NC BL 09/00/2005 Table: Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, Bulletin 3130-16, January 2005

Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National
Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  Total                  Private industry       State and local government
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                         Hourly earnings             Hourly earnings             Hourly earnings          
               Worker and establishment characteristics                                      Mean                        Mean                        Mean 
                                                                                            weekly                      weekly                      weekly
                                                                                  Relative hours(-            Relative hours(-            Relative hours(-
                                                                          Mean    error(2)    3)      Mean    error(2)    3)      Mean    error(2)    3)  
                                                                                  (percen-                    (percen-                    (percen-        
                                                                                     t)                          t)                          t)           
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
Total.................................................................   $15.09      2.9     37.9    $14.49      2.6     37.7    $18.03      6.4     39.4 
                                                                                                                                                          
Worker characteristics:(4)                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
  White-collar occupations(5).........................................    19.87      4.5     38.6     18.98      5.8     38.5     21.49      6.6     38.8 
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    23.94      5.3     38.3     24.25     10.8     38.0     23.72      4.3     38.5 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    30.63      8.3     42.5     29.17      7.5     43.1                          
    Sales.............................................................    16.82     27.3     35.7     16.82     27.3     35.7                          
    Administrative support............................................    12.63      3.1     38.6     13.07      2.1     38.4     11.22      7.9     39.1 
  Blue-collar occupations(5)..........................................    13.85      3.2     39.0     13.96      3.2     39.0                          
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.06      1.9     40.1     17.37      1.6     40.1                          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                                                                    
     inspectors.......................................................    12.81      1.4     38.8     12.81      1.4     38.8                          
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.00     15.3     40.2     16.22     15.8     40.2                          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                                                
     and laborers.....................................................    11.13      5.1     37.7     11.37      4.9     37.5                          
  Service occupations(5)..............................................    11.13     11.8     32.7      8.72      5.6     29.2     14.88     17.8     40.1 
                                                                                                                                                          
  Full time...........................................................    15.45      2.8     39.7     14.90      2.6     39.8     17.97      6.5     39.6 
  Part time...........................................................     8.44      9.6     20.7      7.99      9.2     20.7                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Union...............................................................                                                                           
  Nonunion............................................................    14.93      2.5     38.0     14.28      1.9     37.7     18.03      6.4     39.4 
                                                                                                                                                          
  Time................................................................    14.72      3.6     37.6     13.91      3.5     37.2     18.03      6.4     39.4 
  Incentive...........................................................    17.47      1.4     40.6     17.47      1.4     40.6                          
                                                                                                                                                          
Establishment characteristics:                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                          
  Goods producing.....................................................     (6)       (6)     (6)      14.31       .9     39.2      (6)       (6)     (6)  
  Service producing...................................................     (6)       (6)     (6)      14.79      7.1     35.2      (6)       (6)     (6)  
                                                                                                                                                          
  50-99 workers(7)....................................................    11.56      8.7     33.8     11.56      8.7     33.8                          
  100-499 workers.....................................................    14.97      3.3     38.9     14.93      3.5     38.8                          
  500 workers or more.................................................    16.90      5.0     38.4     15.50      5.1     37.9     18.66      6.4     39.1 

  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, 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. 
 
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National
Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total            Private industry      State and local   
                                                                                                                         government     
                                                                                                                                        
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                               
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(4)     Mean     error(4)     Mean     error(4) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All...................................................................   $15.09       2.9      $14.49       2.6      $18.03       6.4   
    All excluding sales...............................................    15.04       2.9       14.42       2.6       18.03       6.4   
                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    19.87       4.5       18.98       5.8       21.49       6.6   
      White collar excluding sales....................................    20.18       3.8       19.33       4.5       21.49       6.6   
                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    23.94       5.3       24.25      10.8       23.72       4.3   
      Professional specialty..........................................    25.42       6.4       27.86      11.8       24.26       6.1   
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................                                                            
        Health related................................................    31.23      12.4       30.17      12.4                       
          Registered nurses...........................................    28.52      13.8       30.48      14.1                       
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                            
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                            
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                            
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                            
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                            
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                    
           n.e.c......................................................                                                            
      Technical.......................................................    19.13       3.8       19.19       4.7                       
          Licensed practical nurses...................................    18.53       8.0       18.53       8.0                       
          Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.................    16.05       9.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    30.63       8.3       29.17       7.5                       
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    32.04      10.1       30.46       7.5                       
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    28.71       8.8       28.71       8.8                       
        Management related............................................    28.01       8.6                                           
                                                                                                                                        
    Sales.............................................................    16.82      27.3       16.82      27.3                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    12.63       3.1       13.07       2.1       11.22       7.9   
          Order clerks................................................    12.42       3.1       12.42       3.1                       
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    10.88       7.3                                           
          Production coordinators.....................................    13.75       3.4       13.75       3.4                       
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......................    12.93       6.3       12.93       6.3                       
          General office clerks.......................................    12.56       4.3                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.85       3.2       13.96       3.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.06       1.9       17.37       1.6                       
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    16.51       7.7       16.51       7.7                       
          Machinery maintenance.......................................    13.72       4.1       13.72       4.1                       
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    19.08       7.0       19.08       7.0                       
          Supervisors, production.....................................    18.68       3.3       18.68       3.3                       
          Upholsterers................................................    19.48        .0       19.48        .0                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    12.81       1.4       12.81       1.4                       
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators   $12.96       0.1      $12.96       0.1                       
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.69        .0       10.69        .0                       
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    12.89        .7       12.89        .7                       
          Textile sewing machine operators............................    12.65       4.4       12.65       4.4                       
          Painting and paint spraying machine operators...............    11.99       3.0       11.99       3.0                       
          Slicing and cutting machine operators.......................    13.82       6.1       13.82       6.1                       
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.94       4.2       13.94       4.2                       
          Assemblers..................................................    12.61       7.1       12.61       7.1                       
          Hand cutting and trimming...................................    14.86       1.8       14.86       1.8                       
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c...........................    14.34       9.1       14.34       9.1                       
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    11.87       4.8       11.87       4.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.00      15.3       16.22      15.8                       
          Truck drivers...............................................    18.95       9.3       19.51       8.7                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.13       5.1       11.37       4.9                       
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    10.46      13.6       10.46      13.6                       
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................    10.20       1.6       10.20       1.6                       
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    10.42       4.0       10.42       4.0                       
          Hand packers and packagers..................................     9.36       4.5        9.36       4.5                       
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................    10.57       6.3       11.46       2.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................    11.13      11.8        8.72       5.6      $14.88      17.8   
        Protective service............................................    12.02      14.2                                           
        Food service..................................................     8.31       7.6        8.11       8.2                       
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders..........................                                                            
         Other food service...........................................     9.29       4.8        9.15       5.5                       
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     9.13      11.8        8.71      15.2                       
        Health service................................................    10.50       2.5       10.68       4.7                       
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................    10.49       2.6       10.68       4.7                       
        Cleaning and building service.................................    18.03      31.0       12.01      14.3                       
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     9.75       3.7       10.31       6.3                       
        Personal service..............................................                                                            

  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. 
 
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total            Private industry      State and local   
                                                                                                                         government     
                                                                                                                                        
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                               
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(4)     Mean     error(4)     Mean     error(4) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All...................................................................   $15.45       2.8      $14.90       2.6      $17.97       6.5   
    All excluding sales...............................................    15.35       2.8       14.77       2.6       17.97       6.5   
                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    20.17       4.3       19.47       5.6       21.37       6.6   
      White collar excluding sales....................................    20.15       3.9       19.35       4.7       21.37       6.6   
                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    23.91       5.6       24.39      11.5       23.57       4.3   
      Professional specialty..........................................    25.36       6.7       28.07      12.7       24.10       6.1   
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................                                                            
        Health related................................................    31.27      13.9       30.36      13.9                       
          Registered nurses...........................................    28.77      14.5       30.78      14.8                       
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                            
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                            
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                            
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                            
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                            
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                    
           n.e.c......................................................                                                            
      Technical.......................................................    19.22       4.0       19.32       5.0                       
          Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.................    16.21      10.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    30.63       8.3       29.17       7.5                       
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    32.04      10.1       30.46       7.5                       
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    28.71       8.8       28.71       8.8                       
        Management related............................................    28.01       8.6                                           
                                                                                                                                        
