Providence–New Bedford– 

Fall River, RI–MA 

National Compensation Survey 

January 2007 

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner 

September 2007 

Bulletin 3140–14
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Preface

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data 

included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. 

 Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the 

Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology 

and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the 

survey for publication. 

 For additional information regarding this survey, please 

contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. 

You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: 

Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 

20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to 

ocltinfo@bls.gov. 

 The data contained in this bulletin are also available at 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format 

(PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file 

containing the published table formats. 

 Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from 

BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data 

Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. 

 Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, 

with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory 

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Contents

Page 

Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 1 

Tables: 

 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker 

 and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................. 3 

 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 4 

 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 8 

 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers 

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 11 

 5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time 

 and part-time workers................................................................................................................... 12 

 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 16 

 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 18 

 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 20 

 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 21 

10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles.................................................................... 23 

11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 24 

12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 27 

13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 29 

14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments 

 for major occupational groups...................................................................................................... 30 

15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 31 

16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 32 

17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 34 

18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 35 

19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers 

 by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 36 

Appendixes: 

 A. Technical Note............................................................................................................................... A – 1 

 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................ A – 5 

 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response........................................................................ A – 6 

 B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................ B – 1 
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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for 

the Providence–New Bedford–Fall River, RI–MA, 

Metropolitan Statistical Area. Data were collected between 

June 2006 and July 2007; the average reference month is 

January 2007. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different 

work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information 

on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. 

 Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual 

earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided 

for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have 

shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of 

full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are 

useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having 

different work schedules. 

NCS products

The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides 

comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan 

provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly 

measure of the change in employer costs for wages and 

benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for 

Employee Compensation measures employers’ average 

hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures 

the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin 

is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. 

Changes to the publications 

The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of 

significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on 

earlier changes. 

 The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined 

Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that 

reflects the new area definition. 

 In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments 

in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest 

available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments 

that are out of scope for NCS. 

About the tables 

The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive 

pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These 

earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, 

holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). 

Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise 

concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. 

 Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and 

State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include 

high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time 

or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include 

goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment. 

 Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work 

level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and 

part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for 

private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for 

State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the 

work levels by combining them into broader groups within 

major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers. 

Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles 

that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are 

provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles 

for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and 

part-time workers. 

 Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and 

annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time 

workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information 

for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar 

data for State and local government workers. 

 Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide 

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mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data 

for full-time employees in private establishments with 

fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 

100 workers or more. 

 Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union 

and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local 

government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time 

and incentive workers in all and private establishments by 

high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents 

mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions 

within the private sector. 

 Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and 

local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number 

of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of 

responding and nonresponding establishments. 
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Worker and establishment

characteristics

Civilian

workers

Private industry

workers

State and local government

workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

All workers .......................................................... $20.18 4.9 33.8 $18.92 5.9 33.8 $28.44 4.0 33.8

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 34.54 5.0 35.9 33.86 6.6 37.4 36.71 5.2 32.0

Management, business, and financial .......... 37.26 10.6 38.6 38.14 11.5 39.4 30.90 9.6 33.4

Professional and related ............................... 32.95 4.0 34.5 30.64 5.3 36.0 38.05 6.5 31.7

Service .............................................................. 12.56 3.9 30.6 11.27 3.2 30.2 20.78 3.4 34.1

Sales and office ................................................ 14.50 4.6 32.8 14.06 5.2 32.5 19.01 5.7 36.8

Sales and related .......................................... 13.15 10.3 29.1 13.15 10.3 29.1 – – –

Office and administrative support ................. 15.29 2.9 35.5 14.67 3.0 35.3 19.01 5.7 36.8

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................... 21.00 4.7 38.7 21.05 4.8 38.7 – – –

Construction and extraction ......................... 21.17 4.2 38.0 21.27 4.3 38.0 – – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 20.73 7.9 39.7 20.73 7.9 39.7 – – –

Production, transportation, and material

moving ............................................................ 14.81 5.3 35.4 14.61 5.4 35.2 – – –

Production .................................................... 15.02 8.6 37.5 15.02 8.6 37.5 – – –

Transportation and material moving ............. 14.39 7.1 32.1 13.68 8.3 31.0 – – –

Full time ............................................................ 21.88 5.1 39.1 20.60 6.2 39.5 29.26 4.4 36.6

Part time ........................................................... 11.15 6.2 19.7 10.89 6.7 20.0 15.85 7.3 15.5

Union ................................................................ 24.50 5.7 34.0 18.45 10.9 31.2 28.94 4.4 36.3

Nonunion .......................................................... 19.10 6.1 33.7 18.97 6.3 34.1 24.97 10.0 22.8

Time .................................................................. 20.00 5.0 33.7 18.66 6.0 33.7 28.44 4.0 33.8

Incentive ........................................................... 27.05 19.5 36.3 27.05 19.5 36.3 – – –

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 () – – – 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service providing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 18.93 7.4 33.0 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1-99 workers ..................................................... 15.63 6.0 32.4 15.28 6.3 32.2 – – –

100-499 workers ............................................... 18.62 7.0 34.4 17.47 7.5 34.9 32.23 10.2 29.9

500 workers or more ......................................... 29.40 7.4 35.5 30.01 10.6 36.3 28.26 4.5 34.0

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 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing

industries applies to 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.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Providence-New

Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $20.18 4.9 $21.88 5.1 $11.15 6.2

Management occupations ................................................. 40.20 13.6 40.15 13.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.63 9.0 20.63 9.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.01 2.6 31.01 2.6 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 29.95 3.7 29.95 3.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 44.22 5.9 44.22 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 62.29 13.4 62.20 13.4 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 65.99 23.8 65.99 23.8 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 47.67 34.5 47.67 34.5 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 32.40 10.9 32.40 10.9 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 28.82 10.7 29.24 10.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.11 17.5 34.60 18.0 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 35.49 9.6 35.49 9.6 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 28.10 5.9 28.10 5.9 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 39.16 4.3 39.16 4.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 23.14 4.8 23.14 4.8 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 30.14 10.8 30.14 10.8 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 23.98 8.6 24.06 8.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.24 7.3 25.24 7.3 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 22.32 10.9 22.30 11.0 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 43.75 5.6 46.67 6.3 15.62 8.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.78 10.8 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.84 22.1 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 46.08 6.2 46.08 6.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 48.93 11.0 48.93 11.0 – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 68.53 7.2 68.53 7.2 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 46.57 1.2 47.33 1.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 45.97 6.4 45.97 6.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.22 1.1 49.22 1.1 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 45.00 3.0 45.37 3.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 43.20 4.2 43.20 4.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 48.05 5.3 48.05 5.3 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 46.24 4.6 46.94 5.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 47.08 3.4 47.08 3.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 46.81 10.1 46.81 10.1 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 43.45 5.8 43.45 5.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 39.79 9.2 39.79 9.2 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 47.71 1.8 49.97 4.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 47.32 7.2 47.32 7.2 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 51.71 5.1 51.71 5.1 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 15.47 5.1 16.01 6.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.78 10.8 – – – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 22.32 8.6 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 30.11 6.5 30.83 8.5 27.99 5.5

Level 5 ............................................................. 23.20 .2 22.00 3.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.71 4.4 23.96 1.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.45 6.9 27.18 8.4 28.69 8.9

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.48 5.2 27.93 6.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.91 3.4 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.19 23.4 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 29.24 3.0 28.78 3.4 30.63 7.0

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.78 1.4 30.12 2.5 28.75 9.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Providence-New

Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Registered nurses –Continued

Level 8 ............................................................. $26.86 5.6 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.66 7.6 – – – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 38.07 20.3 $39.21 20.3 – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 18.60 17.8 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 23.91 .5 23.86 1.2 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 15.04 3.2 15.21 2.5 $14.40 5.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.75 8.7 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.52 2.9 13.41 3.7 13.85 3.4

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.51 9.1 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 13.23 3.0 13.18 3.8 13.43 3.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.52 2.9 13.41 3.7 13.86 3.4

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 13.51 4.3 13.47 5.3 13.66 3.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.52 2.9 13.41 3.7 13.86 3.4

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.92 1.9 17.33 1.5 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 19.26 13.2 19.72 14.9 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 8.01 3.6 11.96 7.4 6.03 7.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.80 1.8 – – 6.63 2.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.72 43.3 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 14.54 6.3 14.54 6.3 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 4.70 2.5 – – 4.05 21.2

