Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA 

National Compensation Survey 

December 2006 

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner 

September 2007 

Bulletin 3140–12
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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: 

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

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 The data contained in this bulletin are also available at 

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(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 

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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............................................................................................................................... 11 

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

 by work levels............................................................................................................................... 17 

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

 and part-time workers................................................................................................................... 19 

 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 26 

 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 30 

 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 33 

 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 34 

10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles.................................................................... 37 

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

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 38 

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

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 43 

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

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 47 

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

 for major occupational groups...................................................................................................... 49 

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 .................... 50 

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 .................... 52 

17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 55 

18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 56 

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

 by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 57 

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 Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data were collected between June 2006 

and July 2007; the average reference month is December 

2006. 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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

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 .......................................................... $23.63 2.3 35.9 $23.23 2.8 35.9 $26.14 3.1 36.0

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 34.05 2.7 37.9 34.61 3.2 38.5 31.74 2.6 35.4

Management, business, and financial .......... 38.44 2.8 40.5 39.91 3.1 40.7 32.53 3.3 39.7

Professional and related ............................... 31.56 3.1 36.5 31.62 3.8 37.4 31.28 2.8 33.4

Service .............................................................. 13.12 5.0 30.5 11.72 4.0 29.4 19.48 9.8 36.5

Sales and office ................................................ 18.41 3.4 36.3 18.44 3.7 36.5 18.15 4.8 35.3

Sales and related .......................................... 21.07 5.4 35.8 21.07 5.4 35.8 – – –

Office and administrative support ................. 17.01 3.4 36.7 16.76 4.1 36.9 18.15 4.8 35.3

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................... 21.64 4.7 38.8 21.28 5.2 38.7 26.64 5.9 40.0

Construction and extraction ......................... 21.48 4.9 38.8 21.27 5.3 38.8 25.32 4.2 40.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 22.30 6.6 39.2 21.53 6.9 39.1 29.68 2.3 40.0

Production, transportation, and material

moving ............................................................ 18.55 5.4 35.5 18.46 5.6 35.4 22.08 4.1 38.6

Production .................................................... 19.61 3.6 36.8 19.61 3.6 36.8 – – –

Transportation and material moving ............. 17.70 9.8 34.5 17.48 10.4 34.3 22.08 4.1 38.6

Full time ............................................................ 24.98 2.9 39.8 24.74 3.4 39.8 26.49 3.0 39.7

Part time ........................................................... 13.99 4.0 21.1 12.72 3.9 21.3 23.29 10.6 20.3

Union ................................................................ 23.49 2.4 36.6 22.67 3.5 36.2 24.68 3.6 37.0

Nonunion .......................................................... 23.67 3.2 35.7 23.34 3.4 35.8 29.83 5.6 33.5

Time .................................................................. 23.35 2.5 35.7 22.88 3.0 35.7 26.14 3.1 36.0

Incentive ........................................................... 28.34 11.0 39.4 28.34 11.0 39.4 – – –

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 24.87 3.6 38.9 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service providing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 () – – – 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1-99 workers ..................................................... 19.42 3.4 34.7 19.36 3.6 34.6 21.00 5.5 36.7

100-499 workers ............................................... 23.80 5.0 36.6 23.71 5.4 36.3 24.93 6.7 40.1

500 workers or more ......................................... 29.78 3.3 37.3 31.05 4.2 38.4 27.24 3.1 35.2

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $23.63 2.3 $24.98 2.9 $13.99 4.0

Management occupations ................................................. 41.55 3.8 41.54 3.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.51 10.2 32.51 10.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.90 11.3 42.90 11.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 53.93 6.7 53.93 6.7 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 59.08 8.0 59.08 8.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 45.11 4.6 45.11 4.6 – –

General and operations managers ................................... 35.97 23.9 35.97 23.9 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 46.17 9.5 46.17 9.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 43.43 4.8 43.43 4.8 – –

Marketing managers ..................................................... 45.78 3.3 45.78 3.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 45.63 5.2 45.63 5.2 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 55.99 10.3 55.99 10.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 59.58 6.5 59.58 6.5 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 37.78 8.0 37.66 8.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.81 19.3 39.81 19.3 – –

Construction managers .................................................... 38.02 2.9 38.02 2.9 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 33.67 11.0 33.67 11.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.57 8.2 32.57 8.2 – –

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 48.58 5.5 48.58 5.5 – –

Medical and health services managers ............................ 42.91 8.5 42.91 8.5 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 33.12 4.5 33.19 4.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.31 2.7 21.36 2.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.21 8.2 27.35 8.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.97 2.8 27.86 3.1 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 30.27 3.2 30.27 3.2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 42.33 2.9 42.33 2.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 37.22 7.6 37.22 7.6 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 37.00 8.4 37.00 8.4 – –

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,

health and safety, and transportation ......................... 48.37 32.7 – – – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.96 13.0 26.96 13.0 – –

Management analysts ...................................................... 33.54 9.7 33.86 9.8 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 30.34 9.8 30.48 9.9 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 41.53 20.7 41.53 20.7 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 33.86 2.5 33.87 2.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.94 11.5 26.94 11.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.75 6.2 26.75 6.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.31 4.8 34.31 4.8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.37 5.2 35.37 5.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.63 4.3 38.63 4.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 45.51 2.3 45.51 2.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.09 3.1 34.01 3.3 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 38.59 7.3 38.62 7.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.21 9.1 33.21 9.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.42 6.4 40.42 6.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.59 10.8 39.71 11.3 – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 33.05 8.6 33.05 8.6 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 43.49 7.9 43.85 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.80 7.7 32.80 7.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 47.15 6.4 48.14 5.7 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 23.77 8.4 23.77 8.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.07 11.6 23.07 11.6 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 34.21 5.2 34.21 5.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.27 4.5 31.27 4.5 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 32.80 11.9 – – – –

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 40.39 3.3 40.39 3.3 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 31.50 4.7 31.31 4.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.68 5.3 24.68 5.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.24 6.4 24.68 7.1 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued

Level 9 ............................................................. $27.47 4.2 $27.47 4.2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 43.48 2.7 43.48 2.7 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 35.59 7.1 35.59 7.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 37.47 .9 37.47 .9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 43.94 3.0 43.94 3.0 – –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – –

Industrial engineers .................................................. 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – –

Drafters ............................................................................. 26.33 7.9 23.92 8.1 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 28.46 1.7 28.33 2.2 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 24.68 15.1 25.78 13.7 – –

Life scientists .................................................................... – – 20.22 13.5 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 23.29 4.8 23.63 5.2 $20.58 21.1

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.48 4.0 30.77 4.9 – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 24.90 13.3 24.67 14.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.06 5.3 – – – –

Social workers .................................................................. 22.57 9.5 22.15 11.2 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 18.06 10.1 – – – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 40.10 30.5 42.67 33.9 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 29.47 7.3 29.73 7.9 28.32 16.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.59 4.2 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.20 7.0 12.12 7.5 13.78 6.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.06 6.6 13.96 7.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.46 8.1 20.16 6.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.94 4.7 35.22 5.1 43.94 12.8

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 31.38 21.5 26.93 13.4 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 31.43 11.2 31.69 10.8 25.92 27.6

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.27 11.1 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.54 5.8 36.52 5.8 – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 16.53 19.0 16.64 20.0 – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 34.52 5.1 35.01 5.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.38 5.8 36.63 6.4 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 33.42 4.5 33.90 5.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.69 5.5 35.88 6.2 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 36.06 7.1 36.09 6.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.00 6.8 36.94 6.7 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 35.94 7.4 35.98 7.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 45.15 18.0 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 41.87 11.2 – – – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 13.43 4.8 13.68 10.5 13.26 6.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.20 7.0 12.12 7.5 13.78 6.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 26.32 5.7 26.65 6.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.85 10.5 23.81 11.4 – –

Designers ......................................................................... 23.94 19.1 23.94 19.1 – –

Writers and editors ........................................................... 27.54 9.2 28.02 11.3 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 32.15 5.5 31.91 6.1 33.81 3.0

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.30 6.9 15.14 7.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.71 13.8 18.63 15.7 19.13 10.0

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.71 3.6 21.40 4.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.47 3.9 27.57 4.2 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

–Continued

Level 8 ............................................................. $32.46 5.9 $31.03 9.6 $37.51 8.2

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.65 2.2 – – 34.29 1.1

Level 10 ............................................................ 43.39 6.4 43.71 6.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 43.55 3.6 43.54 4.5 – –

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 90.87 11.5 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 33.63 2.1 – – 35.32 4.2

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.62 11.2 28.37 13.7 36.32 5.0

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.13 1.0 – – 34.03 1.1

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.74 4.0 – – – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 38.03 9.9 38.54 10.5 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 22.95 1.0 22.89 .6 – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 27.67 4.7 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 33.82 3.9 32.92 5.9 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 17.97 12.4 17.96 12.5 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.09 2.6 21.06 2.8 21.18 3.5

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.53 3.4 21.43 4.1 – –

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 17.90 7.1 – – – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.52 5.8 14.79 6.2 12.27 4.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.96 2.0 10.96 .5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.63 5.7 13.87 5.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.88 5.2 14.84 5.7 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.59 2.4 12.81 2.7 11.55 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.98 3.3 12.87 3.9 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 12.57 2.6 12.80 2.9 11.55 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.98 3.7 12.85 4.5 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.74 6.6 16.79 6.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.73 3.3 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 22.86 9.8 23.99 7.9 9.41 2.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.92 15.2 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.83 3.0 24.83 3.0 – –

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 28.65 1.7 28.65 1.7 – –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – –

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.86 17.4 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.86 17.4 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.87 1.7 11.26 8.6 8.44 1.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.18 1.0 8.62 2.9 8.06 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.78 2.6 9.18 2.1 8.43 2.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.03 1.1 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.79 2.3 12.06 1.3 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 15.47 5.8 15.47 6.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 14.91 11.3 14.88 11.7 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.99 3.3 11.74 1.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.78 .6 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.26 9.6 12.62 6.5 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 10.88 10.1 11.70 4.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.72 11.1 – – – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 9.40 4.5 – – 9.23 1.9

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Food service, tipped ......................................................... $8.14 2.1 $8.62 2.1 $7.76 0.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.70 .9 – – 7.80 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.18 2.1 – – 7.73 2.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.28 6.0 – – – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.71 1.6 – – 7.73 2.0

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 8.54 8.9 – – – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.93 2.3 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 9.70 2.5 10.95 9.4 8.77 6.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.16 5.7 – – 8.87 8.1

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.39 7.2 – – – –

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 9.63 10.2 – – – –

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.66 3.3 – – 8.42 .5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 13.64 6.3 14.18 4.8 9.46 14.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.36 10.6 13.17 7.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.97 5.3 13.90 5.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.80 5.8 13.81 5.9 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.84 6.7 13.43 5.3 8.60 9.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.03 11.8 12.91 8.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.36 5.9 13.36 5.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.27 3.6 13.27 3.8 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 14.19 4.6 14.24 4.6 11.68 7.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 11.28 8.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 14.06 7.3 14.14 7.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.83 5.5 13.83 5.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.27 3.6 13.27 3.8 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. – – 9.70 13.2 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 15.49 4.7 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 13.18 6.6 14.84 8.4 9.37 4.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.49 2.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.27 4.3 – – 9.00 5.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.45 5.6 9.34 6.8 9.92 9.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.85 7.7 14.43 8.2 – –

Child care workers ............................................................ 10.43 7.6 10.68 6.4 9.84 9.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.74 5.7 – – – –

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – –

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 17.38 17.5 – – – –

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 19.83 17.3 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 21.07 5.4 22.88 6.0 11.44 2.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.58 2.4 12.76 3.3 12.20 3.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.39 7.4 15.43 8.5 15.26 5.6

Level 5 ............................................................. 22.12 11.0 22.25 11.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.31 11.5 23.31 11.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 32.41 10.2 32.41 10.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.44 23.6 31.44 23.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 35.44 19.5 35.44 19.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 29.43 7.1 29.43 7.1 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 27.16 6.6 27.16 6.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 32.89 10.2 32.89 10.2 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Retail sales workers ......................................................... $14.18 8.5 $15.20 11.6 $11.33 2.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.61 2.6 12.76 3.3 12.27 4.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.00 11.7 16.17 12.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.92 6.8 21.08 7.1 – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 17.53 16.9 18.66 14.8 – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 14.94 19.1 15.73 20.5 10.08 8.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.36 7.0 10.57 7.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.92 22.7 15.55 22.2 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 32.82 22.3 32.82 22.3 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 32.86 22.8 32.86 22.8 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 17.01 3.4 17.66 3.1 11.43 4.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.15 6.1 – – 8.77 6.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.85 4.6 12.02 4.1 9.29 3.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.81 2.2 13.04 2.4 11.59 3.6

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.66 3.1 15.91 3.2 13.10 3.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.09 2.3 18.08 2.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.24 3.6 21.29 3.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.93 5.8 22.93 5.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 17.77 6.1 18.12 6.8 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 22.83 7.3 22.83 7.3 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.42 2.8 16.57 2.4 13.92 9.7

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.39 8.1 15.66 7.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.14 4.5 18.14 4.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.72 6.0 19.79 6.5 – –

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 19.91 5.3 19.91 5.3 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 17.72 6.3 17.87 6.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.49 17.0 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 17.65 5.0 17.65 5.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.83 5.8 16.83 5.8 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 17.98 10.1 18.18 10.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.33 2.4 15.33 2.4 – –

Order clerks ...................................................................... 14.24 8.8 14.37 8.8 – –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 18.53 3.9 18.48 4.1 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.11 8.0 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.36 2.7 – – – –

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 21.06 14.6 21.06 14.6 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 18.13 15.9 18.13 15.9 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ – – 13.57 4.5 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 19.18 7.6 19.53 7.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.45 4.9 16.70 5.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.97 3.1 16.83 3.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.12 9.0 23.12 9.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.37 5.7 23.37 5.7 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 21.43 5.4 21.84 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.38 6.7 22.38 6.7 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 16.61 3.6 16.82 3.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.76 3.2 16.59 3.7 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.90 6.1 16.53 6.1 10.47 6.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.12 6.9 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.03 5.5 12.16 7.1 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Office clerks, general –Continued

Level 4 ............................................................. $14.93 4.0 $15.49 4.5 $13.29 2.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.19 8.0 19.19 8.0 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.48 4.9 21.70 4.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 18.64 2.3 18.64 2.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.96 8.3 20.16 8.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.51 11.5 23.61 12.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.70 2.1 25.70 2.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.86 2.0 30.86 2.0 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 22.10 8.3 22.10 8.3 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 15.76 16.3 16.39 16.8 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 27.38 7.0 27.38 7.0 – –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 27.87 6.8 27.87 6.8 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 24.82 1.3 25.09 .5 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 22.30 6.6 22.52 6.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.60 6.8 16.90 6.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.47 8.8 24.47 8.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.12 4.6 25.33 4.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 35.00 4.8 35.00 4.8 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 15.40 3.5 – – – –