    Sales.............................................................    20.46      29.0       20.46      29.0                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    12.59       3.0       13.03       2.1       11.22       7.9   
          Order clerks................................................    12.42       3.1       12.42       3.1                       
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    10.88       7.3                                           
          Production coordinators.....................................    13.75       3.4       13.75       3.4                       
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......................    12.93       6.3       12.93       6.3                       
          General office clerks.......................................    12.56       4.3                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.98       3.2       14.11       3.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.06       1.9       17.37       1.6                       
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    16.51       7.7       16.51       7.7                       
          Machinery maintenance.......................................    13.72       4.1       13.72       4.1                       
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    19.08       7.0       19.08       7.0                       
          Supervisors, production.....................................    18.68       3.3       18.68       3.3                       
          Upholsterers................................................    19.48        .0       19.48        .0                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    12.81       1.5       12.81       1.5                       
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators    12.96        .1       12.96        .1                       
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................   $10.69       0.0      $10.69       0.0                       
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    12.89        .7       12.89        .7                       
          Textile sewing machine operators............................    12.71       5.0       12.71       5.0                       
          Painting and paint spraying machine operators...............    11.99       3.0       11.99       3.0                       
          Slicing and cutting machine operators.......................    13.82       6.1       13.82       6.1                       
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.94       4.2       13.94       4.2                       
          Assemblers..................................................    12.61       7.1       12.61       7.1                       
          Hand cutting and trimming...................................    14.86       1.8       14.86       1.8                       
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c...........................    14.34       9.1       14.34       9.1                       
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    11.87       4.8       11.87       4.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.14      15.6       16.37      16.1                       
          Truck drivers...............................................    19.20       9.1       19.79       8.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.48       4.8       11.79       4.3                       
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    12.14       4.3       12.14       4.3                       
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................    10.20       1.6       10.20       1.6                       
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    10.86       3.6       10.86       3.6                       
          Hand packers and packagers..................................     9.36       4.5        9.36       4.5                       
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................    10.57       6.3       11.46       2.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................    12.20      12.2        9.62       3.9      $14.93      17.9   
        Protective service............................................                                                            
        Food service..................................................     9.63       3.2        9.47       3.0                       
         Other food service...........................................     9.63       3.2        9.47       3.0                       
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................    10.79       5.0                                           
        Health service................................................    10.46       2.5       10.61       5.0                       
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................    10.45       2.6       10.61       5.0                       
        Cleaning and building service.................................    18.03      31.0       12.01      14.3                       
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     9.75       3.7       10.31       6.3                       
        Personal service..............................................                                                            

  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. 
 
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total            Private industry      State and local   
                                                                                                                         government     
                                                                                                                                        
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                               
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(4)     Mean     error(4)     Mean     error(4) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All...................................................................    $8.44       9.6       $7.99       9.2                       
    All excluding sales...............................................     8.71       9.8        8.19       9.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    12.28      28.5       10.15      24.4                       
      White collar excluding sales....................................    22.06      15.5       18.19       9.1                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    25.25      18.4       20.27      14.7                       
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.15      20.3                                           
        Health related................................................    30.79      19.6                                           
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                    
           n.e.c......................................................                                                            
      Technical.......................................................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Sales.............................................................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Administrative support, including clerical........................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................     8.64      10.8        8.64      10.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Transportation and material moving................................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     8.37      12.1        8.37      12.1                       
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................     9.46       7.7        9.46       7.7                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     6.88      16.9        6.83      17.2                       
        Protective service............................................                                                            
        Food service..................................................     6.59      23.0        6.52      23.6                       
         Other food service...........................................     8.61      13.1        8.56      13.8                       
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     7.35       9.0                                           
        Health service................................................                                                            
        Personal service..............................................                                                            

  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. 
 
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation
Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  Total                  Private industry            State and local      
                                                                                                                                        government        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                         Weekly earnings             Weekly earnings             Weekly earnings          
                            Occupation(3)                                                    Mean                        Mean                        Mean 
                                                                                            weekly                      weekly                      weekly
                                                                                  Relative hours(-            Relative hours(-            Relative hours(-
                                                                          Mean    error(4)    5)      Mean    error(4)    5)      Mean    error(4)    5)  
                                                                                  (percen-                    (percen-                    (percen-        
                                                                                     t)                          t)                          t)           
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
All...................................................................     $614      2.6     39.7      $593      2.5     39.8      $712      5.6     39.6 
    All excluding sales...............................................      609      2.6     39.7       587      2.4     39.7       712      5.6     39.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
  White collar........................................................      806      4.5     40.0       788      5.7     40.5       836      7.4     39.1 
      White collar excluding sales....................................      802      4.0     39.8       779      4.5     40.3       836      7.4     39.1 
                                                                                                                                                          
    Professional specialty and technical..............................      937      5.9     39.2       965     11.9     39.6       918      4.7     38.9 
      Professional specialty..........................................      996      7.1     39.3     1,133     12.2     40.3       936      6.5     38.8 
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................                                                                           
        Health related................................................    1,232     14.2     39.4     1,214     13.9     40.0                          
          Registered nurses...........................................    1,132     15.2     39.3     1,231     14.8     40.0                          
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                                           
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                                           
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                                           
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                                           
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                                           
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                                      
           n.e.c......................................................                                                                           
      Technical.......................................................      747      4.1     38.9       744      5.1     38.5                          
          Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.................      648     10.0     40.0                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    1,303      9.2     42.5     1,258      9.6     43.1                          
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    1,403     10.3     43.8     1,391      9.7     45.7                          
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    1,340      9.2     46.7     1,340      9.2     46.7                          
        Management related............................................    1,131      8.8     40.4                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
    Sales.............................................................      863     31.2     42.2       863     31.2     42.2                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................      499      3.4     39.6       519      2.0     39.8       439      9.5     39.1 
          Order clerks................................................      492      3.1     39.6       492      3.1     39.6                          
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................      435      7.3     40.0                                                   
          Production coordinators.....................................      550      3.4     40.0       550      3.4     40.0                          
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......................      503      5.0     38.9       503      5.0     38.9                          
          General office clerks.......................................      501      4.1     39.8                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
  Blue collar.........................................................      555      3.0     39.7       560      3.0     39.7                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................      683      1.9     40.1       696      1.6     40.1                          
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................      661      7.7     40.0       661      7.7     40.0                          
          Machinery maintenance.......................................      549      4.1     40.0       549      4.1     40.0                          
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................      763      7.0     40.0       763      7.0     40.0                          
          Supervisors, production.....................................      752      3.2     40.3       752      3.2     40.3                          
          Upholsterers................................................     $779      0.0     40.0      $779      0.0     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................      498      1.4     38.9       498      1.4     38.9                          
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators      518       .1     40.0       518       .1     40.0                          
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................      427       .0     40.0       427       .0     40.0                          
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....      516       .7     40.0       516       .7     40.0                          
          Textile sewing machine operators............................      508      5.0     40.0       508      5.0     40.0                          
          Painting and paint spraying machine operators...............      480      3.0     40.0       480      3.0     40.0                          
          Slicing and cutting machine operators.......................      553      6.1     40.0       553      6.1     40.0                          
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................      506      4.2     36.3       506      4.2     36.3                          
          Assemblers..................................................      494      8.8     39.1       494      8.8     39.1                          
          Hand cutting and trimming...................................      595      1.8     40.0       595      1.8     40.0                          
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c...........................      572      8.8     39.9       572      8.8     39.9                          
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............      464      9.7     39.0       464      9.7     39.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Transportation and material moving................................      663     13.8     41.1       674     14.2     41.1                          
          Truck drivers...............................................      802      5.5     41.8       829      4.0     41.9                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............      463      5.2     40.3       476      4.8     40.4                          
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................      486      4.3     40.0       486      4.3     40.0                          
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................      407      1.8     39.9       407      1.8     39.9                          
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................      434      3.1     40.0       434      3.1     40.0                          
          Hand packers and packagers..................................      366      5.1     39.1       366      5.1     39.1                          
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................      423      6.3     40.0       458      2.8     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Service.............................................................      483     12.4     39.6       374      4.9     38.8      $603     17.8     40.4 
        Protective service............................................                                                                           
        Food service..................................................      385      3.2     40.0       379      3.0     40.0                          
         Other food service...........................................      385      3.2     40.0       379      3.0     40.0                          
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................      432      5.0     40.0                                                   
        Health service................................................      410      1.4     39.2       407      3.5     38.3                          
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................      409      1.5     39.2       407      3.5     38.3                          
        Cleaning and building service.................................      721     31.0     40.0       480     14.3     40.0                          
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................      390      3.7     40.0       412      6.3     40.0                          
        Personal service..............................................                                                                           

  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. 
 
