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Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL National Compensation Survey July 1998 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner August 1999 Bulletin 3095-27 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area Titusville Brevard Melbourne Palm Bay Preface T his bulletin provides results of a July 1998 survey of occupational pay in the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Data shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as the National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of Dianne Farrior, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the Atlanta Regional Office. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the survey results. For additional information regarding this survey, please contact the BLS Atlanta Regional Office at (404) 3313415. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-6220, or send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at the BLS Internet site (http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm). Data are in three formats: an ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 606-7828; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ Wages in the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, MSA .......................................................................... 1 2 Tables: A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries ........................................... A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and State and local government........................................................................................................... A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers, all industries ................................................................................................................................. A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only, all industries ............................................................................................ B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................ C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries ................................................................................................................................. C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers ......................................................................................................... C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ............................................................... 4 6 8 10 12 15 17 18 19 20 Appendixes: A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................ Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors...................................................................................... Appendix table 3. Average work levels ........................................................................................... B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ C. Generic Leveling Criteria................................................................................................................. D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ........................................................................................................... E. A Guide for Users of Prior BLS Wage Surveys............................................................................... v 21 25 26 28 30 38 44 46 Introduction T coverage of occupations and establishments within the survey area. Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected using probability techniques from a list of all those present in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on broad occupational classifications such as white-collar workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers, and individual occupations such as cashiers. In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions that were not comparable across specific occupations. Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time versus incentive status, and establishment employment size. Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program. The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal government. . his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The MSA includes Brevard County. This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also contained in this bulletin is information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology. NCS design and products The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new National Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on the levels and rates of change of occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These data are similar to those released under the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued. NCS more extensive than OCS The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing broader 1 Wages in the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area S Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL earned $15.07 per hour, while surveyed State and local government workers averaged $17.00. Table A-2 reports the average hourly rate for white-collar occupations as $18.01 in private industry and $18.39 in State and local government. Bluecollar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $13.67 in private industry and $10.99 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged $6.87 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $13.63. traight-time wages in the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged $15.51 per hour during July 1998. White-collar workers had an average wage of $18.12 per hour. Blue-collar workers averaged $13.49 per hour, while service workers had average earnings of $8.58 per hour. (All hourly rates in this summary cover both full- and part-time workers, unless otherwise noted.) Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational group, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and State and local government, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Dollars per hour $ 20 Dollars per hour $ 20 15 15 10 10 5 5 0 Whitecollar Bluecollar Service workers 0 White-collar Private industry Within each of these occupational groups, average hourly wages for individual occupations were estimated. For example, white-collar occupations included registered nurses at $18.45 per hour, secretaries at $11.50, and general office clerks at $9.72. Among occupations in the bluecollar category, truck drivers averaged $10.47 per hour while laborers except construction, N.E.C. averaged $8.70. Finally, service occupations included janitors and cleaners at $7.42 per hour and nursing aides, orderlies and attendants at $7.34. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 33 detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations surveyed could not be reported separately due to concerns about the confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of the data. Survey results show that private industry workers in Blue-collar Service State and local government Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were $16.51 per hour, compared with an average of $7.06 per hour for part-time workers. Data for specific work levels within major occupational groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may not be published because no workers were identified at that 2 wages averaged $18.10 in all goods-producing industries, $14.20 in construction, and $18.55 in manufacturing. Hourly wages averaged $13.68 in all service-producing industries, $14.13 in transportation, and public utilities, and $16.21 in services. Data for other industry divisions did not meet publication criteria. Table C-4 reports that a total of 84,371 workers were represented by the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL survey. White-collar occupations included 51,968 workers, or 62 percent; blue-collar occupations included 16,247 workers, or 19 percent; and service occupations included 16,156 workers, or 19 percent. level or because there were not enough data to guarantee confidentiality and reliability. Work levels for all major groups span several levels, with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting and ending at higher work levels than the other groups. Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 2 to level 7. As illustrated in chart 3, the average hourly rate was $8.21 for level 2, $9.67 for level 4, $15.94 for level 6, and $14.02 for level 7. Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for administrative support occupations, including clerical, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by occupational group, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Dollars per hour $20 Percent 70 60 15 50 40 10 30 5 20 10 0 2 4 6 7 0 Level Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of $19.00 as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion workers averaged $14.75. Time workers, whose wages were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged $15.55 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at least partially based on productivity payments, averaged $13.81 per hour. Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. In the private sector, hourly Whitecollar Bluecollar Service workers Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry, and State and local government are available in appendix table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3. 3 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ....................................................................... $15.51 All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 16.01 $6.00 6.30 25 Median 50 $8.36 $14.11 9.14 14.98 75 90 $20.43 20.97 $27.60 27.69 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 18.12 19.38 7.34 9.26 10.95 12.50 17.31 18.44 23.72 24.57 29.29 29.41 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Secretaries ........................................................... Hotel clerks ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 22.17 23.15 26.54 27.32 29.12 26.91 – 20.45 18.45 – – – 14.39 15.20 – 14.09 15.63 19.88 21.66 20.52 18.74 – 15.00 15.00 – – – 10.40 10.40 – 17.31 18.18 22.18 23.46 22.55 20.90 – 16.32 15.98 – – – 11.19 11.22 – 21.21 22.18 25.00 27.02 25.55 25.50 – 19.90 18.41 – – – 12.30 14.11 – 26.88 27.73 30.07 30.60 33.78 30.64 – 25.44 19.94 – – – 15.95 19.18 – 30.14 30.65 33.76 32.53 45.20 38.39 – 26.88 22.43 – – – 21.23 21.23 – 14.65 17.64 13.50 20.74 22.86 29.10 30.16 16.96 11.25 11.31 12.34 15.11 12.50 15.79 20.00 10.38 11.56 13.50 12.46 20.21 14.75 22.12 22.25 13.93 15.34 17.21 13.09 20.80 20.33 27.69 29.61 17.20 16.49 22.05 14.03 23.38 27.69 32.45 36.40 19.50 17.37 24.17 15.13 23.38 35.99 41.55 41.55 24.63 16.85 15.94 9.99 6.10 6.35 10.49 11.50 6.96 7.94 10.12 10.45 9.72 8.71 10.09 10.13 5.25 5.35 5.15 6.86 8.67 6.00 6.50 6.00 7.00 7.07 7.28 14.13 12.50 5.53 5.54 5.30 8.30 10.36 6.50 6.50 7.92 10.00 8.00 7.72 17.20 14.75 7.18 5.80 5.70 10.14 11.50 7.00 7.37 9.20 11.29 9.60 8.62 19.41 19.35 10.40 6.66 6.90 12.30 13.07 7.61 8.85 11.12 12.06 11.14 9.17 21.30 21.54 19.27 7.20 8.15 14.03 13.47 8.00 12.48 17.89 12.06 12.28 10.75 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 13.49 16.11 22.57 17.85 14.54 10.37 9.68 9.41 10.86 10.47 7.63 8.70 6.44 8.00 16.94 12.10 10.00 7.50 5.63 6.45 6.50 6.50 5.15 6.25 8.25 11.66 20.11 14.82 13.56 8.00 6.44 7.00 8.00 7.54 5.30 6.35 12.97 17.76 21.99 18.45 14.00 8.85 7.81 8.62 10.12 9.45 7.00 7.25 19.14 19.78 26.02 20.97 15.00 12.50 9.51 10.57 13.96 14.71 9.00 12.34 20.48 21.52 29.23 20.97 19.17 12.50 19.34 13.63 16.54 16.54 11.50 13.20 Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. Health service occupations ....................................... 8.58 14.11 13.97 13.78 5.05 2.38 5.30 7.40 3.35 10.70 11.91 10.70 2.13 2.13 3.49 6.00 5.61 11.92 12.81 14.52 2.26 2.13 5.20 6.00 7.20 14.13 14.13 14.58 5.30 2.13 5.30 7.00 11.66 15.75 14.26 14.67 6.76 2.15 5.65 7.66 14.67 20.11 16.30 14.67 7.75 3.35 6.25 9.31 See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All industries Percentiles Occupation3 Mean Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations (-Continued) Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one $7.34 6.92 5.87 7.42 7.67 8.38 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $6.00 5.50 5.25 6.00 5.30 6.00 $6.43 5.69 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.32 $7.14 6.00 5.75 6.50 7.47 8.01 $7.66 6.75 6.17 8.36 8.55 9.31 $8.79 10.23 6.50 11.57 9.48 11.69 establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 5 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Private industry Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $15.07 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 15.69 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Aerospace engineers .......................... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, except college and university Social scientists and urban planners ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Lawyers and judges ................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Technical occupations ................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. Management related occupations .......... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Sales occupations .......................................... Sales workers, other commodities ...... Cashiers ............................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... Secretaries ......................................... Hotel clerks ......................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ General office clerks ........................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Carpenters .......................................... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Police and detectives, public service .. State and local government $5.60 6.00 25 Median 50 $7.50 $13.09 8.06 14.41 Percentiles Mean 75 90 10 $20.29 20.97 $26.88 26.88 $17.00 17.01 25 Median 50 75 90 $9.23 $11.79 $16.81 $20.78 $27.73 9.23 11.83 16.81 20.78 27.73 18.01 19.82 6.60 9.13 10.00 12.48 16.69 19.00 24.05 25.00 30.65 30.74 18.39 18.41 10.09 10.10 12.69 12.69 17.98 17.98 22.94 22.94 28.40 28.40 23.00 24.47 26.80 27.32 29.12 26.96 – 20.91 18.73 – – – – – 14.57 15.79 19.88 21.66 20.52 18.74 – 15.00 15.30 – – – – – 17.63 19.40 22.31 23.46 22.55 21.00 – 17.10 16.32 – – – – – 22.56 23.58 25.15 27.02 25.55 25.55 – 19.90 18.65 – – – – – 26.88 28.59 30.65 30.60 33.78 30.75 – 26.32 20.10 – – – – – 31.86 33.42 34.14 32.53 45.20 38.47 – 26.88 22.61 – – – – – 20.57 21.09 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.69 15.36 – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.88 17.20 – – – – – – – – – – – – 19.55 19.89 – – – – – – – – – – – – 25.47 27.