National Compensation Survey:

Occupational Wages in the

East South Central Census Division, 1999

U.S. Department of Labor

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner

July 2001

Bulletin 2544-6
Preface

The National Compensation Survey (NCS) providescomprehensive measures of occupational earnings,

compensation cost trends, and detailed benefit provisions.

It integrates three Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) programsthe Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS), the

Employment Cost Index (ECI), and the Employee Benefits

Survey (EBS). OCS provides data on occupational earnings; the ECI measures changes in labor costs, as well as

average hourly employer costs for employee compensation;

and the EBS provides information on detailed benefit provisions. When fully integrated, the NCS will provide data

on benefit costs and provisions, as well as wages. This bulletin, a product of the first phase of the NCS, focuses on

occupational earnings.

The NCS replaced the Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS) with the release of the 1997 data. The major

difference between these two surveys is that the OCS used

the same preselected list of occupations for all localities.

The NCS uses a probability-based sample of establishments

and occupations that is intended to more fully represent the

employment patterns and occupational mix of each locality.

This bulletin presents aggregate pay data from the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan local area surveys conducted

in the East South Central census division. (See the technical note). It provides estimates of occupational pay for the

census division, as well as selected data on worker and establishment characteristics.

NCS bulletins are published for each of the nine census

divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central,

West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific. (See the technical note.) Data also are published for some individual localities, as well as for the entire United States. The census

division publications may be useful to NCS data users in

localities for which separate data were not published.

For additional information regarding the National Compensation Survey, contact the information staff in the BLS

National Office at (202) 691-6199. You can also write to

the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Compensation

Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE,

Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or send e-mail

to OCLTINFO@bls.gov.

The Bureaus Office of Compensation and Working Conditions developed and produced this bulletin. The Directorate of Survey Processing coordinated the data file formation and tabulations. Field economists from the Bureaus

regional offices, under the direction of the Assistant Regional

Commissioners for Operations, collected the survey data.

The Bureau thanks all survey respondents for their cooperation, without which this bulletin would not have been

possible.

The data presented in this bulletin also are displayed in a

Portable Document Format (PDF) on the BLS Internet site

(http://stats.bls.gov/comhome.htm). Material in the bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit,

may be reproduced without permission. This information

will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon

request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-326-2577.

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Tables:

Table 1. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,

 private industry and State and local government ............................................................................................ 1

Table 2. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,

 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas ......................................................................................................... 2

Table 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for full-time

 and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................................... 3

Table 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings for full-time

 and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Table 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings

 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers .................................................................................... 12

Table 6. Occupations and levels, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours,

 private industry and State and local government ............................................................................................. 15

Table A. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group, East South Central ............. 29

Table B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment

 employment size, East South Central .............................................................................................................. 30

Technical Note........................................................................................................................................................ 31

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Contents
TABLE 1. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private

industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,2 1999

Worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic areas

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Total ........................................................... $12.13 5.0 37.6 $11.76 5.5 37.6 $16.23 2.7 37.0

Worker characteristics:3

White-collar occupations4 ....................... 14.95 6.4 37.2 14.16 7.5 37.3 19.26 3.2 36.7

Professional specialty and technical ... 20.46 2.8 36.9 19.42 4.3 37.3 22.22 2.9 36.2

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 23.41 4.7 40.1 23.16 5.5 40.7 24.83 3.1 36.9

Sales ................................................... 11.18 12.6 36.3 11.19 12.8 36.3 9.23 8.5 38.1

Administrative support ........................ 10.70 2.5 37.4 10.79 3.0 37.4 10.15 2.5 37.7

Blue-collar occupations4 ......................... 11.69 2.7 39.3 11.67 2.7 39.4 12.39 4.7 37.1

Precision production, craft, and repair – – – – – – 14.71 5.6 39.7

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 9.91 6.6 39.5 9.90 6.7 39.5 13.15 15.9 38.6

Transportation and material moving ... 11.63 5.1 40.5 11.66 5.5 41.4 11.23 4.9 30.9

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 8.32 2.5 38.1 8.29 2.5 38.1 9.78 4.4 39.9

Service occupations4 .............................. 7.96 1.5 34.0 7.58 3.5 33.6 10.62 5.2 37.6

Full time .................................................. 12.48 5.2 40.0 12.12 5.7 40.1 16.41 3.0 39.0

Part time ................................................. 7.39 4.3 20.6 7.13 4.7 20.8 12.27 10.9 17.0

Union ...................................................... 14.26 10.8 38.5 13.43 10.3 38.5 19.00 2.8 38.6

Nonunion ................................................ 11.98 4.9 37.5 11.65 5.6 37.6 15.87 2.1 36.8

Time ........................................................ 11.84 4.9 37.6 11.42 5.4 37.7 16.23 2.7 37.0

Incentive ................................................. 17.63 11.9 37.5 17.63 11.9 37.5 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................... 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 13.34 5.7 39.5 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( )

Service producing ................................... 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 11.35 6.5 37.2 5 ( ) 5 ( ) 5 ( )

1 to 99 workers6 ..................................... 11.42 4.3 35.0 11.42 4.4 34.9 11.33 7.6 37.9

100 to 499 workers ................................. 12.60 2.7 39.3 12.41 2.1 39.4 15.65 4.2 36.8

500 to 999 workers ................................. 13.05 6.3 38.4 12.33 7.6 38.9 16.17 3.7 36.3

1000 to 2499 workers ............................. – – – – – – 15.36 3.3 36.9

2500 workers or more ............................. 19.15 2.6 36.2 19.54 6.0 35.2 18.81 3.3 37.1

Geographic areas:7

Metropolitan ............................................ 12.87 1.5 37.4 12.56 1.6 37.5 17.02 3.6 37.3

Nonmetropolitan ..................................... 9.72 9.6 38.1 – – – 14.72 4.1 36.4

New England .......................................... 17.18 4.2 34.6 16.54 5.2 34.5 21.82 2.2 35.4

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 17.84 3.7 34.8 17.05 4.5 34.7 22.45 1.6 35.5

East North Central .................................. 15.55 1.8 35.6 14.82 2.0 35.5 20.32 2.1 36.0

West North Central ................................. 14.37 2.8 35.3 13.84 3.2 35.1 18.11 2.2 36.9

South Atlantic ......................................... 14.49 2.9 36.3 14.04 3.5 36.0 16.84 1.5 38.0

East South Central ................................. 12.13 5.0 37.6 11.76 5.5 37.6 16.23 2.7 37.0

West South Central ................................ 14.38 3.5 36.8 13.98 4.0 36.6 16.38 2.0 38.0

Mountain ................................................. 14.10 2.9 35.7 13.26 3.2 35.5 19.00 3.5 36.9

Pacific ..................................................... 16.87 1.7 35.3 16.01 2.0 35.3 22.13 1.2 35.6

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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses;

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

the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April

2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates

include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 3 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. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information. 5 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 6 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and

State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 7 Data are presented for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area divisions as

well as nine census divisions. See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each

census division and the States comprising the nine census divisions.

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

publication criteria. 

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TABLE 2. Summary, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics,

metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999

Worker and establishment characteristics,

and geographic areas

Total Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error

(percent)

Total ............................................................ $12.13 5.0 37.6 $12.87 1.5 37.4 $9.72 9.6 38.1

Private Industry ....................................... 11.76 5.5 37.6 12.56 1.6 37.5 – – –

State and local government .................... 16.23 2.7 37.0 17.02 3.6 37.3 14.72 4.1 36.4

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................... 14.95 6.4 37.2 15.84 3.7 37.0 11.78 16.0 38.2

Professional specialty and technical ... 20.46 2.8 36.9 20.86 3.5 37.0 18.73 3.1 36.2

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ........................................ 23.41 4.7 40.1 23.48 4.9 40.3 22.83 13.8 38.4

Sales ................................................... 11.18 12.6 36.3 13.26 11.8 34.5 – – –

Administrative support ........................ 10.70 2.5 37.4 10.75 2.7 37.4 10.15 4.0 37.7

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................... 11.69 2.7 39.3 11.95 1.2 39.3 10.02 8.6 39.4

Precision production, craft, and repair – – – – – – 14.60 12.3 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers, and

inspectors ......................................... 9.91 6.6 39.5 – – – 9.96 10.4 40.0

Transportation and material moving ... 11.63 5.1 40.5 11.58 5.8 41.1 12.07 5.2 36.6

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ........................ 8.32 2.5 38.1 8.25 2.7 37.8 8.55 3.0 39.2

Service occupations5 .............................. 7.96 1.5 34.0 8.06 2.9 31.1 – – –

Full time .................................................. 12.48 5.2 40.0 13.31 2.3 40.1 9.87 9.8 39.9

Part time ................................................. 7.39 4.3 20.6 7.56 4.4 20.8 6.49 10.7 19.7

Union ...................................................... 14.26 10.8 38.5 16.32 5.5 38.0 – – –

Nonunion ................................................ 11.98 4.9 37.5 12.66 1.8 37.4 9.70 9.8 37.9

Time ........................................................ 11.84 4.9 37.6 12.50 1.4 37.5 9.72 10.0 38.0

Incentive ................................................. 17.63 11.9 37.5 19.61 6.1 37.2 9.71 2.3 39.0

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing6 .................................. 13.34 5.7 39.5 14.47 4.3 39.4 10.42 10.4 39.8

Service producing6 ................................. 11.35 6.5 37.2 12.10 1.6 37.0 – – –

1 to 99 workers7 ..................................... 11.42 4.3 35.0 11.60 4.3 34.9 9.49 4.3 35.8

100 to 499 workers ................................. 12.60 2.7 39.3 – – – 12.61 7.4 38.0

500 to 999 workers ................................. 13.05 6.3 38.4 14.10 1.0 38.3 – – –

1000 to 2499 workers ............................. – – – 14.96 1.9 36.8 – – –

2500 workers or more ............................. 19.15 2.6 36.2 19.15 2.6 36.2 – – –

Geographic areas:8

New England .......................................... 17.18 4.2 34.6 17.35 4.4 34.6 15.21 6.9 34.8

Middle Atlantic ........................................ 17.84 3.7 34.8 17.93 3.8 34.8 14.93 3.6 35.6

East North Central .................................. 15.55 1.8 35.6 15.75 1.9 35.4 13.83 3.7 36.7

West North Central ................................. 14.37 2.8 35.3 14.73 3.0 35.1 12.70 5.8 36.5

South Atlantic ......................................... 14.49 2.9 36.3 14.71 3.0 36.2 12.60 6.3 37.4

East South Central ................................. 12.13 5.0 37.6 12.87 1.5 37.4 9.72 9.6 38.1

West South Central ................................ 14.38 3.5 36.8 14.42 3.7 36.8 13.90 5.1 37.3

Mountain ................................................. 14.10 2.9 35.7 13.94 3.2 35.6 15.78 2.4 36.2

Pacific ..................................................... 16.87 1.7 35.3 16.92 1.8 35.3 15.45 4.7 36.8

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

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

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

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

the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Metropolitan areas can be a Metropolitan Statistical Area or Consolidated

Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the Office of Management and Budget,

1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties that do not fit the definitions above. For

more information, see Technical Note. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April

2000. The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates

include workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those

whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers

are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages

are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates,

commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. See Technical Note for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing

industries applies to private industry only. 7 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and

State and local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 8 See Technical Note for a list of survey areas in each census division and the

States comprising the nine census divisions.

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

publication criteria. 

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $12.13 5.0 37.6 $12.48 5.2 40.0 $7.39 4.3 20.6

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 12.24 4.1 37.8 12.55 4.3 40.0 7.47 5.7 20.2

White collar ...................................................................... 14.95 6.4 37.2 15.45 6.9 40.0 9.30 7.5 20.9

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 16.64 3.1 37.7 16.93 3.2 39.8 11.81 5.7 19.7

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 20.46 2.8 36.9 20.77 3.1 39.5 15.81 11.8 18.3

Professional specialty ................................................ 22.35 4.0 37.0 22.54 4.1 39.5 18.65 6.0 16.6

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.77 2.6 40.9 27.75 2.6 40.9 – – –

Aerospace engineers ......................................... 29.57 4.4 40.0 29.57 4.4 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 27.96 7.6 39.2 27.44 7.2 39.1 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.17 2.7 41.9 28.17 2.7 41.9 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 27.17 10.8 41.6 27.24 10.7 41.6 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 28.10 3.8 40.1 28.10 3.8 40.1 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 27.48 2.5 41.2 27.48 2.5 41.2 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 26.13 4.7 40.2 26.13 4.7 40.2 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 26.13 5.1 40.2 26.14 5.1 40.2 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 29.13 8.8 41.2 29.13 8.8 41.2 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 24.83 6.3 40.6 24.83 6.3 40.6 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 20.16 4.6 36.5 20.22 4.9 39.4 19.47 3.2 19.8

Physicians .......................................................... 49.28 18.7 41.0 49.28 18.7 41.0 – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 18.18 2.1 36.4 18.14 2.0 39.2 18.73 3.1 19.5

Pharmacists ....................................................... 29.52 5.1 38.1 29.30 6.1 40.0 – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 15.46 5.4 40.9 15.46 5.4 40.9 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 16.47 4.9 32.1 17.22 2.7 39.1 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 26.94 9.3 34.1 26.26 11.9 40.0 – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 20.45 8.0 40.0 20.45 8.0 40.0 – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.73 7.7 38.4 15.73 7.7 38.4 – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 29.63 9.2 34.2 28.80 8.6 37.8 45.76 7.3 11.9

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 35.06 17.9 30.7 – – – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 30.00 5.5 30.3 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 24.24 10.0 29.9 23.92 10.2 37.8 – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 25.83 6.8 34.4 25.77 6.7 37.6 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 22.30 5.5 36.2 22.97 4.6 38.0 7.95 2.3 18.0

Elementary school teachers .............................. 23.62 2.7 38.0 23.62 2.7 38.0 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 24.49 3.6 37.4 24.49 3.6 37.4 – – –

Teachers, special education .............................. 25.68 8.6 36.7 25.68 8.6 36.7 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 23.40 10.8 37.4 23.60 10.5 38.2 – – –

Substitute teachers ............................................ 7.11 2.3 10.2 – – – 7.06 2.8 10.0

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 26.69 13.8 39.1 26.69 13.8 39.1 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 19.60 4.9 36.1 20.22 5.8 37.8 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 19.60 4.9 36.1 20.22 5.8 37.8 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... – – – 20.43 14.6 40.0 – – –

Psychologists ..................................................... – – – 20.24 16.9 40.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 11.27 10.2 39.8 11.27 10.2 39.8 – – –

Social workers ................................................... 11.20 11.1 39.8 11.20 11.1 39.8 – – –

Recreation workers ............................................ 10.96 1.0 39.7 11.01 1.1 39.7 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 40.53 7.6 43.7 41.16 7.2 48.3 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 40.53 7.6 43.7 41.16 7.2 48.3 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.69 17.6 37.3 16.80 18.4 40.4 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 14.57 26.2 40.4 14.57 26.2 40.4 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 23.05 11.0 32.3 23.85 9.3 42.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 15.46 14.5 39.8 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.05 3.2 38.1 17.39 5.2 38.2 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 14.88 2.2 36.6 15.24 2.5 39.8 11.78 8.1 21.5

