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Kansas City, MO–KS National Compensation Survey September 2006 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner July 2007 Bulletin 3135–69 Preface D Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file containing the published table formats. Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339. ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the survey for publication. For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables: 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................. 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers ................................................................................................................... 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments for major occupational groups...................................................................................................... 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 3 4 9 12 14 19 22 24 26 29 30 34 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 Appendixes: A. Technical Note............................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................ Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................ B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................ v A–1 A–5 A–6 B–1 Introduction T About the tables The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment. Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the work levels by combining them into broader groups within major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers. Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and part-time workers. Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar data for State and local government workers. he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Kansas City, MO–KS, metropolitan area. Data were collected between March 2006 and April 2007; the average reference month is September 2006. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having different work schedules. NCS products The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation measures employers’ average hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. Changes to the publications The locality wage publications have undergone a number of significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ: 1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker 3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations 4. Benchmarking of estimated employment 5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels 1 and incentive workers in all and private establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions within the private sector. Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of responding and nonresponding establishments. Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data for full-time employees in private establishments with fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 100 workers or more. Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time 2 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Civilian workers Worker and establishment characteristics Private industry workers Hourly earnings Mean Relative error2 (percent) $19.47 4.7 Management, professional, and related ........... Management, business, and financial .......... Professional and related ............................... Service .............................................................. Sales and office ................................................ Sales and related .......................................... Office and administrative support ................. Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ................................................... Construction and extraction ......................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ Production, transportation, and material moving ............................................................ Production .................................................... Transportation and material moving ............. 29.44 31.03 28.63 10.79 15.85 17.26 15.37 State and local government workers Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 36.1 $19.13 5.2 2.9 5.2 3.0 13.1 4.4 7.3 4.7 38.4 40.8 37.2 31.4 36.2 32.5 37.6 30.11 30.88 29.60 9.07 15.95 17.27 15.47 19.74 20.06 20.14 5.5 5.9 9.8 39.1 38.9 39.3 15.71 18.28 13.46 5.5 10.6 8.8 Full time ............................................................ Part time ........................................................... 20.58 11.01 Union ................................................................ Nonunion .......................................................... Time .................................................................. Incentive ........................................................... Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 36.0 $22.08 1.3 36.6 3.5 5.5 4.0 9.8 4.6 7.3 5.0 39.1 41.2 37.8 30.1 36.2 32.5 37.7 26.92 33.28 26.23 17.80 14.04 – 14.04 2.5 12.6 1.7 1.9 2.2 – 2.2 35.8 35.2 35.9 37.8 36.3 – 36.3 19.76 20.15 20.09 5.8 6.2 10.2 39.0 38.8 39.3 19.49 18.58 21.25 5.8 2.4 6.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 33.8 39.3 30.1 15.61 18.13 13.42 5.6 10.6 9.1 33.7 39.3 30.0 18.75 21.87 14.77 12.5 20.9 4.0 36.2 39.6 32.6 3.8 11.2 39.9 20.8 20.31 10.70 4.3 11.7 39.9 21.0 22.50 15.60 1.5 2.7 39.3 18.0 21.73 19.21 3.5 5.1 38.9 35.8 21.55 18.93 4.9 5.5 38.5 35.8 22.04 22.09 4.2 2.4 39.6 35.3 19.08 24.70 5.0 6.6 36.0 36.5 18.65 24.70 5.6 6.6 35.9 36.5 22.08 – 1.3 – 36.6 – Goods producing .............................................. Service providing .............................................. (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 19.91 – 8.0 – 40.7 – (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers ..................................................... 100-499 workers ............................................... 500 workers or more ......................................... 16.97 19.28 24.38 7.0 5.9 2.3 35.2 36.9 36.8 16.97 19.04 25.90 7.0 6.3 3.1 35.2 36.8 37.0 – 22.68 21.96 – 3.8 1.7 – 37.4 36.5 All workers .......................................................... Worker characteristics4,5 Establishment characteristics 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 3 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $19.47 4.7 $20.58 3.8 $11.01 11.2 Management occupations ................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... General and operations managers ................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Education administrators .................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... Medical and health services managers ............................ 33.79 26.12 28.35 42.78 32.37 30.84 31.54 40.51 40.08 6.1 5.4 10.5 7.1 9.7 4.6 6.9 10.6 13.5 33.83 26.12 28.35 42.90 32.37 30.84 31.54 40.51 40.08 6.1 5.4 10.5 7.1 9.7 4.6 6.9 10.6 13.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 43.43 43.64 4.4 30.3 43.43 43.64 4.4 30.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 28.28 18.22 20.25 25.08 36.07 31.14 28.53 6.6 .9 7.0 9.4 3.2 9.5 8.8 28.28 18.22 20.25 25.08 36.07 31.14 28.53 6.6 .9 7.0 9.4 3.2 9.5 8.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.73 32.39 31.40 11.4 15.2 13.3 21.73 32.39 31.40 11.4 15.2 13.3 – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Computer programmers ................................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. 33.32 25.06 31.37 31.79 36.62 26.04 31.06 5.5 2.2 5.2 1.6 5.4 8.4 3.9 32.73 25.06 31.37 31.79 36.62 26.04 31.06 4.6 2.2 5.2 1.6 5.4 8.4 3.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Electrical engineers .................................................. 35.58 32.17 40.67 43.56 37.27 32.43 40.71 43.56 34.48 2.7 1.9 3.5 .8 3.4 1.7 4.0 .8 11.2 35.58 32.17 40.67 43.56 37.27 32.43 40.71 43.56 34.48 2.7 1.9 3.5 .8 3.4 1.7 4.0 .8 11.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 23.99 29.3 30.10 9.1 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Level 9 ............................................................. Counselors ....................................................................... Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... Social workers .................................................................. 15.83 28.06 28.58 30.34 16.15 11.9 18.6 8.6 10.6 9.1 17.22 28.54 28.58 30.34 16.02 8.3 20.0 8.6 10.6 9.2 – – – – – – – – – – Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ 38.01 44.26 27.8 23.8 38.30 44.26 28.3 23.8 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Level 8 ............................................................. Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 26.92 11.39 14.14 25.84 30.68 33.32 29.95 27.20 33.22 33.43 2.5 4.6 6.6 9.8 .7 2.4 8.6 8.2 15.0 15.5 27.43 – – 26.08 30.71 33.32 29.89 27.20 33.22 33.43 2.6 – – 10.0 .6 2.4 8.7 8.2 15.0 15.5 16.19 – – 18.35 – – – – – – 6.8 – – 14.4 – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $25.74 15.5 – – – – 30.22 26.43 31.16 34.81 32.12 30.61 32.07 34.00 5.3 11.5 .9 2.2 1.9 6.0 .9 .1 $30.26 26.43 31.20 34.81 32.16 30.61 32.07 34.00 5.3 11.5 .8 2.2 1.8 6.0 .9 .1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32.15 31.97 33.57 1.0 .7 1.5 32.15 31.97 33.57 1.0 .7 1.5 – – – – – – 31.96 29.70 35.32 7.0 11.5 1.4 32.20 29.70 35.32 6.5 11.5 1.4 – – – – – – 29.82 35.32 24.83 24.18 30.95 11.78 11.39 12.0 1.4 5.4 12.3 8.0 2.0 4.6 29.82 35.32 26.03 – – 11.78 – 12.0 1.4 7.2 – – 1.2 – – – $18.04 – – – – – – 8.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Writers and editors ........................................................... Editors .......................................................................... 26.15 21.87 21.87 12.0 9.8 9.8 26.23 21.87 21.87 11.9 9.8 9.8 – – – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Pharmacists ...................................................................... Level 11 ............................................................ Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Therapists ......................................................................... Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. 26.09 18.73 23.21 22.72 26.27 39.03 33.70 44.88 44.88 26.01 23.02 24.50 26.17 24.08 20.28 23.81 23.92 17.30 17.13 18.05 9.4 2.4 3.8 2.8 1.1 10.5 20.5 3.1 3.1 2.5 6.5 7.0 1.1 8.3 12.0 5.3 1.5 2.0 2.2 .7 25.98 – 23.18 21.70 25.94 39.94 – 44.88 44.88 25.58 22.95 23.31 25.70 23.98 20.11 24.19 23.94 17.51 17.03 18.05 10.2 – 4.5 1.7 1.7 11.3 – 3.1 3.1 2.4 8.7 6.6 1.8 9.3 12.0 6.7 1.5 1.5 2.5 .7 26.97 – – – 27.97 – – – – 27.55 – – 27.93 – – – – – – – 3.4 – – – 2.8 – – – – 2.9 – – 3.0 – – – – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Level 3 ............................................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.07 10.83 12.03 9.45 11.10 12.09 11.18 11.11 14.92 1.6 3.9 7.8 9.4 5.1 5.6 3.9 5.3 17.8 13.06 10.83 12.03 11.11 11.10 12.09 11.21 11.11 15.30 12.1 4.5 7.8 3.8 5.2 5.6 4.1 5.4 18.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. 20.29 9.91 16.84 2.1 10.9 3.0 21.36 – 16.84 3.4 – 3.0 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Librarians .......................................................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 5 8.50 – – 10.3 – – Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Protective service occupations –Continued Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ....................................................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Level 3 ............................................................. Security guards ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers .......................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers ............................................... Cooks ............................................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers .................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $17.11 18.96 19.03 29.45 5.6 1.5 8.3 3.3 $17.11 18.96 – 29.45 5.6 1.5 – 3.3 – – – – – – – – 35.86 18.66 21.52 23.90 21.52 23.90 12.49 9.91 12.51 9.91 10.3 5.5 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 11.3 10.9 13.5 10.9 35.86 18.66 21.52 23.90 21.52 23.90 14.00 – 14.47 – 10.3 5.5 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 7.3 – 7.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.68 6.81 6.26 8.94 7.3 5.1 12.4 4.4 8.09 8.70 5.02 8.96 8.1 2.8 11.6 5.1 $7.15 6.53 7.61 – 6.1 1.2 10.8 – 9.46 6.1 9.54 6.5 – – 9.30 8.01 8.83 10.13 9.89 4.3 6.0 4.5 1.9 5.8 – 8.74 8.81 10.35 – – 5.4 4.4 3.2 – – 7.32 – – – – 6.0 – – – 8.89 7.72 6.96 22.2 17.5 1.3 – – – – – – – – 6.61 – – 2.