NC BL 10/00/2008 Table: Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, Bulletin, January 2008

Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,
January 2008
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                 Civilian                 Private industry        State and local government 
                                                                                  workers                      workers                      workers          
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                          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)           
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $21.06      5.3     33.4     $20.04      6.3     33.4     $29.87      4.1     33.6 
                                                                                                                                                             
                     Worker characteristics(4)(5)                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                             
  Management, professional, and related...............................    35.27       6.1     35.9     34.62       7.7     36.9     38.13       4.8     32.0 
    Management, business, and financial...............................    36.94       8.9     38.6     37.38       9.5     39.2     32.31       8.1     33.4 
    Professional and related..........................................    34.16       5.9     34.3     32.39       8.3     35.2     39.47       6.1     31.7 
  Service.............................................................    12.38       3.3     28.7     11.13       3.2     28.1     21.64       3.5     34.1 
  Sales and office....................................................    15.04       5.8     32.9     14.72       6.2     32.7     20.01       7.7     36.3 
    Sales and related.................................................    14.26      14.6     29.1     14.26      14.6     29.1                           
    Office and administrative support.................................    15.47       2.6     35.4     14.99       2.6     35.3     20.01       7.7     36.3 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    21.44       6.1     38.8     21.47       6.2     38.8                           
    Construction and  extraction......................................    20.94       6.1     38.3     20.97       6.3     38.3                           
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    22.31       9.4     39.7     22.31       9.4     39.7                           
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    16.01       4.4     35.5     15.89       4.5     35.4                           
    Production........................................................    15.95       5.5     37.0     15.95       5.5     37.0                           
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.11       6.8     33.4     15.80       7.8     32.8                           
                                                                                                                                                             
  Full time...........................................................    22.46       4.4     39.0     21.35       5.2     39.4     30.78       4.6     36.5 
  Part time...........................................................    14.24      19.6     19.6     14.14      20.6     19.8     16.75       8.3     15.6 
                                                                                                                                                             
  Union...............................................................    25.88       6.0     34.9     19.90      11.6     33.3     30.44       4.7     36.2 
  Nonunion............................................................    20.15       6.5     33.1     20.05       6.6     33.4     26.05       9.6     22.7 
                                                                                                                                                             
  Time................................................................    20.63       5.4     33.2     19.49       6.5     33.2     29.87       4.1     33.6 
  Incentive...........................................................    29.61       8.1     36.8     29.61       8.1     36.8                           
                                                                                                                                                             
                    Establishment characteristics                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                             
  Goods producing.....................................................     (6)        (6)     (6)                                 (6)        (6)     (6)  
  Service providing...................................................     (6)        (6)     (6)      19.90       8.0     32.5      (6)        (6)     (6)  
                                                                                                                                                             
  1-99 workers........................................................    16.61       7.2     32.0     16.38       7.5     31.9                           
  100-499 workers.....................................................    20.35       6.2     34.7     19.11       7.0     35.1     33.03       5.6     31.0 
  500 workers or more.................................................    31.37       6.5     34.9     32.28       8.6     35.4     29.21       4.3     33.9 

  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, 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. See appendix A for more information.
  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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
 
 
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Providence-New Bedford-Fall
River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $21.06       5.3      $22.46       4.4      $14.24      19.6   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    40.22      12.0       40.18      12.0                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    36.40       6.4       36.40       6.4                       
            Level 10..................................................    32.30       3.0       32.30       3.0                       
            Level 11..................................................    46.70       5.1       46.70       5.1                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    54.90      14.2       54.82      14.2                       
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    65.17      20.8       65.17      20.8                       
    Computer and information systems managers.........................    49.00      23.2       49.00      23.2                       
    Financial managers................................................    39.46      16.1       39.46      16.1                       
    Education administrators..........................................    34.67      13.8       34.67      13.8                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    29.85       9.2       30.04       9.4                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    37.83      16.5       38.97      17.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    40.95      12.0       36.55      10.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    31.13      10.5       31.13      10.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    23.70      10.5       24.40       8.7                       
    Social workers....................................................    22.51      10.6       22.51      10.6                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    39.70       9.9       43.26      10.8       14.89      15.1   
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.78       7.9                                           
            Level 9 ..................................................    45.98       8.7       45.98       8.7                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    44.90      15.8       49.05      14.3                       
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    70.74       9.6       70.74       9.6                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    70.46      12.9       70.46      12.9                       
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    41.88      11.5       42.41      11.9                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    46.37       8.7       46.37       8.7                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    50.79       1.0       50.79       1.0                       
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    45.91       4.2       46.27       4.4                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    43.30       8.1       43.30       8.1                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    49.96       5.4       49.96       5.4                       
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    47.92       3.8       48.61       4.3                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    48.63       3.3       48.63       3.3                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    48.60       9.8       48.60       9.8                       
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                           
         education....................................................    43.42       9.6       43.42       9.6                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    38.64      15.6       38.64      15.6                       
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    48.33       2.2       50.60       5.4                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    47.76       8.3       47.76       8.3                       
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                        
         education....................................................    52.78       5.7       52.78       5.7                       
    Teacher assistants................................................    16.37       3.6       16.82       5.0                       
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.78       7.9                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations..........    24.68       5.9                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    31.77       4.7       32.65       6.7       29.14       4.1   
            Level 7 ..................................................    32.60       2.3       32.26       3.8                       
            Level 8 ..................................................    29.36       4.0       28.75       4.8                       
    Registered nurses.................................................    31.08       3.6       30.53       4.6       32.59       8.8   
            Level 7 ..................................................    33.33       3.0       34.22        .5                       
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    24.41       1.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    14.95       3.7       15.04       4.0       14.67       5.1   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.70       2.7       13.67       3.4       13.78       3.7   
            Not able to be leveled....................................    14.80       6.5                                           
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    13.78       2.0       13.98       3.2       13.03       3.2   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.70       2.7       13.67       3.4       13.78       3.7   
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    14.10       2.4       14.37       4.0       13.21       4.9   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.70       2.7       13.67       3.4       13.78       3.7   
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    16.42       3.4       16.40       3.0                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................    22.76       4.4       24.70       5.7       13.08      13.5   
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.48       2.5       11.24       7.8        6.57      10.3   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.20       2.5                            7.03       3.6   
            Level 2 ..................................................     6.60      19.8                            5.75      21.6   
    Cooks.............................................................    15.11       6.1       15.11       6.1                       
    Food service, tipped..............................................     5.35      16.4                            4.16       6.8   
            Level 2 ..................................................     5.39      27.4                                           
      Bartenders......................................................     6.92      26.4                                           
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     8.28        .9                            8.30       2.1   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.31       1.1                            8.40       1.5   
      Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop      8.06       1.1                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    13.35       4.1       14.36       4.7        8.65       9.2   
            Level 1 ..................................................    10.71       6.4                                           
            Level 2 ..................................................    15.86       3.9       15.86       3.9                       
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    13.27       3.7       14.20       3.3                       
            Level 1 ..................................................    11.17       9.4                                           
            Level 2 ..................................................    15.86       3.9       15.86       3.9                       
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    14.04       5.4       16.32       5.7                       
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................    12.48       5.2       12.58       5.1                       
            Level 1 ..................................................    11.80       9.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    12.15       3.9       12.32       4.3       10.47       7.9   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.84       4.9                                           
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................    11.37      15.2                            9.87       6.2   
      Recreation workers..............................................    11.11      18.0                            9.25       2.2   
                                                                                                                                        
