NC BL 06/00/2005 Table: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, Bulletin 3125-63, October 2004

Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National
Compensation Survey, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  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.................................................................   $16.36      2.4     37.6    $15.75      3.0     37.8    $19.13      2.3     36.7 
                                                                                                                                                          
Worker characteristics:(4)                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
  White-collar occupations(5).........................................    21.83      5.0     38.1     21.02      7.1     38.6     23.85      2.9     37.0 
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    26.37      3.0     37.6     25.93      5.3     38.6     26.92      1.9     36.4 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    33.62      5.6     41.5     34.67      6.7     42.3     30.52      8.7     39.4 
    Sales.............................................................    14.22     35.2     36.2     14.22     35.2     36.2                          
    Administrative support............................................    13.91      5.0     38.2     14.36      5.8     38.3     12.16      2.8     37.6 
  Blue-collar occupations(5)..........................................    14.12      2.6     38.4     14.20      2.7     38.6     11.96      5.0     35.2 
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.06      2.7     40.1     18.56      2.8     40.2     13.27      2.5     39.7 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and                                                                                                                    
     inspectors.......................................................    13.96      1.5     39.5     13.98      1.5     39.6                          
    Transportation and material moving................................    12.88      7.2     35.8     13.06      7.5     36.4                          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,                                                                                                                
     and laborers.....................................................    10.98      4.6     36.8     11.01      4.6     36.7                          
  Service occupations(5)..............................................     9.70      9.4     33.9      7.86      6.8     32.3     12.53      9.6     36.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
  Full time...........................................................    16.77      2.3     39.5     16.19      2.8     39.9     19.33      2.3     38.0 
  Part time...........................................................     9.19      7.9     20.3      8.90      6.9     20.8     12.05     12.0     16.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
  Union...............................................................                                                                           
  Nonunion............................................................    16.37      2.5     37.6     15.76      3.0     37.8     19.13      2.3     36.7 
                                                                                                                                                          
  Time................................................................    16.28      2.6     37.6     15.62      3.3     37.8     19.13      2.3     36.7 
  Incentive...........................................................    18.56     20.0     38.3     18.56     20.0     38.3                          
                                                                                                                                                          
Establishment characteristics:                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                          
  Goods producing.....................................................     (6)       (6)     (6)      16.65      1.3     40.1      (6)       (6)     (6)  
  Service producing...................................................     (6)       (6)     (6)       -         -        -        (6)       (6)     (6)  
                                                                                                                                                          
  50-99 workers(7)....................................................    14.67      5.1     37.1     14.50      5.3     37.4                          
  100-499 workers.....................................................    15.06      5.5     37.7     15.05      5.7     37.7     15.34     18.5     37.2 
  500 workers or more.................................................    19.08      4.5     37.7     18.49      7.5     38.4     19.90      3.2     36.9 

  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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               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...................................................................   $16.36       2.4      $15.75       3.0      $19.13       2.3   
    All excluding sales...............................................    16.46       2.9       15.84       3.5       19.13       2.3   
                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    21.83       5.0       21.02       7.1       23.85       2.9   
      White collar excluding sales....................................    22.85       3.5       22.37       5.2       23.85       2.9   
                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    26.37       3.0       25.93       5.3       26.92       1.9   
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.80       3.3       29.82       7.0       28.03       1.8   
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................    36.55      13.9       36.55      13.9                       
        Mathematical and computer scientists..........................                                                            
        Natural scientists............................................                                                            
        Health related................................................    25.78       5.3       28.31       7.6       22.70       3.1   
          Registered nurses...........................................    26.44       5.9       28.82       8.9       23.29       1.5   
        Teachers, college and university..............................    32.26       5.4                                           
        Teachers, except college and university.......................    29.92        .7                           30.10        .4   
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                            
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                            
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                            
        Lawyers and judges............................................                                                            
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                    
           n.e.c......................................................                                                            
      Technical.......................................................    20.04       6.4       21.00       6.1                       
          Licensed practical nurses...................................    15.43       3.6       15.68       2.7                       
          Electrical and electronic technicians.......................    21.25       4.9       21.25       4.9                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    33.62       5.6       34.67       6.7       30.52       8.7   
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    34.62       5.9       35.10       7.9       33.50       3.5   
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    35.18       9.3       36.01       9.8                       
        Management related............................................    31.31      15.7       33.87      13.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Sales.............................................................    14.22      35.2       14.22      35.2                       
          Cashiers....................................................     8.77       6.9        8.77       6.9                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    13.91       5.0       14.36       5.8       12.16       2.8   
          Secretaries.................................................    14.47       5.7       14.98       7.1       13.27       4.8   
          Order clerks................................................    17.33       7.5       17.33       7.5                       
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    11.80       5.1       11.80       5.1                       
          General office clerks.......................................    12.22       3.9       13.16       7.6                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.12       2.6       14.20       2.7       11.96       5.0   
                                                                                                                                        
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.06       2.7       18.56       2.8       13.27       2.5   
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    17.74      19.6       17.74      19.6                       
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    17.67       6.6                                           
          Supervisors, production.....................................    20.20       4.1       20.20       4.1                       
          Machinists..................................................    20.42      12.8       20.42      12.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................   $13.96       1.5      $13.98       1.5                       
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.28       9.6       10.28       9.6                       
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    11.18       4.5       11.18       4.5                       
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.76       2.2       13.76       2.2                       
          Welders and cutters.........................................    21.86       4.3       21.86       4.3                       
          Assemblers..................................................    16.38      12.3       16.38      12.3                       
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    12.60       4.9       12.60       4.9                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Transportation and material moving................................    12.88       7.2       13.06       7.5                       
          Truck drivers...............................................    15.18      14.2       15.18      14.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    10.98       4.6       11.01       4.6                       
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    10.24      14.1       10.24      14.1                       
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................     9.08        .0        9.08        .0                       
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    13.69       8.3       13.69       8.3                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     9.70       9.4        7.86       6.8      $12.53       9.6   
        Protective service............................................    12.69      16.3        8.95       7.3       15.14      10.3   
        Food service..................................................     7.34       8.8                                           
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders..........................                                                            
         Other food service...........................................     7.30       3.6                                           
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     7.41       5.6                                           
        Health service................................................     9.73       2.8        8.97       3.1       10.80       3.0   
          Health aides, except nursing................................     9.95       7.5                                           
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................     9.44       3.6        9.04       2.7                       
        Cleaning and building service.................................     7.86       8.0                                           
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     7.75       8.0                                           
        Personal service..............................................    11.51       3.1                                           

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.  The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.  
  2 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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               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...................................................................   $16.77       2.3      $16.19       2.8      $19.33       2.3   
    All excluding sales...............................................    16.83       2.7       16.23       3.4       19.33       2.3   
                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    22.17       4.7       21.40       6.7       24.07       2.6   
      White collar excluding sales....................................    22.95       3.7       22.42       5.5       24.07       2.6   
                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    26.41       3.0       25.90       5.5       27.05       1.7   
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.90       3.4       29.86       7.2       28.19       1.6   
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................    36.55      13.9       36.55      13.9                       
        Mathematical and computer scientists..........................                                                            
        Natural scientists............................................                                                            
        Health related................................................    25.85       5.8       28.69       8.8       22.45       4.2   
          Registered nurses...........................................    26.59       6.6       29.27      10.4                       
        Teachers, college and university..............................    31.99       5.5                                           
        Teachers, except college and university.......................    30.15       1.1                           30.34       1.0   
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                            
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                            
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                            
        Lawyers and judges............................................                                                            
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                    
           n.e.c......................................................                                                            
      Technical.......................................................    20.02       6.5       20.99       6.2                       
          Licensed practical nurses...................................    15.43       3.6       15.68       2.7                       
          Electrical and electronic technicians.......................    21.25       4.9       21.25       4.9                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    33.62       5.6       34.67       6.7       30.52       8.7   
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    34.62       5.9       35.10       7.9       33.50       3.5   
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    35.18       9.3       36.01       9.8                       
        Management related............................................    31.31      15.7       33.87      13.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Sales.............................................................    15.30      36.3       15.30      36.3                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    14.03       5.0       14.46       5.8       12.28       2.6   
          Secretaries.................................................    14.47       5.7       14.98       7.1       13.27       4.8   
          Order clerks................................................    17.33       7.5       17.33       7.5                       
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    11.80       5.1       11.80       5.1                       
          General office clerks.......................................    12.22       3.9       13.16       7.6                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.47       2.1       14.55       2.2       12.24       5.6   
                                                                                                                                        