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 11.70 10.78 10.22 12.63 11.10 10.88 10.22 12.38 5.7 10.8 6.2 6.8 6.3 11.6 6.2 6.7 11.78 10.09 10.22 12.65 11.13 10.12 10.22 12.39 7.5 8.4 6.2 6.9 4.9 9.8 6.2 6.8 11.43 – – – 11.03 – – – 10.5 – – – 15.2 – – – 10.89 9.64 10.24 12.46 11.52 12.07 12.07 7.1 15.8 6.7 7.2 10.7 11.1 11.1 11.53 10.81 10.24 12.48 9.76 12.19 12.19 5.9 14.5 6.7 7.4 5.7 11.9 11.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Child care workers ............................................................ 10.42 7.49 8.57 9.66 9.5 5.6 8.2 10.3 12.21 – 9.18 – 11.8 – 6.6 – 7.94 7.26 – 8.14 10.9 5.5 – 9.2 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 17.26 8.22 8.60 – 23.19 12.63 – 8.86 7.3 1.1 2.6 – 8.9 12.9 – 2.0 18.93 – 10.51 16.43 23.19 12.25 10.51 9.92 10.4 – 7.1 4.7 8.9 6.8 7.1 6.7 12.67 – 8.25 – – 13.10 – 8.16 15.4 – 1.4 – – 20.5 – 1.0 See footnotes at end of table. 6 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... $8.85 17.34 8.71 32.89 2.1 13.6 2.9 17.5 $9.90 14.17 – 32.89 6.8 1.5 – 17.5 $8.16 – 8.27 – 1.0 – 2.3 – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Level 4 ............................................................. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Level 4 ............................................................. Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ Library assistants, clerical ................................................ Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Level 4 ............................................................. Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Level 4 ............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Data entry and information processing workers ............... Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. 15.37 12.00 11.28 14.73 16.76 18.83 20.73 15.41 4.7 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.3 5.6 9.7 15.60 12.18 11.46 14.78 16.75 18.83 20.73 15.37 4.6 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.3 5.6 9.9 10.95 – 10.16 – – – – – 9.1 – 11.6 – – – – – 27.94 12.83 9.70 12.52 13.94 15.01 16.07 10.41 14.37 15.28 11.38 9.86 12.56 13.37 15.57 17.02 18.01 14.91 16.33 19.64 20.59 16.78 15.00 15.59 11.63 11.89 13.55 14.93 5.6 4.9 2.1 6.5 10.7 3.8 5.6 2.1 7.1 6.1 9.8 1.5 4.0 1.4 10.3 11.2 4.8 4.8 7.3 1.7 7.6 4.6 5.7 8.3 7.0 12.3 2.8 5.1 27.94 12.90 – 12.52 13.94 15.01 16.07 10.37 14.36 15.28 – – 12.57 – 15.58 17.02 18.04 14.91 16.33 19.64 20.59 16.78 15.00 15.59 12.21 11.79 13.55 14.93 5.6 5.4 – 6.5 10.7 3.8 5.6 1.7 7.1 6.1 – – 4.1 – 10.3 11.2 4.8 4.8 7.3 1.7 7.6 4.6 5.7 8.3 3.6 13.3 2.8 5.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Construction laborers ....................................................... 20.06 19.55 5.9 6.5 20.10 19.55 5.9 6.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers ....................................................................... 20.14 20.55 20.75 21.27 9.8 20.9 4.4 7.8 20.34 20.55 20.75 21.27 9.3 20.9 4.4 7.8 – – – – – – – – 21.95 3.7 21.95 3.7 – – 18.41 16.51 7.1 12.6 18.41 16.51 7.1 12.6 – – – – 18.69 11.4 18.69 11.4 – – 18.28 24.36 15.78 20.33 17.81 23.39 10.6 6.1 2.8 2.8 6.1 1.6 18.50 25.57 15.78 20.33 17.81 23.39 11.4 4.6 2.8 2.8 6.1 1.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – 24.41 4.0 24.41 4.0 – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 7 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... $19.68 25.86 24.4 2.2 $19.68 25.86 24.4 2.2 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 13.46 8.03 12.43 20.09 17.08 10.41 10.75 12.87 12.30 8.8 7.2 6.8 3.6 12.9 15.2 18.7 8.4 6.9 14.53 – 13.48 20.31 17.11 11.14 10.75 14.37 13.27 12.0 – 5.9 3.7 13.0 19.4 18.7 6.6 6.2 $9.72 – 11.22 – – – – 10.31 11.22 9.8 – 6.6 – – – – 10.2 6.6 13.07 12.54 11.72 9.3 7.9 6.1 14.85 – 12.50 7.1 – 4.4 10.49 11.44 – 10.6 6.2 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 8 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $19.13 5.2 $20.31 4.3 $10.70 11.7 Management occupations ................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Medical and health services managers ............................ 33.36 25.34 28.35 43.73 30.70 31.29 43.64 6.7 5.1 10.5 8.1 4.5 7.1 30.3 33.38 25.34 28.35 43.81 30.70 31.29 43.64 6.7 5.1 10.5 8.1 4.5 7.1 30.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 28.60 18.22 20.72 25.63 36.07 31.14 29.06 6.7 .9 7.1 10.0 3.2 9.5 9.1 28.60 18.22 20.72 25.63 36.07 31.14 29.06 6.7 .9 7.1 10.0 3.2 9.5 9.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.73 32.41 31.40 11.4 15.2 13.3 21.73 32.41 31.40 11.4 15.2 13.3 – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. 34.02 32.66 31.97 36.33 31.65 5.7 4.1 1.8 5.8 3.7 33.40 32.66 31.97 36.33 31.65 4.8 4.1 1.8 5.8 3.7 – – – – – – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Electrical engineers .................................................. 36.09 32.75 40.73 43.56 37.55 33.05 40.71 43.56 34.48 2.5 2.6 4.0 .8 3.4 2.2 4.0 .8 11.2 36.09 32.75 40.73 43.56 37.55 33.05 40.71 43.56 34.48 2.5 2.6 4.0 .8 3.4 2.2 4.0 .8 11.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 25.16 35.4 34.19 9.0 – – Legal occupations .............................................................. 39.26 30.5 39.26 30.5 – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 22.15 24.68 8.9 10.8 21.94 24.29 8.5 10.0 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Writers and editors ........................................................... Editors .......................................................................... 26.45 21.87 21.87 11.6 9.8 9.8 26.53 21.87 21.87 11.5 9.8 9.8 – – – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 26.29 24.34 23.22 26.37 38.74 33.70 26.45 24.86 26.92 24.37 17.28 11.5 1.2 3.1 1.2 12.1 20.5 2.6 7.7 1.3 6.3 2.4 26.39 24.26 22.06 25.96 39.73 – 25.93 – 26.49 24.84 17.58 12.3 .7 1.5 2.1 13.3 – 1.9 – 2.4 7.6 1.8 25.45 – – 28.37 – – 28.09 – 28.37 – – 5.4 – – 3.8 – – 2.9 – 3.8 – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 11.09 10.74 12.27 – 1.7 4.1 9.0 – 13.27 10.74 12.27 11.15 12.7 4.9 9.0 4.5 – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 9 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides –Continued Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Level 3 ............................................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ $11.01 11.15 11.01 14.96 5.6 4.4 5.6 17.9 – $11.15 – 15.35 – 4.5 – 18.2 – – – – – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 12.92 12.10 12.01 15.7 15.7 19.8 15.30 – – 5.3 – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.58 6.69 6.06 8.91 7.94 10.18 10.18 6.97 6.6 4.1 10.5 4.2 5.5 1.7 7.4 1.4 7.97 – – 8.94 8.67 – – – 7.4 – – 4.9 5.0 – – – $7.10 6.49 7.57 – – – – – 5.7 1.4 11.6 – – – – – 10.95 10.47 10.28 10.53 7.6 13.5 9.0 14.8 10.70 – 9.73 – 11.7 – 4.9 – 11.46 – – – 10.6 – – – 9.21 4.9 9.66 5.7 – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 3 ............................................................. 9.01 8.27 5.0 7.8 10.15 – 3.2 – 7.47 – 11.9 – Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 17.27 8.22 8.51 – 23.19 12.63 8.83 8.82 17.34 8.71 32.89 7.3 1.1 1.8 – 8.9 12.9 2.1 2.2 13.6 2.9 17.5 18.94 – – 16.43 23.19 12.25 9.87 9.85 14.17 – 32.89 10.4 – – 4.7 8.9 6.9 6.9 7.0 1.5 – 17.5 12.67 – 8.25 – – 13.10 8.16 8.16 – 8.27 – 15.4 – 1.4 – – 20.5 1.0 1.0 – 2.3 – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Level 4 ............................................................. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Level 4 ............................................................. Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Level 4 ............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 4 ............................................................. 15.47 12.03 11.18 14.77 17.00 19.04 20.94 15.39 5.0 3.2 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.3 6.4 9.9 15.68 12.19 11.37 14.82 16.99 19.04 20.94 15.35 4.9 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.3 6.4 10.0 10.98 – – – – – – – 10.4 – – – – – – – 28.39 12.80 9.70 12.52 13.99 15.20 16.28 10.41 14.38 15.27 12.61 15.57 17.02 18.30 15.28 5.4 5.1 2.1 7.0 11.0 4.2 5.9 2.1 7.2 6.3 4.4 10.3 11.2 5.0 6.0 28.39 12.88 – 12.52 13.99 15.20 16.28 10.37 14.36 15.27 – 15.58 17.02 18.30 15.28 5.4 5.7 – 7.0 11.0 4.2 5.9 1.7 7.2 6.3 – 10.3 11.2 5.0 6.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued Level 5 ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 4 ............................................................. $16.40 20.78 17.18 11.72 13.53 8.7 7.9 4.9 13.7 2.9 $16.40 20.78 17.18 11.59 13.53 8.7 7.9 4.9 14.6 2.9 – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Construction laborers ....................................................... 20.15 19.55 6.2 6.5 20.20 19.55 6.3 6.5 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... 20.09 20.59 20.90 21.24 10.2 21.4 5.0 8.0 20.29 20.59 20.90 21.24 9.7 21.4 5.0 8.0 – – – – – – – – 17.91 7.9 17.91 7.9 – – 18.13 25.12 15.78 20.33 23.38 10.6 5.8 2.8 2.8 1.7 18.35 26.46 15.78 20.33 23.38 11.5 3.5 2.8 2.8 1.7 – – – – – – – – – – 22.98 19.68 25.86 1.6 24.4 2.2 22.98 19.68 25.86 1.6 24.4 2.2 – – – – – – 13.42 8.03 12.43 20.46 17.18 10.34 12.87 12.30 9.1 7.2 6.8 3.8 13.6 15.3 8.5 6.9 14.52 – 13.48 20.54 17.18 11.07 14.40 13.27 12.4 – 5.9 3.9 13.6 19.6 6.6 6.2 $9.59 – 11.22 – – – 10.31 11.22 9.6 – 6.6 – – – 10.2 6.6 13.08 12.54 11.72 9.4 7.9 6.1 14.91 – 12.50 7.1 – 4.4 10.49 11.44 – 10.6 6.2 – Production occupations .................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Level 2 ............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 11 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $22.08 1.3 $22.50 1.5 $15.60 2.7 Management occupations ................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Education administrators .................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 37.74 38.38 42.59 42.80 11.0 12.9 9.6 12.7 37.95 38.68 42.59 42.80 11.3 13.4 9.6 12.7 – – – – – – – – 43.43 4.4 43.43 4.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. 15.87 6.0 15.87 6.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 27.09 9.6 27.09 9.6 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 18.94 2.2 18.94 2.2 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Level 9 ............................................................. Counselors ....................................................................... Social workers .................................................................. 20.82 28.54 31.26 17.79 2.4 20.0 5.8 7.4 20.82 28.54 31.26 17.79 2.4 20.0 5.8 7.4 – – – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Librarians .......................................................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. 27.75 11.39 28.31 30.70 33.33 33.92 1.7 4.6 8.7 .7 2.4 9.2 28.39 – 28.72 30.73 33.33 33.92 1.6 – 8.7 .6 2.4 9.2 14.98 – – – – – 1.6 – – – – – 31.54 29.37 31.16 34.84 32.12 30.61 32.07 34.01 3.8 10.0 .9 2.3 1.9 6.0 .9 .1 31.58 29.37 31.20 34.84 32.16 30.61 32.07 34.01 3.7 10.0 .8 2.3 1.8 6.0 .9 .1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 32.15 31.97 33.57 1.0 .7 1.5 32.15 31.97 33.57 1.0 .7 1.5 – – – – – – 31.95 29.68 7.1 11.6 – 29.68 – 11.6 – – – – 29.80 25.62 33.61 11.78 11.39 12.0 4.2 8.5 2.0 4.6 29.80 27.08 – 11.78 – 12.0 6.0 – 1.2 – – 17.95 – – – – 9.0 – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 9 ............................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 25.26 22.24 20.61 26.11 24.87 24.91 17.39 3.6 6.5 5.2 2.3 5.5 .8 .5 24.23 – 20.61 25.91 24.79 24.51 – 4.4 – 5.2 2.8 6.4 .6 – 31.54 – – – – – – 3.5 – – – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.74 10.75 3.5 3.6 10.90 10.93 3.3 3.4 – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ....................................................................... 22.12 18.96 19.03 29.45 2.4 1.5 8.3 3.3 22.39 18.96 – 29.45 2.6 1.5 – 3.3 – – – – – – – – 35.86 10.3 35.86 10.3 – – See footnotes at end of table. 12 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Level 9 ............................................................. $18.66 21.52 23.90 21.52 23.90 5.5 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 $18.66 21.52 23.90 21.52 23.90 5.5 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 – – – – – – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 9.59 8.70 9.06 9.99 9.99 3.5 4.9 7.1 5.5 5.5 10.11 – – – – 3.4 – – – – $8.60 – – – – 3.