National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the West South 

Central Census Division, June 2006 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner 

September 2007 
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES 

The National Compensation Survey program publishes occupational for each of the nine census divisions. Between 1997 

and August 2006, the census division publications classified occupations under the Occupational Classification System 

(OCS), based on the 1990 Census of Population, and identified establishments by the 1987 Standard Industrial 

Classification (SIC) system. 

The census division publications have recently undergone a number of major changes. Beginning with these estimates, the 

following changes have been introduced: 

1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system 

2. The 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 

3. Imputation for temporary nonresponse situations 

4. Benchmarking of estimated employment 

5. New tables 

New classification systems 

The 2000 SOC system defines more than 800 detailed occupations and is designed to reflect the current occupational 

structure in the United States better than previous occupational systems. Detailed occupations are combined into broad 

occupations, broad occupations are combined into minor groups, and minor groups are then combined into major groups. 

This design of several levels of aggregation is intended to meet the widely varying needs of data users. In addition, the 

2002 NAICS system was used to classify establishments by industry. 

Imputation for temporary nonresponse of establishments 

For the first time, the census division program is imputing data for temporary nonresponse situations. The National 

Compensation Survey is voluntary, and a company official may refuse to participate in the initial survey or may be 

unwilling or unable to update previously collected data during a subsequent contact. For those situations where previous 

wage data cannot be updated, an estimate for the missing data is imputed using information obtained from similar 

establishments and occupations. 

Benchmarking of estimated employment 

Post stratification, also known as benchmarking, has been introduced to adjust survey sample weights so that these weights 

reflect the current count of employment by industry. Initial weights are derived when the sample of establishments are 

selected, reflecting employment distribution by industry at that time. Those weights may be up to 7 years old for the oldest 

panel of five sample rotation panels at the time of publication. Benchmarking adjusts those weights to reflect the 

employment distribution by industry for the reference date of the data. 

New tables 

In addition to presenting wage data classified according to the SOC, the census division publications have added the 

following new tables: 

• Table that combines work levels into four bands -- levels 1 through 4, levels 5 through 8, levels 9 through 12, and 

levels 13 through 15. The publication of combined levels is intended to make the wage estimates more useful to 

compensation analysts. 

• Tables that present detailed occupational data by size of establishment--specifically, those with fewer than 100 

workers and those with 100 or more workers. 

• Table with detailed occupational data for supervisory workers. 

• Hourly wage percentiles to describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each 

published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles. 

• Hourly, weekly, and annual average wages for full-time workers in a single table. 

• Tables with detailed occupational data for hospitals. 
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Contents 

 

 Tables: page 

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

 Characteristics, West South Central, June 2006.................................................................. 3 

 Table 2: Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels, 

 West South Central, June 2006............................... ..................................................... 4 

 Table 3: Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work 

 levels, West South Central, June 2006......................... ................................................. 29 

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

 by work levels, West South Central, June 2006.................. ............................................... 48 

 Table 5: Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time 

 workers, West South Central, June 2006.......................................................................... 58 

 Table 6: Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles, West South Central, June 2006................................. 77 

 Table 7: Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles, West South Central, June 2006...................... 86 

 Table 8: State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles, West South Central, June 2006......... 94 

 

 Table 9: Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles, West South Central, June 2006.................. 98 

 Table10: Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles, West South Central, June 2006.................. 107 

 Table 11: Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean 

 weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006................................................... 110 

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

 mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006............................................ 122 

 Table 13: Full-time state and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual 

 earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006........................... 132 

 Table 14: Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments for major 

 occupational groups, West South Central, June 2006....................................................... 138 

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

 Earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time industry workers, West South Central, 

 June, 2006......................................................................................................... 139 

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

 Earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time industry workers, West South Central, 

 June, 2006............................................................................................. ........... 144 

 Table 17: Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups, 

 West South Central, June 2006 ................................................................................ 151 

 Table 18: Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups, 

 West South Central, June 2006 ................................................................................ 152 
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Contents-Continued: 

 Table 19: Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers by major occupational 

 Group, West South Central, June 2006....................................................................... 153 

 Table 20: Civilian workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and 

 mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers by work levels, West South Central, 

 June 2006 ......................................................................................................... 154 

 Table 21: Civilian workers in management occupations by supervisory responsibility: Mean and median 

 Weekly and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 158 

 Table 22: Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment 

 characteristics, West South Central, June 2006............................................................ 159 

Technical Note ............................................................................................................... A-1 

 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, West South Central, June 2006 ............ A-3 

 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, West South Central, June 2006 .............................. A-4 
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, West South

Central, June 2006

Worker and establishment

characteristics

Civilian

workers

Private industry

workers

State and local government

workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

All workers .......................................................... $17.12 1.5 36.7 $16.62 1.6 36.4 $19.93 1.6 38.0

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 29.09 2.0 38.3 30.22 2.8 38.6 26.31 1.2 37.6

Management, business, and financial .......... 34.21 3.0 40.4 35.02 3.0 40.6 29.92 4.9 39.1

Professional and related ............................... 26.80 2.9 37.5 27.45 4.3 37.6 25.58 1.3 37.3

Service .............................................................. 9.25 4.0 32.3 8.11 3.1 31.1 14.22 4.4 38.6

Sales and office ................................................ 13.96 1.3 36.3 14.07 1.4 36.1 12.89 1.6 38.1

Sales and related .......................................... 14.89 2.4 34.1 14.90 2.4 34.2 13.59 12.1 28.7

Office and administrative support ................. 13.40 .9 37.7 13.49 1.1 37.6 12.87 1.8 38.5

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................... 16.27 2.6 40.2 16.43 3.1 40.2 14.82 3.9 39.8

Construction and extraction ......................... 15.48 3.9 40.2 15.61 4.5 40.3 14.29 4.8 39.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 17.53 2.5 40.3 17.77 3.0 40.3 15.58 4.6 39.8