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 15.91 7.6 37.8 15.89 7.9 39.4 – – –

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 10.51 7.0 34.7 – – – – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 15.27 5.9 38.6 15.28 6.0 39.1 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.00 3.9 37.4 12.10 3.4 39.5 11.07 16.1 25.2

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.64 2.5 37.1 12.66 2.9 39.9 12.39 8.2 19.9

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 17.96 4.7 40.6 17.96 4.7 40.6 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 17.57 2.2 39.7 17.57 2.2 39.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Drafters .............................................................. $16.48 2.0 40.5 $16.48 2.0 40.5 – – –

Biological technicians ........................................ – – – 16.17 7.4 40.0 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 17.01 11.0 40.0 17.01 11.0 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 14.23 12.5 40.1 14.23 12.5 40.1 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 16.70 3.3 45.9 – – – – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 15.31 5.7 38.4 15.36 5.8 39.6 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 23.41 4.7 40.1 23.52 4.9 40.8 $14.20 26.4 17.5

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 23.16 5.0 40.0 23.33 5.3 41.0 13.71 28.3 17.4

Legislators ......................................................... 30.42 36.7 8.4 – – – 45.90 34.3 4.8

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 22.82 7.2 38.5 23.29 5.5 40.0 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 19.33 15.4 41.8 19.33 15.4 41.8 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 22.84 1.6 39.6 22.84 1.6 39.6 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 33.08 9.6 41.3 33.52 9.1 41.8 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 28.87 8.5 39.3 28.87 8.5 39.3 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 27.22 8.0 40.8 27.22 8.0 40.8 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 14.21 15.0 35.5 15.66 14.4 41.0 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 31.87 19.6 39.8 31.87 19.6 39.8 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 22.23 10.9 41.2 22.23 10.9 41.2 – – –

Management related .............................................. 23.93 5.2 40.2 23.93 5.2 40.3 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 18.36 7.6 40.0 18.36 7.6 40.0 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 19.90 10.4 39.5 19.85 10.7 40.0 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 22.03 15.5 40.8 22.03 15.5 40.8 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 19.76 10.1 39.2 19.76 10.1 39.2 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.40 6.1 41.6 20.40 6.1 41.6 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 11.18 12.6 36.3 11.85 15.9 40.6 7.12 10.0 22.1

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 13.64 9.4 40.9 14.12 10.5 41.6 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 18.15 29.9 40.0 18.15 29.9 40.0 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 19.44 3.6 40.8 19.44 3.6 40.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 9.05 5.8 33.6 – – – – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 10.80 7.9 33.9 – – – – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 9.71 3.4 36.3 10.36 4.7 40.0 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.63 26.1 31.4 10.55 31.9 39.9 10.89 34.1 19.1

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 6.24 3.0 33.0 6.43 3.5 38.1 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. – – – – – – 5.92 1.4 23.8

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 7.67 15.6 36.1 9.59 16.5 40.5 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 10.70 2.5 37.4 10.85 2.4 39.6 8.62 6.7 21.1

Supervisors, general office ................................ 14.17 8.6 39.0 14.17 8.6 39.0 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.48 7.4 40.3 16.48 7.4 40.3 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.23 9.9 38.6 16.23 9.9 38.6 – – –

Computer operators ........................................... 15.78 4.1 39.7 15.78 4.1 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 11.37 3.1 38.5 11.45 3.0 39.8 9.87 4.9 23.8

Stenographers ................................................... 10.83 7.4 39.7 10.83 7.4 39.7 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 10.00 6.4 40.0 10.00 6.4 40.0 – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.00 4.0 28.8 7.01 5.4 38.3 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 15.74 8.0 35.4 – – – – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 8.69 6.1 36.1 9.04 7.0 40.2 7.07 1.7 24.4

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 10.63 9.1 38.5 10.74 8.5 39.9 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.44 11.1 39.2 11.04 10.7 40.0 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 12.45 2.3 40.0 12.45 2.3 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Library clerks ..................................................... $8.34 6.3 31.7 $8.82 8.0 40.0 $6.59 5.3 18.2

File clerks ........................................................... 9.20 4.3 39.2 9.31 3.5 39.9 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 9.46 8.1 38.2 9.57 8.8 39.8 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.38 3.6 38.8 11.36 3.5 39.9 – – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 10.16 7.6 33.9 10.91 4.5 39.8 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 10.42 3.9 36.0 10.48 3.9 40.2 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 9.24 7.4 33.1 9.83 5.9 39.5 7.35 4.0 21.7

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 9.38 8.5 38.5 9.68 8.8 40.0 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 11.83 4.8 38.5 12.14 4.2 40.0 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 13.77 7.4 40.2 13.77 7.4 40.2 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. – – – 12.38 2.1 40.2 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 9.91 9.9 38.4 9.96 9.9 40.0 – – –

Meter readers .................................................... 14.88 5.9 40.0 14.88 5.9 40.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 10.65 13.0 31.5 12.67 7.5 39.6 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 12.96 .2 39.9 12.96 .2 39.9 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.73 5.8 39.7 11.76 5.6 39.9 – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 9.20 12.3 40.0 9.20 12.3 40.0 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 8.34 5.5 35.1 – – – – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 9.44 2.9 38.0 9.50 2.7 39.5 8.40 .5 22.7

Bank tellers ........................................................ 9.24 4.2 37.1 9.30 4.1 38.6 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 9.32 4.6 39.0 9.37 4.3 39.9 8.00 7.1 24.9

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 7.75 2.0 36.6 7.72 2.2 37.4 8.87 1.6 19.4

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 10.18 2.6 35.5 10.49 2.1 39.9 7.52 9.0 18.2

Blue collar ........................................................................ 11.69 2.7 39.3 11.77 2.5 40.2 7.68 5.6 19.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... – – – – – – – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 16.63 7.9 40.1 16.63 7.9 40.1 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 11.94 8.7 40.3 11.94 8.7 40.3 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 15.29 4.0 40.0 15.29 4.0 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 17.48 6.2 40.0 17.48 6.2 40.0 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... – – – 12.06 9.3 39.1 – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 13.04 9.3 40.0 13.04 9.3 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 11.29 3.6 40.0 11.29 3.6 40.0 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ........... 17.94 11.6 40.0 17.94 11.6 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 21.95 2.1 40.1 21.95 2.1 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 20.27 4.6 41.6 20.27 4.6 41.6 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 16.43 8.2 40.0 16.43 8.2 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 14.02 6.1 40.0 14.02 6.1 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 18.48 8.2 40.0 18.48 8.2 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 19.63 14.5 40.0 19.63 14.5 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers .................................... 11.78 4.1 40.0 11.78 4.1 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.06 13.3 38.5 14.00 13.4 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 19.57 4.3 41.2 19.57 4.3 41.2 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 13.14 .5 40.0 13.14 .5 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 10.27 8.1 40.0 10.27 8.1 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 15.41 8.9 40.4 15.41 8.9 40.4 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 12.38 7.5 40.0 12.38 7.5 40.0 – – –

Power plant operators ........................................ 19.12 4.7 40.0 19.12 4.7 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 17.23 .6 40.0 17.23 .6 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 19.38 1.3 40.0 19.38 1.3 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 9.91 6.6 39.5 9.92 6.8 39.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... $17.80 14.9 40.0 $17.80 14.9 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.81 4.2 39.9 10.81 4.2 39.9 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 9.07 2.7 39.4 9.07 2.7 39.4 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 11.36 8.1 39.8 11.33 8.0 39.9 – – –

Winding and twisting machine operators ........... 9.66 3.0 40.0 9.66 3.0 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 8.67 7.3 40.0 8.67 7.3 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.00 6.2 38.0 6.98 6.2 39.5 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.04 12.6 39.1 11.04 12.6 39.1 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 16.17 8.0 39.9 16.17 8.0 39.9 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 12.25 2.9 39.8 12.25 2.9 39.8 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.58 9.1 40.0 11.58 9.1 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 12.68 5.0 40.0 12.68 5.0 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 12.45 15.4 40.0 12.45 15.4 40.0 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 12.79 19.3 36.6 13.91 15.8 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 15.75 4.4 39.8 15.76 4.4 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 11.88 18.4 39.8 11.91 18.4 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 7.93 3.5 37.5 7.93 3.5 37.5 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 16.77 15.9 40.0 16.77 15.9 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 11.63 5.1 40.5 11.81 5.7 43.3 $9.20 4.5 21.5

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 17.07 2.6 41.6 17.07 2.6 41.6 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 12.09 6.1 45.4 12.11 6.1 45.5 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 12.46 5.6 24.7 13.28 7.3 41.9 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 10.74 8.2 25.7 13.33 10.0 33.7 9.50 7.4 23.1

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 16.36 6.3 40.5 16.36 6.3 40.5 – – –

Operating engineers .......................................... 14.18 15.0 40.0 14.18 15.0 40.0 – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 14.14 2.4 40.0 14.14 2.4 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 15.27 8.4 39.6 15.27 8.4 39.6 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 10.29 6.7 40.0 10.29 6.7 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 10.21 4.3 40.0 10.37 4.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 11.90 4.3 33.8 12.26 7.1 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 8.32 2.5 38.1 8.39 3.2 40.0 6.98 6.7 19.6

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 14.55 5.5 41.0 14.55 5.5 41.0 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 8.50 4.2 37.2 9.08 5.9 40.0 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.30 3.3 40.0 9.30 3.3 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 9.60 9.1 39.8 9.62 9.0 39.9 – – –

Production helpers ............................................. 8.88 10.8 40.0 8.88 10.8 40.0 – – –

Garbage collectors ............................................. 8.47 6.8 40.0 8.47 6.8 40.0 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.04 4.5 32.4 8.65 4.6 39.6 6.05 3.4 20.4

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 10.40 6.6 39.7 10.43 6.6 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 9.28 6.8 35.1 9.15 8.1 40.1 – – –

Garage and service station related .................... 7.31 5.6 38.0 7.20 4.9 40.0 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.38 11.0 24.4 10.53 5.4 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 8.19 4.4 39.0 8.33 4.1 39.9 6.13 5.3 29.4

Service .............................................................................. 7.96 1.5 34.0 8.46 2.5 39.6 5.58 2.8 20.6

Protective service .................................................. 11.07 6.5 40.2 11.15 6.8 41.0 7.39 12.7 21.4

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 15.96 9.3 52.3 15.96 9.3 52.3 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 18.32 7.8 40.1 18.32 7.8 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 12.52 3.8 38.1 12.52 3.8 38.1 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 11.77 5.0 52.1 11.77 5.0 52.1 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 14.72 3.9 38.6 14.75 3.8 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 3. Selected occupations, East South Central: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. $11.88 3.6 40.2 $11.88 3.6 40.2 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 11.34 3.8 39.9 11.34 3.8 39.9 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... – – – – – – $7.45 15.7 23.7

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 18.30 32.1 37.4 19.01 30.3 39.6 6.52 3.1 19.4

Food service .......................................................... 5.63 6.1 32.2 5.77 10.2 39.0 5.31 6.3 23.2

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... – – – – – – 2.79 10.2 20.6

Bartenders ......................................................... 5.90 6.7 30.8 5.98 8.0 36.5 – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... – – – – – – 2.45 7.3 20.7

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 4.50 5.8 23.4 – – – 4.20 10.2 21.4

Other food service ............................................... 6.95 3.2 29.5 8.04 3.5 39.0 5.90 1.5 23.9

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 9.58 3.6 42.0 9.60 3.4 42.9 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 7.66 3.7 34.5 7.80 3.5 37.9 6.86 6.6 22.4

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.35 5.3 31.9 7.79 5.2 38.0 6.41 5.6 23.8

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 5.86 2.7 23.9 6.56 1.3 36.5 5.46 5.1 19.9

Health service ........................................................ 7.58 3.2 36.3 7.60 3.2 39.4 7.33 6.0 20.6

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 8.68 4.2 33.9 8.91 3.8 39.6 7.79 14.7 21.9

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 7.37 3.2 36.7 7.39 3.3 39.4 7.11 4.8 20.1

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.00 7.1 36.9 9.20 7.9 39.1 6.46 6.5 21.1

Maids and housemen ........................................ 6.16 3.9 34.1 6.19 4.2 36.1 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.01 7.9 35.3 10.44 9.4 39.2 6.61 7.9 19.9

Personal service .................................................... – – – – – – 5.57 5.7 16.8

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 5.65 14.4 22.3 5.74 20.2 40.0 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 7.13 4.4 30.8 – – – – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 7.37 4.2 26.8 – – – – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.13 5.2 33.9 7.30 5.5 36.8 – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 6.65 4.4 31.7 – – – 6.76 10.5 14.9

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... – – – – – – 6.97 5.3 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.

The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include

workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note.