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 13.61 12.17 13.68 12.72 12.31 13.39 3.6 9.3 9.0 4.2 9.0 9.7 13.67 12.31 13.73 12.73 12.31 13.44 3.7 9.0 9.2 4.2 9.0 9.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.00 13.39 15.03 15.03 4.3 9.7 7.8 7.8 13.01 13.44 – – 4.3 9.9 – – – – – – – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Child care workers ............................................................ 16.98 11.44 20.1 12.1 – – – – 10.25 – 9.7 – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Library assistants, clerical ................................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.04 11.18 12.18 14.15 14.44 16.39 9.86 14.71 14.45 13.34 2.2 2.1 2.5 4.0 2.1 7.1 1.5 5.0 4.5 7.1 14.34 – 12.31 14.21 14.44 16.39 – 14.85 14.45 13.69 2.0 – 3.1 3.8 2.1 7.1 – 5.5 4.5 8.0 10.72 – 11.59 – – – – – – – 3.3 – 2.5 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 18.58 2.4 18.58 2.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 21.25 6.7 21.25 6.7 – – Production occupations .................................................... 21.87 20.9 22.02 20.9 – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 14.77 4.0 14.89 4.4 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 13 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $19.47 4.7 $20.58 3.8 $11.01 11.2 Management occupations ................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Group IV ........................................................... General and operations managers ................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... Medical and health services managers ............................ 33.79 18.81 28.55 60.03 32.37 30.84 40.51 6.1 4.6 6.4 12.0 9.7 4.6 10.6 33.83 – – – 32.37 30.84 40.51 6.1 – – – 9.7 4.6 10.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 43.43 43.64 4.4 30.3 43.43 43.64 4.4 30.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Group III ............................................................ Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 28.28 19.23 31.90 28.53 6.6 7.1 6.9 8.8 28.28 – – 28.53 6.6 – – 8.8 – – – – – – – – 21.73 32.39 32.56 31.40 11.4 15.2 19.4 13.3 21.73 32.39 32.56 31.40 11.4 15.2 19.4 13.3 – – – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Computer programmers ................................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. Group III ............................................................ 33.32 23.64 34.86 26.04 31.06 29.73 5.5 1.8 7.9 8.4 3.9 5.3 32.73 – – 26.04 31.06 29.73 4.6 – – 8.4 3.9 5.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Group III ............................................................ Electrical and electronics engineers Group III ............................................................ Electrical engineers .................................................. Group III ............................................................ 35.58 23.05 37.67 37.27 37.75 2.7 4.4 3.8 3.4 3.6 35.58 – – 37.27 – 2.7 – – 3.4 – – – – – – – – – – – 34.76 34.48 34.48 10.2 11.2 11.2 – 34.48 34.48 – 11.2 11.2 – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 23.99 29.3 30.10 9.1 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Counselors ....................................................................... Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... Social workers .................................................................. Group III ............................................................ 15.83 14.74 26.35 28.58 30.34 16.15 19.17 11.9 12.7 12.1 8.6 10.6 9.1 6.1 17.22 – – 28.58 30.34 16.02 – 8.3 – – 8.6 10.6 9.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ 38.01 44.26 27.8 23.8 38.30 44.26 28.3 23.8 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Group II ............................................................. 26.92 11.78 27.59 32.71 29.95 24.14 29.61 33.22 33.43 25.74 2.5 2.0 4.3 2.6 8.6 10.9 11.8 15.0 15.5 15.5 27.43 – – – 29.89 – – 33.22 33.43 – 2.6 – – – 8.7 – – 15.0 15.5 – 16.19 – – – – – – – – – 6.8 – – – – – – – – – 30.22 28.84 5.3 6.0 30.26 – 5.3 – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 14 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $34.81 32.12 31.48 34.00 2.2 1.9 1.6 .1 – $32.16 – – – 1.8 – – – – – – – – – – 32.15 31.62 33.57 1.0 1.3 1.5 32.15 31.62 33.57 1.0 1.3 1.5 – – – – – – 31.96 29.70 27.25 35.32 7.0 11.5 9.9 1.4 32.20 29.70 – – 6.5 11.5 – – – – – – – – – – 29.82 27.12 35.32 24.83 23.14 30.95 11.78 11.78 12.0 11.2 1.4 5.4 8.8 8.0 2.0 2.0 29.82 27.12 35.32 26.03 – – 11.78 11.78 12.0 11.2 1.4 7.2 – – 1.2 1.2 – – – $18.04 – – – – – – – 8.1 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Group II ............................................................. Writers and editors ........................................................... Editors .......................................................................... 26.15 17.93 21.87 21.87 12.0 5.2 9.8 9.8 26.23 – 21.87 21.87 11.9 – 9.8 9.8 – – – – – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Pharmacists ...................................................................... Group III ............................................................ Registered nurses ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. Group II ............................................................. Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... Group II ............................................................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... Group II ............................................................. 26.09 11.87 22.06 29.40 44.88 44.88 26.01 23.92 27.32 24.08 20.28 23.81 21.03 23.92 23.16 17.30 17.54 9.4 3.6 8.6 5.7 3.1 3.1 2.5 4.9 2.7 8.3 12.0 5.3 4.0 1.5 2.1 2.0 1.4 25.98 – – – 44.88 44.88 25.58 23.14 26.79 23.98 20.11 24.19 – 23.94 23.10 17.51 17.51 10.2 – – – 3.1 3.1 2.4 5.1 3.2 9.3 12.0 6.7 – 1.5 2.3 1.5 1.5 26.97 – – – – – 27.55 – 29.24 – – – – – – – – 3.4 – – – – – 2.9 – 4.1 – – – – – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Group I .............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Group I .............................................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ Group I .............................................................. 11.07 9.74 9.45 11.18 11.19 14.92 11.17 1.6 7.0 9.4 3.9 4.2 17.8 8.0 13.06 – 11.11 11.21 11.23 15.30 – 12.1 – 3.8 4.1 4.3 18.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ....................................................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Police officers ................................................................... 20.29 10.10 18.18 30.65 2.1 11.3 2.9 3.3 21.36 – – – 3.4 – – – 35.86 18.66 18.66 21.52 10.3 5.5 5.5 3.8 35.86 18.66 18.66 21.52 10.3 5.5 5.5 3.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers –Continued Group III ............................................................ Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Group II ............................................................. Librarians .......................................................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... Group I .............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 15 8.50 – – – – – – – 10.3 – – – – – – – Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Police officers –Continued Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Group I .............................................................. Security guards ............................................................. Group I .............................................................. Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Group I .............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers .......................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers ............................................... Cooks ............................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Group I .............................................................. Food preparation workers ................................................. Group I .............................................................. Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers .................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $19.60 23.90 21.52 19.60 23.90 12.49 10.66 12.51 10.08 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.0 11.3 14.7 13.5 14.4 – – $21.52 19.60 23.90 14.00 – 14.47 12.14 – – 3.8 3.7 4.0 7.3 – 7.4 7.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.68 7.51 7.3 7.4 8.09 – 8.1 – $7.15 – 6.1 – 9.46 6.1 9.54 6.5 – – 9.30 8.01 7.98 10.13 10.13 9.89 9.89 4.3 6.0 5.7 1.9 1.9 5.8 5.8 – 8.74 – 10.35 10.35 – – – 5.4 – 3.2 3.2 – – – 7.32 – – – – – – 6.0 – – – – – 8.89 8.89 6.96 6.96 22.2 22.2 1.3 1.3 – – – – – – – – – – 6.61 – – – 2.6 – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Group I .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Group I .............................................................. Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Group I .............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. Group I .............................................................. 11.70 10.73 19.48 11.10 11.03 5.7 4.3 10.9 6.3 6.8 11.78 – – 11.13 – 7.5 – – 4.9 – 11.43 – – 11.03 – 10.5 – – 15.2 – 10.89 10.77 11.52 11.61 12.07 11.41 12.07 11.41 7.1 7.5 10.7 11.8 11.1 11.5 11.1 11.5 11.53 11.40 9.76 – 12.19 – 12.19 – 5.9 6.5 5.7 – 11.9 – 11.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Child care workers ............................................................ Group I .............................................................. 10.42 8.87 20.76 9.66 9.64 9.5 4.5 16.7 10.3 10.7 12.21 – – – – 11.8 – – – – 7.94 – – 8.14 8.00 10.9 – – 9.2 8.6 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Retail sales workers ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Retail salespersons ...................................................... Group I .............................................................. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 17.26 9.59 22.07 12.63 9.33 8.86 8.31 8.85 8.30 17.34 8.84 32.89 7.3 5.9 8.7 12.9 6.5 2.0 2.8 2.1 2.8 13.6 3.5 17.5 18.93 – – 12.25 – 9.92 – 9.90 – 14.17 – 32.89 10.4 – – 6.8 – 6.7 – 6.8 – 1.5 – 17.5 12.67 – – 13.10 – 8.16 – 8.16 8.05 – 8.55 – 15.4 – – 20.5 – 1.0 – 1.0 2.0 – 3.5 – Office and administrative support occupations .............. Group I .............................................................. 15.37 13.20 4.7 2.9 15.60 – 4.6 – 10.95 – 9.1 – See footnotes at end of table. 16 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $19.86 4.5 – – – – 27.94 28.08 12.83 12.57 15.01 14.80 10.41 10.41 14.37 13.59 19.57 11.38 9.86 9.86 12.56 12.56 15.57 16.00 18.01 14.03 19.25 20.59 21.32 16.78 15.00 17.56 11.63 11.63 11.89 11.34 15.49 5.6 5.6 4.9 5.0 3.8 4.6 2.1 2.1 7.1 5.1 4.6 9.8 1.5 1.5 4.0 4.0 10.3 8.4 4.8 5.4 3.6 7.6 9.5 4.6 5.7 4.6 7.0 7.0 12.3 13.2 4.6 $27.94 28.08 12.90 – 15.01 14.80 10.37 10.37 14.36 13.59 19.55 – – – 12.57 12.57 15.58 16.02 18.04 – – 20.59 21.32 16.78 15.00 17.56 12.21 – 11.79 11.18 15.49 5.6 5.6 5.4 – 3.8 4.6 1.7 1.7 7.1 5.1 4.6 – – – 4.1 4.1 10.3 8.6 4.8 – – 7.6 9.5 4.6 5.7 4.6 3.6 – 13.3 14.4 4.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Construction laborers ....................................................... Electricians Group II ............................................................. 20.06 18.74 19.93 32.62 19.55 5.9 8.7 1.5 3.3 6.5 20.10 – – – 19.55 5.9 – – – 6.5 – – – – – – – – – – 26.04 13.4 26.04 13.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... Group II ............................................................. Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers ....................................................................... 20.14 13.44 20.90 9.8 7.0 9.8 20.34 – – 9.3 – – – – – – – – 21.95 3.7 21.95 3.7 – – 18.41 19.78 16.51 17.51 7.1 7.4 12.6 11.1 18.41 – 16.51 17.51 7.1 – 12.6 11.1 – – – – – – – – 18.69 11.4 18.69 11.4 – – 18.28 16.81 21.81 10.6 13.5 1.9 18.50 – – 11.4 – – – – – – – – 24.41 19.68 19.68 25.86 4.0 24.4 24.5 2.2 24.41 19.68 – 25.86 4.0 24.4 – 2.2 – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support occupations –Continued Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Group II ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Group I .............................................................. Tellers ........................