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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$6.36
6.50

$7.53
7.61

$10.84
10.92

$15.97
15.97

$21.12
21.09

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

7.34
7.50

8.48
8.81

12.95
12.95

17.91
18.00

27.08
27.08

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

10.92
14.52
18.37
–
15.65
15.87
20.59
11.29
10.65
10.65
–
12.60
14.46
–

14.52
16.29
28.18
–
16.21
16.34
29.00
16.63
12.76
12.76
–
14.94
14.94
–

17.30
18.33
30.32
–
17.11
16.88
32.13
25.54
29.07
29.07
–
15.31
15.31
–

25.33
27.08
34.37
–
17.95
17.91
36.94
27.08
29.07
29.07
–
18.63
18.63
–

29.20
32.13
37.14
–
24.77
19.26
49.77
27.08
29.07
29.07
–
19.06
19.06
–

8.90
9.68
9.68

10.00
11.10
10.47

14.52
12.95
10.92

29.20
17.76
11.10

29.20
21.09
11.25

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................

12.37
11.25
10.73
11.25
12.37
13.40

15.25
18.18
15.55
19.15
13.40
13.40

19.15
22.28
25.33
22.28
15.25
15.85

29.26
32.23
39.29
32.69
18.33
18.30

40.25
41.68
42.70
41.68
29.85
21.12

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

5.52
10.30
6.42
5.52

6.35
13.80
7.67
5.52

8.86
15.00
8.21
5.81

16.33
17.50
8.48
7.46

25.87
35.72
8.89
8.86

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Data entry keyers .................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................

7.02
8.02
6.75
6.72
7.38
7.09
7.22
8.08
8.17

7.50
8.30
6.86
7.50
8.15
8.15
7.82
8.75
8.50

8.75
9.02
7.14
8.30
10.80
9.41
9.00
8.75
10.04

11.07
12.00
7.61
8.93
12.25
14.85
10.27
9.73
12.87

14.00
13.43
7.83
11.17
15.22
17.88
11.25
9.73
18.08

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

7.25

8.05

11.86

15.24

19.36

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c.

8.33
12.25
12.98
11.50
12.92
19.10

12.28
16.11
15.00
15.97
15.75
19.10

14.49
18.50
20.46
16.81
20.21
20.30

19.10
18.50
22.16
19.36
25.73
20.46

20.64
25.15
22.36
22.36
36.23
20.46

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................

6.16
6.50
11.86
7.25

7.53
9.05
12.38
7.25

10.90
12.38
12.73
7.25

14.00
14.49
16.00
7.53

16.00
19.07
16.00
9.11

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

7.50
8.34
7.50

8.34
9.05
8.50

9.82
9.63
8.64

14.91
15.24
14.44

16.15
15.24
16.15

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............

5.98
5.98
5.73
5.15
6.66

7.10
5.98
5.73
5.52
7.09

8.06
8.09
7.30
6.16
7.54

10.40
8.14
9.00
9.25
13.00

13.00
10.78
9.00
9.58
14.35

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999 — Continued
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.00

$7.28

$8.51

$11.82

$11.98

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................

5.15
7.00
11.82
7.56
10.03
8.82
5.15
2.13
2.13
2.13
5.30
6.79
6.55
5.28
6.18
6.17
5.88
5.44
6.20
5.15

5.88
9.01
15.64
8.99
12.21
9.63
5.15
3.66
2.13
2.13
5.30
7.26
6.55
5.30
6.71
6.54
6.59
5.65
7.24
5.25

7.07
11.17
16.31
9.01
12.21
9.74
5.95
5.34
2.15
2.13
6.45
7.30
8.04
5.51
7.13
6.94
7.07
5.88
7.76
6.54

8.72
13.55
19.67
11.17
15.41
9.74
8.00
7.26
4.71
2.25
7.50
8.03
8.45
6.66
8.00
7.52
7.76
6.90
11.10
7.50