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – 29.29 29.29 – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.65 18.33 11.25 12.08 11.56 15.36 15.34 17.74 16.49 22.82 17.37 24.35 – 12.57 – 9.82 – 11.08 – 12.49 – 12.78 – 15.60 24.27 13.30 15.63 21.25 30.74 38.38 19.36 10.38 14.12 18.35 24.52 28.53 30.28 30.32 18.02 15.63 19.62 12.50 21.18 22.12 14.13 30.74 31.24 18.03 36.40 36.40 21.30 43.11 41.55 25.46 25.60 – 14.70 17.74 – 10.11 23.30 – 11.23 25.30 – 14.12 28.53 – 17.20 29.96 – 18.35 15.97 10.00 6.10 6.34 10.13 5.25 5.35 5.15 12.50 5.53 5.54 5.30 14.75 7.18 5.80 5.69 19.35 10.40 6.66 6.90 21.54 19.27 7.20 8.20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.55 11.58 6.96 6.60 9.05 6.00 8.28 10.50 6.50 10.04 11.74 7.00 12.38 13.07 7.61 14.74 13.07 8.00 10.32 – – 7.21 – – 8.64 – – 10.41 – – 12.06 – – 13.47 – – 10.23 9.79 6.00 7.31 8.50 8.06 9.20 9.78 11.98 11.22 17.89 12.30 – 9.16 – 6.25 – 7.57 – 9.60 – 10.83 – 10.89 – – – – – 8.50 6.93 7.58 8.15 9.17 10.61 13.67 6.44 8.20 13.22 19.17 20.97 10.99 6.75 8.59 9.30 11.30 20.11 16.37 23.21 18.56 15.02 7.88 16.94 12.42 13.00 12.50 19.82 18.14 14.00 18.08 23.00 18.45 15.00 19.76 27.32 20.97 15.00 21.52 29.54 20.97 19.17 12.71 – – – 8.75 – – – 9.23 – – – 10.21 – – – 20.11 – – – 20.11 – – – 9.68 5.63 6.44 7.81 9.51 19.34 – – – – – – 9.47 6.45 7.03 8.75 10.78 13.63 – – – – – – 11.47 10.89 6.50 6.50 8.00 8.00 11.46 10.25 14.98 14.98 16.54 16.54 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.65 8.70 5.15 6.25 5.30 6.35 6.97 7.25 9.00 12.34 11.50 13.20 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.87 14.15 – 2.15 8.13 – 5.35 14.52 – 6.17 14.58 – 7.66 14.67 – 11.41 17.07 – 13.63 14.10 13.97 8.85 10.72 11.91 11.36 11.72 12.81 13.30 13.58 14.13 15.29 15.75 14.26 20.11 20.11 16.30 – See footnotes at end of table. 6 Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued Private industry State and local government Percentiles Occupation3 Mean 10 25 Median 50 Service occupations (-Continued) Protective service occupations (-Continued) Guards and police except public service .......................................... $14.00 $10.70 $14.52 $14.58 Food service occupations ....................... 5.05 2.13 2.26 5.30 Waiters and waitresses ...................... 2.38 2.13 2.13 2.13 Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. 5.30 3.49 5.20 5.30 Health service occupations ..................... 7.42 6.00 6.00 7.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... 7.36 6.00 6.50 7.17 Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... 6.93 5.50 5.58 6.00 Maids and housemen ......................... 5.84 5.25 5.50 5.75 Janitors and cleaners ......................... 7.40 5.75 6.00 6.50 Personal service occupations ................. 7.61 5.30 6.50 7.58 Service occupations, N.E.C. ............... 8.17 6.00 7.32 7.92 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.81 – – – – – – 11.06 6.50 11.57 9.48 11.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 75 90 $14.67 6.76 2.15 5.65 7.66 $14.67 7.75 3.35 6.25 9.37 7.68 6.75 6.00 8.50 8.55 8.79 another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 7 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean 10 All occupations ..................................................... $16.51 All occupations excluding sales .......................... 16.76 White-collar occupations ................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ....... Professional specialty and technical occupations .............................................. Professional specialty occupations ............. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..... Aerospace engineers .......................... Electrical and electronic engineers ..... Mathematical and computer scientists ... Natural scientists .................................... Health related occupations ..................... Registered nurses .............................. Teachers, college and university ............ Teachers, except college and university Social scientists and urban planners ...... Social, recreation, and religious workers Lawyers and judges ................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ................. Technical occupations ................................ Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............................................. Executives, administrators, and managers .......................................... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. Management related occupations .......... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Sales occupations .......................................... Cashiers ............................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...................................................... Secretaries ......................................... Hotel clerks ......................................... Receptionists ...................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............................................ Stock and inventory clerks .................. General office clerks ........................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... Blue-collar occupations ................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............................................. Supervisors, mechanics and repairers Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. ........ Carpenters .......................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ................................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations .............................................. Truck drivers ....................................... Part-time $7.00 7.21 25 Median 50 $9.75 $15.36 10.15 15.94 Percentiles Mean 75 90 $21.21 21.39 $27.85 27.74 10 25 Median 50 $7.06 7.54 $5.15 3.63 $5.25 5.20 $5.70 6.00 $6.90 $11.22 7.35 15.98 75 90 18.93 19.59 8.55 9.39 11.88 12.70 17.91 18.64 24.50 24.96 29.77 29.62 8.82 13.61 5.20 6.10 5.43 9.41 6.10 13.75 9.69 19.00 19.00 20.62 22.30 23.33 26.54 27.32 29.12 26.91 – 20.89 18.22 – – – 14.49 – 14.11 15.65 19.88 21.66 20.52 18.74 – 15.00 15.00 – – – 10.40 – 17.34 18.28 22.18 23.46 22.55 20.90 – 16.11 15.65 – – – 11.19 – 21.44 22.44 25.00 27.02 25.55 25.50 – 20.44 17.68 – – – 12.30 – 26.88 27.73 30.07 30.60 33.78 30.64 – 26.88 19.90 – – – 18.63 – 30.38 30.65 33.76 32.53 45.20 38.39 – 26.88 22.30 – – – 21.23 – 18.12 18.36 – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.75 14.01 – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.95 15.95 – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.84 19.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.10 20.10 – – – – – – – – – – – – 22.57 22.57 – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.65 17.68 11.25 11.31 11.56 13.54 15.34 17.21 16.49 22.13 17.37 24.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – 20.74 15.11 20.21 20.80 23.38 23.38 – – – – – – 22.87 12.50 14.75 20.33 27.69 35.99 – – – – – – 29.11 30.16 16.96 15.79 20.00 10.38 22.12 22.25 13.93 27.69 29.61 17.20 32.45 36.40 19.50 41.55 41.55 24.63 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.85 10.09 14.13 17.20 19.41 21.30 – – – – – – 15.94 12.42 7.12 10.13 5.98 5.35 12.50 7.10 5.56 14.75 8.94 6.69 19.35 12.94 8.00 21.54 30.03 10.40 – 5.93 – – 5.15 – – 5.31 – – 5.50 – – 6.30 – – 7.20 – 10.67 11.50 6.96 7.94 7.15 8.67 6.00 6.50 8.50 10.36 6.50 6.50 10.36 11.50 7.00 7.37 12.44 13.07 7.61 8.85 14.19 13.47 8.00 12.48 7.94 – – – 5.50 – – – 6.10 – – – 7.82 – – – 9.41 – – – 10.14 – – – 11.02 10.45 9.88 8.00 7.00 7.35 9.20 10.00 8.20 9.70 11.29 9.87 12.75 12.06 11.19 17.89 12.06 12.28 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.71 7.28 7.72 8.62 9.17 10.75 – – – – – – 14.00 6.99 9.00 13.46 19.20 20.97 – – – – – – 16.12 22.57 17.85 14.54 10.39 8.00 16.94 12.10 10.00 7.50 11.66 20.11 14.82 13.56 8.00 17.81 21.99 18.45 14.00 8.49 19.79 26.02 20.97 15.00 12.50 21.52 29.23 20.97 19.17 12.50 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.68 5.63 6.44 7.81 9.51 19.34 – – – – – – 9.44 6.46 7.00 8.68 10.62 13.63 – – – – – – 11.01 10.62 6.50 6.50 8.00 7.54 10.25 9.75 14.05 14.98 16.54 16.54 – – – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 8 Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All industries Full-time Occupation3 Percentiles Mean Blue-collar occupations (-Continued) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..................................................... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. Service occupations ......................................... Protective service occupations ............... Police and detectives, public service .. Guards and police except public service .......................................... Food service occupations ....................... Waiters and waitresses ...................... Health service occupations ..................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ..................................... Cleaning and building service occupations ...................................... Maids and housemen ......................... Janitors and cleaners ......................... Personal service occupations ................. Part-time Percentiles Mean 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $8.73 8.70 $6.25 6.25 $6.88 6.35 $9.00 7.25 $9.50 12.34 $12.34 13.20 9.63 14.26 13.97 5.15 10.72 11.91 6.15 12.01 12.81 8.25 14.13 14.13 13.19 15.80 14.26 13.78 5.31 2.22 7.85 10.70 2.13 2.13 5.84 14.52 2.13 2.13 6.54 14.58 5.88 2.13 7.28 7.80 6.50 7.00 7.13 5.89 8.01 8.18 5.50 5.25 6.00 6.50 5.75 5.50 6.00 7.00 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the 10 25 Median 50 75 90 – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.80 20.11 16.30 $5.43 – – $2.50 – – $5.17 – – $5.50 – – $6.23 – – $7.20 – – 14.67 7.21 2.13 7.91 14.67 8.50 2.15 10.69 – 4.72 2.69 6.48 – 2.15 2.13 6.00 – 3.15 2.13 6.00 – 5.22 2.15 6.00 – 5.50 3.35 7.00 – 6.50 4.25 7.50 7.47 7.95 9.62 6.52 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.00 7.57 6.00 5.75 7.00 7.81 6.76 6.08 9.23 9.00 11.51 6.50 12.42 9.60 6.10 – 6.29 – 5.41 – 5.50 – 5.50 – 5.75 – 6.00 – 6.00 – 6.75 – 6.75 – 6.98 – 7.00 – minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 9 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All industries Occupation3 Mean weekly hours4 Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours Annual earnings Mean Median All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 40.0 39.9 $660 669 $614 636 2,018 2,011 $33,322 33,719 $30,152 30,786 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 40.2 40.1 762 786 719 746 1,996 1,983 37,794 38,850 34,158 35,360 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Cashiers ............................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Secretaries ........................................................... Hotel clerks ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 40.2 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 – 42.0 40.0 – – – 40.0 – 896 939 1,062 1,093 1,165 1,077 – 877 729 – – – 580 – 856 897 1,000 1,081 1,022 1,020 – 796 707 – – – 492 – 1,925 1,895 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 – 2,183 2,080 – – – 2,080 – 42,925 44,205 55,199 56,816 60,564 55,980 – 45,590 37,905 – – – 30,141 – 41,958 43,486 52,000 56,202 53,152 53,031 – 41,392 36,774 – – – 25,584 – 41.2 39.9 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.0 604 705 830 917 1,171 1,206 678 618 688 832 817 1,107 1,184 688 2,144 2,073 2,080 2,086 2,092 2,079 2,080 31,415 36,654 43,141 47,701 60,910 62,696 35,273 32,136 35,797 43,258 42,494 57,587 61,589 35,776 40.0 40.0 41.1 40.0 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.5 40.0 40.0 40.0 674 638 510 285 427 460 278 317 447 418 395 348 688 590 360 268 415 460 280 295 388 452 395 345 2,080 2,080 2,137 2,080 2,083 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,108 2,080 2,080 2,080 35,056 33,152 26,533 14,805 22,215 23,924 14,468 16,508 23,230 21,735 20,544 18,113 35,776 30,682 18,720 13,915 21,556 23,920 14,560 15,330 20,176 23,483 20,530 17,938 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 40.1 40.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.4 40.0 39.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 561 647 903 714 582 419 387 377 440 425 349 348 538 714 880 738 560 330 312 345 410 390 360 290 2,084 2,086 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,099 2,080 2,077 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 29,162 33,626 46,937 37,120 30,249 21,807 20,131 19,607 22,890 22,097 18,168 18,102 27,997 37,116 45,740 38,376 29,120 17,160 16,245 17,930 21,320 20,280 18,720 15,080 Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 38.9 41.2 40.0 39.5 35.4 32.4 375 587 559 544 188 72 311 565 565 581 202 67 2,023 2,141 2,080 2,054 1,840 1,685 19,478 30,535 29,052 28,303 9,761 3,736 16,180 29,390 29,390 30,202 10,478 3,466 See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All industries Occupation3 Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ....................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Mean weekly hours4 38.9 38.6 39.6 39.2 39.9 39.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. The median designates position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. Weekly earnings Mean Median Mean annual hours $305 301 282 231 320 319 $279 287 240 224 280 311 2,022 2,009 2,057 2,040 2,075 2,026 Annual earnings Mean $15,871 15,664 14,671 12,005 16,618 16,569 Median $14,488 14,918 12,480 11,669 14,560 16,159 4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 11 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $15.51 16.01 $15.07 15.69 $17.00 17.01 $16.51 16.76 $7.06 7.54 White-collar occupations ................................................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ 18.12 7.18 7.69 10.17 11.88 13.56 16.29 16.84 21.74 23.29 26.96 30.49 38.57 19.38 8.21 8.92 9.83 11.88 14.17 16.34 16.48 21.74 23.29 26.96 30.29 38.57 18.01 7.13 7.53 10.32 11.79 13.96 16.47 18.20 21.83 24.01 27.49 31.68 38.57 19.82 8.45 8.80 10.03 11.79 14.86 16.52 17.72 21.83 24.01 27.49 31.56 38.57 18.39 7.47 9.39 9.24 12.04 11.48 14.83 14.47 21.65 – – – – 18.41 7.47 9.51 9.24 12.04 11.48 14.83 14.47 21.65 – – – – 18.93 8.04 8.53 10.39 11.90 13.58 16.26 16.84 21.79 23.68 26.96 30.49 38.57 19.59 8.04 8.90 10.16 11.90 14.22 16.32 16.48 21.79 23.68 26.96 30.29 38.57 8.82 6.29 6.21 – – – – – – – – – – 13.61 – – – – – – – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 10 ............................................................ Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Level 14 ............................................................ Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Level 9 .............................................................. Level 12 ............................................................ Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Level 9 .............................................................. Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, religious, and recreation workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ 22.17 23.15 11.41 18.33 15.48 21.89 23.05 27.61 28.18 37.64 26.54 22.54 29.89 26.91 – 20.45 22.07 – – – 14.39 – 23.00 24.47 11.41 18.38 16.62 21.75 24.12 28.90 29.00 37.64 26.80 22.71 29.89 26.96 – 20.91 22.57 – – – – – 20.57 21.09 – – – 22.00 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 22.30 23.33 11.41 18.72 15.48 21.96 23.61 27.61 28.18 37.64 26.54 22.54 29.89 26.91 – 20.89 22.63 – – – 14.49 – 18.12 18.36 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.65 17.64 14.09 14.43 17.63 16.72 22.86 13.40 17.22 20.69 28.33 34.31 14.65 18.33 – 14.49 17.67 – 24.27 – – 22.00 28.16 39.03 – 12.57 – – – – 19.36 – 15.44 16.85 – – 14.65 17.68 14.09 14.59 17.63 16.72 22.87 13.40 17.22 20.69 28.33 34.31 – – – – – – – – – – – – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 12 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All workers 4 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers White-collar occupations (-Continued) Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Level 8 .............................................................