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    14.26      14.6       17.08      13.6        8.65       2.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.87       1.7                            8.33       1.0   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.36       5.4       10.83       5.2        8.73       3.7   
            Level 4 ..................................................    17.47      14.6       18.34      14.2                       
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    19.13      21.0       19.13      21.0                       
    Retail sales workers..............................................    10.34       9.0       12.05      13.6        8.44       1.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.87       1.7                            8.33       1.0   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.27       6.6       10.84       6.7        8.73       3.7   
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     9.10       2.6       10.46       3.3        8.34        .5   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.66       2.3                            8.30        .3   
        Cashiers......................................................     9.10       2.6       10.46       3.3        8.34        .5   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.66       2.3                            8.30        .3   
      Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................     9.06       5.9                                           
        Counter and rental clerks.....................................     9.06       5.9                                           
      Retail salespersons.............................................    11.63      22.7       13.18      23.1        8.58       2.3   
            Level 2 ..................................................     9.08        .0                                           
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.40        .0                                           
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    31.23      15.2       31.23      15.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.47       2.6       15.78       2.9       12.82       7.7   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.04       6.7                            9.01      11.3   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.86       4.4       13.57       4.4       15.42      13.2   
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.81       3.6       15.78       3.8                       
            Level 5 ..................................................    16.83       4.7       16.82       4.9                       
            Level 6 ..................................................    21.44       3.4       21.44       3.4                       
            Level 7 ..................................................    18.94       5.4                                           
            Not able to be leveled....................................    15.39      12.5       15.57      13.2                       
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.95       6.0       15.04       6.2                       
            Level 3 ..................................................    12.77       1.9                                           
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.61       3.5       13.47       3.7                       
            Level 5 ..................................................    17.85       4.2       17.85       4.3                       
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................    16.49      11.4                                           
      Tellers.........................................................    12.63       5.4       12.71       5.9                       
    Customer service representatives..................................    16.72       9.6       17.11       8.5                       
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................    13.90      16.7                                           
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................    11.98       5.2       12.43       4.4                       
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    11.44       9.0                                           
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    17.17       5.6       17.19       5.9                       
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    20.54       1.6                                           
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    15.97       4.8       15.92       5.3                       
    Office clerks, general............................................    15.05       8.7       14.49       9.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    20.94       6.1       21.08       5.5                       
    Electricians......................................................    20.05       3.5       20.05       3.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    22.31       9.4       22.31       9.4                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    23.57      24.0       23.57      24.0                       
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    16.89       4.2       16.89       4.2                       
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    29.49      12.2       29.49      12.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Production occupations..............................................    15.95       5.5       16.24       5.7       11.40       7.8   
            Level 2 ..................................................    11.40       4.2       11.21       3.9                       
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.20       3.5       13.64       4.7                       
            Level 5 ..................................................    21.01      11.3       21.01      11.3                       
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................    15.15       6.6       15.78       6.7                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    16.11       6.8       16.82       7.8       13.35      11.4   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.98       3.0                            8.24       8.0   
            Level 3 ..................................................    16.62       2.6       17.30       5.9                       
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    19.58       7.3       19.58       7.3                       
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    20.47       4.5       20.47       4.5                       
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    11.49       8.9       11.75       8.8       10.73      16.5   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.98       3.0                            8.24       8.0   
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    12.55       8.8       12.75       9.3                       
      Packers and packagers, hand.....................................     8.91       3.5                                           
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.91       3.5                                           

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor.  The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
  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.  Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Providence-New
Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $20.04       6.3      $21.35       5.2      $14.14      20.6   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    41.36      13.2       41.36      13.2                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    36.40       6.4       36.40       6.4                       
            Level 10..................................................    33.06       1.9       33.06       1.9                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    59.05      13.2       59.05      13.2                       
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    65.17      20.8       65.17      20.8                       
    Financial managers................................................    42.90      16.8       42.90      16.8                       
    Education administrators..........................................    31.51      15.4       31.51      15.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    29.85       9.2       30.04       9.4                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    37.83      16.5       38.97      17.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    41.23      11.9       36.87      10.9                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    30.56      12.2       30.56      12.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    18.42       3.1                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    32.38      24.1       36.16      27.9                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    28.85      23.8       28.85      23.8                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    43.83      35.2       54.85      33.8                       
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    69.89      12.6       69.89      12.6                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    70.46      12.9       70.46      12.9                       
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    18.02      27.7       18.02      27.7                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    26.31      32.4       26.31      32.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations..........    25.21       5.4                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    31.46       5.1       32.23       7.2       29.32       4.1   
            Level 7 ..................................................    32.42       2.3       31.97       3.9                       
            Level 8 ..................................................    29.19       4.3                                           
    Registered nurses.................................................    31.04       4.1       30.14       5.6       33.24       8.4   
            Level 7 ..................................................    33.10       3.5                                           
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    24.41       1.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    14.88       4.0       14.95       4.2       14.67       5.1   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.17       3.8       12.96       4.1       13.78       3.7   
            Not able to be leveled....................................    14.80       6.5                                           
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    13.51       1.9       13.65       2.8       13.03       3.2   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.17       3.8       12.96       4.1       13.78       3.7   
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    13.79       2.7       14.00       4.3       13.21       4.9   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.17       3.8       12.96       4.1       13.78       3.7   
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    16.42       3.4       16.40       3.0                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.35       2.2       11.01       7.6        6.57      10.3   
            Level 1 ..................................................     7.20       2.5                            7.03       3.6   
            Level 2 ..................................................     6.60      19.8                            5.75      21.6   
    Cooks.............................................................    15.11       6.1       15.11       6.1                       
    Food service, tipped..............................................     5.35      16.4                            4.16       6.8   
            Level 2 ..................................................     5.39      27.4                                           
      Bartenders......................................................     6.92      26.4                                           
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     8.28        .9                            8.30       2.1   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.31       1.1                            8.40       1.5   
      Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop      8.06       1.1                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    12.30       3.8       13.25       4.1        8.65       9.2   
            Level 1 ..................................................    10.51       7.4                                           
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    12.49       5.9       13.49       5.1                       
            Level 1 ..................................................    10.97      10.5                                           
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    13.07       8.8       15.68       8.0                       
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................    11.94       6.5       12.03       6.5                       
            Level 1 ..................................................    11.80       9.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    11.96       2.8       12.09       3.0       10.53       8.8   
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.84       4.9                                           
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................    11.39      15.4                            9.88       6.2   
      Recreation workers..............................................    11.13      18.3                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    14.26      14.6       17.08      13.6        8.65       2.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.87       1.7                            8.33       1.0   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.36       5.4       10.83       5.2        8.73       3.7   
            Level 4 ..................................................    17.47      14.6       18.34      14.2                       
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    19.13      21.0       19.13      21.0                       
    Retail sales workers..............................................    10.34       9.0       12.05      13.6        8.44       1.0   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.87       1.7                            8.33       1.0   
            Level 3 ..................................................    10.27       6.6       10.84       6.7        8.73       3.7   
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     9.10       2.6       10.46       3.3        8.34        .5   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.66       2.3                            8.30        .3   
        Cashiers......................................................     9.10       2.6       10.46       3.3        8.34        .5   
            Level 2 ..................................................     8.66       2.3                            8.30        .3   
      Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................     9.06       5.9                                           
        Counter and rental clerks.....................................     9.06       5.9                                           
      Retail salespersons.............................................    11.63      22.7       13.18      23.1        8.58       2.3   
            Level 2 ..................................................     9.08        .0                                           
            Level 3 ..................................................    11.40        .0                                           
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    31.23      15.2       31.23      15.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    14.99       2.6       15.30       3.0       12.48       8.3   
            Level 2 ..................................................    10.04       6.7                            9.01      11.3   
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.49       4.4       13.14       3.7       15.24      14.3   
            Level 4 ..................................................    15.38       3.2       15.36       3.3                       
            Level 5 ..................................................    16.45       5.4       16.41       5.7                       
            Level 6 ..................................................    21.25       4.2       21.25       4.2                       
            Level 7 ..................................................    18.94       5.4                                           
            Not able to be leveled....................................    14.51      10.9       14.68      11.6                       
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.72       6.0       14.80       6.3                       
            Level 3 ..................................................    12.77       1.9                                           
            Level 4 ..................................................    13.61       3.5       13.47       3.7                       
      Tellers.........................................................    12.63       5.4       12.71       5.9                       
    Customer service representatives..................................    16.72       9.6       17.11       8.5                       
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................    11.98       5.2       12.43       4.4                       
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    11.44       9.0                                           
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    17.00       6.2       17.02       6.3                       
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    15.87       5.2       15.92       5.3                       
    Office clerks, general............................................    14.99       8.8       14.49       9.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    20.97       6.3       21.12       5.7                       
    Electricians......................................................    20.05       3.5       20.05       3.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    22.31       9.4       22.31       9.4                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    23.57      24.0       23.57      24.0                       
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    16.89       4.2       16.89       4.2                       
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    29.49      12.2       29.49      12.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Production occupations..............................................    15.95       5.5       16.24       5.7       11.40       7.8   
            Level 2 ..................................................    11.40       4.2       11.21       3.9                       
            Level 3 ..................................................    13.20       3.5       13.64       4.7                       
            Level 5 ..................................................    21.01      11.3       21.01      11.3                       
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................    15.15       6.6       15.78       6.7                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    15.80       7.8       16.52       9.1       13.35      11.4   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.98       3.0                            8.24       8.0   
            Level 3 ..................................................    16.65       2.7                                           
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    19.58       7.3       19.58       7.3                       
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    20.47       4.5       20.47       4.5                       
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    11.23       9.7       11.42       9.3       10.73      16.5   
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.98       3.0                            8.24       8.0   
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    12.26       9.8       12.38       9.7                       
      Packers and packagers, hand.....................................     8.91       3.5                                           
            Level 1 ..................................................     8.91       3.5                                           

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor.  The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
  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.
 
