523 403 318 331 370 425 471 317 470 410 464 564 357 528 481 376 432 340 350 435 279 504 2,119 2,080 2,015 2,006 2,032 2,026 2,010 1,971 1,763 2,080 2,075 2,080 2,096 1,945 2,080 2,070 2,059 2,052 2,080 2,022 2,024 1,332 2,114 38,776 28,867 22,102 17,706 17,517 19,866 23,605 22,535 14,898 24,574 22,281 24,875 32,717 19,720 28,476 26,268 22,431 22,680 17,581 21,017 25,129 11,121 26,144 33,602 27,206 20,862 16,557 17,199 18,907 22,110 24,502 13,309 24,461 21,299 24,107 29,307 18,554 27,456 25,002 19,552 22,443 17,680 17,888 22,620 11,007 26,229 40.2 40.0 41.4 39.6 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.3 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0 39.7 39.8 40.2 40.0 40.0 41.3 44.1 40.0 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.0 559 676 768 613 590 706 805 767 747 413 651 557 566 509 464 608 407 688 560 552 726 512 416 418 429 495 349 531 683 722 620 584 722 869 740 788 400 617 499 604 480 427 586 400 802 558 560 558 488 372 491 447 412 310 2,068 2,070 2,151 2,057 2,088 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,097 2,080 2,080 2,054 2,080 2,064 2,069 2,090 1,914 2,080 2,103 2,288 2,080 2,084 2,064 2,073 2,092 2,080 2,080 28,773 34,944 39,945 31,883 30,693 36,696 41,856 39,896 38,823 21,472 33,838 28,635 29,419 26,456 24,118 31,640 19,434 35,781 28,527 28,627 37,755 26,643 21,454 21,683 22,334 25,748 18,157 27,394 35,402 37,565 32,240 30,389 37,523 45,178 38,480 40,997 20,779 32,094 25,688 31,387 24,960 22,194 30,493 19,864 41,683 28,142 29,099 28,995 25,376 18,928 25,542 23,254 21,424 16,120 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers (-Continued) Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... 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 .............. Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... Service occupations, N.E.C.. ................................ Mean weekly hours4 Mean Median Mean annual hours 39.9 $338 $300 2,076 $17,568 $15,600 40.1 43.1 40.0 52.5 40.0 41.5 38.4 382 674 997 737 693 416 252 320 622 1,024 789 655 426 250 2,039 2,178 2,080 2,729 2,080 2,117 1,938 19,463 34,056 51,834 38,336 36,042 21,265 12,710 16,328 32,046 53,248 41,037 34,050 21,174 13,000 38.9 38.4 39.0 37.2 38.0 39.1 39.3 39.0 39.6 40.8 37.7 40.0 40.9 45.3 36.4 40.0 433 111 326 282 252 306 340 298 343 560 252 347 346 266 365 283 440 97 320 298 247 300 333 290 312 470 251 320 290 246 373 290 1,930 1,998 1,983 1,937 1,909 2,018 1,969 2,030 2,057 2,119 1,961 2,075 2,005 2,118 1,724 2,047 21,433 5,782 16,575 14,677 12,678 15,808 17,028 15,509 17,780 29,127 13,120 17,982 16,964 12,452 17,277 14,465 19,760 5,034 16,120 15,475 12,480 15,600 17,264 15,080 16,224 24,461 13,062 16,640 14,560 12,376 18,179 12,480 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 Weekly earnings Annual earnings Mean Median 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 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." 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 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 ............................................ $15.18 15.43 $14.82 15.09 $16.82 16.83 $15.87 16.01 $8.24 8.57 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 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ 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 ............................................................ Level 15 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... 17.50 6.94 7.27 9.07 10.41 12.32 12.58 16.82 19.17 20.12 21.14 26.59 29.72 34.51 46.22 148.30 21.20 18.27 7.20 8.34 9.31 10.39 12.20 12.57 16.85 19.40 20.16 21.08 26.55 29.07 34.51 46.22 148.30 21.08 17.22 6.75 7.26 9.04 10.64 12.50 12.63 15.96 17.63 20.01 20.93 26.25 30.15 37.78 48.33 – 20.65 18.18 6.40 8.59 9.31 10.68 12.39 12.62 15.92 17.88 20.06 20.82 26.17 29.45 37.78 48.33 – 20.47 18.51 8.69 7.38 9.26 9.08 11.30 12.36 18.55 21.50 20.39 22.19 28.42 26.50 – – – 22.75 18.52 8.69 7.38 9.27 9.08 11.30 12.36 18.55 21.50 20.39 22.19 28.42 26.50 – – – 22.75 18.03 7.39 7.72 9.34 10.50 12.40 12.60 16.82 19.22 20.13 21.16 26.58 29.72 34.51 46.22 – 21.98 18.52 7.59 8.73 9.41 10.43 12.27 12.60 16.85 19.46 20.17 21.09 26.54 29.07 34.51 46.22 – 21.87 10.44 6.54 6.34 8.28 8.60 10.64 11.88 16.78 18.04 19.81 – – – – – – – 13.03 6.39 6.93 8.87 9.02 10.75 11.88 16.78 18.04 19.81 – – – – – – – 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 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. 20.77 22.28 12.68 14.22 18.51 21.17 20.77 20.42 27.20 28.01 33.26 42.93 23.51 26.27 21.01 27.63 28.30 24.34 17.42 20.34 28.05 31.55 17.54 20.09 16.65 18.39 19.35 20.48 22.26 12.81 – 15.83 19.00 20.35 20.90 26.75 29.55 38.49 – 22.26 26.60 21.31 27.63 28.30 24.61 17.42 20.87 28.86 31.55 24.10 20.26 16.99 18.46 19.58 21.34 22.31 – 12.29 20.41 23.16 21.44 17.96 28.42 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19.59 – 18.02 18.78 20.96 22.43 12.76 14.64 18.55 21.31 20.83 20.43 27.19 28.01 33.26 42.93 25.70 26.27 21.01 27.63 28.30 24.34 17.42 20.34 28.05 31.55 17.54 19.46 16.57 18.17 19.12 17.38 19.26 – – 15.21 18.67 19.81 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.86 – 19.73 20.44 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level White-collar occupations (-Continued) Health related occupations (-Continued) Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Level 9 .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, religious, and recreation workers .................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Technical occupations .................................................. 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 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 .............................................................. Sales occupations ............................................