11.82
16.31
19.67
11.17
15.41
10.14
11.36
8.04
5.34
5.34
8.65
9.35
9.68
7.40
9.06
8.37
11.11
7.06
14.35
8.31

Occupation3

Blue collar –Continued

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

2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR
PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999
Private industry
Occupation3
10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$5.92
6.00

$7.50
7.50

$10.04
10.04

$15.58
15.25

$20.20
19.75

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

6.86
7.50

8.08
8.15

11.27
12.25

16.90
16.90

22.36
21.74

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

10.92
12.98
28.18
–
15.16
15.65
13.67
–
–
8.74
–

12.95
15.87
29.75
–
15.87
15.87
14.24
–
–
9.15
–

16.63
17.00
31.21
–
16.81
16.81
20.59
–
–
12.60
–

18.15
20.59
34.37
–
17.91
17.91
20.59
–
–
14.46
–

28.38
33.67
34.37
–
17.91
17.91
25.98
–
–
14.46
–

7.71
10.70
9.64

8.90
12.42
10.70

11.41
15.03
10.92

29.20
17.79
11.18

36.98
21.74
11.25

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

13.40
16.35
11.25
13.40

16.83
18.99
19.15
14.66

19.25
20.90
22.28
17.08

28.85
29.26
32.23
21.12

32.69
35.10
40.25
30.00

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

5.52
10.30
5.55
5.52

6.09
14.83
6.72
5.52

8.86
15.00
8.20
5.75

16.33
17.50
8.21
7.00

25.87
35.72
13.17
8.86

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................

6.81
7.99
6.75
6.29
7.38
8.75
7.34

7.50
8.02
6.86
6.72
8.15
10.40
7.78

8.17
8.65
7.14
8.30
10.80
14.75
8.70

10.04
9.02
7.61
9.00
12.25
16.36
8.81

14.25
12.00
7.83
11.17
15.22
17.88
11.25

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

7.10

8.05

11.88

15.53

19.47

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c.

8.65
12.98
13.62
12.92
19.10

12.43
15.00
15.97
15.75
19.10

15.00
20.46
16.81
20.21
20.30

19.36
22.16
20.21
25.73
20.46

20.90
22.36
22.36
36.23
20.46

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................

6.05
6.16
11.86
7.25

7.53
8.11
12.38
7.25

10.24
11.57
12.73
7.25

14.40
15.76
16.00
7.53

16.00
19.07
16.00
9.11

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

7.50
8.34
7.50

8.34
8.80
8.50

10.00
10.04
8.64

15.24
15.24
14.44

16.15
15.24
16.15

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.10
5.73
5.15
6.66
7.00

7.09
5.73
5.52
7.09
7.05

7.95
7.30
6.16
7.54
8.51

9.87
9.00
9.25
13.00
11.82

12.62
9.00
9.58
14.35
11.98

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Guards and police, except public service .............
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................

2.19
5.15
5.15
2.13
2.13

5.30
5.15
5.15
2.63
2.13

6.44
5.67
5.67
5.30
2.15

7.30
8.00
8.00
6.45
4.71

9.06
8.00
8.00
8.45
5.34

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3

Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................

10

25

Median
50

75

90

$2.13
5.30
5.28
6.18
6.18
5.65
5.44
5.90
5.15

$2.13
5.30
5.30
6.54
6.54
5.88
5.65
6.66
5.15

$2.13
6.00
5.51
6.94
6.94
6.67
5.88
7.28
6.41

$2.25
7.45
6.00
7.30
7.30
7.48
6.36
11.11
8.25

$5.34
8.65
7.45
9.06
7.52
14.35
6.90
14.35
8.31

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

2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR
PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.

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

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.30
7.28

$8.99
9.00

$12.29
12.36

$18.00
18.08

$27.08
27.08

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

8.15
8.37

9.68
10.27

14.94
15.78

24.77
25.33

29.07
29.07

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................