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

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $11.76 5.5 37.6 $12.12 5.7 40.1 $7.13 4.7 20.8

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 11.83 4.6 37.8 12.15 4.6 40.1 7.13 5.7 20.5

White collar ...................................................................... 14.16 7.5 37.3 14.69 8.0 40.3 8.85 9.4 21.5

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 15.87 4.2 38.0 16.17 4.3 40.2 11.17 7.7 20.6

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 19.42 4.3 37.3 19.78 5.1 40.3 15.12 10.8 19.7

Professional specialty ................................................ 21.59 7.7 37.8 21.79 7.8 40.5 18.41 3.6 18.2

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.79 2.9 41.1 27.76 3.0 41.1 – – –

Aerospace engineers ......................................... 29.57 4.4 40.0 29.57 4.4 40.0 – – –

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.33 2.7 42.2 28.33 2.7 42.2 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 27.19 10.9 41.6 27.26 10.7 41.6 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 28.10 3.8 40.1 28.10 3.8 40.1 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 27.05 1.8 41.3 27.05 1.8 41.3 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 26.28 4.5 40.2 26.28 4.5 40.2 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 26.13 5.1 40.2 26.13 5.1 40.2 – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 30.34 5.5 41.4 30.34 5.5 41.4 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 25.47 7.8 40.9 25.47 7.8 40.9 – – –

Health related ........................................................ 20.60 6.3 36.4 20.63 6.5 39.3 20.19 4.9 20.2

Registered nurses .............................................. 17.89 2.4 36.2 17.80 2.2 39.1 18.81 3.9 20.0

Pharmacists ....................................................... 30.31 5.0 39.2 30.23 5.3 40.0 – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 15.92 2.9 31.0 16.13 2.6 38.2 – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 27.11 10.0 33.7 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 25.93 13.6 31.9 26.08 13.4 37.5 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 12.03 3.0 36.9 12.87 2.5 38.9 – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 17.65 8.3 37.1 17.64 8.3 37.6 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... – – – – – – – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... – – – – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 42.00 6.7 48.9 42.00 6.7 48.9 – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 42.00 6.7 48.9 42.00 6.7 48.9 – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.68 19.7 37.2 16.90 20.7 40.7 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 14.57 26.2 40.4 14.57 26.2 40.4 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 23.05 11.0 32.3 23.85 9.3 42.2 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 15.11 2.3 36.4 15.55 2.5 39.9 – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 15.82 9.0 38.6 15.87 9.1 39.3 – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 15.56 7.6 38.9 15.57 7.6 38.9 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 11.97 4.4 37.0 12.09 3.8 39.4 11.09 17.2 25.3

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.84 2.9 37.3 12.68 2.8 40.1 – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 17.48 5.0 40.7 17.48 5.0 40.7 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 18.66 1.2 40.0 18.66 1.2 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 16.48 2.0 40.5 16.48 2.0 40.5 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 17.01 11.0 40.0 17.01 11.0 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 14.22 12.6 40.1 14.22 12.6 40.1 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 16.50 3.0 46.5 – – – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 23.16 5.5 40.7 23.31 5.9 41.0 – – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 22.44 5.7 40.8 22.65 6.1 41.3 – – –

Financial managers ........................................... 19.30 15.5 41.8 19.30 15.5 41.8 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 23.08 1.7 39.6 23.08 1.7 39.6 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 33.08 9.6 41.3 33.52 9.1 41.8 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 17.13 25.5 38.7 17.13 25.5 38.7 – – –

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 25.96 4.5 41.0 25.96 4.5 41.0 – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 12.61 10.9 34.8 13.84 8.8 41.4 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 22.12 11.1 41.2 22.12 11.1 41.2 – – –

Management related .............................................. 24.56 5.3 40.3 24.55 5.3 40.4 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 18.68 10.1 40.4 18.68 10.1 40.4 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 19.79 11.8 39.7 19.72 12.2 40.2 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 22.03 15.5 40.8 22.03 15.5 40.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Management related –Continued

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... $20.88 6.3 41.7 $20.88 6.3 41.7 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 11.19 12.8 36.3 11.86 16.1 40.6 $7.12 10.0 22.1

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 13.64 9.5 40.9 14.12 10.6 41.6 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 18.15 29.9 40.0 18.15 29.9 40.0 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 19.44 3.6 40.8 19.44 3.6 40.8 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 9.05 5.8 33.6 – – – – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 10.80 7.9 33.9 – – – – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 9.71 3.4 36.3 10.36 4.7 40.0 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.68 26.6 31.3 10.61 32.8 39.9 10.89 34.1 19.1

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 6.24 3.0 33.0 6.43 3.5 38.1 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. – – – – – – 5.91 1.5 23.8

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 7.67 15.6 36.1 9.59 16.5 40.5 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 10.79 3.0 37.4 10.95 2.8 39.8 8.67 7.2 21.0

Supervisors, general office ................................ 15.13 7.3 38.7 15.13 7.3 38.7 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.55 8.5 40.4 16.55 8.5 40.4 – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.55 12.8 41.5 16.55 12.8 41.5 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 11.41 3.7 38.4 11.50 3.7 39.9 9.83 5.2 23.6

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.00 4.0 28.8 7.01 5.4 38.3 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 15.74 8.0 35.4 – – – – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 8.67 6.8 36.4 9.00 7.5 40.3 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 10.68 9.1 38.4 10.81 8.5 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.44 11.1 39.2 11.04 10.7 40.0 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 12.55 3.1 40.0 12.55 3.1 40.0 – – –

File clerks ........................................................... 9.21 4.5 39.1 9.33 3.7 39.9 – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 9.49 9.7 38.3 9.59 10.2 39.8 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.42 3.6 38.7 11.40 3.6 39.9 – – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 9.81 9.3 32.9 10.65 5.9 39.7 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 10.47 3.8 39.7 10.48 3.9 40.2 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 9.39 8.0 32.3 10.14 5.2 39.4 7.35 4.0 21.7

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 9.47 9.0 39.3 9.68 8.8 40.0 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 13.07 1.8 40.0 13.07 1.8 40.0 – – –

Production coordinators ..................................... 13.80 7.4 40.2 13.80 7.4 40.2 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ................. – – – 12.43 2.4 40.2 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 10.30 13.0 38.3 10.29 13.3 39.9 – – –

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 10.54 13.2 31.4 12.56 7.9 39.6 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 12.96 .2 39.9 12.96 .2 39.9 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.73 5.8 39.7 11.76 5.6 39.9 – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 8.33 5.3 35.1 – – – – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 9.42 3.5 37.8 9.48 3.3 39.6 8.49 1.0 22.7

Bank tellers ........................................................ 9.24 4.2 37.1 9.30 4.1 38.6 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 9.24 4.5 38.9 9.30 4.2 39.9 8.00 7.1 24.9

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 9.73 3.3 35.1 10.02 4.2 40.1 7.52 9.0 18.2

Blue collar ........................................................................ 11.67 2.7 39.4 11.76 2.6 40.2 7.49 6.0 19.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... – – – – – – – – –

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 16.61 8.2 40.2 16.61 8.2 40.2 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 12.05 10.0 40.3 12.05 10.0 40.3 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 16.35 5.0 40.0 16.35 5.0 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 17.48 6.2 40.0 17.48 6.2 40.0 – – –

Machinery maintenance ..................................... – – – 13.01 8.1 38.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... $13.03 9.9 40.0 $13.03 9.9 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 11.28 3.6 40.0 11.28 3.6 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 20.11 3.0 40.0 20.11 3.0 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 21.81 3.1 42.1 21.81 3.1 42.1 – – –

Carpenters ......................................................... 16.56 8.1 40.0 16.56 8.1 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 13.91 6.9 40.0 13.91 6.9 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 18.76 5.0 40.0 18.76 5.0 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 20.93 12.1 40.0 20.93 12.1 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers .................................... 11.78 4.1 40.0 11.78 4.1 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 13.26 19.2 40.0 13.26 19.2 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 19.57 4.4 41.2 19.57 4.4 41.2 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 13.14 .5 40.0 13.14 .5 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 10.27 8.1 40.0 10.27 8.1 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 15.41 8.9 40.4 15.41 8.9 40.4 – – –

Power plant operators ........................................ 19.57 5.2 40.0 19.57 5.2 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 19.38 1.3 40.0 19.38 1.3 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 9.90 6.7 39.5 9.91 6.8 39.9 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... 17.80 14.9 40.0 17.80 14.9 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.81 4.2 39.9 10.81 4.2 39.9 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 9.07 2.7 39.4 9.07 2.7 39.4 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 11.34 8.5 39.8 11.30 8.4 39.8 – – –

Winding and twisting machine operators ........... 9.66 3.0 40.0 9.66 3.0 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 8.67 7.3 40.0 8.67 7.3 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 6.92 6.4 37.9 6.89 6.5 39.5 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.04 12.6 39.1 11.04 12.6 39.1 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 16.17 8.0 39.9 16.17 8.0 39.9 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 12.25 2.9 39.8 12.25 2.9 39.8 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.58 9.1 40.0 11.58 9.1 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 12.68 5.0 40.0 12.68 5.0 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 12.45 15.4 40.0 12.45 15.4 40.0 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 12.79 19.3 36.6 13.91 15.8 40.0 – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 15.69 4.7 39.8 15.70 4.7 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 11.88 18.4 39.8 11.91 18.4 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 7.93 3.5 37.5 7.93 3.5 37.5 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 16.77 15.9 40.0 16.77 15.9 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 11.66 5.5 41.4 11.85 6.0 43.8 $8.72 2.0 21.9

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 17.34 5.1 41.8 17.34 5.1 41.8 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 12.15 6.1 45.5 12.17 6.2 45.6 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 12.46 5.6 24.7 13.28 7.3 41.9 – – –

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 16.62 7.1 40.6 16.62 7.1 40.6 – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 14.14 2.4 40.0 14.14 2.4 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 14.81 11.9 40.0 14.81 11.9 40.0 – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 10.17 4.5 40.0 10.32 4.5 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 12.09 3.8 33.0 12.58 7.1 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 8.29 2.5 38.1 8.35 3.2 40.0 6.97 6.7 19.5

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 15.18 6.3 41.3 15.18 6.3 41.3 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 8.25 3.9 37.1 8.79 4.5 40.0 – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.28 3.4 40.0 9.28 3.4 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 9.63 9.2 39.8 9.64 9.2 39.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4. Selected occupations, East South Central, private industry: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers –Continued

Production helpers ............................................. $8.88 10.8 40.0 $8.88 10.8 40.0 – – –

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.04 4.5 32.4 8.65 4.6 39.6 $6.05 3.4 20.4

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 10.40 6.6 39.7 10.43 6.6 40.0 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 9.29 6.8 35.1 9.16 8.2 40.1 – – –

Garage and service station related .................... 7.31 5.6 38.0 7.20 4.9 40.0 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.32 10.9 24.2 10.48 5.2 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 8.14 4.6 38.9 8.30 4.4 39.9 6.13 5.3 29.4

Service .............................................................................. 7.58 3.5 33.6 8.08 3.1 39.5 5.50 3.0 20.7

Protective service .................................................. – – – – – – 7.28 14.0 24.1

Guards and police, except public service .......... – – – – – – 7.37 16.0 24.5

Food service .......................................................... 5.50 5.6 32.0 5.61 9.3 39.1 5.25 6.6 23.1

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ................... – – – – – – 2.79 10.1 20.6

Bartenders ......................................................... 5.90 6.7 30.8 5.98 8.0 36.5 – – –

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... – – – – – – 2.45 7.3 20.7

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 4.50 5.8 23.4 – – – 4.20 10.2 21.4

Other food service ............................................... 6.81 3.2 29.0 7.98 3.3 39.6 5.86 1.7 23.8

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 9.47 4.0 42.1 9.49 3.8 43.0 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 7.40 3.9 34.4 7.54 3.7 38.8 6.54 8.1 20.3

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.24 4.7 29.7 8.07 2.6 39.4 6.23 6.6 22.9

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 5.81 2.8 23.8 6.49 1.5 36.4 5.43 5.2 19.9

Health service ........................................................ 7.48 3.6 36.2 7.49 3.7 39.4 7.44 6.5 21.0

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 8.70 4.8 33.3 8.98 3.8 39.9 7.82 15.3 21.9

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 7.27 3.8 36.8 7.28 3.8 39.3 7.23 5.5 20.5

Cleaning and building service ................................ 8.98 8.6 36.7 9.20 9.6 39.0 6.10 1.6 20.6

Maids and housemen ........................................ 6.13 3.7 34.0 6.16 4.1 36.0 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.42 8.0 34.7 11.01 9.3 39.2 6.13 2.5 19.1

Personal service .................................................... – – – – – – 5.52 5.4 17.1

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 5.65 14.4 22.3 5.74 20.2 40.0 – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... 7.13 4.4 30.8 – – – – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 7.38 4.2 26.8 – – – – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 6.05 2.0 32.4 – – – – – –

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... – – – – – – 6.98 5.3 20.8

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.

The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include

workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note.

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

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for

full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $16.23 2.7 37.0 $16.41 3.0 39.0 $12.27 10.9 17.0

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 16.29 2.7 37.0 16.47 2.9 39.0 12.32 10.8 17.0

White collar ...................................................................... 19.26 3.2 36.7 19.41 3.3 38.6 15.48 15.2 15.6

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 19.40 3.1 36.7 19.54 3.2 38.6 15.67 14.9 15.5

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 22.22 2.9 36.2 22.38 3.1 38.4 18.24 19.9 14.8

Professional specialty ................................................ 23.32 2.9 36.0 23.47 3.0 38.2 19.17 20.5 14.0

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.59 8.5 39.2 27.59 8.5 39.2 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 24.25 8.9 38.5 24.25 8.9 38.5 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 22.23 14.1 38.2 22.35 14.6 38.5 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... – – – – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 19.11 3.1 36.7 19.24 2.8 39.6 17.40 12.0 18.8

Registered nurses .............................................. 18.88 2.9 37.0 18.91 3.0 39.6 18.45 2.5 18.2

Pharmacists ....................................................... 27.26 3.4 35.2 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 30.41 10.5 34.7 29.40 9.7 37.9 48.28 4.5 14.0

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 26.24 8.1 34.0 26.18 8.0 37.5 – – –

Teachers, except college and university ................ 24.37 4.4 36.0 24.69 4.3 37.8 7.85 5.9 10.5

Elementary school teachers .............................. 24.03 3.2 38.1 24.03 3.2 38.1 – – –

Secondary school teachers ............................... 24.92 4.1 37.3 24.92 4.1 37.3 – – –

Teachers, special education .............................. 25.95 8.4 36.6 25.95 8.4 36.6 – – –

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 25.20 7.3 37.1 25.43 6.9 38.0 – – –

Substitute teachers ............................................ 7.11 2.3 10.2 – – – 7.06 2.8 10.0

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 27.34 12.9 39.2 27.34 12.9 39.2 – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 19.79 5.4 36.0 20.45 6.8 37.8 – – –

Librarians ........................................................... 19.79 5.4 36.0 20.45 6.8 37.8 – – –

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... 22.30 20.6 40.0 22.30 20.6 40.0 – – –

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 14.06 6.6 39.1 14.08 6.6 39.1 – – –

Social workers ................................................... 14.11 6.6 39.1 14.11 6.6 39.1 – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 22.43 18.2 18.9 – – – – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 22.43 18.2 18.9 – – – – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.79 9.9 38.1 16.13 11.7 38.4 – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 17.96 3.9 38.0 17.26 6.3 38.0 – – –

Technical ................................................................... 13.73 1.9 37.9 13.76 1.5 39.5 13.20 18.7 21.3

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 16.45 3.3 34.1 – – – – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 13.75 8.3 37.5 13.69 8.4 39.9 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.07 2.8 38.8 12.12 2.7 39.8 – – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.28 11.8 36.7 12.62 11.2 39.6 – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 24.83 3.1 36.9 24.83 3.0 39.6 25.02 48.8 8.4

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 26.58 4.1 36.4 26.62 3.9 39.7 25.02 48.8 8.4

Legislators ......................................................... 30.42 36.7 8.4 – – – 45.90 34.3 4.8

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 22.82 7.2 38.5 23.29 5.5 40.0 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 33.16 4.6 39.6 33.16 4.6 39.6 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 18.06 2.6 39.1 18.06 2.6 39.1 – – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 25.41 11.4 39.4 25.41 11.4 39.4 – – –

Management related .............................................. 17.30 5.0 39.2 17.30 5.0 39.2 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 17.42 4.4 38.9 17.42 4.4 38.9 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 13.81 4.1 38.6 13.81 4.1 38.6 – – –

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 15.98 15.6 40.9 15.98 15.6 40.9 – – –

Sales ............................................................................. 9.23 8.5 38.1 9.37 8.7 39.7 7.14 4.7 23.0

Cashiers ............................................................. 8.15 2.8 37.3 8.25 3.6 39.4 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 10.15 2.5 37.7 10.24 2.6 38.9 8.03 4.2 21.8