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ Library assistants, clerical ................................................ Group I .............................................................. Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Group I .............................................................. Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Group I .............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Group II ............................................................. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Data entry and information processing workers ............... Group I .............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Production occupations .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Group I .............................................................. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Group I .............................................................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Group I .............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor operators Group I .............................................................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Group I .............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Group I .............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Group I .............................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $13.46 11.67 17.30 10.41 10.41 10.75 10.75 8.8 9.6 9.8 15.2 15.2 18.7 18.7 $14.53 – – 11.14 – 10.75 10.75 12.0 – – 19.4 – 18.7 18.7 $9.72 – – – – – – 9.8 – – – – – – 21.85 12.87 12.00 18.0 8.4 6.7 21.85 14.37 – 18.0 6.6 – – 10.31 – – 10.2 – 13.07 12.06 11.72 11.53 9.3 8.2 6.1 6.0 14.85 13.64 12.50 – 7.1 9.7 4.4 – 10.49 10.49 – – 10.6 10.6 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 18 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $8.50 $11.51 $17.16 $24.26 $32.75 Management occupations ................................................. General and operations managers ................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... Medical and health services managers ............................ 18.01 22.50 23.07 16.21 20.75 26.72 25.64 31.64 27.84 36.02 26.22 38.14 40.77 36.02 38.91 48.46 55.29 36.02 43.08 61.88 31.64 22.27 38.14 24.50 38.14 33.05 48.46 39.06 61.88 95.00 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 16.50 22.14 19.29 24.58 27.16 27.40 33.40 33.50 44.54 37.11 17.28 19.51 18.21 17.91 19.51 20.88 17.91 28.27 29.46 26.44 42.55 38.82 29.91 51.92 51.35 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Computer programmers ................................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. 22.02 21.76 22.56 27.24 22.00 25.09 31.25 26.35 31.09 40.21 30.22 35.52 46.28 33.65 40.45 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Electrical engineers .................................................. 23.65 27.06 25.50 30.40 32.75 29.95 35.50 35.50 32.57 44.02 45.24 42.44 46.44 46.44 42.44 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 9.75 10.25 25.02 28.46 39.42 Community and social services occupations .................. Counselors ....................................................................... Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... Social workers .................................................................. 10.50 15.28 17.69 12.26 12.26 17.69 17.69 13.13 14.00 30.76 32.13 15.95 16.45 38.18 38.18 19.64 20.15 39.70 39.70 20.15 Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ 19.02 22.12 22.12 26.15 26.15 44.23 62.68 66.98 66.98 66.98 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Librarians .......................................................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.13 19.79 19.25 19.25 19.46 19.32 19.83 20.83 20.83 19.83 26.97 25.75 26.16 24.82 19.83 33.30 34.45 37.98 39.26 31.50 39.73 42.49 63.75 64.29 41.15 19.32 24.12 24.47 26.63 29.83 31.14 35.28 37.64 41.60 42.66 24.22 26.63 31.19 37.08 42.66 23.69 20.33 26.20 23.82 30.15 28.32 39.16 33.43 41.13 40.78 19.85 15.09 22.52 9.85 23.69 17.64 27.13 10.86 28.52 27.94 27.13 11.38 34.37 33.13 39.73 12.86 41.82 33.13 39.73 13.59 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Writers and editors ........................................................... Editors .......................................................................... 14.66 14.58 14.58 16.57 19.86 19.86 20.43 19.86 19.86 29.20 20.00 20.00 42.06 34.38 34.38 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Pharmacists ...................................................................... Registered nurses ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 16.20 41.69 20.08 19.00 14.00 16.38 20.02 14.77 19.29 42.27 22.43 22.00 15.00 19.26 22.00 16.43 23.50 45.57 25.95 22.99 19.32 23.25 24.38 17.65 28.46 48.00 29.22 27.57 24.73 27.70 26.24 18.12 33.26 48.00 31.92 32.41 27.23 32.65 27.70 19.22 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.87 8.00 12.06 10.59 17.33 12.63 See footnotes at end of table. 19 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ $9.21 10.00 $9.74 10.55 $10.82 15.04 $12.34 20.85 $13.80 20.85 Protective service occupations ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ....................................................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 11.02 15.02 19.06 22.75 31.73 22.21 14.29 16.77 16.77 8.04 8.04 31.73 17.18 17.77 17.77 8.04 8.04 35.80 19.77 21.10 21.10 12.60 12.94 39.35 20.39 25.07 25.07 15.02 15.34 54.27 21.94 28.50 28.50 18.18 18.18 5.40 6.50 7.65 9.23 10.28 8.42 8.50 9.23 9.40 10.75 8.42 6.50 9.30 8.02 8.50 7.00 9.50 8.56 9.23 7.50 10.28 8.67 9.40 9.55 10.38 10.23 10.75 10.00 12.10 14.86 5.27 6.02 5.27 6.02 8.21 6.75 10.21 7.69 15.94 7.90 Occupation2 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers .......................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers ............................................... Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers .................................................................... Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.00 10.17 10.58 13.22 12.96 16.61 14.37 8.50 9.00 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.00 8.68 8.68 10.17 11.71 11.12 11.12 12.04 13.61 16.72 16.72 15.17 14.37 17.85 17.85 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Child care workers ............................................................ 5.40 7.00 7.00 8.50 8.80 9.29 11.46 10.07 20.32 13.38 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 8.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 8.00 19.59 9.24 8.23 7.50 7.50 8.97 21.26 14.74 9.35 8.40 8.40 10.62 26.00 20.31 11.51 9.41 9.35 21.90 38.25 30.65 21.90 11.26 11.24 41.40 64.63 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ Library assistants, clerical ................................................ Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Data entry and information processing workers ............... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.00 12.17 14.90 17.64 21.03 26.67 9.55 11.86 9.55 12.36 9.63 7.07 11.55 9.60 12.54 14.50 12.54 8.00 8.00 26.67 10.00 14.55 9.55 12.54 10.48 8.55 12.00 12.51 15.31 18.92 14.00 10.69 8.00 26.67 13.03 14.98 10.00 12.54 10.48 9.99 12.00 15.01 18.59 20.85 17.35 11.14 12.80 31.73 14.98 16.51 10.66 15.31 11.82 11.44 13.44 17.64 20.67 20.85 18.59 13.12 13.75 31.73 16.51 17.50 12.60 18.95 14.43 12.77 14.54 21.88 21.82 26.44 20.19 14.70 15.32 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.75 11.75 16.50 15.00 21.00 20.48 22.00 23.81 27.56 24.40 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 10.88 16.44 19.15 25.00 27.00 17.91 19.71 22.18 22.27 28.41 13.19 12.36 14.12 13.19 15.66 15.23 21.65 17.52 22.71 22.27 See footnotes at end of table. 20 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $15.60 $15.77 $16.02 $20.13 $24.34 10.12 12.28 18.00 22.24 28.38 18.80 8.00 17.11 21.91 10.12 25.59 22.10 27.78 27.83 24.56 28.61 28.13 33.68 28.61 28.13 8.30 6.68 8.30 8.50 8.50 8.30 8.30 9.10 13.29 8.50 8.50 12.75 15.94 8.69 8.69 16.00 21.81 18.96 27.00 17.17 8.13 8.83 9.50 9.00 13.00 11.86 17.17 14.28 17.25 14.58 Occupation2 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers ....................................................................... Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 21 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $8.25 $11.08 $16.64 $23.75 $31.90 Management occupations ................................................. Financial managers .......................................................... Medical and health services managers ............................ 18.01 23.07 22.27 20.75 25.64 24.50 26.22 26.22 33.05 39.55 37.50 39.06 52.99 43.08 95.00 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 17.06 22.14 19.51 24.98 27.42 28.30 33.50 33.50 44.54 37.45 17.28 19.51 18.21 17.91 19.51 20.88 17.91 28.27 29.46 26.44 42.55 38.82 29.91 51.92 51.35 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Computer systems analysts ............................................. 23.60 23.99 27.24 25.89 33.12 31.09 40.42 35.82 46.33 40.86 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Electrical engineers .................................................. 25.25 28.30 25.50 31.58 32.75 29.95 35.50 35.50 32.57 44.39 45.24 42.44 46.44 46.44 42.44 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 8.75 10.25 26.53 28.46 39.42 Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.00 22.12 26.92 66.98 66.98 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 15.98 19.83 17.64 19.83 19.83 25.00 25.96 26.92 27.90 33.78 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Writers and editors ........................................................... Editors .......................................................................... 14.66 14.58 14.58 16.69 19.86 19.86 21.97 19.86 19.86 29.20 20.00 20.00 42.49 34.38 34.38 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 15.00 20.50 16.38 14.77 19.00 23.00 19.26 16.43 24.01 26.97 24.38 17.72 28.46 29.71 28.59 18.12 35.99 32.15 35.99 19.05 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.00 9.28 10.00 8.00 9.59 10.55 9.53 10.80 15.04 12.07 12.26 20.85 18.52 13.80 20.85 Protective service occupations ......................................... Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 7.00 8.00 7.00 8.04 8.04 8.04 12.60 12.12 11.25 18.18 15.34 17.04 18.55 18.18 18.18 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.40 6.50 9.50 8.56 6.02 6.50 7.00 9.50 8.56 6.02 7.65 7.20 10.28 8.56 6.75 9.23 9.55 10.30 11.33 7.69 9.83 9.55 10.46 15.21 7.90 8.50 8.50 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 12.77 12.31 14.37 13.61 7.00 8.50 9.00 9.50 12.00 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.15 6.80 7.00 10.25 13.14 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 8.00 7.50 7.50 7.50 8.00 19.59 9.24 8.20 7.50 7.50 8.97 21.26 14.81 9.32 8.30 8.30 10.62 26.00 20.31 11.51 9.30 9.30 21.90 38.25 30.65 21.90 11.22 11.21 41.40 64.63 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... 10.00 12.38 14.98 18.00 21.03 26.67 26.67 26.67 31.73 31.73 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... See footnotes at end of table. 22 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ $9.55 14.55 9.55 12.54 11.85 9.60 12.54 14.50 12.54 8.00 $10.00 14.55 9.55 12.54 12.00 12.51 16.69 18.92 15.44 8.00 $13.01 14.98 10.00 12.54 12.00 15.01 18.59 20.85 17.35 13.27 $14.98 16.51 10.66 15.31 13.44 17.64 20.85 20.85 18.59 13.75 $16.51 17.50 12.60 18.95 14.54 21.88 21.82 26.44 20.19 14.57 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.75 11.75 17.50 15.00 21.87 20.48 22.00 23.81 27.56 24.40 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... 10.88 16.02 19.15 25.00 27.00 13.19 14.12 15.66 21.65 22.71 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 10.08 12.28 18.00 22.12 28.13 18.80 8.00 17.11 18.80 10.12 25.59 22.10 27.78 27.83 22.12 28.61 28.13 32.53 28.61 28.13 8.30 6.68 8.50 8.50 8.30 9.04 13.00 8.50 12.75 15.83 8.69 16.00 22.04 19.22 17.17 8.13 8.83 9.50 9.00 13.00 11.86 17.17 14.28 17.25 14.58 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 23 Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $10.87 $13.68 $19.77 $28.11 $37.23 Management occupations ................................................. Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 22.21 29.23 22.85 32.43 36.19 38.14 44.09 48.46 55.79 61.88 31.64 38.14 38.14 48.46 61.88 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 13.00 13.72 15.95 16.77 20.71 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 19.83 21.89 26.35 29.96 40.87 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 14.41 15.89 18.20 20.09 25.45 Community and social services occupations .................. Counselors ....................................................................... Social workers .................................................................. 13.59 15.28 14.06 15.02 22.31 15.39 16.78 34.19 17.52 22.97 38.19 20.15 38.06 40.61 20.15 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Librarians .......................................................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 11.70 19.05 20.49 22.78 27.94 30.39 34.21 39.34 40.50 53.18 22.83 24.12 26.13 26.63 30.72 31.14 36.73 37.64 41.92 42.66 24.22 26.63 31.19 37.08 42.66 23.69 20.33 26.20 23.82 30.15 28.32 39.16 33.43 41.13 40.78 19.85 14.13 22.52 9.85 23.57 21.01 22.52 10.86 28.52 27.94 39.73 11.38 34.37 33.13 39.73 12.86 41.82 33.13 39.73 13.59 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.38 19.23 15.00 20.00 21.58 16.64 23.48 23.57 17.30 28.15 27.90 18.57 31.20 31.14 19.88 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 8.78 8.65 9.31 9.31 10.82 10.82 12.06 12.61 12.84 12.84 Protective service occupations ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ....................................................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 13.72 16.77 19.77 25.40 34.96 22.21 14.29 16.77 16.77 31.73 17.18 17.77 17.77 35.80 19.77 21.10 21.10 39.35 20.39 25.07 25.07 54.27 21.94 28.50 28.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 6.93 7.45 7.45 7.85 8.06 8.06 9.70 10.39 10.39 10.82 11.54 11.54 12.23 12.11 12.11 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 9.94 9.95 10.62 10.57 12.06 11.68 15.43 13.98 17.85 16.79 10.14 8.57 8.57 10.75 12.70 12.70 12.04 16.88 16.88 14.51 17.85 17.85 17.41 18.49 18.49 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Child care workers ............................................................ 8.73 8.73 9.75 8.73 13.38 10.70 25.73 13.38 25.73 15.86 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Library assistants, clerical ................................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.06 7.07 10.41 10.14 9.48 11.45 8.55 12.39 12.39 10.73 13.06 9.99 14.60 14.09 11.81 16.25 11.44 17.00 16.64 16.50 19.41 12.77 18.22 18.22 18.83 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 13.98 15.87 17.76 21.21 23.15 See footnotes at end of table. 24 Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... $15.02 $17.64 $21.00 $22.27 $28.41 Production occupations .................................................... 11.45 12.63 16.98 32.55 44.08 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 11.44 13.40 14.65 16.71 18.02 Occupation2 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 25 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $9.55 $13.00 $18.15 $25.38 $33.40 Management occupations ................................................. General and operations managers ................................... Financial managers .......................................................... Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... Medical and health services managers ............................ 18.01 22.50 23.07 16.21 20.75 26.72 25.64 31.64 27.84 36.02 26.22 38.14 40.77 36.02 38.91 48.46 55.29 36.02 43.08 61.88 31.64 22.27 38.14 24.50 38.14 33.05 48.46 39.06 61.88 95.00 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................................... Management analysts ...................................................... Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 16.50 22.14 19.29 24.58 27.16 27.40 33.40 33.50 44.54 37.11 17.28 19.51 18.21 17.91 19.51 20.88 17.91 28.27 29.46 26.44 42.55 38.82 29.91 51.92 51.35 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Computer programmers ................................................... Computer systems analysts ............................................. 22.00 21.76 22.56 26.59 22.00 25.09 31.09 26.35 31.09 38.84 30.22 35.52 46.28 33.65 40.45 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Electrical engineers .................................................. 23.65 27.06 25.50 30.40 32.75 29.95 35.50 35.50 32.57 44.02 45.24 42.44 46.44 46.44 42.44 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 16.83 23.00 26.53 32.86 39.42 Community and social services occupations .................. Counselors ....................................................................... Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... Social workers .................................................................. 13.13 15.28 17.69 12.26 14.00 17.69 17.69 13.13 14.00 30.76 32.13 15.95 17.69 38.18 38.18 18.18 24.11 39.70 39.70 20.15 Legal occupations .............................................................. Lawyers ............................................................................ 19.67 22.12 22.12 26.15 26.64 44.23 62.98 66.98 66.98 66.98 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.80 19.79 19.25 19.25 19.83 19.83 20.83 20.83 27.13 25.75 26.16 24.82 33.43 35.10 37.98 39.26 39.73 42.49 63.75 64.29 19.32 24.22 24.47 26.63 29.91 31.14 35.28 37.64 41.60 42.66 24.22 26.63 31.19 37.08 42.66 23.82 20.33 26.21 23.82 30.23 28.32 39.16 33.43 41.31 40.78 19.85 17.52 10.00 23.69 21.01 10.86 28.52 27.94 11.56 34.37 33.13 12.92 41.82 33.13 13.57 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. Writers and editors ........................................................... Editors .......................................................................... 14.66 14.58 14.58 16.57 19.86 19.86 20.67 19.86 19.86 29.20 20.00 20.00 42.06 34.38 34.38 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Pharmacists ...................................................................... Registered nurses ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 16.20 41.69 20.00 19.00 14.00 16.38 18.88 15.50 19.00 42.27 21.50 19.00 15.00 19.26 22.00 16.64 23.29 45.57 25.25 22.22 19.00 23.49 24.38 17.72 28.46 48.00 29.22 25.72 24.40 27.70 26.24 18.12 35.99 48.00 31.14 32.41 27.23 35.99 27.70 19.22 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.28 10.44 11.08 15.04 20.85 See footnotes at end of table. 26 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ $9.12 9.37 9.28 $9.59 9.78 10.55 $10.81 10.82 15.04 $12.30 12.46 20.85 $13.79 13.80 20.85 Protective service occupations ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ....................................................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ Security guards ............................................................. 12.97 16.42 19.28 24.14 31.73 22.21 14.29 16.77 16.77 11.02 10.71 31.73 17.18 17.77 17.77 12.38 12.72 35.80 19.77 21.10 21.10 13.58 15.02 39.35 20.39 25.07 25.07 15.52 17.04 54.27 21.94 28.50 28.50 18.18 18.18 2.13 7.50 8.50 9.55 10.50 8.50 7.06 8.06 8.50 7.06 10.00 9.23 9.55 10.28 9.40 9.55 10.51 10.75 10.28 12.11 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers .......................................................... Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.95 10.40 12.36 12.13 17.85 15.17 8.50 9.00 8.51 8.51 9.00 9.00 8.68 8.68 10.80 9.00 11.12 11.12 12.74 10.57 16.88 16.88 15.43 11.61 17.85 17.85 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.30 9.00 10.30 13.33 25.73 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 9.10 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.45 19.59 11.51 9.10 8.00 8.00 9.10 21.26 14.98 11.51 9.46 9.41 11.00 26.00 21.26 12.18 11.22 11.21 17.50 38.25 30.65 17.50 12.85 12.85 26.46 64.63 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Data entry and information processing workers ............... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.00 12.42 15.00 18.22 21.03 26.67 9.55 11.86 9.55 12.36 11.55 9.60 12.54 14.50 12.54 10.10 8.00 26.67 10.00 14.55 9.55 12.54 12.00 12.51 15.31 18.92 14.00 11.08 8.00 26.67 13.51 14.98 10.00 12.54 12.00 15.01 18.59 20.85 17.35 11.50 12.02 31.73 14.98 16.51 10.48 15.31 13.44 17.64 20.82 20.85 18.59 13.18 13.75 31.73 16.51 17.50 12.45 18.95 14.54 21.88 21.82 26.44 20.19 15.14 16.67 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.75 11.75 17.50 15.00 21.07 20.48 22.00 23.81 27.56 24.40 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers ....................................................................... 13.19 17.64 19.15 25.00 27.00 17.91 19.71 22.18 22.27 28.41 13.19 12.36 14.12 13.19 15.66 15.23 21.65 17.52 22.71 22.27 15.60 15.77 16.02 20.13 24.34 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... 10.50 12.60 18.00 22.61 28.38 18.80 21.91 22.10 24.56 33.68 See footnotes at end of table. 27 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... $8.00 17.11 $10.12 25.59 $27.78 27.83 $28.61 28.13 $28.61 28.13 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.30 8.30 8.30 9.04 8.69 8.30 8.30 12.01 14.28 8.50 8.50 14.38 17.17 8.69 8.69 17.17 24.89 27.00 27.00 17.25 9.04 9.00 13.00 11.00 15.02 12.58 17.17 14.28 19.02 15.83 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 28 Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Part-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $6.12 $7.00 $8.50 $10.50 $16.62 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 11.33 11.87 11.33 12.00 14.13 17.33 19.00 24.77 26.03 24.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ 14.77 22.43 22.43 24.19 26.70 27.33 28.86 30.07 33.26 33.26 Protective service occupations ......................................... 6.52 7.00 8.04 8.04 11.90 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.40 6.00 6.02 6.02 6.65 6.02 6.75 7.00 6.50 8.00 8.00 6.75 9.50 9.50 7.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.00 7.00 8.50 8.50 12.96 12.00 14.17 13.61 14.37 14.37 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Child care workers ............................................................ 6.26 7.00 6.80 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.40 8.80 9.95 10.35 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... 7.40 7.50 7.25 7.25 8.00 7.60 7.50 7.50 8.50 8.50 8.00 8.00 9.27 9.27 8.75 8.75 41.40 41.40 9.05 9.05 Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.00 8.50 10.26 13.58 14.30 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ 6.10 6.75 6.90 8.50 9.30 10.00 11.00 11.00 14.00 15.00 6.75 8.50 10.00 11.00 15.00 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 29 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $720 39.9 $41,727 $36,712 2,028 1,404 1,452 1,209 1,621 1,068 1,801 1,049 1,526 41.5 44.9 39.2 40.0 72,438 75,488 62,851 78,477 55,584 93,642 54,546 66,912 2,142 2,332 2,038 1,937 38.14 1,737 1,526 40.0 79,678 65,599 1,834 43.64 33.05 1,746 1,322 40.0 90,772 68,746 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $20.58 $18.15 $820 Management occupations ................... General and operations managers ..... Financial managers ............................ Education administrators .................... Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ....................................... Medical and health services managers ...................................... 33.83 32.37 30.84 40.51 27.84 36.02 26.22 38.14 43.43 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ........... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management analysts ........................ Financial analysts and advisors .......... 28.28 28.53 27.16 27.40 1,158 1,141 1,111 1,096 40.9 40.0 60,120 59,340 57,780 56,990 2,126 2,080 21.73 32.39 31.40 17.91 28.27 29.46 904 1,380 1,247 761 1,146 1,178 41.6 42.6 39.7 47,015 71,757 64,865 39,581 59,582 61,273 2,164 2,215 2,066 Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Computer programmers ..................... Computer systems analysts ............... 32.73 26.04 31.06 31.09 26.35 31.09 1,313 1,041 1,242 1,245 1,054 1,244 40.1 40.0 40.0 68,291 54,158 64,600 64,750 54,800 64,663 2,086 2,080 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... Electrical engineers .................... 35.58 37.27 34.48 35.50 35.50 32.57 1,423 1,491 1,379 1,420 1,420 1,303 40.0 40.0 40.0 74,014 77,514 71,729 73,848 73,848 67,746 2,080 2,080 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................... 30.10 26.53 1,185 1,061 39.4 61,642 55,184 2,048 Community and social services occupations .................................... Counselors ......................................... Educational, vocational, and school counselors ................................ Social workers .................................... 17.22 28.58 14.00 30.76 683 1,111 560 1,195 39.7 38.9 33,967 48,674 29,120 49,678 1,972 1,703 30.34 16.02 32.13 15.95 1,175 634 1,285 638 38.7 39.6 50,463 31,441 52,957 30,681 1,663 1,962 Legal occupations ................................ Lawyers .............................................. 38.30 44.26 26.64 44.23 1,628 1,945 1,308 1,791 42.5 43.9 84,669 101,123 68,000 93,153 2,211 2,285 27.43 29.89 33.22 27.13 25.75 26.16 1,029 1,192 1,305 1,025 1,094 1,010 37.5 39.9 39.3 40,764 55,206 64,507 40,521 49,087 49,556 1,486 1,847 1,942 33.43 24.82 1,312 967 39.3 64,743 48,106 1,937 30.26 29.91 1,144 1,095 37.8 43,755 42,281 1,446 32.16 31.14 1,205 1,167 37.5 44,905 43,944 1,396 32.15 31.19 1,205 1,173 37.5 44,900 44,300 1,396 32.20 29.70 30.23 28.32 1,206 1,134 1,131 1,096 37.4 38.2 44,932 42,434 41,829 40,548 1,395 1,429 29.82 26.03 11.78 28.52 27.94 11.56 1,140 959 402 1,098 1,118 395 38.2 36.8 34.1 42,768 38,468 15,389 40,781 42,472 15,103 1,434 1,478 1,307 Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Postsecondary teachers ..................... Health teachers, postsecondary ..... Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ...................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Secondary school teachers ............ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Other teachers and instructors ........... Teacher assistants ............................. See footnotes at end of table. 30 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................. Writers and editors ............................. Editors ............................................ Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Pharmacists ........................................ Registered nurses .............................. Therapists ........................................... Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............................. Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .................................... Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................ Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations .................................. Protective service occupations ........... First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers .................... Fire fighters ......................................... Police officers ..................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ...................... Security guards ............................... Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers .. Cooks ................................................. Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...... Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $827 794 794 40.0 40.0 40.0 $54,567 45,498 45,498 $43,000 41,300 41,300 2,080 2,080 2,080 1,010 1,782 980 727 907 1,823 940 556 38.9 39.7 38.3 30.3 52,200 92,644 50,487 36,095 46,966 94,786 48,834 28,886 2,009 2,064 1,973 1,505 19.00 797 773 39.6 41,450 40,186 2,061 24.19 23.49 962 940 39.8 50,049 48,859 2,069 23.94 24.38 947 975 39.6 49,258 50,710 2,057 17.51 17.72 688 698 39.3 35,790 36,317 2,044 13.06 11.08 505 426 38.6 26,234 22,173 2,009 11.11 10.81 418 409 37.7 21,759 21,285 1,958 11.21 10.82 421 413 37.5 21,878 21,466 1,951 15.30 15.04 612 602 40.0 31,815 31,292 2,080 21.36 19.28 927 848 43.4 46,690 43,878 2,186 35.86 18.66 21.52 21.52 35.80 19.77 21.10 21.10 1,434 964 861 861 1,432 1,017 844 844 40.0 51.6 40.0 40.0 74,588 50,119 44,752 44,752 74,464 52,888 43,878 43,878 2,080 2,686 2,080 2,080 14.00 14.47 13.58 15.02 560 579 543 601 40.0 40.0 28,612 29,417 27,747 29,453 2,043 2,033 8.09 8.50 318 334 39.3 16,282 17,372 2,014 9.54 8.74 10.35 9.23 9.55 10.28 401 339 393 387 334 411 42.0 38.8 38.0 20,637 17,462 19,212 20,124 17,372 20,800 2,164 1,998 1,856 11.78 11.13 9.95 10.40 471 445 398 416 40.0 40.0 24,471 23,103 20,688 21,674 2,077 2,076 11.53 10.80 461 432 40.0 23,914 22,464 2,075 Mean Median Mean Median $26.23 21.87 21.87 $20.67 19.86 19.86 $1,049 875 875 25.98 44.88 25.58 23.98 23.29 45.57 25.25 22.22 20.11 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Grounds maintenance workers ........... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................................... 9.76 12.19 9.00 11.12 391 488 360 445 40.0 40.0 20,311 25,244 18,720 23,130 2,080 2,071 12.19 11.12 488 445 40.0 25,244 23,130 2,071 Personal care and service occupations .................................... 12.21 10.30 488 412 40.0 25,249 21,479 2,067 Sales and related occupations ............ Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ 18.93 12.25 9.92 9.90 14.17 14.98 11.51 9.46 9.41 11.00 774 490 397 396 567 674 460 378 376 440 40.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40,236 25,477 20,631 20,595 29,474 35,056 23,943 19,677 19,573 22,880 2,125 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 See footnotes at end of table. 31 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ............................... Annual earnings5 Mean Median Mean Median Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $32.89 $26.00 $1,316 $1,040 40.0 $68,416 $54,080 2,080 15.60 15.00 619 600 39.7 32,148 31,202 2,061 27.94 12.90 26.67 13.51 1,079 515 1,000 525 38.6 39.9 56,109 26,805 52,001 27,298 2,009 2,077 15.01 10.37 14.36 12.57 14.98 10.00 12.54 12.00 599 415 574 499 599 400 502 480 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.7 31,131 21,568 29,869 25,931 31,152 20,800 26,081 24,960 2,074 2,080 2,080 2,063 15.58 15.01 616 600 39.5 32,014 31,200 2,055 18.04 18.59 709 724 39.3 36,706 37,446 2,035 20.59 20.85 824 834 40.0 42,836 43,368 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Tellers ............................................. Customer service representatives ...... Receptionists and information clerks .. Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .......... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Data entry and information processing workers ......................................... Office clerks, general .......................... 16.78 17.35 668 694 39.8 34,354 36,094 2,047 12.21 11.79 11.50 12.02 489 471 460 481 40.0 39.9 25,406 24,486 23,920 25,000 2,080 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Construction laborers ......................... 20.10 19.55 21.07 20.48 841 781 840 819 41.8 40.0 41,231 36,494 41,600 39,565 2,051 1,866 20.34 19.15 808 766 39.8 42,039 39,822 2,067 21.95 22.18 878 887 40.0 45,664 46,132 2,080 18.41 15.66 736 626 40.0 38,290 32,573 2,080 16.51 15.23 661 609 40.0 34,349 31,678 2,080 18.69 16.02 748 641 40.0 38,880 33,322 2,080 18.50 18.00 739 720 39.9 38,437 37,440 2,077 24.41 22.10 976 884 40.0 50,767 45,968 2,080 19.68 27.78 787 1,111 40.0 40,943 57,782 2,080 25.86 27.83 1,034 1,113 40.0 53,785 57,886 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers ....................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ......................................... Maintenance and repair workers, general ...................................... Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers ......................................... Production occupations ...................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ......................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ................................ See footnotes at end of table. 32 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................... Truck drivers, light or delivery services .................................... Laborers and material movers, hand .. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .............. Packers and packagers, hand ........ Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $538 35.5 $26,470 $27,976 1,821 336 340 30.1 17,461 17,680 1,568 8.50 14.38 319 559 166 575 29.7 38.9 16,594 29,074 8,630 29,910 1,543 2,024 15.02 12.58 573 500 601 503 38.6 40.0 29,821 26,010 31,242 26,166 2,008 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median $14.53 $14.28 $516 11.14 8.50 10.75 14.37 14.85 12.50 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 33 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $712 39.9 $41,874 $36,564 2,062 1,391 1,203 1,032 1,049 41.7 39.2 72,351 62,545 53,666 54,546 2,168 2,037 33.05 1,746 1,322 40.0 90,772 68,746 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $20.31 $18.00 $811 Management occupations ................... Financial managers ............................ Medical and health services managers ...................................... 33.38 30.70 26.22 26.22 43.64 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ........... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management analysts ........................ Financial analysts and advisors .......... 28.60 29.06 27.42 28.30 1,172 1,162 1,115 1,132 41.0 40.0 60,924 60,443 57,999 58,864 2,130 2,080 21.73 32.41 31.40 17.91 28.27 29.46 904 1,381 1,247 761 1,148 1,178 41.6 42.6 39.7 47,015 71,795 64,865 39,581 59,700 61,273 2,164 2,215 2,066 Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Computer systems analysts ............... 33.40 31.65 31.25 31.09 1,341 1,266 1,283 1,244 40.1 40.0 69,712 65,823 66,699 64,663 2,087 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... Electrical engineers .................... 36.09 37.55 34.48 35.50 35.50 32.57 1,443 1,502 1,379 1,420 1,420 1,303 40.0 40.0 40.0 75,060 78,111 71,729 73,848 73,848 67,746 2,080 2,080 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................... 34.19 28.46 1,339 1,139 39.2 69,621 59,205 2,037 Legal occupations ................................ 39.26 26.92 1,676 1,346 42.7 87,176 70,000 2,221 Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Postsecondary teachers ..................... 21.94 24.29 19.83 24.27 884 1,004 793 849 40.3 41.3 42,482 52,201 41,242 44,164 1,936 2,149 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................. Writers and editors ............................. Editors ............................................ 26.53 21.87 21.87 22.12 19.86 19.86 1,061 875 875 885 794 794 40.0 40.0 40.0 55,191 45,498 45,498 45,999 41,300 41,300 2,080 2,080 2,080 26.39 25.93 23.29 26.00 1,025 995 907 982 38.9 38.4 53,319 51,758 47,154 51,043 2,021 1,996 24.84 24.57 994 983 40.0 51,666 51,106 2,080 17.58 17.72 694 702 39.5 36,099 36,525 2,054 13.27 11.33 513 426 38.6 26,653 22,173 2,009 11.15 10.80 418 405 37.5 21,735 21,080 1,950 11.15 10.80 418 405 37.5 21,735 21,080 1,950 15.35 15.04 614 602 40.0 31,920 31,292 2,080 Protective service occupations ........... 15.30 16.35 612 654 40.0 31,821 34,008 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. 7.97 8.67 8.50 9.55 315 338 334 334 39.6 39.0 16,391 17,573 17,372 17,372 2,057 2,028 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... 10.70 9.73 9.00 9.00 428 389 360 360 40.0 40.0 22,262 20,243 18,720 18,720 2,080 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Diagnostic related technologists and technicians .................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations .................................. See footnotes at end of table. 34 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $360 40.0 $20,096 $18,720 2,080 406 395 40.0 20,948 20,530 2,065 14.98 11.51 9.20 9.20 11.00 774 490 395 394 567 674 460 368 368 440 40.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40,261 25,470 20,523 20,486 29,474 35,056 23,943 19,136 19,136 22,880 2,125 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 32.89 26.00 1,316 1,040 40.0 68,416 54,080 2,080 15.68 15.29 623 612 39.7 32,372 31,824 2,064 28.39 12.88 26.67 13.86 1,095 515 1,000 546 38.6 39.9 56,963 26,759 52,001 28,407 2,006 2,077 15.20 10.37 14.36 14.98 10.00 12.54 606 415 574 599 400 502 39.9 40.0 40.0 31,527 21,568 29,874 31,152 20,800 26,081 2,074 2,080 2,080 15.58 15.01 616 600 39.5 32,014 31,200 2,055 18.30 18.59 720 731 39.3 37,417 38,000 2,045 20.78 20.85 831 834 40.0 43,216 43,368 2,080 17.18 11.59 17.35 12.02 686 463 694 481 39.9 40.0 35,677 24,082 36,094 25,000 2,076 2,078 20.20 19.55 21.87 20.48 847 781 840 819 41.9 40.0 41,390 36,494 41,600 39,565 2,049 1,866 20.29 19.15 807 766 39.7 41,940 39,822 2,067 17.91 15.66 716 626 40.0 37,243 32,573 2,080 18.35 18.00 733 720 39.9 38,123 37,440 2,077 22.98 22.10 919 884 40.0 47,793 45,968 2,080 19.68 27.78 787 1,111 40.0 40,943 57,782 2,080 25.86 27.83 1,034 1,113 40.0 53,785 57,886 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... $9.66 $9.00 $386 Personal care and service occupations .................................... 