 
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $29.87       4.1      $30.78       4.6      $16.75       8.3   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    32.31       8.1       31.94       7.3                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    44.42       4.8       47.52       5.7       16.86      11.4   
            Level 9 ..................................................    51.16       5.2       51.16       5.2                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    45.71       5.0       45.71       5.0                       
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    50.06       1.4       50.99       2.3                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    51.16       5.2       51.16       5.2                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    50.79       1.0       50.79       1.0                       
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    49.43        .9       49.90       1.2                       
            Level 9 ..................................................    49.83       3.3       49.83       3.3                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    49.96       5.4       49.96       5.4                       
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    48.51       3.6       49.26       4.1                       
            Not able to be leveled....................................    48.60       9.8       48.60       9.8                       
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                           
         education....................................................    50.89       3.4       50.89       3.4                       
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    49.18       1.2       51.62       4.8                       
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                        
         education....................................................    54.27       4.5       54.27       4.5                       
    Teacher assistants................................................    16.30       3.8       16.77       5.3                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    35.22       7.2                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................    23.84       4.2       25.14       6.4                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    19.39       6.1       19.39       6.1                       
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    16.99       3.0       16.99       3.0                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    20.01       7.7       20.20       8.5                       

  1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
  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 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. 
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor.  The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
  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.
 
 
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Providence-New
Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                               Total           Full-time workers     Part-time workers  
                                                                                                                                        
                       Occupation(4) and level                                                                                          
                                                                                   Relative              Relative              Relative 
                                                                          Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5)     Mean     error(5) 
                                                                                   (percent)             (percent)             (percent)
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $21.06       5.3      $22.46       4.4      $14.24      19.6   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management occupations..............................................    40.22      12.0       40.18      12.0                       
            Group II..................................................    18.27      10.7                                           
            Group III.................................................    37.12       4.6                                           
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    65.17      20.8       65.17      20.8                       
    Computer and information systems managers.........................    49.00      23.2       49.00      23.2                       
    Financial managers................................................    39.46      16.1       39.46      16.1                       
    Education administrators..........................................    34.67      13.8       34.67      13.8                       
            Group III.................................................    36.23      14.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    29.85       9.2       30.04       9.4                       
            Group II..................................................    21.85      10.4                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    40.95      12.0       36.55      10.5                       
            Group II..................................................    26.62       8.5                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    31.13      10.5       31.13      10.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Community and social services occupations...........................    23.70      10.5       24.40       8.7                       
            Group III.................................................    27.10       6.7                                           
    Social workers....................................................    22.51      10.6       22.51      10.6                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    39.70       9.9       43.26      10.8       14.89      15.1   
            Group I...................................................    15.71       6.4                                           
            Group II..................................................    15.48       8.1                                           
            Group III.................................................    47.07       7.6                                           
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    70.74       9.6       70.74       9.6                       
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    41.88      11.5       42.41      11.9                       
            Group III.................................................    46.37       8.7                                           
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    45.91       4.2       46.27       4.4                       
            Group III.................................................    43.30       8.1                                           
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    47.92       3.8       48.61       4.3                       
            Group III.................................................    48.63       3.3       48.63       3.3                       
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                           
         education....................................................    43.42       9.6       43.42       9.6                       
            Group III.................................................    38.64      15.6       38.64      15.6                       
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    48.33       2.2       50.60       5.4                       
            Group III.................................................    47.76       8.3                                           
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                        
         education....................................................    52.78       5.7       52.78       5.7                       
    Teacher assistants................................................    16.37       3.6       16.82       5.0                       
            Group I...................................................    15.78       7.9                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations..........    24.68       5.9                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    31.77       4.7       32.65       6.7       29.14       4.1   
            Group II..................................................    29.57       2.5                                           
    Registered nurses.................................................    31.08       3.6       30.53       4.6       32.59       8.8   
            Group II..................................................    30.75       4.4       30.43       7.0                       
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    24.41       1.0                                           
            Group II..................................................    24.41       1.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    14.95       3.7       15.04       4.0       14.67       5.1   
            Group I...................................................    14.09       2.5                                           
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    13.78       2.0       13.98       3.2       13.03       3.2   
            Group I...................................................    13.58       2.7                                           
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    14.10       2.4       14.37       4.0       13.21       4.9   
            Group I...................................................    13.58       2.7       13.65       3.0       13.37       4.6   
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    16.42       3.4       16.40       3.0                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Protective service occupations......................................    22.76       4.4       24.70       5.7       13.08      13.5   
            Group II..................................................    22.83       6.0                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.48       2.5       11.24       7.8        6.57      10.3   
            Group I...................................................     7.82       5.8                                           
    Cooks.............................................................    15.11       6.1       15.11       6.1                       
    Food service, tipped..............................................     5.35      16.4                            4.16       6.8   
            Group I...................................................     5.47      16.6                                           
      Bartenders......................................................     6.92      26.4                                           
            Group I...................................................     6.92      26.4                                           
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     8.28        .9                            8.30       2.1   
            Group I...................................................     8.28        .9                                           
      Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop      8.06       1.1                                           
            Group I...................................................     8.06       1.1                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    13.35       4.1       14.36       4.7        8.65       9.2   
            Group I...................................................    12.83       3.2                                           
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    13.27       3.7       14.20       3.3                       
            Group I...................................................    13.02       4.2                                           
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    14.04       5.4       16.32       5.7                       
            Group I...................................................    13.54       6.1       16.23       5.4                       
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................    12.48       5.2       12.58       5.1                       
            Group I...................................................    12.56       5.3       12.66       5.1                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    12.15       3.9       12.32       4.3       10.47       7.9   
            Group I...................................................    11.69       4.2                                           
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................    11.37      15.2                            9.87       6.2   
            Group I...................................................     9.18       1.9                                           
      Recreation workers..............................................    11.11      18.0                            9.25       2.2   
                                                                                                                                        
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    14.26      14.6       17.08      13.6        8.65       2.0   
            Group I...................................................    11.16      12.0                                           
            Group II..................................................    22.23       7.0                                           
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    19.13      21.0       19.13      21.0                       
    Retail sales workers..............................................    10.34       9.0       12.05      13.6        8.44       1.0   
            Group I...................................................    10.23      11.4                                           
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     9.10       2.6       10.46       3.3        8.34        .5   
            Group I...................................................     8.84       3.5                                           
        Cashiers......................................................     9.10       2.6       10.46       3.3        8.34        .5   
            Group I...................................................     8.84       3.5                            8.28        .4   
      Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................     9.06       5.9                                           
            Group I...................................................     9.06       5.9                                           
        Counter and rental clerks.....................................     9.06       5.9                                           
            Group I...................................................     9.06       5.9                                           
      Retail salespersons.............................................    11.63      22.7       13.18      23.1        8.58       2.3   
            Group I...................................................    11.94      35.2       14.49      37.0        8.37        .0   
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    31.23      15.2       31.23      15.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.47       2.6       15.78       2.9       12.82       7.7   
            Group I...................................................    14.24       2.9                                           
            Group II..................................................    18.68       3.8                                           
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.95       6.0       15.04       6.2                       
            Group I...................................................    12.72       3.1                                           
            Group II..................................................    17.85       4.2                                           
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................    16.49      11.4                                           
      Tellers.........................................................    12.63       5.4       12.71       5.9                       
            Group I...................................................    12.63       5.4       12.71       5.9                       
    Customer service representatives..................................    16.72       9.6       17.11       8.5                       
            Group I...................................................    13.84       9.5       14.26       9.1                       
            Group II..................................................    19.70       3.0       19.70       3.0                       
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................    13.90      16.7                                           
            Group I...................................................    14.27      19.7                                           
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................    11.98       5.2       12.43       4.4                       
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................    11.44       9.0                                           
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    17.17       5.6       17.19       5.9                       
            Group I...................................................    15.88      10.6                                           
            Group II..................................................    20.76       1.5                                           
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    20.54       1.6                                           
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    15.97       4.8       15.92       5.3                       
    Office clerks, general............................................    15.05       8.7       14.49       9.4                       
            Group I...................................................    17.07       1.7                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    20.94       6.1       21.08       5.5                       
            Group I...................................................    15.40       4.0                                           
            Group II..................................................    25.61      14.5                                           
    Electricians......................................................    20.05       3.5       20.05       3.5                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    22.31       9.4       22.31       9.4                       
            Group II..................................................    23.89      12.4                                           
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    16.89       4.2       16.89       4.2                       
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    29.49      12.2       29.49      12.2                       
                                                                                                                                        
  Production occupations..............................................    15.95       5.5       16.24       5.7       11.40       7.8   
            Group I...................................................    12.51       3.1                                           
            Group II..................................................    22.35       7.1                                           
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................    15.15       6.6       15.78       6.7                       
            Group I...................................................    11.67       8.7                                           
                                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    16.11       6.8       16.82       7.8       13.35      11.4   
            Group I...................................................    15.28       6.3                                           
            Group II..................................................    21.05       3.2                                           
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    19.58       7.3       19.58       7.3                       
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    20.47       4.5       20.47       4.5                       
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    11.49       8.9       11.75       8.8       10.73      16.5   
            Group I...................................................    11.86       9.4                                           
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    12.55       8.8       12.75       9.3                       
            Group I...................................................    13.47       5.6                                           
      Packers and packagers, hand.....................................     8.91       3.5                                           
            Group I...................................................     8.91       3.5                                           

  1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I
combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15.
  2 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. See appendix A for more information.
  3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
  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.
 