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Level 12 ............................................................ Management related occupations ............................ Level 9 .............................................................. Sales occupations ............................................................ Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. $29.10 18.59 21.90 28.58 34.31 16.96 20.08 9.99 6.45 10.63 10.49 8.21 8.92 9.67 11.72 15.94 14.02 $30.28 – 21.73 28.40 39.03 18.02 22.17 10.00 6.45 10.63 10.55 8.45 8.80 9.93 11.51 16.04 14.23 $25.60 – – – – 14.70 – – – – 10.32 7.47 9.51 8.88 12.02 – – $29.11 18.59 21.90 28.58 34.31 16.96 20.08 12.42 7.55 10.69 10.67 8.04 8.90 10.07 11.74 15.94 14.02 – – – – – – – $5.93 5.85 – 7.94 – – – – – – Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Level 8 .............................................................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. 13.49 – 7.55 8.38 10.31 11.36 15.16 18.84 16.99 16.11 8.69 9.40 11.29 15.18 19.07 16.99 9.41 7.94 9.24 10.86 7.94 12.57 7.63 – 7.60 8.32 13.67 – 7.58 8.40 10.54 11.44 15.46 18.77 16.99 16.37 8.59 9.49 11.40 15.49 19.01 16.99 9.47 8.04 9.24 11.47 – – 7.65 – 7.60 8.28 10.99 – – 8.18 9.12 – – – – 12.71 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.00 8.05 7.56 8.49 10.31 11.36 15.16 18.84 16.99 16.12 8.69 9.40 11.29 15.18 19.07 16.99 9.44 7.94 9.24 11.01 8.13 12.57 8.73 8.67 7.60 8.55 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Service occupations ........................................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Protective service occupations ............................... Level 5 .............................................................. Level 6 .............................................................. Level 7 .............................................................. Food service occupations ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 4 .............................................................. Health service occupations ..................................... Level 3 .............................................................. 8.58 4.83 5.65 6.94 7.85 10.80 14.11 14.08 14.11 12.13 15.19 13.37 5.05 4.50 5.35 7.47 7.40 7.28 6.87 4.82 5.55 6.94 7.87 – 13.04 – 14.15 – – – 5.05 4.50 5.35 7.47 7.42 7.28 13.63 – – – – 12.15 – 13.37 14.10 12.13 – 13.37 – – – – – – 9.63 4.97 6.37 7.11 8.76 10.88 14.11 14.08 14.26 12.13 15.19 13.37 5.31 4.59 – – 7.85 – 5.43 4.51 5.45 6.15 – – – – – – – – 4.72 4.32 – – 6.48 – Occupational group3 and level See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All workers 4 Occupational group3 and level Service occupations (-Continued) Cleaning and building service occupations ............ Level 1 .............................................................. Level 2 .............................................................. Level 3 .............................................................. Personal service occupations ................................. 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $6.92 5.73 6.10 7.30 7.67 $6.93 5.72 5.99 7.31 7.61 – – – – – $7.13 5.72 – 7.61 8.18 $6.10 – – – – based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 14 Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All workers4 Occupation3 and level White-collar occupations: Professional specialty and technical occupations: Professional specialty occupations: Aerospace engineers ............................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Registered nurses ................................................ Level 9 .............................................................. Social workers ...................................................... Technical occupations: Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations: Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Level 9 .............................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations: Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, including clerical: Secretaries ........................................................... Level 5 .............................................................. Hotel clerks ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Level 4 .............................................................. Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Level 5 .............................................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... Blue-collar occupations: Precision production, craft, and repair occupations: Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Transportation and material moving occupations: Truck drivers ......................................................... Level 3 .............................................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers: Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... Service occupations: Protective service occupations: Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations: Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Level 1 .............................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. See footnotes at end of table. 15 All industries All industries Private industry State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers $27.32 29.12 18.45 19.65 15.20 $27.32 29.12 18.73 – – – – – – – $27.32 29.12 18.22 – – – – – – – 13.50 20.74 – – – – – 20.74 – – 30.16 23.15 28.48 30.32 22.95 – – – – 30.16 23.15 28.48 – – – 16.85 15.94 – 15.97 – – 16.85 15.94 – – 6.10 6.35 6.42 6.10 6.34 6.41 – – – – 7.12 7.55 – – – 11.50 11.94 6.96 7.94 10.12 – 10.45 9.72 11.04 8.71 11.58 – 6.96 – 10.23 – – 9.79 – – 11.50 11.94 6.96 7.94 11.02 9.14 10.45 9.88 – 8.71 – – – – – – – – – – 22.57 17.85 14.54 10.37 9.68 23.21 18.56 15.02 – 9.68 – – – – – 22.57 17.85 14.54 10.39 9.68 – – – – – 10.47 7.94 10.89 – – – 10.62 8.13 – – 8.70 8.70 – 8.70 – 13.97 13.78 – 14.00 13.97 13.78 – – 2.38 2.35 5.30 2.38 2.35 5.30 – – – – – – – $9.16 – 8.50 13.97 – – – – 2.22 – – $2.69 – – Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All workers4 Occupation3 and level Service occupations: (-Continued) Health service occupations: Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Level 3 .............................................................. Cleaning and building service occupations: Maids and housemen ........................................... Level 1 .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations: Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for more information. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule All industries Private industry $7.34 7.37 $7.36 7.37 5.87 5.65 7.42 8.38 All industries State and local government Full-time workers Part-time workers – – $7.80 – $6.52 – 5.84 5.65 7.40 – – – 5.89 5.65 8.01 – – 6.29 8.17 – – – based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 16 Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Occupational group2 Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $16.51 16.76 $7.06 7.54 $19.00 19.00 $14.75 15.29 $15.55 16.07 $13.81 12.49 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 18.93 19.59 8.82 13.61 20.23 20.23 17.64 19.16 18.18 19.42 14.91 – Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 22.30 23.33 17.68 22.87 12.42 10.67 18.12 18.36 – – 5.93 7.94 21.04 21.35 18.49 – – 10.64 22.68 24.09 17.45 23.44 9.99 10.49 22.17 23.15 17.64 23.01 9.20 10.51 – – – – – – Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 14.00 16.12 9.44 11.01 8.73 – – – – – 18.07 18.93 – – – 12.01 14.65 9.47 10.56 7.53 13.54 16.22 9.14 10.78 7.58 12.67 – – – – Service occupations ........................................................... 