10.15 9.87 18.94 12.25 9.87 9.85 14.17 Sales and related occupations ............ Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ............................... Office and administrative support occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Tellers ............................................. Customer service representatives ...... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .......... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Construction laborers ......................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ......................................... Production occupations ...................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ......................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ................................ Annual earnings5 See footnotes at end of table. 35 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................... Laborers and material movers, hand .. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .............. Packers and packagers, hand ........ Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $538 35.4 $26,479 $27,976 1,823 332 560 166 578 30.0 38.9 17,265 29,130 8,630 30,056 1,559 2,023 575 500 622 503 38.6 40.0 29,907 26,010 32,365 26,166 2,006 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median $14.52 $14.28 $514 11.07 14.40 8.50 14.45 14.91 12.50 15.56 12.58 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries Annual earnings5 paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 36 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $807 39.3 $40,801 $38,272 1,813 1,510 1,704 1,448 1,526 39.8 40.0 73,145 82,015 65,599 73,575 1,927 1,926 38.14 1,737 1,526 40.0 79,678 65,599 1,834 15.87 15.95 635 638 40.0 31,358 33,180 1,976 Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... 27.09 26.35 1,083 1,054 40.0 56,342 54,800 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................... 18.94 18.20 757 728 40.0 39,388 37,864 2,080 Community and social services occupations .................................... Counselors ......................................... Social workers .................................... 20.82 31.26 17.79 16.78 34.19 17.52 818 1,206 698 679 1,337 701 39.3 38.6 39.3 38,500 50,960 33,510 33,155 53,968 30,681 1,849 1,630 1,883 28.39 33.92 28.48 30.39 1,052 1,320 1,068 1,167 37.1 38.9 40,540 56,897 40,162 50,155 1,428 1,677 31.58 30.75 1,187 1,137 37.6 44,597 43,311 1,412 32.16 31.14 1,205 1,167 37.5 44,898 43,944 1,396 32.15 29.68 31.19 28.32 1,205 1,133 1,173 1,091 37.5 38.2 44,900 42,405 44,300 40,472 1,396 1,429 29.80 27.08 11.78 28.52 27.94 11.56 1,139 988 402 1,096 1,118 395 38.2 36.5 34.1 42,739 40,012 15,389 40,781 42,472 15,103 1,434 1,478 1,307 24.23 24.79 23.22 23.48 944 943 907 914 39.0 38.1 47,559 47,671 44,322 46,313 1,963 1,923 10.90 10.82 421 433 38.6 21,890 22,506 2,008 10.93 10.82 421 433 38.5 21,899 22,506 2,004 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $22.50 $20.15 $885 Management occupations ................... Education administrators .................... Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ....................................... 37.95 42.59 36.19 38.14 43.43 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Postsecondary teachers ..................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Secondary school teachers ............ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Other teachers and instructors ........... Teacher assistants ............................. Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Protective service occupations ........... First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers .................... Fire fighters ......................................... Police officers ..................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 22.39 19.77 986 972 44.0 49,375 48,577 2,205 35.86 18.66 21.52 21.52 35.80 19.77 21.10 21.10 1,434 964 861 861 1,432 1,017 844 844 40.0 51.6 40.0 40.0 74,588 50,119 44,752 44,752 74,464 52,888 43,878 43,878 2,080 2,686 2,080 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... 10.11 9.73 364 388 36.0 14,914 12,285 1,475 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... 13.67 12.73 12.14 11.64 547 509 486 466 40.0 40.0 28,299 26,366 25,257 24,253 2,071 2,072 13.01 12.04 521 482 40.0 26,951 25,085 2,071 Office and administrative support occupations .................................... 14.34 13.59 569 543 39.7 29,032 27,275 2,025 See footnotes at end of table. 37 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $590 39.3 $28,481 $28,725 1,918 567 542 561 496 39.2 39.6 27,350 28,201 27,040 25,813 1,893 2,060 17.76 743 711 40.0 38,637 36,949 2,080 21.25 21.00 850 840 40.0 44,198 43,680 2,080 Production occupations ...................... 22.02 16.98 881 679 40.0 45,809 35,316 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... 14.89 14.66 559 541 37.5 26,179 27,747 1,758 Mean Median Mean Median $14.85 $15.09 $584 14.45 13.69 14.09 12.70 Construction and extraction occupations .................................... 18.58 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 38 Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Occupational group2 Total 1-99 workers 100-499 workers 500 workers or more All workers .................................................................... $19.13 $16.97 $19.04 $25.90 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 30.11 30.88 29.60 9.07 15.95 17.27 15.47 19.76 20.15 20.09 15.61 18.13 13.42 27.69 27.50 27.89 8.87 16.35 18.58 15.55 18.94 19.12 19.79 13.32 16.58 11.30 28.82 29.17 28.65 8.39 14.82 14.84 14.80 22.74 – 19.08 13.93 14.53 13.28 33.14 35.72 31.58 11.17 16.46 15.85 16.53 24.46 – 23.76 22.71 26.74 18.43 Relative error3 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 5.2 7.0 6.3 3.1 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 3.5 5.5 4.0 9.8 4.6 7.3 5.0 5.8 6.2 10.2 5.6 10.6 9.1 14.8 14.3 19.6 9.6 5.5 5.6 7.0 8.6 10.3 13.1 17.1 5.4 20.5 4.1 8.1 3.9 14.5 9.4 22.9 4.4 4.8 – 11.1 5.8 9.3 8.3 2.8 7.6 4.5 3.4 5.3 8.1 5.7 4.7 – 4.5 1.9 2.9 4.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 39 Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $669 39.8 $36,923 $34,611 2,052 1,003 901 39.5 52,144 46,864 2,054 28.27 41.03 1,261 1,547 1,131 1,553 40.5 39.4 65,561 80,462 58,800 80,748 2,104 2,047 26.24 28.46 970 1,138 37.0 50,455 59,197 1,923 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................................ 8.62 8.50 361 340 41.9 18,764 17,680 2,177 Sales and related occupations ................................ Retail sales workers ............................................... 20.02 13.63 14.98 11.51 828 545 674 460 41.4 40.0 43,068 28,342 35,056 23,943 2,152 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations .... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. Office clerks, general .............................................. 15.77 18.60 11.13 15.39 18.59 11.25 625 728 445 615 743 456 39.6 39.1 40.0 32,476 37,854 23,124 32,003 38,661 23,718 2,060 2,035 2,078 Construction and extraction occupations ............. Construction laborers ............................................. 19.16 17.53 20.48 18.48 811 700 800 739 42.3 39.9 39,856 33,252 39,565 32,525 2,080 1,897 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ 19.79 18.15 785 726 39.7 40,806 37,752 2,062 Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 12.10 8.58 8.69 8.50 384 244 340 166 31.7 28.5 19,593 12,692 17,680 8,630 1,619 1,480 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $18.00 $16.64 $717 Management occupations ....................................... 25.39 23.07 Business and financial operations occupations ... Financial analysts and advisors .............................. 31.16 39.31 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........................................................ 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 40 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $805 40.1 $47,480 $41,904 2,073 1,719 1,439 1,560 1,500 43.5 39.5 89,386 74,853 81,101 78,000 2,264 2,054 27.29 28.30 1,144 1,162 1,111 1,132 41.1 40.0 59,480 60,443 57,780 58,864 2,138 2,080 22.06 29.22 17.91 22.29 921 1,268 761 975 41.8 43.4 47,884 65,931 39,581 50,723 2,171 2,256 Computer and mathematical science occupations ........................................................ Computer systems analysts ................................... 33.49 31.65 31.25 31.09 1,345 1,266 1,259 1,244 40.2 40.0 69,936 65,823 65,443 64,663 2,088 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations ........... Engineers ............................................................... Electrical engineers ........................................ 36.09 37.55 34.48 35.50 35.50 32.57 1,443 1,502 1,379 1,420 1,420 1,303 40.0 40.0 40.0 75,060 78,111 71,729 73,848 73,848 67,746 2,080 2,080 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations ..... 34.19 28.46 1,339 1,139 39.2 69,621 59,205 2,037 Education, training, and library occupations ........ 21.31 17.83 874 713 41.0 40,687 32,800 1,910 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ........................................................ 26.40 21.97 1,056 879 40.0 54,917 45,698 2,080 26.44 26.21 24.84 23.00 26.47 24.57 1,046 1,001 994 903 991 983 39.6 38.2 40.0 54,394 52,059 51,666 46,966 51,555 51,106 2,057 1,986 2,080 17.77 17.75 698 710 39.3 36,285 36,920 2,041 Healthcare support occupations ............................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 12.37 11.23 11.23 11.94 10.96 10.96 469 421 421 441 412 412 37.9 37.5 37.5 24,371 21,895 21,895 22,951 21,431 21,431 1,970 1,950 1,950 Protective service occupations ............................... 15.30 16.35 612 654 40.0 31,821 34,008 2,080 14.00 11.19 11.12 10.80 560 448 445 432 40.0 40.0 29,115 23,276 23,130 22,464 2,080 2,080 11.15 10.80 446 432 40.0 23,183 22,464 2,080 Personal care and service occupations ................. 10.21 9.93 408 397 40.0 21,072 20,654 2,063 Sales and related occupations ................................ 17.04 13.83 681 553 40.0 35,435 28,766 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations .... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................... Financial clerks ....................................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... Customer service representatives .......................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ..................... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ...................................................... Office clerks, general .............................................. 15.53 14.69 619 586 39.8 32,180 30,493 2,072 26.22 14.31 14.80 15.51 15.51 17.78 28.77 14.55 14.55 14.75 14.44 17.55 1,052 571 589 620 620 705 1,151 582 582 590 578 702 40.1 39.9 39.8 40.0 40.0 39.7 54,681 29,673 30,641 32,256 32,259 36,667 59,850 30,262 30,262 30,680 30,033 36,508 2,085 2,074 2,071 2,080 2,080 2,063 17.98 14.63 17.55 13.54 716 585 702 541 39.8 40.0 37,230 30,437 36,508 28,157 2,071 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ 21.80 21.59 872 864 40.0 45,352 44,907 2,080 Production occupations .......................................... 18.96 18.80 758 752 40.0 39,400 39,104 2,078 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $22.90 $19.86 $917 Management occupations ....................................... Financial managers ................................................ 39.49 36.44 36.02 37.33 Business and financial operations occupations ... Buyers and purchasing agents ............................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ......................................................... Management analysts ............................................ 27.82 29.06 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........................................................ Registered nurses .................................................. Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ............................................................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ........................................................ Building cleaning workers ....................................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ................................. See footnotes at end of table. 41 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ........................................................... Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ............................ Annual earnings5 Mean Median Mean Median Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $19.68 $27.78 $787 $1,111 40.0 $40,943 $57,782 2,080 26.14 27.83 1,046 1,113 40.0 54,375 57,886 2,080 16.80 15.22 15.44 14.82 668 600 618 601 39.8 39.4 34,743 31,204 32,115 31,242 2,068 2,051 16.17 12.50 17.17 12.58 634 500 652 503 39.2 40.0 32,987 26,010 33,930 26,166 2,039 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 42 Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Union Nonunion Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... $21.73 $21.55 $22.04 $19.21 $18.93 $22.09 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 27.34 – 27.34 16.23 17.29 17.02 17.31 23.77 25.02 21.68 20.03 21.37 18.21 22.82 – 22.82 – 18.68 17.02 18.80 24.67 26.51 21.74 20.24 21.81 18.22 28.06 – 28.06 17.36 14.74 – 14.74 18.97 17.96 – – – – 29.60 31.03 28.79 10.22 15.80 17.26 15.29 18.65 18.55 19.76 13.80 16.40 11.92 30.20 30.88 29.75 9.02 15.89 17.27 15.38 18.61 18.52 19.72 13.60 16.00 11.84 26.45 33.28 25.37 18.09 13.86 – 13.86 20.54 20.03 – 20.93 – 14.24 Occupational group3 Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 3.5 4.9 4.2 5.1 5.5 2.4 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 4.6 – 4.6 8.6 5.5 29.3 5.8 2.8 5.1 4.4 7.5 13.1 3.5 9.1 – 9.1 – 9.0 29.3 9.6 3.6 6.3 5.1 7.9 14.5 3.5 5.0 – 5.0 7.1 6.1 – 6.1 2.5 3.7 – – – – 3.1 5.2 3.4 12.9 4.7 7.4 5.0 7.7 8.7 12.2 7.9 4.6 10.8 3.5 5.5 4.1 9.8 4.8 7.4 5.2 7.9 9.0 12.5 8.3 3.3 11.2 4.7 12.6 3.1 1.9 3.8 – 3.9 10.2 9.8 – 11.8 – 4.0 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 43 Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Time Occupational group3 Incentive Civilian workers Private industry workers Civilian workers Private industry workers All workers .................................................................... $19.08 $18.65 $24.70 $24.70 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 29.06 29.94 28.63 10.74 14.91 12.77 15.44 18.99 – 19.15 15.73 18.28 13.43 29.64 29.71 29.60 8.96 14.97 12.77 15.55 18.95 19.65 19.03 15.62 18.13 13.39 52.27 52.27 – – 23.61 27.82 13.72 – – – – – – 52.27 52.27 – – 23.61 27.82 13.72 – – – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 5.0 5.6 6.6 6.6 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 3.1 5.8 3.0 13.7 4.2 8.1 4.8 5.3 – 7.6 5.6 10.6 9.0 3.8 6.1 4.0 10.7 4.4 8.1 5.1 5.6 7.5 7.9 5.7 10.6 9.3 16.0 16.0 – – 11.7 10.2 12.5 – – – – – – 16.0 16.0 – – 11.7 10.2 12.5 – – – – – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 44 Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Goods producing Occupational group3 All workers ................................................ Management, professional, and related ............................................... Management, business, and financial ........................................ Professional and related ..................... Service .................................................... Sales and office ...................................... Sales and related ................................ Office and administrative support ....... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ..................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair .. Production, transportation, and material moving .............................................. Production .......................................... Transportation and material moving ... Service providing Construction Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services $18.67 $21.17 – $29.40 – – $19.15 $9.47 $20.73 – 31.30 – – – – 25.33 26.26 – – – – – – – 21.72 34.64 – 16.37 – 14.14 – – – – – – – 33.48 – 18.17 14.77 19.20 – – – – – – – – – – – – 33.25 24.49 10.89 14.39 – 14.45 – – 8.11 – 10.44 – – – – – – – 20.14 – 20.20 19.07 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.74 18.75 – – – – 15.44 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers ................................................ Management, professional, and related ............................................... Management, business, and financial ........................................ Professional and related ..................... Service .................................................... Sales and office ...................................... Sales and related ................................ Office and administrative support ....... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ..................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair .. Production, transportation, and material moving .............................................. Production .......................................... Transportation and material moving ... 5.9 15.7 – 4.2 – – 2.7 11.2 0.6 – 9.7 – – – – 2.8 1.5 – – – – – – – 10.3 2.0 – 27.8 – 17.7 – – – – – – – 2.2 – 6.2 14.0 .6 – – – – – – – – – – – – 23.2 6.7 2.3 6.8 – 7.0 – – 7.8 – 1.9 – – – – – – – 7.0 – 2.5 3.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.2 14.3 – – – – 5.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 45 Appendix A: Technical Note T Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. Although this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all of the steps required to produce the data. Planning for the survey The overall design of the National Compensation Survey (NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection. Survey scope This survey covered establishments employing one worker or more in private goods-producing industries (mining, construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information, financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other services); State governments; and local governments employing 50 or more workers. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government agency within the sampled area. The Kansas City, MO–KS, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray Counties, MO; and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties, KS. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were used to clarify and update data. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multistep process: 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive 4. Determination of the level of work of each job Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year. For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria A-1 identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level could not be determined, wages were still collected. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs for which data were collected in each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this schedule: Number of employees Number of selected jobs 1–49 50–249 250 or more Up to 4 6 8 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800 occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist. When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of terms” section on the following page for more detail. Occupational leveling In the last step before wage data were collected, the work level of each selected job was determined using a “point factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled to determine the overall work level for the job. A-2 The NCS program is in the process of converting from a nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system. The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample replenishment groups and will require several years for full implementation. The four occupational leveling factors are: • • • • Knowledge Job controls and complexity Contacts (nature and purpose) Physical environment Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for all occupational categories and contain a definition of each point level within each factor. The description within each factor best matching the job is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels. Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is used for professional and administrative supervisors when they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based on the work level of the highest position reporting to them. For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. Combined work levels This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad groups. The groups were determined by combinations of knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be comparable across different occupations. The broad groups and the combined work levels are: Group designation Levels combined Group I Group II Group III Group IV Levels 1–4 Levels 5–8 Levels 9–12 Levels 13–15 Collection period Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample units. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: • • • • • Incentive pay, including commissions, production bonuses, and piece rates Cost-of-living allowances Hazard pay Payments of income deferred due to participation in a salary reduction plan Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight or passengers The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: • • • • • • • Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free or subsidized room and board Payments made by third parties (for example, tips) On-call pay To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of hours actually worked was collected. Definition of terms Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time. Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. A-3 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. • • • A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position. Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group. If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a sample member during the update interview, then missing average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that takes into account available establishment characteris- tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly earnings. Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights changed to zero. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors. The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse. The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor, postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this publication. Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. Estimates of the number of workers represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. Percentiles The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within A-4 each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04 ($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the extensive training of the field economists who gathered the survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data review. Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 Civilian workers Occupational group2 Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... 925,800 808,300 117,500 Management, professional, and related ..................... Management, business, and financial .................... Professional and related ......................................... Service ........................................................................ Sales and office .......................................................... Sales and related .................................................... Office and administrative support ........................... Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... Construction and extraction ................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... Production, transportation, and material moving ........ Production .............................................................. Transportation and material moving ....................... 251,200 75,300 175,900 155,800 293,700 82,500 211,200 123,900 73,100 47,700 101,300 40,400 60,800 186,000 69,600 116,400 128,200 278,400 82,400 196,000 117,900 69,200 45,600 97,800 38,800 59,000 65,200 5,700 59,500 27,600 15,300 – 15,200 5,900 3,900 2,000 3,500 1,600 1,900 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. A-5 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006 State and local government Establishments Total Private industry Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 22,717 22,581 136 Total in sample ............................................................... Responding ............................................................ Refused or unable to provide data ......................... Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 321 204 85 32 275 166 78 31 46 38 7 1 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. A-6
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