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 19 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $16.38 25.32 30.11 21.67 21.61 36.22 23.43 22.16 25.38 23.91 23.26 20.14 18.46 13.25 14.03 12.12 – $15.82 25.76 25.49 19.51 22.99 24.98 20.83 – – – 17.30 – – 12.64 – – – – – $31.64 – – – 23.55 22.25 25.33 24.55 27.48 – – 13.80 – – – $16.38 24.31 30.20 21.67 21.61 36.27 23.89 22.25 25.39 24.00 24.02 20.14 18.46 13.17 14.03 – – – – – – – – $11.56 – – – – – – – – – – 18.71 11.58 13.83 19.26 25.50 15.46 10.45 12.46 12.61 17.48 16.38 19.49 25.04 11.76 11.95 14.80 16.27 19.13 23.05 26.03 29.74 36.52 48.63 29.49 16.98 19.51 22.76 27.68 30.60 36.50 48.77 17.30 11.84 11.97 14.71 15.48 18.67 12.12 6.84 6.25 7.84 10.51 12.96 12.65 17.92 11.58 13.83 19.26 23.52 15.79 11.21 12.14 12.74 18.32 17.27 20.03 25.52 11.76 11.72 15.14 16.41 19.73 21.33 25.78 29.39 36.88 52.87 30.03 16.87 19.95 20.37 27.51 30.34 36.87 53.27 17.77 11.84 11.73 15.13 15.89 19.43 12.13 6.84 6.25 7.80 10.51 12.96 12.65 – – – – – 14.00 – – – 14.73 13.65 – 22.20 – – – 15.87 16.12 – 28.95 – – – 26.39 – – – – – – – 14.40 – – – – – – – – – – – – 19.29 11.58 13.83 19.26 29.95 15.68 10.45 12.68 12.62 17.55 16.58 19.49 25.06 11.76 11.95 14.80 16.21 19.13 23.05 26.03 29.74 36.52 48.63 29.54 16.89 19.51 22.76 27.68 30.60 36.50 48.77 17.30 11.84 11.97 14.71 15.48 18.67 13.75 7.25 6.39 8.64 10.81 13.08 12.65 11.90 – – – – 12.01 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.82 6.57 6.06 7.30 8.13 – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers White-collar occupations (-Continued) Sales occupations (-Continued) Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. $16.34 14.99 21.92 27.14 35.30 11.18 7.20 8.34 9.32 10.41 11.97 12.48 14.52 15.65 19.45 $16.34 14.99 21.92 27.14 35.30 11.41 6.40 8.60 9.33 10.68 12.46 12.50 14.88 16.19 19.45 – – – – – $10.19 8.69 7.38 9.27 9.17 10.48 12.37 – – – $16.34 14.99 21.92 27.14 35.30 11.36 7.59 8.73 9.42 10.44 12.00 12.50 14.45 15.53 19.45 – – – – – $8.70 6.39 6.53 8.87 9.05 – – – – – Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... 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 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. 13.60 7.29 8.57 14.29 12.22 12.56 14.25 18.09 18.89 21.88 25.97 16.83 9.98 10.82 13.12 14.09 18.63 18.55 21.60 13.84 6.76 8.67 17.36 12.08 11.57 13.86 15.52 13.21 7.59 9.43 10.42 13.35 13.70 15.00 18.18 10.00 7.38 8.48 10.84 12.25 12.60 14.71 13.59 7.24 8.57 14.43 12.20 12.54 14.45 18.17 18.89 22.49 – 16.93 9.98 10.82 13.07 14.27 18.79 18.55 22.28 13.84 6.76 8.67 17.36 12.08 11.57 13.86 15.52 13.30 – 9.40 10.45 13.33 14.07 15.00 18.18 10.01 7.38 8.50 11.02 12.29 12.60 – 13.62 – – 8.73 – 12.72 – 16.61 – – – 15.73 – – – – 16.61 – – – – – – – – – – 12.13 – – – – – – – 9.72 – – – – – – 13.91 7.58 8.73 14.52 12.27 12.57 14.25 18.10 18.89 21.88 25.97 16.88 – 10.82 13.16 14.09 18.63 18.55 21.60 13.94 6.87 8.80 17.43 12.11 11.57 13.86 15.60 13.57 – 9.72 10.74 13.37 13.99 15.00 18.18 10.39 7.86 8.65 10.82 12.35 12.45 14.71 7.88 6.23 7.35 9.33 11.06 12.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.45 – – – – – – – 9.50 – – – – – – – 7.15 5.92 7.58 – – – – Service occupations ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. 8.63 6.38 6.58 7.07 6.00 6.31 12.55 8.07 7.83 9.54 6.80 7.06 5.71 5.74 5.68 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level Service occupations (-Continued) Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Protective service occupations ............................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Food service occupations ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Health service occupations ..................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations ............ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. 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. All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $6.51 9.15 10.33 11.37 14.64 14.45 18.25 15.18 10.68 11.61 14.50 18.25 5.78 5.54 5.02 5.02 8.49 9.78 8.07 6.10 8.11 7.94 8.39 8.12 6.98 8.21 8.69 10.62 7.98 6.66 6.22 6.82 9.76 $6.08 9.00 10.31 10.62 – – – 10.58 – – – – 5.62 5.24 4.83 4.87 8.49 9.79 8.06 6.10 8.12 7.84 8.39 7.60 – 7.95 8.47 – 8.13 6.73 – 6.79 10.13 $8.17 10.32 10.40 – 14.51 14.44 18.25 16.18 – – 14.44 18.25 7.19 6.99 6.75 – – – 8.21 – – 8.33 – 9.69 9.25 – 8.87 – 7.59 6.55 – – – $7.05 9.28 10.45 11.34 14.64 14.57 18.25 15.63 11.34 – 14.63 18.25 6.56 5.81 5.77 5.67 8.71 10.03 7.83 – 7.06 7.97 8.35 8.64 7.55 8.26 8.69 10.62 8.46 – 6.13 6.68 10.02 $4.76 8.08 – – – – – 7.70 – – – – 4.64 5.10 4.59 3.88 – – 10.02 – – – – – – – – – 6.72 6.18 – 7.18 – 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 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." 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Medical science teachers ..................................... Elementary school teachers ................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Substitute teachers ............................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Psychologists ........................................................ Social workers ...................................................... Designers ............................................................. Technical occupations: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Level 7 .............................................................. Radiological technicians ....................................... Level 6 .............................................................. Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. ....... Level 7 .............................................................. Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Financial managers .............................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 22 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $30.36 27.69 24.28 27.88 25.12 17.64 19.73 28.97 31.55 25.33 18.99 16.58 18.60 19.34 23.55 17.19 29.65 25.08 24.88 24.67 24.61 26.45 25.07 23.22 22.64 9.45 20.42 23.26 20.14 18.06 13.59 17.47 $31.10 27.69 24.61 27.88 25.48 17.64 20.35 30.04 31.55 – 19.27 17.18 18.74 19.85 23.30 17.19 – – – – – – – – – – – 17.30 – – 13.20 17.90 – – – – – – – – – – $18.19 – 18.02 18.08 – – – 25.07 24.88 24.58 24.54 – 25.07 23.27 22.72 9.45 21.63 27.48 – – 13.88 – $30.36 27.69 24.28 27.88 25.12 17.64 19.73 28.97 31.55 22.02 18.87 16.49 18.38 19.02 22.17 17.22 29.67 25.08 24.88 24.67 24.61 26.45 25.07 23.84 22.72 – 20.42 24.02 20.14 18.06 13.54 17.69 – – – – – – – – – – $19.63 – 19.80 20.44 – – – – – – – – – 11.99 – 9.45 – – – – – – 16.21 16.66 15.08 13.64 12.24 11.92 12.12 15.28 11.72 13.41 19.70 12.70 21.07 18.92 13.69 15.01 15.27 – 14.99 13.56 12.56 11.92 12.33 – 11.42 13.19 19.70 12.70 22.69 – – 15.26 – – – – 11.09 – – – – – – – – – – – 16.21 16.66 15.75 14.16 11.92 12.00 12.17 – 11.84 – 19.70 12.70 21.07 18.92 13.92 15.60 – – – – 16.23 – – – – – – – – – – – 25.20 24.06 30.35 22.61 25.35 24.06 30.35 22.61 30.13 29.67 25.80 20.49 29.48 20.97 28.28 30.13 19.10 25.80 – 29.78 21.12 28.28 – – – – – 30.44 – – – – – 25.20 24.06 30.35 22.61 – – – – 30.13 29.97 25.80 20.49 29.48 20.97 28.28 – – – – – – – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: (-Continued) Managers and administrators, N.E.C. (-Continued) Level 12 ............................................................ Level 13 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Level 7 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Sales occupations: Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Level 5 .............................................................. Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ... 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 ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Typists .................................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Receptionists ........................................................ Level 4 .............................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... Library clerks ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Billing clerks .......................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Level 4 .............................................................. Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Level 3 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 23 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $32.13 36.49 53.18 18.10 17.56 17.90 16.72 16.05 14.90 18.59 $32.13 36.49 53.18 18.10 17.56 17.93 16.72 16.70 15.50 21.15 – – – – – – – – – – $32.13 36.49 53.18 18.10 17.56 17.90 16.72 16.05 14.90 18.59 – – – – – – – – – – 15.61 10.86 16.69 15.61 10.86 16.69 – – – 15.80 – 17.63 – – – 26.88 12.39 10.63 8.04 8.38 7.66 6.82 6.44 6.31 7.71 12.09 26.88 12.39 10.63 8.04 8.38 7.66 6.80 6.44 6.31 7.64 12.09 – – – – – – – – – – – 29.67 12.39 12.42 8.68 8.65 8.11 7.19 6.95 6.43 8.10 12.09 14.87 15.66 15.83 15.66 – – 14.87 15.66 – – 18.30 13.88 10.94 9.41 11.40 12.62 8.72 9.72 8.58 8.71 9.67 11.44 9.39 12.79 11.43 8.18 11.43 12.55 10.80 9.23 9.56 11.68 11.66 15.14 11.96 15.40 10.12 10.46 12.74 10.89 18.30 13.88 11.10 9.51 11.99 12.66 8.78 – 8.75 8.73 9.96 11.44 9.39 12.79 11.43 – 12.46 – 10.91 9.23 9.68 12.31 11.66 15.14 11.96 15.40 10.12 10.46 12.74 10.89 – – $10.55 – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.10 9.83 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.30 13.88 10.97 9.42 11.43 12.62 8.82 9.72 8.62 8.79 9.81 11.75 – 12.79 11.43 8.45 11.81 12.55 10.74 9.23 9.56 11.86 11.76 14.60 11.96 15.61 10.14 10.46 13.69 – – – 9.98 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $7.19 7.67 – 6.39 5.99 6.15 7.43 – 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: (-Continued) Administrative support occupations, including clerical: (-Continued) Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... Level 4 .............................................................. General office clerks ............................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Data entry keyers ................................................. Statistical clerks .................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Professional occupations, N.E.C. ......................... Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Level 9 .............................................................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Level 7 .............................................................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Level 7 .............................................................. Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Level 4 .............................................................. Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors: Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Level 5 .............................................................. Welders and cutters Level 7 .............................................................. Assemblers ........................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers ......................................................... Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Bus drivers ............................................................ Level 3 .............................................................. Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Level 1 .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 24 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $12.69 10.26 9.35 10.81 8.95 10.65 11.41 8.45 8.05 8.90 10.37 12.41 8.36 12.34 9.92 13.97 25.40 $12.69 10.26 9.35 10.91 9.06 10.61 12.44 8.45 8.05 8.90 10.39 12.41 – 13.01 10.34 14.76 20.63 – – – $10.51 – – – – – – – – 8.36 – – – – $12.69 10.89 9.35 11.05 9.14 10.68 11.41 8.45 – – 10.39 12.41 8.35 12.37 9.71 13.97 25.40 – – – $7.89 – – – 8.43 – – – – – – – – – 18.57 18.39 15.50 14.70 15.65 17.64 19.21 20.12 19.18 18.52 10.32 9.75 16.27 18.88 – 15.50 14.70 15.65 17.57 18.88 – 19.18 18.52 10.32 9.75 16.27 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.57 18.39 15.50 14.70 15.65 17.64 19.21 20.12 19.18 18.52 10.32 9.75 16.27 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.14 12.82 6.53 11.66 15.14 10.13 11.63 14.14 12.82 6.53 11.66 15.14 10.13 11.63 – – – – – – – 14.14 12.82 – 11.66 15.14 10.16 11.63 – – – – – – – 14.92 17.13 19.29 16.27 13.47 14.92 17.13 19.29 16.27 13.47 – – – – – 14.92 17.20 19.29 16.27 – – – – – – 12.52 13.04 15.37 15.00 9.61 9.48 18.15 12.78 12.57 13.24 15.37 15.00 9.06 – 18.15 12.78 – – – – – – – – 12.51 13.06 15.47 15.00 – – 18.15 12.78 – – – – 9.84 – – – 10.15 14.43 8.40 9.98 6.81 – – 8.40 9.99 6.81 – – – – – 10.46 – – 10.68 – – – – 7.07 5.70 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: (-Continued) Stock handlers and baggers (-Continued) Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Hand packers and packagers ............................... Level 1 .............................................................. Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Level 9 .............................................................. Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations: Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Level 5 .............................................................. Bartenders ............................................................ Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Level 1 .............................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Health service occupations: Health aides, except nursing ................................ Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations: Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers Maids and housemen ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations: Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... See footnotes at end of table. 25 All industries Private industry $8.82 9.09 12.32 11.53 11.79 14.07 10.35 8.39 7.77 8.40 6.50 8.64 $8.82 9.10 12.32 11.53 11.79 14.07 10.35 8.39 7.77 8.42 6.50 8.70 24.92 14.05 17.33 18.25 9.66 All industries State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers – – – – – – – – – – – – – $9.10 12.55 11.53 12.38 – – 8.73 8.18 8.46 6.50 8.69 – – – – $8.76 – – 6.31 – – – – – – – – 9.09 $24.92 14.05 17.33 18.25 – 24.92 14.05 17.33 18.25 10.04 – – – – – 10.32 10.31 5.27 2.62 3.30 2.56 2.48 8.22 7.25 8.56 8.31 7.32 4.44 4.25 6.40 6.14 6.74 10.39 – 5.27 2.57 2.96 2.56 2.48 8.27 7.16 8.86 8.31 7.35 4.39 4.25 6.27 5.96 6.60 – – – – – – – 7.92 – – – – – – 7.01 – – 11.11 – – 2.89 – – 2.72 8.36 – 8.67 – 7.58 – – 6.64 6.40 – – – 5.27 2.34 – 2.31 2.14 7.77 – – – – 4.09 – 5.95 5.60 6.60 9.30 13.45 8.02 7.67 6.99 7.90 8.28 9.51 – 8.17 7.58 6.81 7.70 8.28 – – – 8.55 – – – 8.65 – 8.17 7.64 7.00 7.89 8.23 10.77 – – 8.35 – – – 13.74 6.70 6.46 6.85 8.03 – 9.36 8.69 – 6.71 6.46 6.85 7.54 – 9.98 8.47 – – – – 9.24 9.42 – 8.87 13.74 6.69 6.46 6.84 8.67 7.77 9.43 8.69 5.81 8.59 7.06 5.81 – 7.02 – – – 5.88 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.48 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Service occupations: (-Continued) Personal service occupations: (-Continued) Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... Level 1 .............................................................. 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. All industries Private industry $8.76 6.75 7.11 $9.34 – 7.30 All industries State and local government $8.18 – – Full-time workers Part-time workers $10.02 – 7.07 $6.81 6.75 7.16 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 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." 26 Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Occupational group2 Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $15.87 16.01 $8.24 8.57 $17.05 17.06 $14.79 15.05 $15.20 15.46 $14.71 14.03 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 18.03 18.52 10.44 13.03 19.36 19.43 17.35 18.16 17.49 18.20 17.71 27.83 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 20.96 22.43 15.68 25.06 13.75 11.36 17.38 19.26 12.01 – 6.82 8.70 25.56 26.27 17.99 – 8.96 13.52 20.28 21.78 15.37 25.22 12.13 10.88 20.66 22.14 15.45 24.99 11.13 11.16 – – – – 15.60 – 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 ..... 13.91 16.88 13.94 13.57 10.39 7.88 – 8.45 9.50 7.15 16.97 19.42 17.01 16.56 13.03 11.15 14.61 10.39 11.29 8.71 13.68 16.86 13.89 13.58 10.02 12.27 16.14 10.85 11.95 – Service occupations ........................................................... 9.54 5.71 11.81 8.19 8.68 – 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." 27 Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 Goods-producing industries4 Occupational group3 All private industries Total Mining Construction Manufacturing Service-producing industries5 Total TransWholeportsale ation and and retail public trade utilities – – Services All occupations ........................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ................................................ $14.82 15.09 $16.36 16.22 – – White-collar occupations ....................................................... White-collar excluding sales ................................................. 17.22 18.18 19.84 19.74 – – 22.08 22.08 19.65 19.53 16.66 17.81 18.57 18.66 – – 12.81 13.03 17.77 18.08 Professional specialty and technical occupations ................ Professional specialty occupations ................................... Technical occupations ...................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ....... Sales occupations ................................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ......... 20.48 22.26 15.79 25.52 12.13 11.41 21.49 23.02 18.32 24.78 20.83 13.16 – – – – – – – – – 28.20 – – 21.73 23.30 18.54 24.13 20.83 13.10 20.26 22.10 15.11 25.78 11.22 11.06 19.87 21.21 16.53 26.07 16.26 13.45 – – – – – – 17.91 21.31 14.54 18.09 – 10.37 20.17 22.05 14.73 22.18 11.03 10.50 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 ......... 13.59 16.93 13.84 13.30 10.01 14.48 17.29 14.35 12.97 10.58 – – – – – 18.21 19.48 – – 14.26 13.74 15.68 14.35 13.25 9.81 12.42 16.39 8.97 13.36 9.64 14.52 18.46 – 14.02 9.88 – – – – – – – – – – 8.86 15.73 7.64 – 6.93 Service occupations ............................................................... 7.07 10.60 – – – 6.98 11.48 – 8.57 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. $18.95 $15.96 $14.23 $16.75 18.95 15.78 14.61 16.76 Finance, insurance, and real estate $12.51 $14.64 12.68 14.76 7.61 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." 28 Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 100 workers or more All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $14.82 15.09 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. Occupational group3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more $10.50 10.44 $15.94 16.19 $14.42 14.62 $17.89 18.01 17.22 18.18 12.92 13.89 18.13 18.89 16.80 17.79 19.69 19.97 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ..... 20.48 22.26 15.79 25.52 12.13 11.41 16.38 17.08 15.65 18.91 10.87 9.61 20.90 22.62 15.82 26.86 12.80 11.79 19.18 20.58 14.53 25.12 12.85 11.53 22.36 24.46 16.75 28.94 12.51 12.06 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 ..... 