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.85 .6 – – 7.91 .5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.80 .4 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 12.92 6.4 14.08 7.3 8.86 8.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.53 5.0 – – 7.79 3.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 15.17 3.8 15.17 3.8 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.93 4.4 14.06 5.6 8.75 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 11.04 7.5 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 15.17 3.8 15.17 3.8 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 12.86 7.0 14.94 6.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.90 8.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 15.49 5.1 15.49 5.1 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 13.04 4.6 13.18 5.0 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 12.14 4.0 12.31 4.5 – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 13.15 10.3 15.51 11.0 8.49 2.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.1 – – 7.88 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.95 2.6 10.65 3.1 8.26 1.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.87 7.2 10.49 5.4 8.06 7.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.09 5.0 14.73 4.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 14.95 16.6 14.95 16.6 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.68 1.6 10.95 2.3 8.25 1.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.1 – – 7.88 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.95 2.6 10.65 3.1 8.26 1.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.70 9.4 10.48 7.5 8.06 7.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.42 .4 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.81 2.3 10.07 2.9 8.22 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 .3 – – 8.34 .2

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.81 7.0 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.81 2.3 10.07 2.9 8.22 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 .3 – – 8.34 .2

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.81 7.0 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.01 5.6 11.68 4.8 8.68 5.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.74 .1 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.42 .4 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Providence-New

Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Office and administrative support occupations .............. $15.29 2.9 $15.65 3.0 $12.35 8.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.96 6.2 10.40 3.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.83 3.4 13.82 3.1 13.93 12.6

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.65 4.0 15.68 4.3 15.34 4.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.32 5.3 17.36 5.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.57 7.1 20.57 7.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.27 12.2 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.36 12.6 15.49 13.0 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.72 6.3 14.89 7.1 13.14 7.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.26 2.6 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.62 5.4 13.47 6.3 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 12.65 5.6 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 17.12 16.5 17.67 20.2 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 12.96 7.4 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 17.97 8.7 18.10 8.4 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 13.02 13.9 – – – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 12.03 5.7 12.25 5.6 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 14.04 15.2 – – – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.75 6.0 15.72 6.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.87 6.9 – – – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 18.38 10.4 18.38 10.7 – –

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 14.92 6.3 – – – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.05 4.6 13.80 4.6 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.70 7.8 14.36 8.5 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.17 4.2 21.38 3.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.46 16.0 27.46 16.0 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 20.73 7.9 20.73 7.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.54 3.7 17.54 3.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 25.87 16.1 25.87 16.1 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 16.92 4.5 16.92 4.5 – –

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 28.66 11.3 28.66 11.3 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 15.02 8.6 15.20 8.8 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.39 2.2 10.39 2.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.18 3.5 10.99 2.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.46 1.5 14.08 4.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.55 4.3 14.55 4.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 22.94 10.6 22.94 10.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.86 4.2 23.86 4.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 23.18 11.6 23.18 11.6 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.99 3.9 11.99 3.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.65 2.1 10.65 2.1 – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 15.70 8.5 15.70 8.5 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 11.57 18.8 11.57 18.8 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.52 16.0 12.74 17.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.47 .8 9.47 .8 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 14.39 7.1 15.25 8.5 11.95 11.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.35 5.0 10.00 7.3 8.60 6.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 13.41 7.3 13.41 7.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.05 3.8 15.76 3.8 – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 15.97 13.8 15.97 13.8 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 19.28 5.2 19.28 5.2 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.35 8.9 11.06 11.4 8.60 6.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.35 5.0 10.00 7.3 8.60 6.2

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 11.10 10.0 11.52 11.8 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Providence-New

Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand –Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $10.11 7.0 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.89 1.2 $9.75 6.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.51 3.9 – – – –

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 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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $18.92 5.9 $20.60 6.2 $10.89 6.7

Management occupations ................................................. 42.03 15.2 42.03 15.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.63 9.0 20.63 9.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.01 2.6 31.01 2.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 64.63 13.5 64.63 13.5 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 65.99 23.8 65.99 23.8 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 57.86 34.5 57.86 34.5 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 28.96 7.7 28.96 7.7 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 28.82 10.7 29.24 10.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.11 17.5 34.60 18.0 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 35.77 10.0 35.77 10.0 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 28.10 5.9 28.10 5.9 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 39.16 4.3 39.16 4.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 23.14 4.8 23.14 4.8 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 19.89 12.8 19.88 13.3 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 19.89 14.5 – – – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 45.43 18.0 47.90 20.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.73 11.8 30.73 11.8 – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 66.75 11.6 66.75 11.6 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 29.03 12.0 29.03 12.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.03 12.0 29.03 12.0 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 22.91 8.1 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 29.85 7.1 30.48 9.3 28.17 5.4

Level 5 ............................................................. 23.20 .2 22.00 3.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.71 4.4 23.96 1.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.13 7.4 26.74 9.1 28.69 8.9

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.39 5.6 27.71 7.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.82 5.3 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 29.29 3.5 28.61 3.9 31.16 6.5

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.68 1.5 30.06 3.1 28.75 9.2

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.86 5.6 – – – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 31.39 1.0 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 18.60 17.8 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 23.91 .5 23.86 1.2 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 15.00 3.4 15.17 2.8 14.40 5.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.75 8.7 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.98 3.1 12.57 4.1 13.85 3.4

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.51 9.1 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.91 4.1 12.76 5.3 13.43 3.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.98 3.1 12.57 4.1 13.86 3.4

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 13.15 5.7 12.98 7.3 13.66 3.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.98 3.1 12.57 4.1 13.86 3.4

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.92 1.9 17.33 1.5 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.81 2.6 11.59 7.1 6.03 7.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.80 1.8 – – 6.63 2.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.72 43.3 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 14.54 6.3 14.54 6.3 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 4.70 2.5 – – 4.05 21.2

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.85 .6 – – 7.91 .5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.80 .4 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 11.79 4.1 12.84 5.0 8.86 8.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations –Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $10.31 6.1 – – $7.79 3.5

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.16 5.7 $13.40 6.2 8.75 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.81 8.7 – – – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 12.02 9.8 14.31 8.8 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 11.96 3.4 12.09 3.6 – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 13.15 10.3 15.51 11.0 8.49 2.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.1 – – 7.88 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.95 2.6 10.65 3.1 8.26 1.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.87 7.2 10.49 5.4 8.06 7.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.09 5.0 14.73 4.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 14.95 16.6 14.95 16.6 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.68 1.6 10.95 2.3 8.25 1.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 1.1 – – 7.88 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.95 2.6 10.65 3.1 8.26 1.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.70 9.4 10.48 7.5 8.06 7.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.42 .4 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.81 2.3 10.07 2.9 8.22 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 .3 – – 8.34 .2

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.81 7.0 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.81 2.3 10.07 2.9 8.22 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.68 .3 – – 8.34 .2

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.81 7.0 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.01 5.6 11.68 4.8 8.68 5.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.74 .1 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.42 .4 – – – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 14.67 3.0 15.04 3.2 11.93 9.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.96 6.2 10.40 3.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.46 2.9 13.44 1.7 13.59 13.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.22 3.7 15.25 3.9 14.63 2.0

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.61 8.0 16.58 9.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.18 11.1 20.18 11.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.27 12.2 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.43 10.8 14.55 11.2 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.39 6.7 14.54 7.6 13.14 7.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.26 2.6 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.62 5.4 13.47 6.3 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 12.65 5.6 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 16.23 23.0 – – – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 12.96 7.4 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 17.97 8.7 18.10 8.4 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 12.03 5.7 12.25 5.6 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 14.04 15.2 – – – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.43 6.3 15.45 6.4 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 17.94 11.5 17.93 11.8 – –

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 14.92 6.3 – – – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 13.79 4.5 13.80 4.6 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.16 8.4 13.78 9.0 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.27 4.3 21.49 3.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.46 16.0 27.46 16.0 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 20.73 7.9 20.73 7.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.54 3.7 17.54 3.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 25.87 16.1 25.87 16.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... $16.92 4.5 $16.92 4.5 – –

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 28.66 11.3 28.66 11.3 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 15.02 8.6 15.20 8.8 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.39 2.2 10.39 2.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.18 3.5 10.99 2.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.46 1.5 14.08 4.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.55 4.3 14.55 4.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 22.94 10.6 22.94 10.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.86 4.2 23.86 4.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 23.18 11.6 23.18 11.6 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.99 3.9 11.99 3.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.65 2.1 10.65 2.1 – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 15.70 8.5 15.70 8.5 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 11.57 18.8 11.57 18.8 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.52 16.0 12.74 17.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.47 .8 9.47 .8 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.68 8.3 14.44 10.5 $11.95 11.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.35 5.0 10.00 7.3 8.60 6.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.04 4.2 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 15.97 13.8 15.97 13.8 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 19.28 5.2 19.28 5.2 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.98 9.3 10.59 12.4 8.60 6.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.35 5.0 10.00 7.3 8.60 6.2

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 10.59 10.9 10.92 12.9 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.11 7.0 – – – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.89 1.2 9.75 6.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.51 3.9 – – – –

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 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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work

levels3, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $28.44 4.0 $29.26 4.4 $15.85 7.3

Management occupations ................................................. 30.90 9.6 30.55 8.8 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 43.27 4.9 46.31 5.6 15.44 10.4