Supervisors, general office ................................ 10.50 5.4 40.2 10.50 5.4 40.2 – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 15.65 5.0 39.1 15.65 5.0 39.1 – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 11.19 1.2 39.2 11.20 1.2 39.4 – – –

Typists ............................................................... 9.99 12.7 39.9 9.99 12.7 39.9 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 9.06 10.5 30.6 – – – – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 8.40 6.5 33.8 8.82 8.0 40.0 6.63 5.3 20.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for

full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ $9.29 3.5 38.1 $9.43 5.6 40.0 – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 10.81 6.1 39.5 10.81 6.1 39.5 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 10.38 7.0 36.9 10.87 6.9 39.9 – – –

Meter readers .................................................... 15.14 1.9 40.0 15.14 1.9 40.0 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 9.49 1.9 38.4 9.55 2.0 39.3 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 10.09 8.1 39.9 10.09 8.1 39.9 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 7.82 1.7 36.5 7.80 1.9 37.1 – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 13.18 14.7 38.4 13.20 14.6 38.7 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 12.39 4.7 37.1 12.45 4.9 39.1 $11.31 11.1 19.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... 14.71 5.6 39.7 14.70 5.6 39.9 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 10.76 23.1 40.0 10.76 23.1 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... 11.09 3.3 39.5 11.09 3.3 39.5 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 23.70 3.9 40.1 23.70 3.9 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 15.37 4.3 40.0 15.37 4.3 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 18.09 14.2 40.0 18.09 14.2 40.0 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 14.30 10.7 40.0 14.30 10.7 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 12.31 7.4 40.0 12.31 7.4 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 13.15 15.9 38.6 13.15 15.9 38.6 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 11.23 4.9 30.9 11.21 4.7 36.2 11.28 11.6 19.7

Truck drivers ...................................................... 9.48 6.0 39.9 9.48 6.0 39.9 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 11.71 7.1 22.3 12.26 6.4 26.6 11.28 11.6 19.7

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ 12.10 9.3 39.0 12.10 9.3 39.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 8.79 5.8 40.0 8.79 5.8 40.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 9.78 4.4 39.9 9.79 4.3 40.0 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... 9.74 9.5 39.9 9.72 9.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 12.46 5.2 40.0 12.46 5.2 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 9.07 16.2 39.2 9.15 16.3 40.0 – – –

Garbage collectors ............................................. 8.47 6.8 40.0 8.47 6.8 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 8.68 4.2 40.0 8.68 4.2 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 10.62 5.2 37.6 10.80 5.6 40.0 7.61 3.3 18.6

Protective service .................................................. 13.26 4.2 42.0 13.30 4.2 42.7 8.24 5.6 11.7

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 15.96 9.3 52.3 15.96 9.3 52.3 – – –

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 18.32 7.8 40.1 18.32 7.8 40.1 – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 11.77 5.0 52.1 11.77 5.0 52.1 – – –

Police and detectives, public service ................. 14.72 3.9 38.6 14.75 3.8 40.0 – – –

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 11.88 3.6 40.2 11.88 3.6 40.2 – – –

Correctional institution officers ........................... 11.34 3.8 39.9 11.34 3.8 39.9 – – –

Guards and police, except public service .......... 10.33 3.4 35.3 10.40 3.9 39.6 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 10.11 4.7 37.2 10.25 4.7 39.1 – – –

Food service .......................................................... 8.14 6.2 34.6 8.30 7.2 36.4 7.29 4.4 27.5

Other food service ............................................... 8.14 6.2 34.6 8.30 7.2 36.4 7.30 4.4 27.5

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 13.13 3.9 38.3 13.13 3.9 38.3 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 8.68 2.7 34.7 8.83 2.5 34.9 – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.50 7.2 35.4 7.55 8.8 36.9 – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 7.21 4.6 28.5 7.69 3.8 38.2 – – –

Health service ........................................................ 8.02 3.8 36.5 8.14 4.3 39.5 – – –

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 8.59 4.2 37.4 8.65 4.0 38.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 5. Selected occupations, East South Central, State and local government: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for

full-time and part-time workers,2 National Compensation Survey,3 1999–Continued

Occupation4

Total Full time Part time

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Health service –Continued

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ $7.87 4.6 36.1 $7.99 5.2 39.7 – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.14 6.1 37.9 9.14 6.7 39.2 $9.08 5.7 25.4

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ 11.99 16.5 39.5 11.99 16.5 39.5 – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 8.59 4.0 37.6 8.54 4.4 39.2 9.10 5.6 25.6

Personal service .................................................... 7.63 7.7 29.2 7.67 8.9 35.7 7.23 4.2 11.1

Supervisors, personal service ............................ 9.82 13.0 17.3 – – – – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.98 8.7 35.3 7.99 8.7 35.5 – – –

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 6.66 5.1 32.7 – – – – – –

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... 9.00 7.1 30.4 – – – – – –

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

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

pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. 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 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.

The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include

workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 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 Technical Note.

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

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All .......................................................................................... $12.13 5.0 37.6 $11.76 5.5 37.6 $16.23 2.7 37.0

All, excluding sales ........................................................ 12.24 4.1 37.8 11.83 4.6 37.8 16.29 2.7 37.0

White collar ...................................................................... 14.95 6.4 37.2 14.16 7.5 37.3 19.26 3.2 36.7

 1 ................................................................... 6.71 3.4 30.1 6.66 4.0 30.0 8.16 6.0 32.6

 2 ................................................................... 7.74 4.4 31.8 7.74 4.9 31.6 7.76 6.4 33.7

 3 ................................................................... 8.42 1.1 36.5 8.40 1.1 36.7 8.86 3.5 33.1

 4 ................................................................... 11.79 10.1 38.1 11.99 10.8 38.2 10.17 2.6 37.9

 5 ................................................................... 13.02 3.7 39.0 12.94 4.0 39.3 13.78 3.3 36.2

 6 ................................................................... 14.30 2.5 39.4 14.50 2.4 39.6 13.11 3.7 38.0

 7 ................................................................... 17.85 4.0 38.5 16.55 3.0 39.0 20.52 7.6 37.4

 8 ................................................................... 20.34 3.7 39.3 19.66 5.0 39.8 21.86 3.1 38.2

 9 ................................................................... 24.27 2.0 39.7 24.31 2.4 40.4 24.15 3.9 37.6

10 ................................................................... 28.65 2.4 39.9 27.57 1.6 41.0 30.43 5.8 38.4

11 ................................................................... 38.13 12.4 40.0 39.97 12.9 41.7 29.84 3.9 33.7

12 ................................................................... 38.13 4.1 33.2 39.09 4.0 32.9 35.08 2.4 34.3

13 ................................................................... 43.00 4.9 38.9 43.89 6.1 40.3 40.09 4.2 35.1

14 ................................................................... 69.16 9.3 43.2 69.32 9.2 43.2 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 26.18 12.3 28.6 24.68 29.3 30.5 28.29 18.1 26.4

White collar, excluding sales ..................................... 16.64 3.1 37.7 15.87 4.2 38.0 19.40 3.1 36.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.21 2.8 34.0 7.12 3.5 34.1 8.25 8.0 33.0

 2 ................................................................... 8.55 1.7 33.9 8.70 1.7 34.0 7.76 6.5 33.8

 3 ................................................................... 9.03 1.8 36.7 9.04 1.9 37.4 8.94 4.0 32.2

 4 ................................................................... 10.71 3.6 37.1 10.80 4.1 36.9 10.17 2.6 37.9

 5 ................................................................... 12.48 3.6 38.5 12.32 3.9 38.9 13.77 3.4 36.1

 6 ................................................................... 13.54 2.5 38.7 13.64 2.6 38.9 13.11 3.7 38.0

 7 ................................................................... 17.81 4.1 38.4 16.39 2.9 38.9 20.53 7.6 37.4

 8 ................................................................... 19.10 3.4 39.0 17.48 2.5 39.5 21.86 3.1 38.2

 9 ................................................................... 24.09 2.2 39.4 24.08 3.1 40.1 24.15 3.9 37.6

10 ................................................................... 28.58 2.6 39.9 27.38 1.9 41.0 30.43 5.8 38.4

11 ................................................................... 37.09 13.3 40.1 38.81 14.2 42.0 29.84 3.9 33.7

12 ................................................................... 38.15 4.2 33.2 39.11 4.0 32.8 35.08 2.4 34.3

13 ................................................................... 43.00 4.9 38.9 43.89 6.1 40.3 40.09 4.2 35.1

14 ................................................................... 69.16 9.3 43.2 69.32 9.2 43.2 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 26.18 12.3 28.6 24.68 29.3 30.5 28.29 18.1 26.4

Professional specialty and technical ......................... 20.46 2.8 36.9 19.42 4.3 37.3 22.22 2.9 36.2

Professional specialty ................................................ 22.35 4.0 37.0 21.59 7.7 37.8 23.32 2.9 36.0

 3 ................................................................... 7.38 6.0 7.5 – – – 7.38 6.0 7.5

 5 ................................................................... 10.89 9.3 36.7 9.64 5.9 38.0 16.01 7.4 32.1

 6 ................................................................... 13.32 2.5 37.5 13.37 3.2 37.5 12.84 4.1 37.4

 7 ................................................................... 20.53 6.6 37.3 18.72 3.5 37.2 21.75 7.8 37.3

 8 ................................................................... 20.82 3.2 37.9 18.45 3.5 37.8 22.55 3.4 38.0

 9 ................................................................... 23.13 4.3 38.4 22.16 4.9 39.3 24.30 4.7 37.4

10 ................................................................... 28.27 2.0 39.9 27.46 .8 41.4 29.60 4.7 37.7

11 ................................................................... 42.86 18.1 39.4 46.73 14.2 43.4 28.65 4.2 29.4

12 ................................................................... 38.91 6.6 26.4 40.19 7.0 26.0 34.43 2.7 27.9

13 ................................................................... 38.40 2.1 37.5 – – – – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 34.38 19.0 33.2 30.87 39.6 31.5 – – –

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ..................... 27.77 2.6 40.9 27.79 2.9 41.1 27.59 8.5 39.2

 7 ................................................................... 19.37 2.5 42.1 19.53 3.6 42.6 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.15 5.7 41.3 23.74 4.6 41.9 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.96 5.2 40.9 25.82 5.2 41.0 – – –

10 ................................................................... 29.77 2.2 41.8 29.70 2.3 41.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.94 2.8 40.3 31.57 3.0 40.6 – – –

12 ................................................................... 33.77 2.8 40.1 33.22 4.1 40.1 – – –

Aerospace engineers ......................................... 29.57 4.4 40.0 29.57 4.4 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ................................................... 27.96 7.6 39.2 – – – 24.25 8.9 38.5

Electrical and electronic engineers .................... 28.17 2.7 41.9 28.33 2.7 42.2 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 25.68 5.0 43.0 26.25 5.6 43.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 29.27 2.5 40.3 28.95 3.1 40.3 – – –

Industrial engineers ........................................... 27.17 10.8 41.6 27.19 10.9 41.6 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.74 5.7 40.0 24.77 5.7 40.0 – – –

Mechanical engineers ........................................ 28.10 3.8 40.1 28.10 3.8 40.1 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Engineers, architects, and surveyors –Continued

Mechanical engineers –Continued

 9 ................................................................... $27.70 6.8 40.0 $27.70 6.8 40.0 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ................................................ 27.48 2.5 41.2 27.05 1.8 41.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.53 3.8 42.9 23.53 3.8 42.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 30.20 6.0 40.0 28.93 3.3 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer scientists ................... 26.13 4.7 40.2 26.28 4.5 40.2 $22.23 14.1 38.2

 7 ................................................................... 23.26 12.5 39.7 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.33 6.9 39.8 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.87 4.7 40.3 24.92 4.8 40.4 – – –

10 ................................................................... 29.57 5.3 40.2 29.57 5.3 40.2 – – –

11 ................................................................... 39.51 15.6 40.6 40.89 17.3 40.8 – – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........ 26.13 5.1 40.2 26.13 5.1 40.2 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.33 6.9 39.8 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.75 5.5 40.4 24.75 5.5 40.4 – – –

10 ................................................................... 29.55 5.4 40.2 29.55 5.4 40.2 – – –

11 ................................................................... 42.03 13.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Operations and systems researchers and

analysts ............................................................ 29.13 8.8 41.2 30.34 5.5 41.4 – – –

Natural scientists ................................................... 24.83 6.3 40.6 25.47 7.8 40.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 21.46 6.5 40.9 – – – – – –

Health related ........................................................ 20.16 4.6 36.5 20.60 6.3 36.4 19.11 3.1 36.7

 6 ................................................................... 15.53 .9 38.2 15.53 .9 38.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.44 2.3 35.9 17.50 2.2 36.2 17.23 4.8 34.9

 8 ................................................................... 18.49 3.8 36.3 18.34 5.1 36.2 18.88 3.7 36.6

 9 ................................................................... 19.76 3.0 36.4 20.32 4.6 35.5 18.91 4.5 37.9

10 ................................................................... 26.21 1.2 38.8 26.11 3.1 38.9 – – –

11 ................................................................... 25.95 3.0 39.6 25.61 5.1 39.8 – – –

Physicians .......................................................... 49.28 18.7 41.0 – – – – – –

Registered nurses .............................................. 18.18 2.1 36.4 17.89 2.4 36.2 18.88 2.9 37.0

 6 ................................................................... 15.63 1.1 38.7 15.63 1.1 38.7 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.68 2.7 36.6 17.66 2.2 36.6 17.77 5.9 36.7

 8 ................................................................... 17.95 3.4 36.0 17.67 4.0 35.8 18.66 3.6 36.6

 9 ................................................................... 18.95 2.2 36.3 18.70 2.8 35.5 19.30 5.7 37.4

Pharmacists ....................................................... 29.52 5.1 38.1 30.31 5.0 39.2 27.26 3.4 35.2

 8 ................................................................... 26.78 3.2 35.3 – – – – – –

Dietitians ............................................................ 15.46 5.4 40.9 – – – – – –

Respiratory therapists ........................................ 16.47 4.9 32.1 15.92 2.9 31.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.28 5.8 27.3 – – – – – –

Physical therapists ............................................. 26.94 9.3 34.1 27.11 10.0 33.7 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.56 11.9 32.7 26.56 11.9 32.7 – – –

Speech therapists .............................................. 20.45 8.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Therapists, n.e.c. ............................................... 15.73 7.7 38.4 – – – – – –

Teachers, college and university ........................... 29.63 9.2 34.2 25.93 13.6 31.9 30.41 10.5 34.7

 7 ................................................................... 21.44 5.0 31.8 17.96 13.6 17.9 21.97 5.5 36.1

 8 ................................................................... 24.70 3.2 37.2 – – – 24.78 3.3 37.6

 9 ................................................................... 29.23 10.6 34.7 28.42 15.5 33.6 29.89 10.2 35.7

10 ................................................................... 27.91 9.8 38.7 – – – 32.48 3.4 38.0

11 ................................................................... 28.37 4.4 38.3 – – – 28.73 2.4 38.5

12 ................................................................... 36.01 7.1 24.4 – – – – – –