13.59 16.93 13.84 13.30 10.01 10.80 11.70 9.43 11.46 10.52 14.18 18.17 14.53 13.82 9.91 12.55 17.57 11.86 11.21 8.85 16.43 19.11 17.31 17.18 11.74 Service occupations ........................................................... 7.07 5.79 8.02 7.36 9.18 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." 29 Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 All workers Occupational group2 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 506,326 465,800 404,525 364,071 101,801 101,728 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 298,751 258,225 225,734 185,281 73,017 72,944 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 119,972 95,537 24,435 46,562 40,526 91,691 73,136 53,383 19,753 38,876 40,454 73,268 46,836 42,154 4,682 7,686 – 18,423 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 ..... 124,543 35,425 34,671 18,533 35,915 118,624 32,450 34,671 16,702 34,802 5,919 2,975 – 1,830 1,114 Service occupations ........................................................... 83,031 60,166 22,865 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." 30 Appendix A. Technical Note month for the public sector is June 1994. 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 reference month for the private sector is December 1995. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, outof-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated. 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. While this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all the steps required to produce the data. Planning for the survey The overall design of the survey is based on the type of data to be produced. Establishments that participate in the NCS are studied for several collection cycles. This allows changes in wages within these establishments to be observed over time. Individual wage data are collected for selected jobs during each establishment’s initial cycle and updated during subsequent cycles. When data are not available during a collection cycle, efforts are made to collect the data during subsequent cycles and include it in later tabulations. Beginning in the year 2000, the current NCS sample will be replenished on a rotating basis. Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two stage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame where the strata are determined by industry and whether the establishment is Private, State government or Local government. 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 the sample units within each stratum represent all the units within the stratum, both sampled and nonsampled. 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. Survey scope This survey of the Kansas City, MO-KS, Metropolitan Statistical Area 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 Kansas City, MO-KS, MSA includes Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray Counties, MO; and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties, KS. Detailed procedures are followed when collecting data from survey respondents. For the initial data collection, field economists, working out of the Regional Office, visited each establishment surveyed. The field economists through mail, phone, or personal visit - completed update collection, which involved obtaining current pay data. The following procedures are used for schedules initiated for the first time or reinitiated during an update. Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports for the Kansas City, MO-KS, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The reference 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. Data collection 31 A complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix B. 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. 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. 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 establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs 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+ Generic leveling through point factor analysis In the last step before wage data were collected, the work 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: 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 MOG’s: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 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 Gen- 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 32 · eral 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. · 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 Collection period The survey was collected from July 1997 through December 1997. The average payroll reference month was September 1997. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection. Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical note and the example for more details on the leveling process.) · · · · · Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below). 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 Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time. 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. The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: · · · · · Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: 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 · · · 33 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. As a result of the use of sampling weights, the number of workers estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study not the actual number of workers surveyed. Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. 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 also were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field economists who gathered survey data, computer editing of the data, and detailed data review. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/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 establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 22.7 percent (representing 115,768 employees) 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 which were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level. Establishments which were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey (3.6 percent of the total sample) 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. 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. The respondent has the option of giving mean data instead of individual wages in the years following the initiation. In 1998, the publication criteria were changed to allow more data to publish. 