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 31.37 4.9 31.37 4.9 – –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 28.50 6.3 28.50 6.3 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 24.37 8.6 24.37 8.6 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 21.98 5.7 21.98 5.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.44 6.9 23.44 6.9 – –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 26.26 11.2 26.26 11.2 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 19.99 6.6 19.99 6.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 20.18 15.0 20.18 15.0 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 19.61 3.6 20.17 3.8 10.91 14.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.21 7.8 9.58 11.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.24 4.5 12.21 4.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 16.92 6.3 17.12 6.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 18.46 6.8 18.34 7.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.84 2.8 20.84 2.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.51 6.8 21.51 6.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.66 9.0 25.66 9.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.58 2.2 29.58 2.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 26.00 12.6 26.00 12.6 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 15.09 12.5 15.20 12.3 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 21.49 6.5 21.49 6.5 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 19.81 8.8 19.81 8.8 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 20.26 10.1 20.26 10.1 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 22.06 9.2 22.06 9.2 – –

Painting workers ............................................................... 15.03 6.1 15.03 6.1 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.99 10.9 13.03 13.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.65 8.8 9.45 12.3 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 17.70 9.8 19.53 9.7 11.16 5.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.05 6.9 11.57 8.9 8.82 2.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.82 7.2 12.26 5.9 14.67 14.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.39 6.8 16.37 4.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 20.38 3.3 20.57 3.7 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — 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

–Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $19.85 3.5 $20.16 3.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.40 15.8 23.40 15.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.95 5.6 21.55 3.2 – –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 16.91 11.2 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 18.86 4.1 19.16 4.4 $14.74 22.0

Level 4 ............................................................. 20.89 8.4 20.97 9.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.09 4.2 20.23 4.3 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 19.28 3.7 19.26 3.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.23 9.3 16.96 10.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.28 4.6 20.26 4.7 – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 18.85 10.9 18.81 11.5 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 20.48 8.3 20.48 8.3 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 13.25 7.1 15.02 6.2 9.54 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.06 7.8 11.96 10.2 8.87 2.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.96 3.0 13.06 3.5 12.13 8.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.94 6.0 15.06 6.6 – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 14.04 6.4 16.10 5.3 9.71 2.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.40 9.5 – – 8.91 3.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.92 4.8 13.07 6.9 12.13 8.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.97 4.0 16.06 4.6 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $23.23 2.8 $24.74 3.4 $12.72 3.9

Management occupations ................................................. 42.99 4.3 42.98 4.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.25 11.7 33.25 11.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 44.93 14.3 44.93 14.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 55.28 7.2 55.28 7.2 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 59.49 8.8 59.49 8.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 47.78 5.2 47.78 5.2 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 46.17 9.5 46.17 9.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 43.43 4.8 43.43 4.8 – –

Marketing managers ..................................................... 45.78 3.3 45.78 3.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 45.63 5.2 45.63 5.2 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 56.88 10.2 56.88 10.2 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 37.86 8.2 37.74 8.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.10 20.4 40.10 20.4 – –

Construction managers .................................................... 37.90 3.2 37.90 3.2 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 23.66 12.2 23.66 12.2 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 34.77 4.2 34.81 4.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.83 3.7 21.83 3.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.95 10.6 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.12 2.3 28.36 2.2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 42.33 2.9 42.33 2.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 38.36 6.3 38.36 6.3 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 37.00 8.4 37.00 8.4 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.26 13.4 26.26 13.4 – –

Management analysts ...................................................... 34.50 9.1 34.87 9.2 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 31.55 9.4 31.74 9.5 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 43.96 19.5 43.96 19.5 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 34.15 2.6 34.16 2.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.94 11.5 26.94 11.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.75 6.2 26.75 6.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.09 5.6 35.09 5.6 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 38.14 5.9 38.14 5.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.80 5.3 39.80 5.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 45.51 2.3 45.51 2.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.03 3.2 33.93 3.4 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 39.46 7.4 39.53 7.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.40 11.3 34.40 11.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.59 10.8 39.71 11.3 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 43.64 7.9 44.01 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.65 8.5 32.65 8.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 47.15 6.4 48.14 5.7 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 23.77 8.4 23.77 8.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.07 11.6 23.07 11.6 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 34.53 5.6 34.53 5.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.33 5.9 31.33 5.9 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 32.80 11.9 – – – –

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 41.44 3.1 41.44 3.1 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 31.20 4.7 30.97 5.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.68 5.3 24.68 5.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.24 6.4 24.68 7.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.88 3.0 26.88 3.0 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 43.48 2.7 43.48 2.7 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 35.29 7.8 35.29 7.8 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 37.47 .9 37.47 .9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 43.94 3.0 43.94 3.0 – –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – –

Industrial engineers .................................................. 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – –

Drafters ............................................................................. 26.33 7.9 23.92 8.1 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 28.60 1.8 28.51 2.5 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 22.84 20.4 24.48 20.0 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Community and social services occupations .................. $19.54 12.5 $20.49 8.9 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 13.78 8.2 – – – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 40.02 32.5 42.75 36.7 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 23.73 24.3 24.82 24.5 $16.47 37.1

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.13 13.5 19.66 12.5 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 16.29 11.9 16.40 12.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.19 12.5 – – – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 24.65 10.8 25.18 9.8 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 24.94 9.2 25.18 9.8 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 25.93 6.3 26.15 6.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.85 10.5 23.81 11.4 – –

Designers ......................................................................... 23.94 19.1 23.94 19.1 – –

Writers and editors ........................................................... 27.54 9.2 28.02 11.3 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 31.97 5.9 31.75 6.5 33.86 3.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.30 6.9 15.14 7.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.71 13.8 18.63 15.7 19.13 10.0

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.49 3.4 21.14 4.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.67 3.9 27.79 4.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 32.97 6.7 31.49 10.4 38.41 9.5

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.70 2.5 – – – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 44.58 7.2 – – – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.87 2.7 42.65 3.2 – –

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 90.87 11.5 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 33.69 2.5 – – 36.21 7.4

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.80 13.7 28.40 16.3 37.61 5.0

Therapists ......................................................................... 37.39 11.3 37.86 12.8 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 22.95 1.0 22.89 .6 – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 27.67 4.7 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 33.82 3.9 32.92 5.9 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 17.97 12.4 17.96 12.5 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 20.71 2.5 20.60 2.4 21.18 3.5

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.82 1.4 20.58 2.3 – –

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 17.90 7.1 – – – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.24 6.7 14.52 7.3 12.27 4.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.96 2.0 10.96 .5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.63 5.7 13.87 5.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.96 6.0 14.91 6.7 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.39 2.4 12.59 2.8 11.55 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.51 3.2 12.29 3.7 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 12.36 2.4 12.56 2.9 11.55 4.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.10 3.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.43 8.5 13.69 8.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.41 3.8 – – – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.57 8.1 16.62 8.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.09 1.0 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 16.42 14.5 17.34 18.0 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 13.41 8.6 13.88 12.1 – –

Security guards ............................................................. 13.41 8.6 13.88 12.1 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.81 1.7 11.21 8.7 8.38 1.9

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Food preparation and serving related occupations

–Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $8.18 1.0 $8.62 2.9 $8.06 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.78 2.6 9.18 2.1 8.43 2.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.99 1.0 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.64 2.3 11.92 1.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 15.47 6.0 15.47 6.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 14.88 11.7 14.88 11.7 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.99 3.3 11.74 1.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.78 .6 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.26 9.6 12.62 6.5 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 10.88 10.1 11.70 4.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.72 11.1 – – – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 9.26 3.5 – – 9.15 .6

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 8.14 2.1 8.62 2.1 7.76 .3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.70 .9 – – 7.80 1.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.18 2.1 – – 7.73 2.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.28 6.0 – – – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.71 1.6 – – 7.73 2.0

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 8.54 8.9 – – – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.93 2.3 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 9.48 1.2 10.57 10.3 8.77 6.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.16 5.7 – – 8.87 8.1

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.39 7.2 – – – –

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.66 3.3 – – 8.42 .5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 12.92 9.1 13.63 7.1 8.48 9.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.61 17.1 12.89 14.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.59 6.4 13.59 6.4 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.04 9.4 12.79 8.3 8.48 9.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.70 8.6 10.38 8.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.78 20.1 12.16 18.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.84 6.7 12.84 6.7 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 13.87 8.1 13.94 8.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 11.28 8.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 16.11 21.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.24 6.6 13.24 6.6 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. – – 9.70 13.2 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 12.85 7.4 14.39 9.3 9.29 5.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.41 3.0 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.27 4.3 – – 9.00 5.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.34 6.3 9.34 6.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.72 7.6 14.29 8.1 – –

Child care workers ............................................................ 10.39 7.9 10.68 6.4 9.68 10.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.74 5.7 – – – –

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – –

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 19.09 14.7 – – – –

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 19.83 17.3 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 21.07 5.4 22.88 6.0 11.44 2.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Sales and related occupations –Continued

Level 3 ............................................................. $12.58 2.4 $12.76 3.3 $12.20 3.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.39 7.4 15.43 8.5 15.26 5.6

Level 5 ............................................................. 22.12 11.0 22.25 11.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.31 11.5 23.31 11.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 32.41 10.2 32.41 10.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.44 23.6 31.44 23.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 35.44 19.5 35.44 19.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 29.43 7.1 29.43 7.1 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 27.16 6.6 27.16 6.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 32.89 10.2 32.89 10.2 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 14.18 8.5 15.20 11.6 11.33 2.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.49 3.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.76 2.1 11.28 3.9 9.38 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.61 2.6 12.76 3.3 12.27 4.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.00 11.7 16.17 12.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.92 6.8 21.08 7.1 – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.80 1.1 11.23 4.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.89 5.1 14.66 7.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.75 4.9 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 17.53 16.9 18.66 14.8 – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 14.94 19.1 15.73 20.5 10.08 8.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.36 7.0 10.57 7.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.92 22.7 15.55 22.2 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 32.82 22.3 32.82 22.3 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 32.86 22.8 32.86 22.8 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 16.76 4.1 17.42 3.8 11.27 4.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.15 6.1 – – 8.77 6.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.95 4.8 12.03 4.3 9.36 4.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.71 2.0 12.88 2.1 11.65 4.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.72 3.7 15.92 3.7 13.38 2.6

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.11 3.1 18.10 3.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.93 4.2 20.98 4.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.79 6.9 22.79 6.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 17.31 6.1 17.66 7.1 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 24.26 5.5 24.26 5.5 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.14 2.9 16.29 2.5 13.92 9.7

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.17 8.5 15.43 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.64 6.4 19.70 7.0 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 17.72 6.3 17.87 6.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.49 17.0 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 17.51 5.5 17.51 5.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.59 6.8 16.59 6.8 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 17.98 10.1 18.18 10.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.33 2.4 15.33 2.4 – –

Order clerks ...................................................................... 14.24 8.8 14.37 8.8 – –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 18.60 4.4 18.55 4.6 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.11 8.0 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.36 2.7 – – – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 18.13 15.9 18.13 15.9 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ – – 13.57 4.5 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 20.26 10.3 20.85 10.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.15 7.1 – – – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $15.54 6.2 $15.54 6.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.32 6.6 23.32 6.6 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 21.43 7.0 21.99 6.2 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 16.54 7.2 17.19 5.9 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 15.04 8.3 16.59 7.7 $10.73 7.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.25 7.5 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.17 4.8 16.02 5.6 13.25 2.5

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.53 9.0 19.53 9.0 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.27 5.3 21.49 5.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 18.64 2.3 18.64 2.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.16 11.2 19.34 11.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.36 12.5 23.46 13.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.70 2.1 25.70 2.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.97 1.7 30.97 1.7 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 22.15 8.3 22.15 8.3 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 15.76 16.3 16.39 16.8 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 24.79 1.4 25.08 .5 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 21.53 6.9 21.75 6.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.60 6.8 16.90 6.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.08 10.8 23.08 10.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.53 4.6 24.75 4.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 35.85 4.7 35.85 4.7 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 15.40 3.5 – – – –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 28.50 6.3 28.50 6.3 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 19.14 8.9 19.14 8.9 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 19.14 8.9 19.14 8.9 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 23.92 9.5 23.92 9.5 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 21.28 6.1 21.28 6.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 26.26 11.2 26.26 11.2 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 18.76 6.8 18.76 6.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.31 8.1 17.31 8.1 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 20.18 15.0 20.18 15.0 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 19.61 3.6 20.17 3.8 10.91 14.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.21 7.8 9.58 11.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.24 4.5 12.21 4.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 16.92 6.3 17.12 6.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 18.46 6.8 18.34 7.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.84 2.8 20.84 2.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.51 6.8 21.51 6.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.66 9.0 25.66 9.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.58 2.2 29.58 2.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 26.00 12.6 26.00 12.6 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 15.09 12.5 15.20 12.3 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 21.49 6.5 21.49 6.5 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 19.81 8.8 19.81 8.8 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 20.26 10.1 20.26 10.1 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 22.06 9.2 22.06 9.2 – –

Painting workers ............................................................... 15.03 6.1 15.03 6.1 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.99 10.9 13.03 13.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.65 8.8 9.45 12.3 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 17.48 10.4 19.38 10.2 10.57 3.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.05 6.9 11.57 8.9 8.82 2.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.62 7.3 12.03 5.4 14.59 15.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.39 6.8 16.37 4.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 20.39 3.6 20.55 3.9 – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — 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

–Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $19.36 4.3 $19.79 4.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.80 16.7 22.80 16.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.95 5.6 21.55 3.2 – –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 18.72 4.3 19.03 4.7 $14.74 22.0

Level 4 ............................................................. 20.74 9.0 20.82 9.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.06 4.9 20.22 5.2 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 19.10 3.9 19.07 4.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.05 6.6 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.28 5.5 20.26 5.7 – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 18.85 10.9 18.81 11.5 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 20.48 8.3 20.48 8.3 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 13.21 7.1 14.99 6.3 9.54 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.06 7.8 11.96 10.2 8.87 2.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.66 1.6 12.73 1.8 12.13 8.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.94 6.0 15.06 6.6 – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 14.00 6.5 16.07 5.4 9.71 2.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.40 9.5 – – 8.91 3.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.47 3.5 12.55 5.7 12.13 8.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.97 4.0 16.06 4.6 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $26.14 3.1 $26.49 3.0 $23.29 10.6

Management occupations ................................................. 36.02 4.3 36.02 4.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 37.96 6.0 37.96 6.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 36.24 6.7 36.24 6.7 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 41.87 11.1 41.87 11.1 – –

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 48.58 5.5 48.58 5.5 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 25.98 5.8 25.98 6.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.87 3.2 19.89 3.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.77 5.9 27.19 6.6 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 30.61 3.8 30.61 3.8 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 30.58 2.5 30.58 2.5 – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 30.24 1.9 30.24 1.9 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 28.44 8.1 28.16 9.4 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 25.84 7.0 25.80 8.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.99 5.1 – – – –

Social workers .................................................................. 24.89 11.1 – – – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 31.87 3.7 31.99 5.4 31.44 17.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.15 3.5 – – 14.37 3.9

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.68 4.7 35.93 5.3 44.48 13.3

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 31.64 27.2 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 36.46 5.9 36.54 5.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.61 5.9 36.54 5.9 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 36.19 5.9 36.67 6.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.51 6.1 36.67 6.7 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 35.29 5.5 35.90 6.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.70 5.7 35.90 6.6 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 38.82 5.9 38.82 5.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 38.82 5.9 38.82 5.9 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 37.00 6.8 36.94 6.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 37.00 6.8 36.94 6.7 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 14.44 2.0 14.87 7.6 14.15 3.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.15 3.5 – – 14.37 3.9