13 ................................................................... 37.92 3.9 35.2 – – – – – –

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .. 35.06 17.9 30.7 – – – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers ......................... 30.00 5.5 30.3 – – – – – –

English teachers ................................................ 24.24 10.0 29.9 – – – – – –

Other post-secondary teachers ......................... 25.83 6.8 34.4 – – – 26.24 8.1 34.0

Teachers, except college and university ................ 22.30 5.5 36.2 12.03 3.0 36.9 24.37 4.4 36.0

 3 ................................................................... 7.38 6.0 7.5 – – – 7.38 6.0 7.5

 5 ................................................................... 10.58 7.7 33.4 – – – 17.98 16.4 27.9

 7 ................................................................... 24.53 7.8 37.7 – – – 24.65 7.6 37.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, except college and university

–Continued

 8 ................................................................... $21.70 6.2 38.3 $14.53 3.9 38.6 $23.38 4.3 38.2

 9 ................................................................... 26.45 3.5 37.2 – – – 26.68 3.8 37.2

10 ................................................................... 29.87 7.6 38.7 – – – – – –

Elementary school teachers .............................. 23.62 2.7 38.0 17.65 8.3 37.1 24.03 3.2 38.1

 5 ................................................................... 19.77 8.8 37.0 – – – 21.74 6.1 36.9

 7 ................................................................... 23.55 7.9 38.4 – – – 23.61 7.9 38.4

 8 ................................................................... 22.27 3.0 38.2 – – – 22.75 3.2 38.4

 9 ................................................................... 26.09 4.1 37.2 – – – 26.32 4.4 37.2

Secondary school teachers ............................... 24.49 3.6 37.4 – – – 24.92 4.1 37.3

 7 ................................................................... 26.80 10.0 36.4 – – – 26.82 10.0 36.4

 8 ................................................................... 22.68 2.9 37.8 – – – 23.08 3.3 37.7

 9 ................................................................... 26.46 3.0 37.2 – – – 26.73 3.2 37.2

Teachers, special education .............................. 25.68 8.6 36.7 – – – 25.95 8.4 36.6

 7 ................................................................... 26.38 10.5 36.2 – – – 26.48 10.4 36.2

Teachers, n.e.c. ................................................. 23.40 10.8 37.4 – – – 25.20 7.3 37.1

Substitute teachers ............................................ 7.11 2.3 10.2 – – – 7.11 2.3 10.2

 3 ................................................................... 7.38 6.0 7.5 – – – 7.38 6.0 7.5

Vocational and educational counselors ............. 26.69 13.8 39.1 – – – 27.34 12.9 39.2

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................ 19.60 4.9 36.1 – – – 19.79 5.4 36.0

 7 ................................................................... 13.06 3.4 34.2 – – – 13.06 3.4 34.2

Librarians ........................................................... 19.60 4.9 36.1 – – – 19.79 5.4 36.0

 7 ................................................................... 13.06 3.4 34.2 – – – 13.06 3.4 34.2

Social scientists and urban planners ..................... – – – – – – 22.30 20.6 40.0

Social, recreation, and religious workers ............... 11.27 10.2 39.8 – – – 14.06 6.6 39.1

 5 ................................................................... – – – – – – 12.84 1.9 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 11.28 8.9 40.0 11.11 8.5 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.12 8.7 38.9 – – – 14.35 9.1 38.8

 8 ................................................................... 10.55 10.6 39.9 – – – – – –

Social workers ................................................... 11.20 11.1 39.8 – – – 14.11 6.6 39.1

 5 ................................................................... – – – – – – 12.95 1.6 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 11.29 9.3 40.0 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.12 8.7 38.9 – – – 14.35 9.1 38.8

 8 ................................................................... 10.55 10.6 39.9 – – – – – –

Recreation workers ............................................ 10.96 1.0 39.7 – – – – – –

Lawyers and judges ............................................... 40.53 7.6 43.7 42.00 6.7 48.9 22.43 18.2 18.9

12 ................................................................... 46.08 .3 48.0 – – – – – –

Lawyers ............................................................. 40.53 7.6 43.7 42.00 6.7 48.9 22.43 18.2 18.9

12 ................................................................... 46.08 .3 48.0 – – – – – –

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.69 17.6 37.3 16.68 19.7 37.2 16.79 9.9 38.1

 5 ................................................................... 14.79 11.1 40.4 13.57 6.9 40.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.33 3.4 24.9 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 19.62 4.3 39.6 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.71 4.3 41.8 – – – – – –

 9 ................................................................... 24.20 7.2 41.5 24.23 7.2 41.6 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 14.83 14.3 28.7 14.80 14.5 28.8 – – –

Designers ........................................................... 14.57 26.2 40.4 14.57 26.2 40.4 – – –

Editors and reporters ......................................... 23.05 11.0 32.3 23.05 11.0 32.3 – – –

Public relations specialists ................................. 15.46 14.5 39.8 – – – – – –

Professional, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.05 3.2 38.1 – – – 17.96 3.9 38.0

 7 ................................................................... 16.49 6.6 38.2 – – – – – –

Technical ................................................................... 14.88 2.2 36.6 15.11 2.3 36.4 13.73 1.9 37.9

 2 ................................................................... 8.14 10.1 37.7 8.22 14.1 36.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.44 1.9 36.2 8.59 4.0 35.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.82 2.8 29.7 10.99 3.0 29.0 9.52 1.7 36.7

 5 ................................................................... 12.95 1.5 39.3 13.02 1.5 39.6 12.49 4.1 37.2

 6 ................................................................... 13.36 4.0 38.3 13.55 5.1 38.5 12.60 2.4 37.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

 7 ................................................................... $16.46 5.0 39.5 $16.27 4.4 39.5 $17.21 7.9 39.6

 8 ................................................................... 17.50 3.6 40.6 18.09 6.3 40.8 14.55 3.4 40.0

 9 ................................................................... 22.53 2.9 36.5 23.23 2.5 37.9 – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians ....................................................... 15.91 7.6 37.8 15.82 9.0 38.6 16.45 3.3 34.1

 4 ................................................................... 10.31 9.6 39.0 10.52 8.8 38.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.96 5.8 38.4 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 16.80 1.2 36.7 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 20.69 11.4 39.0 21.50 12.0 38.8 – – –

Health record technologists and technicians ..... 10.51 7.0 34.7 – – – – – –

Radiological technicians .................................... 15.27 5.9 38.6 15.56 7.6 38.9 13.75 8.3 37.5

 5 ................................................................... 14.90 5.3 40.0 14.61 4.8 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.86 5.6 37.5 13.77 5.7 38.5 – – –

Licensed practical nurses .................................. 12.00 3.9 37.4 11.97 4.4 37.0 12.07 2.8 38.8

 4 ................................................................... 11.08 7.1 34.7 11.17 7.8 34.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.18 2.7 38.1 12.19 3.1 38.3 12.14 3.7 37.3

 6 ................................................................... 11.81 3.7 39.3 11.57 4.6 39.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 11.83 5.2 39.4 11.60 5.3 39.3 – – –

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ...... 12.64 2.5 37.1 12.84 2.9 37.3 12.28 11.8 36.7

 4 ................................................................... 10.24 6.6 36.6 – – – 9.06 3.2 34.0

 5 ................................................................... 13.46 7.1 39.6 13.64 7.7 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.55 7.5 40.0 – – – – – –

Electrical and electronic technicians .................. 17.96 4.7 40.6 17.48 5.0 40.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.35 8.4 40.0 13.35 8.4 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.90 6.4 40.9 13.90 6.4 40.9 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.90 7.2 40.3 17.98 7.8 40.4 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 17.81 .5 41.1 17.42 2.2 41.2 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. .......................... 17.57 2.2 39.7 18.66 1.2 40.0 – – –

Drafters .............................................................. 16.48 2.0 40.5 16.48 2.0 40.5 – – –

Chemical technicians ......................................... 17.01 11.0 40.0 17.01 11.0 40.0 – – –

Computer programmers ..................................... 14.23 12.5 40.1 14.22 12.6 40.1 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.72 4.0 40.7 18.96 4.1 40.7 – – –

Legal assistants ................................................. 16.70 3.3 45.9 16.50 3.0 46.5 – – –

Technical and related, n.e.c. .............................. 15.31 5.7 38.4 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.53 8.2 36.7 – – – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial ............... 23.41 4.7 40.1 23.16 5.5 40.7 24.83 3.1 36.9

 5 ................................................................... 13.68 5.2 41.2 13.24 3.4 41.6 15.36 9.0 39.9

 6 ................................................................... 12.99 7.4 41.7 12.69 7.3 42.1 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.04 3.5 38.8 15.02 3.5 39.2 15.13 9.4 36.1

 8 ................................................................... 16.89 5.0 40.4 16.43 4.6 40.5 20.37 4.3 39.4

 9 ................................................................... 25.82 4.3 40.8 25.99 4.1 40.9 24.10 4.1 39.7

10 ................................................................... 29.52 6.0 40.4 27.96 5.1 41.4 31.48 11.1 39.2

11 ................................................................... 31.23 4.9 41.3 31.22 6.2 41.4 31.27 3.7 41.0

12 ................................................................... 37.61 3.3 40.5 38.33 3.8 40.7 35.49 2.9 40.0

13 ................................................................... 44.12 4.6 41.6 44.05 4.6 41.6 – – –

14 ................................................................... 68.42 16.5 43.1 68.42 16.5 43.1 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 31.91 8.7 22.7 30.58 1.8 42.3 33.62 17.5 14.2

Executives, administrators, and managers ............ 23.16 5.0 40.0 22.44 5.7 40.8 26.58 4.1 36.4

 5 ................................................................... 13.41 9.9 41.6 12.66 8.8 41.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 11.45 15.3 39.5 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 14.78 4.2 38.5 14.71 4.1 39.0 15.43 13.9 35.0

 8 ................................................................... 15.41 9.9 40.5 14.65 9.7 40.6 21.47 4.2 39.7

 9 ................................................................... 24.26 4.4 41.3 24.18 5.0 41.5 24.82 4.5 39.5

10 ................................................................... 29.62 6.9 40.4 27.48 3.4 42.0 31.52 11.1 39.1

11 ................................................................... 32.81 4.8 42.0 33.29 6.3 42.4 31.27 3.7 41.0

12 ................................................................... 38.49 3.3 40.8 40.10 3.1 41.3 35.49 2.9 40.0

13 ................................................................... 44.37 5.5 41.4 44.30 5.6 41.4 – – –

14 ................................................................... 68.42 16.5 43.1 68.42 16.5 43.1 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial

–Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers

–Continued

Not able to be leveled .................................... $33.18 11.4 21.3 $31.17 3.6 42.7 $35.73 20.3 13.0

Legislators ......................................................... 30.42 36.7 8.4 – – – 30.42 36.7 8.4

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.42 36.7 8.4 – – – 30.42 36.7 8.4

Administrators and officials, public

administration .................................................. 22.82 7.2 38.5 – – – 22.82 7.2 38.5

 7 ................................................................... 14.97 16.1 33.7 – – – 14.97 16.1 33.7

 8 ................................................................... 21.19 6.8 40.1 – – – 21.19 6.8 40.1

 9 ................................................................... 23.31 5.4 38.7 – – – 23.31 5.4 38.7

11 ................................................................... 32.31 5.1 42.1 – – – 32.31 5.1 42.1

12 ................................................................... 34.91 3.0 40.3 – – – 34.91 3.0 40.3

Financial managers ........................................... 19.33 15.4 41.8 19.30 15.5 41.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 21.35 12.2 41.7 21.35 12.2 41.7 – – –

12 ................................................................... 38.10 3.0 40.7 38.10 3.0 40.7 – – –

Personnel and labor relations managers ........... 22.84 1.6 39.6 23.08 1.7 39.6 – – –

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public

relations ........................................................... 33.08 9.6 41.3 33.08 9.6 41.3 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 26.46 9.5 41.4 26.46 9.5 41.4 – – –

Administrators, education and related fields ...... 28.87 8.5 39.3 17.13 25.5 38.7 33.16 4.6 39.6

 9 ................................................................... 23.68 15.1 39.5 – – – 29.74 4.5 39.8

10 ................................................................... 35.37 9.0 39.0 – – – 35.37 9.0 39.0

11 ................................................................... 29.16 4.5 40.0 – – – 30.31 2.3 40.0

Managers, medicine and health ......................... 27.22 8.0 40.8 25.96 4.5 41.0 – – –

10 ................................................................... 25.26 6.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Managers, food servicing and lodging

establishments ................................................. 14.21 15.0 35.5 12.61 10.9 34.8 – – –

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............ 31.87 19.6 39.8 – – – 18.06 2.6 39.1

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................. 22.23 10.9 41.2 22.12 11.1 41.2 25.41 11.4 39.4

 7 ................................................................... 15.83 1.9 41.0 15.81 1.5 41.0 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 25.24 3.6 41.6 25.25 3.6 41.7 – – –

10 ................................................................... 27.80 2.4 39.6 28.40 1.8 39.7 – – –

11 ................................................................... 31.19 5.9 43.1 31.19 5.9 43.1 – – –

12 ................................................................... 39.35 5.3 41.0 39.17 7.1 41.2 – – –

13 ................................................................... 45.87 9.9 44.3 45.70 10.0 44.2 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 30.87 4.0 43.1 30.87 4.0 43.1 – – –

Management related .............................................. 23.93 5.2 40.2 24.56 5.3 40.3 17.30 5.0 39.2

 5 ................................................................... 13.85 3.9 40.9 13.69 4.1 41.3 14.31 4.0 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 14.07 9.3 43.3 14.07 9.3 43.3 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.91 5.6 39.5 16.23 6.1 39.7 14.54 1.4 38.3

 8 ................................................................... 21.72 7.2 39.8 22.39 6.6 40.0 17.41 8.1 38.5

 9 ................................................................... – – – – – – 22.07 7.0 40.2

10 ................................................................... 29.01 5.2 40.2 29.07 5.1 40.1 – – –

Accountants and auditors .................................. 18.36 7.6 40.0 18.68 10.1 40.4 17.42 4.4 38.9

 7 ................................................................... 15.59 1.1 40.3 – – – – – –

 8 ................................................................... 18.14 3.7 39.2 18.44 5.3 39.4 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 22.62 6.9 40.3 24.38 11.6 41.4 – – –

Other financial officers ....................................... 19.90 10.4 39.5 19.79 11.8 39.7 – – –

Personnel, training, and labor relations

specialists

 7 ................................................................... 16.30 1.6 39.0 16.27 2.5 39.2 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ........................................................... 22.03 15.5 40.8 22.03 15.5 40.8 – – –

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ..................................................... 19.76 10.1 39.2 – – – 13.81 4.1 38.6

Management related, n.e.c. ............................... 20.40 6.1 41.6 20.88 6.3 41.7 15.98 15.6 40.9

 5 ................................................................... 14.86 6.8 40.0 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.90 5.9 41.3 15.90 5.9 41.3 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 17.86 10.6 40.0 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales ............................................................................. $11.18 12.6 36.3 $11.19 12.8 36.3 $9.23 8.5 38.1