 
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(2)                                  10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $8.70     $11.75     $16.90     $25.67     $38.04  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    17.43      26.73      35.39      49.47      61.33  
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    30.08      36.54      56.86      70.51     161.70  
    Computer and information systems managers.........................    27.53      29.71      36.69      66.25      84.04  
    Financial managers................................................    22.43      27.35      35.39      55.29      59.47  
    Education administrators..........................................    27.33      29.09      29.57      44.51      50.40  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    17.14      21.43      26.86      33.63      43.72  
                                                                                                                             
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    26.81      33.83      48.24      48.24      48.24  
                                                                                                                             
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    20.04      22.95      34.54      36.75      38.04  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    12.36      19.23      21.85      30.20      31.95  
    Social workers....................................................    13.11      18.70      21.80      26.55      30.20  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    13.37      15.45      45.08      58.26      68.98  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    42.56      60.89      77.74      85.15      86.35  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    13.37      19.37      46.64      57.70      63.58  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    18.32      42.79      47.41      55.22      63.75  
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    30.74      45.90      47.47      52.90      65.37  
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                
         education....................................................    18.32      32.41      46.25      57.70      60.73  
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    32.61      43.67      48.45      60.04      62.68  
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                             
         education....................................................    41.63      46.64      51.77      60.04      64.66  
    Teacher assistants................................................    13.10      14.31      15.56      17.94      19.32  
                                                                                                                             
  Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations..........    21.79      21.79      26.44      26.81      26.81  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    23.06      24.41      30.00      34.64      41.46  
    Registered nurses.................................................    23.69      26.55      32.01      34.64      38.60  
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    22.93      23.87      24.07      25.15      25.73  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.55      12.90      15.00      16.93      18.35  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    11.49      12.00      13.08      14.86      16.87  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    11.49      12.12      13.90      15.44      17.20  
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    13.87      15.00      16.82      17.91      18.35  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................    12.70      19.35      22.93      27.95      32.64  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     2.89       5.00       8.00      10.92      14.00  
    Cooks.............................................................    11.84      13.00      14.50      16.41      20.41  
    Food service, tipped..............................................     2.89       2.89       5.00       8.00       8.00  
      Bartenders......................................................     5.00       5.00       8.00       8.00      11.65  
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     7.46       7.50       8.00       8.50       9.30  
      Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop      7.40       7.50       7.75       8.50       9.35  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     7.75      12.00      12.73      14.73      18.00  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     7.75      10.55      12.73      16.14      18.00  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     7.50       9.88      14.16      18.00      20.22  
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................     8.75      11.26      12.73      13.68      16.17  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     9.65      11.00      11.60      13.00      15.35  
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     8.00       8.50       9.09      10.75      20.25  
      Recreation workers..............................................     8.00       8.50       9.09      10.75      20.25  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     7.91       8.50      10.82      16.25      25.52  
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    10.82      10.82      16.21      21.59      25.64  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     7.76       8.00       9.49      11.00      13.44  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     7.68       7.91       8.47      10.50      11.34  
        Cashiers......................................................     7.68       7.91       8.47      10.50      11.34  
      Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................     7.50       8.50       8.50      10.10      11.00  
        Counter and rental clerks.....................................     7.50       8.50       8.50      10.10      11.00  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     7.85       8.50      10.26      12.49      15.87  
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    16.36      21.12      25.52      28.85      76.92  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    10.50      11.86      15.04      18.15      20.61  
    Financial clerks..................................................    10.04      12.48      15.10      16.90      19.63  
      Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks....................    12.71      12.71      14.50      20.00      21.68  
      Tellers.........................................................    10.03      10.30      12.38      14.65      15.74  
    Customer service representatives..................................    11.86      13.72      17.85      19.01      23.41  
    Receptionists and information clerks..............................     8.00       8.00      14.31      14.31      20.57  
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................     8.75      10.08      13.00      14.00      14.33  
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................     7.70      11.28      11.45      11.45      18.26  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    12.10      15.38      17.23      19.85      20.61  
      Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.............    18.41      20.61      20.61      20.61      23.28  
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    12.10      14.42      15.38      17.10      21.66  
    Office clerks, general............................................    10.50      12.00      16.50      17.64      19.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    13.50      15.00      17.50      25.00      34.22  
    Electricians......................................................    12.00      14.50      16.00      24.00      39.53  
                                                                                                                             
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    13.73      16.00      19.50      30.23      37.03  
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    11.91      14.50      16.34      18.50      19.92  
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    16.72      21.09      32.45      33.93      37.14  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................     9.00      10.17      15.24      18.55      26.48  
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.00      10.00      17.80      17.80      17.80  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     8.61      12.50      16.21      19.95      22.73  
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    14.00      17.50      19.95      22.34      23.33  
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    18.50      19.45      19.95      22.34      22.93  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     8.00       8.61      10.00      13.90      18.13  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     8.50       8.61      10.92      16.92      18.13  
      Packers and packagers, hand.....................................     7.10       8.00       9.00       9.50      10.00  

  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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
 
 
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(2)                                  10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $8.50     $11.45     $15.87     $24.00     $36.54  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    17.43      26.44      36.36      54.81      66.25  
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    30.08      36.54      56.86      70.51     161.70  
    Financial managers................................................    22.43      33.50      45.91      55.29      59.47  
    Education administrators..........................................    16.83      27.33      29.09      29.57      50.40  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    17.14      21.43      26.86      33.63      43.72  
                                                                                                                             
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    26.81      35.02      48.24      48.24      48.24  
                                                                                                                             
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    20.02      22.61      34.54      36.75      39.20  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    12.00      13.26      20.19      21.80      24.01  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    12.15      13.37      17.69      43.59      85.15  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    40.76      53.40      77.74      85.15      86.35  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    13.37      13.37      13.37      18.32      32.90  
                                                                                                                             
  Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations..........    21.79      21.79      26.44      26.81      26.81  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    23.06      24.07      29.74      34.64      41.31  
    Registered nurses.................................................    23.69      25.81      32.01      34.83      38.76  
    Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.................    22.93      23.87      24.07      25.15      25.73  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.54      12.90      14.51      16.93      18.35  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    11.26      11.83      12.90      14.12      16.50  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    11.26      12.00      13.68      14.40      17.09  
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    13.87      15.00      16.82      17.91      18.35  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     2.89       5.00       8.00      10.65      13.75  
    Cooks.............................................................    11.84      13.00      14.50      16.41      20.41  
    Food service, tipped..............................................     2.89       2.89       5.00       8.00       8.00  
      Bartenders......................................................     5.00       5.00       8.00       8.00      11.65  
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     7.46       7.50       8.00       8.50       9.30  
      Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop      7.40       7.50       7.75       8.50       9.35  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     7.50      10.55      12.73      14.00      15.60  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................     7.75       9.53      12.73      14.05      18.00  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...     7.40       7.75      13.15      17.14      18.00  
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................     8.75      10.58      12.73      12.73      14.05  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     9.65      11.00      11.60      13.00      15.31  
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     8.00       8.50       9.21      10.75      20.25  
      Recreation workers..............................................     8.00       8.50       9.11      10.75      20.25  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     7.91       8.50      10.82      16.25      25.52  
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    10.82      10.82      16.21      21.59      25.64  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     7.76       8.00       9.49      11.00      13.44  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     7.68       7.91       8.47      10.50      11.34  
        Cashiers......................................................     7.68       7.91       8.47      10.50      11.34  
      Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................     7.50       8.50       8.50      10.10      11.00  
        Counter and rental clerks.....................................     7.50       8.50       8.50      10.10      11.00  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     7.85       8.50      10.26      12.49      15.87  
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    16.36      21.12      25.52      28.85      76.92  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    10.34      11.50      14.42      17.64      19.85  
    Financial clerks..................................................    10.04      12.38      14.65      16.90      19.12  
      Tellers.........................................................    10.03      10.30      12.38      14.65      15.74  
    Customer service representatives..................................    11.86      13.72      17.85      19.01      23.41  
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................     8.75      10.08      13.00      14.00      14.33  
    Stock clerks and order fillers....................................     7.70      11.28      11.45      11.45      18.26  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    12.10      15.19      17.10      19.85      20.61  
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    12.10      14.42      15.38      17.10      21.66  
    Office clerks, general............................................    10.50      12.00      16.50      17.64      19.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    13.50      15.00      17.50      25.00      34.22  
    Electricians......................................................    12.00      14.50      16.00      24.00      39.53  
                                                                                                                             