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 34.46 4.0 35.04 7.7 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 32.96 3.2 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 24.76 9.0 25.83 6.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.40 2.5 24.40 2.5 – –

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 28.77 1.6 28.77 1.6 – –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – –

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 15.42 4.8 15.43 6.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 16.26 6.5 – – – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 14.62 4.8 14.63 4.9 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 14.62 4.8 14.63 4.9 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 15.62 2.5 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — 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 .............. $18.15 4.8 $18.83 4.6 $12.23 12.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.39 2.8 15.82 1.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.05 2.7 18.04 2.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.19 6.0 22.19 6.0 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 19.72 4.7 19.72 4.7 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 17.60 5.1 17.64 5.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.54 3.1 17.39 3.2 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 16.67 2.2 16.53 1.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.30 2.4 17.11 2.6 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.51 2.8 16.37 9.2 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 25.32 4.2 25.32 4.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 24.35 7.5 24.35 7.5 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 29.68 2.3 29.68 2.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 28.01 7.1 28.01 7.1 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 22.08 4.1 22.67 6.6 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $23.63 2.3 $24.98 2.9 $13.99 4.0

Management occupations ................................................. 41.55 3.8 41.54 3.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.47 9.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.93 5.2 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 58.69 6.3 – – – –

General and operations managers ................................... 35.97 23.9 35.97 23.9 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 46.17 9.5 46.17 9.5 – –

Marketing managers ..................................................... 45.78 3.3 45.78 3.3 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 55.99 10.3 55.99 10.3 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 37.78 8.0 37.66 8.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.98 15.0 31.52 15.8 – –

Construction managers .................................................... 38.02 2.9 38.02 2.9 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 33.67 11.0 33.67 11.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.41 12.0 – – – –

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 48.58 5.5 48.58 5.5 – –

Medical and health services managers ............................ 42.91 8.5 42.91 8.5 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 33.12 4.5 33.19 4.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.52 3.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.82 3.1 – – – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 37.00 8.4 37.00 8.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.41 5.0 – – – –

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,

health and safety, and transportation ......................... 48.37 32.7 – – – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 26.96 13.0 26.96 13.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.38 8.0 – – – –

Management analysts ...................................................... 33.54 9.7 33.86 9.8 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 30.34 9.8 30.48 9.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.30 4.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.62 5.0 27.62 5.0 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 41.53 20.7 41.53 20.7 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 33.86 2.5 33.87 2.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.07 7.3 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.39 2.5 – – – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 38.59 7.3 38.62 7.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.48 4.9 – – – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 33.05 8.6 33.05 8.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.32 4.0 35.32 4.0 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 43.49 7.9 43.85 8.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.35 7.5 39.35 7.5 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 23.77 8.4 23.77 8.4 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 34.21 5.2 34.21 5.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.59 4.7 36.59 4.7 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 32.80 11.9 – – – –

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 40.39 3.3 40.39 3.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 42.03 4.3 42.03 4.3 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 31.50 4.7 31.31 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.61 3.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.31 4.8 – – – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 35.59 7.1 35.59 7.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.93 7.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.38 5.1 – – – –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 38.51 8.9 – – – –

Industrial engineers .................................................. 37.09 10.1 37.09 10.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 38.51 8.9 38.51 8.9 – –

Drafters ............................................................................. 26.33 7.9 23.92 8.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.52 8.8 – – – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 28.46 1.7 28.33 2.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.65 4.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.26 5.8 – – – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... $24.68 15.1 $25.78 13.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.17 7.3 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.30 10.5 – – – –

Life scientists .................................................................... – – 20.22 13.5 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 23.29 4.8 23.63 5.2 $20.58 21.1

Group II ............................................................. 18.64 5.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.48 4.0 – – – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 24.90 13.3 24.67 14.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.06 5.3 – – – –

Social workers .................................................................. 22.57 9.5 22.15 11.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.80 6.7 – – – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 18.06 10.1 – – – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 40.10 30.5 42.67 33.9 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 29.47 7.3 29.73 7.9 28.32 16.9

Group I .............................................................. 12.88 5.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.19 23.7 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.18 4.0 – – – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 31.38 21.5 26.93 13.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.96 14.1 – – – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 31.43 11.2 31.69 10.8 25.92 27.6

Group II ............................................................. 15.30 3.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.54 5.8 – – – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 16.53 19.0 16.64 20.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.23 1.1 – – – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.23 1.1 13.04 1.1 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 34.52 5.1 35.01 5.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.52 10.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.38 5.8 – – – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 33.42 4.5 33.90 5.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.52 10.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.69 5.5 35.88 6.2 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 38.41 6.0 38.82 5.9 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 36.06 7.1 36.09 6.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.00 6.8 – – – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 35.94 7.4 35.98 7.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.97 7.4 36.90 7.3 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 45.15 18.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 41.73 10.8 – – – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 13.43 4.8 13.68 10.5 13.26 6.1

Group I .............................................................. 12.89 5.7 12.21 6.5 13.23 6.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 26.32 5.7 26.65 6.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.71 8.5 – – – –

Designers ......................................................................... 23.94 19.1 23.94 19.1 – –

Writers and editors ........................................................... 27.54 9.2 28.02 11.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.65 14.7 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 32.15 5.5 31.91 6.1 33.81 3.0

Group I .............................................................. 14.39 6.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.11 4.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.53 4.8 – – – –

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 90.87 11.5 – – – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 33.63 2.1 – – 35.32 4.2

Group II ............................................................. 30.35 11.0 28.37 13.7 34.31 5.4

Group III ............................................................ 33.89 2.7 – – 35.53 5.7

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Therapists ......................................................................... $38.03 9.9 $38.54 10.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.39 3.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.05 10.4 – – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 22.95 1.0 22.89 .6 – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 27.67 4.7 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 33.82 3.9 32.92 5.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 33.82 3.9 – – – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 34.19 4.7 33.29 6.3 – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 17.97 12.4 17.96 12.5 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 21.09 2.6 21.06 2.8 $21.18 3.5

Group II ............................................................. 21.10 2.6 21.06 2.8 – –

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 17.90 7.1 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.82 6.5 – – – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.52 5.8 14.79 6.2 12.27 4.5

Group I .............................................................. 13.70 5.5 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 12.59 2.4 12.81 2.7 11.55 4.6

Group I .............................................................. 12.59 2.4 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 12.57 2.6 12.80 2.9 11.55 4.6

Group I .............................................................. 12.57 2.6 12.80 2.9 11.55 4.6

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 16.74 6.6 16.79 6.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.34 8.2 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 22.86 9.8 23.99 7.9 9.41 2.5

Group I .............................................................. 13.89 8.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.95 9.2 – – – –

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 28.65 1.7 28.65 1.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.77 1.6 28.77 1.6 – –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.97 6.2 – – – –

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 20.58 6.9 20.58 6.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.97 6.2 20.97 6.2 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.31 2.3 – – – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 30.82 5.4 30.82 5.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.31 2.3 29.31 2.3 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.93 11.0 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 15.31 9.9 15.84 12.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.93 11.0 14.45 13.8 – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 9.87 1.7 11.26 8.6 8.44 1.8

Group I .............................................................. 9.14 .8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.01 4.2 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 15.47 5.8 15.47 6.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.19 5.3 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 14.91 11.3 14.88 11.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.02 8.2 – – – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.99 3.3 11.74 1.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.94 4.1 – – – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 10.88 10.1 11.70 4.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.88 10.1 11.70 4.0 – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 9.40 4.5 – – 9.23 1.9

Group I .............................................................. 9.40 4.5 – – 9.23 1.9

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 8.14 2.1 8.62 2.1 7.76 .3

Group I .............................................................. 8.14 2.1 – – – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 8.76 1.4 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.76 1.4 – – – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3

Group I .............................................................. 7.67 .9 – – 7.73 .3

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 8.54 8.9 – – – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $8.54 8.9 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 9.70 2.5 $10.95 9.4 $8.77 6.4

Group I .............................................................. 9.70 2.5 – – – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7

Group I .............................................................. 9.73 2.4 – – 8.86 9.7

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 9.63 10.2 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.63 10.2 – – – –

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2

Group I .............................................................. 8.93 3.3 – – 8.64 .2

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 13.64 6.3 14.18 4.8 9.46 14.5

Group I .............................................................. 12.81 6.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.23 5.0 – – – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 12.84 6.7 13.43 5.3 8.60 9.7

Group I .............................................................. 12.27 5.8 – – – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 14.19 4.6 14.24 4.6 11.68 7.4

Group I .............................................................. 13.53 3.6 13.57 3.7 11.68 7.4

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.36 7.8 10.17 8.4 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 15.49 4.7 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.49 4.7 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 13.18 6.6 14.84 8.4 9.37 4.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.96 5.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.57 9.9 – – – –

Child care workers ............................................................ 10.43 7.6 10.68 6.4 9.84 9.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.43 7.6 10.68 6.4 9.84 9.8

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 10.72 1.1 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.72 1.1 – – – –

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 17.38 17.5 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.91 18.2 – – – –

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 19.83 17.3 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 21.07 5.4 22.88 6.0 11.44 2.4

Group I .............................................................. 12.66 1.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.92 7.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 45.17 16.1 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 29.43 7.1 29.43 7.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.12 6.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 27.16 6.6 27.16 6.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.53 7.0 26.53 7.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 32.89 10.2 32.89 10.2 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 14.18 8.5 15.20 11.6 11.33 2.5

Group I .............................................................. 12.36 2.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.50 6.6 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Group I .............................................................. 12.70 2.0 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Group I .............................................................. 12.70 2.0 13.27 5.1 11.92 3.4

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 17.53 16.9 18.66 14.8 – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 14.94 19.1 15.73 20.5 10.08 8.4

Group I .............................................................. 11.89 5.7 12.30 6.9 10.06 8.5

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 32.82 22.3 32.82 22.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.57 27.8 – – – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 32.86 22.8 32.86 22.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.49 29.1 29.49 29.1 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 17.01 3.4 17.66 3.1 11.43 4.4

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — 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

–Continued

Group I .............................................................. $13.99 2.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.35 4.0 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 22.83 7.3 $22.83 7.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.75 7.8 22.75 7.8 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.42 2.8 16.57 2.4 $13.92 9.7

Group I .............................................................. 14.54 4.4 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.27 4.5 – – – –

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 19.91 5.3 19.91 5.3 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 17.72 6.3 17.87 6.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.11 16.7 – – – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 17.65 5.0 17.65 5.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.38 5.8 16.38 5.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.27 5.7 19.27 5.7 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 12.12 .5 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.12 .5 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 17.98 10.1 18.18 10.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.00 5.2 14.33 5.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.88 11.6 21.88 11.6 – –

Order clerks ...................................................................... 14.24 8.8 14.37 8.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.51 7.5 – – – –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 18.53 3.9 18.48 4.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.51 5.2 – – – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9

Group I .............................................................. 13.12 6.2 13.63 6.4 11.21 8.9

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 21.06 14.6 21.06 14.6 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 18.13 15.9 18.13 15.9 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ – – 13.57 4.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. – – 13.59 4.8 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 19.18 7.6 19.53 7.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.88 5.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.04 8.8 – – – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 21.43 5.4 21.84 4.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.02 5.0 22.02 5.0 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 16.61 3.6 16.82 3.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.08 7.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.21 3.5 17.08 3.7 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 14.90 6.1 16.53 6.1 10.47 6.5

Group I .............................................................. 12.55 5.1 14.19 5.4 10.47 6.5

Group II ............................................................. 19.19 8.0 19.19 8.0 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.48 4.9 21.70 4.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.71 5.3 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.80 6.4 – – – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 22.10 8.3 22.10 8.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.31 10.6 22.31 10.6 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 15.76 16.3 16.39 16.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.06 13.8 15.66 14.5 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 27.38 7.0 27.38 7.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.30 5.0 – – – –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 27.87 6.8 27.87 6.8 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 24.82 1.3 25.09 .5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.23 6.0 27.92 5.3 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 22.30 6.6 22.52 6.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.46 6.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.43 7.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.08 15.2 27.08 15.2 – –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 15.40 3.5 – – – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... $31.37 4.9 $31.37 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 31.37 4.9 – – – –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 28.50 6.3 28.50 6.3 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.69 6.7 – – – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 19.69 8.4 19.69 8.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.69 6.7 23.69 6.7 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 24.37 8.6 24.37 8.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.19 9.4 24.19 9.4 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 21.98 5.7 21.98 5.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.01 6.3 – – – –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 26.26 11.2 26.26 11.2 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 19.99 6.6 19.99 6.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.99 6.6 19.99 6.6 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 20.18 15.0 20.18 15.0 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 19.61 3.6 20.17 3.8 $10.91 14.6

Group I .............................................................. 14.68 5.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.56 2.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 26.00 12.6 26.00 12.6 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 15.09 12.5 15.20 12.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.73 15.1 – – – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 21.49 6.5 21.49 6.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.72 6.0 21.72 6.0 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 19.81 8.8 19.81 8.8 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 20.26 10.1 20.26 10.1 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 22.06 9.2 22.06 9.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.33 11.7 25.33 11.7 – –

Painting workers ............................................................... 15.03 6.1 15.03 6.1 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 12.99 10.9 13.03 13.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.09 10.0 – – – –

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — 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 .......... $17.70 9.8 $19.53 9.7 $11.16 5.3

Group I .............................................................. 14.05 3.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.05 6.3 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 98.37 1.9 – – – –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 120.50 12.0 – – – –

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 120.50 12.0 120.50 12.0 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 16.91 11.2 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 18.86 4.1 19.16 4.4 14.74 22.0

Group I .............................................................. 17.90 9.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.39 4.6 – – – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 19.28 3.7 19.26 3.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 17.81 8.0 17.66 8.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.41 5.2 19.38 5.3 – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 18.85 10.9 18.81 11.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 18.84 11.5 18.80 12.0 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 20.48 8.3 20.48 8.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 19.24 12.7 19.24 12.7 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 13.25 7.1 15.02 6.2 9.54 1.9

Group I .............................................................. 12.76 7.7 – – – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.44 5.3 11.62 5.5 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 14.04 6.4 16.10 5.3 9.71 2.7

Group I .............................................................. 13.49 8.3 15.66 6.9 9.71 2.7

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $9.70 $13.89 $20.20 $30.29 $41.27

Management occupations ................................................. 25.00 30.35 38.46 51.23 64.35

General and operations managers ................................... 25.48 25.48 25.48 38.08 75.85

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 32.99 38.50 46.47 52.41 64.35

Marketing managers ..................................................... 38.46 42.49 46.47 46.47 53.53

Computer and information systems managers ................. 35.91 46.15 59.43 66.11 66.11

Financial managers .......................................................... 15.58 25.48 30.35 46.74 62.50

Construction managers .................................................... 30.00 30.00 36.06 48.00 48.00

Education administrators .................................................. 16.09 25.00 33.71 42.87 49.69

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 42.36 42.87 44.76 49.69 68.59

Medical and health services managers ............................ 33.99 36.00 42.39 50.87 54.67

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 19.85 24.03 29.81 41.57 45.95

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 23.32 29.71 41.28 42.73 45.95

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction,

health and safety, and transportation ......................... 19.59 25.10 30.90 85.58 85.58