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation
Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  Total                  Private industry            State and local      
                                                                                                                                        government        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                         Annual earnings             Annual earnings             Annual earnings          
                            Occupation(3)                                                    Mean                        Mean                        Mean 
                                                                                            annual                      annual                      annual
                                                                                  Relative hours(-            Relative hours(-            Relative hours(-
                                                                          Mean    error(4)    5)      Mean    error(4)    5)      Mean    error(4)    5)  
                                                                                  (percen-                    (percen-                    (percen-        
                                                                                     t)                          t)                          t)           
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
All...................................................................    $31,578    2.6    2,044     $30,783    2.5    2,066     $35,073    5.6    1,952 
    All excluding sales...............................................     31,344    2.6    2,042      30,477    2.4    2,063      35,073    5.6    1,952 
                                                                                                                                                          
  White collar........................................................     40,287    4.5    1,998      40,761    5.7    2,093      39,566    7.4    1,852 
      White collar excluding sales....................................     39,979    4.0    1,984      40,282    4.5    2,082      39,566    7.4    1,852 
                                                                                                                                                          
    Professional specialty and technical..............................     45,479    5.9    1,902      49,284   11.9    2,020      43,017    4.7    1,825 
      Professional specialty..........................................     47,366    7.1    1,868      57,082   12.2    2,034      43,380    6.5    1,800 
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................                                                                           
        Health related................................................     64,054   14.2    2,049      63,148   13.9    2,080                          
          Registered nurses...........................................     58,846   15.2    2,045      64,017   14.8    2,080                          
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                                           
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                                           
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                                           
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                                           
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                                           
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                                      
           n.e.c......................................................                                                                           
      Technical.......................................................     38,864    4.1    2,022      38,683    5.1    2,002                          
          Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.................     33,708   10.0    2,080                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     67,746    9.2    2,212      65,438    9.6    2,243                          
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................     72,945   10.3    2,277      72,344    9.7    2,375                          
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................     69,663    9.2    2,426      69,663    9.2    2,426                          
        Management related............................................     58,806    8.8    2,099                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
    Sales.............................................................     44,862   31.2    2,193      44,862   31.2    2,193                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     25,355    3.4    2,013      26,980    2.0    2,070      20,809    9.5    1,854 
          Order clerks................................................     25,579    3.1    2,059      25,579    3.1    2,059                          
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................     22,638    7.3    2,080                                                   
          Production coordinators.....................................     28,592    3.4    2,080      28,592    3.4    2,080                          
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......................     26,157    5.0    2,023      26,157    5.0    2,023                          
          General office clerks.......................................     26,031    4.1    2,072                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
  Blue collar.........................................................     28,845    3.0    2,063      29,090    3.0    2,062                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     35,513    1.9    2,082      36,168    1.6    2,082                          
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................     34,347    7.7    2,080      34,347    7.7    2,080                          
          Machinery maintenance.......................................     28,544    4.1    2,080      28,544    4.1    2,080                          
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................     39,695    7.0    2,080      39,695    7.0    2,080                          
          Supervisors, production.....................................     39,122    3.2    2,094      39,122    3.2    2,094                          
          Upholsterers................................................    $40,527    0.0    2,080     $40,527    0.0    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     25,912    1.4    2,022      25,912    1.4    2,022                          
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators     26,952     .1    2,080      26,952     .1    2,080                          
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................     22,227     .0    2,080      22,227     .0    2,080                          
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....     26,807     .7    2,080      26,807     .7    2,080                          
          Textile sewing machine operators............................     26,435    5.0    2,080      26,435    5.0    2,080                          
          Painting and paint spraying machine operators...............     24,942    3.0    2,080      24,942    3.0    2,080                          
          Slicing and cutting machine operators.......................     28,755    6.1    2,080      28,755    6.1    2,080                          
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................     26,316    4.2    1,888      26,316    4.2    1,888                          
          Assemblers..................................................     25,665    8.8    2,035      25,665    8.8    2,035                          
          Hand cutting and trimming...................................     30,914    1.8    2,080      30,914    1.8    2,080                          
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c...........................     29,728    8.8    2,073      29,728    8.8    2,073                          
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............     24,111    9.7    2,031      24,111    9.7    2,031                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Transportation and material moving................................     34,463   13.8    2,135      34,990   14.2    2,137                          
          Truck drivers...............................................     41,668    5.5    2,170      43,073    4.0    2,176                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     24,075    5.2    2,097      24,746    4.8    2,099                          
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................     25,254    4.3    2,080      25,254    4.3    2,080                          
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................     21,159    1.8    2,075      21,159    1.8    2,075                          
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................     22,567    3.1    2,078      22,567    3.1    2,078                          
          Hand packers and packagers..................................     19,040    5.1    2,034      19,040    5.1    2,034                          
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................     21,982    6.3    2,080      23,838    2.8    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Service.............................................................     25,108   12.4    2,058      19,427    4.9    2,020     $31,371   17.8    2,101 
        Protective service............................................                                                                           
        Food service..................................................     20,023    3.2    2,080      19,688    3.0    2,080                          
         Other food service...........................................     20,023    3.2    2,080      19,688    3.0    2,080                          
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     22,443    5.0    2,080                                                   
        Health service................................................     21,323    1.4    2,038      21,151    3.5    1,993                          
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................     21,290    1.5    2,037      21,151    3.5    1,993                          
        Cleaning and building service.................................     37,506   31.0    2,080      24,983   14.3    2,080                          
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     20,276    3.7    2,080      21,440    6.3    2,080                          
        Personal service..............................................                                                                           

  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. 
 
Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              Total          Private industry    State and local  
                                                                                                                    government    
                                                                                                                                  
