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Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC National Compensation Survey August 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner June 2000 Bulletin 3100–36 Preface D 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, or call (202) 691–6199, or send e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are in three formats: An ASCII file containing the published table formats; an ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet; and a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the entire bulletin. Results of earlier surveys of this area are also available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. 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For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables: 1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected worker and establishment characteristics, private industry, and State and local government ................................................ 2–1. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, all workers, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 2–2. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 2–3. Mean hourly earnings: Selected occupations, part-time workers, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 3–1. Mean weekly earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 3–2. Mean annual earnings and hours: Selected occupations, full-time workers, private industry, and State and local government .................................................................................................... 4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry, and State and local government ......................................................................................... ........... 5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................ 5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............. 5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............................................................................................................................. 6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, all industries .............................................................................................. 6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, private industry.......................................................................................... 6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, State and local government ....................................................................... 6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers: Selected occupations, all industries .............................................................................................. 6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers: Selected occupations, all industries .............................................................................................. 2 3 5 7 8 11 14 19 23 24 25 26 27 29 31 32 34 Appendixes: A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............ Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented and studied.......................................... Appendix table 3. Median work levels for selected occupations................................................... B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ C. Generic Leveling Criteria................................................................................................................. D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ........................................................................................................... v A–1 A–5 A–6 A–7 B–1 C–1 D–1 Introduction T detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the same type of information for full-time workers only. Table 2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime. Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations. Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for workers designated as part-time. Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational groups. The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions by occupational groups; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by major occupational groups; these estimates also are limited to the private sector. Tables 6–1 through 6–5 present hourly wage percentiles that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for each published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and part-time workers. These iterations correspond to those presented in tables 2– 1, 2–2, and 2–3. For each published occupation, these percentiles relate to the average hourly earnings of jobs surveyed in establishments. The percentiles do not relate to the hourly earnings of individual workers in these establishment jobs. Appendix table 1 provides the employment scope of this survey. The occupation employment estimates relate to all employers in the area, rather than just to those surveyed. Appendix table 2 presents the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The median work levels for published occupations are presented in appendix table 3. he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC, metropolitan area. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the generic leveling methodology. NCS products The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides data on occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions, and the Nation as a whole. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from the NCS. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence of benefit plans and their provisions. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. About the tables The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 detailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households), as explained in Appendix A. Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 1–1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include major occupational group, full-time or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods and service producing and size of establishment. Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings, and the relative standard errors associated with them, for 1 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Private industry Hourly earnings State and local government Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) $17.97 3.5 37.9 $17.85 3.8 37.6 $18.29 7.5 38.5 21.75 26.61 29.63 17.23 12.03 12.24 15.56 3.6 4.3 4.6 8.5 1.7 3.7 4.3 39.0 38.8 40.2 38.5 38.9 38.2 40.3 22.72 27.26 31.22 17.25 12.53 12.13 15.57 3.5 3.5 5.2 8.6 2.6 4.0 5.2 39.2 39.2 40.2 38.5 38.8 38.6 40.4 19.82 25.43 24.95 – 11.38 13.25 15.50 8.5 10.8 7.9 – 2.2 6.6 2.8 38.6 38.0 39.9 – 39.0 34.7 40.0 11.13 10.74 5.3 12.8 40.0 31.2 11.16 10.91 5.3 14.0 40.0 33.8 – 8.92 – 3.2 – 17.5 9.62 9.19 4.1 4.3 37.6 32.5 9.56 8.04 4.4 3.7 37.4 30.1 10.22 12.10 4.0 8.6 40.0 41.0 Full time .................................................................. Part time ................................................................. 18.51 8.72 3.4 9.4 39.9 20.0 18.55 8.65 3.7 10.2 40.2 20.2 18.42 9.53 7.6 12.6 39.2 17.6 Union ...................................................................... Nonunion ................................................................ 14.00 18.16 9.4 3.6 38.7 37.8 14.00 18.11 9.4 4.0 38.7 37.5 – 18.30 – 7.5 – 38.5 Time ........................................................................ Incentive ................................................................. 17.97 18.05 3.5 10.2 37.7 45.6 17.84 18.05 3.9 10.2 37.4 45.6 18.29 – 7.5 – 38.5 – Goods producing .................................................... Service producing ................................................... (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 20.47 – 5.3 – 40.1 – (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers7 ....................................................... 100-499 workers ..................................................... 500 workers or more ............................................... 12.07 15.97 20.48 6.1 7.4 4.0 36.0 36.7 39.0 12.02 15.98 22.37 6.3 7.6 3.9 35.9 36.7 39.5 14.64 15.77 18.39 7.2 6.4 7.8 40.2 38.8 38.5 Total ........................................................................... Worker characteristics:4 White-collar occupations5 ....................................... Professional specialty and technical ................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ......... Sales ................................................................... Administrative support ........................................ Blue-collar occupations5 ......................................... Precision production, craft, and repair ................ Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ......................................................... Transportation and material moving ................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...................................................... Service occupations5 .............................................. Establishment characteristics: 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 2 Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $17.97 18.02 3.5 3.5 $17.85 17.90 3.8 3.9 $18.29 18.30 7.5 7.6 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 21.75 22.22 3.6 3.6 22.72 23.61 3.5 3.4 19.82 19.83 8.5 8.5 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. 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. ............................................ Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 26.61 28.38 30.41 24.26 31.03 27.62 38.73 31.75 31.83 28.25 29.48 25.85 18.97 20.03 – 21.14 21.62 21.75 – 28.82 14.34 14.34 – 4.3 4.6 4.5 8.5 4.4 16.5 4.6 4.2 4.5 6.9 8.5 7.5 6.9 5.5 – 2.0 1.2 2.6 – 8.2 5.4 5.4 – 27.26 29.02 31.72 – 31.03 27.62 39.10 31.75 31.83 28.87 29.58 25.77 18.96 20.33 – – – – – – – – – 3.5 3.6 3.7 – 4.4 16.5 5.2 4.2 4.5 8.3 8.5 12.3 8.8 7.0 – – – – – – – – – 25.43 27.22 – – – – – – – – – – 19.02 18.94 – 21.53 21.62 21.75 – – 14.90 14.90 – 10.8 11.6 – – – – – – – – – – 7.8 2.4 – 1.0 1.2 2.6 – – 6.3 6.3 – 20.34 27.20 19.15 17.33 26.01 16.91 26.20 13.51 6.9 8.8 6.6 1.7 10.6 8.9 7.7 13.0 20.34 27.20 19.94 – 26.01 16.91 25.02 15.56 6.9 8.8 6.3 – 10.6 8.9 10.4 14.5 – – 17.68 – – – – – – – 15.2 – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 29.63 37.09 26.78 34.83 4.6 5.1 11.4 5.6 31.22 38.63 – 36.02 5.2 5.9 – 10.0 24.95 30.74 26.78 – 7.9 5.1 11.4 – 41.76 39.70 21.85 26.75 20.14 8.7 9.8 3.4 3.9 13.2 41.76 40.35 22.16 – 20.15 8.7 10.3 4.9 – 16.0 – – 21.19 – – – – 2.2 – – 20.73 21.84 19.73 5.1 9.8 6.1 19.80 – 18.38 7.2 – 9.5 – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Supervisors, sales ................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 17.23 16.57 33.92 13.31 7.59 8.5 13.5 12.2 17.6 6.5 17.25 – 33.92 13.31 7.41 8.6 – 12.2 17.6 6.4 – – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 12.03 16.78 13.88 12.58 11.74 11.78 1.7 15.2 3.3 14.0 7.2 4.7 12.53 – 14.15 12.58 11.21 11.74 2.6 – 4.3 14.0 8.5 5.0 11.38 – 13.27 – – 12.42 2.2 – 3.2 – – 4.6 See footnotes at end of table. 3 Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... $10.08 12.22 11.55 10.40 13.42 8.2 4.1 2.7 1.8 7.3 $10.08 12.22 12.34 – 13.39 8.2 4.1 5.9 – 7.7 – – $11.26 10.40 – – – 2.8 1.8 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 12.24 3.7 12.13 4.0 13.25 6.6 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 15.56 15.15 21.04 9.24 4.3 5.5 6.9 4.7 15.57 15.25 21.04 9.24 5.2 5.8 6.9 4.7 15.50 – – – 2.8 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 11.13 11.24 13.91 10.55 5.3 3.9 13.6 7.2 11.16 11.24 13.91 10.55 5.3 3.9 13.6 7.2 – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 10.74 13.10 7.91 12.8 18.0 5.8 10.91 13.10 – 14.0 18.0 – 8.92 – 8.92 3.2 – 3.