9.63 5.43 13.13 8.13 8.58 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 17 Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Goods-producing industries4 Occupational group3 All private industries Total Mining Construction Manufacturing Service-producing industries5 Total Finance, insurance, and real estate Services – – – – $16.21 16.41 TransWholeportsale ation and and retail public trade utilities All occupations ........................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ................................................ $15.07 15.69 $18.10 17.88 – – White-collar occupations ....................................................... White-collar excluding sales ................................................. 18.01 19.82 21.38 21.22 – – 21.41 21.41 21.38 21.21 16.07 18.79 – – – – – – 19.16 19.65 Professional specialty and technical occupations ................ Professional specialty occupations ................................... Technical occupations ...................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ....... Sales occupations ................................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ......... 23.00 24.47 18.33 24.27 10.00 10.55 25.15 27.69 – 21.16 24.11 10.12 – – – – – – – – – – – – 25.21 27.71 – 20.11 24.11 10.07 21.23 22.10 17.77 26.96 8.30 10.78 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.00 21.80 17.94 27.84 – 11.12 Blue-collar occupations ......................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .............. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. Transportation and material moving occupations ................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 13.67 16.37 9.47 11.47 7.65 11.16 12.58 9.41 12.34 8.09 – – – – – 11.77 13.56 – – – 10.97 12.23 9.34 – 7.80 15.41 18.45 9.86 10.95 – 14.12 16.03 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.44 – – – 8.38 Service occupations ............................................................... 6.87 – – – – 6.87 – – – 7.96 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. $14.20 $18.55 $13.68 $14.13 14.20 18.31 14.56 14.13 4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 18 Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private industry, all workers2, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 100 workers or more All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ $15.07 15.69 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. Occupational group3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more $10.35 10.42 $15.95 16.69 $11.30 12.08 $19.91 19.82 18.01 19.82 14.99 16.80 18.35 20.13 13.56 16.96 21.51 21.41 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support, including clerical occupations ..... 23.00 24.47 18.33 24.27 10.00 10.55 20.46 21.03 17.46 23.24 9.61 10.33 23.15 24.70 18.36 24.43 10.06 10.59 19.91 21.46 15.77 29.11 8.48 10.03 24.07 25.57 19.21 22.78 – 11.08 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 13.67 16.37 9.47 11.47 7.65 10.39 12.86 8.34 – 7.55 14.39 16.92 9.95 12.07 – 10.73 13.77 10.26 – – 17.15 18.00 – – – Service occupations ........................................................... 6.87 5.38 7.59 6.59 11.62 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 19 Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All workers Occupational group2 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 84,371 76,393 64,904 56,960 19,467 19,433 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................................. 51,968 43,990 36,959 29,015 15,009 14,975 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Technical occupations .................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Sales occupations ............................................................ Administrative support including clerical occupations ...... 27,684 23,141 4,543 5,678 7,978 10,628 16,923 12,930 3,992 4,037 7,944 8,056 10,762 10,211 551 1,641 – 2,572 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ..... 16,247 9,995 1,929 1,156 3,167 15,162 9,287 1,884 939 3,052 1,085 708 – – – Service occupations ........................................................... 16,156 12,783 3,373 1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another establishment, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 20 Appendix A. Technical Note The reference month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The reference month for the private sector is March 1996. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated. This section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. While this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all the steps required to produce the data. Planning for the survey The overall design of the survey is based on the type of data to be produced. Establishments that participate in the NCS are studied for several collection cycles. This allows changes in wages within these establishments to be observed over time. Individual wage data are collected for selected jobs during each establishment’s initial cycle and updated during subsequent cycles. When data are not available during a collection cycle, efforts are made to collect the data during subsequent cycles and include it in later tabulations. Beginning in the year 2001, the current NCS sample will be replenished on a rotating basis. Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two stage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame where the strata are determined by industry and whether the establishment is Private, State government or local government. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that the sample units within each stratum represent all the units within the stratum, both sampled and nonsampled. See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the survey by employment size. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. Survey scope This survey of the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey an establishment was an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment was usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment was defined as all locations of a government entity. The Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL MSA includes Brevard County. Data collection Detailed procedures are followed when collecting data from survey respondents. For the initial data collection, field economists, working out of the Regional Office, visited each establishment surveyed. The field economists - through mail, phone, or personal visit - completed update collection, which involved obtaining current pay data. The following procedures are used for schedules initiated for the first time or reinitiated during an update. Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports for the Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multi-step process: 21 · 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs. 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the Census of Population system. 