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    13.73      16.00      19.50      30.23      37.03  
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    11.91      14.50      16.34      18.50      19.92  
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    16.72      21.09      32.45      33.93      37.14  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................     9.00      10.17      15.24      18.55      26.48  
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.00      10.00      17.80      17.80      17.80  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     8.61      10.92      16.00      19.66      22.73  
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    14.00      17.50      19.95      22.34      23.33  
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    18.50      19.45      19.95      22.34      22.93  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     8.00       8.61       9.91      12.72      18.13  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     8.50       8.61      10.50      16.92      18.13  
      Packers and packagers, hand.....................................     7.10       8.00       9.00       9.50      10.00  

  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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
 
 
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January
2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(2)                                  10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................   $15.58     $19.09     $26.89     $33.37     $51.36  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    27.35      27.35      29.15      32.28      45.09  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    15.11      24.49      47.41      59.84      64.94  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    36.33      45.90      47.47      60.04      64.81  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    36.33      45.90      47.41      58.26      65.37  
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    29.03      45.90      47.47      59.72      65.51  
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                
         education....................................................    40.30      46.25      46.83      58.26      62.20  
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    32.80      46.35      48.45      60.04      63.19  
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                             
         education....................................................    46.64      46.64      55.25      60.04      65.29  
    Teacher assistants................................................    13.10      14.22      15.44      18.19      19.32  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    27.31      31.42      31.76      33.50      62.09  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................    15.63      21.40      23.44      27.95      32.64  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    14.77      16.19      16.76      23.38      29.67  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    14.77      16.17      16.19      16.77      20.22  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    14.31      17.23      20.37      21.43      27.56  

  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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
 
 
Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                          Full-time workers                  
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                    
                                                                           10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................   $10.50     $13.00     $17.80     $26.81     $38.46  
                                                                                                                             
  Management occupations..............................................    17.43      26.73      35.39      49.47      61.33  
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    30.08      36.54      56.86      70.51     161.70  
    Computer and information systems managers.........................    27.53      29.71      36.69      66.25      84.04  
    Financial managers................................................    22.43      27.35      35.39      55.29      59.47  
    Education administrators..........................................    27.33      29.09      29.57      44.51      50.40  
                                                                                                                             
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    17.14      21.33      26.86      33.63      43.72  
                                                                                                                             
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    25.76      27.44      35.02      42.63      50.17  
                                                                                                                             
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    20.04      22.95      34.54      36.75      38.04  
                                                                                                                             
  Community and social services occupations...........................    14.33      20.75      22.44      30.20      31.95  
    Social workers....................................................    13.11      18.70      21.80      26.55      30.20  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    13.37      18.32      46.64      60.04      70.70  
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    42.56      60.89      77.74      85.15      86.35  
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    13.37      29.46      46.74      57.70      63.75  
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    18.32      44.05      47.41      56.62      63.75  
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    33.52      45.90      47.47      53.28      65.37  
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                
         education....................................................    18.32      32.41      46.25      57.70      60.73  
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    34.52      46.64      48.45      60.04      63.38  
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                             
         education....................................................    41.63      46.64      51.77      60.04      64.66  
    Teacher assistants................................................    13.11      15.05      17.50      19.23      19.32  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    23.69      24.42      29.24      34.64      45.00  
    Registered nurses.................................................    24.35      26.20      31.18      34.18      36.21  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.70      12.90      14.95      16.93      18.35  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    11.49      12.24      13.62      15.00      17.67  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    11.49      12.24      13.90      15.90      18.88  
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    13.86      15.00      16.82      17.91      18.87  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................    17.13      21.40      23.44      27.95      32.64  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     8.00       8.00      10.01      13.00      17.47  
    Cooks.............................................................    11.84      13.00      14.50      16.41      20.41  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    10.58      12.00      13.15      16.00      18.00  
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    10.25      12.73      13.15      16.19      18.00  
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    12.98      13.15      16.30      18.00      22.65  
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................     8.75      12.33      12.73      14.05      16.17  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    10.35      11.10      11.60      13.00      15.35  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     9.49      10.55      13.44      21.12      25.64  
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    10.82      10.82      16.21      21.59      25.64  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     8.80       9.75      10.62      12.30      14.37  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     9.20       9.90      10.50      11.34      11.35  
        Cashiers......................................................     9.20       9.90      10.50      11.34      11.35  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     9.49      10.08      11.65      13.64      19.52  
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    16.36      21.12      25.52      28.85      76.92  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    10.50      12.10      15.38      18.22      20.62  
    Financial clerks..................................................    10.03      12.48      15.74      17.00      19.63  
      Tellers.........................................................    10.03      10.03      12.48      14.65      15.74  
    Customer service representatives..................................    11.96      13.72      17.85      19.01      23.41  
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................     9.65      10.90      13.00      14.00      14.33  
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    12.10      15.38      17.10      19.85      20.61  
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    12.10      14.42      15.38      17.10      21.66  
    Office clerks, general............................................    10.00      10.50      14.74      17.31      17.64  
                                                                                                                             
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    14.00      15.00      17.77      25.00      34.22  
    Electricians......................................................    12.00      14.50      16.00      24.00      39.53  
                                                                                                                             
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    13.73      16.00      19.50      30.23      37.03  
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    11.91      14.50      16.34      18.50      19.92  
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    16.72      21.09      32.45      33.93      37.14  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................     9.00      11.28      15.92      19.00      26.48  
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................     9.00      11.00      17.80      17.80      18.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     9.00      14.00      17.28      19.96      22.93  
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    14.00      17.50      19.95      22.34      23.33  
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    18.50      19.45      19.95      22.34      22.93  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     8.50       8.63      10.50      14.97      18.13  
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........     8.61       9.00      10.92      16.92      18.13  

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 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.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
 
 
Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                          Part-time workers                  
                                                                                                                             
                            Occupation(3)                                                                                    
                                                                           10         25       Median       75         90    
                                                                                                 50                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
All workers...........................................................    $5.00      $7.80      $9.50     $15.00     $33.16  
                                                                                                                             
  Education, training, and library occupations........................     9.29      10.25      13.97      17.52      22.09  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    13.83      24.00      30.00      34.15      39.85  
    Registered nurses.................................................    23.06      28.79      33.16      36.93      41.10  
                                                                                                                             
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    11.54      12.24      15.00      17.15      17.15  
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    11.08      11.70      12.75      14.38      15.44  
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    10.92      11.54      13.15      14.44      15.44  
                                                                                                                             
  Protective service occupations......................................     9.50       9.63      10.00      12.70      23.56  
                                                                                                                             
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     2.89       3.53       7.40       8.25      10.65  
    Food service, tipped..............................................     2.89       2.89       3.75       5.00       6.00  
    Fast food and counter workers.....................................     7.40       7.50       8.00       8.50       9.30  
                                                                                                                             
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........     7.24       7.24       7.50       8.00      13.42  
                                                                                                                             
  Personal care and service occupations...............................     8.00       8.41       9.75      10.75      13.39  
    Recreation and fitness workers....................................     8.00       8.50       9.00       9.75      10.75  
      Recreation workers..............................................     8.00       8.50       9.00       9.75      10.75  
                                                                                                                             
  Sales and related occupations.......................................     7.50       7.91       8.25       9.00      10.63  
    Retail sales workers..............................................     7.50       7.85       8.00       8.50      10.00  
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................     7.50       7.91       7.95       8.47       9.78  
        Cashiers......................................................     7.50       7.91       7.95       8.47       9.78  
      Retail salespersons.............................................     7.65       7.81       8.50       8.50      10.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................     8.00       8.00      11.18      17.23      19.00  
                                                                                                                             
  Production occupations..............................................    10.00      10.00      10.00      12.50      15.24  
                                                                                                                             
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................     7.60       9.60      13.40      16.86      18.50  
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................     7.10       7.60       8.50      12.72      17.03  