 1 ................................................................... 6.44 4.8 28.3 6.42 5.2 28.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.56 2.3 29.2 6.56 2.3 29.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... – – – – – – 8.35 2.6 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 15.31 18.2 42.2 15.31 18.2 42.2 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.91 7.3 40.8 14.92 7.4 40.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 16.82 4.1 41.6 16.82 4.1 41.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.59 4.3 41.3 18.60 4.3 41.3 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 26.75 4.3 40.5 26.75 4.3 40.5 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 28.68 3.7 47.2 28.68 3.7 47.2 – – –

10 ................................................................... 30.82 7.0 40.0 30.82 7.0 40.0 – – –

11 ................................................................... 56.33 23.0 37.4 56.33 23.0 37.4 – – –

Supervisors, sales ............................................. 13.64 9.4 40.9 13.64 9.5 40.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 8.66 4.4 41.5 8.66 4.4 41.5 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.86 6.8 41.4 13.86 6.9 41.4 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 11.96 11.7 41.8 11.96 11.7 41.8 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.62 5.4 40.4 15.62 5.4 40.4 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 21.29 10.8 41.4 21.29 10.8 41.4 – – –

Insurance sales .................................................. 18.15 29.9 40.0 18.15 29.9 40.0 – – –

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing,

and wholesale .................................................. 19.44 3.6 40.8 19.44 3.6 40.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 13.63 6.1 40.6 13.63 6.1 40.6 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.14 5.7 41.7 23.14 5.7 41.7 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ...................................... 9.05 5.8 33.6 9.05 5.8 33.6 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ... 10.80 7.9 33.9 10.80 7.9 33.9 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies 9.71 3.4 36.3 9.71 3.4 36.3 – – –

Sales workers, parts

 4 ................................................................... 11.23 4.2 40.0 11.23 4.2 40.0 – – –

Sales workers, other commodities ..................... 10.63 26.1 31.4 10.68 26.6 31.3 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.95 1.6 30.4 6.95 1.6 30.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.89 4.5 26.3 8.97 4.9 24.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.76 8.7 34.9 9.76 8.7 34.9 – – –

Sales counter clerks .......................................... 6.24 3.0 33.0 6.24 3.0 33.0 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.08 2.8 23.6 6.08 2.8 24.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.01 3.8 32.0 6.01 3.8 32.0 – – –

Cashiers ............................................................. – – – – – – 8.15 2.8 37.3

 1 ................................................................... 6.06 2.8 24.4 5.98 2.6 24.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.40 5.1 30.6 6.38 5.2 30.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... – – – – – – 8.29 4.2 40.0

Sales support, n.e.c. .......................................... 7.67 15.6 36.1 7.67 15.6 36.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.07 11.3 41.2 10.07 11.3 41.2 – – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................ 10.70 2.5 37.4 10.79 3.0 37.4 10.15 2.5 37.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.21 2.8 34.0 7.12 3.5 34.1 8.25 8.0 33.0

 2 ................................................................... 8.57 1.7 34.2 8.71 1.7 34.0 7.80 6.6 35.8

 3 ................................................................... 9.04 1.8 37.5 9.04 1.9 37.4 9.05 4.4 38.0

 4 ................................................................... 10.78 3.9 38.2 10.89 4.5 38.2 10.22 2.9 38.2

 5 ................................................................... 12.74 1.4 38.7 12.80 1.7 38.7 11.96 4.7 38.6

 6 ................................................................... 13.99 3.0 39.1 14.29 4.1 39.5 13.11 5.7 38.0

 7 ................................................................... 15.37 1.3 40.1 15.56 1.9 40.2 12.84 9.6 39.6

 8 ................................................................... 18.48 9.9 41.4 18.80 9.5 41.6 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 16.26 20.6 40.5 16.26 20.6 40.5 – – –

Not able to be leveled .................................... 12.82 26.3 28.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, general office ................................ 14.17 8.6 39.0 15.13 7.3 38.7 10.50 5.4 40.2

 5 ................................................................... 14.10 2.1 39.8 13.99 1.9 39.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.36 16.3 38.3 15.76 17.2 37.6 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 12.66 10.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, financial records processing ......... 16.48 7.4 40.3 16.55 8.5 40.4 15.65 5.0 39.1

 7 ................................................................... 16.27 8.0 40.4 – – – – – –

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and

adjusting clerks ................................................ 16.23 9.9 38.6 16.55 12.8 41.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Computer operators ........................................... $15.78 4.1 39.7 – – – – – –

Secretaries ......................................................... 11.37 3.1 38.5 $11.41 3.7 38.4 $11.19 1.2 39.2

 2 ................................................................... 8.72 5.3 33.0 8.70 5.8 32.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.39 4.7 36.3 9.29 4.8 36.2 11.25 12.0 38.6

 4 ................................................................... 11.16 4.7 39.3 11.32 6.3 39.2 10.64 2.0 39.6

 5 ................................................................... 12.07 4.4 39.1 12.06 4.8 39.3 12.21 2.3 37.1

 6 ................................................................... 14.75 3.5 39.9 – – – 13.40 4.0 39.2

 7 ................................................................... 15.45 10.2 38.3 15.80 11.3 37.9 – – –

Stenographers ................................................... 10.83 7.4 39.7 – – – – – –

Typists ............................................................... 10.00 6.4 40.0 – – – 9.99 12.7 39.9

 3 ................................................................... 9.39 12.2 39.9 – – – – – –

Hotel clerks ........................................................ 7.00 4.0 28.8 7.00 4.0 28.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 6.77 3.1 27.1 6.77 3.1 27.1 – – –

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ..... 15.74 8.0 35.4 15.74 8.0 35.4 – – –

Receptionists ..................................................... 8.69 6.1 36.1 8.67 6.8 36.4 9.06 10.5 30.6

 2 ................................................................... 7.53 2.1 33.9 7.53 2.3 34.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.77 6.8 37.8 9.74 7.7 37.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.94 6.0 40.0 9.91 6.0 40.0 – – –

Information clerks, n.e.c. .................................... 10.63 9.1 38.5 10.68 9.1 38.4 – – –

Order clerks ....................................................... 10.44 11.1 39.2 10.44 11.1 39.2 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.47 6.1 39.2 9.47 6.1 39.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.31 13.1 40.0 11.31 13.1 40.0 – – –

Personnel clerks, except payroll and

timekeeping ..................................................... 12.45 2.3 40.0 12.55 3.1 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.43 2.2 40.0 12.43 2.2 40.0 – – –

Library clerks ..................................................... 8.34 6.3 31.7 – – – 8.40 6.5 33.8

 1 ................................................................... 7.25 8.3 19.3 – – – 7.65 10.3 24.3

 2 ................................................................... 7.03 3.8 24.7 – – – 6.80 .9 24.8

 4 ................................................................... 11.26 14.9 38.0 – – – 11.26 14.9 38.0

File clerks ........................................................... 9.20 4.3 39.2 9.21 4.5 39.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.43 12.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................ 9.46 8.1 38.2 9.49 9.7 38.3 9.29 3.5 38.1

 3 ................................................................... 9.03 3.7 36.3 9.23 5.0 37.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.43 2.5 39.9 9.77 3.1 39.8 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.47 12.6 39.1 – – – – – –

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ... 11.38 3.6 38.8 11.42 3.6 38.7 10.81 6.1 39.5

 2 ................................................................... 9.15 9.5 40.0 9.15 9.5 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.31 4.0 38.2 9.27 4.0 38.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.08 4.3 38.6 11.20 4.3 38.5 9.80 4.9 39.9

 5 ................................................................... 13.76 2.3 39.0 13.75 2.5 39.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 14.81 4.3 39.4 – – – – – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks .......................... 10.16 7.6 33.9 9.81 9.3 32.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.71 5.2 39.6 10.42 6.8 39.5 – – –

Billing clerks ....................................................... 10.42 3.9 36.0 10.47 3.8 39.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.85 2.6 29.9 11.06 1.8 38.9 – – –

Telephone operators .......................................... 9.24 7.4 33.1 9.39 8.0 32.3 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.11 9.5 25.8 8.11 9.5 25.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.42 3.6 36.6 8.51 4.1 35.8 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal service ...................... 9.38 8.5 38.5 9.47 9.0 39.3 – – –

Dispatchers ........................................................ 11.83 4.8 38.5 13.07 1.8 40.0 10.38 7.0 36.9

 4 ................................................................... 11.33 8.5 35.8 – – – 10.46 11.6 33.3

Production coordinators ..................................... 13.77 7.4 40.2 13.80 7.4 40.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.44 4.7 40.0 10.33 5.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.38 9.5 40.0 15.38 9.5 40.0 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks

 3 ................................................................... 9.15 4.8 39.8 9.15 4.8 39.8 – – –

Stock and inventory clerks ................................. 9.91 9.9 38.4 10.30 13.0 38.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.91 11.5 37.6 9.06 15.0 37.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.74 10.1 40.0 11.74 10.1 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical

–Continued

Meter readers .................................................... $14.88 5.9 40.0 – – – $15.14 1.9 40.0

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution

clerks, n.e.c. ..................................................... 10.65 13.0 31.5 $10.54 13.2 31.4 – – –

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 12.96 .2 39.9 12.96 .2 39.9 – – –

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ... 11.73 5.8 39.7 11.73 5.8 39.7 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.59 4.1 39.7 8.59 4.1 39.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.91 1.6 38.1 9.91 1.6 38.1 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.68 3.3 38.8 11.68 3.3 38.8 – – –

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ........................... 9.20 12.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Bill and account collectors ................................. 8.34 5.5 35.1 8.33 5.3 35.1 – – –

General office clerks .......................................... 9.44 2.9 38.0 9.42 3.5 37.8 9.49 1.9 38.4

 2 ................................................................... 9.09 6.3 38.6 – – – 8.27 2.6 36.7

 3 ................................................................... 8.66 2.0 39.3 8.53 3.4 39.4 9.18 5.3 38.7

 4 ................................................................... 9.92 2.2 36.1 9.80 3.7 35.0 10.26 2.0 39.7

 5 ................................................................... 14.97 12.4 39.6 16.01 15.9 39.7 – – –

Bank tellers ........................................................ 9.24 4.2 37.1 9.24 4.2 37.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.29 1.5 34.6 8.29 1.5 34.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.69 3.4 38.1 8.69 3.4 38.1 – – –

Data entry keyers ............................................... 9.32 4.6 39.0 9.24 4.5 38.9 10.09 8.1 39.9

 2 ................................................................... 8.09 3.8 37.3 8.09 3.8 37.3 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.71 2.8 39.4 9.72 2.8 39.4 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.95 3.8 39.5 9.98 3.9 39.6 – – –

Teachers’ aides ................................................. 7.75 2.0 36.6 – – – 7.82 1.7 36.5

 2 ................................................................... 7.33 3.4 36.1 – – – 7.31 3.1 36.4

 4 ................................................................... 7.71 6.8 39.5 – – – – – –

Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................ 10.18 2.6 35.5 9.73 3.3 35.1 13.18 14.7 38.4

 2 ................................................................... 10.34 9.3 37.2 9.54 3.3 38.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.75 4.9 39.2 8.75 4.9 39.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.15 3.2 37.9 10.03 2.7 37.9 10.78 2.9 37.9

 5 ................................................................... 10.96 7.2 26.3 10.95 7.4 26.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.65 11.0 39.6 12.82 10.6 39.6 – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................ 11.69 2.7 39.3 11.67 2.7 39.4 12.39 4.7 37.1

 1 ................................................................... 8.19 5.0 34.0 8.21 5.1 33.9 7.39 5.9 38.1

 2 ................................................................... – – – – – – 10.03 4.7 33.0

 3 ................................................................... 10.31 4.9 40.0 10.31 5.0 40.1 9.98 4.0 36.3

 4 ................................................................... – – – – – – 11.35 5.4 37.1

 5 ................................................................... – – – – – – 12.35 2.4 36.3

 6 ................................................................... 15.17 2.8 40.4 15.28 2.9 40.4 13.79 3.7 39.3

 7 ................................................................... 15.47 7.7 40.2 15.39 8.6 40.2 16.91 8.1 39.9

 8 ................................................................... 21.55 5.1 41.1 21.64 5.0 41.1 19.08 16.1 40.2

 9 ................................................................... 22.16 6.8 43.1 21.93 7.2 43.3 25.08 5.7 40.2

Precision production, craft, and repair ...................... – – – – – – 14.71 5.6 39.7

 1 ................................................................... 8.55 6.7 39.4 8.55 6.7 39.4 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.33 7.3 39.6 8.21 6.5 39.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.64 4.4 36.2 8.62 4.4 36.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... – – – – – – 12.01 9.9 38.9

 5 ................................................................... – – – – – – 12.34 3.4 39.8

 6 ................................................................... 15.22 2.5 40.0 15.41 2.4 40.1 13.44 5.1 39.8

 7 ................................................................... 15.13 9.2 40.2 15.00 10.2 40.2 17.37 7.9 39.9

 8 ................................................................... 21.90 5.8 40.5 22.02 5.6 40.5 19.08 16.1 40.2

 9 ................................................................... 23.53 1.3 40.4 23.35 1.8 40.4 25.08 5.7 40.2

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .............. 16.63 7.9 40.1 16.61 8.2 40.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.54 5.9 39.9 15.49 6.1 40.0 – – –

Automobile mechanics ....................................... 11.94 8.7 40.3 12.05 10.0 40.3 10.76 23.1 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 16.43 6.5 40.9 16.81 6.5 41.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics

 5 ................................................................... $14.84 8.3 41.6 – – – – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.36 13.7 39.6 $13.33 14.2 39.6 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics ............................. 15.29 4.0 40.0 16.35 5.0 40.0 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers ........................... 17.48 6.2 40.0 17.48 6.2 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.24 3.9 40.1 14.24 3.9 40.1 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 17.68 5.7 40.0 17.68 5.7 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 20.13 2.4 39.9 20.13 2.4 39.9 – – –

Machinery maintenance

 4 ................................................................... 11.14 10.4 39.9 – – – – – –

Electronic repairers, communications and

industrial equipment ......................................... 13.04 9.3 40.0 13.03 9.9 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 17.08 2.5 40.0 17.08 2.5 40.0 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.90 11.1 40.0 – – – – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics ........................................................ 11.29 3.6 40.0 11.28 3.6 40.0 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ........... 17.94 11.6 40.0 – – – – – –

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ......................... – – – – – – $11.09 3.3 39.5

 5 ................................................................... – – – – – – 10.98 2.2 39.6

 6 ................................................................... 16.89 14.6 39.2 17.74 11.8 39.5 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 17.95 4.7 41.1 17.98 5.2 41.2 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and power

transmission installers ..................................... 21.95 2.1 40.1 20.11 3.0 40.0 23.70 3.9 40.1

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ............. 20.27 4.6 41.6 21.81 3.1 42.1 15.37 4.3 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 18.94 6.6 41.0 20.46 4.6 41.6 15.90 2.3 40.0