11.10
14.94
–
16.21
16.80
–
–
–
–
–

16.29
16.80
–
16.80
16.80
–
–
–
–
–

18.75
23.23
–
17.30
17.30
–
–
–
–
–

27.08
27.08
–
22.28
18.75
–
–
–
–
–

30.08
30.79
–
24.77
22.28
–
–
–
–
–

–
7.75

–
9.68

–
11.10

–
13.17

–
18.11

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Management related .................................................

10.73
10.73
10.73
10.92

12.37
15.55
15.55
12.37

15.85
25.33
25.33
12.37

39.29
41.68
39.29
15.85

41.68
42.70
42.70
15.85

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

7.22
10.67
8.06
7.22

8.59
10.67
8.06
8.59

9.31
11.75
8.93
9.16

11.31
13.43
8.93
10.27

13.43
13.43
8.93
11.07

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

7.28

8.24

11.80

12.61

14.75

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

7.90

11.29

12.36

14.49

16.10

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

6.18

9.63

9.63

9.82

10.86

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

5.98
5.15
7.28

7.28
5.58
7.28

9.97
6.96
9.97

12.23
8.89
10.08

13.56
10.96
13.56

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................

6.71
8.99
11.82
7.56
10.03
8.82
–
–
6.05
7.06
–

7.56
9.48
15.64
8.99
12.21
9.63
–
–
6.71
7.07
–

8.82
11.36
16.31
9.01
12.21
9.74
–
–
8.00
7.76
–

11.82
13.78
19.67
11.17
15.41
9.74
–
–
8.00
7.76
–

15.41
16.31
19.67
11.17
15.41
10.14
–
–
8.72
8.40
–

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

2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR
PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.

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Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$7.00
6.94

$8.05
8.02

$11.57
11.42

$16.34
16.30

$22.16
21.74

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

7.50
7.50

9.02
9.05

13.34
13.30

18.15
18.11

27.08
27.08

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
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 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................

11.10
14.71
18.37
–
15.87
15.65
20.59
16.29
–
–
12.60
14.46
–

14.80
16.34
28.18
–
16.21
16.00
29.00
20.20
–
–
14.94
14.94
–

17.76
18.37
30.32
–
17.11
16.81
32.13
25.54
–
–
15.31
15.31
–

25.54
27.08
34.37
–
17.95
17.91
33.17
27.08
–
–
18.63
18.63
–

29.07
31.21
37.14
–
24.77
18.75
37.17
27.08
–
–
19.06
19.06
–

8.90
9.68
9.68

10.00
11.18
10.47

14.52
13.02
10.92

29.20
17.79
11.10

29.20
21.09
11.25

Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators and officials, public administration
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................

12.37
11.25
10.73
11.25
12.37
13.40

15.25
18.18
15.55
19.15
13.40
13.40

19.15
22.28
25.33
22.28
15.25
15.85

29.26
32.23
39.29
32.69
18.33
18.30

40.25
41.68
42.70
41.68
29.85
21.12

Sales ................................................................................
Supervisors, sales ................................................
Sales workers, other commodities ........................
Cashiers ...............................................................

7.15
10.30
7.67
5.75

8.86
13.80
8.20
5.81

13.80
15.00
8.48
7.46

19.53
17.50
8.48
8.86

25.87
35.72
8.48
10.10

Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Records clerks, n.e.c. ...........................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................

7.09
8.02
6.75
6.29
7.38
7.09
7.22

7.50
8.02
7.14
8.06
8.15
8.15
8.36

9.00
9.73
7.14
8.30
10.80
9.41
9.00

11.24
12.00
7.61
9.00
12.25
14.85
10.27

14.18
13.43
7.83
12.50
15.22
17.88
11.25

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

7.28

8.11

11.98

15.47

19.36

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c.