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 9.62 9.26 11.34 8.71 4.1 4.6 6.5 8.1 9.56 9.31 11.34 8.71 4.4 5.1 6.5 8.3 10.22 – – – 4.0 – – – Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 9.19 11.86 17.08 16.20 7.66 5.28 4.96 8.19 8.36 7.72 9.00 7.37 7.36 9.66 4.3 9.7 20.0 9.0 5.8 17.2 19.4 6.7 6.4 10.4 1.9 5.7 6.5 8.8 8.04 – – – 7.83 5.28 4.96 8.54 – 8.14 – 7.26 7.24 10.30 3.7 – – – 6.5 17.2 19.4 7.3 – 12.3 – 5.9 6.8 17.8 12.10 15.29 17.08 16.20 – – – – – – – 8.62 8.62 9.26 8.6 8.8 20.0 9.0 – – – – – – – 3.4 3.4 6.1 White collar –Continued 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. 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. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 4 Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $18.51 18.52 3.4 3.5 $18.55 18.56 3.7 3.7 $18.42 18.43 7.6 7.6 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 21.96 22.29 3.6 3.7 23.04 23.72 3.6 3.4 19.87 19.88 8.5 8.5 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. 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. ............................................ Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 26.68 28.48 30.41 24.26 31.03 27.62 38.73 31.75 31.83 27.69 29.48 25.85 18.24 19.40 – 21.15 21.62 21.75 – 28.82 14.34 14.34 – 4.4 4.7 4.5 8.5 4.4 16.5 4.6 4.2 4.5 6.3 8.5 7.5 7.5 6.0 – 2.0 1.2 2.6 – 8.2 5.4 5.4 – 27.36 29.16 31.72 – 31.03 27.62 39.10 31.75 31.83 28.18 29.58 25.77 17.97 19.57 – – – – – – – – – 3.5 3.6 3.7 – 4.4 16.5 5.2 4.2 4.5 7.7 8.5 12.3 9.6 7.9 – – – – – – – – – 25.47 27.28 – – – – – – – – – – 18.98 18.86 – 21.55 21.62 21.75 – – 14.90 14.90 – 10.8 11.6 – – – – – – – – – – 8.8 2.8 – 1.0 1.2 2.6 – – 6.3 6.3 – 20.81 27.20 19.18 17.33 26.01 16.91 26.20 13.51 6.4 8.8 6.6 1.7 10.6 8.9 7.7 13.0 20.81 27.20 19.98 – 26.01 16.91 25.02 15.56 6.4 8.8 6.3 – 10.6 8.9 10.4 14.5 – – 17.68 – – – – – – – 15.2 – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 29.69 37.09 26.78 34.83 4.6 5.1 11.4 5.6 31.30 38.63 – 36.02 5.2 5.9 – 10.0 24.95 30.74 26.78 – 7.9 5.1 11.4 – 41.76 39.70 21.88 26.75 20.22 8.7 9.8 3.5 3.9 14.3 41.76 40.35 22.20 – 20.26 8.7 10.3 5.0 – 17.6 – – 21.19 – – – – 2.2 – – 20.73 21.84 19.73 5.1 9.8 6.1 19.80 – 18.38 7.2 – 9.5 – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Supervisors, sales ................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 18.40 16.57 33.92 13.87 8.35 8.8 13.5 12.2 18.7 10.8 18.43 – 33.92 13.87 8.05 8.9 – 12.2 18.7 10.7 – – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 12.09 16.78 13.91 13.53 12.46 11.78 1.8 15.2 3.3 12.0 5.3 4.7 12.62 – 14.20 13.53 12.00 11.74 2.6 – 4.3 12.0 8.6 5.0 11.42 – 13.27 – – 12.42 2.2 – 3.2 – – 4.6 See footnotes at end of table. 5 Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... $10.08 12.22 11.55 10.40 13.64 8.2 4.1 2.7 1.8 7.4 $10.08 12.22 12.37 – 13.62 8.2 4.1 5.9 – 7.8 – – $11.26 10.40 – – – 2.8 1.8 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 12.49 3.6 12.36 3.8 13.82 6.0 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 15.56 15.15 21.04 9.24 4.3 5.5 6.9 4.7 15.57 15.25 21.04 9.24 5.2 5.8 6.9 4.7 15.50 – – – 2.8 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 11.13 11.24 13.91 10.55 5.3 3.9 13.6 7.2 11.16 11.24 13.91 10.55 5.3 3.9 13.6 7.2 – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... 12.20 13.10 11.8 18.0 12.20 13.10 11.9 18.0 – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 9.69 9.87 11.35 8.71 4.3 4.7 7.9 8.1 9.63 10.01 11.35 8.71 4.7 4.9 7.9 8.3 10.22 – – – 4.0 – – – Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police, except public service ............. Food service ............................................................. Other food service .................................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 9.85 12.46 17.08 16.20 9.25 8.40 8.91 8.47 9.01 7.67 7.78 9.78 4.8 9.1 20.0 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.4 13.4 1.9 5.6 6.0 10.0 8.52 – – – – 8.91 9.69 – – 7.54 7.66 – 4.7 – – – – 10.4 8.6 – – 6.2 6.8 – 12.13 15.29 17.08 16.20 – – – – – 8.62 8.62 9.37 8.7 8.8 20.0 9.0 – – – – – 3.4 3.4 7.1 White collar –Continued 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 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. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 6 Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $8.72 8.92 9.4 10.5 $8.65 8.87 10.2 11.3 $9.53 9.52 12.6 12.6 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 12.97 17.25 17.1 17.2 13.11 18.23 18.3 17.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 22.71 23.27 – – – 15.9 16.5 – – – 23.20 – – – – 17.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Management related ................................................. – – – – – – – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Cashiers ............................................................... 7.13 6.67 5.0 1.8 7.12 6.67 5.0 1.8 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 8.13 7.2 8.61 8.6 – – Blue collar ........................................................................... 7.55 7.6 7.26 9.1 8.68 1.8 Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 7.08 8.68 5.1 1.8 – – – – 8.68 8.68 1.8 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 8.71 6.60 12.1 3.3 8.71 6.60 12.1 3.3 – – – – Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Other food service .................................................. Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Personal service ....................................................... 7.00 – 6.19 5.58 6.45 – – 8.58 5.8 – 6.8 27.2 2.6 – – 6.0 7.01 – 6.19 5.58 6.45 – – – 5.9 – 6.8 27.2 2.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 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 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. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 7 Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation3 Weekly earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean weekly hours5 All ............................................................... All excluding sales .............................. $739 736 3.4 3.5 39.9 39.8 $747 743 3.7 3.8 40.2 40.0 $722 722 7.6 7.6 39.2 39.2 White collar ........................................... White collar excluding sales ........... 875 882 3.6 3.7 39.8 39.5 931 949 3.4 3.4 40.4 40.0 770 771 8.6 8.6 38.8 38.8 1,048 1,114 4.4 4.8 39.3 39.1 1,093 1,164 3.5 3.7 40.0 39.9 972 1,029 11.0 11.9 38.1 37.7 1,216 970 4.5 8.5 40.0 40.0 1,269 – 3.7 – 40.0 – – – – – – – 1,241 1,082 1,566 4.4 15.1 4.9 40.0 39.2 40.4 1,241 1,082 1,583 4.4 15.1 5.5 40.0 39.2 40.5 – – – – – – – – – 1,273 4.2 40.1 1,273 4.2 40.1 – – – 1,275 1,100 1,179 1,034 713 754 – 4.5 6.1 8.5 7.5 7.8 7.3 – 40.1 39.7 40.0 40.0 39.1 38.9 – 1,275 1,118 1,183 1,031 697 754 – 4.5 7.5 8.5 12.3 9.9 9.5 – 40.1 39.7 40.0 40.0 38.8 38.5 – – – – – 759 754 – – – – – 8.8 2.8 – – – – – 40.0 40.0 – 760 763 800 1.7 1.1 1.8 35.9 35.3 36.8 – – – – – – – – – 768 763 800 1.0 1.1 1.8 35.6 35.3 36.8 – – – – – – – – – 1,152 8.2 40.0 – – – – – – 551 551 – 5.1 5.1 – 38.4 38.4 – – – – – – – – – – 565 565 – 6.3 6.3 – 37.9 37.9 – 843 1,088 768 6.4 8.8 6.6 40.5 40.0 40.0 843 1,088 800 6.4 8.8 6.4 40.5 40.0 40.1 – – 707 – – 15.2 – – 40.0 693 1.7 40.0 – – – – – – 1,041 676 1,048 546 10.6 8.9 7.7 13.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.4 1,041 676 1,001 634 10.6 8.9 10.4 16.1 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – 1,199 4.6 40.4 1,269 5.2 40.5 996 7.9 39.9 1,506 5.0 40.6 1,575 5.8 40.8 1,228 5.1 39.9 1,068 1,390 11.3 5.6 39.9 39.9 – 1,436 – 10.1 – 39.9 1,068 – 11.3 – 39.9 – 1,666 8.7 39.9 1,666 8.7 39.9 – – – 1,648 9.2 41.5 1,680 9.6 41.6 – – – Professional specialty and technical ...................................... Professional specialty ..................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors .............................. Civil engineers ........................ Electrical and electronic engineers .......................... Industrial engineers ................ Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... Natural scientists ........................ Chemists, except biochemists Medical scientists ................... Health related ............................. Registered nurses .................. Teachers, college and university Teachers, except college and university .............................. Elementary school teachers ... Secondary school teachers .... 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. ..................................... Professional, n.e.c. ................. Technical ........................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........................ Electrical and electronic technicians ........................ Engineering technicians, n.e.c. Computer programmers ......... Technical and related, n.e.c. .. Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................... Executives, administrators, and managers .............................. Administrators and officials, public administration ......... Financial managers ................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ............................ Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................................. See footnotes at end of table. 8 Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation3 State and local government Private industry Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) $878 1,076 816 3.6 3.7 15.1 40.1 40.2 40.3 $893 – 819 5.1 – 18.6 40.2 – 40.4 834 5.1 40.3 801 7.5 40.5 871 788 9.9 6.2 39.9 40.0 – 734 – 9.5 794 664 1,326 8.1 13.5 12.0 43.2 40.0 39.1 796 – 1,326 561 334 19.4 10.8 40.5 40.0 479 691 550 541 497 1.8 16.3 2.9 12.0 5.3 471 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean weekly hours5 White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Management related ................... Accountants and auditors ....... Other financial officers ............ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists .......... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................... Management related, n.e.c. .... Sales .................................................. Supervisors, sales .................. Advertising and related sales Sales workers, other commodities ..................... Cashiers ................................. Administrative support, including clerical ......................................... Supervisors, general office ..... Secretaries ............................. Order clerks ............................ Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................................ Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .............. General office clerks ............... Teachers’ aides ...................... Administrative support, n.e.c. Blue collar ............................................. Precision production, craft, and repair ............................................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ................................. Supervisors, production .......... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ............................ Packaging and filling machine operators .......................... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................ Assemblers ............................. Transportation and material moving ......................................... Truck drivers ........................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................. Stock handlers and baggers ... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ................. 