Production, transportation, and material

moving ............................................................ 13.34 3.5 38.1 13.34 3.6 38.2 13.45 4.1 36.1

Production .................................................... 13.15 2.8 39.3 13.15 2.9 39.3 13.62 9.0 39.7

Transportation and material moving ............. 13.51 6.0 37.1 13.52 6.2 37.2 13.38 3.3 34.9

Full time ............................................................ 18.09 1.4 39.9 17.69 1.5 39.9 20.15 1.6 39.6

Part time ........................................................... 8.66 2.8 21.5 8.38 2.7 21.8 13.80 10.6 17.8

Union ................................................................ 21.60 5.5 37.0 21.61 6.4 36.9 21.59 2.0 38.0

Nonunion .......................................................... 16.91 1.3 36.6 16.38 1.3 36.4 19.86 1.8 38.0

Time .................................................................. 16.70 1.5 36.5 16.08 1.7 36.2 19.94 1.6 38.0

Incentive ........................................................... 24.34 4.4 39.8 24.35 4.4 39.9 – – –

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 18.59 4.0 39.7 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service providing .............................................. – – – – – – – – –

1-99 workers ..................................................... 14.62 2.5 36.0 14.55 2.5 36.0 17.71 9.5 36.4

100-499 workers ............................................... 16.89 1.5 36.6 16.79 1.5 36.5 17.74 5.0 37.4

500 workers or more ......................................... 21.59 1.6 37.8 22.22 2.3 37.6 20.68 1.7 38.3

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

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

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

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

weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,

exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based

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

determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially

based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing

industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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

Central, June 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $17.12 1.5 $18.09 1.4 $8.66 2.8

Management occupations ................................................. 38.91 3.6 38.96 3.7 21.34 19.7

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.66 5.4 17.85 5.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.65 6.9 17.65 6.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 21.45 3.3 21.45 3.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.68 3.6 29.72 3.6 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 33.89 5.0 33.89 5.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.55 3.9 38.55 3.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 52.01 3.4 52.01 3.4 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 58.64 3.5 58.64 3.5 – –

Level 14 ............................................................ 79.20 13.6 79.20 13.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 44.18 7.4 44.22 7.4 – –

General and operations managers ................................... 41.03 7.5 41.03 7.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.74 11.3 32.74 11.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.10 11.0 41.10 11.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 46.71 17.8 46.71 17.8 – –

Advertising and promotions managers ............................. 31.02 18.0 31.02 18.0 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 48.57 13.9 48.57 13.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.70 15.5 25.70 15.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 49.49 29.9 49.49 29.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.30 .2 40.30 .2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 59.38 3.6 59.38 3.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 56.20 12.8 56.20 12.8 – –

Marketing managers ..................................................... 56.91 12.9 56.91 12.9 – –

Sales managers ............................................................ 41.15 17.4 41.15 17.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 56.58 29.7 56.58 29.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 53.58 19.1 53.58 19.1 – –

Administrative services managers .................................... 27.75 9.4 27.75 9.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 24.73 12.3 24.73 12.3 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 47.54 7.3 47.54 7.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 42.67 13.6 42.67 13.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.31 12.7 49.31 12.7 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 51.98 3.3 51.98 3.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.28 9.1 26.28 9.1 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 31.34 4.5 31.34 4.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.76 7.9 40.76 7.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 66.79 11.0 66.79 11.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.31 3.7 49.31 3.7 – –

Human resources managers ............................................ 33.76 6.7 33.76 6.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.58 13.3 30.58 13.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 36.10 10.9 36.10 10.9 – –

Compensation and benefits managers ......................... 31.14 7.0 31.14 7.0 – –

Training and development managers ........................... 28.64 10.4 28.64 10.4 – –

Industrial production managers ........................................ 37.39 5.5 37.39 5.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.41 7.8 39.41 7.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 41.88 21.2 41.88 21.2 – –

Purchasing managers ....................................................... 39.39 17.6 39.39 17.6 – –

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ......... 31.76 6.8 31.76 6.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.07 8.4 34.07 8.4 – –

Construction managers .................................................... 32.62 4.4 32.62 4.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.69 6.5 31.69 6.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.29 13.9 32.29 13.9 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 37.75 9.3 37.92 9.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 17.14 12.6 17.14 12.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.02 6.8 30.78 7.2 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 36.50 10.4 36.50 10.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.96 4.1 35.96 4.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 46.05 5.4 46.05 5.4 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 49.69 11.6 49.69 11.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.08 40.2 51.08 40.2 – –

Education administrators, preschool and child care

center/program ....................................................... 15.03 12.2 15.03 12.2 – –

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 37.97 3.5 37.97 3.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.10 4.5 34.10 4.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school –Continued

Level 10 ............................................................ $41.66 3.8 $41.66 3.8 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.74 4.3 35.74 4.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 44.81 5.8 44.81 5.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.63 18.4 40.63 18.4 – –

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 46.42 14.0 46.42 14.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 37.85 8.2 37.85 8.2 – –

Engineering managers ..................................................... 52.37 8.9 52.37 8.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 54.86 17.1 54.86 17.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 49.40 9.9 49.40 9.9 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 49.46 5.0 49.46 5.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 82.91 32.4 82.91 32.4 – –

Food service managers .................................................... 21.06 10.4 21.29 11.7 – –

Medical and health services managers ............................ 29.15 8.1 29.19 8.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.53 8.6 25.53 8.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 34.50 7.4 34.50 7.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 35.87 8.5 35.87 8.5 – –

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .................................................................... 25.10 4.9 25.10 4.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.38 7.1 29.38 7.1 – –

Social and community service managers ......................... 15.93 10.4 15.93 10.4 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 27.57 2.4 27.63 2.4 $23.88 11.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.70 5.9 17.70 5.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.42 8.3 19.48 8.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.04 3.0 21.03 3.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 24.76 6.4 24.84 6.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.83 2.0 26.83 2.0 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 40.32 9.7 40.62 10.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 37.09 4.1 37.09 4.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 45.52 9.0 45.52 9.0 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 54.87 4.4 54.87 4.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 27.55 7.2 27.65 7.3 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 27.27 3.2 27.27 3.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.23 9.5 17.23 9.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.04 14.4 26.04 14.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.85 6.9 28.85 6.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.53 11.3 32.53 11.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.35 20.6 29.35 20.6 – –