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 18.29 18.29 26.00 36.70 41.18

Management analysts ...................................................... 20.43 25.00 30.04 41.66 51.36

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 21.00 21.64 25.00 32.22 47.12

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 23.43 23.43 41.55 50.93 68.59

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 22.49 25.77 31.86 41.23 46.90

Computer software engineers .......................................... 25.95 29.50 37.61 43.42 58.44

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 25.32 27.96 30.89 37.91 41.15

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 27.90 36.06 43.42 51.88 58.44

Computer support specialists ........................................... 17.36 22.49 23.23 26.63 28.86

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 23.29 27.30 33.53 40.96 45.34

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 22.72 24.92 37.15 39.90 39.90

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 29.71 35.79 42.28 46.87 47.60

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.57 24.86 28.87 38.75 44.55

Engineers ......................................................................... 22.46 28.08 35.53 41.11 47.98

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98

Industrial engineers .................................................. 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98

Drafters ............................................................................. 16.00 18.75 25.00 30.00 36.59

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 23.27 26.44 27.83 28.85 34.52

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 16.83 17.65 21.20 30.13 36.61

Community and social services occupations .................. 14.00 16.91 23.09 28.22 34.28

Counselors ....................................................................... 15.66 17.44 27.39 28.22 33.42

Social workers .................................................................. 12.75 20.02 21.68 24.27 31.69

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ................................................................... 10.00 13.93 17.19 23.09 23.27

Legal occupations .............................................................. 19.35 24.04 26.44 43.52 76.92

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 12.90 16.56 29.55 38.55 45.30

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 16.56 24.53 30.94 36.23 58.49

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 13.80 22.99 32.30 41.04 46.58

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 11.19 12.00 14.37 14.75 30.47

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.37 14.75

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 22.99 27.71 34.40 41.66 46.43

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 22.53 26.69 32.94 41.04 45.30

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 28.16 32.09 37.77 45.53 49.77

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.46 30.48 35.66 42.06 47.81

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 22.99 30.27 35.60 41.95 48.38

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 16.58 26.77 44.63 60.00 65.00

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.00 11.07 13.45 14.58 16.73

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 18.12 19.31 26.63 32.93 36.65

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Designers ......................................................................... $12.48 $19.23 $19.31 $34.41 $34.41

Writers and editors ........................................................... 16.64 19.81 25.32 36.65 36.82

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 17.83 26.73 32.00 36.19 43.60

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 32.34 32.34 69.11 154.95 187.15

Registered nurses ............................................................ 28.50 31.00 33.00 35.06 40.35

Therapists ......................................................................... 27.45 29.24 35.67 46.20 52.36

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 14.26 17.00 23.30 30.10 30.78

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 21.12 24.71 30.10 30.39 30.85

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 27.00 27.99 32.81 40.00 40.87

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 27.00 29.24 33.65 40.12 40.87

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 10.00 14.59 19.91 22.52 23.82

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.75 18.81 21.00 22.19 23.34

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 13.00 16.00 17.75 19.60 25.00

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.16 11.62 13.57 17.00 18.80

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.14 10.53 12.23 13.72 16.01

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.14 10.50 12.00 13.82 16.01

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 12.03 13.50 17.00 18.66 20.44

Protective service occupations ......................................... 9.34 16.96 23.99 28.92 31.80

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 23.99 27.08 28.78 31.71 33.31

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17

Police officers ................................................................... 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.00 13.00 13.00 19.42 23.83

Security guards ............................................................. 9.00 13.00 13.00 19.42 23.83

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.63 7.93 8.75 10.50 14.03

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.71 23.44

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.08 23.44

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.30 8.75 11.00 12.50 14.03

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 8.50 9.25 10.50 12.00 14.03

Food preparation workers ................................................. 7.93 8.00 9.00 11.08 11.08

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.52 7.63 7.93 8.25 9.00

Bartenders .................................................................... 7.93 8.25 9.00 9.00 9.34

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.88 7.93

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 7.49 7.63 7.93 7.93 11.81

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.63 8.00 8.75 11.50 13.44

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 7.63 7.93 8.75 11.57 14.05

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 8.00 8.50 8.67 9.00 13.44

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.25 9.80

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.91 10.35 13.29 15.60 19.07

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.84 9.67 13.00 14.85 17.27

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.02 12.00 13.29 15.56 19.07

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.47 7.63 8.67 9.68 12.21

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 11.86 15.00 16.00 16.00 19.35

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.63 8.40 10.81 15.18 25.00

Child care workers ............................................................ 8.00 8.50 10.60 11.00 13.00

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 9.60 9.93 10.81 11.22 11.22

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 8.25 13.33 14.89 23.00 25.00

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 14.89 14.89 23.00 25.00 25.00

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 9.00 11.07 16.25 26.13 42.31

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 14.61 17.75 32.53 40.06 43.22

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ................................................................... 14.61 15.66 17.75 40.06 42.31

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... $15.59 $31.25 $36.03 $36.44 $43.22

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 8.30 10.03 11.70 17.45 22.02

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 7.93 9.47 14.88 23.11 26.84

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.50 9.83 11.60 16.94 26.13

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 15.14 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 14.00 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 11.00 13.16 16.42 20.00 23.38

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 17.76 18.71 22.58 23.80 29.33

Financial clerks ................................................................. 11.88 12.71 16.00 19.87 21.85

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 15.65 20.00 20.00 22.00 23.69

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 13.75 15.72 17.90 18.69 22.15

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 13.16 15.14 17.99 19.87 22.57

Tellers ........................................................................... 10.69 10.96 12.00 12.63 15.25

Customer service representatives .................................... 11.62 14.42 16.95 20.60 30.21

Order clerks ...................................................................... 10.00 11.29 13.00 16.79 19.80

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 16.62 18.05 18.48 18.67 19.45

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.00 11.50 13.00 15.25 16.00

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 11.00 17.07 22.71 26.10 26.10

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.00 12.33 22.00 22.63 22.63

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 14.08 15.65 18.05 22.20 26.67

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 15.09 18.32 22.20 25.24 25.53

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 13.96 15.28 16.00 18.05 19.41

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.62 11.00 14.00 18.26 23.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.44 17.00 20.50 25.00 30.38

Carpenters ........................................................................ 19.00 19.13 20.50 25.00 28.00

Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.20 12.00 13.95 19.25 25.00

Construction equipment operators ................................... 23.17 25.19 28.57 30.43 30.85

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 25.19 28.01 28.57 30.43 30.85

Electricians ....................................................................... 12.00 22.29 24.27 30.00 34.50

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 12.50 15.66 21.54 28.01 34.23

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 11.75 19.00 28.85 37.11 39.65

Computer, automated teller, and office machine

repairers ..................................................................... 12.41 13.89 14.87 19.00 19.06

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 23.10 32.11 33.40 33.58 34.23

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 18.46 25.47 31.12 31.32 35.15

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 15.66 19.71 26.00 28.14 32.30

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 16.00 17.02 21.57 24.17 32.52

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 19.79 19.79 21.85 32.52 36.16

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 16.00 16.00 21.17 21.57 24.76

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 12.75 13.44 22.51 25.13 31.33

Production occupations .................................................... 10.25 14.00 19.18 24.76 29.55

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 20.00 20.77 21.64 28.37 46.11

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 10.00 10.30 11.50 17.21 26.78

Machinists ......................................................................... 17.00 19.00 21.00 23.93 25.00

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 14.58 17.28 20.43 23.50 23.50

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 14.84 15.95 20.35 23.86 27.49

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 11.00 15.00 22.76 29.40 30.56

Painting workers ............................................................... 14.00 14.00 14.50 14.50 18.90

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.89 10.00 12.00 14.50 16.89

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.60 11.00 16.21 20.00 25.02

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... $91.06 $120.47 $123.03 $123.03 $159.29

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 11.16 11.40 18.06 18.57 24.60

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 12.00 17.37 19.40 21.23 23.00

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 16.48 17.71 19.40 20.24 23.00

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 11.58 12.00 19.34 21.39 27.38

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 14.68 16.64 21.38 21.67 26.78

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.03 9.00 12.00 16.43 18.06

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 8.60 8.88 11.60 12.30 14.83

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 8.00 9.74 14.60 17.45 18.06

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December

2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $9.25 $13.00 $19.80 $30.00 $41.57

Management occupations ................................................. 24.74 30.35 39.45 54.33 66.11

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 32.99 38.50 46.47 52.41 64.35

Marketing managers ..................................................... 38.46 42.49 46.47 46.47 53.53

Computer and information systems managers ................. 32.41 50.00 66.11 66.11 66.11

Financial managers .......................................................... 15.58 25.48 30.35 46.74 62.50

Construction managers .................................................... 30.00 30.00 36.06 48.00 48.00

Education administrators .................................................. 16.09 20.75 21.46 25.00 25.00

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 21.00 24.62 32.22 42.73 46.96

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 23.32 29.71 41.28 42.73 45.95

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 18.29 18.29 26.26 28.37 38.37

Management analysts ...................................................... 21.01 27.50 30.29 41.83 51.36

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 21.00 22.12 27.05 32.22 51.66

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 23.43 30.22 42.70 68.59 68.59

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 22.49 25.39 32.40 42.28 47.12

Computer software engineers .......................................... 25.95 29.95 38.69 43.46 58.44

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 27.90 36.06 43.42 51.88 58.44

Computer support specialists ........................................... 17.36 22.49 23.23 26.63 28.86

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 23.29 27.27 36.52 41.10 46.90

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 22.72 24.92 37.15 39.90 39.90

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 29.71 38.75 42.28 46.87 48.75

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.20 24.04 28.85 38.08 45.02

Engineers ......................................................................... 21.85 27.50 33.49 42.26 47.98

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98

Industrial engineers .................................................. 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98

Drafters ............................................................................. 16.00 18.75 25.00 30.00 36.59

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 23.27 26.99 28.85 28.85 35.00

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 15.65 17.65 18.63 22.60 36.46

Community and social services occupations .................. 12.22 15.00 16.29 22.01 30.12

Social workers .................................................................. 12.75 12.75 12.75 15.12 15.12

Legal occupations .............................................................. 19.35 24.04 26.44 45.67 76.92

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 10.58 12.90 22.60 38.55 38.55

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 11.19 12.18 14.37 15.31 24.35

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.37 14.75

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.37 14.75

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 13.90 19.94 24.00 29.55 40.21

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 13.90 19.94 24.15 29.55 40.21

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 18.12 19.23 25.69 34.41 36.65

Designers ......................................................................... 12.48 19.23 19.31 34.41 34.41

Writers and editors ........................................................... 16.64 19.81 25.32 36.65 36.82

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 17.16 26.00 32.00 35.99 43.49

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 32.34 32.34 69.11 154.95 187.15

Registered nurses ............................................................ 29.00 31.25 33.00 35.00 40.46

Therapists ......................................................................... 26.73 28.71 35.67 46.20 50.09

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 14.26 17.00 23.30 30.10 30.78

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 21.12 24.71 30.10 30.39 30.85

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 27.00 27.99 32.81 40.00 40.87

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 27.00 29.24 33.65 40.12 40.87

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 10.00 14.59 19.91 22.52 23.82

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.72 18.80 21.00 22.07 23.33

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 13.00 16.00 17.75 19.60 25.00

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.16 11.17 13.20 17.00 18.54

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.14 10.50 11.73 13.28 16.01

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December

2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... $10.14 $10.50 $11.73 $13.36 $16.01

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.00 13.20 17.00 18.00 20.44

Protective service occupations ......................................... 9.00 10.98 13.00 21.33 29.33

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.00 9.34 13.00 14.33 17.99

Security guards ............................................................. 9.00 9.34 13.00 14.33 17.99

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.63 7.93 8.75 10.40 14.01

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.71 23.44

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.08 23.44

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.30 8.75 11.00 12.50 14.03

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 8.50 9.25 10.50 12.00 14.03

Food preparation workers ................................................. 7.93 8.00 8.50 10.75 11.08

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.52 7.63 7.93 8.25 9.00

Bartenders .................................................................... 7.93 8.25 9.00 9.00 9.34

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.88 7.93

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 7.49 7.63 7.93 7.93 11.81

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.63 8.00 8.75 9.00 13.20

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 7.63 7.93 8.75 11.57 14.05

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.25 9.80

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.64 9.60 12.21 15.56 17.00

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.63 9.00 11.59 14.03 16.44

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 9.60 10.94 13.06 15.56 21.63

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.47 7.63 8.67 9.68 12.21

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.63 8.40 10.70 14.45 25.00

Child care workers ............................................................ 7.84 8.50 10.50 11.00 13.00

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 9.60 9.93 10.81 11.22 11.22

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 9.17 14.89 23.00 25.00 25.00

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 14.89 14.89 23.00 25.00 25.00

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 9.00 11.07 16.25 26.13 42.31

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 14.61 17.75 32.53 40.06 43.22

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ................................................................... 14.61 15.66 17.75 40.06 42.31

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 15.59 31.25 36.03 36.44 43.22

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 8.30 10.03 11.70 17.45 22.02

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70

Cashiers ................................................................... 8.15 10.38 11.70 17.40 17.70

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 7.93 9.47 14.88 23.11 26.84

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.50 9.83 11.60 16.94 26.13

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 15.14 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 14.00 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 11.00 12.72 16.03 20.00 23.07

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 20.43 20.90 23.80 24.38 30.80

Financial clerks ................................................................. 11.88 12.63 15.72 19.87 21.63

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 13.75 15.72 17.90 18.69 22.15

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 12.88 14.00 17.00 19.87 22.83

Tellers ........................................................................... 10.69 10.96 12.00 12.63 15.25

Customer service representatives .................................... 11.62 14.42 16.95 20.60 30.21

Order clerks ...................................................................... 10.00 11.29 13.00 16.79 19.80

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 16.03 17.50 18.50 18.67 20.43

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.00 11.50 13.00 15.25 16.00

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.00 12.33 22.00 22.63 22.63

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 13.96 15.09 19.41 25.33 28.03

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 15.09 17.50 22.20 25.33 25.53

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.00 14.44 17.18 19.41 19.41

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December

2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Office clerks, general ........................................................ $9.62 $11.00 $14.00 $18.26 $23.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.23 16.81 20.50 25.00 30.38

Carpenters ........................................................................ 19.00 19.13 20.50 25.00 28.00

Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.20 12.00 13.95 19.25 25.00

Electricians ....................................................................... 12.00 22.29 24.27 30.50 34.50

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 12.50 15.32 19.79 26.00 32.52

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 11.75 19.00 28.85 37.11 39.65

Computer, automated teller, and office machine

repairers ..................................................................... 12.41 13.89 14.87 19.00 19.06

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 18.46 25.47 31.12 31.32 35.15

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 9.00 12.34 19.84 23.31 27.39

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 9.00 12.34 19.84 23.31 27.39

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 15.66 19.14 25.00 28.68 32.30

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 16.00 16.50 19.79 21.85 32.52

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 19.79 19.79 21.85 32.52 36.16

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 16.00 16.00 17.02 21.57 21.57

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 12.75 13.44 22.51 25.13 31.33

Production occupations .................................................... 10.25 14.00 19.18 24.76 29.55

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 20.00 20.77 21.64 28.37 46.11

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 10.00 10.30 11.50 17.21 26.78

Machinists ......................................................................... 17.00 19.00 21.00 23.93 25.00