2.3 – – 40.0 – – – – – – 39.9 – – – – – – 8.2 – 12.0 43.2 – 39.1 – – – – – – – – – 561 322 19.4 10.7 40.5 40.0 – – – – – – 39.6 41.2 39.6 40.0 39.9 503 – 560 541 477 2.6 – 3.7 12.0 8.8 39.8 – 39.5 40.0 39.7 449 – 528 – – 2.3 – 3.2 – – 39.3 – 39.8 – – 4.7 40.0 470 5.0 40.0 494 4.3 39.8 403 8.2 40.0 403 8.2 40.0 – – – 489 460 366 545 4.1 2.7 1.7 7.4 40.0 39.8 35.2 40.0 489 489 – 544 4.1 6.0 – 7.8 40.0 39.6 – 40.0 – 450 366 – – 2.8 1.7 – – 39.9 35.2 – 501 3.7 40.1 496 3.9 40.1 553 6.0 40.0 628 4.6 40.3 629 5.5 40.4 620 2.8 40.0 606 922 5.5 4.9 40.0 43.8 610 922 5.8 4.9 40.0 43.8 – – – – – – 370 4.7 40.0 370 4.7 40.0 – – – 445 5.3 40.0 447 5.4 40.0 – – – 449 3.9 39.9 449 3.9 39.9 – – – 564 422 14.7 7.2 40.5 40.0 564 422 14.7 7.2 40.5 40.0 – – – – – – 488 523 11.8 18.0 40.0 39.9 488 523 11.9 18.0 40.0 39.9 – – – – – – 387 395 4.3 4.7 40.0 40.0 385 400 4.7 4.9 40.0 40.0 409 – 4.0 – 40.0 – 454 7.9 40.0 454 7.9 40.0 – – – See footnotes at end of table. 9 $847 – – Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation3 Weekly earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean weekly hours5 – – – Blue collar –Continued Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers –Continued Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................................. Service ................................................... Protective service ....................... Firefighting .............................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Guards and police, except public service .................... Food service ............................... Other food service .................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... Health service ............................. Cleaning and building service ..... Janitors and cleaners ............. Personal service ......................... $348 8.1 40.0 $348 8.3 40.0 397 520 843 5.4 10.0 19.2 40.3 41.7 49.4 338 – – 5.3 – – 39.6 – – $503 659 843 9.4 9.9 19.2 41.4 43.1 49.4 677 9.1 41.8 – – – 677 9.1 41.8 370 337 365 337 348 303 307 380 9.1 10.7 9.4 13.4 3.9 5.8 6.2 7.8 40.0 40.1 40.9 39.8 38.6 39.6 39.5 38.8 – 360 404 – – 298 302 – – 12.8 10.0 – – 6.4 7.0 – – 40.4 41.7 – – 39.5 39.5 – – – – – – 343 343 373 – – – – – 3.3 3.3 6.8 – – – – – 39.8 39.8 39.9 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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 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. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 10 Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation3 Annual earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean annual hours5 All ............................................................... All excluding sales .............................. $37,965 37,782 3.4 3.5 2,051 2,040 $38,823 38,619 3.7 3.8 2,093 2,081 $35,950 35,958 7.6 7.6 1,952 1,951 White collar ........................................... White collar excluding sales ........... 44,658 44,941 3.6 3.7 2,034 2,016 48,396 49,356 3.4 3.4 2,101 2,081 38,062 38,077 8.6 8.6 1,915 1,915 52,921 55,862 4.4 4.8 1,984 1,962 56,834 60,545 3.5 3.7 2,077 2,076 46,779 48,773 11.0 11.9 1,837 1,788 63,253 50,458 4.5 8.5 2,080 2,080 65,995 – 3.7 – 2,080 – – – – – – – 64,546 56,259 81,412 4.4 15.1 4.9 2,080 2,037 2,102 64,546 56,259 82,339 4.4 15.1 5.5 2,080 2,037 2,106 – – – – – – – – – 66,204 4.2 2,085 66,204 4.2 2,085 – – – 66,303 57,209 61,313 53,759 37,089 39,199 – 4.5 6.1 8.5 7.5 7.8 7.3 – 2,083 2,066 2,080 2,080 2,033 2,021 – 66,303 58,125 61,534 53,607 36,258 39,193 – 4.5 7.5 8.5 12.3 9.9 9.5 – 2,083 2,062 2,080 2,080 2,017 2,003 – – – – – 39,475 39,222 – – – – – 8.8 2.8 – – – – – 2,080 2,080 – 33,368 33,103 34,734 1.7 1.1 1.8 1,578 1,531 1,597 – – – – – – – – – 33,345 33,103 34,734 1.0 1.1 1.8 1,548 1,531 1,597 – – – – – – – – – 59,896 8.2 2,078 – – – – – – 28,652 28,652 – 5.1 5.1 – 1,998 1,998 – – – – – – – – – – 29,382 29,382 – 6.3 6.3 – 1,972 1,972 – 43,830 56,566 39,923 6.4 8.8 6.6 2,106 2,080 2,082 43,830 56,566 41,618 6.4 8.8 6.4 2,106 2,080 2,083 – – 36,787 – – 15.2 – – 2,081 36,041 1.7 2,080 – – – – – – 54,110 35,174 54,486 28,384 10.6 8.9 7.7 13.8 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,101 54,110 35,174 52,038 32,978 10.6 8.9 10.4 16.1 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,120 – – – – – – – – – – – – 62,301 4.6 2,098 65,965 5.2 2,107 51,719 7.9 2,073 78,262 5.0 2,110 81,918 5.8 2,121 63,528 5.1 2,066 55,516 72,293 11.3 5.6 2,073 2,075 – 74,659 – 10.1 – 2,073 55,516 – 11.3 – 2,073 – 86,621 8.7 2,074 86,621 8.7 2,074 – – – 85,697 9.2 2,159 87,380 9.6 2,166 – – – Professional specialty and technical ...................................... Professional specialty ..................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors .............................. Civil engineers ........................ Electrical and electronic engineers .......................... Industrial engineers ................ Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... Natural scientists ........................ Chemists, except biochemists Medical scientists ................... Health related ............................. Registered nurses .................. Teachers, college and university Teachers, except college and university .............................. Elementary school teachers ... Secondary school teachers .... 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. ..................................... Professional, n.e.c. ................. Technical ........................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........................ Electrical and electronic technicians ........................ Engineering technicians, n.e.c. Computer programmers ......... Technical and related, n.e.c. .. Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................... Executives, administrators, and managers .............................. Administrators and officials, public administration ......... Financial managers ................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ............................ Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................................. See footnotes at end of table. 11 Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation3 Annual earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean $44,024 – – Relative error4 (percent) Mean annual hours5 White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Management related ................... Accountants and auditors ....... Other financial officers ............ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists .......... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................... Management related, n.e.c. .... Sales .................................................. Supervisors, sales .................. Advertising and related sales Sales workers, other commodities ..................... Cashiers ................................. Administrative support, including clerical ......................................... Supervisors, general office ..... Secretaries ............................. Order clerks ............................ Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................................ Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .............. General office clerks ............... Teachers’ aides ...................... Administrative support, n.e.c. Blue collar ............................................. Precision production, craft, and repair ............................................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ................................. Supervisors, production .......... Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ............................ Packaging and filling machine operators .......................... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................ Assemblers ............................. Transportation and material moving ......................................... Truck drivers ........................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................. Stock handlers and baggers ... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ................. $45,659 55,939 42,410 3.6 3.7 15.1 2,087 2,091 2,097 $46,421 – 42,568 5.1 – 18.6 2,091 – 2,101 2.3 – – 2,078 – – 43,389 5.1 2,093 41,651 7.5 2,104 – – – 45,286 40,983 9.9 6.2 2,074 2,077 – 38,149 – 9.5 – 2,075 – – – – – – 41,297 34,503 68,932 8.1 13.5 12.0 2,245 2,082 2,032 41,396 – 68,932 8.2 – 12.0 2,246 – 2,032 – – – – – – – – – 29,191 17,374 19.4 10.8 2,105 2,080 29,191 16,738 19.4 10.7 2,105 2,080 – – – – – – 24,568 35,936 28,615 28,139 25,849 1.8 16.3 2.9 12.0 5.3 2,032 2,142 2,057 2,080 2,075 26,137 – 29,145 28,139 24,791 2.6 – 3.7 12.0 8.8 2,071 – 2,052 2,080 2,067 22,673 – 27,446 – – 2.3 – 3.2 – – 1,985 – 2,068 – – 24,501 4.7 2,079 24,418 5.0 2,080 25,699 4.3 2,069 20,964 8.2 2,080 20,964 8.2 2,080 – – – 25,407 23,940 15,644 28,352 4.1 2.7 1.7 7.4 2,080 2,072 1,504 2,079 25,407 25,454 – 28,313 4.1 6.0 – 7.8 2,080 2,058 – 2,079 – 23,379 15,644 – – 2.8 1.7 – – 2,077 1,504 – 26,053 3.7 2,086 25,793 3.9 2,087 28,754 6.0 2,080 32,643 4.6 2,098 32,725 5.5 2,102 32,245 2.8 2,080 31,506 47,939 5.5 4.9 2,080 2,278 31,722 47,939 5.8 4.9 2,080 2,278 – – – – – – 19,221 4.7 2,080 19,221 4.7 2,080 – – – 23,142 5.3 2,080 23,223 5.4 2,080 – – – 23,328 3.9 2,076 23,328 3.9 2,076 – – – 29,325 21,947 14.7 7.2 2,108 2,080 29,325 21,947 14.7 7.2 2,108 2,080 – – – – – – 25,357 27,206 11.8 18.0 2,078 2,076 25,356 27,206 11.9 18.0 2,078 2,076 – – – – – – 20,145 20,531 4.3 4.7 2,080 2,080 20,027 20,812 4.7 4.9 2,080 2,080 21,267 – 4.0 – 2,080 – 23,616 7.9 2,080 23,616 7.9 2,080 – – – See footnotes at end of table. 12 Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation3 Annual earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean annual hours5 – – – Blue collar –Continued Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers –Continued Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................................. Service ................................................... Protective service ....................... Firefighting .............................. Police and detectives, public service .............................. Guards and police, except public service .................... Food service ............................... Other food service .................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... Health service ............................. Cleaning and building service ..... Janitors and cleaners ............. Personal service ......................... $18,121 8.1 2,080 $18,112 8.3 2,080 20,517 27,017 43,858 5.4 10.0 19.2 2,083 2,169 2,568 17,565 – – 5.3 – – 2,061 – – $25,756 34,253 43,858 9.4 9.9 19.2 2,123 2,240 2,568 35,205 9.1 2,173 – – – 35,205 9.1 2,173 19,240 17,243 18,617 17,405 18,092 15,710 15,918 19,609 9.1 10.7 9.4 13.4 3.9 5.8 6.2 7.8 2,080 2,052 2,090 2,055 2,007 2,049 2,047 2,005 – 18,717 20,989 – – 15,503 15,722 – – 12.8 10.0 – – 6.4 7.0 – – 2,102 2,166 – – 2,055 2,053 – – – – – – 17,261 17,261 19,224 – – – – – 3.3 3.3 6.8 – – – – – 2,003 2,003 2,052 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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 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. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 13 Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $17.97 18.02 3.5 3.5 $17.85 17.90 3.8 3.9 $18.29 18.30 7.5 7.6 White collar ......................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.75 6.87 8.42 10.59 11.91 14.58 15.16 20.17 21.33 24.40 29.44 31.29 38.76 55.98 16.24 22.22 9.31 10.68 11.52 14.18 15.23 20.12 21.01 24.40 29.97 30.38 38.76 55.98 16.24 3.6 8.9 5.0 1.7 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.6 3.1 4.2 3.8 14.5 7.4 11.1 3.6 4.7 1.7 2.4 4.7 3.6 3.2 2.9 3.1 4.7 3.6 14.4 7.4 11.1 22.72 6.87 8.00 10.51 12.17 14.60 14.37 20.01 21.96 26.10 29.45 32.53 35.67 55.94 16.24 23.61 9.00 10.84 11.57 14.18 14.39 19.92 21.59 26.10 29.99 31.25 35.67 55.94 16.24 3.5 8.9 4.5 3.2 4.7 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.9 4.1 4.2 5.0 3.1 7.4 11.1 3.4 6.9 3.0 3.7 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.0 4.1 4.7 4.9 2.4 7.4 11.1 19.82 – – 10.63 11.47 14.27 16.42 20.48 19.93 22.06 – 28.95 44.03 – – 19.83 – 10.63 11.47 14.20 16.41 20.48 19.93 22.06 – 28.95 44.03 – – 8.5 – – 2.0 3.0 9.8 5.7 3.1 3.0 3.6 – 5.5 33.6 – – 8.5 – 2.0 3.0 10.4 5.7 3.1 3.0 3.6 – 5.5 33.6 – – Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... 