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ............................................................... 23.55 4.7 23.48 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.65 3.2 21.65 3.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.08 4.2 26.08 4.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.72 11.8 20.02 12.6 – –

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........... 23.01 1.6 22.93 1.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.75 3.2 20.75 3.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.08 4.2 26.08 4.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.89 10.9 – – – –

Cost estimators ................................................................. 29.94 13.4 29.94 13.4 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 24.48 5.1 24.57 4.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.75 11.6 17.86 3.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.62 5.1 21.62 5.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.55 5.1 24.25 2.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.78 5.5 25.78 5.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.27 25.4 32.27 25.4 – –

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .. 22.59 8.4 22.88 8.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.49 9.8 25.49 9.8 – –

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists .. 21.72 10.0 21.72 10.0 – –

Training and development specialists .......................... 31.05 19.0 30.94 20.0 – –

Logisticians ....................................................................... 32.06 13.4 32.06 13.4 – –

Management analysts ...................................................... 31.39 10.9 31.39 10.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.46 17.6 33.46 17.6 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 28.68 10.7 28.68 10.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.31 5.4 20.31 5.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Accountants and auditors –Continued

Level 6 ............................................................. $18.27 6.8 $18.27 6.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.80 2.8 20.72 2.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.42 13.8 25.32 14.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 22.30 11.2 22.30 11.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.97 3.0 32.97 3.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.82 7.7 29.82 7.7 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 30.95 11.2 30.95 11.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.03 5.8 33.03 5.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.47 38.5 32.47 38.5 – –

Financial analysts ......................................................... 33.98 14.2 33.98 14.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.44 8.2 31.44 8.2 – –

Personal financial advisors ........................................... 24.63 12.1 24.63 12.1 – –

Loan counselors and officers ............................................ 28.34 14.9 28.34 14.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.57 27.7 22.57 27.7 – –

Loan officers ................................................................. 28.61 15.3 28.61 15.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.57 27.7 22.57 27.7 – –

Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue

agents ......................................................................... 20.80 27.6 20.80 27.6 – –

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents ........... 20.80 27.6 20.80 27.6 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 33.79 4.1 33.88 4.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.19 8.2 15.19 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.42 6.6 18.64 6.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.13 8.5 24.13 8.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.77 3.5 27.78 3.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.44 3.3 32.38 3.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.62 5.3 37.62 5.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.51 2.8 38.51 2.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.29 5.6 47.29 5.6 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 53.19 4.0 53.19 4.0 – –

Level 14 ............................................................ 63.13 5.9 63.13 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.16 12.2 32.16 12.2 – –

Computer programmers ................................................... 30.99 7.5 30.82 7.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.13 22.2 24.84 25.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.38 3.5 35.38 3.5 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 41.20 4.9 41.20 4.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.05 3.6 36.05 3.6 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.53 5.3 35.53 5.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.42 6.1 41.42 6.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 54.57 13.3 54.57 13.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.58 8.5 40.58 8.5 – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 40.61 8.5 40.61 8.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.71 9.1 37.71 9.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 58.53 20.9 58.53 20.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 36.22 13.7 36.22 13.7 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 41.86 4.5 41.86 4.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.80 6.0 34.80 6.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.13 6.9 41.13 6.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 48.30 2.0 48.30 2.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 44.95 12.6 44.95 12.6 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 25.04 14.2 25.37 15.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.93 11.2 14.93 11.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.70 5.6 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.93 12.1 20.93 12.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.45 5.2 33.45 5.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 27.37 27.3 27.37 27.3 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 37.49 5.8 37.49 5.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 30.39 14.2 30.39 14.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.47 4.6 26.47 4.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.13 2.3 32.13 2.3 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.40 6.2 35.40 6.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.46 1.3 39.46 1.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 46.32 6.0 46.32 6.0 – –

Database administrators ................................................... 23.61 7.1 23.62 7.1 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 27.65 8.8 27.65 8.8 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Network and computer systems administrators

–Continued

Level 8 ............................................................. $25.76 10.3 $25.76 10.3 – –

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 29.73 4.4 29.73 4.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.58 4.5 28.58 4.5 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 29.05 7.6 29.09 7.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.03 12.8 14.03 12.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.00 4.6 18.00 4.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.03 6.9 21.03 6.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.75 4.5 23.75 4.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.55 6.4 28.58 6.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.66 2.7 31.66 2.7 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 31.73 1.3 31.73 1.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.70 2.4 39.19 2.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 48.16 3.8 48.16 3.8 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 57.30 2.8 57.30 2.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 35.54 7.7 35.54 7.7 – –

Architects, except naval .................................................... 29.83 7.2 29.83 7.2 – –

Architects, except landscape and naval ....................... 29.83 7.2 29.83 7.2 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 37.36 1.5 37.43 1.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 23.30 3.6 23.30 3.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.90 5.6 22.90 5.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.78 9.5 30.78 9.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.92 3.7 30.92 3.7 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 31.96 1.6 31.96 1.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.65 2.6 39.20 2.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 48.47 3.3 48.47 3.3 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 57.30 2.8 57.30 2.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 44.78 4.2 44.78 4.2 – –

Chemical engineers ...................................................... 50.03 10.7 50.03 10.7 – –

Civil engineers .............................................................. 30.35 8.4 30.35 8.4 – –

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 42.87 9.2 42.87 9.2 – –

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 36.30 5.9 36.30 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.12 5.9 39.12 5.9 – –

Electrical engineers .................................................. 38.49 8.9 38.49 8.9 – –

Electronics engineers, except computer ................... 33.98 7.1 33.98 7.1 – –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 33.04 5.3 33.04 5.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.18 2.2 27.18 2.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 34.90 5.7 34.90 5.7 – –