                         Occupation and level                                                                                     
                                                                                  Relative            Relative            Relative
                                                                          Mean    error(5)    Mean    error(5)    Mean    error(5)
                                                                                 (percent)           (percent)           (percent)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
All...................................................................   $15.09      2.9     $14.49      2.6     $18.03      6.4  
    All excluding sales...............................................    15.04      2.9      14.42      2.6      18.03      6.4  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    19.87      4.5      18.98      5.8      21.49      6.6  
              2.......................................................     9.67      5.1      11.00      1.8                    
              3.......................................................    11.49      4.4      11.49      4.4                    
              4.......................................................    12.97      2.3      12.91      2.6                    
              5.......................................................    16.95      8.4      18.73      7.0                    
              6.......................................................    17.72      3.9      17.95      4.1                    
              7.......................................................    21.90      3.5      20.45      8.1      22.22      3.1  
              8.......................................................    23.43      2.5      22.33      2.7      24.40      3.3  
              9.......................................................    34.00      8.8      34.00      8.8                    
            10........................................................    30.84      4.7      30.84      4.7                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    20.31     14.4      19.11     19.9                    
      White collar excluding sales....................................    20.18      3.8      19.33      4.5      21.49      6.6  
              2.......................................................     9.67      5.1      11.00      1.8                    
              3.......................................................    11.49      4.6      11.49      4.6                    
              4.......................................................    13.04      2.3      12.99      2.7                    
              5.......................................................    15.18      7.4      16.85      8.3                    
              6.......................................................    17.85      3.9      18.12      4.0                    
              7.......................................................    21.90      3.5      20.45      8.1      22.22      3.1  
              8.......................................................    23.43      2.5      22.33      2.7      24.40      3.3  
              9.......................................................    28.89       .8      28.89       .8                    
            10........................................................    30.84      4.7      30.84      4.7                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    22.30     15.8      21.69     23.0                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    23.94      5.3      24.25     10.8      23.72      4.3  
      Professional specialty..........................................    25.42      6.4      27.86     11.8      24.26      6.1  
              7.......................................................    22.14      3.4                        22.44      2.8  
              8.......................................................    24.69      2.5      24.56      4.4                    
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................                                                      
        Health related................................................    31.23     12.4      30.17     12.4                    
              8.......................................................    24.65      6.0      23.26      2.5                    
          Registered nurses...........................................    28.52     13.8      30.48     14.1                    
              8.......................................................    22.75      1.3      22.75      1.3                    
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                      
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                      
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                      
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                      
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                      
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                              
           n.e.c......................................................                                                      
      Technical.......................................................    19.13      3.8      19.19      4.7                    
              5.......................................................    18.47      8.7      18.47      8.7                    
              6.......................................................    18.28      7.2                                      
          Licensed practical nurses...................................    18.53      8.0      18.53      8.0                    
          Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.................   $16.05      9.0                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    30.63      8.3     $29.17      7.5                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    25.34     17.5                                      
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    32.04     10.1      30.46      7.5                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    25.34     17.5                                      
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    28.71      8.8      28.71      8.8                    
        Management related............................................    28.01      8.6                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Sales.............................................................    16.82     27.3      16.82     27.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    12.63      3.1      13.07      2.1     $11.22      7.9  
              2.......................................................     9.53      4.9                                      
              3.......................................................    11.43      4.6      11.43      4.6                    
              4.......................................................    13.11      2.3      13.06      2.6                    
              5.......................................................    13.73      1.7                                      
              6.......................................................    17.46      3.8      17.46      3.8                    
          Order clerks................................................    12.42      3.1      12.42      3.1                    
              4.......................................................    12.22      6.5      12.22      6.5                    
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    10.88      7.3                                      
          Production coordinators.....................................    13.75      3.4      13.75      3.4                    
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......................    12.93      6.3      12.93      6.3                    
          General office clerks.......................................    12.56      4.3                                      
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.85      3.2      13.96      3.2                    
              1.......................................................     9.42      2.8       9.51      2.9                    
              2.......................................................    11.12      3.0      11.13      3.1                    
              3.......................................................    13.92      9.0      13.94      9.1                    
              4.......................................................    15.48      3.2      15.57      3.2                    
              5.......................................................    16.42      3.9      16.56      4.1                    
              6.......................................................    18.69      5.4      18.88      5.6                    
              7.......................................................    19.32      2.2      19.32      2.2                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    21.23     12.7      21.23     12.7                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.06      1.9      17.37      1.6                    
              3.......................................................    12.47      3.2      12.47      3.6                    
              4.......................................................    15.37      5.5      15.81      5.2                    
              5.......................................................    16.15      6.0      16.42      6.6                    
              6.......................................................    18.75      5.2      18.98      5.5                    
              7.......................................................    19.17      2.1      19.17      2.1                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    17.40      4.3      17.40      4.3                    
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    16.51      7.7      16.51      7.7                    
          Machinery maintenance.......................................    13.72      4.1      13.72      4.1                    
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    19.08      7.0      19.08      7.0                    
          Supervisors, production.....................................    18.68      3.3      18.68      3.3                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    17.40      4.3      17.40      4.3                    
          Upholsterers................................................   $19.48      0.0     $19.48      0.0                    
              4.......................................................    18.32      4.6      18.32      4.6                    
              5.......................................................    20.33      3.8      20.33      3.8                    
              6.......................................................    20.31      8.4      20.31      8.4                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    12.81      1.4      12.81      1.4                    
              1.......................................................     9.59      2.4       9.59      2.4                    
              2.......................................................    11.32      4.5      11.32      4.5                    
              3.......................................................    12.49      1.4      12.49      1.4                    
              4.......................................................    15.30      3.1      15.30      3.1                    
              5.......................................................    15.60      3.1      15.60      3.1                    
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators    12.96       .1      12.96       .1                    
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.69       .0      10.69       .0                    
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    12.89       .7      12.89       .7                    
          Textile sewing machine operators............................    12.65      4.4      12.65      4.4                    
              2.......................................................     9.37     14.7       9.37     14.7                    
              3.......................................................    13.14      1.4      13.14      1.4                    
              4.......................................................    16.20      3.2      16.20      3.2                    
          Painting and paint spraying machine operators...............    11.99      3.0      11.99      3.0                    
              2.......................................................    11.12      2.5      11.12      2.5                    
          Slicing and cutting machine operators.......................    13.82      6.1      13.82      6.1                    
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.94      4.2      13.94      4.2                    
              2.......................................................    12.24      5.9      12.24      5.9                    
              3.......................................................    12.44       .1      12.44       .1                    
              4.......................................................    15.64      8.7      15.64      8.7                    
              5.......................................................    15.50      1.4      15.50      1.4                    
          Assemblers..................................................    12.61      7.1      12.61      7.1                    
              1.......................................................     9.88      1.6       9.88      1.6                    
              2.......................................................    13.75     11.5      13.75     11.5                    
              3.......................................................    12.50      1.8      12.50      1.8                    
          Hand cutting and trimming...................................    14.86      1.8      14.86      1.8                    
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c...........................    14.34      9.1      14.34      9.1                    
              1.......................................................    10.02      3.7      10.02      3.7                    
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    11.87      4.8      11.87      4.8                    
              2.......................................................     9.77      5.2       9.77      5.2                    
              3.......................................................    10.75      3.5      10.75      3.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.00     15.3      16.22     15.8                    
              2.......................................................    10.51      5.4                                      
              4.......................................................    16.27      9.7      16.27      9.7                    
          Truck drivers...............................................    18.95      9.3      19.51      8.7                    
              4.......................................................    17.83      4.3      17.83      4.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.13      5.1      11.37      4.9                    
              1.......................................................     9.40      3.5       9.52      3.9                    
              2.......................................................    11.14      2.0      11.14      2.0                    
              3.......................................................   $12.46      1.5     $12.46      1.5                    
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    10.46     13.6      10.46     13.6                    
              2.......................................................    10.88     11.1      10.88     11.1                    
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................    10.20      1.6      10.20      1.6                    
              2.......................................................    10.30      3.3      10.30      3.3                    
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    10.42      4.0      10.42      4.0                    
              1.......................................................     9.91      4.2       9.91      4.2                    
              2.......................................................    11.37      5.7      11.37      5.7                    
          Hand packers and packagers..................................     9.36      4.5       9.36      4.5                    
              1.......................................................     8.86      3.1       8.86      3.1                    
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................    10.57      6.3      11.46      2.8                    
              1.......................................................     9.49      5.0      10.29      1.9                    
              2.......................................................    12.61      3.3      12.61      3.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................    11.13     11.8       8.72      5.6     $14.88     17.8  
              1.......................................................     7.37      4.1       6.96      5.0                    
              2.......................................................     8.25     12.2       8.12     14.4                    
              3.......................................................     9.82      1.7       9.85      1.8                    
              4.......................................................    10.32      3.0       9.97      8.4                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    24.38     27.0                                      
        Protective service............................................    12.02     14.2                                      
        Food service..................................................     8.31      7.6       8.11      8.2                    
              1.......................................................     6.39      9.8       6.26     10.2                    
         Other food service...........................................     9.29      4.8       9.15      5.5                    
              1.......................................................     7.46      7.4       7.35      7.4                    
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     9.13     11.8       8.71     15.2                    
              1.......................................................     7.44      8.7                                      
        Health service................................................    10.50      2.5      10.68      4.7                    
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................    10.49      2.6      10.68      4.7                    
        Cleaning and building service.................................    18.03     31.0      12.01     14.3                    
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     9.75      3.7      10.31      6.3                    
        Personal service..............................................                                                      

  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 four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment.  The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related
jobs.  Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level
of the occupation.  See appendix A for more information.
  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. 
 
Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              Total          Private industry    State and local  
                                                                                                                    government    
                                                                                                                                  