11 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 7 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ 26.61 28.38 16.50 16.91 22.03 21.85 24.09 28.52 29.86 39.32 49.20 30.41 32.48 43.67 24.26 31.03 27.62 38.73 31.75 24.36 30.17 27.91 31.99 31.83 30.17 27.91 28.25 26.24 29.48 25.85 18.97 20.75 20.03 4.3 4.6 10.3 5.0 3.4 3.4 4.0 2.6 4.7 19.5 2.7 4.5 3.2 3.4 8.5 4.4 16.5 4.6 4.2 5.6 5.0 3.4 6.0 4.5 5.1 3.4 6.9 8.2 8.5 7.5 6.9 7.2 5.5 27.26 29.02 17.13 15.25 22.65 22.75 26.76 28.55 30.74 34.55 49.20 31.72 31.65 43.67 – 31.03 27.62 39.10 31.75 24.36 30.17 27.91 31.99 31.83 30.17 27.91 28.87 – 29.58 25.77 18.96 – 20.33 3.5 3.6 10.9 8.8 5.1 4.2 5.7 2.6 6.7 2.6 2.7 3.7 2.8 3.4 – 4.4 16.5 5.2 4.2 5.6 5.0 3.4 6.0 4.5 5.1 3.4 8.3 – 8.5 12.3 8.8 – 7.0 25.43 27.22 – 18.74 21.16 20.07 21.31 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 19.02 – 18.94 10.8 11.6 – 2.9 3.2 3.7 1.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.8 – 2.4 See footnotes at end of table. 14 Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $20.75 – 21.14 22.50 21.39 21.62 21.75 – 28.82 14.34 14.34 – 7.2 – 2.0 4.7 1.7 1.2 2.6 – 8.2 5.4 5.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $21.53 21.61 – 21.62 21.75 – – 14.90 14.90 – – – 1.0 4.0 – 1.2 2.6 – – 6.3 6.3 – 20.34 20.09 27.20 19.15 14.16 16.18 16.11 19.22 25.10 17.33 26.01 16.91 26.20 13.51 6.9 9.6 8.8 6.6 5.8 6.2 6.8 3.7 6.7 1.7 10.6 8.9 7.7 13.0 $20.34 20.09 27.20 19.94 14.16 – 16.22 19.61 25.66 – 26.01 16.91 25.02 15.56 6.9 9.6 8.8 6.3 5.9 – 11.4 5.0 8.1 – 10.6 8.9 10.4 14.5 – – – 17.68 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.2 – – – – – – – – – – 29.63 19.82 21.25 24.89 33.37 31.23 37.27 70.10 37.09 24.01 27.12 32.96 40.79 70.16 26.78 34.83 4.6 6.7 5.7 6.9 12.3 5.1 7.1 13.7 5.1 7.2 7.3 4.8 4.9 13.8 11.4 5.6 31.22 18.49 21.52 24.75 33.37 32.22 37.22 70.34 38.63 – 27.20 33.48 40.99 70.40 – 36.02 5.2 9.8 9.5 7.9 12.3 6.5 7.4 14.1 5.9 – 8.9 7.7 5.3 14.1 – 10.0 24.95 – 20.84 25.73 – 29.71 – – 30.74 – 26.77 32.17 – – 26.78 – 7.9 – 1.9 9.3 – 9.4 – – 5.1 – 8.1 4.1 – – 11.4 – 41.76 39.70 27.74 21.85 19.97 20.81 20.41 25.50 26.75 20.14 8.7 9.8 7.9 3.4 6.9 6.4 9.4 9.2 3.9 13.2 41.76 40.35 – 22.16 18.63 20.78 20.51 28.15 – 20.15 8.7 10.3 – 4.9 10.5 11.1 10.0 7.7 – 16.0 – – – 21.19 – – – – – – – – – 2.2 – – – – – – 20.73 21.84 19.73 5.1 9.8 6.1 19.80 – 18.38 7.2 – 9.5 – – – – – – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Health related –Continued Registered nurses –Continued 9 ...................................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. 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. ............................................ 7 ...................................................................... Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 9 ...................................................................... Management related ................................................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. Management related, n.e.c. .................................. See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Sales ................................................................................ 2 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Supervisors, sales ................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 4 ...................................................................... Cashiers ............................................................... 2 ...................................................................... $17.23 6.98 13.87 14.34 23.93 41.75 16.57 33.92 13.31 9.96 7.59 6.98 8.5 3.2 8.9 5.7 21.3 10.4 13.5 12.2 17.6 5.1 6.5 3.2 $17.25 6.97 13.89 – 23.93 41.75 – 33.92 13.31 9.96 7.41 6.97 8.6 3.2 9.0 – 21.3 10.4 – 12.2 17.6 5.1 6.4 3.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 4 ...................................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 12.03 9.00 10.67 11.36 13.38 13.66 17.55 16.78 13.88 12.52 14.94 12.58 11.74 11.78 10.34 10.08 12.22 11.55 10.55 11.81 10.40 13.42 1.7 6.9 1.7 2.5 4.9 3.0 5.2 15.2 3.3 2.8 6.8 14.0 7.2 4.7 3.5 8.2 4.1 2.7 1.2 3.4 1.8 7.3 12.53 9.00 10.84 11.32 13.43 13.49 17.19 – 14.15 12.18 15.16 12.58 11.21 11.74 – 10.08 12.22 12.34 10.38 – – 13.39 2.6 6.9 3.1 3.7 5.2 4.6 5.5 – 4.3 4.4 7.5 14.0 8.5 5.0 – 8.2 4.1 5.9 5.0 – – 7.7 $11.38 – 10.61 11.41 12.58 13.93 – – 13.27 – – – – 12.42 – – – 11.26 10.60 11.39 10.40 – 2.2 – 2.0 3.2 3.3 2.5 – – 3.2 – – – – 4.6 – – – 2.8 .5 2.8 1.8 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 12.24 7.93 9.87 11.17 11.90 14.31 15.69 16.60 20.49 3.7 4.0 3.8 7.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 3.3 6.3 12.13 7.92 9.84 11.50 11.91 14.34 15.72 16.99 20.50 4.0 4.1 4.1 7.5 5.1 5.4 5.5 4.7 6.3 13.25 – 10.11 8.60 11.36 13.32 – 15.67 – 6.6 – 4.8 5.1 3.0 1.8 – 3.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 15.56 11.11 13.47 16.08 16.65 21.03 15.15 21.04 9.24 4.3 6.5 6.3 7.2 3.5 6.6 5.5 6.9 4.7 15.57 11.10 13.49 16.16 17.08 21.05 15.25 21.04 9.24 5.2 6.6 6.6 7.6 5.0 6.7 5.8 6.9 4.7 15.50 – – – 15.67 – – – – 2.8 – – – 3.0 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Packaging and filling machine operators .............. 11.13 8.22 10.75 11.78 11.46 14.88 11.24 5.3 6.8 4.6 6.4 7.5 10.0 3.9 11.16 8.22 10.75 12.42 11.46 14.88 11.24 5.3 6.8 4.6 4.6 7.5 10.0 3.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued See footnotes at end of table. 16 Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors –Continued Packaging and filling machine operators –Continued 2 ...................................................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... $10.46 13.91 10.55 4.0 13.6 7.2 $10.46 13.91 10.55 4.0 13.6 7.2 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 10.74 8.70 12.71 13.37 13.10 7.91 12.8 11.6 18.9 11.9 18.0 5.8 10.91 8.70 14.29 – 13.10 – 14.0 11.9 19.8 – 18.0 – $8.92 – – – – 8.92 3.2 – – – – 3.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 9.62 8.02 9.68 9.96 9.26 11.34 8.71 4.1 3.5 3.9 2.4 4.6 6.5 8.1 9.56 8.00 9.52 9.98 9.31 11.34 8.71 4.4 3.6 5.1 2.5 5.1 6.5 8.3 10.22 – – – – – – 4.0 – – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Protective service ..................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... 6 ...................................................................... Food service ............................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 3 ...................................................................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 1 ...................................................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... 1 ...................................................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 1 ...................................................................... 9.19 6.92 7.60 8.13 8.53 12.31 15.00 12.58 11.86 11.43 14.86 12.66 17.08 16.20 14.43 7.66 6.61 6.71 7.96 5.28 4.96 8.19 6.62 8.19 8.36 8.36 7.72 6.60 9.00 7.37 6.68 7.36 6.71 4.3 4.8 6.3 2.1 10.5 7.2 4.3 7.4 9.7 1.0 6.1 9.7 20.0 9.0 6.2 5.8 2.0 12.7 5.4 17.2 19.4 6.7 2.2 4.1 6.4 6.4 10.4 2.7 1.9 5.7 4.3 6.5 4.9 8.04 6.90 7.60 – 7.01 – – – – – – – – – – 7.83 6.72 6.71 8.17 5.28 4.96 8.54 6.75 8.50 – – 8.14 – – 7.26 6.54 7.24 6.55 3.7 5.6 6.5 – 11.4 – – – – – – – – – – 6.5 2.9 12.7 7.2 17.2 19.4 7.3 3.3 5.3 – – 12.3 – – 5.9 3.9 6.8 4.4 12.10 7.01 – 8.33 – 11.49 13.96 11.77 15.29 11.43 13.92 – 17.08 16.20 14.43 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.62 – 8.62 – 8.6 6.3 – 3.0 – .9 2.8 10.0 8.8 1.0 2.7 – 20.0 9.0 6.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.4 – 3.4 – Blue collar –Continued See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 4-1.Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Service –Continued Personal service ....................................................... Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $9.66 8.8 $10.30 17.8 $9.26 6.1 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 18 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $18.51 18.52 3.4 3.5 $18.55 18.56 3.7 3.7 $18.42 18.43 7.6 7.6 White collar ......................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... 21.96 9.35 10.60 11.98 14.59 15.16 20.18 21.33 24.48 29.44 31.29 38.76 56.20 22.29 9.62 10.69 11.58 14.19 15.23 20.13 21.01 24.48 29.97 30.38 38.76 56.20 3.6 4.3 1.7 3.2 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.2 4.2 3.8 14.5 7.7 3.7 4.3 1.7 2.4 4.8 3.6 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.7 3.6 14.4 7.7 23.04 9.06 10.53 12.19 14.61 14.37 20.02 21.96 26.30 29.45 32.53 35.67 56.17 23.72 9.47 10.87 11.55 14.18 14.39 19.93 21.59 26.30 29.99 31.25 35.67 56.17 3.6 6.4 3.3 4.7 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.9 4.3 4.2 5.0 3.1 7.7 3.4 7.8 3.1 3.7 5.1 4.6 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.7 4.9 2.4 7.7 19.87 – 10.63 11.61 14.32 16.42 20.48 19.93 22.09 – 28.95 44.03 – 19.88 – 10.63 11.61 14.26 16.41 20.48 19.93 22.09 – 28.95 44.03 – 8.5 – 2.0 2.9 9.8 5.7 3.1 3.0 3.6 – 5.5 33.6 – 8.5 – 2.0 2.9 10.4 5.7 3.1 3.0 3.6 – 5.5 33.6 – Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... 11 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 7 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ 9 ...................................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. 26.68 28.48 16.54 16.91 22.03 21.85 24.20 28.52 29.86 39.32 48.99 30.41 32.48 43.67 24.26 31.03 27.62 38.73 31.75 24.36 30.17 27.91 31.99 31.83 30.17 27.91 27.69 26.24 29.48 25.85 18.24 20.09 19.40 20.09 – 4.4 4.7 10.3 5.0 3.4 3.4 4.2 2.6 4.7 19.5 3.0 4.5 3.2 3.4 8.5 4.4 16.5 4.6 4.2 5.6 5.0 3.4 6.0 4.5 5.1 3.4 6.3 8.2 8.5 7.5 7.5 9.2 6.0 9.2 – 27.36 29.16 17.13 15.25 22.65 22.75 27.18 28.55 30.74 34.55 48.99 31.72 31.65 43.67 – 31.03 27.62 39.10 31.75 24.36 30.17 27.91 31.99 31.83 30.17 27.91 28.18 – 29.58 25.77 17.97 – 19.57 – – 3.5 3.6 10.9 8.8 5.1 4.2 6.1 2.6 6.7 2.6 3.0 3.7 2.8 3.4 – 4.4 16.5 5.2 4.2 5.6 5.0 3.4 6.0 4.5 5.1 3.4 7.7 – 8.5 12.3 9.6 – 7.9 – – 25.47 27.28 – 18.74 21.16 20.07 21.34 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.98 – 18.86 – – 10.8 11.6 – 2.9 3.2 3.7 1.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.8 – 2.8 – – See footnotes at end of table. 19 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $21.15 22.50 21.39 21.62 21.75 – 28.82 14.34 14.34 – 2.0 4.7 1.7 1.2 2.6 – 8.2 5.4 5.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – $21.55 21.61 – 21.62 21.75 – – 14.90 14.90 – 1.0 4.0 – 1.2 2.6 – – 6.3 6.3 – 20.81 20.09 27.20 19.18 14.10 16.18 16.11 19.22 25.10 17.33 26.01 16.91 26.20 13.51 6.4 9.6 8.8 6.6 6.0 6.2 6.8 3.7 6.7 1.7 10.6 8.9 7.7 13.0 $20.81 20.09 27.20 19.98 14.10 – 16.22 19.61 25.66 – 26.01 16.91 25.02 15.56 6.4 9.6 8.8 6.3 6.2 – 11.4 5.0 8.1 – 10.6 8.9 10.4 14.5 – – – 17.68 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15.2 – – – – – – – – – – 29.69 19.85 21.25 24.89 33.37 31.23 37.27 70.10 37.09 24.01 27.12 32.96 40.79 70.16 26.78 34.83 4.6 7.0 5.7 6.9 12.3 5.1 7.1 13.7 5.1 7.2 7.3 4.8 4.9 13.8 11.4 5.6 31.30 18.44 21.52 24.75 33.37 32.22 37.22 70.34 38.63 – 27.20 33.48 40.99 70.40 – 36.02 5.2 10.5 9.5 7.9 12.3 6.5 7.4 14.1 5.9 – 8.9 7.7 5.3 14.1 – 10.0 24.95 – 20.84 25.73 – 29.71 – – 30.74 – 26.77 32.17 – – 26.78 – 7.9 – 1.9 9.3 – 9.4 – – 5.1 – 8.1 4.1 – – 11.4 – 41.76 39.70 27.74 21.88 20.01 20.81 20.41 25.50 26.75 20.22 8.7 9.8 7.9 3.5 7.2 6.4 9.4 9.2 3.9 14.3 41.76 40.35 – 22.20 18.60 20.78 20.51 28.15 – 20.26 8.7 10.3 – 5.0 11.4 11.1 10.0 7.7 – 17.6 – – – 21.19 – – – – – – – – – 2.2 – – – – – – 20.73 21.84 19.73 5.1 9.8 6.1 19.80 – 18.38 7.2 – 9.5 – – – – – – 18.40 14.03 8.8 8.4 18.43 14.06 8.9 8.5 – – – – White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Teachers, except college and university .................. 