Carpenters ......................................................... 16.43 8.2 40.0 16.56 8.1 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.18 2.3 40.0 14.19 2.3 40.0 – – –

Electricians ........................................................ 14.02 6.1 40.0 13.91 6.9 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 13.56 .9 40.0 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.90 8.3 40.0 15.65 9.2 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and repairers ............ 18.48 8.2 40.0 18.76 5.0 40.0 18.09 14.2 40.0

 7 ................................................................... 20.47 6.6 40.0 – – – 22.27 5.0 40.0

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ............... 19.63 14.5 40.0 20.93 12.1 40.0 14.30 10.7 40.0

Structural metal workers .................................... 11.78 4.1 40.0 11.78 4.1 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ................................. 14.06 13.3 38.5 13.26 19.2 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production ..................................... 19.57 4.3 41.2 19.57 4.4 41.2 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.57 3.1 41.1 13.68 3.6 41.2 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 18.43 7.5 42.0 18.43 7.5 42.0 – – –

 8 ................................................................... 23.62 4.5 41.8 23.62 4.5 41.8 – – –

 9 ................................................................... 23.79 4.2 41.1 23.88 4.6 41.2 – – –

Sheet metal workers .......................................... 13.14 .5 40.0 13.14 .5 40.0 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ................................. 10.27 8.1 40.0 10.27 8.1 40.0 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.14 3.2 40.0 12.14 3.2 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................ 15.41 8.9 40.4 15.41 8.9 40.4 – – –

Water and sewer treatment plant operators ...... 12.38 7.5 40.0 – – – 12.31 7.4 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 12.46 12.1 40.0 – – – 12.46 12.1 40.0

Power plant operators ........................................ 19.12 4.7 40.0 19.57 5.2 40.0 – – –

Stationary engineers .......................................... 17.23 .6 40.0 – – – – – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators,

n.e.c. ................................................................ 19.38 1.3 40.0 19.38 1.3 40.0 – – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..... 9.91 6.6 39.5 9.90 6.7 39.5 13.15 15.9 38.6

 1 ................................................................... 8.57 8.9 39.6 8.57 8.9 39.6 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.55 9.6 39.9 10.55 9.6 39.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.77 6.5 40.0 11.76 6.6 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 14.60 4.2 39.9 14.61 4.2 39.9 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 12.91 17.9 39.7 12.91 18.0 39.7 – – –

Punching and stamping press operators

 5 ................................................................... 11.66 11.8 40.0 11.66 11.8 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing

machine operators ........................................... $17.80 14.9 40.0 $17.80 14.9 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.81 4.2 39.9 10.81 4.2 39.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.03 2.5 39.8 10.03 2.5 39.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.52 .0 40.0 11.52 .0 40.0 – – –

Molding and casting machine operators ............ 9.07 2.7 39.4 9.07 2.7 39.4 – – –

Printing press operators ..................................... 11.36 8.1 39.8 11.34 8.5 39.8 – – –

Winding and twisting machine operators ........... 9.66 3.0 40.0 9.66 3.0 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine operators ..................... 8.67 7.3 40.0 8.67 7.3 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.15 11.0 40.0 9.15 11.0 40.0 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators 7.00 6.2 38.0 6.92 6.4 37.9 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.57 5.4 37.6 6.46 5.6 37.5 – – –

Extruding and forming machine operators ......... 11.04 12.6 39.1 11.04 12.6 39.1 – – –

Mixing and blending machine operators ............ 16.17 8.0 39.9 16.17 8.0 39.9 – – –

Compressing and compacting machine

operators .......................................................... 12.25 2.9 39.8 12.25 2.9 39.8 – – –

Painting and paint spraying machine operators 11.58 9.1 40.0 11.58 9.1 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food 12.68 5.0 40.0 12.68 5.0 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine operators ............... 12.45 15.4 40.0 12.45 15.4 40.0 – – –

Photographic process machine operators ......... 12.79 19.3 36.6 12.79 19.3 36.6 – – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

 5 ................................................................... 16.81 4.8 40.0 16.81 4.8 40.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 17.78 4.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Welders and cutters ........................................... 15.75 4.4 39.8 15.69 4.7 39.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.95 7.8 40.0 11.95 7.8 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.58 3.1 39.8 12.58 3.1 39.8 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 15.45 12.7 38.6 15.45 12.7 38.6 – – –

Assemblers ........................................................ 11.88 18.4 39.8 11.88 18.4 39.8 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.80 12.6 39.5 6.80 12.6 39.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.91 8.8 39.9 8.91 8.8 39.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 15.67 18.9 39.8 15.67 18.9 39.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.91 4.9 40.0 11.91 4.9 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ................... 7.93 3.5 37.5 7.93 3.5 37.5 – – –

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners

 4 ................................................................... 12.80 7.9 40.0 12.80 7.9 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 12.49 14.9 40.0 12.50 15.3 40.0 – – –

Production testers .............................................. 16.77 15.9 40.0 16.77 15.9 40.0 – – –

Transportation and material moving ......................... 11.63 5.1 40.5 11.66 5.5 41.4 $11.23 4.9 30.9

 1 ................................................................... 8.37 8.6 33.3 8.37 8.8 33.5 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.86 4.6 31.4 8.58 4.8 32.4 11.10 7.9 25.4

 3 ................................................................... 10.98 9.3 44.1 11.00 9.5 44.5 10.31 7.1 31.2

 4 ................................................................... 10.95 4.6 43.6 11.01 4.8 45.1 10.45 7.7 34.6

 5 ................................................................... 15.18 7.3 40.4 15.45 7.6 42.1 12.33 6.1 28.2

 6 ................................................................... 16.69 8.3 41.9 16.80 8.6 42.3 14.47 5.2 35.9

 7 ................................................................... 17.56 4.9 41.4 19.25 3.6 42.0 13.09 6.2 40.0

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ................ 17.07 2.6 41.6 17.34 5.1 41.8 – – –

Truck drivers ...................................................... 12.09 6.1 45.4 12.15 6.1 45.5 9.48 6.0 39.9

 2 ................................................................... 8.44 4.2 39.6 8.45 5.5 39.6 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.74 6.2 46.9 10.81 6.4 47.2 8.72 13.9 39.7

 5 ................................................................... 15.01 10.0 43.8 15.18 10.7 44.0 – – –

 6 ................................................................... 19.60 2.3 41.9 19.64 2.3 41.9 – – –

Driver-sales workers .......................................... 12.46 5.6 24.7 12.46 5.6 24.7 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 12.60 8.6 43.5 12.60 8.6 43.5 – – –

Bus drivers ......................................................... 10.74 8.2 25.7 – – – 11.71 7.1 22.3

 2 ................................................................... – – – – – – 11.83 13.0 22.1

 3 ................................................................... 9.43 12.5 30.8 – – – 10.93 12.9 25.5

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ................................ – – – – – – 12.10 9.3 39.0

Supervisors, material moving equipment ........... 16.36 6.3 40.5 16.62 7.1 40.6 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Operating engineers .......................................... $14.18 15.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Crane and tower operators ................................ 14.14 2.4 40.0 $14.14 2.4 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading machine operators ....... 15.27 8.4 39.6 14.81 11.9 40.0 – – –

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ............. 10.29 6.7 40.0 – – – $8.79 5.8 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 8.89 6.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 10.21 4.3 40.0 10.17 4.5 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 9.75 5.9 39.9 9.75 5.9 39.9 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 10.32 8.9 40.0 10.23 9.1 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 15.91 8.9 40.0 15.91 8.9 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous material moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ............................................... 11.90 4.3 33.8 12.09 3.8 33.0 – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and

laborers ....................................................................... 8.32 2.5 38.1 8.29 2.5 38.1 9.78 4.4 39.9

 1 ................................................................... 8.00 4.8 32.1 8.03 5.1 31.9 7.27 5.8 39.6

 2 ................................................................... – – – – – – 9.31 7.3 39.9

 3 ................................................................... 10.24 5.7 38.5 10.26 6.0 38.4 9.68 4.6 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 10.81 4.5 39.6 10.64 4.0 39.6 11.71 6.0 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 11.34 9.2 40.5 – – – 12.42 4.3 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 16.74 1.9 40.3 16.85 2.2 40.4 – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.88 4.6 41.4 16.16 5.2 41.5 – – –

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ... – – – – – – 9.74 9.5 39.9

 3 ................................................................... 9.96 9.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ................................................. 14.55 5.5 41.0 15.18 6.3 41.3 12.46 5.2 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 11.95 4.0 41.8 – – – – – –

 7 ................................................................... 15.70 5.1 41.6 16.00 5.7 41.7 – – –

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ..................... 8.50 4.2 37.2 8.25 3.9 37.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 8.01 2.5 40.0 8.00 2.4 40.0 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 13.16 2.5 40.0 – – – – – –

Helpers, construction trades .............................. 9.30 3.3 40.0 9.28 3.4 40.0 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.89 5.1 40.0 – – – – – –

Construction laborers ......................................... 9.60 9.1 39.8 9.63 9.2 39.8 9.07 16.2 39.2

 1 ................................................................... 7.56 6.7 39.6 7.65 6.9 39.7 6.23 1.5 38.1

Production helpers ............................................. 8.88 10.8 40.0 8.88 10.8 40.0 – – –

Garbage collectors ............................................. 8.47 6.8 40.0 – – – 8.47 6.8 40.0

Stock handlers and baggers .............................. 8.04 4.5 32.4 8.04 4.5 32.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 7.21 3.5 27.6 7.21 3.5 27.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.29 2.9 38.5 7.29 2.9 38.5 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.67 2.0 35.4 10.67 2.0 35.4 – – –

Machine feeders and offbearers ........................ 10.40 6.6 39.7 10.40 6.6 39.7 – – –

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ...... 9.28 6.8 35.1 9.29 6.8 35.1 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.88 9.4 38.0 7.86 9.8 37.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 10.43 15.3 36.8 10.43 15.3 36.8 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 11.27 2.6 36.1 11.27 2.6 36.1 – – –

Garage and service station related .................... 7.31 5.6 38.0 7.31 5.6 38.0 – – –

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ......... 9.38 11.0 24.4 9.32 10.9 24.2 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 8.31 17.9 17.8 8.31 17.9 17.8 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 9.88 8.5 40.0 9.88 8.5 40.0 – – –

Hand packers and packagers

 3 ................................................................... 10.51 1.1 40.0 10.51 1.1 40.0 – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................. 8.19 4.4 39.0 8.14 4.6 38.9 8.68 4.2 40.0

 1 ................................................................... 7.77 8.7 38.4 7.78 9.1 38.3 7.73 7.0 40.0

 2 ................................................................... 8.30 2.6 39.6 8.27 3.1 39.5 8.58 .5 40.0

 3 ................................................................... – – – – – – 9.01 5.6 40.0

 4 ................................................................... 11.36 6.3 40.0 10.92 7.9 40.0 – – –

Service .............................................................................. 7.96 1.5 34.0 7.58 3.5 33.6 10.62 5.2 37.6

 1 ................................................................... 5.77 4.4 28.8 5.65 3.9 28.7 7.74 2.7 30.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

 2 ................................................................... $5.65 5.7 32.9 $5.52 5.0 32.8 $7.89 3.9 36.1

 3 ................................................................... 8.12 7.0 37.2 8.02 8.3 37.2 8.68 7.2 36.9

 4 ................................................................... 8.58 3.2 38.6 8.39 3.8 39.5 9.56 6.3 34.8

 5 ................................................................... 11.93 6.0 36.1 11.70 10.2 34.7 12.55 5.5 40.6

 6 ................................................................... 12.70 3.1 43.6 13.80 3.2 37.2 12.52 3.1 44.8

 7 ................................................................... – – – – – – 15.10 6.9 42.8

 8 ................................................................... 15.30 6.8 43.9 – – – 14.59 5.8 44.0

 9 ................................................................... 21.06 5.8 45.9 – – – 21.06 5.8 45.9

Protective service .................................................. 11.07 6.5 40.2 – – – 13.26 4.2 42.0

 1 ................................................................... 7.51 5.1 35.7 7.51 5.2 35.9 – – –

 3 ................................................................... – – – – – – 11.50 12.2 40.1

 4 ................................................................... 11.27 3.0 37.5 – – – 11.39 3.5 37.7

 5 ................................................................... 12.26 4.0 39.8 11.47 13.4 34.2 12.45 6.4 41.4

 6 ................................................................... 12.61 3.1 44.5 – – – 12.52 3.2 44.9

 7 ................................................................... 15.10 6.9 42.8 – – – 15.10 6.9 42.8

 8 ................................................................... 14.42 6.0 44.2 – – – 14.42 6.0 44.2

 9 ................................................................... 21.06 5.8 45.9 – – – 21.06 5.8 45.9

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention ...... 15.96 9.3 52.3 – – – 15.96 9.3 52.3

 7 ................................................................... 16.20 5.6 52.6 – – – 16.20 5.6 52.6

 8 ................................................................... 13.13 11.4 51.9 – – – 13.13 11.4 51.9

Supervisors, police and detectives .................... 18.32 7.8 40.1 – – – 18.32 7.8 40.1

 7 ................................................................... 21.09 1.6 39.9 – – – 21.09 1.6 39.9

 8 ................................................................... 15.10 5.0 40.3 – – – 15.10 5.0 40.3

Supervisors, guards ........................................... 12.52 3.8 38.1 – – – – – –

Firefighting ......................................................... 11.77 5.0 52.1 – – – 11.77 5.0 52.1

 5 ................................................................... 11.08 9.3 51.8 – – – 11.08 9.3 51.8

 6 ................................................................... 11.36 7.6 53.0 – – – 11.36 7.6 53.0

Police and detectives, public service ................. 14.72 3.9 38.6 – – – 14.72 3.9 38.6

 5 ................................................................... 15.98 6.9 40.0 – – – 15.98 6.9 40.0

 6 ................................................................... 14.20 4.6 40.3 – – – 14.20 4.6 40.3

 7 ................................................................... 13.49 4.3 40.2 – – – 13.49 4.3 40.2

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement

officers ............................................................. 11.88 3.6 40.2 – – – 11.88 3.6 40.2

 7 ................................................................... 13.14 13.5 40.1 – – – 13.14 13.5 40.1

Correctional institution officers ........................... 11.34 3.8 39.9 – – – 11.34 3.8 39.9

 4 ................................................................... 11.46 6.6 40.0 – – – 11.46 6.6 40.0

 5 ................................................................... 10.62 7.0 39.5 – – – 10.62 7.0 39.5

Guards and police, except public service .......... – – – – – – 10.33 3.4 35.3

 1 ................................................................... 7.58 5.5 36.5 7.58 5.5 36.5 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 11.33 12.1 33.7 11.47 13.4 34.2 – – –

Protective service, n.e.c. .................................... 18.30 32.1 37.4 – – – 10.11 4.7 37.2

 3 ................................................................... 9.62 4.9 36.8 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.70 2.3 38.5 – – – 9.52 2.2 38.2