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety

engineers and inspectors ................................... 38.50 6.2 38.50 6.2 – –

Industrial engineers .................................................. 32.39 6.6 32.39 6.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.18 2.2 27.18 2.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 31.77 2.5 31.77 2.5 – –

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 29.40 7.3 30.16 9.7 – –

Petroleum engineers .................................................... 48.50 19.2 48.50 19.2 – –

Drafters ............................................................................. 22.15 3.9 22.22 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.46 8.2 17.46 8.2 – –

Architectural and civil drafters ...................................... 24.11 15.8 24.11 15.8 – –

Electrical and electronics drafters ................................. 16.59 12.3 16.63 13.3 – –

Mechanical drafters ...................................................... 19.11 4.3 19.11 4.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.31 12.3 19.33 12.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.83 8.0 17.83 8.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.76 4.6 21.76 4.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.76 4.8 21.76 4.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.70 7.6 27.81 7.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 39.29 10.6 39.29 10.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.04 7.5 23.04 7.5 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 23.21 3.5 23.28 3.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.23 6.1 22.23 6.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.55 5.1 29.55 5.1 – –

Mechanical engineering technicians ............................. 23.52 14.5 – – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................. 17.58 27.9 17.58 27.9 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 29.61 4.4 29.69 4.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Life, physical, and social science occupations

–Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $16.81 2.7 $17.21 2.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.75 7.3 17.75 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.02 5.5 23.90 5.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 21.91 11.9 21.91 11.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.56 11.2 31.56 11.2 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.96 16.6 35.96 16.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 34.21 4.8 34.21 4.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 42.43 7.3 43.28 5.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 47.90 29.2 47.90 29.2 – –

Life scientists .................................................................... 21.98 7.5 21.98 7.5 – –

Medical scientists ......................................................... 20.82 13.2 20.82 13.2 – –

Physical scientists ............................................................ 35.07 17.4 35.07 17.4 – –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 36.45 20.3 36.45 20.3 – –

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 52.39 4.5 52.39 4.5 – –

Market and survey researchers ........................................ 38.24 11.2 38.24 11.2 – –

Market research analysts ............................................. 38.24 11.2 38.24 11.2 – –

Psychologists .................................................................... 29.31 5.6 28.79 6.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.65 7.9 26.65 7.9 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 31.99 5.8 31.99 5.8 – –

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists ............. 31.38 5.8 30.78 7.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.02 10.5 29.02 10.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.17 5.0 34.17 5.0 – –

Urban and regional planners ............................................ 24.96 6.7 24.96 6.7 – –

Chemical technicians ........................................................ 23.51 5.3 23.51 5.3 – –

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science

technicians .................................................................. 19.49 13.5 18.93 15.7 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 18.02 4.4 17.68 3.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.15 7.5 10.15 7.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.11 7.2 12.72 7.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.65 3.2 14.53 3.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.90 4.5 17.90 4.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 18.22 6.1 18.22 6.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 23.57 15.2 23.55 15.4 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 32.50 5.2 32.50 5.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 28.65 4.1 29.07 5.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.38 20.8 15.19 22.3 – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 26.20 11.6 26.04 7.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.38 6.3 16.85 5.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.41 16.7 22.41 16.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 20.35 23.9 20.35 23.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.30 2.9 30.42 2.8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 33.98 2.4 33.98 2.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 31.95 6.0 32.81 2.6 – –

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 28.20 4.8 28.39 5.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.42 9.9 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.58 1.0 30.72 .8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.18 2.2 34.18 2.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.82 3.2 32.82 3.2 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 16.98 2.6 16.98 2.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.52 4.2 13.52 4.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.33 3.7 15.33 3.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.52 6.3 17.52 6.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 18.04 4.5 18.04 4.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 19.04 7.3 19.04 7.3 – –

Child, family, and school social workers ....................... 16.12 3.3 16.12 3.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.44 5.8 13.44 5.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 16.80 4.5 16.80 4.5 – –

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 18.67 3.3 18.67 3.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 20.03 3.2 20.03 3.2 – –

Mental health and substance abuse social workers ..... 15.69 9.8 15.69 9.8 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 13.59 3.4 13.59 3.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.15 7.5 10.15 7.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

–Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $11.81 6.4 $11.82 6.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 13.79 2.5 13.79 2.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.47 2.9 16.47 2.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 15.67 4.3 15.67 4.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.92 3.7 9.94 3.8 – –

Probation officers and correctional treatment

specialists ............................................................... 15.46 4.4 15.46 4.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.58 3.9 17.58 3.9 – –

Social and human service assistants ........................... 12.36 1.5 12.37 1.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.15 7.5 10.15 7.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 11.59 6.5 11.60 6.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 13.90 1.7 13.90 1.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.66 3.3 9.68 3.4 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 30.17 22.0 30.06 22.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.79 16.9 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.80 8.4 26.80 8.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.89 8.1 31.89 8.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.90 9.2 40.87 10.5 – –

Lawyers ............................................................................ 54.09 10.3 55.03 11.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.90 9.2 40.87 10.5 – –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates ................ 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 20.06 6.2 20.24 6.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.79 16.9 – – – –

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ................. 19.98 6.0 20.20 5.6 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 27.28 2.4 27.78 2.3 $15.14 8.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.96 4.3 8.96 4.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.56 2.0 9.81 1.9 6.92 6.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.46 3.5 11.36 2.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.74 3.4 10.87 3.0 8.85 11.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.10 5.1 13.48 7.1 10.38 5.6

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.20 4.0 19.90 5.0 13.72 13.5

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.60 2.4 28.67 2.4 19.46 9.4

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.47 3.6 29.55 3.6 19.40 17.9

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.22 3.1 29.10 3.2 40.60 16.7

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.48 7.3 35.14 7.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 33.96 8.8 34.53 9.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.19 6.5 47.11 6.5 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 54.80 8.8 54.80 8.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.73 15.1 26.03 15.3 14.49 9.5