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 14.58 17.28 20.43 23.50 23.50

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 14.84 15.95 20.35 23.86 27.49

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 11.00 15.00 22.76 29.40 30.56

Painting workers ............................................................... 14.00 14.00 14.50 14.50 18.90

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.89 10.00 12.00 14.50 16.89

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 8.50 11.00 16.00 19.80 24.27

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 12.00 16.93 19.40 21.23 23.00

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 16.00 17.71 19.40 20.24 23.00

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 11.58 12.00 19.34 21.39 27.38

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 14.68 16.64 21.38 21.67 26.78

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 8.03 9.00 12.00 16.21 18.06

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 8.60 8.88 11.60 12.30 14.83

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.90 9.60 14.45 17.40 18.06

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA,

December 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $13.93 $17.76 $24.60 $32.64 $40.49

Management occupations ................................................. 25.48 30.28 33.78 42.39 46.49

Education administrators .................................................. 33.71 33.71 41.64 45.12 51.18

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 42.36 42.87 44.76 49.69 68.59

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 18.05 19.59 24.08 29.19 37.53

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 23.05 28.41 30.89 34.61 35.79

Computer software engineers .......................................... 26.14 28.86 30.10 34.01 34.80

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 26.14 28.41 29.77 31.86 34.80

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 19.90 20.74 29.57 32.66 37.28

Community and social services occupations .................. 19.90 22.00 24.27 28.22 36.56

Social workers .................................................................. 20.42 20.42 24.13 24.27 39.77

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 14.14 20.64 30.94 40.88 48.27

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 16.56 16.56 30.94 36.23 58.49

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 25.61 30.11 36.31 42.23 47.69

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 25.48 29.86 36.11 42.23 46.97

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 24.82 29.00 35.38 41.50 45.30

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 29.05 32.26 37.96 45.53 49.77

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 26.47 31.18 36.38 42.25 48.27

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 26.09 31.17 36.38 42.17 48.64

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.12 13.17 14.02 15.18 16.73

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 24.38 28.29 33.20 38.93 46.83

Registered nurses ............................................................ 25.28 28.97 33.20 37.36 39.39

Protective service occupations ......................................... 16.21 19.42 26.15 29.85 32.25

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 23.99 27.08 27.73 31.71 33.31

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17

Police officers ................................................................... 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 11.97 13.29 13.93 17.27 19.35

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 11.97 13.29 13.29 15.95 17.82

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 11.97 13.29 13.29 15.95 17.82

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 8.25 12.53 16.90 16.90 21.41

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 12.99 15.29 17.99 20.89 24.00

Financial clerks ................................................................. 16.81 17.99 19.09 22.00 23.69

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.28 15.65 17.19 19.21 20.89

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 15.28 15.65 16.00 18.05 18.05

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 7.93 11.66 13.97 18.04 22.13

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 20.85 23.17 25.21 28.01 28.86

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 23.39 25.81 28.14 33.58 37.78

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 17.22 18.57 22.79 24.60 30.98

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December

2006

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $11.50 $15.39 $21.67 $31.25 $42.31

Management occupations ................................................. 25.00 30.35 38.46 51.77 64.35

General and operations managers ................................... 25.48 25.48 25.48 38.08 75.85

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 32.99 38.50 46.47 52.41 64.35

Marketing managers ..................................................... 38.46 42.49 46.47 46.47 53.53

Computer and information systems managers ................. 35.91 46.15 59.43 66.11 66.11

Financial managers .......................................................... 15.58 25.48 30.35 46.74 62.50

Construction managers .................................................... 30.00 30.00 36.06 48.00 48.00

Education administrators .................................................. 16.09 25.00 33.71 42.87 49.69

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 42.36 42.87 44.76 49.69 68.59

Medical and health services managers ............................ 33.99 36.00 42.39 50.87 54.67

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 19.90 24.04 29.82 41.57 45.95

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 23.32 29.71 41.28 42.73 45.95

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 18.29 18.29 26.00 36.70 41.18

Management analysts ...................................................... 20.43 26.56 30.04 41.83 51.36

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 21.00 21.64 26.44 32.22 47.12

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 23.43 23.43 41.55 50.93 68.59

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 22.49 25.77 31.86 41.27 46.90

Computer software engineers .......................................... 25.95 29.47 37.80 43.42 58.44

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 25.32 27.96 30.89 37.91 41.15

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 27.90 36.06 43.42 51.88 58.44

Computer support specialists ........................................... 17.36 22.49 23.23 26.63 28.86

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 23.29 27.30 33.53 40.96 45.34

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 29.71 35.79 42.28 46.87 47.60

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.26 24.04 29.57 38.98 43.77

Engineers ......................................................................... 22.46 28.08 35.53 41.11 47.98

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98

Industrial engineers .................................................. 26.81 30.05 39.00 44.78 47.98

Drafters ............................................................................. 16.00 18.03 25.00 29.25 31.50

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 23.17 26.39 26.99 31.70 36.38

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 17.65 17.65 21.76 32.08 37.28

Life scientists .................................................................... 16.55 17.65 17.65 22.60 26.79

Community and social services occupations .................. 15.07 17.10 23.09 28.22 39.46

Counselors ....................................................................... 15.23 17.28 27.39 28.22 32.87

Social workers .................................................................. 12.75 15.22 20.42 24.27 39.77

Legal occupations .............................................................. 20.19 24.04 34.10 46.88 76.92

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 13.80 20.64 30.35 38.55 43.37

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 16.56 16.56 30.94 33.61 36.23

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 13.80 23.66 32.74 41.04 46.48

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 11.19 12.00 13.80 14.75 30.47

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 11.19 11.80 12.90 14.37 14.75

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.59 28.47 35.01 41.95 46.48

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 22.99 27.10 33.78 41.04 45.30

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 29.05 32.26 37.96 45.53 49.77

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.66 30.51 35.62 42.06 48.07

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 22.99 30.30 35.46 41.95 48.45

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.00 11.69 13.60 14.43 19.24

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 18.12 19.23 26.63 33.73 36.65

Designers ......................................................................... 12.48 19.23 19.31 34.41 34.41

Writers and editors ........................................................... 16.00 19.77 29.13 36.65 36.82

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December

2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ $17.00 $26.28 $32.00 $35.23 $43.60

Therapists ......................................................................... 26.73 29.24 38.70 48.62 52.36

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 14.26 17.00 23.30 30.10 30.78

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 27.00 27.99 31.98 38.00 40.87

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 27.00 29.24 32.02 38.00 40.87

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 10.00 14.59 19.91 22.52 23.82

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.36 18.80 20.98 22.12 25.19

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.50 11.73 14.17 17.00 18.85

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.16 11.17 12.50 14.20 16.01

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.16 11.17 12.50 14.20 16.06

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.35 13.50 17.00 18.66 20.44

Protective service occupations ......................................... 13.00 18.74 25.63 29.32 31.85

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 23.99 27.08 28.78 31.71 33.31

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 16.21 18.74 20.38 22.28 24.17

Police officers ................................................................... 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 26.96 28.01 30.75 31.37 38.01

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.00 13.00 13.46 19.42 23.83

Security guards ............................................................. 9.00 13.00 13.46 19.42 23.83

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 8.00 8.75 9.50 13.08 16.83

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.71 23.44

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 9.00 10.50 14.42 19.08 23.44

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.75 10.00 11.50 13.00 14.67

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 9.70 10.50 11.50 13.00 14.03

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.63 7.93 9.00 9.00 9.50

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.75 8.75 9.00 13.44 14.66

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 9.05 11.82 13.92 16.00 19.15

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 9.00 10.94 13.29 15.51 17.63

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 10.02 12.00 13.29 15.56 19.07

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.63 8.35 9.00 11.82 15.07

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.63 10.00 12.20 16.90 26.07

Child care workers ............................................................ 8.50 10.25 10.80 11.00 11.60

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 10.38 11.70 17.70 31.25 44.54

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 14.61 17.75 32.53 40.06 43.22

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ................................................................... 14.61 15.66 17.75 40.06 42.31

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 15.59 31.25 36.03 36.44 43.22

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.25 10.50 13.00 17.70 23.90

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 10.38 11.06 11.70 17.45 17.70

Cashiers ................................................................... 10.38 11.06 11.70 17.45 17.70

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 9.00 13.42 16.69 23.42 28.34

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.70 10.38 11.90 19.80 26.13

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 15.14 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 14.00 18.70 22.46 53.30 64.82

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 12.00 14.20 17.31 20.33 23.80

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 17.76 18.71 22.58 23.80 29.33

Financial clerks ................................................................. 11.88 12.72 16.00 19.87 22.00

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 15.65 20.00 20.00 22.00 23.69

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 13.75 15.72 17.90 19.50 22.15

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 13.16 15.14 17.99 19.87 22.57

Customer service representatives .................................... 12.14 14.58 17.20 20.74 30.21

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December

2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Order clerks ...................................................................... $10.00 $11.29 $13.00 $16.79 $19.80

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 16.03 17.50 18.48 18.67 18.67

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.00 12.00 13.00 16.00 16.50

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 11.00 17.07 22.71 26.10 26.10

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.00 12.33 22.00 22.63 22.63

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 11.70 11.70 12.75 14.92 17.45

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.00 15.65 18.05 22.20 26.67

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 17.50 18.51 22.20 25.33 25.53

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.53 15.28 16.05 18.05 19.41

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.85 13.46 15.00 19.35 23.00

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 13.00 18.00 20.50 25.19 30.38

Carpenters ........................................................................ 19.00 19.13 20.50 25.00 28.00

Construction laborers ....................................................... 11.20 12.00 15.00 19.25 25.00

Construction equipment operators ................................... 23.17 25.19 28.57 30.43 30.85

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 25.19 28.01 28.57 30.43 30.85

Electricians ....................................................................... 11.72 19.87 24.50 30.83 34.50

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 12.75 16.00 21.57 28.14 34.23

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 11.75 19.00 28.85 37.11 39.65

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 23.10 32.11 33.40 33.58 34.23

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 18.46 25.47 31.12 31.32 35.15

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 9.00 12.34 21.11 24.11 27.39

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 15.66 19.71 26.00 28.14 32.30

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 16.00 17.02 21.57 24.17 32.52

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 19.79 19.79 21.85 32.52 36.16

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 16.00 16.00 21.17 21.57 24.76

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 12.75 13.44 22.51 25.13 31.33

Production occupations .................................................... 11.00 14.50 20.00 25.00 29.55

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 20.00 20.77 21.64 28.37 46.11

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 10.00 10.30 11.70 17.74 26.78

Machinists ......................................................................... 17.00 19.00 21.00 23.93 25.00

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 14.58 17.28 20.43 23.50 23.50

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 14.84 15.95 20.35 23.86 27.49

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 11.00 15.00 22.76 29.40 30.56

Painting workers ............................................................... 14.00 14.00 14.50 14.50 18.90

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.68 8.75 13.09 14.50 16.89

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 10.61 12.91 17.71 20.63 27.00

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 91.06 120.47 123.03 123.03 159.29

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 14.00 17.71 19.40 21.39 23.00

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 16.48 17.71 19.40 20.24 23.00

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 11.58 12.00 19.34 22.72 27.38

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 14.68 16.64 21.38 21.67 26.78

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.95 11.59 14.75 17.76 18.06

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 8.60 9.50 11.60 12.32 14.83

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 11.00 13.00 16.17 18.00 18.06

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA,

December 2006

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $7.63 $8.00 $10.00 $15.21 $28.32

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 10.58 13.36 15.66 35.87 58.49

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 15.21 15.21 20.18 41.04 47.69

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 9.93 10.74 13.36 14.58 16.25

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 23.23 27.66 34.01 38.91 45.17

Registered nurses ............................................................ 25.82 29.21 34.35 39.46 45.31

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 18.42 18.88 21.00 23.33 23.33

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.14 10.14 11.83 12.75 16.09

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.04 10.14 10.50 12.41 14.20

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.04 10.14 10.50 12.41 14.20

Protective service occupations ......................................... 8.61 9.26 9.26 9.34 9.35

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 7.63 7.63 7.93 8.50 10.00

Food preparation workers ................................................. 7.75 8.00 8.50 11.08 11.08

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.93 7.93

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 7.52 7.63 7.63 7.88 8.00

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.63 7.90 8.11 8.50 11.57

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 7.63 7.63 7.93 8.11 13.20

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 7.63 8.50 8.50 9.37 9.37

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.47 7.47 7.91 9.67 12.40

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.47 7.47 7.84 9.67 11.59

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.25 11.17 12.40 12.40 13.42

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 8.00 8.40 8.40 10.25 12.53

Child care workers ............................................................ 7.63 7.84 10.25 11.32 13.00

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.75 8.25 10.03 13.91 17.45

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.75 8.10 10.03 13.91 17.45

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.65 8.22 10.53 17.40 17.70

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.65 8.22 10.53 17.40 17.70

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 8.00 8.50 10.03 11.00 12.57

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 7.78 9.00 10.94 12.98 15.25

Financial clerks ................................................................. 11.00 12.63 12.63 15.25 19.00

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 8.29 9.00 11.50 13.93 14.03

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 7.66 9.33 10.00 12.00 14.00

Production occupations .................................................... 7.93 7.93 10.00 13.06 15.56

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.65 8.03 9.00 12.45 19.55

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 7.93 7.93 16.07 20.42 20.79

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 7.63 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.37

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 7.63 7.65 9.00 10.00 14.38

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $24.98 $21.67 $994 $862 39.8 $51,045 $43,800 2,043

Management occupations ................... 41.54 38.46 1,685 1,538 40.6 87,074 80,001 2,096

General and operations managers ..... 35.97 25.48 1,439 1,019 40.0 74,820 53,000 2,080

Marketing and sales managers .......... 46.17 46.47 1,875 1,859 40.6 97,502 96,660 2,112

Marketing managers ....................... 45.78 46.47 1,831 1,859 40.0 95,219 96,660 2,080

Computer and information systems

managers ...................................... 55.99 59.43 2,426 2,142 43.3 126,170 111,405 2,253

Financial managers ............................ 37.66 30.35 1,524 1,214 40.5 79,229 63,134 2,104

Construction managers ...................... 38.02 36.06 1,521 1,442 40.0 79,085 75,001 2,080

Education administrators .................... 33.67 33.71 1,375 1,351 40.8 65,032 70,252 1,932

Education administrators,

elementary and secondary

school ....................................... 48.58 44.76 1,943 1,790 40.0 98,215 90,821 2,022

Medical and health services

managers ...................................... 42.91 42.39 1,716 1,696 40.0 89,256 88,171 2,080

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 33.19 29.82 1,359 1,178 41.0 70,680 61,251 2,130

Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 37.00 41.28 1,570 1,709 42.4 81,661 88,868 2,207

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 26.96 26.00 1,078 1,040 40.0 56,079 54,076 2,080

Management analysts ........................ 33.86 30.04 1,352 1,202 39.9 70,321 62,483 2,077

Accountants and auditors ................... 30.48 26.44 1,325 1,092 43.5 68,905 56,805 2,261

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 41.53 41.55 1,661 1,662 40.0 86,386 86,416 2,080

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 33.87 31.86 1,414 1,430 41.7 73,532 74,360 2,171

Computer software engineers ............ 38.62 37.80 1,645 1,553 42.6 85,544 80,760 2,215