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.06       2.7       18.56       2.8       13.27       2.5   
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    17.74      19.6       17.74      19.6                       
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    17.67       6.6                                           
          Supervisors, production.....................................    20.20       4.1       20.20       4.1                       
          Machinists..................................................    20.42      12.8       20.42      12.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................   $14.01       1.5      $14.01       1.5                       
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.28       9.6       10.28       9.6                       
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    11.18       4.5       11.18       4.5                       
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.76       2.2       13.76       2.2                       
          Welders and cutters.........................................    21.86       4.3       21.86       4.3                       
          Assemblers..................................................    16.92      13.8       16.92      13.8                       
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    12.60       4.9       12.60       4.9                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Transportation and material moving................................    13.68       6.3       13.90       6.2                       
          Truck drivers...............................................    15.25      15.5       15.25      15.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.46       5.8       11.50       5.9                       
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    10.57      15.0       10.57      15.0                       
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................     9.08        .0        9.08        .0                       
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    13.83       9.7       13.83       9.7                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     9.87      10.1        7.85       7.8      $12.55       9.6   
        Protective service............................................    12.70      17.0                           15.16      10.5   
        Food service..................................................     7.42       9.9                                           
         Other food service...........................................     7.41       5.0                                           
        Health service................................................    10.39       2.0        9.92       4.2       10.91       2.8   
          Health aides, except nursing................................    11.11       1.8                                           
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................     9.59       3.2        9.22       1.9                       
        Cleaning and building service.................................     8.12       6.5                                           
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     8.02       6.6                                           
        Personal service..............................................    11.73       3.4                                           

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.  The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.  
  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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               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...................................................................    $9.19       7.9       $8.90       6.9      $12.05      12.0   
    All excluding sales...............................................     9.27       9.6        8.93       8.5       12.05      12.0   
                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    12.33      18.8       11.86      18.8       14.36      26.4   
      White collar excluding sales....................................    16.91      24.8       18.78      28.8       14.36      26.4   
                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    24.45      14.8       27.57       7.8                       
      Professional specialty..........................................    24.71      15.9                                           
        Health related................................................                                                            
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                            
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                            
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                            
      Technical.......................................................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Sales.............................................................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     8.98       8.1                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................     8.24       1.4        8.16       1.1                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
    Transportation and material moving................................     8.78       2.6        8.70       2.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............                                                            
                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     8.09       6.8        7.91       7.1                       
        Protective service............................................                                                            
        Food service..................................................                                                            
        Health service................................................                                                            
        Cleaning and building 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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  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...................................................................     $662      2.4     39.5      $645      3.0     39.9      $735      2.8     38.0 
    All excluding sales...............................................      664      3.0     39.5       646      3.7     39.8       735      2.8     38.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
  White collar........................................................      878      4.8     39.6       860      6.9     40.2       923      2.7     38.3 
      White collar excluding sales....................................      908      4.1     39.6       900      6.0     40.1       923      2.7     38.3 
                                                                                                                                                          
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    1,032      3.3     39.1     1,043      5.9     40.3     1,020      1.8     37.7 
      Professional specialty..........................................    1,123      3.7     38.9     1,219      7.7     40.8     1,058      1.7     37.5 
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................    1,462     13.9     40.0     1,462     13.9     40.0                          
        Mathematical and computer scientists..........................                                                                           
        Natural scientists............................................                                                                           
        Health related................................................    1,011      7.6     39.1     1,111     12.1     38.7       889      4.3     39.6 
          Registered nurses...........................................    1,037      8.6     39.0     1,131     13.8     38.6                          
        Teachers, college and university..............................    1,361      4.7     42.5                                                   
        Teachers, except college and university.......................    1,099       .6     36.4                              1,105       .2     36.4 
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                                           
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                                           
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                                           
        Lawyers and judges............................................                                                                           
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                                      
           n.e.c......................................................                                                                           
      Technical.......................................................      794      6.8     39.7       832      6.6     39.6                          
          Licensed practical nurses...................................      577      1.8     37.4       582      1.6     37.1                          
          Electrical and electronic technicians.......................      850      4.9     40.0       850      4.9     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    1,396      5.2     41.5     1,467      5.9     42.3     1,202      9.1     39.4 
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    1,451      5.7     41.9     1,510      7.4     43.0     1,323      3.4     39.5 
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    1,499      7.9     42.6     1,547      7.8     43.0                          
        Management related............................................    1,274     15.2     40.7     1,389     12.3     41.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Sales.............................................................      616     35.3     40.3       616     35.3     40.3                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................      551      5.6     39.3       567      6.6     39.2       486      2.7     39.6 
          Secretaries.................................................      560      6.5     38.7       574      8.7     38.3       526      5.0     39.6 
          Order clerks................................................      693      7.5     40.0       693      7.5     40.0                          
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................      472      5.1     40.0       472      5.1     40.0                          
          General office clerks.......................................      485      3.8     39.7       526      7.6     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Blue collar.........................................................      580      2.3     40.1       584      2.3     40.2       468      5.6     38.2 
                                                                                                                                                          
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................      725      2.8     40.1       746      2.8     40.2       528      2.1     39.7 
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................      710     19.6     40.0       710     19.6     40.0                          
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................     $707      6.6     40.0                                                   
          Supervisors, production.....................................      835      4.1     41.3      $835      4.1     41.3                          
          Machinists..................................................      817     12.8     40.0       817     12.8     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................      560      1.4     39.9       560      1.4     39.9                          
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................      411      9.6     40.0       411      9.6     40.0                          
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....      447      4.5     40.0       447      4.5     40.0                          
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................      550      2.2     40.0       550      2.2     40.0                          
          Welders and cutters.........................................      874      4.3     40.0       874      4.3     40.0                          
          Assemblers..................................................      677     13.8     40.0       677     13.8     40.0                          
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............      504      4.9     40.0       504      4.9     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Transportation and material moving................................      554      7.5     40.5       570      7.3     41.0                          
          Truck drivers...............................................      627     18.1     41.1       627     18.1     41.1                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............      458      5.8     40.0       460      5.9     40.0                          
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................      423     15.0     40.0       423     15.0     40.0                          
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................      363       .0     40.0       363       .0     40.0                          
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................      553      9.7     40.0       553      9.7     40.0                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Service.............................................................      368     10.1     37.3       292     10.1     37.2      $468      6.1     37.3 
        Protective service............................................      478     15.3     37.7                                580      2.1     38.3 
        Food service..................................................      263     10.8     35.4                                                   
         Other food service...........................................      256      1.8     34.5                                                   
        Health service................................................      410      2.9     39.5       390      6.0     39.3       433      3.5     39.7 
          Health aides, except nursing................................      444      1.8     40.0                                                   
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................      373      4.5     38.9       356      3.6     38.7                          
        Cleaning and building service.................................      325      6.5     40.0                                                   
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................      321      6.6     40.0                                                   
        Personal service..............................................      448      5.1     38.2                                                   

  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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  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...................................................................    $33,520    2.4    1,999     $33,460    3.0    2,067     $33,744    2.8    1,746 
    All excluding sales...............................................     33,577    3.0    1,995      33,530    3.7    2,066      33,744    2.8    1,746 
                                                                                                                                                          