Level 9 ............................................................. 49.93 4.0 49.93 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 44.24 5.1 44.24 5.1 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 48.68 .9 49.60 1.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 49.93 4.0 49.93 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.22 1.1 49.22 1.1 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 47.77 1.5 48.23 1.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 48.44 1.7 48.44 1.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 48.05 5.3 48.05 5.3 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 46.96 4.3 47.71 4.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 46.81 10.1 46.81 10.1 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 49.05 3.0 49.05 3.0 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 48.54 .7 50.97 4.0 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 53.14 3.8 53.14 3.8 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 15.39 5.3 15.94 7.2 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 32.76 8.1 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 22.88 3.2 24.10 5.2 – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 18.57 8.4 18.57 8.4 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 16.05 3.5 16.05 3.5 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 19.01 5.7 19.13 6.0 – –

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $20.18 4.9 $21.88 5.1 $11.15 6.2

Management occupations ................................................. 40.20 13.6 40.15 13.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.47 8.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.98 5.0 – – – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 65.99 23.8 65.99 23.8 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 47.67 34.5 47.67 34.5 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 32.40 10.9 32.40 10.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.92 10.3 – – – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 28.82 10.7 29.24 10.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.91 9.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.72 3.4 – – – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 35.49 9.6 35.49 9.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.05 7.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.84 5.0 – – – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 28.10 5.9 28.10 5.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.62 9.7 – – – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 39.16 4.3 39.16 4.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 23.14 4.8 23.14 4.8 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 30.14 10.8 30.14 10.8 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 23.98 8.6 24.06 8.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.96 10.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 25.65 7.1 – – – –

Social workers .................................................................. 22.32 10.9 22.30 11.0 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 43.75 5.6 46.67 6.3 15.62 8.3

Group I .............................................................. 14.79 8.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.91 12.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 47.65 4.8 – – – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 68.53 7.2 68.53 7.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 59.61 2.6 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 46.57 1.2 47.33 1.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 45.97 6.4 – – – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 45.00 3.0 45.37 3.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 43.20 4.2 – – – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 46.24 4.6 46.94 5.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 47.08 3.4 47.08 3.4 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 43.45 5.8 43.45 5.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.79 9.2 39.79 9.2 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 47.71 1.8 49.97 4.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 47.32 7.2 – – – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 51.71 5.1 51.71 5.1 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 15.47 5.1 16.01 6.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.78 10.8 – – – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 22.32 8.6 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 30.11 6.5 30.83 8.5 27.99 5.5

Group II ............................................................. 27.02 5.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.99 6.0 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 29.24 3.0 28.78 3.4 30.63 7.0

Group II ............................................................. 28.64 3.4 28.43 4.7 29.37 7.8

Group III ............................................................ 32.84 7.2 – – – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 38.07 20.3 39.21 20.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 31.39 1.0 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. $18.60 17.8 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 23.91 .5 $23.86 1.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.91 .5 23.86 1.2 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 15.04 3.2 15.21 2.5 $14.40 5.9

Group I .............................................................. 14.11 5.1 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 13.23 3.0 13.18 3.8 13.43 3.0

Group I .............................................................. 13.08 4.9 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 13.51 4.3 13.47 5.3 13.66 3.7

Group I .............................................................. 13.08 4.9 12.89 5.7 13.66 3.7

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.92 1.9 17.33 1.5 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 19.26 13.2 19.72 14.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.69 8.1 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 8.01 3.6 11.96 7.4 6.03 7.9

Group I .............................................................. 7.42 3.0 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 14.54 6.3 14.54 6.3 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 4.70 2.5 – – 4.05 21.2

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.85 .6 – – 7.91 .5

Group I .............................................................. 7.85 .6 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 12.92 6.4 14.08 7.3 8.86 8.5

Group I .............................................................. 12.22 4.4 – – – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.93 4.4 14.06 5.6 8.75 6.9

Group I .............................................................. 12.49 3.4 – – – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 12.86 7.0 14.94 6.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.06 5.4 14.22 4.2 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 13.04 4.6 13.18 5.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.04 4.6 13.18 5.0 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 12.14 4.0 12.31 4.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.89 5.2 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 13.15 10.3 15.51 11.0 8.49 2.5

Group I .............................................................. 10.35 4.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.66 11.0 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 14.95 16.6 14.95 16.6 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.68 1.6 10.95 2.3 8.25 1.2

Group I .............................................................. 9.42 2.0 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.81 2.3 10.07 2.9 8.22 1.1

Group I .............................................................. 8.61 2.1 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.81 2.3 10.07 2.9 8.22 1.1

Group I .............................................................. 8.61 2.1 10.03 2.3 8.19 1.4

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.36 6.6 – – – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.01 5.6 11.68 4.8 8.68 5.2

Group I .............................................................. 10.96 5.2 11.91 2.4 8.65 6.0

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 15.29 2.9 15.65 3.0 12.35 8.9

Group I .............................................................. 14.07 3.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.59 5.0 – – – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 14.72 6.3 14.89 7.1 13.14 7.1

Group I .............................................................. 12.90 5.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.07 13.2 – – – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 12.65 5.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.65 5.6 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 17.12 16.5 17.67 20.2 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 12.96 7.4 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.96 7.4 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 17.97 8.7 18.10 8.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Customer service representatives –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $15.44 10.4 – – – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 13.02 13.9 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.26 15.8 – – – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 12.03 5.7 $12.25 5.6 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 14.04 15.2 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.77 23.2 – – – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.75 6.0 15.72 6.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.65 3.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.95 2.7 – – – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 18.38 10.4 18.38 10.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.02 2.7 – – – –

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 14.92 6.3 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.92 6.3 – – – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.05 4.6 13.80 4.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.45 5.3 – – – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.70 7.8 14.36 8.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.75 4.7 15.17 6.2 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.17 4.2 21.38 3.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.14 13.3 – – – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.36 1.8 – – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.36 1.8 29.36 1.8 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 20.73 7.9 20.73 7.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.30 6.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.46 9.8 – – – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 16.92 4.5 16.92 4.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.79 4.4 – – – –

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 28.66 11.3 28.66 11.3 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 15.02 8.6 15.20 8.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.73 3.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.59 6.1 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 23.18 11.6 23.18 11.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.02 25.4 26.02 25.4 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.99 3.9 11.99 3.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.99 3.9 – – – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 15.70 8.5 15.70 8.5 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 11.57 18.8 11.57 18.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.29 17.2 11.29 17.2 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.52 16.0 12.74 17.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.20 8.3 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... $14.39 7.1 $15.25 8.5 $11.95 11.2

Group I .............................................................. 13.25 8.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.82 4.9 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 15.97 13.8 15.97 13.8 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 19.28 5.2 19.28 5.2 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 10.35 8.9 11.06 11.4 8.60 6.2

Group I .............................................................. 10.68 9.9 – – – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 11.10 10.0 11.52 11.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.99 8.7 13.02 6.5 – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.89 1.2 9.75 6.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.89 1.2 9.75 6.5 – –

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January

2007

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.50 $11.50 $16.20 $24.48 $33.65

Management occupations ................................................. 18.51 24.75 31.95 44.36 65.83

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 28.85 28.85 51.66 76.81 152.08

Financial managers .......................................................... 21.22 24.75 33.65 58.19 154.63

Education administrators .................................................. 26.86 26.89 30.56 38.46 42.90

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 16.43 20.44 27.94 34.61 42.78

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 25.49 28.85 33.36 40.91 49.65

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.09 22.11 25.02 31.25 44.13

Engineers ......................................................................... 30.84 31.25 42.38 45.23 47.08

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.23 20.81 23.59 25.02 25.02

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 22.07 22.26 33.64 35.22 40.00

Community and social services occupations .................. 16.34 20.28 23.31 29.03 31.32

Social workers .................................................................. 14.83 19.60 21.55 24.68 29.03

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 14.74 27.38 46.12 57.94 66.91

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 40.68 58.87 80.92 82.61 83.03

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 27.39 37.44 49.80 56.76 63.11

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 25.06 34.62 46.99 55.46 63.14

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 28.54 39.23 48.91 55.68 63.75

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 25.06 30.21 44.28 55.25 60.49

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 29.86 40.27 50.10 58.78 63.32

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 33.53 44.02 53.24 61.73 63.98

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.19 13.14 15.04 17.39 18.76

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 18.65 18.65 21.79 26.44 26.44

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 20.60 23.87 28.00 31.74 37.79

Registered nurses ............................................................ 23.15 25.56 28.70 32.19 34.53

Therapists ......................................................................... 26.39 29.26 33.82 36.66 59.67

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 9.28 13.10 19.15 24.86 25.17

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.58 23.00 23.50 25.15 26.00

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 11.35 12.62 15.44 17.56 18.50

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.00 11.65 12.75 14.58 15.95

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.00 11.84 13.48 15.00 16.13

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 14.00 15.97 17.30 18.50 18.50