Computer software engineers,

applications ............................... 33.05 30.89 1,501 1,471 45.4 78,058 76,474 2,362

Computer software engineers,

systems software ...................... 43.85 43.42 1,765 1,737 40.2 91,759 90,314 2,093

Computer support specialists ............. 23.77 23.23 991 929 41.7 51,554 48,308 2,168

Computer systems analysts ............... 34.21 33.53 1,444 1,461 42.2 75,102 75,955 2,195

Network systems and data

communications analysts ............. 40.39 42.28 1,615 1,691 40.0 84,003 87,944 2,080

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 31.31 29.57 1,264 1,181 40.4 65,702 61,402 2,099

Engineers ........................................... 35.59 35.53 1,429 1,421 40.2 74,326 73,902 2,088

Industrial engineers, including

health and safety ...................... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080

Industrial engineers .................... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080

Drafters ............................................... 23.92 25.00 957 1,000 40.0 49,759 52,000 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 28.33 26.99 1,133 1,080 40.0 58,927 56,141 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 25.78 21.76 1,030 870 40.0 51,926 45,886 2,014

Life scientists ...................................... 20.22 17.65 809 706 40.0 42,058 36,718 2,080

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 23.63 23.09 966 924 40.9 48,591 48,036 2,056

Counselors ......................................... 24.67 27.39 1,036 1,035 42.0 51,644 52,582 2,094

Social workers .................................... 22.15 20.42 878 817 39.7 43,314 42,480 1,956

Legal occupations ................................ 42.67 34.10 1,707 1,364 40.0 88,749 70,920 2,080

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 29.73 30.35 1,105 1,082 37.2 45,481 45,577 1,530

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 26.93 30.94 971 928 36.0 41,593 38,267 1,545

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 31.69 32.74 1,186 1,219 37.4 45,807 45,577 1,446

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Preschool and kindergarten

teachers .................................... $16.64 $13.80 $653 $552 39.2 $31,283 $28,704 1,880

Preschool teachers, except

special education .................. 13.04 12.90 520 516 39.8 26,927 26,832 2,064

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 35.01 35.01 1,299 1,276 37.1 47,935 47,202 1,369

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 33.90 33.78 1,261 1,236 37.2 46,711 45,318 1,378

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 38.82 37.96 1,426 1,397 36.7 51,993 51,488 1,339

Secondary school teachers ............ 36.09 35.62 1,337 1,344 37.0 49,330 49,625 1,367

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 35.98 35.46 1,339 1,346 37.2 49,493 50,137 1,376

Teacher assistants ............................. 13.68 13.60 455 436 33.2 18,202 17,211 1,331

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 26.65 26.63 1,066 1,065 40.0 53,817 55,399 2,019

Designers ........................................... 23.94 19.31 958 773 40.0 49,797 40,171 2,080

Writers and editors ............................. 28.02 29.13 1,121 1,165 40.0 52,957 52,666 1,890

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 31.91 32.00 1,252 1,280 39.2 64,776 66,560 2,030

Therapists ........................................... 38.54 38.70 1,512 1,542 39.2 75,098 72,269 1,948

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians .................................... 22.89 23.30 900 920 39.3 46,775 47,830 2,043

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 32.92 31.98 1,317 1,279 40.0 68,476 66,518 2,080

Radiologic technologists and

technicians ................................ 33.29 32.02 1,332 1,281 40.0 69,240 66,602 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 17.96 19.91 669 797 37.2 34,774 41,419 1,936

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 21.06 20.98 799 802 37.9 40,201 40,581 1,908

Healthcare support occupations ......... 14.79 14.17 552 544 37.3 28,593 28,288 1,933

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 12.81 12.50 489 469 38.2 25,171 24,398 1,965

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 12.80 12.50 487 469 38.1 25,060 24,398 1,959

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 16.79 17.00 610 559 36.3 31,699 29,044 1,888

Protective service occupations ........... 23.99 25.63 1,010 1,025 42.1 52,494 53,310 2,188

Fire fighters ......................................... 28.65 28.78 1,371 1,382 47.9 71,302 71,845 2,489

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and

jailers ............................................ 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080

Correctional officers and jailers ...... 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080

Police officers ..................................... 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 15.84 13.46 634 538 40.0 32,946 27,997 2,080

Security guards ............................... 15.84 13.46 634 538 40.0 32,946 27,997 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 11.26 9.50 430 370 38.2 22,218 19,240 1,973

First-line supervisors/managers, food

preparation and serving workers .. 15.47 14.42 635 640 41.0 33,006 33,280 2,134

First-line supervisors/managers of

food preparation and serving

workers ..................................... 14.88 14.42 614 577 41.2 31,906 30,000 2,144

Cooks ................................................. 11.74 11.50 456 455 38.8 23,687 23,660 2,017

Cooks, restaurant ........................... 11.70 11.50 455 440 38.8 23,635 22,880 2,020

Food service, tipped ........................... 8.62 9.00 313 306 36.3 16,286 15,912 1,890

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Fast food and counter workers ........... $10.95 $9.00 $417 $360 38.1 $20,886 $18,720 1,907

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 14.18 13.92 544 520 38.3 28,179 26,426 1,987

Building cleaning workers ................... 13.43 13.29 532 532 39.6 27,521 27,647 2,049

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 14.24 13.29 569 532 40.0 29,439 27,647 2,067

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 10.17 9.00 387 360 38.1 20,141 18,720 1,981

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 14.84 12.20 537 440 36.2 27,018 22,880 1,821

Child care workers .............................. 10.68 10.80 414 420 38.7 20,454 21,840 1,915

Sales and related occupations ............ 22.88 17.70 933 702 40.8 48,531 36,500 2,121

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 29.43 32.53 1,268 1,250 43.1 65,935 65,019 2,240

First-line supervisors/managers of

retail sales workers ................... 27.16 17.75 1,232 887 45.4 64,082 46,142 2,360

First-line supervisors/managers of

non-retail sales workers ............ 32.89 36.03 1,316 1,441 40.0 68,421 74,951 2,080

Retail sales workers ........................... 15.20 13.00 615 464 40.5 32,001 24,151 2,105

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987

Cashiers ..................................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ............................ 18.66 16.69 746 668 40.0 38,818 34,721 2,080

Retail salespersons ........................ 15.73 11.90 666 464 42.4 34,651 24,149 2,203

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ............................... 32.82 22.46 1,347 898 41.0 70,055 46,721 2,134

Sales representatives, wholesale

and manufacturing, except

technical and scientific

products .................................... 32.86 22.46 1,350 898 41.1 70,182 46,721 2,136

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 17.66 17.31 698 687 39.5 36,177 35,506 2,048

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 22.83 22.58 922 903 40.4 47,937 46,956 2,099

Financial clerks ................................... 16.57 16.00 660 640 39.8 34,336 33,280 2,072

Bill and account collectors .............. 19.91 20.00 796 800 40.0 41,415 41,600 2,080

Billing and posting clerks and

machine operators .................... 17.87 17.90 698 629 39.0 36,275 32,698 2,030

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 17.65 17.99 706 720 40.0 36,703 37,419 2,080

Customer service representatives ...... 18.18 17.20 727 688 40.0 37,820 35,776 2,080

Order clerks ........................................ 14.37 13.00 575 520 40.0 29,892 27,040 2,080

Human resources assistants, except

payroll and timekeeping ................ 18.48 18.48 725 700 39.2 37,713 36,408 2,040

Receptionists and information clerks .. 13.63 13.00 536 520 39.3 27,863 27,040 2,044

Dispatchers ......................................... 21.06 22.71 843 908 40.0 43,813 47,237 2,080

Shipping, receiving, and traffic

clerks ............................................ 18.13 22.00 725 880 40.0 37,718 45,760 2,080

Stock clerks and order fillers .............. 13.57 12.75 508 499 37.4 26,423 25,933 1,947

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 19.53 18.05 771 722 39.5 39,693 37,536 2,032

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 21.84 22.20 867 888 39.7 45,089 46,174 2,064

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 16.82 16.05 673 640 40.0 34,293 33,288 2,038

Office clerks, general .......................... 16.53 15.00 628 597 38.0 32,083 31,056 1,941

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 21.70 20.50 863 820 39.8 44,656 42,640 2,058

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Carpenters .......................................... $22.10 $20.50 $884 $820 40.0 $45,974 $42,640 2,080

Construction laborers ......................... 16.39 15.00 629 558 38.4 32,513 29,016 1,984

Construction equipment operators ..... 27.38 28.57 1,095 1,143 40.0 56,955 59,426 2,080

Operating engineers and other

construction equipment

operators .................................. 27.87 28.57 1,115 1,143 40.0 57,961 59,426 2,080

Electricians ......................................... 25.09 24.50 1,004 980 40.0 52,204 50,960 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 22.52 21.57 901 863 40.0 46,849 44,866 2,080

First-line supervisors/managers of

mechanics, installers, and

repairers ....................................... 27.08 28.85 1,083 1,154 40.0 56,317 60,000 2,080

Miscellaneous electrical and

electronic equipment mechanics,

installers, and repairers ................ 31.37 33.40 1,255 1,336 40.0 65,248 69,472 2,080

Aircraft mechanics and service

technicians .................................... 28.50 31.12 1,140 1,245 40.0 59,276 64,730 2,080

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 19.69 21.11 788 844 40.0 40,959 43,909 2,080

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 19.69 21.11 788 844 40.0 40,959 43,909 2,080

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel

engine specialists ......................... 24.37 26.00 975 1,040 40.0 50,690 54,080 2,080

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 21.98 21.57 879 863 40.0 45,719 44,866 2,080

Industrial machinery mechanics ..... 26.26 21.85 1,050 874 40.0 54,619 45,448 2,080

Maintenance and repair workers,

general ...................................... 19.99 21.17 799 847 40.0 41,571 44,034 2,080

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 20.18 22.51 807 900 40.0 41,969 46,821 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 20.17 20.00 805 800 39.9 41,880 41,600 2,076

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 26.00 21.64 1,040 866 40.0 54,076 45,009 2,080

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 15.20 11.70 608 468 40.0 31,625 24,336 2,080

Machinists ........................................... 21.49 21.00 860 840 40.0 44,703 43,680 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing

workers ......................................... 19.81 20.43 792 817 40.0 41,209 42,494 2,080

Miscellaneous metalworkers and

plastic workers .............................. 20.26 20.35 811 814 40.0 42,149 42,328 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 22.06 22.76 882 911 40.0 45,882 47,349 2,080

Painting workers ................................. 15.03 14.50 601 580 40.0 31,256 30,160 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 13.03 13.09 521 523 40.0 27,112 27,217 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 19.53 17.71 773 708 39.6 40,166 36,837 2,057

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ...... 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight

engineers .................................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 19.16 19.40 766 776 40.0 39,844 40,352 2,080

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 19.26 19.40 770 776 40.0 40,055 40,352 2,080

Truck drivers, light or delivery

services .................................... 18.81 19.34 753 773 40.0 39,131 40,217 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators .. 20.48 21.38 819 855 40.0 42,593 44,470 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 15.02 14.75 600 590 40.0 31,212 30,680 2,078

Cleaners of vehicles and

equipment ................................. 11.62 11.60 465 464 40.0 24,172 24,128 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. $16.10 $16.17 $644 $647 40.0 $33,481 $33,627 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 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $24.74 $21.00 $985 $823 39.8 $51,041 $42,640 2,063

Management occupations ................... 42.98 39.45 1,745 1,558 40.6 90,083 80,999 2,096

Marketing and sales managers .......... 46.17 46.47 1,875 1,859 40.6 97,502 96,660 2,112

Marketing managers ....................... 45.78 46.47 1,831 1,859 40.0 95,219 96,660 2,080

Computer and information systems

managers ...................................... 56.88 66.11 2,477 2,265 43.5 128,811 117,795 2,265

Financial managers ............................ 37.74 30.35 1,527 1,214 40.5 79,419 63,134 2,104

Construction managers ...................... 37.90 36.06 1,516 1,442 40.0 78,842 75,001 2,080

Education administrators .................... 23.66 21.46 922 858 39.0 40,194 43,160 1,699

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 34.81 32.22 1,435 1,284 41.2 74,631 66,747 2,144

Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 37.00 41.28 1,570 1,709 42.4 81,661 88,868 2,207

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 26.26 26.26 1,050 1,051 40.0 54,623 54,627 2,080

Management analysts ........................ 34.87 30.77 1,392 1,231 39.9 72,399 64,002 2,077

Accountants and auditors ................... 31.74 27.05 1,399 1,130 44.1 72,737 58,750 2,291

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 43.96 42.70 1,758 1,708 40.0 91,428 88,816 2,080

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 34.16 32.57 1,432 1,461 41.9 74,455 75,955 2,179

Computer software engineers ............ 39.53 38.69 1,696 1,716 42.9 88,197 89,247 2,231

Computer software engineers,

systems software ...................... 44.01 43.42 1,771 1,737 40.3 92,115 90,314 2,093

Computer support specialists ............. 23.77 23.23 991 929 41.7 51,554 48,308 2,168

Computer systems analysts ............... 34.53 36.52 1,466 1,502 42.5 76,234 78,125 2,208

Network systems and data

communications analysts ............. 41.44 42.28 1,658 1,691 40.0 86,199 87,944 2,080

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 30.97 28.84 1,251 1,150 40.4 65,037 59,800 2,100

Engineers ........................................... 35.29 33.49 1,418 1,333 40.2 73,733 69,326 2,089

Industrial engineers, including

health and safety ...................... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080

Industrial engineers .................... 37.09 39.00 1,484 1,560 40.0 77,145 81,120 2,080

Drafters ............................................... 23.92 25.00 957 1,000 40.0 49,759 52,000 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 28.51 26.99 1,140 1,080 40.0 59,303 56,141 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 24.48 17.65 978 706 39.9 50,851 36,718 2,077

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 20.49 17.10 819 684 40.0 42,608 35,568 2,079

Legal occupations ................................ 42.75 29.25 1,710 1,170 40.0 88,924 60,834 2,080

Education, training, and library

occupations

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 16.40 14.37 645 575 39.3 29,960 28,712 1,827

Preschool and kindergarten

teachers .................................... 13.04 12.90 520 516 39.8 26,927 26,832 2,064

Preschool teachers, except

special education .................. 13.04 12.90 520 516 39.8 26,927 26,832 2,064

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 25.18 24.15 954 861 37.9 36,230 32,987 1,439

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 25.18 24.15 954 861 37.9 36,230 32,987 1,439

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 26.15 26.63 1,046 1,065 40.0 52,659 55,399 2,013

Designers ........................................... 23.94 19.31 958 773 40.0 49,797 40,171 2,080

Writers and editors ............................. 28.02 29.13 1,121 1,165 40.0 52,957 52,666 1,890

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... $31.75 $32.00 $1,247 $1,280 39.3 $64,821 $66,560 2,042

Therapists ........................................... 37.86 38.56 1,503 1,476 39.7 78,130 76,731 2,064

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians .................................... 22.89 23.30 900 920 39.3 46,775 47,830 2,043

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 32.92 31.98 1,317 1,279 40.0 68,476 66,518 2,080

Radiologic technologists and

technicians ................................ 33.29 32.02 1,332 1,281 40.0 69,240 66,602 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 17.96 19.91 669 797 37.2 34,774 41,419 1,936