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 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.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.  Overall occupational groups
may include data for categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Providence-New
Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $22.46    $17.80      $876      $700    39.0    $44,599   $36,899  1,986 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    40.18     35.39     1,605     1,340    39.9     83,443    69,680  2,077 
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    65.17     56.86     2,607     2,274    40.0    135,563   118,269  2,080 
    Computer and information systems managers.........................    49.00     36.69     1,917     1,413    39.1     99,708    73,493  2,035 
    Financial managers................................................    39.46     35.39     1,574     1,416    39.9     81,846    73,611  2,074 
    Education administrators..........................................    34.67     29.57     1,311     1,163    37.8     68,190    60,501  1,967 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    30.04     26.86     1,145     1,074    38.1     59,563    55,867  1,983 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    36.55     35.02     1,401     1,401    38.3     72,840    72,846  1,993 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    31.13     34.54     1,224     1,332    39.3     63,658    69,240  2,045 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Community and social services occupations...........................    24.40     22.44       939       884    38.5     48,248    46,416  1,977 
    Social workers....................................................    22.51     21.80       862       820    38.3     44,809    42,615  1,991 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    43.26     46.64     1,475     1,594    34.1     56,437    58,518  1,304 
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    70.74     77.74     2,511     2,511    35.5     91,503    95,981  1,294 
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    42.41     46.74     1,447     1,607    34.1     55,159    59,089  1,301 
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    46.27     47.41     1,540     1,608    33.3     56,225    59,248  1,215 
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    48.61     47.47     1,609     1,628    33.1     58,903    59,281  1,212 
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                     
         education....................................................    43.42     46.25     1,455     1,578    33.5     52,945    57,116  1,219 
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    50.60     48.45     1,658     1,643    32.8     60,398    60,151  1,194 
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                  
         education....................................................    52.78     51.77     1,726     1,696    32.7     62,789    61,921  1,190 
    Teacher assistants................................................    16.82     17.50       525       507    31.2     19,012    18,241  1,130 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    32.65     29.24     1,278     1,112    39.2     65,618    57,800  2,010 
    Registered nurses.................................................    30.53     31.18     1,180     1,177    38.6     60,477    60,260  1,981 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    15.04     14.95       583       563    38.8     30,326    29,250  2,017 
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    13.98     13.62       538       529    38.5     27,990    27,518  2,003 
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    14.37     13.90       559       556    38.9     29,084    28,918  2,024 
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    16.40     16.82       642       661    39.1     33,377    34,362  2,035 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Protective service occupations......................................    24.70     23.44       962       923    39.0     50,039    47,971  2,026 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    11.24     10.01       416       400    37.0     21,620    20,821  1,923 
    Cooks.............................................................    15.11     14.50       602       560    39.9     31,309    29,120  2,072 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    14.36     13.15       571       526    39.8     29,694    27,346  2,069 
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    14.20     13.15       565       526    39.8     29,356    27,346  2,067 
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    16.32     16.30       653       652    40.0     33,948    33,906  2,080 
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................    12.58     12.73       498       509    39.6     25,878    26,474  2,058 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    12.32     11.60       485       458    39.4     25,090    23,816  2,037 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    17.08     13.44       677       521    39.6     35,047    26,639  2,052 
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    19.13     16.21       772       730    40.3     40,132    37,941  2,098 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    12.05     10.62       475       425    39.5     24,503    22,081  2,034 
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................    10.46     10.50       412       420    39.4     21,417    21,840  2,048 
        Cashiers......................................................    10.46     10.50       412       420    39.4     21,417    21,840  2,048 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    13.18     11.65       519       461    39.4     26,992    23,985  2,048 
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    31.23     25.52     1,238     1,021    39.6     64,383    53,077  2,061 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.78     15.38       618       590    39.2     32,135    30,659  2,036 
    Financial clerks..................................................    15.04     15.74       594       614    39.5     30,868    31,917  2,052 
      Tellers.........................................................    12.71     12.48       498       495    39.2     25,907    25,750  2,038 
    Customer service representatives..................................    17.11     17.85       680       714    39.8     35,369    37,128  2,067 
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................    12.43     13.00       497       520    40.0     25,862    27,040  2,080 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    17.19     17.10       682       684    39.7     35,467    35,574  2,063 
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    15.92     15.38       637       615    40.0     33,110    31,990  2,080 
    Office clerks, general............................................    14.49     14.74       559       565    38.6     29,066    29,355  2,006 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    21.08     17.77       850       720    40.3     44,176    37,440  2,096 
    Electricians......................................................    20.05     16.00       823       640    41.1     42,807    33,280  2,135 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    22.31     19.50       886       780    39.7     45,565    40,560  2,042 
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    16.89     16.34       662       640    39.2     33,388    30,160  1,977 
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    29.49     32.45     1,180     1,298    40.0     61,348    67,494  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    16.24     15.92       642       637    39.5     33,360    33,114  2,054 
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................    15.78     17.80       631       712    40.0     32,822    37,024  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    16.82     17.28       673       691    40.0     34,981    35,942  2,080 
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    19.58     19.95       783       798    40.0     40,729    41,496  2,080 
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    20.47     19.95       819       798    40.0     42,579    41,496  2,080 
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    11.75     10.50       470       420    40.0     24,430    21,840  2,080 
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    12.75     10.92       510       437    40.0     26,521    22,714  2,080 

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  3 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. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
  5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.  Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $21.35    $17.14      $841      $676    39.4    $43,465   $35,152  2,036 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    41.36     36.36     1,662     1,453    40.2     86,443    75,546  2,090 
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    65.17     56.86     2,607     2,274    40.0    135,563   118,269  2,080 
    Financial managers................................................    42.90     45.91     1,710     1,836    39.9     88,918    95,495  2,073 
    Education administrators..........................................    31.51     29.09     1,171     1,163    37.2     60,896    60,501  1,933 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    30.04     26.86     1,145     1,074    38.1     59,563    55,867  1,983 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    36.87     35.02     1,414     1,401    38.4     73,541    72,846  1,995 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    30.56     34.54     1,222     1,381    40.0     63,568    71,837  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    36.16     27.98     1,313     1,029    36.3     55,780    44,750  1,543 
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    69.89     77.74     2,394     2,482    34.2     90,721    95,981  1,298 
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    18.02     13.37       692       535    38.4     30,552    27,810  1,696 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    32.23     27.20     1,274     1,072    39.5     66,223    55,729  2,055 
    Registered nurses.................................................    30.14     29.43     1,166     1,133    38.7     60,610    58,917  2,011 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    14.95     14.12       582       556    38.9     30,239    28,918  2,023 
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    13.65     12.96       528       515    38.7     27,474    26,790  2,012 
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    14.00     13.68       550       530    39.3     28,594    27,536  2,043 
    Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations......................    16.40     16.82       642       661    39.1     33,377    34,362  2,035 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    11.01     10.01       406       400    36.9     21,128    20,821  1,918 
    Cooks.............................................................    15.11     14.50       602       560    39.9     31,309    29,120  2,072 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    13.25     12.73       526       509    39.7     27,369    26,474  2,066 
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    13.49     12.73       536       509    39.7     27,851    26,474  2,064 
      Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners...    15.68     15.46       627       618    40.0     32,622    32,157  2,080 
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................    12.03     12.73       475       509    39.5     24,711    26,474  2,054 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Personal care and service occupations...............................    12.09     11.60       478       458    39.5     24,858    23,816  2,056 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    17.08     13.44       677       521    39.6     35,047    26,639  2,052 
    First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers....................    19.13     16.21       772       730    40.3     40,132    37,941  2,098 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    12.05     10.62       475       425    39.5     24,503    22,081  2,034 
      Cashiers, all workers...........................................    10.46     10.50       412       420    39.4     21,417    21,840  2,048 
        Cashiers......................................................    10.46     10.50       412       420    39.4     21,417    21,840  2,048 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    13.18     11.65       519       461    39.4     26,992    23,985  2,048 
    Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................    31.23     25.52     1,238     1,021    39.6     64,383    53,077  2,061 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.30     14.74       604       573    39.5     31,415    29,806  2,053 
    Financial clerks..................................................    14.80     15.10       585       590    39.6     30,445    30,659  2,057 
      Tellers.........................................................    12.71     12.48       498       495    39.2     25,907    25,750  2,038 
    Customer service representatives..................................    17.11     17.85       680       714    39.8     35,369    37,128  2,067 
    Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...........................    12.43     13.00       497       520    40.0     25,862    27,040  2,080 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    17.02     17.10       679       684    39.9     35,285    35,574  2,073 
      Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...............    15.92     15.38       637       615    40.0     33,110    31,990  2,080 
    Office clerks, general............................................    14.49     14.74       559       565    38.6     29,066    29,355  2,006 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    21.12     17.77       854       720    40.4     44,389    37,440  2,102 
    Electricians......................................................    20.05     16.00       823       640    41.1     42,807    33,280  2,135 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    22.31     19.50       886       780    39.7     45,565    40,560  2,042 
    Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers    16.89     16.34       662       640    39.2     33,388    30,160  1,977 
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    29.49     32.45     1,180     1,298    40.0     61,348    67,494  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    16.24     15.92       642       637    39.5     33,360    33,114  2,054 
    Miscellaneous production workers..................................    15.78     17.80       631       712    40.0     32,822    37,024  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    16.52     16.92       661       677    40.0     34,364    35,194  2,080 
    Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................    19.58     19.95       783       798    40.0     40,729    41,496  2,080 
      Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................    20.47     19.95       819       798    40.0     42,579    41,496  2,080 
    Laborers and material movers, hand................................    11.42     10.00       457       400    40.0     23,743    20,800  2,080 
      Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..........    12.38     10.50       495       420    40.0     25,741    21,840  2,080 