Protective service occupations ......................................... 9.77 11.75 21.40 25.03 30.12

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.89 5.00 7.50 10.30 13.98

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.50 13.00 13.75 16.80 17.62

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.89 2.89 5.00 5.00 6.00

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.20 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.00

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.75 10.30 12.26 14.16 16.56

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.00 11.25 12.60 15.12 16.51

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 7.75 8.20 12.67 15.73 17.74

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 12.00 12.26 12.26 13.83 15.91

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 9.10 10.70 11.45 13.00 15.24

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.64 8.50 10.50 14.90 20.95

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 10.50 10.50 15.50 20.95 20.95

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.50 7.88 9.20 10.96 13.00

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.50 7.65 8.50 9.78 10.96

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January

2007 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Cashiers ................................................................... $7.50 $7.65 $8.50 $9.78 $10.96

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 7.10 7.25 8.50 8.70 9.94

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 7.10 7.25 8.50 8.70 9.94

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.97 9.05 10.97 12.75 14.51

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 10.32 12.22 14.58 17.64 20.61

Financial clerks ................................................................. 10.00 12.31 14.47 16.50 18.51

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 10.50 10.71 13.09 13.27 14.74

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.31 12.31 14.50 20.65 31.95

Tellers ........................................................................... 9.74 10.15 12.86 15.23 15.65

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.72 14.00 17.50 22.72 23.11

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 8.00 11.51 13.69 14.58 19.27

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 9.10 9.67 11.04 13.43 15.32

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 7.50 8.76 14.96 17.76 22.38

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 12.98 12.98 14.00 17.60 20.61

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 13.10 13.10 20.61 20.61 22.90

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 10.46 12.24 15.19 16.75 17.57

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.10 12.98 13.52 14.75 16.81

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.32 11.53 15.85 17.64 18.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 13.00 14.00 18.50 25.00 33.53

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 16.53 28.69 29.50 33.53 41.23

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 16.53 28.69 29.50 33.53 41.23

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 14.14 17.13 17.84 23.19 31.31

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.75 16.34 17.25 17.84 18.50

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 15.62 28.59 31.31 32.22 35.21

Production occupations .................................................... 8.50 9.77 13.30 18.55 25.21

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 16.50 16.50 23.80 27.67 35.13

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 9.66 10.53 11.85 13.09 13.97

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 10.87 13.06 17.44 17.89 17.89

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 8.00 8.77 11.12 15.45 16.00

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 8.50 9.09 10.18 14.12 21.50

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.12 10.00 14.00 17.50 21.85

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 12.00 12.00 15.00 19.50 22.20

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 16.42 16.42 22.19 22.20 22.20

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.29 8.12 9.38 12.00 15.49

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.50 8.39 10.00 13.00 16.70

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 6.82 8.00 8.41 9.65 10.61

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,

January 2007

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $8.20 $10.99 $14.90 $22.38 $32.50

Management occupations ................................................. 17.19 24.62 32.00 51.97 74.65

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 28.85 28.85 51.66 76.81 152.08

Financial managers .......................................................... 21.22 21.22 46.28 58.19 154.63

Education administrators .................................................. 14.90 26.86 28.68 30.56 38.46

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 16.43 20.44 27.94 34.61 42.78

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 25.49 28.85 34.35 40.91 49.65

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.09 22.11 25.02 31.25 44.13

Engineers ......................................................................... 30.84 31.25 42.38 45.23 47.08

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.23 20.81 23.59 25.02 25.02

Community and social services occupations .................. 14.83 16.98 20.76 23.31 23.62

Social workers .................................................................. 14.83 16.98 20.76 23.31 24.47

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 17.01 27.38 33.14 74.75 82.61

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 38.76 51.10 80.92 82.61 82.61

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 23.36 24.17 27.39 32.35 37.44

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 18.65 18.65 21.79 26.44 26.44

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 20.60 23.63 27.93 31.74 37.79

Registered nurses ............................................................ 23.24 25.50 28.70 32.96 35.03

Therapists ......................................................................... 26.39 28.15 30.32 34.32 36.66

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 9.28 13.10 19.15 24.86 25.17

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.58 23.00 23.50 25.15 26.00

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 11.35 12.53 15.33 17.70 18.50

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 9.94 11.35 12.62 13.84 15.78

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.71 11.50 13.00 14.19 15.78

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 14.00 15.97 17.30 18.50 18.50

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.89 5.00 7.50 9.50 13.79

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.50 13.00 13.75 16.80 17.62

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.89 2.89 5.00 5.00 6.00

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.20 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.00

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.75 10.00 12.26 12.82 14.88

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.75 10.00 12.26 13.40 15.43

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 7.75 8.20 12.67 13.40 17.50

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 9.25 10.70 11.45 13.00 14.90

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.64 8.50 10.50 14.90 20.95

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 10.50 10.50 15.50 20.95 20.95

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.50 7.88 9.20 10.96 13.00

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.50 7.65 8.50 9.78 10.96

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.50 7.65 8.50 9.78 10.96

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 7.10 7.25 8.50 8.70 9.94

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 7.10 7.25 8.50 8.70 9.94

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.97 9.05 10.97 12.75 14.51

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.87 11.75 13.75 16.76 20.04

Financial clerks ................................................................. 9.74 12.31 14.14 15.71 18.47

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 10.50 10.71 13.09 13.27 14.74

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.31 12.31 12.31 14.50 31.95

Tellers ........................................................................... 9.74 10.15 12.86 15.23 15.65

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.72 14.00 17.50 22.72 23.11

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 9.10 9.67 11.04 13.43 15.32

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 7.50 8.76 14.96 17.76 22.38

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 12.61 12.98 13.80 17.55 20.61

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,

January 2007 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... $13.10 $13.10 $20.61 $20.61 $22.75

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 10.46 12.24 15.19 16.75 17.57

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.10 12.98 12.98 14.00 16.81

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.32 11.00 13.00 16.76 18.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 13.00 14.00 18.50 25.05 33.53

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 16.53 28.69 29.50 33.53 41.23

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 16.53 28.69 29.50 33.53 41.23

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 14.14 17.13 17.84 23.19 31.31

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.75 16.34 17.25 17.84 18.50

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 15.62 28.59 31.31 32.22 35.21

Production occupations .................................................... 8.50 9.77 13.30 18.55 25.21

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 16.50 16.50 23.80 27.67 35.13

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 9.66 10.53 11.85 13.09 13.97

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 10.87 13.06 17.44 17.89 17.89

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 8.00 8.77 11.12 15.45 16.00

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 8.50 9.09 10.18 14.12 21.50

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.00 9.45 12.70 16.78 21.85

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 12.00 12.00 15.00 19.50 22.20

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 16.42 16.42 22.19 22.20 22.20

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.29 8.05 9.05 10.90 14.34

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.50 8.39 9.45 12.20 14.34

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 6.82 8.00 8.41 9.65 10.61

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Providence-New Bedford-Fall

River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $15.00 $17.88 $24.67 $31.42 $52.99

Management occupations ................................................. 24.75 24.75 27.59 32.24 43.46

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 13.57 24.25 47.69 57.51 63.64

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 31.61 41.55 51.37 57.51 63.37

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 30.73 40.77 50.52 56.76 63.75

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 24.32 40.92 50.36 56.76 63.89

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 32.99 40.03 50.52 57.31 63.67

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 30.89 41.30 50.66 59.37 63.37

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 39.11 45.81 53.64 61.73 64.01

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.19 12.97 15.04 17.54 18.76

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 26.49 28.08 29.99 32.85 59.67

Protective service occupations ......................................... 13.95 20.92 22.72 27.13 30.12

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 14.35 15.70 16.26 19.29 29.30

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 14.17 15.51 15.73 16.51 19.29

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.69 17.14 17.91 20.51 23.87

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,

January 2007

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $10.35 $12.72 $17.30 $25.93 $35.68

Management occupations ................................................. 18.51 24.75 31.95 44.36 64.92

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 28.85 28.85 51.66 76.81 152.08

Financial managers .......................................................... 21.22 24.75 33.65 58.19 154.63

Education administrators .................................................. 26.86 26.89 30.56 38.46 42.90

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 16.43 20.66 27.94 34.67 42.78

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 25.49 28.85 33.36 40.91 49.65

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.09 22.11 25.02 31.25 44.13

Engineers ......................................................................... 30.84 31.25 42.38 45.23 47.08

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.23 20.81 23.59 25.02 25.02

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 22.07 22.26 33.64 35.22 40.00

Community and social services occupations .................. 15.96 20.28 23.31 29.03 31.32

Social workers .................................................................. 14.83 19.60 21.55 24.79 29.03

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 17.06 32.10 49.09 59.66 68.43

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 40.68 58.87 80.92 82.61 83.03

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 28.50 38.81 50.10 57.31 63.14