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 20.60 20.98 791 796 38.4 41,155 41,392 1,998

Healthcare support occupations ......... 14.52 13.50 538 528 37.1 27,985 27,454 1,927

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 12.59 12.00 480 469 38.2 24,977 24,398 1,984

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 12.56 11.73 478 468 38.0 24,838 24,336 1,978

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 16.62 17.00 591 544 35.6 30,734 28,288 1,849

Protective service occupations ........... 17.34 13.00 711 520 41.0 36,994 27,040 2,133

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 13.88 13.00 555 520 40.0 28,870 27,040 2,080

Security guards ............................... 13.88 13.00 555 520 40.0 28,870 27,040 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 11.21 9.34 429 370 38.2 22,285 19,240 1,988

First-line supervisors/managers, food

preparation and serving workers .. 15.47 14.42 635 640 41.0 33,006 33,280 2,134

First-line supervisors/managers of

food preparation and serving

workers ..................................... 14.88 14.42 614 577 41.2 31,906 30,000 2,144

Cooks ................................................. 11.74 11.50 456 455 38.8 23,687 23,660 2,017

Cooks, restaurant ........................... 11.70 11.50 455 440 38.8 23,635 22,880 2,020

Food service, tipped ........................... 8.62 9.00 313 306 36.3 16,286 15,912 1,890

Fast food and counter workers ........... 10.57 8.75 399 315 37.8 20,769 16,380 1,965

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 13.63 13.27 514 480 37.7 26,676 24,960 1,957

Building cleaning workers ................... 12.79 12.00 503 480 39.4 26,133 24,960 2,044

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 13.94 13.06 557 522 40.0 28,908 27,165 2,073

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 10.17 9.00 387 360 38.1 20,141 18,720 1,981

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 14.39 11.22 515 434 35.8 25,795 22,464 1,792

Child care workers .............................. 10.68 10.80 414 420 38.7 20,454 21,840 1,915

Sales and related occupations ............ 22.88 17.70 933 702 40.8 48,531 36,500 2,121

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 29.43 32.53 1,268 1,250 43.1 65,935 65,019 2,240

First-line supervisors/managers of

retail sales workers ................... 27.16 17.75 1,232 887 45.4 64,082 46,142 2,360

First-line supervisors/managers of

non-retail sales workers ............ 32.89 36.03 1,316 1,441 40.0 68,421 74,951 2,080

Retail sales workers ........................... 15.20 13.00 615 464 40.5 32,001 24,151 2,105

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987

Cashiers ..................................... 13.27 11.70 507 462 38.2 26,365 24,024 1,987

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ............................ 18.66 16.69 746 668 40.0 38,818 34,721 2,080

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Retail salespersons ........................ $15.73 $11.90 $666 $464 42.4 $34,651 $24,149 2,203

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ............................... 32.82 22.46 1,347 898 41.0 70,055 46,721 2,134

Sales representatives, wholesale

and manufacturing, except

technical and scientific

products .................................... 32.86 22.46 1,350 898 41.1 70,182 46,721 2,136

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 17.42 16.89 689 671 39.5 35,805 34,913 2,056

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 24.26 23.80 982 952 40.5 51,066 49,500 2,105

Financial clerks ................................... 16.29 15.72 649 629 39.8 33,735 32,698 2,071

Billing and posting clerks and

machine operators .................... 17.87 17.90 698 629 39.0 36,275 32,698 2,030

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 17.51 17.00 700 680 40.0 36,414 35,360 2,080

Customer service representatives ...... 18.18 17.20 727 688 40.0 37,820 35,776 2,080

Order clerks ........................................ 14.37 13.00 575 520 40.0 29,892 27,040 2,080

Human resources assistants, except

payroll and timekeeping ................ 18.55 18.50 726 700 39.1 37,741 36,408 2,034

Receptionists and information clerks .. 13.63 13.00 536 520 39.3 27,863 27,040 2,044

Shipping, receiving, and traffic

clerks ............................................ 18.13 22.00 725 880 40.0 37,718 45,760 2,080

Stock clerks and order fillers .............. 13.57 12.75 508 499 37.4 26,423 25,933 1,947

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 20.85 19.41 819 776 39.3 42,554 40,364 2,041

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 21.99 22.20 880 888 40.0 45,749 46,174 2,080

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 17.19 18.02 688 721 40.0 35,722 37,482 2,078

Office clerks, general .......................... 16.59 15.38 633 645 38.1 32,821 33,800 1,979

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 21.49 20.50 855 820 39.8 44,195 42,203 2,057

Carpenters .......................................... 22.15 20.50 886 820 40.0 46,071 42,640 2,080

Construction laborers ......................... 16.39 15.00 629 558 38.4 32,513 29,016 1,984

Electricians ......................................... 25.08 24.50 1,003 980 40.0 52,163 50,960 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 21.75 20.00 870 800 40.0 45,242 41,600 2,080

First-line supervisors/managers of

mechanics, installers, and

repairers ....................................... 27.08 28.85 1,083 1,154 40.0 56,317 60,000 2,080

Aircraft mechanics and service

technicians .................................... 28.50 31.12 1,140 1,245 40.0 59,276 64,730 2,080

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 19.14 19.84 766 794 40.0 39,810 41,267 2,080

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 19.14 19.84 766 794 40.0 39,810 41,267 2,080

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel

engine specialists ......................... 23.92 25.00 957 1,000 40.0 49,756 52,000 2,080

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 21.28 19.79 851 792 40.0 44,272 41,165 2,080

Industrial machinery mechanics ..... 26.26 21.85 1,050 874 40.0 54,619 45,448 2,080

Maintenance and repair workers,

general ...................................... 18.76 17.02 751 681 40.0 39,028 35,395 2,080

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 20.18 22.51 807 900 40.0 41,969 46,821 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 20.17 20.00 805 800 39.9 41,880 41,600 2,076

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... $26.00 $21.64 $1,040 $866 40.0 $54,076 $45,009 2,080

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 15.20 11.70 608 468 40.0 31,625 24,336 2,080

Machinists ........................................... 21.49 21.00 860 840 40.0 44,703 43,680 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing

workers ......................................... 19.81 20.43 792 817 40.0 41,209 42,494 2,080

Miscellaneous metalworkers and

plastic workers .............................. 20.26 20.35 811 814 40.0 42,149 42,328 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 22.06 22.76 882 911 40.0 45,882 47,349 2,080

Painting workers ................................. 15.03 14.50 601 580 40.0 31,256 30,160 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 13.03 13.09 521 523 40.0 27,112 27,217 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 19.38 17.71 767 708 39.6 39,885 36,837 2,058

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ...... 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight

engineers .................................. 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 19.03 19.40 761 776 40.0 39,581 40,352 2,080

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 19.07 19.40 763 776 40.0 39,670 40,352 2,080

Truck drivers, light or delivery

services .................................... 18.81 19.34 753 773 40.0 39,131 40,217 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators .. 20.48 21.38 819 855 40.0 42,593 44,470 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 14.99 14.60 599 584 40.0 31,142 30,368 2,078

Cleaners of vehicles and

equipment ................................. 11.62 11.60 465 464 40.0 24,172 24,128 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 16.07 16.17 643 647 40.0 33,431 33,627 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 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $26.49 $25.24 $1,051 $1,008 39.7 $51,071 $49,224 1,928

Management occupations ................... 36.02 33.78 1,456 1,400 40.4 75,503 72,800 2,096

Education administrators .................... 41.87 41.64 1,781 1,704 42.5 91,095 87,646 2,176

Education administrators,

elementary and secondary

school ....................................... 48.58 44.76 1,943 1,790 40.0 98,215 90,821 2,022

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 25.98 24.57 1,034 983 39.8 53,758 51,106 2,069

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 30.61 30.89 1,225 1,236 40.0 63,677 64,251 2,080

Computer software engineers ............ 30.58 30.10 1,223 1,204 40.0 63,610 62,608 2,080

Computer software engineers,

applications ............................... 30.24 29.77 1,210 1,191 40.0 62,903 61,922 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 28.16 26.52 1,126 1,061 40.0 53,742 49,950 1,909

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 25.80 24.27 1,072 971 41.6 52,656 50,484 2,041

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 31.99 31.68 1,182 1,165 36.9 45,874 48,263 1,434

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 36.54 36.38 1,348 1,339 36.9 49,538 49,317 1,356

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 36.67 36.53 1,355 1,353 37.0 49,794 49,831 1,358

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 35.90 36.38 1,329 1,317 37.0 48,987 49,537 1,365

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 38.82 37.96 1,426 1,397 36.7 51,993 51,488 1,339

Secondary school teachers ............ 36.94 36.38 1,364 1,365 36.9 50,270 50,239 1,361

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 36.90 36.16 1,369 1,380 37.1 50,534 50,239 1,370

Teacher assistants ............................. 14.87 13.93 468 455 31.5 17,720 17,173 1,192

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 35.04 32.39 1,355 1,168 38.7 63,984 60,289 1,826

Protective service occupations ........... 25.83 26.68 1,095 1,120 42.4 56,918 58,252 2,204

Fire fighters ......................................... 28.77 27.73 1,376 1,362 47.8 71,565 70,800 2,488

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and

jailers ............................................ 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080

Correctional officers and jailers ...... 20.58 20.38 823 815 40.0 42,810 42,390 2,080

Police officers ..................................... 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 30.82 30.75 1,240 1,230 40.2 64,502 63,960 2,093

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 15.43 13.93 616 557 39.9 31,783 28,981 2,060

Building cleaning workers ................... 14.63 13.29 584 532 39.9 30,117 27,647 2,059

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 14.63 13.29 584 532 39.9 30,117 27,647 2,059

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 18.83 18.05 745 722 39.5 37,911 37,532 2,013

Financial clerks ................................... 19.72 19.09 789 764 40.0 41,016 39,707 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 17.64 17.19 701 687 39.8 35,633 34,078 2,020

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 16.53 16.00 661 640 40.0 33,194 32,552 2,008

See footnotes at end of table.

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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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Office clerks, general .......................... $16.37 $14.93 $616 $588 37.6 $30,145 $30,564 1,842

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 25.32 25.21 1,013 1,008 40.0 52,689 52,437 2,081

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 29.68 28.14 1,187 1,126 40.0 61,728 58,531 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 22.67 22.79 907 912 40.0 46,034 47,403 2,031

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupational group2 Total 1-99

workers

100-499

workers

500

workers

or more

All workers .................................................................... $23.23 $19.36 $23.71 $31.05

Management, professional, and related ..................... 34.61 31.01 34.97 37.26

Management, business, and financial .................... 39.91 34.99 41.70 42.70

Professional and related ......................................... 31.62 28.64 32.75 33.27

Service ........................................................................ 11.72 10.98 11.30 16.14

Sales and office .......................................................... 18.44 17.37 20.01 20.37

Sales and related .................................................... 21.07 19.20 21.82 37.40

Office and administrative support ........................... 16.76 16.25 17.58 17.64

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 21.28 20.29 22.51 27.06

Construction and extraction ................................... 21.27 20.77 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 21.53 19.48 22.44 28.39

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 18.46 15.75 17.22 26.08

Production .............................................................. 19.61 17.52 19.79 23.67

Transportation and material moving ....................... 17.48 14.20 15.26 28.27

Relative error3 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 2.8 3.6 5.4 4.2

Management, professional, and related ..................... 3.2 5.3 6.5 2.7

Management, business, and financial .................... 3.1 4.8 4.9 4.1

Professional and related ......................................... 3.8 6.7 6.2 2.0

Service ........................................................................ 4.0 5.3 6.6 6.5

Sales and office .......................................................... 3.7 6.2 7.1 7.5

Sales and related .................................................... 5.4 11.5 8.9 24.2

Office and administrative support ........................... 4.1 4.7 6.4 3.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 5.2 5.9 9.4 4.6

Construction and extraction ................................... 5.3 4.8 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 6.9 8.6 11.4 5.1

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 5.6 3.7 7.2 12.8

Production .............................................................. 3.6 7.6 9.6 5.3

Transportation and material moving ....................... 10.4 4.4 5.9 20.7

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $21.02 $18.68 $829 $732 39.4 $42,963 $37,502 2,044

Management occupations ....................................... 36.71 36.06 1,475 1,400 40.2 75,538 72,800 2,058

Marketing and sales managers .............................. 46.45 39.90 1,910 1,596 41.1 99,331 82,998 2,138

Business and financial operations occupations ... 21.46 22.12 857 865 40.0 44,586 45,001 2,078

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 33.82 34.66 1,353 1,387 40.0 70,341 72,099 2,080

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 27.36 25.00 1,123 1,000 41.1 58,409 52,000 2,135

Education, training, and library occupations ........ 16.44 14.37 615 575 37.4 28,980 29,890 1,763

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ............................................................ 14.93 13.80 587 552 39.3 28,666 28,704 1,920

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 31.56 33.00 1,217 1,216 38.6 63,279 63,232 2,005

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 14.71 15.30 516 544 35.0 26,810 28,288 1,822

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 11.11 9.25 425 360 38.2 22,083 18,720 1,988

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation

and serving workers ......................................... 15.39 14.42 637 577 41.4 33,108 30,000 2,152

Cooks ..................................................................... 11.61 11.50 443 440 38.2 23,062 22,880 1,986

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 12.55 11.86 455 450 36.2 23,651 23,400 1,885

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 9.93 9.06 397 362 40.0 20,654 18,845 2,080

Personal care and service occupations ................. 16.13 14.45 611 485 37.9 31,250 24,508 1,937

Sales and related occupations ................................ 20.68 15.39 823 595 39.8 42,808 30,950 2,070

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ..... 24.45 17.75 1,043 887 42.7 54,249 46,142 2,218

Retail sales workers ............................................... 13.76 11.55 535 442 38.9 27,815 23,005 2,022

Cashiers, all workers .......................................... 12.76 11.70 482 442 37.8 25,062 23,005 1,964

Cashiers ......................................................... 12.76 11.70 482 442 37.8 25,062 23,005 1,964

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ................................................ 18.98 22.02 759 881 40.0 39,473 45,795 2,080

Retail salespersons ............................................ 13.05 10.64 517 426 39.6 26,880 22,131 2,059

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ................................................... 30.90 22.46 1,267 898 41.0 65,885 46,721 2,132

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing, except technical and

scientific products ......................................... 30.89 22.46 1,267 840 41.0 65,906 43,680 2,133

Office and administrative support occupations .... 17.03 16.11 672 640 39.5 34,945 33,280 2,052

Financial clerks ....................................................... 16.02 15.72 638 624 39.8 33,164 32,443 2,070

Billing and posting clerks and machine

operators ...................................................... 17.51 17.90 681 629 38.9 35,436 32,698 2,024

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 17.58 16.95 703 678 40.0 36,576 35,256 2,080

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 19.99 19.41 786 776 39.3 40,864 40,364 2,044

Office clerks, general .............................................. 16.99 14.72 641 618 37.8 33,238 37,981 1,956

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 20.77 20.00 825 800 39.7 42,875 41,600 2,064

Carpenters .............................................................. 22.35 20.50 894 820 40.0 46,482 42,640 2,080

Electricians ............................................................. 23.71 24.27 948 971 40.0 49,315 50,477 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 19.76 19.00 790 760 40.0 41,097 39,520 2,080