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 39.72 4.7 40.71 4.7 25.30 7.4

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.17 11.9 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.04 14.0 25.45 18.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 23.36 9.9 23.70 10.2 18.04 8.0

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.85 4.3 31.34 5.7 40.60 16.7

Level 10 ............................................................ 36.20 9.1 36.24 9.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 36.13 9.8 36.98 10.0 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.26 6.7 47.18 6.8 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 54.80 8.8 54.80 8.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.09 25.6 39.77 14.5 – –

Business teachers, postsecondary ............................... 31.98 29.5 – – – –

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary .............. 31.11 11.6 31.53 6.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.15 10.5 – – – –

Computer science teachers, postsecondary ............ 23.60 42.0 – – – –

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ....... 34.27 4.8 34.27 4.8 – –

Life sciences teachers, postsecondary ......................... 37.00 1.0 37.00 1.0 – –

Biological science teachers, postsecondary ............. 37.00 1.0 37.00 1.0 – –

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................... 36.18 13.1 36.03 13.3 – –

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 63.00 24.8 63.39 25.2 – –

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 69.67 26.9 70.23 27.3 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ $31.31 9.3 $32.48 7.8 $21.39 7.1

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.63 2.5 – – 49.50 3.9

Level 10 ............................................................ 31.97 7.9 31.94 8.0 – –

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ...... 30.62 8.9 30.62 8.9 – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 38.73 5.5 39.40 6.1 29.02 7.6

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.17 11.9 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.13 14.0 25.45 18.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.95 2.7 26.10 2.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.54 5.2 33.61 5.7 32.18 10.2

Level 10 ............................................................ 38.89 13.7 38.99 13.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.73 8.4 35.60 8.7 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.86 8.3 47.72 8.3 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 55.98 9.5 55.98 9.5 – –

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 26.89 12.6 27.07 12.0 25.62 19.0

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.45 12.5 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.78 2.7 29.39 1.5 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 28.90 2.4 29.05 2.4 11.53 13.4

Level 5 ............................................................. 9.68 14.9 – – 8.77 10.3

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.92 8.8 22.35 9.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.91 2.6 28.94 2.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.02 4.4 30.03 4.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.02 1.7 29.02 1.7 – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 22.93 7.5 23.17 7.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.65 12.8 26.65 12.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.40 3.1 31.40 3.1 – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 19.83 21.6 20.12 21.2 – –

Kindergarten teachers, except special education ..... 28.73 7.4 28.73 7.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.59 2.9 31.59 2.9 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 29.13 3.0 29.28 3.0 13.31 15.4

Level 5 ............................................................. 8.33 10.4 – – 8.53 13.3

Level 6 ............................................................. 27.58 5.2 27.58 5.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.69 2.7 28.71 2.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.83 5.1 29.85 5.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.26 1.5 29.26 1.5 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 28.89 2.6 29.08 2.5 11.89 17.9

Level 5 ............................................................. 8.25 10.3 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.42 2.7 28.44 2.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.43 4.3 29.48 4.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.57 1.5 29.57 1.5 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 30.11 5.2 30.10 5.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 30.12 3.8 30.12 3.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.07 7.8 31.01 7.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.90 1.4 27.90 1.4 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 29.11 2.8 29.24 2.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.34 3.5 29.39 3.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.10 3.1 30.10 3.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.37 2.6 28.37 2.6 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 29.50 2.3 29.64 2.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.76 2.5 29.82 2.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.11 3.1 30.11 3.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.42 2.7 28.42 2.7 – –

Vocational education teachers, secondary school ... 24.74 8.0 24.74 8.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.80 9.5 25.80 9.5 – –

Special education teachers .......................................... 30.79 4.8 30.89 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 30.23 1.3 30.23 1.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.16 7.4 31.16 7.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.31 4.5 30.31 4.5 – –

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school ................. 30.75 6.6 30.75 6.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.77 .7 29.77 .7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.30 8.0 31.30 8.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school

–Continued

Level 9 ............................................................. $28.20 1.9 $28.20 1.9 – –

Special education teachers, secondary school ........ 30.71 3.5 31.10 3.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.49 3.8 29.49 3.8 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 17.89 10.6 22.10 8.2 $13.16 10.3

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.25 12.9 – – 10.70 7.3

Level 6 ............................................................. 12.82 6.0 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.06 13.4 26.30 13.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 23.17 3.2 – – – –

Librarians .......................................................................... 22.35 8.5 22.37 8.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.82 4.1 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 20.55 14.9 20.55 14.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.63 17.7 24.63 17.7 – –

Library technicians ............................................................ 12.80 2.3 12.81 3.0 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.57 2.2 10.60 2.2 10.13 16.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.92 4.2 8.92 4.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.57 2.0 9.81 1.9 6.92 7.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.57 2.9 11.35 2.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.75 3.4 10.86 3.1 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 20.25 7.9 21.34 8.7 11.05 6.0

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.59 7.3 13.59 7.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.59 6.2 14.84 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.78 5.8 16.78 5.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 24.83 4.3 24.99 3.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.40 5.3 27.40 5.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.87 21.4 28.32 18.8 10.14 7.9

Designers ......................................................................... 17.98 6.3 18.59 7.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.59 7.3 13.59 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.73 9.5 16.73 9.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.40 6.1 28.40 6.1 – –

Graphic designers ........................................................ 17.38 9.1 17.38 9.1 – –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................. 19.44 15.9 19.44 15.9 – –

Reporters and correspondents ..................................... 22.09 13.2 22.09 13.2 – –

Public relations specialists ................................................ 27.66 6.2 27.66 6.2 – –

Writers and editors ........................................................... 18.67 6.8 19.07 7.5 – –

Editors .......................................................................... 17.77 12.0 18.34 15.1 – –

Technical writers ........................................................... 19.06 9.2 19.06 9.2 – –