                         Occupation and level                                                                                     
                                                                                  Relative            Relative            Relative
                                                                          Mean    error(5)    Mean    error(5)    Mean    error(5)
                                                                                 (percent)           (percent)           (percent)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
All...................................................................   $15.45      2.8     $14.90      2.6     $17.97      6.5  
    All excluding sales...............................................    15.35      2.8      14.77      2.6      17.97      6.5  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    20.17      4.3      19.47      5.6      21.37      6.6  
              2.......................................................     9.67      5.2                                      
              3.......................................................    11.37      4.4      11.37      4.4                    
              4.......................................................    12.96      2.3      12.89      2.6                    
              5.......................................................    17.04      8.5      18.93      6.8                    
              6.......................................................    17.74      3.9      17.97      4.1                    
              7.......................................................    21.88      3.6      20.45      8.1      22.20      3.2  
              8.......................................................    23.01      2.8      22.07      3.2      23.84      2.8  
              9.......................................................    34.31      8.5      34.31      8.5                    
            10........................................................    30.84      4.7      30.84      4.7                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    20.91     16.2      19.86     22.8                    
      White collar excluding sales....................................    20.15      3.9      19.35      4.7      21.37      6.6  
              2.......................................................     9.67      5.2                                      
              3.......................................................    11.36      4.6      11.36      4.6                    
              4.......................................................    13.03      2.4      12.96      2.7                    
              5.......................................................    15.24      7.6      17.09      8.5                    
              6.......................................................    17.87      3.9      18.15      3.9                    
              7.......................................................    21.88      3.6      20.45      8.1      22.20      3.2  
              8.......................................................    23.01      2.8      22.07      3.2      23.84      2.8  
              9.......................................................    29.12      1.5      29.12      1.5                    
            10........................................................    30.84      4.7      30.84      4.7                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    22.30     15.8      21.69     23.0                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    23.91      5.6      24.39     11.5      23.57      4.3  
      Professional specialty..........................................    25.36      6.7      28.07     12.7      24.10      6.1  
              7.......................................................    22.12      3.5                        22.43      2.9  
              8.......................................................    24.18      2.4      24.27      4.6                    
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................                                                      
        Health related................................................    31.27     13.9      30.36     13.9                    
          Registered nurses...........................................    28.77     14.5      30.78     14.8                    
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                      
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                      
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                      
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                      
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                      
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                              
           n.e.c......................................................                                                      
      Technical.......................................................    19.22      4.0      19.32      5.0                    
          Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c.................    16.21     10.0                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    30.63      8.3      29.17      7.5                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    25.34     17.5                                      
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    32.04     10.1      30.46      7.5                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................   $25.34     17.5                                      
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    28.71      8.8     $28.71      8.8                    
        Management related............................................    28.01      8.6                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Sales.............................................................    20.46     29.0      20.46     29.0                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    12.59      3.0      13.03      2.1     $11.22      7.9  
              2.......................................................     9.54      5.0                                      
              3.......................................................    11.29      4.6      11.29      4.6                    
              4.......................................................    13.09      2.3      13.03      2.6                    
              5.......................................................    13.73      1.7                                      
              6.......................................................    17.46      3.8      17.46      3.8                    
          Order clerks................................................    12.42      3.1      12.42      3.1                    
              4.......................................................    12.22      6.5      12.22      6.5                    
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    10.88      7.3                                      
          Production coordinators.....................................    13.75      3.4      13.75      3.4                    
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks......................    12.93      6.3      12.93      6.3                    
          General office clerks.......................................    12.56      4.3                                      
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.98      3.2      14.11      3.2                    
              1.......................................................     9.65      2.4       9.78      2.2                    
              2.......................................................    11.13      3.0      11.14      3.1                    
              3.......................................................    13.92      9.0      13.94      9.1                    
              4.......................................................    15.48      3.2      15.57      3.2                    
              5.......................................................    16.42      3.9      16.56      4.1                    
              6.......................................................    18.69      5.4      18.88      5.6                    
              7.......................................................    19.32      2.2      19.32      2.2                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    21.23     12.7      21.23     12.7                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.06      1.9      17.37      1.6                    
              3.......................................................    12.47      3.2      12.47      3.6                    
              4.......................................................    15.37      5.5      15.81      5.2                    
              5.......................................................    16.15      6.0      16.42      6.6                    
              6.......................................................    18.75      5.2      18.98      5.5                    
              7.......................................................    19.17      2.1      19.17      2.1                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    17.40      4.3      17.40      4.3                    
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    16.51      7.7      16.51      7.7                    
          Machinery maintenance.......................................    13.72      4.1      13.72      4.1                    
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    19.08      7.0      19.08      7.0                    
          Supervisors, production.....................................    18.68      3.3      18.68      3.3                    
            Not able to be leveled....................................    17.40      4.3      17.40      4.3                    
          Upholsterers................................................    19.48       .0      19.48       .0                    
              4.......................................................    18.32      4.6      18.32      4.6                    
              5.......................................................    20.33      3.8      20.33      3.8                    
              6.......................................................    20.31      8.4      20.31      8.4                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................   $12.81      1.5     $12.81      1.5                    
              1.......................................................     9.59      2.4       9.59      2.4                    
              2.......................................................    11.34      4.5      11.34      4.5                    
              3.......................................................    12.49      1.4      12.49      1.4                    
              4.......................................................    15.30      3.1      15.30      3.1                    
              5.......................................................    15.60      3.1      15.60      3.1                    
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators    12.96       .1      12.96       .1                    
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.69       .0      10.69       .0                    
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    12.89       .7      12.89       .7                    
          Textile sewing machine operators............................    12.71      5.0      12.71      5.0                    
              3.......................................................    13.14      1.4      13.14      1.4                    
              4.......................................................    16.20      3.2      16.20      3.2                    
          Painting and paint spraying machine operators...............    11.99      3.0      11.99      3.0                    
              2.......................................................    11.12      2.5      11.12      2.5                    
          Slicing and cutting machine operators.......................    13.82      6.1      13.82      6.1                    
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.94      4.2      13.94      4.2                    
              2.......................................................    12.24      5.9      12.24      5.9                    
              3.......................................................    12.44       .1      12.44       .1                    
              4.......................................................    15.64      8.7      15.64      8.7                    
              5.......................................................    15.50      1.4      15.50      1.4                    
          Assemblers..................................................    12.61      7.1      12.61      7.1                    
              1.......................................................     9.88      1.6       9.88      1.6                    
              2.......................................................    13.75     11.5      13.75     11.5                    
              3.......................................................    12.50      1.8      12.50      1.8                    
          Hand cutting and trimming...................................    14.86      1.8      14.86      1.8                    
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c...........................    14.34      9.1      14.34      9.1                    
              1.......................................................    10.02      3.7      10.02      3.7                    
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    11.87      4.8      11.87      4.8                    
              2.......................................................     9.77      5.2       9.77      5.2                    
              3.......................................................    10.75      3.5      10.75      3.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.14     15.6      16.37     16.1                    
              4.......................................................    16.27      9.7      16.27      9.7                    
          Truck drivers...............................................    19.20      9.1      19.79      8.5                    
              4.......................................................    17.83      4.3      17.83      4.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.48      4.8      11.79      4.3                    
              1.......................................................     9.68      3.2       9.91      3.1                    
              2.......................................................    11.20      1.5      11.20      1.5                    
              3.......................................................    12.46      1.5      12.46      1.5                    
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    12.14      4.3      12.14      4.3                    
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................    10.20      1.6      10.20      1.6                    
              2.......................................................    10.30      3.3      10.30      3.3                    
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    10.86      3.6      10.86      3.6                    
              1.......................................................    10.51      5.1      10.51      5.1                    
          Hand packers and packagers..................................    $9.36      4.5      $9.36      4.5                    
              1.......................................................     8.86      3.1       8.86      3.1                    
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................    10.57      6.3      11.46      2.8                    
              1.......................................................     9.49      5.0      10.29      1.9                    
              2.......................................................    12.61      3.3      12.61      3.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................    12.20     12.2       9.62      3.9     $14.93     17.9  
              1.......................................................     8.18      4.5       7.78      4.6                    
              2.......................................................     9.71      6.8       9.89      8.2                    
              3.......................................................     9.42      2.5       9.42      2.7                    
              4.......................................................    10.53      2.2                                      
        Protective service............................................                                                      
        Food service..................................................     9.63      3.2       9.47      3.0                    
         Other food service...........................................     9.63      3.2       9.47      3.0                    
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................    10.79      5.0                                      
        Health service................................................    10.46      2.5      10.61      5.0                    
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................    10.45      2.6      10.61      5.0                    
        Cleaning and building service.................................    18.03     31.0      12.01     14.3                    
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     9.75      3.7      10.31      6.3                    
        Personal service..............................................                                                      

  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 four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment.  The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related
jobs.  Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level
of the occupation.  See appendix A for more information.
  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. 
 
Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              Total          Private industry    State and local  
                                                                                                                    government    
                                                                                                                                  
                         Occupation and level                                                                                     
                                                                                  Relative            Relative            Relative
                                                                          Mean    error(5)    Mean    error(5)    Mean    error(5)
                                                                                 (percent)           (percent)           (percent)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
All...................................................................    $8.44      9.6      $7.99      9.2                    
    All excluding sales...............................................     8.71      9.8       8.19      9.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    12.28     28.5      10.15     24.4                    
      White collar excluding sales....................................    22.06     15.5      18.19      9.1                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    25.25     18.4      20.27     14.7                    
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.15     20.3                                      
        Health related................................................    30.79     19.6                                      
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                              
           n.e.c......................................................                                                      
      Technical.......................................................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Sales.............................................................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Administrative support, including clerical........................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................     8.64     10.8       8.64     10.8                    
              1.......................................................     7.92      9.3       7.92      9.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Transportation and material moving................................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     8.37     12.1       8.37     12.1                    
              1.......................................................     8.02     10.6       8.02     10.6                    
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................     9.46      7.7       9.46      7.7                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................     6.88     16.9       6.83     17.2                    
              1.......................................................     6.18     10.0       6.04     10.5                    
        Protective service............................................                                                      
        Food service..................................................     6.59     23.0       6.52     23.6                    
              1.......................................................     6.06     12.3                                      
         Other food service...........................................     8.61     13.1       8.56     13.8                    
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     7.35      9.0                                      
        Health service................................................                                                      
        Personal service..............................................                                                      

  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 four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment.  The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related
jobs.  Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level
of the occupation.  See appendix A for more information.
  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. 
 