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 27.39 35.43 47.21 55.58 63.14

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 30.05 39.81 49.31 56.05 63.75

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 25.06 30.21 44.28 55.25 60.49

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 32.91 41.98 50.66 59.61 63.48

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 33.53 44.02 53.24 61.73 63.98

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.28 13.45 16.97 17.81 18.76

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 20.60 23.64 27.35 32.18 43.19

Registered nurses ............................................................ 23.64 25.53 28.56 31.74 33.80

Therapists ......................................................................... 28.15 30.28 33.82 59.67 59.67

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.21 23.28 23.37 25.15 26.50

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 11.33 12.62 15.88 17.83 18.50

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 9.94 11.50 12.71 14.15 16.09

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.38 11.73 13.48 14.96 17.24

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 15.88 16.23 17.70 18.50 18.50

Protective service occupations ......................................... 10.00 12.00 21.40 25.03 30.12

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.50 8.00 11.22 15.00 17.50

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.50 13.00 13.75 16.80 17.62

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 11.00 12.00 12.67 15.07 18.06

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.26 12.26 13.03 15.70 16.87

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.90 12.67 14.91 16.03 20.17

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 12.26 12.26 12.26 14.12 15.91

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 10.35 10.70 11.45 13.75 15.24

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 9.10 10.46 12.75 16.53 22.00

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 10.50 10.50 15.50 20.95 20.95

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 8.50 9.60 10.50 12.18 14.51

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.80 9.70 9.78 10.96 11.06

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.80 9.70 9.78 10.96 11.06

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.90 10.00 11.50 13.25 14.80

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 10.66 12.75 14.63 17.64 21.00

Financial clerks ................................................................. 9.74 12.31 14.25 16.79 19.60

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,

January 2007 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. $12.31 $12.31 $12.98 $21.04 $31.95

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.72 13.72 17.50 22.72 23.11

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 9.20 9.90 11.40 13.75 15.32

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 12.98 12.98 13.80 17.60 20.61

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 13.10 13.10 20.61 20.61 22.90

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.10 12.98 12.98 14.00 16.81

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.32 11.50 14.36 16.76 17.64

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 13.00 14.00 18.50 25.00 33.53

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 16.53 28.69 29.50 33.53 41.23

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 16.53 28.69 29.50 33.53 41.23

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 14.14 17.13 17.84 23.19 31.31

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.75 16.34 17.25 17.84 18.50

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 15.62 28.59 31.31 32.22 35.21

Production occupations .................................................... 8.50 9.63 13.41 18.55 25.85

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 16.50 16.50 23.80 27.67 35.13

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 9.66 10.53 11.85 13.09 13.97

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 10.87 13.06 17.44 17.89 17.89

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 8.00 8.77 11.12 15.45 16.00

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 8.50 8.50 11.00 14.12 24.43

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.41 11.00 14.34 19.79 21.85

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 12.00 12.00 15.00 19.50 22.20

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 16.42 16.42 22.19 22.20 22.20

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.00 8.39 9.83 13.90 16.70

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 8.00 8.39 10.50 14.34 18.00

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 8.12 8.30 9.53 9.99 13.90

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA,

January 2007

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $5.00 $7.50 $8.85 $13.10 $18.00

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 11.54 12.48 14.74 19.71 19.71

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 21.22 25.67 29.00 30.65 35.00

Registered nurses ............................................................ 21.38 27.10 30.65 33.66 37.79

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 11.74 12.53 14.19 16.88 16.88

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.61 12.00 13.83 15.00 15.78

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.58 12.00 13.84 15.44 15.78

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.89 3.50 5.00 7.55 9.00

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.89 2.89 4.00 5.00 5.00

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.10 7.50 7.50 8.50 9.00

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 6.99 7.10 7.75 8.75 12.82

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.25 7.75 8.07 8.30 10.11

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.25 7.64 7.88 9.10 10.97

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.25 7.50 7.85 8.70 10.00

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.30 7.60 7.75 8.69 10.00

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.30 7.60 7.75 8.69 10.00

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.87 7.88 7.97 9.35 10.18

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.00 8.11 11.50 16.72 18.00

Financial clerks ................................................................. 10.00 11.50 14.50 14.50 16.02

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.10 8.50 12.40 16.20 16.78

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 6.82 7.29 8.30 9.45 10.60

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.

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $21.88 $17.30 $855 $692 39.1 $43,157 $35,880 1,972

Management occupations ................... 40.15 31.95 1,610 1,222 40.1 83,743 63,554 2,086

Marketing and sales managers .......... 65.99 51.66 2,633 2,066 39.9 136,914 107,453 2,075

Financial managers ............................ 47.67 33.65 1,884 1,346 39.5 97,969 70,000 2,055

Education administrators .................... 32.40 30.56 1,226 1,222 37.8 63,741 63,554 1,967

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 29.24 27.94 1,110 1,055 38.0 57,739 54,858 1,975

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 35.49 33.36 1,370 1,334 38.6 71,264 69,378 2,008

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 28.10 25.02 1,112 1,001 39.6 57,803 52,050 2,057

Engineers ........................................... 39.16 42.38 1,566 1,695 40.0 81,444 88,150 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 23.14 23.59 911 916 39.4 47,348 47,628 2,046

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 30.14 33.64 1,166 1,128 38.7 60,653 58,640 2,013

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 24.06 23.31 921 874 38.3 47,360 45,456 1,968

Social workers .................................... 22.30 21.55 849 833 38.1 44,144 43,310 1,979

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 46.67 49.09 1,566 1,632 33.6 57,193 60,165 1,226

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 68.53 80.92 2,551 2,990 37.2 91,219 95,680 1,331

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 47.33 50.10 1,569 1,662 33.1 57,258 61,041 1,210

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 45.37 47.21 1,510 1,629 33.3 55,120 60,138 1,215

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 46.94 49.31 1,554 1,662 33.1 56,871 61,159 1,212

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 43.45 44.28 1,455 1,493 33.5 52,967 54,481 1,219

Secondary school teachers ............ 49.97 50.66 1,638 1,672 32.8 59,644 61,192 1,194

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 51.71 53.24 1,691 1,810 32.7 61,502 66,243 1,189

Teacher assistants ............................. 16.01 16.97 500 509 31.2 18,092 18,324 1,130

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 30.83 27.35 1,198 1,047 38.9 61,480 54,469 1,994

Registered nurses .............................. 28.78 28.56 1,111 1,093 38.6 57,112 55,965 1,985

Therapists ........................................... 39.21 33.82 1,440 1,379 36.7 66,254 66,234 1,690

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 23.86 23.37 950 935 39.8 49,395 48,610 2,070

Healthcare support occupations ......... 15.21 15.88 591 634 38.9 30,733 32,947 2,021

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 13.18 12.71 507 508 38.5 26,388 26,437 2,003

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 13.47 13.48 524 524 38.9 27,256 27,225 2,023

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 17.33 17.70 680 694 39.2 35,351 36,075 2,039

Protective service occupations ........... 19.72 21.40 775 809 39.3 40,282 42,051 2,042

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 11.96 11.22 478 449 39.9 24,839 23,338 2,076

Cooks ................................................. 14.54 13.75 579 550 39.8 30,128 28,600 2,072

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. $14.08 $12.67 $561 $507 39.8 $29,173 $26,349 2,072

Building cleaning workers ................... 14.06 13.03 561 521 39.9 29,152 27,102 2,073

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 14.94 14.91 594 593 39.7 30,862 30,811 2,066

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 13.18 12.26 527 491 40.0 27,417 25,509 2,080

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 12.31 11.45 486 458 39.5 25,125 23,816 2,041

Sales and related occupations ............ 15.51 12.75 615 500 39.7 31,648 25,480 2,040

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 14.95 15.50 618 597 41.3 32,139 31,054 2,149

Retail sales workers ........................... 10.95 10.50 429 411 39.2 21,877 21,370 1,998

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 10.07 9.78 396 391 39.3 20,587 20,342 2,045

Cashiers ..................................... 10.07 9.78 396 391 39.3 20,587 20,342 2,045

Retail salespersons ........................ 11.68 11.50 456 440 39.0 23,701 22,859 2,029

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 15.65 14.63 611 577 39.0 31,747 30,001 2,028

Financial clerks ................................... 14.89 14.25 582 569 39.1 30,268 29,576 2,033

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 17.67 12.98 660 600 37.3 34,306 31,195 1,942

Customer service representatives ...... 18.10 17.50 717 700 39.6 37,275 36,400 2,060

Shipping, receiving, and traffic

clerks ............................................ 12.25 11.40 490 456 40.0 25,479 23,712 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 15.72 13.80 619 552 39.4 32,211 28,700 2,049

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 18.38 20.61 714 802 38.9 37,132 41,678 2,020

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 13.80 12.98 548 519 39.7 28,507 26,998 2,066