Photographers .................................................................. 14.30 14.5 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 24.22 7.5 24.51 8.3 21.29 4.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.48 2.8 10.41 3.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.31 9.8 9.22 10.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.14 3.8 14.27 4.1 13.56 3.3

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.99 3.0 17.17 3.5 15.66 4.5

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.46 3.7 17.48 4.1 17.07 5.7

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.45 3.5 24.31 3.7 25.20 4.0

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.14 1.7 24.95 1.6 27.82 3.0

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.63 8.4 28.56 8.8 29.42 7.0

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.93 3.7 37.44 4.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.49 8.1 38.32 8.6 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 93.57 7.4 93.57 7.4 – –

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 46.23 2.7 46.26 2.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 46.17 5.3 46.07 5.5 – –

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 80.30 23.5 80.30 23.5 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 26.72 3.4 26.84 3.7 25.52 1.4

Level 6 ............................................................. 25.50 4.5 25.62 4.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.56 3.1 24.53 3.3 24.70 3.2

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.41 3.2 25.22 3.2 27.55 2.7

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.97 4.2 27.20 4.3 24.47 1.8

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.65 4.2 34.65 4.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 33.28 8.8 33.28 8.8 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 30.07 8.4 29.56 9.8 33.10 6.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Therapists –Continued

Level 6 ............................................................. $17.85 10.1 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.07 5.4 $22.86 5.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.71 10.3 27.50 10.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.64 3.2 29.49 2.2 $37.79 8.7

Occupational therapists ................................................ 27.45 13.5 26.57 14.8 – –

Physical therapists ........................................................ 36.37 14.8 36.03 17.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.92 3.4 29.13 2.1 – –

Respiratory therapists ................................................... 21.30 2.2 21.27 2.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.67 2.8 21.75 3.5 – –

Speech-language pathologists ..................................... 29.23 6.1 27.89 4.6 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 16.20 13.7 16.25 13.8 15.23 15.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.18 8.0 11.34 8.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.45 8.0 12.45 8.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.55 7.2 17.58 7.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.85 11.3 24.09 11.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.67 10.9 20.54 11.8 – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 21.30 7.4 21.67 7.3 17.74 14.3

Level 6 ............................................................. 24.42 11.9 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.88 12.0 – – – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians .................. 12.59 9.5 12.68 9.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.21 8.2 11.34 8.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.45 8.0 12.45 8.0 – –

Dental hygienists .............................................................. 32.41 4.2 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 21.93 7.5 22.00 7.8 20.41 7.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 17.33 7.6 16.55 6.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 21.86 1.8 21.86 1.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.25 3.0 22.45 2.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.95 5.2 22.04 5.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.49 1.1 25.49 1.1 – –

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .............. 17.26 14.9 16.68 15.0 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 22.84 5.7 22.93 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 21.52 2.1 21.52 2.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.07 3.3 22.27 2.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.26 8.2 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.49 1.1 25.49 1.1 – –

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 11.81 16.9 11.63 18.0 – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 14.89 3.9 15.81 5.0 13.16 2.6

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.01 3.1 14.76 4.9 13.09 .8

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.63 5.9 16.62 4.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.89 10.4 18.35 9.6 – –

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 13.20 2.6 13.55 6.8 12.89 1.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.81 1.4 – – 13.11 .8

Respiratory therapy technicians ................................... 19.26 3.4 19.27 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.27 5.4 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.57 2.0 – – – –

Surgical technologists ................................................... 17.18 5.5 17.22 5.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.63 2.6 16.69 2.7 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.08 3.0 17.04 3.0 17.65 4.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.02 3.3 15.99 3.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.06 4.4 16.96 4.4 18.26 5.1

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.19 3.1 17.25 3.1 – –

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 15.25 11.2 15.37 11.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.51 5.9 9.51 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.76 7.1 – – – –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........ 21.82 14.2 21.83 14.2 – –

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians .................................................................. 22.85 20.8 22.85 20.8 – –

Occupational health and safety specialists ................... 22.85 20.8 22.85 20.8 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.41 7.2 11.37 6.4 7.17 4.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.04 18.2 8.74 2.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.40 3.4 9.32 2.7 6.56 2.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.28 3.2 9.42 4.2 8.61 4.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.12 4.3 12.23 4.1 9.72 14.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Healthcare support occupations –Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $16.20 14.9 $16.15 15.2 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 8.36 3.8 9.05 2.5 $6.77 4.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.72 11.0 8.60 2.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.05 4.3 9.06 3.1 6.48 3.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.48 4.1 8.57 4.6 7.93 6.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.12 5.9 10.35 5.2 – –

Home health aides ........................................................ 6.75 4.2 7.60 9.9 6.27 1.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.69 4.7 8.04 13.1 6.30 1.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.11 7.4 7.23 8.7 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.30 1.6 9.37 1.6 8.70 4.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.63 1.9 8.60 2.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.15 1.6 9.21 1.8 8.34 5.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.05 3.2 9.17 3.5 8.44 3.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.78 3.4 10.87 3.6 – –

Psychiatric aides ........................................................... 9.34 4.2 9.62 3.4 – –

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 22.96 16.2 22.88 16.3 – –

Physical therapist assistants ........................................ 26.03 11.9 25.95 12.1 – –

Physical therapist aides ................................................ 10.85 4.3 10.90 4.4 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.64 6.0 12.25 5.2 7.86 15.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.20 1.1 10.21 1.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.35 2.8 10.72 6.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.87 3.4 12.86 3.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.35 8.8 14.35 8.8 – –

Dental assistants .......................................................... 16.29 8.0 16.29 8.0 – –

Medical assistants ........................................................ 10.82 1.5 10.90 2.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.38 4.7 10.38 4.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.33 2.9 9.58 3.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.07 1.6 12.02 1.4 – –

Medical transcriptionists ............................................... 12.43 4.6 12.43 4.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.43 4.6 12.43 4.6 – –