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey,
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                             Private industry and State and local government      
                                                                                                                                  
                          Occupational group                                                                                      
                                                                       Full-time Part-time           Nonunion-             Incen- 
                                                                       workers(- workers(-  Union(4)    (4)     Time(5)   tive(5) 
                                                                           3)        3)                                           
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       
                                                                                                  Mean
                                                                       
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
All occupations.......................................................   $15.45     $8.44             $14.93    $14.72    $17.47 
      All excluding sales.............................................    15.35      8.71              14.88     14.80     16.67 
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    20.17     12.28              19.87     19.57          
      White-collar excluding sales....................................    20.15     22.06              20.18     20.18          
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    23.91     25.25              23.94     23.94          
      Professional specialty..........................................    25.36     28.15              25.42     25.42          
      Technical.......................................................    19.22                       19.13     19.13          
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    30.63                       30.63     30.63          
    Sales.............................................................    20.46                       16.82      9.89          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    12.59                       12.63     12.63          
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.98      8.64              13.54     13.11     16.67 
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.06                       17.04     16.26     19.72 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    12.81                       12.77     12.07     15.06 
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.14                       14.16     15.04          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.48      8.37              11.12     11.13          
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................    12.20      6.88              11.13     11.13          
B
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Full-time Part-time           Nonunion-             Incen- 
                          Occupational group                           workers(- workers(-  Union(4)    (4)     Time(5)   tive(5) 
                                                                           3)        3)                                           
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       
                                                                                       Relative error(6) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
All occupations.......................................................     2.8       9.6                2.5       3.6       1.4  
      All excluding sales.............................................     2.8       9.8                2.6       3.5       2.8  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................     4.3      28.5                4.5       4.1           
      White-collar excluding sales....................................     3.9      15.5                3.8       3.8           
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................     5.6      18.4                5.3       5.3           
      Professional specialty..........................................     6.7      20.3                6.4       6.4           
      Technical.......................................................     4.0                         3.8       3.8           
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     8.3                         8.3       8.3           
    Sales.............................................................    29.0                        27.3      15.1           
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     3.0                         3.1       3.1           
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................     3.2      10.8                1.8       4.5       2.8  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     1.9                         2.0       2.2        .8  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     1.5                         1.7       1.5       4.4  
    Transportation and material moving................................    15.6                         5.0      24.0           
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     4.8      12.1                5.1       5.3           
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................    12.2      16.9               11.8      11.8           

  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. 
 
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey,
Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                Full-time and part-time workers                         
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Goods-producing indust-         Service-producing industries(4)      
                                                                                           ries(3)                                                      
                          Occupational group                            All pri-                                                                        
                                                                          vate                                                                          
                                                                         indus-                                       Trans-  Wholesale  Finance,       
                                                                         tries                  Con-   Manu-        portation    and      insur-   Serv-
                                                                                  Total Mining struc-  fac-   Total  and pub-   retail  ance, and  ices 
                                                                                                tion  turing           lic      trade      real         
                                                                                                                    utilities             estate        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                       
                                                                                                             Mean
                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
All occupations.......................................................   $14.49  $14.31             $14.28 $14.79   $17.48    $10.95      -     $14.87
      All excluding sales.............................................    14.42   14.15              14.11  14.91    17.72     10.40      -      14.87
                                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    18.98   18.96              18.95  18.99    17.41     13.20      -      21.15
      White-collar excluding sales....................................    19.33   18.07              18.04  20.65    19.94               -      21.15
                                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    24.25   23.83              23.83  24.32                       -      23.86
      Professional specialty..........................................    27.86                           27.76                       -      27.33
      Technical.......................................................    19.19                           19.35                       -      18.76
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    29.17   27.89              27.89                             -          
    Sales.............................................................    16.82                           12.92             13.09      -          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    13.07   12.78              12.53  13.54                       -      12.10
                                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.96   13.54              13.50  15.29    17.49     12.79      -      11.01
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.37   17.38              17.44  17.32    18.04               -          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    12.81   12.87              12.87  10.73                       -          
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.22   13.09              12.83  16.82    18.02     14.23      -          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.37   11.12              11.10  11.84    15.38      9.42      -          
                                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     8.72   10.91              10.91   8.48              7.29      -       9.13
B
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Goods-producing indust-         Service-producing industries(4)      
                                                                                           ries(3)                                                      
                                                                        All pri-                                                                        
                                                                          vate                                                                          
                          Occupational group                             indus-                                       Trans-  Wholesale  Finance,       
                                                                         tries                  Con-   Manu-        portation    and      insur-   Serv-
                                                                                  Total Mining struc-  fac-   Total  and pub-   retail  ance, and  ices 
                                                                                                tion  turing           lic      trade      real         
                                                                                                                    utilities             estate        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                       
                                                                                                  Relative error(5) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
All occupations.......................................................     2.6     0.9                1.0    7.1     17.4      10.3       -       7.9 
      All excluding sales.............................................     2.6      .2                 .1    7.5     17.9       4.8       -       7.9 
                                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................     5.8     8.5                8.7    8.0     18.1      25.0       -       8.4 
      White-collar excluding sales....................................     4.5     4.2                4.3    7.6     18.2                -       8.4 
                                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    10.8     8.8                8.8   12.7                        -      13.7 
      Professional specialty..........................................    11.8                            13.9                        -      15.0 
      Technical.......................................................     4.7                             5.5                        -       5.2 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     7.5     8.1                8.1                              -          
    Sales.............................................................    27.3                            22.8              29.0       -          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     2.1     2.0                 .6    4.6                        -       7.5 
                                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................     3.2      .9                 .9   12.7     19.2      11.0       -       7.3 
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     1.6      .6                 .6    6.8     13.9                -          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     1.4     1.5                1.5   15.6                        -          
    Transportation and material moving................................    15.8     4.3                4.7   18.5     23.1       7.3       -          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     4.9     4.2                4.4   12.7     16.1      16.2       -          
                                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     5.6    15.2               15.2    5.9               7.4       -       6.5 

  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. 
 
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National
Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                Full-time and part-time workers         
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                100 workers or more     
                          Occupational group                              All     50 - 99                               
                                                                        private  workers(-                              
                                                                        industry     3)              100 - 499    500   
                                                                        workers              Total    workers   workers 
                                                                                                                or more 
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                       
                                                                                             Mean
                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
All occupations.......................................................   $14.49    $11.56    $15.07    $14.93    $15.50 
      All excluding sales.............................................    14.42     11.72     14.93     14.72     15.58 
                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    18.98     14.01     20.13     19.58     21.40 
      White-collar excluding sales....................................    19.33     15.80     20.00     18.92     22.54 
                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    24.25              25.25     24.15     26.33 
      Professional specialty..........................................    27.86              29.27     26.25     32.91 
      Technical.......................................................    19.19              19.39     20.26     18.74 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    29.17              30.15     29.98          
    Sales.............................................................    16.82              21.19     25.06          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    13.07     13.27     13.02     13.05     12.90 
                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    13.96     12.09     14.26     14.37     13.89 
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    17.37     15.65     17.64     18.40     15.67 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    12.81      9.68     13.20     12.92     14.22 
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.22     15.97     16.28     16.43          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.37      9.53     11.72     11.97     11.25 
                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     8.72      7.05      9.56      9.60      9.38 
B
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                Full-time and part-time workers         
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                100 workers or more     
                          Occupational group                              All     50 - 99                               
                                                                        private  workers(-                              
                                                                        industry     3)              100 - 499    500   
                                                                        workers              Total    workers   workers 
                                                                                                                or more 
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                       
                                                                                  Relative error(4) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
All occupations.......................................................     2.6       8.7       2.7       3.5       5.1  
      All excluding sales.............................................     2.6       8.6       2.6       3.2       5.0  
                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................     5.8      12.8       6.4       7.4      13.7  
      White-collar excluding sales....................................     4.5      11.1       5.3       4.7      13.5  
                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    10.8               10.4       5.0      19.3  
      Professional specialty..........................................    11.8               10.0       6.5      16.2  
      Technical.......................................................     4.7                5.3       7.9       6.5  
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     7.5               12.2      13.5           
    Sales.............................................................    27.3               30.3      34.0           
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     2.1       9.0       3.0       3.6       4.4  
                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................     3.2       8.5       3.1       4.0       3.6  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     1.6       7.0       2.2       2.4       5.6  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     1.4       2.5       1.4       1.5       6.4  
    Transportation and material moving................................    15.8      13.4      17.3      19.9           
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     4.9      15.7       5.2       7.4       4.2  
                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     5.6      13.2       5.7       6.4       9.3  

  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 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. 
 