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. 34 Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 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 2,625 2,484 548 4 127 417 1,936 177 854 149 757 141 320 279 71 2 9 60 208 34 60 22 92 41 50 - 99 workers 84 83 18 1 3 14 65 7 27 8 23 1 Total 236 196 53 1 6 46 143 27 33 14 69 40 100 - 499 workers 147 135 39 1 5 33 96 17 28 6 45 12 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 35 500 workers or more 89 61 14 – 1 13 47 10 5 8 24 28 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 (in percent) Occupation3 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.5 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 2.6 2.6 3.3 3.4 2.9 2.9 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Engineers, N.E.C. ................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Physicians ............................................................ Registered nurses ................................................ Pharmacists .......................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Medical science teachers ..................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, special education ................................. Teachers, N.E.C. .................................................. Substitute teachers ............................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Librarians .............................................................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Psychologists ........................................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. 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 ..................... Drafters ................................................................. Computer programmers ....................................... Legal assistants .................................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Financial managers .............................................. Personnel and labor relations managers .............. Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ............. Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Management analysts .......................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................ 2.2 2.5 5.5 13.4 3.0 5.6 5.5 5.7 10.1 3.6 22.4 1.6 10.4 3.1 8.4 15.8 2.8 3.3 4.0 2.5 4.7 1.5 11.2 14.0 14.0 15.7 19.1 4.2 3.6 – 3.1 3.6 5.6 13.5 3.0 6.1 5.6 5.8 7.8 4.3 – 1.7 11.9 3.1 7.3 – 8.1 – – – – – – 7.6 7.6 – – 7.8 6.7 – 3.0 3.1 – – – – – – – 6.5 – 3.5 – – 10.2 – 2.9 3.3 4.1 2.5 4.8 1.5 19.4 13.0 13.0 – – 3.4 3.7 – 8.9 9.3 16.8 3.9 4.6 5.0 3.9 7.3 6.0 7.4 7.9 8.6 7.3 6.5 8.1 9.7 14.1 8.8 9.4 13.8 4.5 8.0 6.7 4.3 8.6 6.0 7.4 7.2 – 7.5 7.3 9.2 9.9 14.1 – – – 4.6 – – 8.9 – – – – – – 8.0 7.9 – – 10.0 8.6 15.7 7.6 6.7 3.8 10.4 21.0 4.7 6.5 10.0 10.5 15.7 – 6.9 4.1 10.4 21.0 4.8 7.6 – 9.0 – – – 4.1 – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 36 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations (-Continued) Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Supervisors, sales occupations ............................ Sales occupations, other business services ......... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ............. Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Sales counter clerks ............................................. Cashiers ............................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ....................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Supervisors, general office ................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ............................................... Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Typists .................................................................. Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, N.E.C. ..................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .... Library clerks ........................................................ Records clerks, N.E.C. ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Billing clerks .......................................................... Production coordinators ........................................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators .. Investigators and adjusters except insurance ...... General office clerks ............................................. Bank tellers ........................................................... Data entry keyers ................................................. Statistical clerks .................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Automobile mechanics ......................................... Industrial machinery repairers .............................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. .............. Electricians ........................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ Printing press operators ....................................... Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Mixing and blending machine operators ............... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... Assemblers ........................................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. See footnotes at end of table. 37 All industries Private industry State and local government 6.4 6.9 14.3 8.6 7.2 6.9 14.3 8.6 – – – – 12.5 12.6 26.0 5.5 10.1 2.5 19.5 2.1 6.6 8.7 12.5 12.6 26.0 5.5 10.1 2.5 19.5 2.4 6.5 8.7 – – – – – – – 3.7 – – 14.3 8.6 3.4 7.6 3.8 5.7 7.3 15.4 4.7 10.5 4.2 5.7 9.8 4.5 7.0 4.7 9.3 5.0 3.0 12.4 8.7 2.2 4.5 14.3 8.6 4.2 9.4 4.4 5.6 7.3 15.4 – 11.8 4.4 5.7 9.8 4.5 7.0 4.7 9.3 6.5 3.0 13.6 8.7 – 4.0 – – 5.4 – – – – – 5.2 6.6 – – – – – – – 4.5 – – – 2.2 – 2.6 4.1 4.6 9.3 4.2 5.5 5.8 9.6 8.6 8.8 8.4 3.7 14.7 8.9 5.6 11.0 10.2 6.9 5.3 13.4 2.7 4.4 5.9 9.3 4.2 5.9 – 9.6 8.6 8.8 8.4 3.7 14.7 8.9 5.6 11.0 10.2 6.9 5.3 13.4 7.2 7.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ Supervisors, material moving equipment ............. Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ....... Construction laborers ........................................... Production helpers ................................................ Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... Hand packers and packagers ............................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Supervisors, police and detectives ....................... Firefighting occupations ........................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations .................................................... Bartenders ............................................................ 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 .............. Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities .. Welfare service aides ........................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Child care workers, N.E.C. ................................... 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 All industries Private industry State and local government 4.1 4.5 3.3 16.3 4.8 4.8 9.6 11.8 13.5 4.7 12.2 11.2 8.1 4.5 4.8 1.7 16.3 4.8 5.0 – – 13.5 4.7 12.2 11.2 8.5 5.6 – – – – 8.9 – – – – – – – 4.0 5.2 9.5 4.8 5.5 4.7 4.2 3.0 9.3 – – – 5.3 4.7 5.7 5.2 9.5 4.8 5.5 – 3.6 8.3 13.8 5.3 3.5 3.9 12.2 2.4 3.9 10.9 2.8 6.5 11.4 1.3 7.6 5.9 5.2 8.4 3.0 9.2 8.2 9.1 13.8 5.1 3.9 4.0 13.1 2.6 4.3 11.6 3.0 6.8 – 1.3 8.5 7.7 5.3 – 5.2 12.3 8.6 – – – 6.2 – – 4.2 4.6 – 5.2 5.4 – – 4.2 4.7 – – – 9.2 – 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." 38 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 All occupations ................................................................................. All occupations excluding sales ...................................................... 6 6 6 6 3 3 White-collar occupations ............................................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ................................... 7 7 7 8 4 5 Professional specialty and technical occupations ...................... Professional specialty occupations ......................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Civil engineers ................................................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ................................. Engineers, N.E.C. ........................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... Natural scientists ................................................................ Health related occupations ................................................. Physicians ...................................................................... Registered nurses .......................................................... Pharmacists .................................................................... Respiratory therapists ..................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Medical science teachers ............................................... Teachers, except college and university ............................ Elementary school teachers ........................................... Secondary school teachers ............................................ Teachers, special education ........................................... Teachers, N.E.C. ............................................................ Substitute teachers ......................................................... Vocational and educational counselors .......................... Librarians, archivists, and curators ..................................... Librarians ........................................................................ Social scientists and urban planners .................................. Psychologists .................................................................. Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ Social workers ................................................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................................ 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 ............................... Drafters ........................................................................... Computer programmers ................................................. Legal assistants .............................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ............. Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Financial managers ........................................................ Personnel and labor relations managers ........................ Managers., marketing, advertising and public relations Administrators, education and related fields ................... Managers, medicine and health ..................................... Managers, service organizations, N.E.C. ....................... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................ Management related occupations ...................................... Accountants and auditors ............................................... Other financial officers .................................................... Management analysts .................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. .......................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Sales occupations ...................................................................... Supervisors, sales occupations ...................................... Sales occupations, other business services ................... 8 9 11 11 11 10 10 10 11 9 12 8 10 8 11 12 8 8 8 8 7 5 8 8 8 9 9 7 8 – 9 9 11 11 11 10 10 10 11 9 11 8 9 8 11 12 8 8 8 8 8 – 8 9 9 9 9 7 8 – 7 8 – – – – – – – 9 – 8 – – – – 6 – – – 6 5 – – – – – – – – 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 8 6 7 10 11 11 10 11 12 11 10 11 8 9 7 8 9 7 4 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 8 7 7 10 11 11 10 11 12 11 10 11 8 9 7 8 9 7 5 7 8 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – See footnotes at end of table. 39 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 White-collar occupations (-Continued) Sales occupations (-Continued) Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .................................................................. Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ....................... Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. Sales workers, other commodities .................................. Sales counter clerks ....................................................... Cashiers ......................................................................... Sales support occupations, N.E.C. ................