Pharmacy aides ............................................................ 8.38 28.6 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 15.58 3.9 15.95 3.5 9.94 8.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.86 11.4 8.64 13.2 9.85 6.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.01 12.6 8.06 12.9 7.74 12.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.30 5.8 10.76 6.2 8.56 1.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.95 5.1 13.08 5.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.64 1.9 13.52 1.8 16.80 5.4

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.32 4.5 16.26 4.5 19.29 9.3

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.42 4.0 20.45 4.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 23.04 8.7 23.04 8.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.10 6.0 26.10 6.0 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 30.79 4.2 30.79 4.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.06 15.3 12.74 18.3 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement

workers ....................................................................... 23.98 6.6 23.98 6.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.79 9.4 18.79 9.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.64 5.1 16.64 5.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.52 7.3 26.52 7.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.50 3.5 31.50 3.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 29.90 4.0 29.90 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 19.07 2.5 19.07 2.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 17.11 7.2 17.11 7.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of police and

detectives ............................................................... 26.18 4.8 26.18 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.53 4.7 17.53 4.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.59 7.3 26.59 7.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.50 3.5 31.50 3.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 29.90 4.0 29.90 4.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and

prevention workers ..................................................... 28.28 6.6 28.28 6.6 – –

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 16.53 6.2 16.60 6.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.99 13.4 13.10 14.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.36 8.2 12.37 8.3 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Fire fighters –Continued

Level 6 ............................................................. $15.33 9.9 $15.33 9.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.07 1.7 20.07 1.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.86 2.3 22.86 2.3 – –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 12.97 3.7 12.98 3.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.26 10.1 12.26 10.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.54 4.0 13.54 4.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.35 19.1 17.94 17.5 – –

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 12.92 3.9 12.92 3.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.27 10.2 12.27 10.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.53 4.0 13.53 4.0 – –

Detectives and criminal investigators ............................... 21.33 14.0 21.33 14.0 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 19.81 2.8 20.09 3.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.84 5.1 14.30 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.86 5.4 16.71 5.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.04 7.6 18.03 7.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.70 3.6 22.70 3.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.12 8.0 22.12 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.20 4.2 24.20 4.2 – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 19.81 2.8 20.09 3.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.84 5.1 14.30 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.86 5.4 16.71 5.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.04 7.6 18.03 7.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.70 3.6 22.70 3.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.12 8.0 22.12 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.20 4.2 24.20 4.2 – –

Animal control workers ..................................................... 12.19 8.4 12.23 8.2 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 10.07 9.1 10.08 9.1 $10.06 13.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.78 12.3 8.64 13.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.90 14.6 8.02 13.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.70 6.9 11.42 6.8 8.69 4.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.04 10.1 13.39 7.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.76 5.7 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.32 8.0 – – 19.51 11.7

Security guards ............................................................. 10.07 9.1 10.08 9.1 10.06 13.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.78 12.3 8.64 13.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.90 14.6 8.02 13.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.70 6.9 11.42 6.8 8.69 4.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.04 10.1 13.39 7.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.76 5.7 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.32 8.0 – – 19.51 11.7

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 10.60 10.4 12.26 19.8 8.98 3.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.73 4.8 – – 9.73 4.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.58 4.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.22 17.0 – – – –

Crossing guards ........................................................... 8.85 10.4 – – 8.85 10.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.73 4.8 – – 9.73 4.8

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 8.52 3.2 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 6.96 2.1 7.50 3.9 5.90 2.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.14 2.2 6.47 1.9 5.73 4.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 5.92 2.0 6.00 2.6 5.76 4.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.62 3.9 8.05 3.5 6.27 7.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.80 4.7 9.89 5.1 8.98 2.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.67 10.0 13.75 9.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.50 6.4 16.50 6.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.06 9.6 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 13.28 3.3 13.42 3.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.08 10.4 11.12 10.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.93 10.7 14.03 10.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.90 6.4 16.90 6.4 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 13.27 3.3 13.41 3.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.08 10.4 11.12 10.8 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers –Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $13.93 10.7 $14.03 10.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.90 6.6 16.90 6.6 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.60 1.9 8.76 1.7 $7.76 3.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.70 3.5 7.00 4.5 6.38 6.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.74 2.3 7.90 2.1 6.98 4.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.45 1.9 8.50 2.3 8.07 4.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.54 4.2 10.53 4.4 10.67 10.3

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 7.28 4.5 7.44 4.5 6.81 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.56 5.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.96 4.2 7.02 5.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.67 2.8 7.67 3.1 – –

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 9.86 3.4 9.81 4.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.86 4.9 8.86 4.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.78 2.4 9.78 2.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.98 8.5 10.90 9.5 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 8.84 2.7 8.99 2.9 8.17 6.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.35 5.0 7.54 4.7 6.98 7.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.50 3.7 8.57 3.7 8.06 8.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.34 4.5 10.35 4.8 – –

Cooks, short order ........................................................ 8.13 1.7 8.06 1.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.88 1.5 – – – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 7.78 3.8 8.18 6.0 7.15 3.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.53 4.7 7.70 7.2 7.19 5.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.48 4.8 8.39 8.9 6.67 3.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.31 5.8 10.05 2.7 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 3.92 4.4 4.01 6.9 3.77 7.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 4.35 9.0 4.83 9.9 3.72 9.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 3.49 5.6 3.39 9.5 3.76 20.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 3.89 6.0 4.09 5.2 3.66 11.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 4.67 19.1 4.68 20.5 – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 5.33 6.7 5.65 7.1 4.56 20.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 4.78 14.1 5.15 7.6 4.43 25.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 5.58 14.4 5.60 15.7 – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 3.15 6.5 3.09 5.0 3.26 13.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 3.04 8.4 3.40 9.8 2.66 9.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 3.13 11.3 2.92 7.2 3.63 21.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 3.46 6.6 3.64 5.3 3.24 10.6