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                        10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $8.59     $10.25     $12.99     $17.29     $25.10  
    All excluding sales...........................     8.75      10.25      13.00      17.29      25.00  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................     9.96      12.25      17.13      24.64      31.23  
      White collar excluding sales................    10.22      12.69      17.43      25.00      31.23  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    14.91      18.46      22.43      27.32      34.01  
      Professional specialty......................    16.17      19.82      23.94      27.67      37.02  
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors......                                                  
        Health related............................    18.87      21.48      25.28      38.27      50.05  
          Registered nurses.......................    18.99      21.30      24.76      37.02      43.81  
        Teachers, college and university..........                                                  
        Teachers, except college and university...                                                  
        Librarians, archivists, and curators......                                                  
        Social scientists and urban planners......                                                  
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.                                                  
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............                                                  
      Technical...................................    12.06      14.76      18.89      22.28      27.32  
          Licensed practical nurses...............    12.74      17.00      18.66      21.19      22.05  
          Health technologists and technicians,                                                          
             n.e.c................................    11.19      12.62      14.48      18.88      24.67  
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    16.68      19.94      29.80      37.58      48.08  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    15.24      19.94      31.14      48.08      54.27  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c......    12.63      15.24      19.94      31.14      54.27  
        Management related........................    16.93      27.90      29.80      31.00      32.30  
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     6.00       7.75      11.54      19.08      26.08  
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     9.00      10.35      12.25      14.41      16.00  
          Order clerks............................    10.88      11.20      12.00      13.37      14.34  
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing                                                           
             clerks...............................     9.00       9.00       9.80      11.99      14.90  
          Production coordinators.................    11.63      11.81      12.40      16.69      17.85  
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks..     9.85      10.35      12.95      15.10      15.80  
          General office clerks...................    10.00      10.84      12.69      14.12      14.55  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     9.00      10.46      12.57      16.05      20.74  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......    11.50      13.63      16.04      20.00      23.86  
          Industrial machinery repairers..........    13.63      13.63      15.50      20.58      21.10  
          Machinery maintenance...................    10.68      12.70      13.59      15.68      16.34  
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..........    10.75      15.52      19.63      24.50      25.99  
          Supervisors, production.................    15.00      15.67      19.25      20.74      23.57  
          Upholsterers............................    12.89      15.45      19.00      22.49      26.52  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     9.20      10.49      12.15      14.77      17.29  
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and                                                               
             polishing machine operators..........     7.50      10.82      12.97      15.68      16.68  
          Winding and twisting machine operators..     8.00       8.50      11.12      11.92      13.07  
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving                                                         
             machine operators....................   $11.26     $11.40     $12.34     $14.16     $15.86  
          Textile sewing machine operators........     7.80      10.24      12.15      14.44      18.04  
          Painting and paint spraying machine                                                            
             operators............................    10.59      11.17      11.58      13.36      13.85  
          Slicing and cutting machine operators...    10.97      12.31      12.45      16.00      17.84  
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c..    10.09      11.65      13.35      15.75      17.85  
          Assemblers..............................     9.61      10.25      10.89      13.44      16.20  
          Hand cutting and trimming...............    10.97      11.47      14.43      18.00      19.05  
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c.......     8.84      10.13      12.95      17.50      21.98  
          Production inspectors, checkers and                                                            
             examiners............................     8.35      10.10      11.39      14.93      15.39  
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     9.20      10.50      14.49      20.02      25.35  
          Truck drivers...........................     9.87      13.48      17.74      25.35      25.35  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     8.00       8.95      10.16      12.30      14.80  
          Stock handlers and baggers..............     5.75       7.75      11.67      12.37      14.00  
          Machine feeders and offbearers..........     9.67       9.90      10.25      10.63      11.01  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     8.00       9.00      10.00      11.55      13.69  
          Hand packers and packagers..............     7.73       8.00       9.00       9.89      11.36  
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c....     8.45       8.50      10.10      11.85      14.80  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     6.50       8.13       9.66      12.02      15.04  
        Protective service........................     6.50       9.50      12.41      13.90      16.48  
        Food service..............................     2.13       7.00       8.75      10.00      12.00  
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders......                                                  
         Other food service.......................     6.75       8.00       9.00      10.40      12.00  
          Food preparation, n.e.c.................     6.50       7.00       8.87      10.56      12.02  
        Health service............................     9.00       9.52      10.07      11.19      12.62  
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.     9.00       9.52      10.07      11.18      12.63  
        Cleaning and building service.............     8.20       8.89      10.05      35.00      35.00  
          Janitors and cleaners...................     8.50       8.79       9.20      10.05      11.19  
        Personal service..........................                                                  

  1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker
earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work.  At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate
shown.  At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown.
 At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown.  The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.  Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees.  They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
  2 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.
 
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations,
private industry, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                      Private industry                   
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                                                                          
                                                       10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $8.50     $10.21     $12.60     $16.61     $22.89  
    All excluding sales...........................     8.50      10.24      12.62      16.60      22.66  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................     9.96      11.68      15.24      22.99      32.88  
      White collar excluding sales................    10.30      12.21      15.80      24.56      32.88  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    12.18      17.00      22.27      28.60      37.98  
      Professional specialty......................    16.75      19.23      26.50      36.78      42.50  
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health related............................    18.81      21.48      25.28      38.27      49.96  
          Registered nurses.......................    19.12      21.56      25.28      38.27      49.96  
        Teachers, college and university..........     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.     -          -          -          -          -     
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................    11.19      14.12      18.22      22.66      28.60  
          Licensed practical nurses...............    12.74      17.00      18.66      21.19      22.05  
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    15.24      19.94      29.80      32.30      40.78  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    15.24      19.94      29.02      40.78      54.27  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c......    12.63      15.24      19.94      31.14      54.27  
        Management related........................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     6.00       7.75      11.54      19.08      26.08  
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     9.92      11.04      12.60      14.62      16.98  
          Order clerks............................    10.88      11.20      12.00      13.37      14.34  
          Production coordinators.................    11.63      11.81      12.40      16.69      17.85  
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks..     9.85      10.35      12.95      15.10      15.80  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     9.00      10.49      12.78      16.15      20.83  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......    11.95      13.79      16.11      20.58      24.33  
          Industrial machinery repairers..........    13.63      13.63      15.50      20.58      21.10  
          Machinery maintenance...................    10.68      12.70      13.59      15.68      16.34  
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..........    10.75      15.52      19.63      24.50      25.99  
          Supervisors, production.................    15.00      15.67      19.25      20.74      23.57  
          Upholsterers............................    12.89      15.45      19.00      22.49      26.52  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     9.20      10.49      12.15      14.77      17.29  
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and                                                               
             polishing machine operators..........     7.50      10.82      12.97      15.68      16.68  
          Winding and twisting machine operators..     8.00       8.50      11.12      11.92      13.07  
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving                                                         
             machine operators....................    11.26      11.40      12.34      14.16      15.86  
          Textile sewing machine operators........     7.80      10.24      12.15      14.44      18.04  
          Painting and paint spraying machine                                                            
             operators............................   $10.59     $11.17     $11.58     $13.36     $13.85  
          Slicing and cutting machine operators...    10.97      12.31      12.45      16.00      17.84  
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c..    10.09      11.65      13.35      15.75      17.85  
          Assemblers..............................     9.61      10.25      10.89      13.44      16.20  
          Hand cutting and trimming...............    10.97      11.47      14.43      18.00      19.05  
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c.......     8.84      10.13      12.95      17.50      21.98  
          Production inspectors, checkers and                                                            
             examiners............................     8.35      10.10      11.39      14.93      15.39  
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     9.20      10.50      15.00      20.76      25.35  
          Truck drivers...........................    12.00      15.00      18.91      25.35      25.35  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     7.75       9.00      10.45      12.37      14.80  
          Stock handlers and baggers..............     5.75       7.75      11.67      12.37      14.00  
          Machine feeders and offbearers..........     9.67       9.90      10.25      10.63      11.01  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     8.00       9.00      10.00      11.55      13.69  
          Hand packers and packagers..............     7.73       8.00       9.00       9.89      11.36  
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c....     8.50      10.10      11.41      12.90      14.80  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     6.00       7.50       8.75      10.06      12.00  
        Protective service........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Food service..............................     2.13       6.85       8.50       9.65      12.00  
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders......     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     6.75       8.00       9.00      10.00      12.00  
          Food preparation, n.e.c.................     6.25       6.75       8.00       9.88      12.08  
        Health service............................     8.60       9.11      10.50      12.05      13.48  
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.     8.60       9.11      10.50      12.05      13.48  
        Cleaning and building service.............     7.73       8.81       9.80      15.10      15.10  
          Janitors and cleaners...................     7.73       8.81       9.78      10.83      15.10  
        Personal service..........................     -          -          -          -          -     

  1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker
earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work.  At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate
shown.  At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown.
 At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown.  The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.  Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees.  They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
  2 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. 
 