  White collar........................................................     43,305    4.8    1,953      44,373    6.9    2,073      41,131    2.7    1,709 
      White collar excluding sales....................................     44,489    4.1    1,938      46,412    6.0    2,070      41,131    2.7    1,709 
                                                                                                                                                          
    Professional specialty and technical..............................     47,591    3.3    1,802      53,031    5.9    2,048      42,443    1.8    1,569 
      Professional specialty..........................................     49,626    3.7    1,717      60,848    7.7    2,038      43,377    1.7    1,539 
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................     76,031   13.9    2,080      76,031   13.9    2,080                          
        Mathematical and computer scientists..........................                                                                           
        Natural scientists............................................                                                                           
        Health related................................................     51,836    7.6    2,005      57,778   12.1    2,014      44,782    4.3    1,994 
          Registered nurses...........................................     53,083    8.6    1,996      58,819   13.8    2,009                          
        Teachers, college and university..............................     53,069    4.7    1,659                                                   
        Teachers, except college and university.......................     42,024     .6    1,394                               42,093     .2    1,388 
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                                           
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                                           
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                                           
        Lawyers and judges............................................                                                                           
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                                                      
           n.e.c......................................................                                                                           
      Technical.......................................................     41,311    6.8    2,063      43,257    6.6    2,061                          
          Licensed practical nurses...................................     30,020    1.8    1,946      30,286    1.6    1,932                          
          Electrical and electronic technicians.......................     44,202    4.9    2,080      44,202    4.9    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     72,069    5.2    2,144      76,279    5.9    2,200      60,823    9.1    1,993 
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................     74,641    5.7    2,156      78,522    7.4    2,237      66,549    3.4    1,986 
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................     77,953    7.9    2,216      80,456    7.8    2,234                          
        Management related............................................     66,246   15.2    2,115      72,216   12.3    2,132                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Sales.............................................................     32,037   35.3    2,093      32,037   35.3    2,093                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     28,598    5.6    2,039      29,479    6.6    2,039      25,027    2.7    2,039 
          Secretaries.................................................     28,946    6.5    2,001      29,823    8.7    1,990      26,884    5.0    2,026 
          Order clerks................................................     36,056    7.5    2,080      36,056    7.5    2,080                          
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................     24,554    5.1    2,080      24,554    5.1    2,080                          
          General office clerks.......................................     25,236    3.8    2,065      27,374    7.6    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Blue collar.........................................................     30,088    2.3    2,079      30,382    2.3    2,088      22,867    5.6    1,868 
                                                                                                                                                          
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     37,714    2.8    2,088      38,787    2.8    2,090      27,434    2.1    2,067 
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................     36,897   19.6    2,080      36,897   19.6    2,080                          
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    $36,752    6.6    2,080                                                   
          Supervisors, production.....................................     43,409    4.1    2,149     $43,409    4.1    2,149                          
          Machinists..................................................     42,466   12.8    2,080      42,466   12.8    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     29,098    1.4    2,077      29,098    1.4    2,077                          
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................     21,373    9.6    2,080      21,373    9.6    2,080                          
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....     23,246    4.5    2,080      23,246    4.5    2,080                          
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................     28,613    2.2    2,080      28,613    2.2    2,080                          
          Welders and cutters.........................................     45,473    4.3    2,080      45,473    4.3    2,080                          
          Assemblers..................................................     35,201   13.8    2,080      35,201   13.8    2,080                          
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............     26,215    4.9    2,080      26,215    4.9    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Transportation and material moving................................     28,335    7.5    2,071      29,620    7.3    2,132                          
          Truck drivers...............................................     32,608   18.1    2,138      32,608   18.1    2,138                          
                                                                                                                                                          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     23,839    5.8    2,080      23,920    5.9    2,080                          
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................     21,983   15.0    2,080      21,983   15.0    2,080                          
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................     18,892     .0    2,080      18,892     .0    2,080                          
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................     28,775    9.7    2,080      28,775    9.7    2,080                          
                                                                                                                                                          
  Service.............................................................     18,425   10.1    1,867      15,189   10.1    1,935     $22,390    6.1    1,784 
        Protective service............................................     24,878   15.3    1,959                               30,174    2.1    1,991 
        Food service..................................................     12,701   10.8    1,711                                                   
         Other food service...........................................     12,086    1.8    1,631                                                   
        Health service................................................     21,327    2.9    2,053      20,267    6.0    2,044      22,509    3.5    2,063 
          Health aides, except nursing................................     23,108    1.8    2,080                                                   
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................     19,405    4.5    2,024      18,538    3.6    2,010                          
        Cleaning and building service.................................     16,894    6.5    2,080                                                   
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     16,673    6.6    2,080                                                   
        Personal service..............................................     20,582    5.1    1,755                                                   