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time, union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive. 4. Determination of the level of work of each job. Handlers, equipment laborers · Service occupations and Generic leveling through point factor analysis In the last step before wage data were collected, the work level of each selected job was determined using a “generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each occupation. For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental. The 10 factors are: Number of selected jobs 8 10 12 16 20 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The National Compensation Survey occupational classification system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major occupational group (MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following MOG’s: · · · · · · · helpers, A complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix B. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of Terms” section on the following page for more detail. For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level could not be determined. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs collected in each establishment was based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in the following schedule: Number of employees 50-99 100-249 250-999 1000-2,499 2,500+ cleaners, · · · · · · · · · · Knowledge Supervision received Guidelines Complexity Scope and effect Personal contacts Purpose of contacts Physical demands Work environment Supervisory duties Each factor contains a number of levels and each level has an associated written description and point value. The number and range of points differ among the factors. For each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on which written description best matched the job. Within each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix Professional specialty and technical Executive, administrative, and managerial Sales Administrative support including clerical Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving 22 · table 3 presents average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C. Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firm. Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed research continues in the area. The results of this research will be published by BLS in the future. In order to calculate earnings for various time periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were also collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of hours actually worked was collected. Definition of terms Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time. Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical note and the example for more details on the leveling process.) Collection period The survey was collected from June 1998 through October 1998. The average payroll reference month was July 1998. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection. Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below). Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: · · · · · Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time. Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for the job. 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 Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of production. Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: · · The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: · · · · · · On-call pay · Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g., Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free room and board Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation. Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations. Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining agreement. Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the 23 relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 20.4 percent (representing 18,885 employees) refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells which were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level. Establishments which were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey (7.5 percent of the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a refusal. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. Appendix table 2 contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows a relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus and minus 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although they also were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field economists who gathered survey data, computer editing of the data, and detailed data review. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated. The respondent has the option of giving mean data instead of individual wages in the years following the initiation. In 1998, the publication criteria were changed to allow more data to publish. Not all series that were calculated met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. As a result of the use of sampling weights, the number of workers estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study not the actual number of workers surveyed. 24 Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size, and number of establishments represented, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 Number of establishments studied Industry All industries ......................................................... Private industry ................................................. Goods-producing industries .......................... Construction ............................................. Manufacturing ........................................... Service-producing industries ........................ Tranportation and public utilities ............... Wholesale and retail trade ........................ Finance, insurance and real estate .......... Services .................................................... State and local government .............................. Number of establishments represented 100 workers or more Total studied 405 383 73 29 44 310 8 156 7 139 22 103 85 25 6 19 60 4 13 1 42 18 50 - 99 workers 38 35 11 4 7 24 1 6 – 17 3 Total 65 50 14 2 12 36 3 7 1 25 15 100 - 499 workers 46 37 7 2 5 30 3 7 1 19 9 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 25 500 workers or more 19 13 7 – 7 6 – – – 6 6 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 (in percent) Occupation3 All industries Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 2.1 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.3 White-collar occupations ................................................... White-collar occupations excluding sales ......................... 2.8 2.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.5 Professional specialty and technical occupations ............ Professional specialty occupations ............................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related occupations ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. .......................................... Technical occupations .................................................. Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .......... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. .................. Management related occupations ............................ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............ Sales occupations ............................................................ Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ..... Secretaries ........................................................... Hotel clerks ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ......... 2.2 2.2 3.3 4.5 7.8 7.6 – 4.8 2.9 – – – 9.8 10.8 – 3.0 3.1 3.5 4.5 7.8 7.6 – 5.0 3.2 – – – – – – 2.1 2.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.8 5.8 3.5 6.5 6.9 7.3 7.3 7.0 5.8 5.9 – – 8.3 8.9 7.6 8.6 – 4.9 – – 13.8 3.9 – 7.7 8.6 8.3 14.1 2.4 4.6 2.9 3.4 3.3 8.5 11.0 8.0 5.5 2.6 – 8.4 14.2 2.4 4.6 3.5 4.7 3.3 – 11.9 – 6.1 – – – – – – 4.5 – – – – – 8.9 3.8 Blue-collar occupations ..................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .......... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ................. Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .......................... Carpenters ............................................................ Construction trades, N.E.C. .................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving occupations ............. Truck drivers ......................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ................... 4.0 3.5 9.1 7.1 6.3 14.8 13.3 5.8 8.2 10.5 6.4 14.6 4.2 3.6 10.0 6.0 5.5 – 13.3 5.9 8.5 11.0 6.6 14.6 14.8 15.9 – – – – – – – – – – Service occupations ........................................................... Protective service occupations ................................. Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police except public service .............. Food service occupations ......................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ................. 4.8 4.0 1.2 3.6 6.7 4.6 5.2 4.8 4.9 – 3.1 6.7 4.6 5.2 5.0 4.8 1.2 – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 26 Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all workers2, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued (in percent) Occupation3 Service occupations (-Continued) Health service occupations ....................................... Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service occupations .............. Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service occupations ................................... Service occupations, N.E.C. ................................. 1 The relative standard error is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could not be determined for all occupations. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are All industries Private industry State and local government 5.9 5.1 9.6 2.0 11.0 5.3 5.8 6.1 5.2 10.2 2.0 11.8 5.5 6.1 – – – – – – – classified into one of nine major occupational groups. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. 27 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 All occupations ................................................................................. All occupations excluding sales ...................................................... 6 7 7 7 3 3 White-collar occupations ............................................................. White-collar occupations excluding sales ................................... 7 8 8 8 4 6 Professional specialty and technical occupations ...................... Professional specialty occupations ......................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Aerospace engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Natural scientists ................................................................ Health related occupations ................................................. Registered nurses .......................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Teachers, except college and university ............................ Social scientists and urban planners .................................. Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................ Social workers ................................................................ Lawyers and judges ............................................................ Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, N.E.C. ........................................................................... Technical occupations ............................................................ Licensed practical nurses ............................................... Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. .................... Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ............. Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................ Management related occupations ...................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ Management related occupations, N.E.C. ...................... Sales occupations ...................................................................... Sales workers, other commodities .................................. Cashiers ......................................................................... Administrative support occupations, including clerical ............... Secretaries ..................................................................... Hotel clerks ..................................................................... Receptionists .................................................................. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Stock and inventory clerks .............................................. General office clerks ....................................................... Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ................... 9 10 11 10 11 11 – 8 8 – – – 10 10 – 9 10 11 10 11 11 – 8 8 – – – 9 – – 8 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 7 7 7 9 11 11 8 8 7 4 3 3 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3 7 7 – 7 9 11 11 8 8 7 5 – 3 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3 – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – 3 – – – – – – – Blue-collar occupations ............................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair occupations .................... Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ........................... Mechanics and repairers, N.E.C. .................................... Carpenters ...................................................................... Construction trades, N.E.C. ............................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................ Transportation and material moving occupations ....................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................ Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ............................. 5 6 8 7 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 5 6 8 7 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – Service occupations ..................................................................... Protective service occupations ........................................... Police and detectives, public service .............................. Guards and police except public service ........................ Food service occupations ................................................... Waiters and waitresses .................................................. Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ........................... Health service occupations ................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service occupations ........................ Maids and housemen ..................................................... Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 4 6 7 5 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 7 5 2 2 – 4 4 2 2 2 2 – – – 2 2 – 4 4 2 – 2 See footnotes at end of table. 28 Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers, full-time and part-time workers, Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL, July 1998 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation1 Service occupations (-Continued) Personal service occupations ............................................. Service occupations, N.E.C. ........................................... 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major occupational groups. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. 3 3 4 – – – include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified." NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the occupation. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may 29
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