Office clerks, general .......................... 14.36 14.36 568 548 39.6 29,552 28,499 2,059

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 21.38 18.50 861 740 40.3 44,795 38,480 2,095

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 29.36 29.50 1,174 1,180 40.0 61,065 61,360 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................... 29.36 29.50 1,174 1,180 40.0 61,065 61,360 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 20.73 17.84 824 714 39.7 41,700 36,400 2,011

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 16.92 17.25 667 690 39.4 32,601 34,216 1,927

Line installers and repairers ............... 28.66 31.31 1,146 1,252 40.0 59,605 65,119 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 15.20 13.41 602 536 39.6 31,303 27,889 2,059

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 23.18 23.80 892 952 38.5 46,392 49,500 2,001

Electrical, electronics, and

electromechanical assemblers ..... 11.99 11.85 480 474 40.0 24,943 24,648 2,080

Machine tool cutting setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 15.70 17.44 628 698 40.0 32,650 36,275 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 11.57 11.12 463 445 40.0 24,070 23,123 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 12.74 11.00 509 440 40.0 26,494 22,880 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... $15.25 $14.34 $610 $574 40.0 $28,730 $29,245 1,884

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 15.97 15.00 639 600 40.0 26,591 24,960 1,666

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 19.28 22.19 771 888 40.0 40,101 46,155 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 11.06 9.83 442 393 40.0 20,929 19,240 1,892

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 11.52 10.50 461 420 40.0 23,959 21,840 2,080

Packers and packagers, hand ........ 9.75 9.53 390 381 40.0 14,632 17,264 1,501

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 12. Full-time1 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 2007

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $20.60 $16.43 $815 $641 39.5 $41,846 $33,030 2,031

Management occupations ................... 42.03 32.00 1,702 1,346 40.5 88,489 70,000 2,106

Marketing and sales managers .......... 65.99 51.66 2,633 2,066 39.9 136,914 107,453 2,075

Financial managers ............................ 57.86 46.28 2,275 1,851 39.3 118,286 96,264 2,044

Education administrators .................... 28.96 28.68 1,076 1,147 37.2 55,969 59,659 1,933

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 29.24 27.94 1,110 1,055 38.0 57,739 54,858 1,975

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 35.77 34.35 1,383 1,374 38.7 71,931 71,448 2,011

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 28.10 25.02 1,112 1,001 39.6 57,803 52,050 2,057

Engineers ........................................... 39.16 42.38 1,566 1,695 40.0 81,444 88,150 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 23.14 23.59 911 916 39.4 47,348 47,628 2,046

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 19.88 20.76 766 796 38.6 39,855 41,375 2,005

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 47.90 37.44 1,726 1,294 36.0 64,608 52,999 1,349

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 66.75 80.92 2,411 2,990 36.1 90,433 95,680 1,355

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 29.03 27.39 1,042 959 35.9 37,014 34,510 1,275

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 30.48 26.41 1,195 1,022 39.2 62,129 53,138 2,038

Registered nurses .............................. 28.61 27.93 1,105 1,056 38.6 57,457 54,933 2,009

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 23.86 23.37 950 935 39.8 49,395 48,610 2,070

Healthcare support occupations ......... 15.17 15.88 591 635 39.0 30,758 33,030 2,027

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 12.76 12.53 494 478 38.7 25,700 24,854 2,014

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 12.98 12.62 510 505 39.3 26,512 26,250 2,043

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 17.33 17.70 680 694 39.2 35,351 36,075 2,039

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 11.59 11.22 463 449 39.9 24,071 23,338 2,076

Cooks ................................................. 14.54 13.75 579 550 39.8 30,128 28,600 2,072

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 12.84 12.26 511 491 39.8 26,588 25,509 2,070

Building cleaning workers ................... 13.40 12.50 533 500 39.8 27,739 26,000 2,071

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 14.31 13.40 567 536 39.6 29,502 27,870 2,061

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 12.09 11.45 479 458 39.6 24,905 23,816 2,060

Sales and related occupations ............ 15.51 12.75 615 500 39.7 31,648 25,480 2,040

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 14.95 15.50 618 597 41.3 32,139 31,054 2,149

Retail sales workers ........................... 10.95 10.50 429 411 39.2 21,877 21,370 1,998

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 10.07 9.78 396 391 39.3 20,587 20,342 2,045

Cashiers ..................................... 10.07 9.78 396 391 39.3 20,587 20,342 2,045

Retail salespersons ........................ 11.68 11.50 456 440 39.0 23,701 22,859 2,029

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 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 2007 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... $15.04 $13.85 $593 $551 39.4 $30,821 $28,676 2,049

Financial clerks ................................... 14.54 14.14 570 551 39.2 29,649 28,676 2,039

Customer service representatives ...... 18.10 17.50 717 700 39.6 37,275 36,400 2,060

Shipping, receiving, and traffic

clerks ............................................ 12.25 11.40 490 456 40.0 25,479 23,712 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 15.45 13.80 612 552 39.6 31,842 28,700 2,061

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 17.93 20.61 707 824 39.5 36,780 42,858 2,052

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 13.80 12.98 548 519 39.7 28,507 26,998 2,066

Office clerks, general .......................... 13.78 12.98 544 519 39.5 28,307 27,005 2,055

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 21.49 18.50 869 740 40.4 45,193 38,480 2,103

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 29.36 29.50 1,174 1,180 40.0 61,065 61,360 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................... 29.36 29.50 1,174 1,180 40.0 61,065 61,360 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 20.73 17.84 824 714 39.7 41,700 36,400 2,011

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 16.92 17.25 667 690 39.4 32,601 34,216 1,927

Line installers and repairers ............... 28.66 31.31 1,146 1,252 40.0 59,605 65,119 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 15.20 13.41 602 536 39.6 31,303 27,889 2,059

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 23.18 23.80 892 952 38.5 46,392 49,500 2,001

Electrical, electronics, and

electromechanical assemblers ..... 11.99 11.85 480 474 40.0 24,943 24,648 2,080

Machine tool cutting setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 15.70 17.44 628 698 40.0 32,650 36,275 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 11.57 11.12 463 445 40.0 24,070 23,123 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 12.74 11.00 509 440 40.0 26,494 22,880 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 14.44 14.00 577 560 40.0 26,597 24,960 1,842

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 15.97 15.00 639 600 40.0 26,591 24,960 1,666

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 19.28 22.19 771 888 40.0 40,101 46,155 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 10.59 9.53 424 381 40.0 19,856 18,720 1,875

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 10.92 9.25 437 370 40.0 22,723 19,240 2,080

Packers and packagers, hand ........ 9.75 9.53 390 381 40.0 14,632 17,264 1,501

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 13. Full-time1 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 2007

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $29.26 $24.88 $1,072 $989 36.6 $49,433 $49,777 1,689

Management occupations ................... 30.55 27.59 1,169 1,104 38.3 60,775 57,387 1,990

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 46.31 50.30 1,524 1,662 32.9 55,301 61,080 1,194

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 49.60 51.53 1,628 1,709 32.8 59,623 62,900 1,202

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 48.23 50.84 1,588 1,670 32.9 58,179 61,338 1,206

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 47.71 50.84 1,574 1,681 33.0 57,668 61,506 1,209

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 49.05 50.52 1,609 1,662 32.8 58,966 61,159 1,202

Secondary school teachers ............ 50.97 51.53 1,656 1,700 32.5 60,503 62,232 1,187

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 53.14 53.64 1,717 1,833 32.3 62,731 66,866 1,181

Teacher assistants ............................. 15.94 16.47 490 487 30.7 17,828 17,636 1,118

Protective service occupations ........... 24.10 24.41 941 896 39.1 48,944 46,573 2,031

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 18.57 16.26 743 650 40.0 38,617 33,821 2,080

Building cleaning workers ................... 16.05 15.73 642 629 40.0 33,380 32,718 2,080

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 19.13 18.00 706 705 36.9 36,704 36,644 1,919

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments

for major occupational groups, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupational group2 Total 1-99

workers

100-499

workers

500

workers

or more

All workers .................................................................... $18.92 $15.28 $17.47 $30.01

Management, professional, and related ..................... 33.86 27.92 29.12 39.97

Management, business, and financial .................... 38.14 29.34 33.71 46.09

Professional and related ......................................... 30.64 26.65 26.21 35.42

Service ........................................................................ 11.27 10.53 11.78 15.03

Sales and office .......................................................... 14.06 14.10 13.05 16.43

Sales and related .................................................... 13.15 13.37 11.89 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 14.67 14.68 13.90 16.19

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 21.05 17.56 28.43 21.82

Construction and extraction ................................... 21.27 17.94 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 20.73 16.75 25.59 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 14.61 14.13 14.72 18.41

Production .............................................................. 15.02 14.54 15.07 18.63

Transportation and material moving ....................... 13.68 12.60 14.33 –

Relative error3 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 5.9 6.3 7.5 10.6