Food service .......................................................... 5.63 6.1 32.2 5.50 5.6 32.0 8.14 6.2 34.6

 1 ................................................................... 5.57 2.8 24.6 5.46 2.7 24.3 8.07 3.7 35.7

 2 ................................................................... 5.05 5.0 34.4 4.97 4.5 34.5 7.34 7.2 32.9

 3 ................................................................... 5.77 12.4 33.8 5.49 12.6 33.6 8.69 9.3 36.8

 4 ................................................................... 8.63 2.6 39.3 8.70 2.7 40.4 8.30 2.7 34.9

 5 ................................................................... 9.81 3.7 42.0 9.59 3.0 42.4 – – –

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders

 1 ................................................................... 3.41 8.4 27.4 3.41 8.4 27.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 3.53 15.6 31.7 3.53 15.6 31.7 – – –

Bartenders ......................................................... 5.90 6.7 30.8 5.90 6.7 30.8 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 6.20 9.6 35.4 6.20 9.6 35.4 – – –

Waiters and waitresses

 1 ................................................................... 3.15 8.7 28.1 3.15 8.7 28.1 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 3.03 14.1 31.1 3.03 14.1 31.1 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ......................... 4.50 5.8 23.4 4.50 5.8 23.4 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 4.42 6.2 24.8 4.42 6.2 24.8 – – –

Other food service ............................................... 6.95 3.2 29.5 6.81 3.2 29.0 8.14 6.2 34.6

 1 ................................................................... 6.16 1.9 24.0 6.05 1.8 23.5 8.07 3.7 35.7

 2 ................................................................... 6.18 2.3 29.9 6.04 2.2 29.6 7.34 7.2 32.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Other food service –Continued

 3 ................................................................... $7.73 4.1 35.9 $7.54 3.6 35.8 $8.70 9.3 36.8

 4 ................................................................... 8.67 2.3 39.6 8.75 2.4 40.7 8.30 2.7 34.9

 5 ................................................................... 9.81 3.7 42.0 9.59 3.0 42.4 – – –

Supervisors, food preparation and service ........ 9.58 3.6 42.0 9.47 4.0 42.1 13.13 3.9 38.3

 3 ................................................................... 7.79 18.3 41.8 – – – – – –

 4 ................................................................... 8.82 2.3 44.1 8.82 2.3 44.1 – – –

 5 ................................................................... 9.78 3.9 42.3 9.56 3.2 42.6 – – –

Cooks ................................................................. 7.66 3.7 34.5 7.40 3.9 34.4 8.68 2.7 34.7

 1 ................................................................... 7.64 2.7 36.9 – – – – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.62 9.6 32.8 6.24 9.6 32.4 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 7.86 3.7 34.9 7.59 3.4 34.9 9.50 3.4 35.0

 4 ................................................................... 8.44 3.8 34.2 8.59 4.6 34.4 – – –

Food counter, fountain, and related ................... 6.07 1.2 28.0 6.04 1.2 27.9 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 5.57 1.9 20.6 5.57 1.9 20.6 – – –

Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................... 7.35 5.3 31.9 7.24 4.7 29.7 7.50 7.2 35.4

 1 ................................................................... 6.97 5.8 27.4 6.88 6.7 26.6 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.25 7.4 34.8 7.52 7.2 35.2 7.14 9.6 34.7

 3 ................................................................... 7.85 6.6 40.0 – – – – – –

Food preparation, n.e.c. ..................................... 5.86 2.7 23.9 5.81 2.8 23.8 7.21 4.6 28.5

 1 ................................................................... 5.98 1.4 23.4 5.96 1.4 23.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 5.23 11.8 25.5 5.01 13.9 25.7 – – –

Health service ........................................................ 7.58 3.2 36.3 7.48 3.6 36.2 8.02 3.8 36.5

 1 ................................................................... 6.48 3.2 37.8 6.37 3.3 38.0 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.32 3.6 36.2 7.16 4.6 35.7 8.38 7.0 40.0

 3 ................................................................... 7.47 3.8 36.4 7.43 4.4 36.3 7.70 6.5 37.0

 4 ................................................................... 8.28 4.9 35.5 8.32 5.8 36.8 8.18 3.7 32.8

 5 ................................................................... 11.29 5.9 35.9 11.29 5.9 35.9 – – –

Health aides, except nursing ............................. 8.68 4.2 33.9 8.70 4.8 33.3 8.59 4.2 37.4

 2 ................................................................... 7.37 8.0 31.0 7.41 8.4 30.7 – – –

 3 ................................................................... 8.43 7.4 36.3 8.43 7.5 36.2 – – –

 4 ................................................................... 9.57 1.9 34.9 10.35 8.0 31.5 – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............ 7.37 3.2 36.7 7.27 3.8 36.8 7.87 4.6 36.1

 1 ................................................................... 6.50 3.2 38.0 6.38 3.1 37.9 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 7.31 3.7 37.1 7.12 5.0 36.7 8.47 7.5 40.0

 3 ................................................................... 7.33 4.7 36.4 7.25 5.6 36.3 7.67 6.7 36.9

 4 ................................................................... 7.85 5.7 35.5 7.99 5.8 37.8 – – –

Cleaning and building service ................................ 9.00 7.1 36.9 8.98 8.6 36.7 9.14 6.1 37.9

 1 ................................................................... 6.85 5.7 32.5 6.69 6.7 32.0 7.80 3.5 36.2

 2 ................................................................... 7.59 7.3 34.2 7.26 11.0 32.2 8.28 4.8 39.5

 3 ................................................................... 9.32 4.3 37.8 9.47 7.9 38.5 9.10 5.7 36.8

 4 ................................................................... – – – – – – 11.96 1.9 39.3

 5 ................................................................... – – – – – – 14.60 5.1 40.0

Supervisors, cleaning and building service

workers ............................................................ – – – – – – 11.99 16.5 39.5

Maids and housemen ........................................ 6.16 3.9 34.1 6.13 3.7 34.0 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 6.01 2.8 33.1 6.00 2.7 33.2 – – –

 2 ................................................................... 6.77 5.8 39.8 – – – – – –

Janitors and cleaners ......................................... 10.01 7.9 35.3 10.42 8.0 34.7 8.59 4.0 37.6

 1 ................................................................... 7.54 4.4 32.0 7.45 6.7 30.7 7.79 3.7 36.3

 2 ................................................................... 7.65 10.8 32.5 7.47 14.9 30.0 8.05 5.5 39.5

 3 ................................................................... 9.46 4.9 37.4 10.06 13.2 38.2 9.01 5.8 36.7

 4 ................................................................... 10.39 6.8 38.8 – – – – – –

Personal service .................................................... – – – – – – 7.63 7.7 29.2

 1 ................................................................... 5.11 2.2 30.4 – – – 6.80 5.3 11.9

 2 ................................................................... – – – – – – 6.86 4.6 30.1

 3 ................................................................... 7.56 8.2 34.1 8.02 5.1 32.2 7.30 10.9 35.3

 4 ................................................................... 6.32 19.8 36.0 5.64 28.1 39.1 7.67 9.7 31.1

 5 ................................................................... 8.23 9.7 24.2 – – – – – –

Supervisors, personal service ............................ – – – – – – 9.82 13.0 17.3

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ....................... 5.65 14.4 22.3 5.65 14.4 22.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 6. Occupations1 and levels,2 East South Central: Mean hourly earnings3 and weekly hours, private industry and State and

local government, National Compensation Survey,4 1999–Continued

Occupations and levels

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

Mean hours

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Baggage porters and bellhops ........................... $7.13 4.4 30.8 $7.13 4.4 30.8 – – –

 1 ................................................................... 5.88 3.0 29.4 5.88 3.0 29.4 – – –

Welfare service aides ........................................ 7.37 4.2 26.8 7.38 4.2 26.8 – – –

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................. 7.13 5.2 33.9 6.05 2.0 32.4 $7.98 8.7 35.3

 2 ................................................................... 6.99 6.4 35.3 – – – 6.78 5.1 35.7

Child care workers, n.e.c. .................................. 6.65 4.4 31.7 – – – 6.66 5.1 32.7

Service, n.e.c. .................................................... – – – – – – 9.00 7.1 30.4

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see Technical Note. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in anestablishment is evaluated based

on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned

based on the occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See the Technical Note 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, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. 

4 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.

The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include

workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 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 Technical Note.

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

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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TABLE A. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 East South

Central, National Compensation Survey,3 1999

Occupational group All industries Private industry State and local

government

All ............................................................................................. 7,839,200 7,091,000 748,300

All, excluding sales ............................................................... 7,000,000 6,257,200 742,800

White collar ......................................................................... 2,704,300 2,227,600 476,700

White collar, excluding sales ............................................ 1,865,100 1,393,800 471,300

Professional specialty and technical ................................. 730,300 423,800 306,500

Professional specialty occupations ............................... 556,800 277,700 279,100

Technical occupations .................................................. 173,500 146,100 27,400

Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... 317,700 265,600 52,000

Sales ................................................................................. 839,300 833,800 5,400

Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 817,100 704,400 112,700

Blue collar ........................................................................... 3,617,200 3,536,300 80,800

Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. – – 31,000

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 911,800 909,600 2,200

Transportation and material moving ................................. 287,000 260,800 26,200

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 1,015,500 994,100 21,500

Service ................................................................................. 1,517,800 1,327,000 190,700

1 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

with other statistical series to measure employment trends or

levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the

survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual

occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.

For more information, see Technical Note. 3 In this census division, collection was conducted between

May 1999 and April 2000. The average reference period was

October 1999. For the first time, estimates include workers in

private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data

did not meet publication criteria. 

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TABLE B. Number of establishments studied by industry group and establishment employment size, East South Central, National

Compensation Survey,1 1999

Industry division

Number of establishments studied

Total 1 to 99

workers2

100 to

499

workers

500 to

999

workers

1000 to

2,499

workers

2,500 to

4,999

workers

5,000 or

more

workers

All ...................................................................................................................... 1,121 450 463 85 79 27 17

Private Industry ............................................................................................ 939 420 379 62 54 14 10

Goods-producing industries ....................................................................... 301 108 140 26 17 6 4

Mining .................................................................................................... 1 1 –––––

Construction ........................................................................................... 54 40 13 1 – – –

Manufacturing ........................................................................................ 246 67 127 25 17 6 4

Durable goods ................................................................................... 140 39 67 12 12 6 4

Nondurable goods ............................................................................. 106 28 60 13 5 – –

Service-producing industries ..................................................................... 638 312 239 36 37 8 6

Transportation and utilities ..................................................................... 90 37 31 10615

Wholesale trade ..................................................................................... 49 33 15 1 – – –

Retail trade ............................................................................................ 164 116 38 4 4 2–

Finance, insurance and real estate ........................................................ 53 33 12 5 2 1–

Services ................................................................................................. 282 93 143 16 25 4 1

State and local government ........................................................................ 182 30 84 23 25 13 7

1 In this census division, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000.

The average reference period was October 1999. For the first time, estimates include

workers in private establishments employing fewer than 50 workers. 2 Estimates include private establishments employing 1 to 99 workers and State and

local government establishments employing 50 to 99 workers. 

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups

may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Technical Note

The data in these tables are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the Bureau of

Labor Statistics throughout the year. The surveys are locality-based and cover establishments in private industry and

State and local governments. Bulletins are issued for individual localities, when sufficient data meet publication standards. Agriculture, private households, and the Federal Government are excluded from the scope of the survey.

Survey scope. In the East South Central census division,

the NCS studied 1,121 establishments,representing approximately 7,839,200 workers within the scope of the survey.

Beginning with the 1999 NCS, private sector establishments

with 1 or more workers are included in the survey. State

and local governments with 50 or more workers also are

included. The number of workers represented by the survey is shown in table A, and the number of establishments

is shown in table B. 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 entity.

Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the

survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the State unemployment insurance reports. The

reference month for the public sector is June 1994. 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.

The reference month for the private sector varied by area.

Sample design and data collection. The sample for this

survey was selected using a three-stage design. The first

stage consisted of the selection of areas. The nationwide

NCS sample consists of 154 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nations 326 metropolitan

statistical areas and the remaining portions of the 50 States.

Metropolitan areas are designated Metropolitan Statistical

Areas (MSAs) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), as defined in 1994 by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties

The NCS locality areas that contribute to the East South

Central census division are:

Birmingham, AL, MSA

Bradley County, TN

Choctaw County, AL

Harrison County, KY

Henry County, AL

Huntsville, AL, MSA

Knoxville, TN, MSA

Lee County, MS

Louisville, KY-IN, MSA

Memphis, TN-AR-MS, MSA

Mobile, AL, MSA

Taylor County, KY

Tunica County, MS

Wayne County, TN

Winston County, MS

In the second stage, the sample of establishments was

drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership

and industry. 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

establishments employment, the greater the establishment's

chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that the establishment represents similar units (by industry and employment

size) in the economy that were not selected for collection.

The third stage of sample selection was a probability

sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. In

the East South Central region, collection was conducted between May 1999 and April 2000, with an average reference

period of October 1999.

Occupational selection and classification. Identification

of the occupations for which wage data were collected was

a four-step process:

1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs

2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the

Census of Population system

3. Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time,

union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive

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or parishes that do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
4. Determination of the level of work of each job

For each occupation, wage data were collected for those

workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three

steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which

a correct classification or level could not be determined.

In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each

establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal

visit. 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 second step of the process entailed classifying the

selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The

National Compensation Survey occupational classification

system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational

classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. For

cases in which a jobs duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level

were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback.

In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen workers were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on

the establishments 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.

The fourth step in the job classification procedure was to

determine the work level of each of the establishments selected jobs, using a generic leveling process. This process,

involving discussions between the Bureaus field economist

and the respondent, ranks and compares all selected establishment occupations using 10 leveling factors. For more

information on generic leveling and an example of how to

use the criteria for leveling a job, see appendix C and appendix D at http://www.bls.gov/compub.htm or any of our

published NCS bulletins. The above website also has a link

to the NCS job descriptions.

Data reliability. The data in these tables 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. Tables in this bulletin provide RSE data for indicated series.

The standard error can be used to calculate a confidence

interval around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose the mean hourly earnings for all workers was $15.09

per hour, with a relative standard error of 0.6 percent for

this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $15.24 to $14.94 ($15.09 x 1.645 x

0.006 = $0.149, rounded to $0.15); ($15.09 + $0.15 = $15.24;

$15.09 - $0.15 = $14.94). 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. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all

survey areas will be used in the development of a formal

quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling

error. Although nonsampling errors also were not specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize them through

the extensive training of field economists who gathered survey data by personal visit, computer editing of the data,

and detailed data review.

Census area divisions. Data are tabulated by census divisions defined as follows: New England - Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Rhode

Island; Middle Atlantic - New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; East North Central - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,

Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central - Iowa, Kansas,

Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska; South Atlantic - Delaware, District of Columbia,

Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central - Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South

Central - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas;

Mountain - Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New

Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada; and Pacific - Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Some census divisions include Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical

Areas (CMSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)

that cross State lines.

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