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. 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. ............................................ 7 ...................................................................... Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 9 ...................................................................... Management related ................................................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. Management related, n.e.c. .................................. Sales ................................................................................ 4 ...................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 20 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Sales –Continued 6 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Supervisors, sales ................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... $14.34 23.93 41.75 16.57 33.92 13.87 8.35 5.7 21.3 10.4 13.5 12.2 18.7 10.8 – $23.93 41.75 – 33.92 13.87 8.05 – 21.3 10.4 – 12.2 18.7 10.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 4 ...................................................................... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 12.09 9.47 10.68 11.42 13.40 13.66 17.55 16.78 13.91 12.52 14.94 13.53 12.46 11.78 10.34 10.08 12.22 11.55 10.56 11.81 10.40 13.64 1.8 7.8 1.7 2.5 4.9 3.0 5.2 15.2 3.3 2.8 6.8 12.0 5.3 4.7 3.5 8.2 4.1 2.7 1.2 3.4 1.8 7.4 12.62 9.47 10.87 11.30 13.46 13.49 17.19 – 14.20 12.18 15.16 13.53 12.00 11.74 – 10.08 12.22 12.37 – – – 13.62 2.6 7.8 3.1 3.7 5.2 4.6 5.5 – 4.3 4.4 7.5 12.0 8.6 5.0 – 8.2 4.1 5.9 – – – 7.8 $11.42 – 10.61 11.56 12.58 13.93 – – 13.27 – – – – 12.42 – – – 11.26 10.60 11.39 10.40 – 2.2 – 2.0 3.0 3.3 2.5 – – 3.2 – – – – 4.6 – – – 2.8 .5 2.8 1.8 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 12.49 8.14 9.92 11.39 11.90 14.31 15.69 16.60 20.49 3.6 4.4 3.8 7.5 5.0 5.3 5.3 3.3 6.3 12.36 8.13 9.90 11.53 11.91 14.34 15.72 16.99 20.50 3.8 4.5 4.2 7.7 5.1 5.5 5.5 4.7 6.3 13.82 – – – – 13.32 – 15.67 – 6.0 – – – – 1.8 – 3.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 15.56 11.11 13.47 16.08 16.65 21.03 15.15 21.04 9.24 4.3 6.5 6.3 7.2 3.5 6.6 5.5 6.9 4.7 15.57 11.10 13.49 16.16 17.08 21.05 15.25 21.04 9.24 5.2 6.6 6.6 7.6 5.0 6.7 5.8 6.9 4.7 15.50 – – – 15.67 – – – – 2.8 – – – 3.0 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Packaging and filling machine operators .............. 2 ...................................................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 11.13 8.22 10.75 11.78 11.46 14.88 11.24 10.46 13.91 10.55 5.3 6.8 4.6 6.4 7.5 10.0 3.9 4.0 13.6 7.2 11.16 8.22 10.75 12.42 11.46 14.88 11.24 10.46 13.91 10.55 5.3 6.8 4.6 4.6 7.5 10.0 3.9 4.0 13.6 7.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – White collar –Continued See footnotes at end of table. 21 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Transportation and material moving ............................ 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Truck drivers ......................................................... $12.20 14.29 13.39 13.10 11.8 19.8 12.1 18.0 $12.20 14.29 – 13.10 11.9 19.8 – 18.0 – – – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 9.69 8.00 9.75 9.95 9.87 11.35 8.71 4.3 3.6 3.9 2.5 4.7 7.9 8.1 9.63 7.97 9.61 9.98 10.01 11.35 8.71 4.7 3.6 5.0 2.6 4.9 7.9 8.3 $10.22 – – – – – – 4.0 – – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Protective service ..................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... 6 ...................................................................... Guards and police, except public service ............. Food service ............................................................. 3 ...................................................................... Other food service .................................................. 3 ...................................................................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... 1 ...................................................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 1 ...................................................................... Personal service ....................................................... 9.85 7.22 7.95 8.24 12.31 14.39 12.58 12.46 11.43 13.92 12.66 17.08 16.20 14.43 9.25 8.40 8.26 8.91 8.26 8.47 9.01 7.67 7.00 7.78 7.08 9.78 4.8 5.9 6.2 2.0 7.2 3.1 7.4 9.1 1.0 2.7 9.7 20.0 9.0 6.2 9.1 9.0 4.4 8.4 4.4 13.4 1.9 5.6 5.2 6.0 6.1 10.0 8.52 7.28 7.97 – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.91 – 9.69 – – – 7.54 6.81 7.66 – – 4.7 7.4 6.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.4 – 8.6 – – – 6.2 5.3 6.8 – – 12.13 7.03 – 8.33 11.49 13.96 11.77 15.29 11.43 13.92 – 17.08 16.20 14.43 – – – – – – – 8.62 – 8.62 – 9.37 8.7 6.5 – 3.0 .9 2.8 10.0 8.8 1.0 2.7 – 20.0 9.0 6.2 – – – – – – – 3.4 – 3.4 – 7.1 Blue collar –Continued 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 22 Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $8.72 8.92 9.4 10.5 $8.65 8.87 10.2 11.3 $9.53 9.52 12.6 12.6 White collar ......................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 2 ...................................................................... 12.97 6.97 17.25 7.76 17.1 3.1 17.2 8.7 13.11 6.97 18.23 7.76 18.3 3.2 17.9 8.7 – – – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 22.71 23.27 – – – 15.9 16.5 – – – 23.20 – – – – 17.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Management related ................................................. – – – – – – – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ 2 ...................................................................... Cashiers ............................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 7.13 6.68 6.67 6.68 5.0 2.1 1.8 2.1 7.12 6.67 6.67 6.67 5.0 2.1 1.8 2.1 – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 2 ...................................................................... 8.13 7.76 7.2 8.7 8.61 7.76 8.6 8.7 – – – – Blue collar ........................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 7.55 6.97 7.6 7.5 7.26 6.96 9.1 7.6 8.68 – 1.8 – Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 7.08 8.68 5.1 1.8 – – – – 8.68 8.68 1.8 1.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1 ...................................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 8.71 8.19 6.60 12.1 12.8 3.3 8.71 8.19 6.60 12.1 12.8 3.3 – – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. 1 ...................................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Other food service .................................................. 1 ...................................................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Personal service ....................................................... 7.00 6.36 6.11 6.77 – 6.19 6.79 5.58 6.45 6.79 – – 8.58 5.8 2.7 12.9 13.3 – 6.8 3.9 27.2 2.6 3.9 – – 6.0 7.01 6.36 6.11 6.76 – 6.19 6.79 5.58 6.45 6.79 – – – 5.9 2.7 13.1 13.4 – 6.8 3.9 27.2 2.6 3.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which 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 rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 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. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 23 Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 Mean All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ $18.51 18.52 $8.72 8.92 $14.00 14.00 $18.16 18.22 $17.97 18.00 $18.05 – White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 21.96 22.29 12.97 17.25 – – 21.73 22.20 21.88 22.20 17.91 – Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 26.68 28.48 19.18 29.69 18.40 12.09 22.71 23.27 – – 7.13 8.13 – – – – – – 26.58 28.41 18.47 29.63 17.23 11.99 26.61 28.38 19.15 29.56 17.17 12.03 – – – – 17.34 – Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 12.49 15.56 11.13 12.20 9.69 7.55 – – 7.08 8.71 12.12 15.21 11.70 – 10.19 12.26 15.58 10.89 9.90 9.48 12.14 15.45 11.13 10.48 9.62 – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 9.85 7.00 – 9.14 9.19 – Relative error6 (percent) All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ 3.4 3.5 9.4 10.5 9.4 9.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 10.2 – White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 3.6 3.7 17.1 17.2 – – 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6 11.7 – Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 4.4 4.7 6.6 4.6 8.8 1.8 15.9 16.5 – – 5.0 7.2 – – – – – – 4.4 4.6 6.6 4.6 8.5 1.7 4.3 4.6 6.6 4.6 11.6 1.7 – – – – 11.1 – Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 3.6 4.3 5.3 11.8 4.3 7.6 – – 5.1 12.1 6.4 7.7 4.5 – 8.0 4.3 4.6 7.2 11.6 4.6 3.7 4.4 5.3 12.6 4.1 – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 4.8 5.8 – 4.3 4.3 – 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. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 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. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 24 Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing industries3 Occupational group All private industries Total Mining Construction Manufacturing Service-producing industries4 Total TransportFinance, Wholesale ation and insurance, and retail public utiland real trade ities estate Services Mean All occupations ............................................................. All excluding sales .............................................. $17.85 17.90 $20.47 20.21 – – – – $20.89 20.63 – – $21.74 21.46 – – – – – – White collar ............................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................... 22.72 23.61 28.63 28.63 – – – – 28.63 28.63 – – 24.90 24.91 – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical ....................... Professional specialty ......................................... Technical ............................................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. Sales ....................................................................... Administrative support, including clerical ................ 27.26 29.02 19.94 31.22 17.25 12.53 30.25 31.88 20.36 36.49 28.62 13.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – 30.25 31.88 20.36 36.49 28.62 13.66 – – – – – – 24.86 26.09 – – – 14.55 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue collar ................................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair .................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... Transportation and material moving ....................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ............................................................. 12.13 15.57 11.16 10.91 12.06 15.02 11.31 10.42 – – – – – – – – 11.99 15.03 11.31 10.42 – – – – 15.09 17.93 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.56 9.25 – – 9.42 – 11.07 – – – Service ....................................................................... 8.04 – – – – – – – – – Relative error5 (percent) All occupations ............................................................. All excluding sales .............................................. 3.8 3.9 5.3 5.4 – – – – 5.0 5.2 – – 12.1 11.9 – – – – – – White collar ............................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................... 3.5 3.4 4.1 4.3 – – – – 4.1 4.3 – – 9.6 8.7 – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical ....................... Professional specialty ......................................... Technical ............................................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. Sales ....................................................................... Administrative support, including clerical ................ 3.5 3.6 6.3 5.2 8.6 2.6 4.2 3.7 11.2 5.4 10.0 4.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.2 3.7 11.2 5.4 10.0 4.9 – – – – – – 11.1 11.4 – – – 13.