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ............... Supervisors, general office ............................................. Supervisors, financial records processing ...................... Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks ........................................................................ Computer operators ........................................................ Secretaries ..................................................................... Typists ............................................................................ Receptionists .................................................................. Information clerks, N.E.C. ............................................... Order clerks .................................................................... Personnel clerks except payroll & timekeeping .............. Library clerks .................................................................. Records clerks, N.E.C. ................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Billing clerks .................................................................... Production coordinators .................................................. Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. Insurance adjusters, examiners, & investigators ............ Investigators and adjusters except insurance ................ General office clerks ....................................................... Bank tellers ..................................................................... Data entry keyers ........................................................... Statistical clerks .............................................................. Teachers’ aides .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ................... Blue-collar occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... Automobile mechanics ................................................... Industrial machinery repairers ........................................ Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .................................... Supervisors, construction trades, N.E.C. ........................ Electricians ..................................................................... Supervisors, production occupations .............................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ Inspectors, testers, and graders ..................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................ Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. .......................... Printing press operators ................................................. Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... Packaging and filling machine operators ........................ Mixing and blending machine operators ......................... Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ..................... Assemblers ..................................................................... Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............ Transportation and material moving occupations ....................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Bus drivers ...................................................................... Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............ Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................ Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm ................. Construction laborers ..................................................... Production helpers .......................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ........................................... See footnotes at end of table. 40 9 5 5 4 3 2 5 4 7 8 10 5 6 4 3 2 5 5 7 8 – – – 3 – 2 – 3 – – 7 6 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 5 7 6 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 5 3 6 – – 4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 3 – – – – 5 7 8 7 6 7 8 8 7 4 7 4 5 6 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 9 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 7 8 7 6 7 8 8 7 4 7 4 5 6 – 3 4 4 3 – 4 4 – 9 4 3 4 – – 4 2 – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – 3 – 3 – – 2 – – – 2 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 1997 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers (-Continued) Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ................. Hand packers and packagers ......................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ............................. 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 – Service occupations ..................................................................... Protective service occupations ........................................... Supervisors, police and detectives ................................. Firefighting occupations .................................................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Guards and police except public service ........................ Food service occupations ................................................... Supervisors, food preparation and service occupations Bartenders ...................................................................... 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 ........................ Supervisors, cleaning & building service workers .......... Maids and housemen ..................................................... Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... Personal service occupations ............................................. Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ............ Welfare service aides ..................................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. Child care workers, N.E.C. ............................................. Service occupations, N.E.C.. .......................................... 3 7 10 7 8 4 2 5 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 6 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 4 7 10 7 8 5 3 6 – 2 3 2 – 2 3 3 3 3 6 2 2 3 2 – – 4 4 2 4 – – – – 2 – 3 2 3 – 2 2 3 2 4 – – – – 2 – – 2 2 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." 41