  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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              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...................................................................   $16.36      2.4     $15.75      3.0     $19.13      2.3  
    All excluding sales...............................................    16.46      2.9      15.84      3.5      19.13      2.3  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    21.83      5.0      21.02      7.1      23.85      2.9  
              2.......................................................    10.53      4.6      10.80      5.0                    
              3.......................................................    10.75      5.5      10.66      6.1                    
              4.......................................................    13.04      3.1      13.40      4.0      11.82      3.9  
              5.......................................................    14.65      3.2      15.23      4.1      13.26      4.3  
              6.......................................................    17.74     10.2      19.14      9.6                    
              7.......................................................    23.84      4.0      23.71      5.1      24.15      6.9  
              8.......................................................    24.39      7.6      24.34      8.9                    
              9.......................................................    27.42      3.2      24.86      5.5      29.16      2.7  
            10........................................................    35.31     15.7      38.94     16.1                    
            11........................................................    35.19      5.0      36.51      5.7      33.56      7.6  
            12........................................................    38.79      5.5      39.54      5.8                    
            13........................................................    46.78     13.2                                      
            Not able to be leveled....................................    26.63     22.4      28.20     21.5                    
      White collar excluding sales....................................    22.85      3.5      22.37      5.2      23.85      2.9  
              2.......................................................    10.87      2.8      11.26      2.6                    
              3.......................................................    12.31      5.5      12.37      6.3                    
              4.......................................................    13.27      3.2      13.79      3.9      11.82      3.9  
              5.......................................................    14.96      2.8      15.81      2.6      13.26      4.3  
              6.......................................................    17.74     10.2      19.14      9.6                    
              7.......................................................    23.84      4.0      23.71      5.1      24.15      6.9  
              8.......................................................    24.27      8.7      24.18     10.5                    
              9.......................................................    27.42      3.2      24.86      5.5      29.16      2.7  
            10........................................................    32.13     17.4      35.41     17.7                    
            11........................................................    35.19      5.0      36.51      5.7      33.56      7.6  
            12........................................................    38.79      5.5      39.54      5.8                    
            13........................................................    46.78     13.2                                      
            Not able to be leveled....................................    23.79     29.3                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    26.37      3.0      25.93      5.3      26.92      1.9  
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.80      3.3      29.82      7.0      28.03      1.8  
              7.......................................................    24.82      3.6      24.45      2.0      25.12      6.1  
              8.......................................................    24.08      3.2                                      
              9.......................................................    28.13      2.7      23.53      4.4      29.78      2.0  
            10........................................................    25.25      4.3                                      
            11........................................................    38.40      9.5      38.74     10.9                    
            12........................................................    36.47      5.9      36.70      6.7                    
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................    36.55     13.9      36.55     13.9                    
        Mathematical and computer scientists..........................                                                      
        Natural scientists............................................                                                      
        Health related................................................    25.78      5.3      28.31      7.6      22.70      3.1  
              7.......................................................    24.13      1.1                                      
          Registered nurses...........................................    26.44      5.9      28.82      8.9      23.29      1.5  
              7.......................................................   $24.24      1.0                                      
        Teachers, college and university..............................    32.26      5.4                                      
        Teachers, except college and university.......................    29.92       .7                       $30.10      0.4  
              9.......................................................    30.29      1.6                        30.29      1.6  
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                      
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                      
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                      
        Lawyers and judges............................................                                                      
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                              
           n.e.c......................................................                                                      
      Technical.......................................................    20.04      6.4     $21.00      6.1                    
              8.......................................................    21.25      4.9      21.25      4.9                    
              9.......................................................    24.91      8.9      24.91      8.9                    
          Licensed practical nurses...................................    15.43      3.6      15.68      2.7                    
          Electrical and electronic technicians.......................    21.25      4.9      21.25      4.9                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    33.62      5.6      34.67      6.7      30.52      8.7  
              9.......................................................    23.75      5.6      25.35      6.6                    
            11........................................................    33.98      5.7                        33.19      7.6  
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    34.62      5.9      35.10      7.9      33.50      3.5  
              9.......................................................    24.56      5.4      25.35      6.6                    
            11........................................................    33.98      5.7                        33.19      7.6  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    35.18      9.3      36.01      9.8                    
        Management related............................................    31.31     15.7      33.87     13.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Sales.............................................................    14.22     35.2      14.22     35.2                    
              3.......................................................     8.93      7.6       8.93      7.6                    
          Cashiers....................................................     8.77      6.9       8.77      6.9                    
              3.......................................................     8.77      6.9       8.77      6.9                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    13.91      5.0      14.36      5.8      12.16      2.8  
              2.......................................................    11.10      3.2      11.26      2.6                    
              3.......................................................    12.24      5.7      12.29      6.5                    
              4.......................................................    13.09      3.3      13.58      4.2      11.81      4.0  
              5.......................................................    14.45      3.3      15.22      3.2      13.46      5.0  
          Secretaries.................................................    14.47      5.7      14.98      7.1      13.27      4.8  
              4.......................................................    13.41      6.1                                      
          Order clerks................................................    17.33      7.5      17.33      7.5                    
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    11.80      5.1      11.80      5.1                    
          General office clerks.......................................    12.22      3.9      13.16      7.6                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.12      2.6      14.20      2.7      11.96      5.0  
              1.......................................................     8.45      3.8       8.46      3.9                    
              2.......................................................    11.01      3.6      11.08      3.7                    
              3.......................................................    11.96      3.4      11.98      3.4                    
              4.......................................................    16.04      3.3      16.13      3.3                    
              5.......................................................   $15.25      3.9     $15.38      4.2                    
              6.......................................................    18.49      1.3      18.49      1.3                    
              7.......................................................    19.76      3.7      20.19      4.4                    
              8.......................................................    21.44      5.0      21.44      5.0                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.06      2.7      18.56      2.8     $13.27      2.5  
              4.......................................................    14.06      6.9      14.39      6.5                    
              5.......................................................    13.01     10.4      12.65     12.7                    
              6.......................................................    18.12      2.1      18.12      2.1                    
              7.......................................................    19.93      4.9      20.55      6.5                    
              8.......................................................    21.44      5.0      21.44      5.0                    
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    17.74     19.6      17.74     19.6                    
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    17.67      6.6                                      
          Supervisors, production.....................................    20.20      4.1      20.20      4.1                    
          Machinists..................................................    20.42     12.8      20.42     12.8                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    13.96      1.5      13.98      1.5                    
              1.......................................................     8.89      9.2       8.89      9.2                    
              2.......................................................    11.55      2.9      11.55      2.9                    
              3.......................................................    12.07      1.6      12.12      1.5                    
              4.......................................................    17.18      5.6      17.18      5.6                    
              5.......................................................    16.09      1.9      16.09      1.9                    
              6.......................................................    18.68      3.9      18.68      3.9                    
              7.......................................................    18.03      4.2      18.03      4.2                    
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.28      9.6      10.28      9.6                    
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    11.18      4.5      11.18      4.5                    
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.76      2.2      13.76      2.2                    
              2.......................................................    12.38      8.3      12.38      8.3                    
          Welders and cutters.........................................    21.86      4.3      21.86      4.3                    
          Assemblers..................................................    16.38     12.3      16.38     12.3                    
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    12.60      4.9      12.60      4.9                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Transportation and material moving................................    12.88      7.2      13.06      7.5                    
              2.......................................................     9.19      7.9       8.92     10.4                    
              4.......................................................    15.85      5.2      15.85      5.2                    
          Truck drivers...............................................    15.18     14.2      15.18     14.2                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    10.98      4.6      11.01      4.6                    
              1.......................................................     8.29      5.2       8.29      5.3                    
              2.......................................................    11.88      8.2      11.88      8.2                    
              3.......................................................    12.94      6.8      12.94      6.8                    
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    10.24     14.1      10.24     14.1                    
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................     9.08       .0       9.08       .0                    
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    13.69      8.3      13.69      8.3                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................     9.70      9.4       7.86      6.8      12.53      9.6  
              1.......................................................    $7.51      6.8      $6.82      4.6      $9.01      1.3  
              2.......................................................     8.29      4.0       8.19      4.1                    
              3.......................................................     9.99      6.2       9.05     13.1                    
              7.......................................................    15.39     15.8                                      
        Protective service............................................    12.69     16.3       8.95      7.3      15.14     10.3  
              7.......................................................    15.39     15.8                                      
        Food service..................................................     7.34      8.8                                      
              1.......................................................     7.01      6.3                                      
         Other food service...........................................     7.30      3.6                                      
              1.......................................................     7.32      5.2                                      
          Food preparation, n.e.c.....................................     7.41      5.6                                      
              1.......................................................     7.41      5.6                                      
        Health service................................................     9.73      2.8       8.97      3.1      10.80      3.0  
              2.......................................................     8.97      2.8                                      
              3.......................................................    10.89      5.1                                      
          Health aides, except nursing................................     9.95      7.5                                      
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................     9.44      3.6       9.04      2.7                    
              2.......................................................     9.12      1.6       9.29      2.5                    
        Cleaning and building service.................................     7.86      8.0                                      
              1.......................................................     7.86      8.0                                      
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     7.75      8.0                                      
              1.......................................................     7.75      8.0                                      
        Personal service..............................................    11.51      3.1                                      
              1.......................................................    10.31      5.3                                      

  1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
  2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
  3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 
  4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.  The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.  
  5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

   NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not
elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 
 