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue collar ................................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair .................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... Transportation and material moving ....................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ............................................................. 4.0 5.2 5.3 14.0 4.5 6.8 5.4 6.0 – – – – – – – – 5.1 8.6 5.4 6.0 – – – – 17.9 12.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4.4 5.4 – – 6.6 – 13.9 – – – Service ....................................................................... 3.7 – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 25 Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more Mean All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ $17.85 17.90 $12.02 11.74 $19.08 19.07 $15.98 15.70 $22.37 22.23 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.72 23.61 15.10 16.35 23.66 24.17 20.94 21.83 25.67 25.52 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 27.26 29.02 19.94 31.22 17.25 12.53 – – – 24.83 13.48 11.26 27.41 29.27 19.94 31.84 19.21 12.75 25.75 27.16 16.79 30.40 17.96 12.52 28.11 30.26 20.73 32.77 – 12.96 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 12.13 15.57 11.16 10.91 9.56 12.02 15.44 – – 9.31 12.17 15.62 11.21 10.77 9.76 11.65 15.12 10.59 10.85 8.92 13.14 16.43 12.36 – 10.57 Service ................................................................................. 8.04 7.76 8.21 7.66 – Relative error4 (percent) All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ 3.8 3.9 6.3 6.7 4.2 4.1 7.6 7.6 3.9 4.0 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 3.5 3.4 7.5 9.6 3.7 3.5 7.6 7.6 3.6 3.6 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 3.5 3.6 6.3 5.2 8.6 2.6 – – – 16.0 8.7 6.3 3.6 3.6 6.3 5.3 12.0 2.8 8.6 8.7 7.3 10.4 11.9 4.6 3.8 3.8 7.3 6.3 – 3.3 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 4.0 5.2 5.3 14.0 4.4 5.0 4.8 – – 3.8 4.8 7.0 5.4 17.0 7.2 6.8 10.6 8.1 17.7 6.8 5.7 5.2 3.4 – 12.7 Service ................................................................................. 3.7 4.1 5.4 6.1 – 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. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 26 Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $7.80 7.85 $10.24 10.20 $14.82 14.70 $22.28 22.39 $31.58 31.96 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 10.12 10.36 12.36 12.43 18.44 19.72 27.28 28.13 37.39 38.10 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. 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. ............................................ Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 15.50 17.23 19.15 18.87 22.61 18.03 25.53 22.21 23.50 20.67 17.18 20.67 12.00 17.23 – 17.83 19.81 19.19 – 22.52 11.34 11.34 – 18.87 20.71 22.28 19.15 26.16 18.03 31.10 26.85 27.71 24.93 25.00 20.67 17.23 17.23 – 20.40 20.71 20.21 – 24.10 11.85 11.85 – 23.86 25.40 29.88 21.49 31.22 22.85 40.68 31.21 31.21 25.96 27.36 25.96 18.23 18.25 – 21.55 21.55 22.50 – 28.78 13.54 13.54 – 31.39 33.00 35.62 21.49 35.12 34.18 50.74 38.10 38.10 31.44 40.62 25.96 20.53 23.57 – 23.33 23.33 23.85 – 35.71 16.34 16.34 – 39.53 40.68 44.15 37.02 35.62 43.06 51.24 39.53 39.53 40.88 40.88 39.41 24.31 24.31 – 23.97 23.97 23.85 – 35.71 18.20 18.20 – 13.03 18.88 10.92 15.60 16.88 10.11 17.94 9.77 15.38 22.39 14.82 15.82 22.23 12.31 22.79 9.80 19.77 24.04 18.00 17.90 23.12 18.14 28.95 10.92 23.39 25.54 22.28 18.03 32.37 21.70 28.95 16.58 24.18 40.34 30.12 18.03 32.37 22.58 36.87 20.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 16.25 21.91 19.11 27.32 20.79 26.79 19.55 30.34 26.79 33.66 23.70 33.66 33.69 44.62 32.36 33.66 48.32 51.86 38.55 45.67 28.85 21.91 15.31 19.04 13.31 34.72 26.79 17.44 20.04 15.30 35.80 32.79 21.31 28.85 19.09 48.32 50.00 25.49 31.35 20.06 52.71 54.64 31.35 31.35 30.06 15.05 16.44 15.38 15.31 17.80 16.33 21.94 19.76 18.51 22.89 25.79 21.31 24.99 30.65 21.68 Sales ................................................................................ Supervisors, sales ................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 6.79 10.12 12.38 7.70 5.98 10.60 10.12 27.28 8.00 6.49 15.38 19.04 30.85 10.88 6.79 18.87 19.04 41.87 12.25 8.02 30.85 19.04 57.72 28.85 8.88 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.21 11.51 11.58 6.06 7.21 8.68 7.00 9.47 10.33 9.83 10.33 11.51 11.92 9.33 10.26 10.64 8.40 12.30 10.55 9.83 11.51 17.09 13.12 12.86 13.51 11.30 10.50 12.30 10.82 10.58 13.12 22.18 15.73 16.95 13.51 13.10 12.07 12.87 12.04 10.98 15.93 27.46 17.50 16.95 14.70 14.74 12.07 13.53 14.06 11.10 See footnotes at end of table. 27 Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... $10.10 $10.82 $10.85 $17.54 $17.77 Blue collar ........................................................................... 7.31 8.75 11.20 15.00 17.94 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 9.26 12.69 15.00 7.85 13.33 13.27 16.13 7.85 15.00 14.87 22.00 8.60 17.58 17.18 25.26 11.30 22.00 17.69 25.26 11.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 7.08 10.45 9.66 7.51 8.25 10.45 11.08 8.25 11.19 11.05 12.44 10.55 13.36 12.35 19.32 12.98 14.70 12.35 19.32 13.80 Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 6.72 9.40 7.17 7.17 10.72 7.17 10.33 10.77 7.17 12.50 15.08 8.31 16.20 21.24 8.88 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.31 6.54 8.75 7.34 7.60 7.59 9.20 7.60 9.24 9.13 10.93 7.80 10.80 10.15 11.70 10.24 12.10 11.90 12.27 10.97 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 6.00 7.73 8.91 11.88 5.62 2.13 2.13 5.78 7.01 5.78 7.24 5.92 5.92 6.00 6.75 8.01 9.00 11.88 6.46 2.57 2.57 6.46 7.48 6.46 8.70 6.25 6.25 8.66 8.26 9.44 13.69 17.25 7.13 5.80 2.57 7.48 7.50 6.53 9.36 6.75 6.75 8.66 9.50 13.69 22.37 19.33 9.09 7.75 8.51 9.09 9.17 9.09 9.50 8.76 8.76 8.90 14.00 20.26 26.53 20.26 10.20 8.51 8.51 14.00 10.20 9.09 9.92 8.98 8.98 10.00 Occupation3 White 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. 28 Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Private industry Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $7.51 7.51 $9.44 9.40 $14.40 14.20 $22.79 23.05 $33.86 34.00 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 9.95 10.64 13.58 13.99 18.51 20.67 30.15 31.21 38.14 39.53 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ 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. ............................................ Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 15.41 16.33 19.15 22.61 18.03 24.65 22.21 23.50 20.19 17.18 20.67 12.00 17.23 – – – – 18.42 21.42 26.16 26.16 18.03 31.10 26.85 27.71 20.67 25.00 20.67 17.23 17.23 – – – – 26.70 28.22 31.22 31.22 22.85 40.68 31.21 31.21 27.13 27.36 20.67 17.39 18.23 – – – – 33.74 35.62 37.02 35.12 34.18 50.74 38.10 38.10 37.39 40.62 26.02 23.57 23.57 – – – – 39.53 40.68 45.89 35.62 43.06 51.24 39.53 39.53 40.88 40.88 42.46 24.31 24.31 – – – – 13.03 18.88 12.56 16.88 10.11 16.17 9.77 15.38 22.39 15.60 22.23 12.31 17.94 10.92 19.77 24.04 18.00 23.12 18.14 23.86 13.58 23.39 25.54 22.79 32.37 21.70 30.12 20.47 24.18 40.34 32.37 32.37 22.58 36.87 20.47 15.38 21.91 27.32 19.56 26.79 28.78 27.32 35.54 30.34 35.80 48.32 45.67 50.72 52.71 50.48 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 28.85 21.91 15.30 13.31 34.72 26.79 15.55 15.30 35.80 34.10 19.56 16.28 48.32 50.72 28.00 20.79 52.71 57.40 31.35 30.06 14.01 15.38 15.31 15.55 15.31 16.33 24.99 18.51 26.87 21.68 Sales ................................................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 6.79 12.38 7.70 5.98 10.60 27.28 8.00 6.26 15.38 30.85 10.88 6.79 18.87 41.87 12.25 8.02 30.85 57.72 28.85 8.88 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Secretaries ........................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 9.00 11.11 6.06 7.21 8.68 7.00 9.47 8.25 10.10 10.10 11.88 9.33 9.30 10.64 8.40 12.30 9.81 10.82 11.88 14.04 12.86 10.26 11.30 10.50 12.30 12.95 10.85 14.18 16.32 16.95 14.70 13.10 12.07 12.87 14.18 17.54 16.95 17.50 16.95 14.70 14.74 12.07 13.53 15.77 17.77 Blue collar ........................................................................... 7.18 8.60 11.08 15.00 19.32 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 9.26 12.69 15.00 7.85 12.51 13.27 16.13 7.85 15.00 14.87 22.00 8.60 18.53 17.18 25.26 11.30 22.04 17.69 25.26 11.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. 7.08 10.45 8.67 10.45 11.19 11.05 13.36 12.35 14.70 12.35 See footnotes at end of table. 29 Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued Private industry Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors –Continued Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... $9.66 7.51 $11.08 8.25 $12.44 10.55 $19.32 12.98 $19.32 13.80 Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... 6.72 9.40 7.17 10.72 10.72 10.77 12.50 15.08 16.20 21.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.31 6.50 8.75 7.34 7.60 7.59 9.20 7.60 9.24 9.18 10.93 7.80 10.80 10.15 11.70 10.24 12.27 12.42 12.27 10.97 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 5.92 – 3.85 2.13 2.13 5.78 5.78 – 5.92 5.92 5.65 6.53 – 6.53 2.57 2.57 6.60 6.00 – 6.25 6.25 8.00 7.96 – 7.81 5.80 2.57 7.85 7.81 – 6.30 6.30 8.00 9.00 – 9.09 7.75 8.51 9.17 9.09 – 8.96 8.67 10.00 9.50 – 14.00 8.51 8.51 14.00 9.09 – 8.98 8.98 10.00 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. 30 Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 State and local government Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $9.71 9.61 $10.82 10.82 $14.97 14.97 $21.69 21.69 $26.59 26.59 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 10.33 10.33 11.43 11.34 18.44 18.44 22.42 22.50 28.95 28.95 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Technical ...................................................................... 15.82 18.25 – – 14.68 17.66 – 19.22 19.81 19.19 – – 11.34 11.34 9.80 18.93 20.21 – – 15.14 18.25 – 20.71 20.71 20.21 – – 13.36 13.36 12.81 21.55 21.75 – – 18.25 18.72 – 21.55 21.55 22.50 – – 16.34 16.34 18.03 25.96 25.96 – – 19.84 19.84 – 23.20 23.33 23.85 – – 16.34 16.34 18.44 31.44 58.66 – – 19.84 19.84 – 23.97 23.97 23.85 – – 18.20 18.20 28.95 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Management related ................................................. 19.83 22.30 19.11 18.49 21.31 28.14 19.55 20.06 21.94 33.66 23.70 21.31 30.43 33.66 32.36 21.94 33.66 33.66 38.55 21.94 Sales ................................................................................ – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Secretaries ........................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.81 11.92 11.00 10.33 9.83 10.53 13.09 11.00 10.55 9.83 10.98 13.12 11.66 10.82 10.58 12.04 13.12 13.85 11.84 10.98 13.43 16.02 14.43 13.43 11.10 Blue collar ........................................................................... 8.81 10.36 14.97 14.97 16.76 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 14.97 14.97 14.97 16.76 16.76 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 8.31 8.31 8.31 8.31 8.88 8.88 8.88 8.88 9.61 9.61 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 8.81 9.41 10.36 11.20 11.20 6.46 11.21 8.91 11.88 – – – 8.15 8.15 8.66 8.66 11.53 9.00 11.88 – – – 8.15 8.15 8.66 11.53 13.38 13.69 17.25 – – – 8.66 8.66 8.66 13.69 18.72 22.37 19.33 – – – 8.76 8.76 8.66 22.37 22.76 26.53 20.26 – – – 10.11 10.11 12.03 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Other food service .................................................. Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... 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 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. 31 Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $8.34 8.34 $10.55 10.55 $15.03 15.00 $22.70 22.76 $32.37 32.37 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 10.36 10.52 12.70 12.68 18.51 19.76 27.36 28.17 37.74 38.10 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Industrial engineers .............................................. Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Chemists, except biochemists .............................. Medical scientists ................................................. Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. 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. ............................................ Professional, n.e.c. ............................................... Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Computer programmers ....................................... Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................ 15.60 17.23 19.15 18.87 22.61 18.03 25.53 22.21 23.50 20.67 17.18 20.67 12.00 17.23 – 17.83 19.81 19.19 – 22.52 11.34 11.34 – 18.87 20.71 22.28 19.15 26.16 18.03 31.10 26.85 27.71 20.98 25.00 20.67 17.00 17.23 – 20.40 20.71 20.21 – 24.10 11.85 11.85 – 23.97 25.40 29.88 21.49 31.22 22.85 40.68 31.21 31.21 25.96 27.36 25.96 17.39 18.23 – 21.55 21.55 22.50 – 28.78 13.54 13.54 – 31.44 33.00 35.62 21.49 35.12 34.18 50.74 38.10 38.10 31.44 40.62 25.96 18.25 19.84 – 23.33 23.33 23.85 – 35.71 16.34 16.34 – 39.53 40.68 44.15 37.02 35.62 43.06 51.24 39.53 39.53 40.88 40.88 39.41 24.31 24.31 – 23.97 23.97 23.85 – 35.71 18.20 18.20 – 14.28 18.88 10.92 15.60 16.88 10.11 17.94 9.77 16.21 22.39 14.82 15.82 22.23 12.31 22.79 9.80 19.92 24.04 18.00 17.90 23.12 18.14 28.95 10.92 23.39 25.54 22.58 18.03 32.37 21.70 28.95 16.58 25.54 40.34 30.12 18.03 32.37 22.58 36.87 20.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. .................. Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 16.25 21.91 19.11 27.32 20.79 26.79 19.55 30.34 26.79 33.66 23.70 33.66 33.69 44.62 32.36 33.66 48.32 51.86 38.55 45.67 28.85 21.91 15.31 19.04 13.31 34.72 26.79 17.44 20.04 15.30 35.80 32.79 21.31 28.85 16.28 48.32 50.00 25.49 31.35 20.79 52.71 54.64 31.35 31.35 30.06 15.05 16.44 15.38 15.31 17.80 16.33 21.94 19.76 18.51 22.89 25.79 21.31 24.99 30.65 21.68 Sales ................................................................................ Supervisors, sales ................................................ Advertising and related sales ............................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 8.02 10.12 12.38 7.70 5.98 13.04 10.12 27.28 8.00 5.98 15.38 19.04 30.85 10.88 7.74 19.04 19.04 41.87 12.25 8.88 30.85 19.04 57.72 28.85 14.85 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, general office ................................... Secretaries ........................................................... Order clerks .......................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.47 11.51 11.58 9.33 10.26 8.68 7.00 9.47 10.33 9.83 10.50 11.51 11.92 9.96 10.36 10.64 8.40 12.30 10.55 9.83 11.52 17.09 13.12 12.89 13.51 11.30 10.50 12.30 10.82 10.58 13.31 22.18 15.73 16.95 13.51 13.10 12.07 12.87 12.04 10.98 15.93 27.46 17.50 16.95 14.70 14.74 12.07 13.53 14.06 11.10 See footnotes at end of table. 32 Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... $10.13 $10.82 $13.53 $17.54 $17.77 Blue collar ........................................................................... 7.51 9.24 11.56 15.00 18.53 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Supervisors, production ........................................ Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 9.26 12.69 15.00 7.85 13.33 13.27 16.13 7.85 15.00 14.87 22.00 8.60 17.58 17.18 25.26 11.30 22.00 17.69 25.26 11.69 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Packaging and filling machine operators .............. Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 7.08 10.45 9.66 7.51 8.25 10.45 11.08 8.25 11.19 11.05 12.44 10.55 13.36 12.35 19.32 12.98 14.70 12.35 19.32 13.80 Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... 7.17 9.40 9.40 10.72 10.83 10.77 15.08 15.08 21.24 21.24 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.31 8.81 8.75 7.34 7.80 8.83 8.75 7.60 9.24 9.18 10.75 7.80 10.80 10.30 11.75 10.24 12.10 12.42 12.27 10.97 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Firefighting ............................................................ Police and detectives, public service .................... Guards and police, except public service ............. Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Other food service .................................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 6.46 8.01 8.91 11.88 6.85 6.46 – 6.46 6.46 7.24 6.30 6.30 8.00 7.01 8.26 9.00 11.88 8.01 6.53 – 6.93 6.46 8.70 6.30 6.30 8.66 8.67 11.53 13.69 17.25 8.26 7.85 – 8.02 8.25 9.36 8.15 8.15 8.66 10.20 14.20 22.37 19.33 11.53 9.17 – 9.44 9.09 9.50 8.96 8.96 8.66 14.60 22.37 26.53 20.26 11.53 14.00 – 14.00 15.64 9.92 8.98 8.98 12.03 Occupation3 White 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 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. 33 Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs1, part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $5.78 5.78 $6.25 6.25 $6.78 6.75 $8.51 8.66 $14.25 18.01 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 6.26 6.57 6.78 8.66 8.66 19.09 19.63 23.57 23.57 23.57 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 8.66 8.66 – – – 19.63 19.63 – – – 23.57 23.57 – – – 23.57 23.57 – – – 51.75 51.75 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Management related ................................................. – – – – – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Cashiers ............................................................... 6.26 6.26 6.49 6.49 6.79 6.78 6.98 6.79 10.60 6.98 Administrative support, including clerical ................... 6.06 6.57 7.21 9.13 9.90 Blue collar ........................................................................... 5.71 6.50 6.72 8.31 9.50 Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 5.71 8.31 6.72 8.31 6.72 8.43 8.31 8.88 8.88 8.88 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 6.28 6.02 6.50 6.28 7.59 6.50 11.70 6.57 14.25 7.59 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Other food service .................................................. Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Personal service ....................................................... 5.78 – 3.85 2.13 5.62 – – 6.00 5.92 – 5.78 2.13 5.78 – – 8.90 6.60 – 6.53 5.80 6.53 – – 8.90 7.96 – 7.13 8.51 6.93 – – 9.51 8.90 – 8.51 9.00 7.50 – – 9.51 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. 34 Appendix A: Technical Note T 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 by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. See appendix table 2 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. his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. Although this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all the steps required to produce the data. Planning for the survey The overall design of the survey includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection. Survey scope This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. The Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Orange, and Wake Counties. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, working out of the Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were used to follow-up and update data. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multistep process: 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the Census of Population system 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time, union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive 4. Determination of the level of work of each job Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated. For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which a correct classification or level could not be determined. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the es- Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a two- A-1 tablishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs collected in each establishment was based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in the following schedule: Number of employees Number of selected jobs 50–99 100–249 250–999 1000–2,499 2,500+ 8 10 12 16 20 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The National Compensation Survey occupational classification system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major occupational group (MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following MOGs: • • • • • • • • • Professional specialty and technical Executive, administrative, and managerial Sales Administrative support, including clerical Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Service occupations Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG to which they belong. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of Terms” section on the following page for more detail. A-2 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. For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental. The 10 factors are: • • • • • • • • • • Knowledge Supervision received Guidelines Complexity Scope and effect Personal contacts Purpose of contacts Physical demands Work environment Supervisory duties Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level has an associated written description and point value. The number and range of points differ among the factors. For each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on the written description that best matched the job. Within each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix table 3 presents median 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 job with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their firms 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. For additional information on generic leveling see Brooks Pierce, “Using the National Compensation Survey to Predict Wage Rates,” Compensation and Working Conditions, Winter 1999, pp. 8–16. Collection period Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample units. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: • • • • • Incentive pay, including commissions, production bonuses, and piece rates Cost-of-living allowances Hazard pay Payments of income deferred due to participation in a salary reduction plan Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight or passengers The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: • • • • • • • Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free room and board Payments made by third parties (for example, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) On-call pay To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers, 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. A-3 Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical note on generic leveling through point factor analysis for more details on the leveling process.) Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below). Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time. Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for the job. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of production. Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: • • • A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents equals the mean value of the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group and job level. Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sam- ple establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a refusal. Survey response Total in sample Responding Out of business or not in survey scope Unable or refused to provide data Establishments 220 141 18 61 Some surveys may have a high nonresponse rate for the all industries or private industry iterations. Such instances are noted in the bulletin table footnotes. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by: the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The percentiles presented in tables 6–1 through 6–5 are computed using average hourly wages for sampled establishment jobs within each occupation. Establishments in the survey may report either individual-worker earnings or average wage rates for each sampled job. If individualworker earnings are provided, an average hourly wage rate is computed for the job and used in the calculation of percentile estimates. The average hourly wages for each sampled job are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles describe the distribution of an occupation’s employment by the average wage rates for its jobs. For example, at the 10th percentile, 10 percent of a published occupation’s employment is in sampled establishment jobs that had average hourly wages at the 10th percentile or less for that occupation. Note that the percentiles in previous NCS bulletins for this area were calculated from individualworker earnings rather than from average wages for sampled establishment jobs. Data users should keep this difference in mind. Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. A-4 Estimates of the number of workers represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers were $12.79, with 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 (1.645 times 3.6 percent = 5.922 percent times $12.27, plus or minus $0.76). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all survey areas will be used in the development of a formal quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling error. Although they were not specifically measured, the nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the extensive training of the field economists who gathered the survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data, and detailed data review. Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group State and local government Total Private industry All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ 277,500 261,300 200,500 184,400 77,000 76,800 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 173,900 157,700 113,000 97,000 60,900 60,700 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 83,700 68,400 15,200 22,000 16,200 52,100 51,800 41,800 10,000 16,400 16,000 28,900 31,900 26,700 5,300 5,600 – 23,200 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 63,700 20,400 18,200 10,300 14,900 56,700 16,900 18,000 8,200 13,600 7,000 3,500 – 2,100 1,200 Service ................................................................................. 39,900 30,800 9,100 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 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. A-5 Appendix table 2. Number of establishments represented by survey and the number studied by industry division and establishment employment size, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 Number of establishments studied Industry All industries ....................................................................................... Private industry ............................................................................... Goods-producing industries ........................................................ Construction ........................................................................... Manufacturing ......................................................................... Service-producing industries ...................................................... Transportation and public utilities ........................................... Wholesale and retail trade ...................................................... Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................ Services .................................................................................. State and local government ............................................................ Number of establishments repreTotal studied sented1 1,300 1,200 300 100 200 1,000 100 400 100 400 (3) 1 Number of establishments represented by the survey rounded to the nearest 100. 2 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 3 Number of establishments represented by the survey is fewer than 50. 141 112 46 1 45 66 8 21 7 30 29 100 workers or more 50 - 99 workers2 32 28 6 1 5 22 1 13 1 7 4 100 - 499 workers Total 109 84 40 – 63 54 21 – 40 44 7 8 6 23 25 500 workers or more 46 30 19 – 21 33 6 7 3 17 9 19 11 1 1 3 6 16 NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately. A-6 Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation2 All ....................................................................................................... All excluding sales ...................................................................... 5 5 6 6 2 2 White collar ................................................................................... White collar excluding sales ................................................... 7 7 7 7 2 5 Professional specialty and technical ...................................... Professional specialty ............................................................. Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. Civil engineers ................................................................ Electrical and electronic engineers ................................. Industrial engineers ........................................................ Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................. Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ..................... Natural scientists ................................................................ Chemists, except biochemists ........................................ Medical scientists ........................................................... Health related ..................................................................... Registered nurses .......................................................... Teachers, college and university ........................................ Teachers, except college and university ............................ Elementary school teachers ........................................... Secondary school teachers ............................................ 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. ............................................................................. Professional, n.e.c. ......................................................... Technical ................................................................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........... Electrical and electronic technicians ............................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ....................................... Computer programmers ................................................. Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 9 9 9 7 9 9 13 10 10 11 10 11 9 9 – 9 9 8 – 10 7 7 – 9 9 9 7 9 9 13 10 10 11 10 11 9 9 – 9 9 8 – 10 7 7 – 9 9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7 7 8 9 9 5 9 5 7 7 8 9 9 5 9 5 – – – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial ............................ Executives, administrators, and managers ......................... Administrators and officials, public administration .......... Financial managers ........................................................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .............................. Management related ........................................................... Accountants and auditors ............................................... Other financial officers .................................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ............................ Management related, n.e.c. ............................................ 9 11 9 11 11 11 8 11 7 7 9 8 9 11 9 11 11 11 8 11 7 7 9 8 – – – – – – – – – – – – Sales .......................................................................................... Supervisors, sales .......................................................... Advertising and related sales ......................................... Sales workers, other commodities .................................. Cashiers ......................................................................... 5 7 10 4 2 5 7 10 4 2 2 – – – 2 Administrative support, including clerical ............................. Supervisors, general office ............................................. Secretaries ..................................................................... Order clerks .................................................................... Records clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................ Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... General office clerks ....................................................... Teachers’ aides .............................................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ......................................... 4 7 5 4 4 4 3 6 4 3 5 4 7 5 4 6 4 3 6 4 3 5 2 – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. A-7 Appendix table 3. Median work levels for all workers, full-time and part-time workers:1 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, August 1999 — Continued All Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation2 Blue collar ..................................................................................... 3 4 1 Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... Supervisors, production .................................................. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 7 5 8 3 7 5 8 3 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .................. Packaging and filling machine operators ........................ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ....................... Assemblers ..................................................................... 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 – – – – Transportation and material moving ...................................... Truck drivers ................................................................... Bus drivers ...................................................................... 2 3 3 3 3 – 1 – 3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .......... Stock handlers and baggers ........................................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ................... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .............................. 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 – – Service ........................................................................................... Protective service ............................................................... Firefighting ...................................................................... Police and detectives, public service .............................. Guards and police, except public service ....................... Food service ....................................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................................ Waiters and waitresses .................................................. Other food service ............................................................ Kitchen workers, food preparation .................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. Health service ..................................................................... Cleaning and building service ............................................. Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... Personal service ................................................................. 2 3 8 9 – 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 5 8 9 3 2 – – 3 – 2 2 1 1 3 2 – – – – 2 2 – 2 – – – – – 4 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors, painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and legislators cannot be assigned a work level. 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. A-8
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