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  3 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. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
  5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.  Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $30.78    $27.35    $1,124    $1,093    36.5    $51,627   $56,295  1,677 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    31.94     29.15     1,223     1,166    38.3     63,613    60,632  1,992 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    47.52     47.47     1,563     1,628    32.9     56,742    59,248  1,194 
    Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.........    50.99     48.45     1,674     1,632    32.8     61,292    59,343  1,202 
      Elementary and middle school teachers...........................    49.90     47.47     1,642     1,628    32.9     60,186    59,281  1,206 
        Elementary school teachers, except special education..........    49.26     47.47     1,625     1,628    33.0     59,540    59,281  1,209 
        Middle school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                     
         education....................................................    50.89     46.83     1,669     1,608    32.8     61,181    58,518  1,202 
      Secondary school teachers.......................................    51.62     48.94     1,677     1,663    32.5     61,273    60,545  1,187 
        Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational                                                                                  
         education....................................................    54.27     55.25     1,754     1,801    32.3     64,071    65,200  1,181 
    Teacher assistants................................................    16.77     16.89       516       501    30.7     18,752    18,231  1,118 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Protective service occupations......................................    25.14     25.14       982       949    39.1     51,062    49,358  2,031 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    19.39     16.76       776       670    40.0     40,338    34,850  2,080 
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    16.99     16.19       680       648    40.0     35,349    33,684  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    20.20     20.41       735       720    36.4     38,238    37,434  1,893 

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  3 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. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
  5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.  Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry
establishments for major occupational groups, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,
January 2008
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
                                                            1-99      100-499      500   
            Occupational group(2)                Total     workers    workers    workers 
                                                                                 or more 
                                                                                         
                                                                                         
All workers..................................   $20.04     $16.38     $19.11     $32.28  
                                                                                         
  Management, professional, and related......    34.62      28.82      31.39      40.92  
    Management, business, and financial......    37.38      24.89      38.23      46.21  
    Professional and related.................    32.39      31.76      25.92      36.33  
  Service....................................    11.13      10.37      11.45      15.14  
  Sales and office...........................    14.72      14.65      14.06      16.98  
    Sales and related........................    14.26      14.25      13.47            
    Office and administrative support........    14.99      14.91      14.42      16.76  
  Natural resources, construction, and                                                   
   maintenance...............................    21.47      17.62      29.46            
    Construction and  extraction.............    20.97      17.88                      
    Installation, maintenance, and repair....    22.31      16.90      27.37            
  Production, transportation, and material                                               
   moving....................................    15.89      15.26      16.63            
    Production...............................    15.95      15.50      16.52            
    Transportation and material moving.......    15.80      14.53      16.73            
B
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                     1-99      100-499      500   
                                                                          Total     workers    workers    workers 
                                                                                                          or more 
                        Occupational group(2)                                                                     
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Relative error(3)             
                                                                                        (percent)                 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                       
                                                                               Relative error(3) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................     6.3        7.5        7.0        8.6   
                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................     7.7       14.3        4.5        7.5   
    Management, business, and financial...............................     9.5       11.3        5.5        9.9   
    Professional and related..........................................     8.3       17.6        8.9        7.3   
  Service.............................................................     3.2        5.1       10.7        3.2   
  Sales and office....................................................     6.2        9.2        4.6        3.8   
    Sales and related.................................................    14.6       19.3       13.8             
    Office and administrative support.................................     2.6        3.9        3.8        4.2   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     6.2        5.8       11.0             
    Construction and  extraction......................................     6.3        7.5                       
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     9.4        5.0       15.8             
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     4.5        9.1        9.8             
    Production........................................................     5.5       11.2       12.8             
    Transportation and material moving................................     7.8       12.3        8.8             

  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. See appendix A for more information.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
  3 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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
 
 
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for
full-time(1) private industry workers, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $16.94    $15.00      $666      $588    39.3    $34,530   $30,437  2,038 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    25.86     23.13     1,058       925    40.9     55,036    48,100  2,128 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................     9.75      8.00       345       320    35.4     17,960    16,640  1,841 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    17.79     11.85       707       474    39.7     36,425    24,642  2,047 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    12.84     10.62       509       425    39.7     26,008    22,081  2,026 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.19     14.65       597       565    39.3     31,060    29,355  2,044 
    Financial clerks..................................................    13.37     12.71       527       509    39.4     27,384    26,443  2,047 
      Tellers.........................................................    12.62     12.38       494       495    39.2     25,693    25,750  2,036 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    17.09     17.10       684       684    40.0     35,544    35,574  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    17.99     17.50       729       700    40.5     37,925    36,400  2,108 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    16.90     18.00       666       720    39.4     33,826    31,200  2,002 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    15.88     16.00       624       600    39.3     32,437    31,200  2,043 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    15.46     15.22       618       609    40.0     32,156    31,658  2,080 

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  3 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. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
  5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.  Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for
full-time(1) private industry workers, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Hourly earnings(3)      Weekly earnings(4)          Annual earnings(5)    
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                            Occupation(2)                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                 Mean                        Mean 
                                                                          Mean     Median     Mean     Median   weekly    Mean     Median   annual
                                                                                                                hours                       hours 
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $25.86    $20.52    $1,020      $816    39.4    $52,594   $42,453  2,033 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Management occupations..............................................    50.40     45.91     2,005     1,774    39.8    104,239    92,255  2,068 
    Marketing and sales managers......................................    65.17     56.86     2,607     2,274    40.0    135,563   118,269  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Business and financial operations occupations.......................    32.93     30.59     1,263     1,144    38.4     65,695    59,488  1,995 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Computer and mathematical science occupations.......................    37.11     35.96     1,419     1,401    38.2     73,786    72,846  1,988 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Life, physical, and social science occupations......................    30.04     30.32     1,201     1,213    40.0     62,474    63,066  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Education, training, and library occupations........................    49.66     42.06     1,735     1,368    34.9     70,018    56,900  1,410 
    Postsecondary teachers............................................    69.89     77.74     2,394     2,482    34.2     90,721    95,981  1,298 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...................    32.66     27.58     1,287     1,088    39.4     66,924    56,576  2,049 
    Registered nurses.................................................    30.14     29.43     1,166     1,133    38.7     60,610    58,917  2,011 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Healthcare support occupations......................................    14.97     13.99       589       556    39.3     30,623    28,918  2,045 
    Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides.......................    14.25     13.90       564       547    39.6     29,332    28,454  2,058 
      Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................    14.54     13.90       574       556    39.5     29,860    28,918  2,053 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Food preparation and serving related occupations....................    13.26     11.65       529       466    39.9     27,492    24,222  2,073 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations...........    12.69     12.73       506       509    39.9     26,315    26,474  2,074 
    Building cleaning workers.........................................    12.64     12.73       506       509    40.0     26,289    26,474  2,080 
      Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................    12.20     12.73       488       509    40.0     25,382    26,474  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Sales and related occupations.......................................    16.34     13.44       646       535    39.5     33,594    27,810  2,056 
    Retail sales workers..............................................    11.33     10.96       445       437    39.3     23,132    22,718  2,042 
      Retail salespersons.............................................    11.62     11.50       454       442    39.1     23,597    23,005  2,031 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Office and administrative support occupations.......................    15.42     15.16       611       590    39.6     31,789    30,659  2,062 
    Financial clerks..................................................    16.15     16.90       642       676    39.8     33,378    35,152  2,067 
    Customer service representatives..................................    15.94     13.94       636       558    39.9     33,055    28,995  2,074 
    Secretaries and administrative assistants.........................    16.89     16.75       668       670    39.6     34,756    34,840  2,058 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Construction and extraction occupations.............................    32.32     34.22     1,293     1,369    40.0     67,220    71,182  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations...................    27.27     30.23     1,091     1,209    40.0     56,720    62,874  2,080 
    Line installers and repairers.....................................    29.49     32.45     1,180     1,298    40.0     61,348    67,494  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Production occupations..............................................    17.04     15.92       682       637    40.0     35,444    33,114  2,080 
                                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and material moving occupations......................    17.49     18.13       700       725    40.0     36,378    37,706  2,080 