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State
and local government, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                       State and local                   
                                                                          government                     
                  Occupation(3)                                                                          
                                                                                                         
                                                       10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $8.95     $10.62     $14.89     $22.80     $29.50  
    All excluding sales...........................     8.95      10.62      14.89      22.80      29.50  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................    10.00      14.67      20.82      25.29      29.97  
      White collar excluding sales................    10.00      14.67      20.82      25.29      29.97  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    16.06      19.40      22.43      26.02      29.50  
      Professional specialty......................    16.17      20.10      22.80      26.42      29.51  
        Health related............................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, college and university..........     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, except college and university...     -          -          -          -          -     
        Librarians, archivists, and curators......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....     -          -          -          -          -     
        Executives, administrators, and managers..     -          -          -          -          -     
        Management related........................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     8.26       9.09      10.98      13.47      14.40  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     9.09       9.81      12.02      14.47      35.00  
        Protective service........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Food service..............................     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health service............................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Cleaning and building service.............     -          -          -          -          -     

  1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker
earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work.  At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate
shown.  At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown.
 At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown.  The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.  Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees.  They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
  2 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. 
 
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations,
all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                        10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $9.00     $10.50     $13.34     $17.54     $25.28  
    All excluding sales...........................     9.00      10.49      13.27      17.48      25.23  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................    10.22      12.55      17.31      24.85      31.23  
      White collar excluding sales................    10.21      12.67      17.51      25.00      31.23  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    15.00      18.54      22.43      27.32      32.88  
      Professional specialty......................    16.43      19.82      23.93      27.67      37.02  
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health related............................    18.87      21.37      25.28      38.27      52.70  
          Registered nurses.......................    18.90      21.30      24.92      37.02      43.81  
        Teachers, college and university..........     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, except college and university...     -          -          -          -          -     
        Librarians, archivists, and curators......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.     -          -          -          -          -     
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................    12.06      14.76      18.89      22.43      27.32  
          Health technologists and technicians,                                                          
             n.e.c................................    11.19      12.85      14.48      18.88      24.67  
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    16.68      19.94      29.80      37.58      48.08  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    15.24      19.94      31.14      48.08      54.27  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c......    12.63      15.24      19.94      31.14      54.27  
        Management related........................    16.93      27.90      29.80      31.00      32.30  
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................    10.97      11.50      15.69      22.75      41.40  
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     9.00      10.35      12.25      14.30      16.00  
          Order clerks............................    10.88      11.20      12.00      13.37      14.34  
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing                                                           
             clerks...............................     9.00       9.00       9.80      11.99      14.90  
          Production coordinators.................    11.63      11.81      12.40      16.69      17.85  
          Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks..     9.85      10.35      12.95      15.10      15.80  
          General office clerks...................    10.00      10.84      12.69      14.12      14.55  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     9.00      10.49      12.78      16.15      20.81  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......    11.50      13.63      16.04      20.00      23.86  
          Industrial machinery repairers..........    13.63      13.63      15.50      20.58      21.10  
          Machinery maintenance...................    10.68      12.70      13.59      15.68      16.34  
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..........    10.75      15.52      19.63      24.50      25.99  
          Supervisors, production.................    15.00      15.67      19.25      20.74      23.57  
          Upholsterers............................    12.89      15.45      19.00      22.49      26.52  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     9.20      10.49      12.18      14.77      17.29  
          Grinding, abrading, buffing, and                                                               
             polishing machine operators..........     7.50      10.82      12.97      15.68      16.68  
          Winding and twisting machine operators..     8.00       8.50      11.12      11.92      13.07  
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving                                                         
             machine operators....................   $11.26     $11.40     $12.34     $14.16     $15.86  
          Textile sewing machine operators........     7.80      10.49      12.37      14.74      18.16  
          Painting and paint spraying machine                                                            
             operators............................    10.59      11.17      11.58      13.36      13.85  
          Slicing and cutting machine operators...    10.97      12.31      12.45      16.00      17.84  
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c..    10.09      11.65      13.35      15.75      17.85  
          Assemblers..............................     9.61      10.25      10.89      13.44      16.20  
          Hand cutting and trimming...............    10.97      11.47      14.43      18.00      19.05  
          Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c.......     8.84      10.13      12.95      17.50      21.98  
          Production inspectors, checkers and                                                            
             examiners............................     8.35      10.10      11.39      14.93      15.39  
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     9.20      10.50      14.50      20.37      25.35  
          Truck drivers...........................    10.63      13.93      18.18      25.35      25.35  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     8.45       9.00      10.45      12.37      14.80  
          Stock handlers and baggers..............     9.65      11.60      12.35      12.55      14.00  
          Machine feeders and offbearers..........     9.67       9.90      10.25      10.63      11.01  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     8.75       9.24      10.66      11.75      13.69  
          Hand packers and packagers..............     7.73       8.00       9.00       9.89      11.36  
          Laborers, except construction, n.e.c....     8.45       8.50      10.10      11.85      14.80  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     7.82       8.95      10.06      12.71      16.07  
        Protective service........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Food service..............................     8.21       8.50       9.24      10.25      12.02  
         Other food service.......................     8.21       8.50       9.24      10.25      12.02  
          Food preparation, n.e.c.................     8.31       9.22      10.50      12.02      15.00  
        Health service............................     9.00       9.52      10.07      11.15      12.63  
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.     9.00       9.52      10.07      11.05      12.86  
        Cleaning and building service.............     8.20       8.89      10.05      35.00      35.00  
          Janitors and cleaners...................     8.50       8.79       9.20      10.05      11.19  
        Personal service..........................     -          -          -          -          -     

  1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker
earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work.  At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate
shown.  At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown.
 At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown.  The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.  Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees.  They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
  2 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. 
 
Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations,
all industries, National Compensation Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                        10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $2.13      $6.25      $7.50      $9.55     $12.00  
    All excluding sales...........................     2.13       6.35       7.75      10.00      13.05  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................     5.65       6.15       7.47      15.10      25.00  
      White collar excluding sales................    13.32      15.10      16.67      25.28      38.57  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    13.32      15.03      23.00      34.76      45.00  
      Professional specialty......................    14.38      20.45      25.00      34.76      45.00  
        Health related............................    20.45      23.00      25.65      38.57      45.00  
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     5.75       6.70       8.50       9.70      11.35  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     5.65       6.70       8.50       9.55      10.35  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     6.70       8.50       9.00      10.00      11.35  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     2.13       5.75       7.00       8.00      12.00  
        Protective service........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Food service..............................     2.13       2.13       6.75       8.75      12.00  
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders......     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     6.25       6.75       7.50      12.00      12.00  
          Food preparation, n.e.c.................     6.00       6.50       7.00       8.00       9.00  
        Health service............................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Personal service..........................     -          -          -          -          -     

  1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker
earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work.  At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate
shown.  At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown.
 At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown.  The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.  Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees.  They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
  2 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. 
 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation
Survey, Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC, January 2005
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                              Full-time and part-time workers      
                                                                                                                   
                          Occupational group                                                                       
                                                                                          Private       State and  
                                                                            Total        industry        local     
                                                                                                       government  
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
All occupations.......................................................      91,200         75,700         15,500   
      All excluding sales.............................................      88,900         73,400         15,500   
                                                                                                                   
  White collar........................................................      24,400         15,200          9,100   
      White-collar excluding sales....................................      22,100         12,900          9,100   
                                                                                                                   
    Professional specialty and technical..............................      10,600          4,300          6,300   
      Professional specialty..........................................       8,200          2,500          5,700   
      Technical.......................................................       2,300          1,800          -       
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................       2,600          1,900          -       
    Sales.............................................................       2,300          2,300                 
    Administrative support, including clerical........................       9,000          6,700          2,300   
                                                                                                                   
  Blue collar.........................................................      53,100         51,100          -       
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................      10,800          9,900          -       
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................      24,800         24,800                 
    Transportation and material moving................................       7,500          7,200          -       
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............      10,100          9,200          -       
                                                                                                                   
  Service.............................................................      13,700          9,300          4,400   

  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.