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and

maintenance workers ....................................... 18.64 17.02 745 681 40.0 38,765 35,395 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Production occupations .......................................... $18.44 $18.00 $735 $720 39.9 $38,219 $37,440 2,073

Machinists ............................................................... 20.63 19.18 825 767 40.0 42,918 39,896 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ 15.46 14.35 619 574 40.0 32,163 29,848 2,081

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 16.69 17.08 667 683 40.0 34,709 35,526 2,080

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............... 18.10 19.00 724 760 40.0 37,645 39,520 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 15.34 14.45 613 578 39.9 31,852 30,056 2,076

Laborers and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ................................................ 16.73 16.17 669 647 40.0 34,789 33,627 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 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $28.18 $25.48 $1,132 $1,009 40.2 $58,642 $51,646 2,081

Management occupations ....................................... 48.79 46.74 2,001 1,859 41.0 104,056 96,660 2,133

Marketing and sales managers .............................. 45.82 46.47 1,833 1,859 40.0 95,308 96,660 2,080

Marketing managers ........................................... 46.69 46.47 1,868 1,859 40.0 97,119 96,660 2,080

Computer and information systems managers ....... 57.44 66.11 2,520 2,442 43.9 131,019 127,005 2,281

Financial managers ................................................ 42.72 31.46 1,738 1,214 40.7 90,374 63,134 2,115

Business and financial operations occupations ... 36.33 35.58 1,503 1,381 41.4 78,180 71,802 2,152

Buyers and purchasing agents ............................... 38.67 41.57 1,650 1,709 42.7 85,825 88,868 2,219

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ......................................................... 30.16 26.44 1,206 1,058 40.0 62,735 54,999 2,080

Management analysts ............................................ 34.87 30.77 1,392 1,231 39.9 72,399 64,002 2,077

Accountants and auditors ....................................... 34.08 28.49 1,541 1,171 45.2 80,143 60,902 2,352

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 34.26 31.93 1,456 1,466 42.5 75,717 76,236 2,210

Computer software engineers ................................ 40.09 39.73 1,740 1,737 43.4 90,467 90,314 2,257

Computer software engineers, systems

software ........................................................ 46.54 43.42 1,877 1,737 40.3 97,605 90,314 2,097

Computer support specialists ................................. 23.39 23.23 992 929 42.4 51,563 48,308 2,204

Computer systems analysts ................................... 34.53 36.52 1,466 1,502 42.5 76,234 78,125 2,208

Network systems and data communications

analysts ............................................................ 40.09 42.28 1,604 1,691 40.0 83,391 87,944 2,080

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 33.12 30.09 1,325 1,203 40.0 68,886 62,581 2,080

Engineers ............................................................... 35.43 34.23 1,417 1,369 40.0 73,688 71,198 2,080

Engineering technicians, except drafters ................ 28.25 26.99 1,130 1,080 40.0 58,764 56,141 2,080

Life, physical, and social science occupations ..... 29.72 25.24 1,185 1,010 39.9 61,645 52,499 2,074

Community and social services occupations ........ 20.96 17.44 838 698 40.0 43,575 36,275 2,079

Education, training, and library occupations

Primary, secondary, and special education

school teachers ................................................ 23.70 19.94 932 798 39.3 34,888 28,712 1,472

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations ........................................................ 24.44 21.35 978 854 40.0 48,378 44,414 1,979

Writers and editors ................................................. 27.03 25.32 1,081 1,013 40.0 50,562 52,666 1,871

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 31.83 32.00 1,259 1,280 39.6 65,461 66,560 2,057

Therapists ............................................................... 29.41 28.73 1,158 1,117 39.4 60,228 58,094 2,048

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ... 22.89 23.30 900 920 39.3 46,775 47,830 2,043

Licensed practical and licensed vocational

nurses ............................................................... 20.60 20.98 791 796 38.4 41,155 41,392 1,998

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 14.40 13.20 554 526 38.4 28,798 27,373 1,999

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... 12.92 12.58 486 472 37.6 25,295 24,561 1,957

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 12.92 12.52 483 450 37.4 25,141 23,381 1,947

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...... 16.92 14.53 677 581 40.0 35,197 30,222 2,080

Protective service occupations ............................... 19.55 17.65 813 679 41.6 42,262 35,298 2,162

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .. 14.57 13.78 583 551 40.0 30,315 28,662 2,080

Security guards ................................................... 14.57 13.78 583 551 40.0 30,315 28,662 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 11.51 11.00 440 420 38.2 22,872 21,840 1,988

Cooks ..................................................................... 11.99 12.25 479 490 40.0 24,933 25,480 2,080

Food service, tipped ............................................... 8.13 7.63 294 305 36.2 15,295 15,870 1,881

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 14.58 13.99 569 560 39.0 29,524 29,099 2,025

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Building cleaning workers ....................................... $14.16 $13.83 $553 $531 39.1 $28,693 $27,602 2,027

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ................................. 14.32 13.99 572 560 40.0 29,668 29,099 2,072

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ..................... 12.04 11.79 364 386 30.3 18,946 20,051 1,574

Personal care and service occupations ................. 12.44 10.00 419 393 33.7 20,588 20,411 1,654

Sales and related occupations ................................ 26.20 20.16 1,109 896 42.4 57,694 46,567 2,202

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ..... 33.47 36.44 1,454 1,458 43.4 75,600 75,801 2,258

Retail sales workers ............................................... 17.63 16.94 767 658 43.5 39,863 34,237 2,261

Cashiers, all workers .......................................... 14.54 13.55 572 587 39.3 29,741 30,514 2,045

Cashiers ......................................................... 14.54 13.55 572 587 39.3 29,741 30,514 2,045

Retail salespersons ............................................ 18.96 17.05 878 755 46.3 45,644 39,256 2,408

Office and administrative support occupations .... 18.02 17.28 714 688 39.6 37,137 35,770 2,061

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ......................... 26.00 25.74 1,067 1,018 41.0 55,491 52,942 2,134

Financial clerks ....................................................... 17.71 17.57 709 703 40.0 36,843 36,546 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 17.22 17.55 689 702 40.0 35,810 36,500 2,080

Customer service representatives .......................... 16.92 15.86 677 634 40.0 35,192 32,978 2,080

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ...................................................... 18.55 18.50 726 700 39.1 37,741 36,408 2,034

Receptionists and information clerks ...................... 14.68 14.27 578 560 39.4 30,067 29,120 2,047

Stock clerks and order fillers .................................. 12.67 12.47 482 499 38.0 25,071 25,933 1,978

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 22.26 24.13 872 962 39.2 45,331 49,998 2,036

Executive secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................................... 21.81 22.02 873 881 40.0 45,371 45,802 2,080

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and

executive ...................................................... 17.96 16.85 718 674 40.0 37,114 35,048 2,067

Office clerks, general .............................................. 15.53 16.25 609 645 39.2 31,673 33,530 2,040

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 23.52 23.53 941 941 40.0 47,900 48,464 2,036

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 25.11 23.31 1,005 932 40.0 52,236 48,489 2,080

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ............ 28.50 31.12 1,140 1,245 40.0 59,276 64,730 2,080

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and

maintenance workers ....................................... 24.10 21.85 964 874 40.0 50,121 45,448 2,080

Industrial machinery mechanics ......................... 26.30 21.85 1,052 874 40.0 54,704 45,448 2,080

Production occupations .......................................... 21.52 21.38 861 855 40.0 44,749 44,470 2,079

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ............................................. 32.75 28.37 1,310 1,135 40.0 68,113 59,010 2,080

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. 16.98 14.00 679 560 40.0 35,311 29,120 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and

weighers ........................................................... 22.06 22.76 882 911 40.0 45,882 47,349 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers ......................... 10.31 8.50 412 340 40.0 21,450 17,680 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006 —

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 ........................................................ $22.30 $18.06 $876 $722 39.3 $45,530 $37,565 2,042

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .......................... 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ......... 120.50 123.03 2,980 3,494 24.7 154,969 181,672 1,286

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 20.81 20.24 832 810 40.0 43,287 42,099 2,080

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............... 19.77 19.40 791 776 40.0 41,125 40,352 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators ...................... 20.75 21.62 830 865 40.0 43,161 44,970 2,080

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 14.63 14.60 585 584 40.0 30,422 30,368 2,080

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment .................. 12.66 11.74 506 470 40.0 26,334 24,425 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ................................................ 15.36 15.10 614 604 40.0 31,944 31,408 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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

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 .................................................................... $23.49 $22.67 $24.68 $23.67 $23.34 $29.83

Management, professional, and related ..................... 31.12 33.16 29.93 34.72 34.75 34.48

Management, business, and financial .................... 24.95 – 24.58 39.36 40.02 35.67

Professional and related ......................................... 31.99 33.38 31.04 31.41 31.36 32.17

Service ........................................................................ 19.10 16.49 20.49 11.48 11.25 15.91

Sales and office .......................................................... 16.78 15.24 18.46 18.84 18.89 16.09

Sales and related .................................................... 15.14 15.14 – 22.30 22.30 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 17.44 15.36 18.46 16.88 16.90 16.09

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 24.72 24.26 26.57 20.14 20.10 –

Construction and extraction ................................... 24.04 23.79 25.32 20.28 20.28 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 26.32 25.20 29.89 20.11 19.97 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 21.40 21.42 21.09 16.92 16.86 –

Production .............................................................. 24.47 24.47 – 18.02 18.02 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 20.07 19.97 21.09 15.68 15.54 –

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 2.4 3.5 3.6 3.2 3.4 5.6

Management, professional, and related ..................... 2.5 2.9 3.8 3.1 3.4 2.0

Management, business, and financial .................... 9.5 – 10.6 2.8 3.0 3.7

Professional and related ......................................... 2.2 2.8 3.1 4.0 4.2 4.1

Service ........................................................................ 7.5 7.5 9.1 3.9 4.1 7.5

Sales and office .......................................................... 3.6 3.4 5.6 4.4 4.4 16.4

Sales and related .................................................... 3.6 3.6 – 6.5 6.5 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 5.1 10.2 5.6 4.3 4.4 16.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 5.9 7.3 6.0 4.8 4.8 –

Construction and extraction ................................... 9.2 11.2 4.2 3.9 3.9 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 4.9 6.1 3.0 8.6 8.6 –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 5.4 5.7 2.1 6.4 6.5 –

Production .............................................................. 4.0 4.0 – 4.4 4.4 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 7.4 8.2 2.1 14.4 14.6 –

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupational group3

Time Incentive

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

All workers .................................................................... $23.35 $22.88 $28.34 $28.34

Management, professional, and related ..................... 33.64 34.11 51.21 51.21

Management, business, and financial .................... 37.90 39.35 47.07 47.07

Professional and related ......................................... 31.35 31.37 – –

Service ........................................................................ 13.00 11.47 15.31 15.31

Sales and office .......................................................... 16.94 16.76 27.53 27.53

Sales and related .................................................... 16.49 16.49 29.74 29.74

Office and administrative support ........................... 17.10 16.88 13.71 13.71

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 21.41 21.02 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 21.09 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 21.96 21.09 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 18.57 18.47 18.10 18.10

Production .............................................................. 19.75 19.75 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 17.58 17.33 19.62 19.62

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 2.5 3.0 11.0 11.0

Management, professional, and related ..................... 2.4 2.9 16.5 16.5

Management, business, and financial .................... 3.1 3.4 14.4 14.4

Professional and related ......................................... 2.5 3.0 – –

Service ........................................................................ 5.0 3.4 29.3 29.3

Sales and office .......................................................... 3.5 4.1 9.3 9.3

Sales and related .................................................... 9.0 9.0 10.4 10.4

Office and administrative support ........................... 3.3 4.0 5.4 5.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 4.9 5.5 – –

Construction and extraction ................................... – 5.6 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 6.8 7.1 – –

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 5.6 5.8 9.2 9.2

Production .............................................................. 3.8 3.8 – –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 10.3 10.9 2.2 2.2

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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

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 ................................................ – $25.72 –––– $21.69 – $12.74

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... – – – – – – 28.23 – –

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ – – – – – – 27.63 – –

Professional and related ..................... – – – – – – 28.32 – –

Service .................................................... – – – – – – 13.23 – 9.28

Sales and office ...................................... – 21.02 – – – – 17.08 – 12.53

Sales and related ................................ – 29.94 –––––––

Office and administrative support ....... – 17.24 – – – – 17.38 – –

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... – 22.36 –––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – 26.53 –––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – 20.22 – – – – 12.56 – 16.36

Production .......................................... – 20.43 –––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – 18.58 –––––––

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers ................................................ – 2.1 – – – – 5.5 – 6.3

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... – ––––– 11.5 – –

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ – – – – – – 8.0 – –

Professional and related ..................... – ––––– 12.9 – –

Service .................................................... – – – – – – 4.8 – 9.9

Sales and office ...................................... – 12.4 –––– 10.8 – .0

Sales and related ................................ – 36.1 –––––––

Office and administrative support ....... – 7.4 – – – – 8.4 – –

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... – 7.3 –––––––

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. – 5.1 –––––––

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. – 2.2 –––– 28.8 – 10.3

Production .......................................... – 2.5 –––––––

Transportation and material moving ... – 10.7 –––––––

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 Seattle–Tacoma–Olympia, WA, 

Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes: 

• Bremerton–Silverdale, WA, Metropolitan Statistical 

Area: Kitsap County, WA 

• Oak Harbor, WA, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Island 

County, WA 

• Olympia, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Thurston 

County, WA 

• Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA, Metropolitan Statistical Area: King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties, WA 

• Shelton, WA, Micropolitan Statistical Area: Mason 

County, WA 

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 

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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. 

 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:
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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 metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. 

For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample 

units. 

Earnings

Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time 

hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: 

• Incentive pay, including commissions, production 

bonuses, and piece rates 

• Cost-of-living allowances 

• Hazard pay 

• Payments of income deferred due to participation 

in a salary reduction plan 

• Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight 

or passengers 

 The following forms of payments were not considered 

part of straight-time earnings: 

• Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for 

working a schedule that varies from the norm, such 

as night or weekend work 

• Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends 

• Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as 

Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) 

• Uniform and tool allowances 

• Free 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 nonre-
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spondents 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. Respond-ing 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. 

 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,

Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2006

Occupational group2 Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... 1,787,600 1,523,900 263,800

Management, professional, and related ..................... 625,400 481,000 144,400

Management, business, and financial .................... 204,600 162,800 41,800

Professional and related ......................................... 420,800 318,200 102,600

Service ........................................................................ 334,300 279,100 55,200

Sales and office .......................................................... 379,700 334,500 45,200

Sales and related .................................................... 133,400 133,400 –

Office and administrative support ........................... 246,300 201,100 45,200

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 183,300 171,200 12,100

Construction and extraction ................................... 120,400 114,300 6,100

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 59,300 53,700 5,500

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 264,900 258,000 6,900

Production .............................................................. 113,800 113,800 –

Transportation and material moving ....................... 151,100 144,200 6,900

1 The number of workers represented by the

survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of

the number of workers provide a description of size

and composition of the labor force included in the

survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for

comparison to other statistical series to measure

employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)

system. See appendix B for more information.

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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA

CSA, December 2006

Establishments Total Private

industry

State and

local

government

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 83,573 82,596 977

Total in sample ............................................................... 631 566 65

Responding ............................................................ 385 329 56

Refused or unable to provide data ......................... 168 159 9

Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 78 78 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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