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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              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...................................................................   $16.77      2.3     $16.19      2.8     $19.33      2.3  
    All excluding sales...............................................    16.83      2.7      16.23      3.4      19.33      2.3  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    22.17      4.7      21.40      6.7      24.07      2.6  
              2.......................................................    10.73      4.4      10.83      5.1                    
              3.......................................................    11.18      5.6      11.11      6.3                    
              4.......................................................    13.04      3.1      13.40      4.0      11.82      3.9  
              5.......................................................    14.77      3.2      15.23      4.1      13.55      4.4  
              6.......................................................    17.74     10.2      19.14      9.6                    
              7.......................................................    23.81      4.2      23.72      5.3      24.04      7.4  
              8.......................................................    24.39      7.7      24.33      9.0                    
              9.......................................................    27.42      3.2      24.86      5.5      29.16      2.7  
            10........................................................    35.31     15.7      38.94     16.1                    
            11........................................................    35.19      5.0      36.51      5.7      33.56      7.6  
            12........................................................    38.78      5.8      39.58      6.2                    
            13........................................................    46.78     13.2                                      
            Not able to be leveled....................................    26.63     22.4      28.20     21.5                    
      White collar excluding sales....................................    22.95      3.7      22.42      5.5      24.07      2.6  
              2.......................................................    11.12      1.5      11.30      2.6                    
              3.......................................................    12.51      4.7      12.61      5.2                    
              4.......................................................    13.27      3.2      13.79      3.9      11.82      3.9  
              5.......................................................    15.12      2.6      15.81      2.6      13.55      4.4  
              6.......................................................    17.74     10.2      19.14      9.6                    
              7.......................................................    23.81      4.2      23.72      5.3      24.04      7.4  
              8.......................................................    24.27      8.8      24.17     10.6                    
              9.......................................................    27.42      3.2      24.86      5.5      29.16      2.7  
            10........................................................    32.13     17.4      35.41     17.7                    
            11........................................................    35.19      5.0      36.51      5.7      33.56      7.6  
            12........................................................    38.78      5.8      39.58      6.2                    
            13........................................................    46.78     13.2                                      
            Not able to be leveled....................................    23.79     29.3                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    26.41      3.0      25.90      5.5      27.05      1.7  
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.90      3.4      29.86      7.2      28.19      1.6  
              7.......................................................    24.82      3.9      24.50      2.4      25.07      6.5  
              9.......................................................    28.13      2.7      23.53      4.4      29.78      2.0  
            10........................................................    25.25      4.3                                      
            11........................................................    38.40      9.5      38.74     10.9                    
            12........................................................    36.28      6.3                                      
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors..........................    36.55     13.9      36.55     13.9                    
        Mathematical and computer scientists..........................                                                      
        Natural scientists............................................                                                      
        Health related................................................    25.85      5.8      28.69      8.8      22.45      4.2  
              7.......................................................    24.04      1.2                                      
          Registered nurses...........................................    26.59      6.6      29.27     10.4                    
              7.......................................................    24.16      1.1                                      
        Teachers, college and university..............................   $31.99      5.5                                      
        Teachers, except college and university.......................    30.15      1.1                       $30.34      1.0  
              9.......................................................    30.29      1.6                        30.29      1.6  
        Librarians, archivists, and curators..........................                                                      
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                      
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.....................                                                      
        Lawyers and judges............................................                                                      
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,                                                              
           n.e.c......................................................                                                      
      Technical.......................................................    20.02      6.5     $20.99      6.2                    
              9.......................................................    24.91      8.9      24.91      8.9                    
          Licensed practical nurses...................................    15.43      3.6      15.68      2.7                    
          Electrical and electronic technicians.......................    21.25      4.9      21.25      4.9                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    33.62      5.6      34.67      6.7      30.52      8.7  
              9.......................................................    23.75      5.6      25.35      6.6                    
            11........................................................    33.98      5.7                        33.19      7.6  
        Executives, administrators, and managers......................    34.62      5.9      35.10      7.9      33.50      3.5  
              9.......................................................    24.56      5.4      25.35      6.6                    
            11........................................................    33.98      5.7                        33.19      7.6  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c..........................    35.18      9.3      36.01      9.8                    
        Management related............................................    31.31     15.7      33.87     13.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Sales.............................................................    15.30     36.3      15.30     36.3                    
              3.......................................................     9.03      8.0       9.03      8.0                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    14.03      5.0      14.46      5.8      12.28      2.6  
              2.......................................................    11.30      2.6      11.30      2.6                    
              3.......................................................    12.45      4.8      12.54      5.4                    
              4.......................................................    13.09      3.3      13.58      4.2      11.81      4.0  
              5.......................................................    14.68      2.9      15.22      3.2                    
          Secretaries.................................................    14.47      5.7      14.98      7.1      13.27      4.8  
              4.......................................................    13.41      6.1                                      
          Order clerks................................................    17.33      7.5      17.33      7.5                    
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks.................    11.80      5.1      11.80      5.1                    
          General office clerks.......................................    12.22      3.9      13.16      7.6                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.47      2.1      14.55      2.2      12.24      5.6  
              1.......................................................     8.72      3.8       8.73      3.9                    
              2.......................................................    11.38      3.1      11.47      3.2                    
              3.......................................................    12.02      3.4      12.02      3.4                    
              4.......................................................    16.07      3.4      16.17      3.4                    
              5.......................................................    15.25      3.9      15.38      4.2                    
              6.......................................................    18.49      1.3      18.49      1.3                    
              7.......................................................    19.76      3.7      20.19      4.4                    
              8.......................................................    21.44      5.0      21.44      5.0                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................   $18.06      2.7     $18.56      2.8     $13.27      2.5  
              4.......................................................    14.06      6.9      14.39      6.5                    
              5.......................................................    13.01     10.4      12.65     12.7                    
              6.......................................................    18.12      2.1      18.12      2.1                    
              7.......................................................    19.93      4.9      20.55      6.5                    
              8.......................................................    21.44      5.0      21.44      5.0                    
          Industrial machinery repairers..............................    17.74     19.6      17.74     19.6                    
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..............................    17.67      6.6                                      
          Supervisors, production.....................................    20.20      4.1      20.20      4.1                    
          Machinists..................................................    20.42     12.8      20.42     12.8                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    14.01      1.5      14.01      1.5                    
              1.......................................................     9.01      9.4       9.01      9.4                    
              2.......................................................    11.55      2.9      11.55      2.9                    
              3.......................................................    12.12      1.5      12.12      1.5                    
              4.......................................................    17.18      5.6      17.18      5.6                    
              5.......................................................    16.09      1.9      16.09      1.9                    
              6.......................................................    18.68      3.9      18.68      3.9                    
              7.......................................................    18.03      4.2      18.03      4.2                    
          Winding and twisting machine operators......................    10.28      9.6      10.28      9.6                    
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine operators....    11.18      4.5      11.18      4.5                    
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c......................    13.76      2.2      13.76      2.2                    
              2.......................................................    12.38      8.3      12.38      8.3                    
          Welders and cutters.........................................    21.86      4.3      21.86      4.3                    
          Assemblers..................................................    16.92     13.8      16.92     13.8                    
          Production inspectors, checkers and examiners...............    12.60      4.9      12.60      4.9                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Transportation and material moving................................    13.68      6.3      13.90      6.2                    
              2.......................................................    10.30     10.0                                      
          Truck drivers...............................................    15.25     15.5      15.25     15.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.46      5.8      11.50      5.9                    
              1.......................................................     8.57      6.0       8.58      6.3                    
              2.......................................................    11.88      8.2      11.88      8.2                    
              3.......................................................    12.95      6.9      12.95      6.9                    
          Stock handlers and baggers..................................    10.57     15.0      10.57     15.0                    
          Machine feeders and offbearers..............................     9.08       .0       9.08       .0                    
          Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................    13.83      9.7      13.83      9.7                    
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................     9.87     10.1       7.85      7.8      12.55      9.6  
              1.......................................................     7.64      7.9                         9.01      1.3  
              2.......................................................     8.39      5.4       8.30      5.7                    
              3.......................................................    10.37      5.6                                      
        Protective service............................................    12.70     17.0                        15.16     10.5  
        Food service..................................................     7.42      9.9                                      
         Other food service...........................................    $7.41      5.0                                      
              1.......................................................     7.44      6.9                                      
        Health service................................................    10.39      2.0      $9.92      4.2     $10.91      2.8  
              2.......................................................     9.76      3.7       9.95      4.3                    
          Health aides, except nursing................................    11.11      1.8                                      
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.....................     9.59      3.2       9.22      1.9                    
              2.......................................................     9.14      1.7                                      
        Cleaning and building service.................................     8.12      6.5                                      
              1.......................................................     8.12      6.5                                      
          Janitors and cleaners.......................................     8.02      6.6                                      
              1.......................................................     8.02      6.6                                      
        Personal service..............................................    11.73      3.4                                      

  1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
  2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
  3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment.  Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.  The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.  
  5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

   NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not
elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 
 
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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                              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...................................................................    $9.19      7.9      $8.90      6.9     $12.05     12.0  
    All excluding sales...............................................     9.27      9.6       8.93      8.5      12.05     12.0  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    12.33     18.8      11.86     18.8      14.36     26.4  
      White collar excluding sales....................................    16.91     24.8      18.78     28.8      14.36     26.4  
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    24.45     14.8      27.57      7.8                    
      Professional specialty..........................................    24.71     15.9                                      
        Health related................................................                                                      
        Teachers, college and university..............................                                                      
        Teachers, except college and university.......................                                                      
        Social scientists and urban planners..........................                                                      
      Technical.......................................................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Sales.............................................................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     8.98      8.1                                      
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................     8.24      1.4       8.16      1.1                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
    Transportation and material moving................................     8.78      2.6       8.70      2.5                    
                                                                                                                                  
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............                                                      
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................     8.09      6.8       7.91      7.1                    
              2.......................................................     7.55     13.0                                      
        Protective service............................................                                                      
        Food service..................................................                                                      
        Health service................................................                                                      
        Cleaning and building 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 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information.
  3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment.  Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.  The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.  
  5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.


   NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not
elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 
 
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey,
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                             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.......................................................   $16.77     $9.19             $16.37    $16.28    $18.56 
      All excluding sales.............................................    16.83      9.27              16.48     16.54     14.25 
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................    22.17     12.33              21.88     21.55     30.93 
      White-collar excluding sales....................................    22.95     16.91              22.91     22.90          
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    26.41     24.45              26.37     26.39          
      Professional specialty..........................................    28.90     24.71              28.80     28.87          
      Technical.......................................................    20.02                       20.04     20.04          
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    33.62                       33.62     33.62          
    Sales.............................................................    15.30                       14.22      9.79          
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    14.03      8.98              13.94     13.94          
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.47      8.24              14.08     14.15     13.56 
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.06                       17.99     18.06          
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    14.01                       13.93     14.07          
    Transportation and material moving................................    13.68      8.78              12.88     12.67          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.46                       10.98     10.97          
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................     9.87      8.09               9.70      9.70          
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.......................................................     2.3       7.9                2.5       2.6      20.0  
      All excluding sales.............................................     2.7       9.6                2.9       2.9       9.2  
                                                                                                                                  
  White collar........................................................     4.7      18.8                5.0       4.2      18.7  
      White-collar excluding sales....................................     3.7      24.8                3.5       3.5           
                                                                                                                                  
    Professional specialty and technical..............................     3.0      14.8                3.0       3.0           
      Professional specialty..........................................     3.4      15.9                3.3       3.3           
      Technical.......................................................     6.5                         6.4       6.4           
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     5.6                         5.6       5.6           
    Sales.............................................................    36.3                        35.2       7.2           
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     5.0       8.1                5.1       4.9           
                                                                                                                                  
  Blue collar.........................................................     2.1       1.4                2.5       2.7       6.7  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     2.7                         2.7       2.7           
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     1.5                         1.6       2.4           
    Transportation and material moving................................     6.3       2.6                7.2       8.3           
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     5.8                         4.6       4.6           
                                                                                                                                  
  Service.............................................................    10.1       6.8                9.4       9.4           

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips.  The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.  
  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,
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                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.......................................................   $15.75  $16.65       $16.11 $16.74   -      $13.46      -                -   
      All excluding sales.............................................    15.84   16.65        16.11  16.74   -       13.46      -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    21.02   23.93              24.04   -                 -                -   
      White-collar excluding sales....................................    22.37   23.93              24.04   -                 -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    25.93   26.77              26.41   -                 -                -   
      Professional specialty..........................................    29.82   28.72              28.18   -                 -                -   
      Technical.......................................................    21.00   24.03              24.06   -                 -                -   
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    34.67   29.11              29.94   -                 -                -   
    Sales.............................................................    14.22                            -                 -                -   
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    14.36   16.05              16.26   -                 -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.20   14.81        15.49  14.69   -                 -                -   
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.56   18.60        16.55  19.91   -       21.36      -                -   
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    13.98   14.07              14.06   -                 -                -   
    Transportation and material moving................................    13.06   15.02                     -                 -                -   
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.01   11.86              10.80   -                 -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     7.86                            -                 -                -   
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.......................................................     3.0     1.3          8.3    1.0    -       12.9       -                -   
      All excluding sales.............................................     3.5     1.3          8.3    1.0    -       12.9       -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................     7.1     3.6                3.0    -                 -                -   
      White-collar excluding sales....................................     5.2     3.6                3.0    -                 -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................     5.3     1.6                 .9    -                 -                -   
      Professional specialty..........................................     7.0     4.0                3.4    -                 -                -   
      Technical.......................................................     6.1     6.1                6.1    -                 -                -   
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     6.7    12.4               13.1    -                 -                -   
    Sales.............................................................    35.2                             -                 -                -   
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     5.8     9.1                9.3    -                 -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................     2.7     2.4          5.6    2.5    -                 -                -   
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     2.8     3.3          4.6    4.9    -        4.0       -                -   
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     1.5     1.5                1.5    -                 -                -   
    Transportation and material moving................................     7.5     3.2                      -                 -                -   
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     4.6     8.5                9.0    -                 -                -   
                                                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     6.8                             -                 -                -   

  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 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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                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.......................................................   $15.75    $14.50    $16.15    $15.05    $18.49 
      All excluding sales.............................................    15.84     13.90     16.43     15.39     18.49 
                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................    21.02     20.54     21.14     19.55     24.48 
      White-collar excluding sales....................................    22.37     20.20     22.78     21.78     24.48 
                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................    25.93     22.98     26.35     25.18     27.87 
      Professional specialty..........................................    29.82              29.63     28.14     31.82 
      Technical.......................................................    21.00              20.99              22.43 
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................    34.67              33.17     31.10     36.36 
    Sales.............................................................    14.22     21.29                            
    Administrative support, including clerical........................    14.36              14.77     15.60     12.82 
                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................    14.20     14.93     14.01     12.92     16.81 
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................    18.56     16.54     19.41     17.82     22.59 
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................    13.98              13.80     12.88     15.97 
    Transportation and material moving................................    13.06     14.40     12.48     11.93          
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............    11.01     13.25      9.73      8.77     11.97 
                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     7.86      7.10      8.79      7.97      9.19 
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.......................................................     3.0       5.3       4.3       5.7       7.5  
      All excluding sales.............................................     3.5       8.8       4.3       5.8       7.5  
                                                                                                                        
  White collar........................................................     7.1      13.8       7.1       8.5      10.4  
      White-collar excluding sales....................................     5.2      16.4       5.2       4.6      10.4  
                                                                                                                        
    Professional specialty and technical..............................     5.3      12.1       5.7       3.4      12.1  
      Professional specialty..........................................     7.0                7.2       2.6      16.3  
      Technical.......................................................     6.1                5.9               10.0  
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................     6.7                8.4      12.0       7.7  
    Sales.............................................................    35.2      28.5                             
    Administrative support, including clerical........................     5.8                6.5       7.5       4.5  
                                                                                                                        
  Blue collar.........................................................     2.7       6.1       4.0       4.8       4.7  
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................     2.8       3.7       3.8       4.7       2.2  
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................     1.5                 .5       1.6       4.7  
    Transportation and material moving................................     7.5      17.5       8.7       9.0           
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............     4.6       7.8       7.3       4.9       6.2  
                                                                                                                        
  Service.............................................................     6.8       9.2       2.6       8.1       3.1  

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.  Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction
bonuses, and tips.  The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.  
  2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. See appendix B for more information.
  3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions
between survey sampling and collection. 
  4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

   NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 
 
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                        10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $8.00     $10.20     $13.75     $19.60     $27.56  
    All excluding sales...........................     8.00      10.41      14.01      19.75      27.60  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................     9.94      12.48      19.13      27.87      37.94  
      White collar excluding sales................    11.06      13.71      20.31      28.94      38.24  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    15.64      20.31      25.15      31.10      37.94  
      Professional specialty......................    19.23      22.70      27.19      33.65      39.10  
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors......    22.12      24.30      33.65      45.64      55.02  
        Mathematical and computer scientists......                                                  
        Natural scientists........................                                                  
        Health related............................    19.23      20.07      23.70      28.86      30.98  
          Registered nurses.......................    19.47      20.96      25.00      29.12      31.22  
        Teachers, college and university..........    23.61      25.81      26.70      38.46      46.25  
        Teachers, except college and university...    21.83      24.70      30.06      35.41      37.94  
        Librarians, archivists, and curators......                                                  
        Social scientists and urban planners......                                                  
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.                                                  
        Lawyers and judges........................                                                  
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............                                                  
      Technical...................................    13.74      15.78      20.31      23.22      28.98  
          Licensed practical nurses...............    12.75      13.74      15.00      17.41      18.80  
          Electrical and electronic technicians...    17.65      20.31      20.43      23.22      25.46  
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    19.05      24.63      32.70      42.50      50.96  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    19.56      25.50      32.70      42.50      46.35  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c......    19.23      25.50      32.70      42.50      46.35  
        Management related........................    15.91      19.05      29.10      41.00      50.96  
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     7.90       8.17       9.89      12.20      25.26  
          Cashiers................................     8.00       8.00       8.70       9.82       9.94  
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....    10.00      11.06      13.00      15.27      18.03  
          Secretaries.............................    10.56      11.92      14.04      16.58      19.60  
          Order clerks............................    11.40      14.26      16.98      22.08      22.08  
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing                                                           
             clerks...............................     9.50      11.00      12.24      13.00      13.04  
          General office clerks...................     9.59      10.52      11.51      14.28      15.74  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     8.34      10.35      13.37      17.00      20.87  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......    11.55      14.77      17.50      21.56      25.22  
          Industrial machinery repairers..........    10.25      14.09      19.95      22.20      25.37  
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..........    11.24      16.82      16.98      19.95      20.93  
          Supervisors, production.................    15.38      16.21      20.37      24.58      24.77  
          Machinists..............................     9.81      11.98      25.22      25.40      27.09  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     8.90      11.03      13.20      16.40      19.60  
          Winding and twisting machine operators..     7.45       9.34      10.04      11.69      12.18  
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving                                                         
             machine operators....................    $7.45      $9.43     $11.69     $12.13     $15.00  
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c..     8.90      11.47      13.78      16.96      18.25  
          Welders and cutters.....................    14.96      23.32      23.40      23.40      23.50  
          Assemblers..............................    10.80      11.61      13.57      23.40      23.40  
          Production inspectors, checkers and                                                            
             examiners............................     9.77      10.82      11.59      14.09      14.57  
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     8.00       9.24      12.18      16.65      19.75  
          Truck drivers...........................    10.50      11.00      14.65      19.00      19.75  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     7.50       8.38      10.25      13.40      15.05  
          Stock handlers and baggers..............     7.00       7.00      10.50      13.23      13.87  
          Machine feeders and offbearers..........     8.38       8.38       8.49       9.35      11.22  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     7.00       9.37      13.40      16.30      19.15  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     6.00       7.00       8.74      11.30      15.35  
        Protective service........................     6.00       9.00      12.32      15.94      18.77  
        Food service..............................     6.00       6.31       7.00       8.06       9.00  
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders......                                                  
         Other food service.......................     6.00       6.50       7.00       8.00       8.74  
          Food preparation, n.e.c.................     6.00       6.18       7.00       8.40       8.97  
        Health service............................     6.40       8.25      10.09      10.81      12.03  
          Health aides, except nursing............     6.00       8.96      10.81      11.20      12.47  
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.     7.75       8.20       9.34      10.37      11.29  
        Cleaning and building service.............     6.00       6.50       7.50       9.16       9.72  
          Janitors and cleaners...................     6.00       6.50       7.34       8.87       9.72  
        Personal service..........................     8.20       9.36      11.17      13.19      14.78  

  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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                      Private industry                   
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                                                                          
                                                       10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $7.50     $10.00     $13.48     $18.75     $25.50  
    All excluding sales...........................     7.50      10.24      13.75      18.96      25.50  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................     9.81      12.20      16.98      26.31      38.04  
      White collar excluding sales................    11.16      13.57      19.14      27.43      38.46  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    15.81      20.31      24.03      28.80      38.04  
      Professional specialty......................    19.16      23.63      27.19      31.56      44.81  
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors......    22.12      24.30      33.65      45.64      55.02  
        Mathematical and computer scientists......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Natural scientists........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health related............................    20.12      23.35      26.44      29.32      31.94  
          Registered nurses.......................    20.47      23.43      27.24      29.40      32.51  
        Teachers, college and university..........     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, except college and university...     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.     -          -          -          -          -     
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................    15.25      16.07      20.31      23.68      29.42  
          Licensed practical nurses...............    12.75      13.78      15.00      17.85      18.80  
          Electrical and electronic technicians...    17.65      20.31      20.43      23.22      25.46  
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    19.23      25.50      33.86      42.50      50.96  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    19.23      25.50      31.60      42.50      46.85  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c......    19.23      25.50      38.04      42.50      46.35  
        Management related........................    19.05      19.23      35.65      43.99      50.96  
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     7.90       8.17       9.89      12.20      25.26  
          Cashiers................................     8.00       8.00       8.70       9.82       9.94  
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....    10.10      11.37      13.07      15.28      19.10  
          Secretaries.............................    10.51      12.18      15.19      16.58      20.81  
          Order clerks............................    11.40      14.26      16.98      22.08      22.08  
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing                                                           
             clerks...............................     9.50      11.00      12.24      13.00      13.04  
          General office clerks...................    10.50      10.82      14.28      14.28      17.08  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     8.38      10.43      13.43      17.12      21.01  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......    13.07      15.75      18.00      22.12      25.37  
          Industrial machinery repairers..........    10.25      14.09      19.95      22.20      25.37  
          Supervisors, production.................    15.38      16.21      20.37      24.58      24.77  
          Machinists..............................     9.81      11.98      25.22      25.40      27.09  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     8.90      11.18      13.20      16.40      19.60  
          Winding and twisting machine operators..     7.45       9.34      10.04      11.69      12.18  
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving                                                         
             machine operators....................    $7.45      $9.43     $11.69     $12.13     $15.00  
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c..     8.90      11.47      13.78      16.96      18.25  
          Welders and cutters.....................    14.96      23.32      23.40      23.40      23.50  
          Assemblers..............................    10.80      11.61      13.57      23.40      23.40  
          Production inspectors, checkers and                                                            
             examiners............................     9.77      10.82      11.59      14.09      14.57  
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     7.75       9.35      12.18      16.65      19.75  
          Truck drivers...........................    10.50      11.00      14.65      19.00      19.75  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     7.50       8.38      10.35      13.40      15.05  
          Stock handlers and baggers..............     7.00       7.00      10.50      13.23      13.87  
          Machine feeders and offbearers..........     8.38       8.38       8.49       9.35      11.22  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     7.00       9.37      13.40      16.30      19.15  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     6.00       6.10       7.00       9.00      10.81  
        Protective service........................     6.00       6.00       8.00      10.00      13.30  
        Food service..............................     -          -          -          -          -     
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders......     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health service............................     6.00       7.25       9.25      10.81      10.81  
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.     7.47       8.00       8.59      10.37      10.57  
        Cleaning and building 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 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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                                       State and local                   
                                                                          government                     
                  Occupation(3)                                                                          
                                                                                                         