  1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
  3 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. See appendix A for more information.
  4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
  5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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.  Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
 
 
Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River,
RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                     Union                          Nonunion            
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                        Occupational group(3)                                       Private   State and              Private   State and
                                                                        Civilian   industry     local    Civilian   industry     local  
                                                                         workers    workers  government   workers    workers  government
                                                                                               workers                          workers 
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................   $25.88     $19.90     $30.44     $20.15     $20.05     $26.05  
                                                                                                                                        
  Management, professional, and related...............................    39.59      36.70      40.04      34.36      34.56      29.70  
    Management, business, and financial...............................                                  37.25      37.38      34.89  
    Professional and related..........................................    40.56      36.70      41.23      31.84      32.16      21.94  
  Service.............................................................    18.10      12.53      22.33      10.98      10.98      11.07  
  Sales and office....................................................    18.00      15.47      20.11      14.72      14.68            
    Sales and related.................................................                                  14.39      14.39            
    Office and administrative support.................................    18.78      16.85      20.11      14.92      14.87            
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    31.06      33.21                19.91      19.91            
    Construction and  extraction......................................                                  19.57      19.57            
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    31.45      31.45                20.53      20.53            
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    18.37      18.27                15.39      15.39            
    Production........................................................    20.44      20.44                15.17      15.17            
    Transportation and material moving................................    16.74      15.70                15.83      15.83            
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                     Union                          Nonunion            
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                    Private   State and              Private   State and
                                                                        Civilian   industry     local    Civilian   industry     local  
                                                                         workers    workers  government   workers    workers  government
                                                                                               workers                          workers 
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                               Relative error(4)                        
                                                                                                   (percent)                            
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                       
                                                                                          Relative error(4) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                        
All workers...........................................................     6.0       11.6        4.7        6.5        6.6        9.6   
                                                                                                                                        
  Management, professional, and related...............................     6.2       14.2        6.9        7.6        7.9        9.0   
    Management, business, and financial...............................                                   9.0        9.5        9.8   
    Professional and related..........................................     6.7       14.2        7.5        8.6        8.7       30.7   
  Service.............................................................     8.5        8.0        4.2        3.7        3.8       11.8   
  Sales and office....................................................     8.6       14.6        8.9        6.1        6.2             
    Sales and related.................................................                                  14.2       14.2             
    Office and administrative support.................................     7.4       12.8        8.9        2.6        2.6             
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     8.4        3.7                  4.2        4.2             
    Construction and  extraction......................................                                   2.1        2.1             
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     4.8        4.8                 10.1       10.1             
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     7.0        8.4                  5.9        5.9             
    Production........................................................     6.4        6.4                  6.9        6.9             
    Transportation and material moving................................     7.5        8.3                 10.3       10.3             

  1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining.
  2 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. See appendix A for more information.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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.
 
 
Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Providence-New
Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                Time               Incentive      
                                                                                                                  
                        Occupational group(3)                                                                     
                                                                        Civilian    Private   Civilian    Private 
                                                                         workers   industry    workers   industry 
                                                                                    workers               workers 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................   $20.63     $19.49     $29.61     $29.61  
                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................    35.22      34.49      36.03      36.03  
    Management, business, and financial...............................    37.13      37.69      36.03      36.03  
    Professional and related..........................................    34.16      32.39                      
  Service.............................................................    12.38      11.13                      
  Sales and office....................................................    14.58      14.20      22.21      22.21  
    Sales and related.................................................    12.63      12.63      23.12      23.12  
    Office and administrative support.................................    15.48      15.00                      
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................    20.04      20.05                      
    Construction and  extraction......................................              20.08                      
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................    19.98      19.98                      
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................    15.86      15.73                      
    Production........................................................    15.95      15.95                      
    Transportation and material moving................................    15.69      15.29                      
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                Time               Incentive      
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                        Civilian    Private   Civilian    Private 
                                                                         workers   industry    workers   industry 
                                                                                    workers               workers 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Relative error(4)             
                                                                                        (percent)                 
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                       
                                                                               Relative error(4) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
All workers...........................................................     5.4        6.5        8.1        8.1   
                                                                                                                  
  Management, professional, and related...............................     6.5        8.4       10.0       10.0   
    Management, business, and financial...............................    10.5       11.4       10.0       10.0   
    Professional and related..........................................     5.9        8.3                       
  Service.............................................................     3.3        3.2                       
  Sales and office....................................................     4.2        4.4       26.6       26.6   
    Sales and related.................................................    10.4       10.4       27.9       27.9   
    Office and administrative support.................................     2.6        2.6                       
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     3.8        3.9                       
    Construction and  extraction......................................               3.4                       
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     8.9        8.9                       
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     4.6        4.8                       
    Production........................................................     5.5        5.5                       
    Transportation and material moving................................     7.7        8.9                       

  1 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.
  2 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. See appendix A for more information.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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.
 
 
Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,
January 2008
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                         Goods producing                             Service providing                          
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                        Occupational group(3)                                                Trade,                       Profes-  Education  Leisure           
                                                                       Construc-  Manufac- transpor-   Infor-  Financial   sional     and       and      Other  
                                                                          tion     turing   tation,    mation  activiti-    and      health  hospital-  services
                                                                                              and                  es     business  services    ity             
                                                                                           utilities                      services                              
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
All workers...........................................................                     $17.05             $19.62             $20.60     $9.28    $16.53 
                                                                                                                                                                
  Management, professional, and related...............................                      30.66              31.81              28.55                   
    Management, business, and financial...............................                      34.22              29.16              22.57                   
    Professional and related..........................................                                                          30.06                   
  Service.............................................................                                                          13.66      8.08          
  Sales and office....................................................                      13.53              14.73              16.21              12.05 
    Sales and related.................................................                      12.33              15.32                                     
    Office and administrative support.................................                      15.13              14.57              16.21                   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................                      25.92                                                       
    Construction and  extraction......................................                                                                                 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................                      25.92                                                       
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................                      18.08                                                       
    Production........................................................                                                                                 
    Transportation and material moving................................                      17.61                                                       
B
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                         Goods producing                             Service providing                          
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                             Trade,                       Profes-  Education  Leisure           
                                                                       Construc-  Manufac- transpor-   Infor-  Financial   sional     and       and      Other  
                        Occupational group(3)                             tion     turing   tation,    mation  activiti-    and      health  hospital-  services
                                                                                              and                  es     business  services    ity             
                                                                                           utilities                      services                              
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                           Relative error(4)                                    
                                                                                                               (percent)                                        
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                       
                                                                                                      Relative error(4) (percent)
                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
All workers...........................................................                      14.8                9.0                8.7      10.1       5.0  
                                                                                                                                                                
  Management, professional, and related...............................                       4.3                4.2               10.1                    
    Management, business, and financial...............................                       5.6                2.9               12.7                    
    Professional and related..........................................                                                           9.7                    
  Service.............................................................                                                           6.5       5.8           
  Sales and office....................................................                      12.0                5.2                5.4                1.8  
    Sales and related.................................................                      18.2               17.1                                      
    Office and administrative support.................................                       4.4                3.0                5.4                    
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................                      14.9                                                        
    Construction and  extraction......................................                                                                                 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................                      14.9                                                        
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................                       6.1                                                        
    Production........................................................                                                                                 
    Transportation and material moving................................                       4.5                                                        

  1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
  2 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. See appendix A for more information.
  3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
 
 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River,
RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                    Private   State and
                        Occupational group(2)                           Civilian   industry     local  
                                                                         workers    workers  government
                                                                                               workers 
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
All workers...........................................................    674,400    594,000     80,400
                                                                                                       
  Management, professional, and related...............................    198,100    149,500     48,600
    Management, business, and financial...............................     66,400     59,800      6,600
    Professional and related..........................................    131,600     89,700     42,000
  Service.............................................................    162,000    144,500     17,500
  Sales and office....................................................    186,900    176,500     10,500
    Sales and related.................................................     74,100     74,100          
    Office and administrative support.................................    112,800    102,400     10,500
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....................     42,000     41,000          
    Construction and  extraction......................................     27,600     26,700          
    Installation, maintenance, and repair.............................     14,300     14,300          
  Production, transportation, and material moving.....................     85,500     82,600          
    Production........................................................     49,700     49,700          
    Transportation and material moving................................     35,800     32,900          

  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. 
  2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
 
 
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2008
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
                                                                                    Private   State and
                            Establishments                                Total    industry     local  
                                                                                             government
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                       
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................    37,783     36,877        906 
                                                                                                       
Total in sample.......................................................       238        217         21 
    Responding........................................................       153        134         19 
    Refused or unable to provide data.................................        55         53          2 
    Out of business or not in survey scope............................        30         30          0 

  1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.