8.33
12.25
12.98
11.50
12.92
19.10

12.28
16.11
15.00
15.97
15.75
19.10

14.49
18.50
20.46
16.81
20.21
20.30

19.10
18.50
22.16
19.36
25.73
20.46

20.64
25.15
22.36
22.36
36.23
20.46

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................

6.50
6.50
11.86
7.25

7.53
9.05
12.38
7.25

10.74
12.38
12.73
7.25

13.43
14.49
16.00
7.53

16.00
19.07
16.00
9.11

Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..

7.50
8.34
7.50

8.34
9.05
8.50

10.04
10.04
8.64

15.24
15.24
14.44

16.15
15.24
16.15

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ......
Production helpers ................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ............
Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ....................

6.66
5.98
5.73
7.40
6.66
7.00

7.37
5.98
5.73
8.06
7.42
7.28

8.09
8.09
7.30
9.25
8.39
8.51

10.40
8.14
9.00
9.58
13.00
11.82

13.00
10.78
9.00
10.40
14.35
11.98

Service .................................................................................

5.30

6.54

7.40

9.35

12.64

See footnotes at end of table.

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

25

Median
50

75

90

$8.82
11.82
7.56
11.25
8.82
2.13
2.13
2.13
5.30
5.30
6.18
6.18
5.88
5.65
6.20
6.41

$9.02
15.64
8.99
12.21
9.63
5.25
2.13
2.13
6.37
5.30
6.71
6.71
6.59
5.88
7.07
7.13

$11.36
16.31
9.01
12.21
9.74
6.45
2.25
2.13
7.26
6.00
7.30
7.17
7.07
6.36
7.76
7.13

$13.55
19.67
11.17
15.41
9.74
8.00
5.15
2.25
8.04
7.40
8.00
8.00
7.76
7.06
11.11
8.25

$16.31
19.67
11.17
15.41
10.14
9.35
5.25
9.37
9.35
7.45
9.06
8.72
11.11
7.06
14.35
8.31

Occupation3

Service –Continued
Protective service .....................................................
Supervisors, police and detectives .......................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Correctional institution officers .............................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Maids and housemen ...........................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
1 Percentiles are calculated from average hourly wages for sampled
establishment jobs within each occupation. The percentiles describe the
distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for
its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile hourly wage for an
occupation, one-tenth of the occupation’s employment are found in
sampled establishment jobs whose average wages are the same or less,
and nine-tenths are in jobs averaging the same or more. The calculations
of the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR
PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.

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Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Mobile, AL, August 1999
Occupation3

10

25

Median
50

75

90

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

$5.15
3.66

$5.44
5.30

$6.18
6.44

$8.24
8.14

$10.83
12.62

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

5.52
6.50

5.67
7.38

7.54
8.63

8.63
12.80

15.16
19.26

Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Technical ......................................................................

7.17
7.17
15.16
–
–
–
–

10.50
12.80
15.16
–
–
–
–

16.63
16.63
16.63
–
–
–
–

19.26
19.26
19.26
–
–
–
–

52.16
52.16
19.26
–
–
–
–

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

5.52
5.36

5.52
5.52

5.83
5.52

8.24
5.91

8.24
7.54

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

6.25

7.16

8.14

8.87

8.93

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

5.20

5.53

7.00

9.71

12.62

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

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................

5.18
5.15

5.38
5.18

6.16
5.52

9.71
6.10

12.62
6.16

Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................

2.13
5.15
2.13
2.13
2.13
5.24
5.24
6.04
6.04
–
4.45

5.15
5.67
2.13
2.13
2.13
5.30
5.30
6.44
6.44
–
5.15

5.35
7.00
5.30
2.13
2.13
5.35
5.35
6.55
6.55
–
5.15

6.44
8.00
5.51
2.20
3.66
5.68
5.51
6.88
6.88
–
5.83

7.28
8.77
6.66
5.34
5.34
7.30
5.68
7.00
7.00
–
5.83

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

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means not elsewhere classified.
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR
PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.

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