Management, professional, and related ..................... 6.6 12.2 6.0 8.2

Management, business, and financial .................... 11.5 26.0 7.0 11.3

Professional and related ......................................... 5.3 3.0 4.5 8.6

Service ........................................................................ 3.2 4.7 5.8 2.3

Sales and office .......................................................... 5.2 9.9 3.9 3.0

Sales and related .................................................... 10.3 17.6 8.5 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 3.0 5.0 6.1 3.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 4.8 9.5 8.5 3.5

Construction and extraction ................................... 4.3 13.7 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 7.9 3.2 8.4 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 5.4 14.4 11.1 1.1

Production .............................................................. 8.6 18.2 10.9 1.3

Transportation and material moving ....................... 8.3 8.0 13.3 –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $16.96 $14.14 $672 $560 39.6 $34,358 $29,120 2,026

Management occupations ....................................... 31.45 24.62 1,323 923 42.1 68,814 48,009 2,188

Sales and related occupations ................................ 16.32 10.99 646 420 39.6 32,848 21,840 2,013

Retail sales workers ............................................... 10.16 9.94 398 398 39.2 19,741 20,342 1,942

Office and administrative support occupations .... 15.13 13.25 593 520 39.2 30,850 27,040 2,039

Financial clerks ....................................................... 13.96 12.76 544 510 39.0 28,293 26,520 2,026

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 18.15 18.50 737 740 40.6 38,325 38,480 2,112

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 16.75 17.19 662 688 39.5 32,693 35,620 1,952

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and

maintenance workers ....................................... 16.50 17.25 648 690 39.3 31,326 29,744 1,898

Production occupations .......................................... 14.80 12.50 582 500 39.3 30,280 26,000 2,046

Miscellaneous production workers ......................... 12.76 9.77 510 391 40.0 26,545 20,322 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ 13.58 12.00 543 480 40.0 21,692 24,960 1,598

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 13.84 12.00 553 480 40.0 21,510 24,960 1,555

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 10.31 9.50 412 380 40.0 16,297 16,890 1,581

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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $23.71 $18.50 $935 $739 39.5 $48,266 $38,459 2,036

Management occupations ....................................... 48.24 37.42 1,911 1,462 39.6 99,379 76,016 2,060

Marketing and sales managers .............................. 65.99 51.66 2,633 2,066 39.9 136,914 107,453 2,075

Business and financial operations occupations ... 31.49 30.14 1,214 1,118 38.6 63,135 58,115 2,005

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 36.03 34.35 1,389 1,374 38.6 72,218 71,448 2,005

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 28.10 25.02 1,112 1,001 39.6 57,803 52,050 2,057

Engineers ............................................................... 39.16 42.38 1,566 1,695 40.0 81,444 88,150 2,080

Engineering technicians, except drafters ................ 23.14 23.59 911 916 39.4 47,348 47,628 2,046

Community and social services occupations ........ 17.49 17.31 691 692 39.5 35,928 36,005 2,055

Education, training, and library occupations ........ 52.54 47.16 1,905 1,525 36.3 71,913 59,492 1,369

Postsecondary teachers ......................................... 66.75 80.92 2,411 2,990 36.1 90,433 95,680 1,355

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 31.91 27.86 1,247 1,056 39.1 64,852 54,933 2,032

Registered nurses .................................................. 28.61 27.93 1,105 1,056 38.6 57,457 54,933 2,009

Licensed practical and licensed vocational

nurses ............................................................... 23.86 23.37 950 935 39.8 49,395 48,610 2,070

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 13.97 13.48 548 539 39.2 28,487 28,043 2,038

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... 13.03 13.00 512 517 39.3 26,641 26,887 2,044

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 13.14 13.27 515 517 39.2 26,763 26,887 2,037

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...... 16.45 17.30 640 649 38.9 33,277 33,743 2,023

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 13.94 12.50 554 500 39.7 28,807 26,000 2,066

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 12.80 12.28 508 491 39.7 26,404 25,509 2,064

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 12.75 12.26 508 491 39.8 26,404 25,509 2,070

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ................................. 13.02 12.94 515 507 39.6 26,804 26,349 2,058

Sales and related occupations ................................ 14.83 14.13 589 544 39.7 30,612 28,289 2,064

Retail sales workers ............................................... 11.50 11.09 451 436 39.2 23,451 22,690 2,040

Retail salespersons ............................................ 11.93 11.66 466 466 39.1 24,237 24,253 2,031

Office and administrative support occupations .... 14.98 14.00 592 560 39.5 30,801 29,120 2,056

Financial clerks ....................................................... 15.42 15.80 610 620 39.6 31,739 32,240 2,058

Customer service representatives .......................... 17.50 17.46 698 710 39.9 36,283 36,920 2,073

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ..................... 12.25 11.40 490 456 40.0 25,479 23,712 2,080

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 15.64 14.00 616 560 39.4 32,036 29,120 2,048

Executive secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................................... 16.20 13.10 634 524 39.1 32,949 27,242 2,034

Office clerks, general .............................................. 13.37 12.00 527 480 39.4 27,406 24,960 2,050

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 30.35 28.69 1,214 1,148 40.0 63,128 59,673 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 25.07 23.68 1,003 947 40.0 52,149 49,254 2,080

Line installers and repairers ................................... 28.66 31.31 1,146 1,252 40.0 59,605 65,119 2,080

Production occupations .......................................... 15.80 14.32 632 573 40.0 32,871 29,786 2,080

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ............................................. 26.02 27.67 1,041 1,107 40.0 54,119 57,554 2,080

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ....................................................... 11.99 11.85 480 474 40.0 24,943 24,648 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

— Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and

weighers ........................................................... $13.37 $12.22 $535 $489 40.0 $27,805 $25,418 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ 15.08 14.21 603 568 40.0 31,360 29,548 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 10.74 9.53 430 381 40.0 22,341 19,822 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

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Providence-New

Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupational group3

Union Nonunion

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... $24.50 $18.45 $28.94 $19.10 $18.97 $24.97

Management, professional, and related ..................... 37.60 32.16 38.60 33.62 33.94 28.37

Management, business, and financial .................... – – – 37.79 38.14 33.59

Professional and related ......................................... 38.51 32.16 39.80 30.08 30.51 20.46

Service ........................................................................ 17.02 11.85 21.43 11.18 11.19 10.57

Sales and office .......................................................... 16.86 14.02 19.02 14.11 14.06 –

Sales and related .................................................... 8.87 8.87 – 13.41 13.41 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 18.26 16.72 19.02 14.59 14.51 –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 29.48 31.63 – 19.37 19.37 –

Construction and extraction ................................... – – – 19.70 19.70 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 29.40 29.40 – 18.83 18.83 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 17.81 17.57 – 13.95 13.95 –

Production .............................................................. 20.41 20.41 – 14.17 14.17 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 16.02 14.46 – 13.38 13.38 –

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 5.7 10.9 4.4 6.1 6.3 10.0

Management, professional, and related ..................... 6.3 10.9 7.3 6.5 6.8 9.8

Management, business, and financial .................... – – – 10.8 11.5 10.5

Professional and related ......................................... 6.7 10.9 7.9 5.1 5.2 32.6

Service ........................................................................ 7.1 5.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 12.6

Sales and office .......................................................... 7.1 11.7 6.3 5.3 5.4 –

Sales and related .................................................... .6 .6 – 10.1 10.1 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 6.3 14.7 6.3 3.1 3.1 –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 9.3 5.1 – 1.5 1.5 –

Construction and extraction ................................... – – – 3.7 3.7 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 5.3 5.3 – 7.3 7.3 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 6.6 8.2 – 6.4 6.4 –

Production .............................................................. 6.5 6.5 – 9.3 9.3 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 8.2 9.9 – 11.5 11.5 –

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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational

groups, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupational group3

Time Incentive

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

All workers .................................................................... $20.00 $18.66 $27.05 $27.05

Management, professional, and related ..................... 34.53 33.82 – –

Management, business, and financial .................... 37.37 38.33 – –

Professional and related ......................................... 32.95 30.64 – –

Service ........................................................................ 12.56 11.27 – –

Sales and office .......................................................... 14.05 13.53 22.06 22.06

Sales and related .................................................... 11.61 11.61 23.51 23.51

Office and administrative support ........................... 15.30 14.68 – –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 20.06 20.09 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 20.29 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 19.77 19.77 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 14.81 14.61 – –

Production .............................................................. 15.02 15.02 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 14.39 13.68 – –

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 5.0 6.0 19.5 19.5

Management, professional, and related ..................... 5.1 6.8 – –

Management, business, and financial .................... 11.2 12.2 – –

Professional and related ......................................... 4.0 5.3 – –

Service ........................................................................ 3.9 3.2 – –

Sales and office .......................................................... 3.3 3.6 31.3 31.3

Sales and related .................................................... 6.8 6.8 33.6 33.6