                                                       10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $9.00     $11.19     $15.35     $24.99     $35.37  
    All excluding sales...........................     9.00      11.19      15.35      24.99      35.37  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................    10.75      14.15      22.92      32.01      37.94  
      White collar excluding sales................    10.75      14.15      22.92      32.01      37.94  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    14.22      20.61      26.41      33.30      37.94  
      Professional specialty......................    19.23      22.23      27.44      33.99      37.94  
        Natural scientists........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health related............................    19.23      19.29      20.72      24.89      30.25  
          Registered nurses.......................    19.29      19.77      22.05      26.13      30.77  
        Teachers, college and university..........     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, except college and university...    21.83      24.99      30.23      35.41      37.94  
        Librarians, archivists, and curators......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.     -          -          -          -          -     
        Lawyers and judges........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    16.41      20.91      32.01      40.70      43.38  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    20.98      24.63      32.70      40.70      44.39  
        Management related........................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     9.60      10.65      11.68      13.67      15.38  
          Secretaries.............................    10.72      11.70      13.20      14.55      15.81  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     8.25       9.02      11.68      14.21      16.71  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......     9.02      10.94      13.42      16.13      16.85  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     8.40       9.18      11.80      14.96      18.24  
        Protective service........................    11.28      11.81      14.96      17.25      20.17  
        Food service..............................     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health service............................     8.50       9.37      10.50      11.79      13.64  
        Cleaning and building 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 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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                        10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $8.38     $10.65     $14.11     $19.95     $28.12  
    All excluding sales...........................     8.40      10.82      14.22      20.00      28.07  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................    10.39      12.94      19.23      28.31      38.04  
      White collar excluding sales................    11.15      13.80      20.31      28.98      38.27  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........    15.69      20.31      25.15      31.10      37.90  
      Professional specialty......................    19.23      22.75      27.19      33.65      39.53  
        Engineers, architects, and surveyors......    22.12      24.30      33.65      45.64      55.02  
        Mathematical and computer scientists......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Natural scientists........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health related............................    19.23      19.97      23.63      28.92      31.08  
          Registered nurses.......................    19.35      20.72      25.08      29.32      31.22  
        Teachers, college and university..........    23.44      25.76      26.70      38.46      46.80  
        Teachers, except college and university...    21.83      24.95      30.23      35.41      37.94  
        Librarians, archivists, and curators......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social, recreation, and religious workers.     -          -          -          -          -     
        Lawyers and judges........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,                                                        
           and professionals, n.e.c...............     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................    13.74      15.77      20.31      23.22      28.98  
          Licensed practical nurses...............    12.75      13.74      15.00      17.41      18.80  
          Electrical and electronic technicians...    17.65      20.31      20.43      23.22      25.46  
                                                                                                         
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.....    19.05      24.63      32.70      42.50      50.96  
        Executives, administrators, and managers..    19.56      25.50      32.70      42.50      46.35  
          Managers and administrators, n.e.c......    19.23      25.50      32.70      42.50      46.35  
        Management related........................    15.91      19.05      29.10      41.00      50.96  
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     8.00       8.43      10.25      13.00      32.71  
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....    10.10      11.17      13.00      15.27      18.08  
          Secretaries.............................    10.56      11.92      14.04      16.58      19.60  
          Order clerks............................    11.40      14.26      16.98      22.08      22.08  
          Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing                                                           
             clerks...............................     9.50      11.00      12.24      13.00      13.04  
          General office clerks...................     9.59      10.52      11.51      14.28      15.74  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     9.00      10.82      13.63      17.20      21.50  
                                                                                                         
    Precision production, craft, and repair.......    11.55      14.77      17.50      21.56      25.22  
          Industrial machinery repairers..........    10.25      14.09      19.95      22.20      25.37  
          Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c..........    11.24      16.82      16.98      19.95      20.93  
          Supervisors, production.................    15.38      16.21      20.37      24.58      24.77  
          Machinists..............................     9.81      11.98      25.22      25.40      27.09  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     9.34      11.38      13.20      16.50      19.60  
          Winding and twisting machine operators..     7.45       9.34      10.04      11.69      12.18  
          Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving                                                         
             machine operators....................    $7.45      $9.43     $11.69     $12.13     $15.00  
          Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c..     8.90      11.47      13.78      16.96      18.25  
          Welders and cutters.....................    14.96      23.32      23.40      23.40      23.50  
          Assemblers..............................    10.80      11.75      13.57      23.40      23.40  
          Production inspectors, checkers and                                                            
             examiners............................     9.77      10.82      11.59      14.09      14.57  
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     9.18      10.24      12.95      16.65      19.75  
          Truck drivers...........................    10.50      11.00      14.65      19.00      19.75  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     8.03       9.02      11.00      13.50      15.05  
          Stock handlers and baggers..............     7.00       7.00      11.09      13.25      13.96  
          Machine feeders and offbearers..........     8.38       8.38       8.49       9.35      11.22  
          Freight, stock, and material handlers,                                                         
             n.e.c................................     7.00       9.37      14.35      16.48      19.15  
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     6.00       7.00       8.92      11.50      15.26  
        Protective service........................     6.00       9.00      12.07      16.36      18.80  
        Food service..............................     6.00       6.50       7.00       8.40       9.00  
         Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders......     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     6.09       7.00       7.00       8.00       8.74  
        Health service............................     8.20       9.09      10.49      11.04      12.47  
          Health aides, except nursing............     9.25      10.50      10.81      11.55      12.89  
          Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants.     7.87       8.25       9.49      10.37      11.61  
        Cleaning and building service.............     6.00       7.00       8.00       9.30       9.72  
          Janitors and cleaners...................     6.00       7.00       7.66       9.15       9.72  
        Personal service..........................     8.70       9.71      11.54      13.19      14.43  

  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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                  Occupation(3)                        10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                             50                          
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
All...............................................    $6.00      $7.35      $7.50      $9.39     $12.87  
    All excluding sales...........................     6.00       7.25       7.50       9.35      13.63  
                                                                                                         
  White collar....................................     7.25       7.75       9.33      10.61      25.24  
      White collar excluding sales................     7.25       8.50      11.54      24.70      30.46  
                                                                                                         
    Professional specialty and technical..........     8.57      20.47      24.50      28.62      38.93  
      Professional specialty......................     8.57      20.80      25.00      29.28      38.93  
        Health related............................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, college and university..........     -          -          -          -          -     
        Teachers, except college and university...     -          -          -          -          -     
        Social scientists and urban planners......     -          -          -          -          -     
      Technical...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Sales.........................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Administrative support, including clerical....     7.18       7.25       8.40      10.53      11.90  
                                                                                                         
  Blue collar.....................................     7.50       7.50       7.50       8.34       9.50  
                                                                                                         
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
    Transportation and material moving............     7.50       7.50       7.75       9.39      12.59  
                                                                                                         
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                           
       laborers...................................     -          -          -          -          -     
                                                                                                         
  Service.........................................     6.00       6.00       6.18       8.50      15.93  
        Protective service........................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Food service..............................     -          -          -          -          -     
         Other food service.......................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Health service............................     -          -          -          -          -     
        Cleaning and building 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, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, October 2004
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                              Full-time and part-time workers      
                                                                                                                   
                          Occupational group                                                                       
                                                                                          Private       State and  
                                                                            Total        industry        local     
                                                                                                       government  
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
All occupations.......................................................     198,100        157,600         40,500   
      All excluding sales.............................................     189,300        148,800         40,500   
                                                                                                                   
  White collar........................................................      74,800         50,600         24,300   
      White-collar excluding sales....................................      66,000         41,800         24,300   
                                                                                                                   
    Professional specialty and technical..............................      32,700         16,000         16,700   
      Professional specialty..........................................      24,900          9,100         15,800   
      Technical.......................................................       7,800          6,900          -       
    Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................       9,500          6,900          2,600   
    Sales.............................................................       8,800          8,800                 
    Administrative support, including clerical........................      23,800         18,800          4,900   
                                                                                                                   
  Blue collar.........................................................      91,600         87,600          4,100   
    Precision production, craft, and repair...........................      20,200         18,300          1,900   
    Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................      35,400         35,200          -       
    Transportation and material moving................................      16,200         14,500          -       
    Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............      19,800         19,600          -       
                                                                                                                   
  Service.............................................................      31,600         19,500         12,200   

  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.