Office and administrative support ........................... 2.9 3.1 – –

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 3.0 3.1 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 2.4 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 7.6 7.6 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 5.3 5.4 – –

Production .............................................................. 8.6 8.6 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 7.1 8.3 – –

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.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Providence-New

Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupational group3

Goods producing Service providing

ConstructionManufacturing

Trade,

transportation,

and utilities

InformationFinancial

activities

Professional and

business

services

Education

and

health

services

Leisure

and

hospitality

Other

services

All workers ................................................ – – $17.06 $26.89 $18.55 – $20.47 $9.15 –

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... – – 37.99 32.10 29.75 – 29.01 – –

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ – – 53.66 34.49 27.49 – 23.88 – –

Professional and related ..................... – – – 28.10 – – 29.98 – –

Service .................................................... – – – – – – 13.74 7.93 –

Sales and office ...................................... – – 13.18 19.72 14.50 – 15.44 – –

Sales and related ................................ – – 11.97 – 14.03 ––––

Office and administrative support ....... – – 15.49 19.72 14.69 – 15.44 – –

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... – – 22.85 ––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – – 22.85 ––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – – 15.96 ––––––

Production .......................................... – – 20.76 ––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – – 14.78 ––––––

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers ................................................ – – 17.2 13.3 6.7 – 7.4 10.2 –

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... – – 7.2 1.2 5.9 – 7.1 – –

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ – – 22.0 1.8 6.6 – 10.1 – –

Professional and related ..................... – – – 1.2 – – 8.2 – –

Service .................................................... – – – – – – 5.8 5.9 –

Sales and office ...................................... – – 11.9 4.6 5.1 – 5.7 – –

Sales and related ................................ – – 14.4 – 18.3 ––––

Office and administrative support ....... – – 6.6 4.6 3.6 – 5.7 – –

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... – – 14.2 ––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – – 14.2 ––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – – 8.5 ––––––

Production .......................................... – – 19.1 ––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – – 8.5 ––––––

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.

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

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Appendix A: Technical Note 

his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained 

in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for 

the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing 

the data. Although this section answers some questions 

commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive 

description of all of the steps required to produce the data. 

Planning for the survey

The overall design of the National Compensation Survey 

(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.

Survey scope 

This survey covered establishments employing one worker 

or more in private goods-producing industries (mining, 

construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing 

industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information, 

financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other 

services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households, 

and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope 

of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a 

central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing 

support services to a company. For private industries in 

this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical 

location. For State and local governments, an establishment 

is defined as all locations of a government agency within 

the sampled area. 

 The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by 

the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of 

December 2003. The Providence–New Bedford–Fall 

River, RI–MA, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington Counties, 

RI; and Bristol County, MA. 

Sampling frame

The list of establishments from which the survey sample 

was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State 

unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of 

industries within the private sector, sampling frames were 

developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately 

one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year. 

Sample design

The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample 

selection was a probability sample of establishments. The 

sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the 

sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of 

sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each 

sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a 

probability proportional to its employment. Use of this 

technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were 

applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated 

so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, 

was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled 

establishment. 

Data collection

The collection of data from survey respondents required 

detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, 

working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed. 

Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were 

used to clarify and update data. 

Occupational selection and classification

Identification of the occupations for which wage data were 

to be collected was a multistep process: 

1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 

2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the 

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 

system 

3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive 

4. Determination of the level of work of each job 

 For each occupation, wage data were collected for those 

workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria 

identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level 

could not be determined, wages were still collected. 

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 In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each 

establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list 

of employees was used for sampling, with each selected 

worker representing a job within the establishment. 

 As with the selection of establishments, the selection of 

a job was based on probability proportional to its size in 

the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of 

selection. 

 The number of jobs for which data were collected in 

each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this 

schedule: 

Number 

of employees

Number 

of selected jobs

1–49 Up to 4 

50–249 6 

250 or more 8 

 The second step of the process entailed classifying the 

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS 

uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 

system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800 

occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist. 

When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the 

higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity. 

 Each occupational classification is an element of a 

broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B 

contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong. 

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the 

chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based 

on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the 

worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, 

depending on whether any part of pay was directly based 

on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely 

on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of 

terms” section on the following page for more detail. 

Occupational leveling

In the last step before wage data were collected, the work 

level of each selected job was determined using a “point 

factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled 

to determine the overall work level for the job. 

 The NCS program is in the process of converting from a 

nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system. 

The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample 

replenishment groups and will require several years for full 

implementation. The four occupational leveling factors 

are: 

• Knowledge 

• Job controls and complexity 

• Contacts (nature and purpose) 

• Physical environment 

 Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has 

an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations 

contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge 

expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for 

all occupational categories and contain a definition of each 

point level within each factor. 

 The description within each factor best matching the job 

is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed 

to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When 

a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the 

next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors 

are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels. 

 Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on 

their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is 

used for professional and administrative supervisors when 

they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based 

on the work level of the highest position reporting to them. 

 For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer 

to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide 

for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the 

BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. 

Combined work levels

This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad 

groups. The groups were determined by combinations of 

knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical 

environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be 

comparable across different occupations. The broad 

groups and the combined work levels are:

Group 

designation

Levels 

combined

Group I Levels 1–4 

Group II Levels 5–8 

Group III Levels 9–12 

Group IV Levels 13–15 

Collection period

Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 

metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small met-
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ropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. 

For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample 

units. 

Earnings

Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time 

hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: 

• Incentive pay, including commissions, production 

bonuses, and piece rates 

• Cost-of-living allowances 

• Hazard pay 

• Payments of income deferred due to participation 

in a salary reduction plan 

• Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight 

or passengers 

 The following forms of payments were not considered 

part of straight-time earnings: 

• Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for 

working a schedule that varies from the norm, such 

as night or weekend work 

• Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends 

• Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as 

Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) 

• Uniform and tool allowances 

• Free or subsidized room and board 

• Payments made by third parties (for example, tips) 

• On-call pay 

 

 To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, 

weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per 

day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. 

Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried 

workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often 

work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical 

number of hours actually worked was collected. 

Definition of terms

Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time. 

Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. 

Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are 

solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. 

Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, 

at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. 

Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not 

meeting the conditions for union coverage. 

Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation 

when all of the following conditions are met: 

• A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation 

• Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations 

• Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement

Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position. 

 Processing and analyzing the data

Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. 

Weighting and nonresponse

Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and 

occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of 

the establishment within the sample universe. Weights 

were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of 

the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to 

supply information. If data were not provided by a sample 

member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” 

were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and 

nonresponding establishments were classified into these 

cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group. 

 If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a 

sample member during the update interview, then missing 

average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior 

average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model 

that takes into account available establishment characteristics is used to derive the rate of change in the average 

hourly earnings. 
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 Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights 

changed to zero. 

Estimation

The wage series in the tables are computed by combining 

the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being 

combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects 

the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each 

sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors. 

The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and 

the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse. 

The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may 

have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor, 

post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced 

to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts 

of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in 

this publication. 

 Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. 

Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make 

sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series 

that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. 

 Estimates of the number of workers represent the total 

in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not 

the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number 

of workers obtained from the sample of establishments 

serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. 

Percentiles

The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in 

sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of 

work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker 

hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. 

 The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within 

each published occupation. 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. 

Data reliability

The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically 

selected probability sample. There are two types of errors 

possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling 

and nonsampling. 

 Sampling errors occur because observations come only 

from a sample and not from an entire population. The 

sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible 

samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different 

samples would differ from each other. 

 A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible 

samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard 

error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided 

alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. 

 The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, 

suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all 

workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0 

percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04 

($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product 

of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible 

samples were selected to estimate the population value, the 

interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. 

 Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They 

can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey 

definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct 

information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the 

nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the 

extensive training of the field economists who gathered the 

survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data 

review. 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA, January 2007

Occupational group2 Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... 532,600 451,700 80,900

Management, professional, and related ..................... 148,300 100,400 47,800

Management, business, and financial .................... 46,700 40,100 6,600

Professional and related ......................................... 101,600 60,300 41,300

Service ........................................................................ 131,900 114,500 17,400

Sales and office .......................................................... 149,800 137,900 12,000

Sales and related .................................................... 62,600 62,600 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 87,200 75,300 12,000

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 33,200 32,300 –

Construction and extraction ................................... 21,000 20,100 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 12,200 12,200 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 69,400 66,600 –

Production .............................................................. 40,900 40,900 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 28,600 25,700 –

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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Providence-New Bedford-Fall

River, RI-MA, January 2007

Establishments Total Private

industry

State and

local

government

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 26,270 25,391 878

Total in sample ............................................................... 264 243 21

Responding ............................................................ 161 140 21

Refused or unable to provide data ......................... 64 64 0

Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 39 39 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.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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