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 5.99 10.8 6.31 12.1 5.40 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 5.88 10.8 6.18 12.2 5.36 7.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.91 9.9 7.92 11.3 – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.06 1.7 7.61 5.0 6.40 1.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.70 2.6 7.15 5.2 6.32 2.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.92 1.7 7.34 7.8 6.36 2.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.72 2.0 8.90 2.2 7.73 2.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.31 12.0 – – – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 7.02 1.7 7.58 5.6 6.38 1.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.67 2.6 7.10 5.2 6.35 2.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.90 1.9 7.38 9.5 6.28 2.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.56 2.3 8.73 2.9 7.75 2.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.31 12.0 – – – –

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 7.42 5.4 7.80 5.8 6.64 2.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.95 7.5 7.50 6.4 5.86 6.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.09 2.5 – – 7.14 3.4

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ 6.90 7.9 7.60 8.1 6.34 10.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.46 10.5 7.20 3.1 5.18 21.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.11 10.2 8.08 18.8 6.69 10.0

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 7.36 3.2 7.37 2.9 7.33 5.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.32 3.2 7.30 2.8 7.38 6.1

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 6.82 11.1 6.46 15.5 7.27 6.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.34 12.4 5.98 18.7 6.89 9.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop –Continued

Level 2 ............................................................. $6.54 11.4 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.79 17.1 – – $7.39 18.0

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 8.82 2.6 $9.13 1.8 6.99 7.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.60 2.3 7.86 3.2 6.69 8.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.06 5.3 9.11 5.4 8.36 11.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.72 7.5 10.73 7.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.77 9.0 11.56 8.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.92 3.8 15.92 3.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.22 2.3 16.22 2.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.24 2.4 9.24 2.4 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 13.70 10.2 13.65 10.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.07 2.1 16.07 2.1 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and

janitorial workers ..................................................... 13.33 11.8 13.25 12.4 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

service, and groundskeeping workers .................... 15.98 11.6 16.15 12.7 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.40 2.1 8.71 .9 6.86 7.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.58 2.4 7.85 3.7 6.67 8.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.08 4.3 9.15 4.3 8.36 11.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.63 7.8 10.64 7.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.01 7.1 15.00 7.2 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 9.01 3.5 9.23 3.9 7.54 4.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.11 4.6 8.29 5.2 7.47 6.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.03 5.0 9.16 5.2 7.76 7.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.74 8.1 10.74 8.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.56 10.2 15.57 10.4 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.40 3.2 7.43 3.6 7.19 4.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.38 3.8 7.41 4.3 7.19 4.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.62 2.8 7.62 2.8 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 9.47 7.0 9.54 7.0 7.79 8.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.83 4.1 7.89 4.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.91 11.6 8.91 11.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.85 9.4 11.91 9.6 – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 9.17 7.2 9.24 7.2 7.79 8.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.78 4.3 7.84 4.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.82 12.1 8.82 12.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.94 9.0 12.00 9.2 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 9.04 6.0 10.69 3.3 7.09 7.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.29 4.6 6.55 6.0 6.25 4.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.28 3.5 7.61 4.0 6.95 4.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.21 3.9 8.35 3.1 7.78 10.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.61 3.5 12.99 2.1 10.48 14.0

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.01 12.6 18.30 14.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 12.55 4.0 12.55 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.90 14.6 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service

workers ....................................................................... 13.28 6.0 13.28 6.0 – –

Nonfarm animal caretakers .............................................. 10.19 8.1 10.36 8.3 – –

Gaming services workers ................................................. 13.26 34.8 – – – –

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ...................... 7.40 15.3 – – 6.48 9.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.48 9.5 – – 6.48 9.5

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 8.40 14.0 11.56 23.1 7.34 6.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.06 5.2 – – 6.11 5.7

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 8.40 14.0 11.56 23.1 7.34 6.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.06 5.2 – – 6.11 5.7

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 10.64 11.4 10.01 6.5 12.85 32.7

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.59 1.8 9.75 1.9 – –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .............. 11.25 11.3 10.25 9.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................... $6.97 7.5 $6.59 5.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.26 8.0 6.72 10.8 – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ...................................... 6.59 5.6 6.59 5.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.72 10.8 6.72 10.8 – –

Transportation attendants ................................................. 31.24 14.9 32.00 16.3 – –

Flight attendants ........................................................... 39.86 1.1 40.53 1.6 – –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and

baggage porters ..................................................... 8.91 29.6 – – – –

Child care workers ............................................................ 8.10 5.5 8.22 4.8 $7.28 9.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.61 6.0 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.90 3.1 7.04 2.8 6.24 4.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.22 5.3 8.19 5.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.89 4.4 9.81 4.7 – –

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 6.28 5.5 – – 6.18 4.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.15 7.2 – – 6.15 7.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.19 2.6 – – 6.07 2.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.55 9.5 – – – –

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 11.38 9.1 12.38 10.3 8.97 10.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.86 11.4 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.24 17.3 – – – –

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 13.02 15.0 – – 12.16 23.5

Recreation workers ....................................................... 11.18 11.2 12.25 10.5 – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 14.89 2.4 16.87 2.3 7.67 1.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.28 2.9 7.45 4.5 7.11 2.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.82 2.5 8.67 2.2 7.12 1.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.94 4.3 10.24 5.2 8.69 4.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.66 7.2 14.87 8.0 12.12 4.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.68 2.5 16.78 2.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.31 6.3 26.46 6.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.39 9.5 27.39 9.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 38.24 9.9 38.24 9.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 46.99 14.7 46.99 14.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 76.14 9.7 76.14 9.7 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 59.72 11.0 59.72 11.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.46 7.8 14.02 6.9 7.74 6.8

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 20.85 12.6 21.02 12.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.83 3.7 10.11 5.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.63 8.7 10.68 8.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.47 4.4 13.47 4.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.20 7.1 18.20 7.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.10 14.1 27.10 14.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.50 15.7 25.50 15.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.35 22.8 22.57 23.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 15.95 5.2 16.08 5.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.86 3.9 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.63 8.7 10.68 8.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.36 5.3 14.36 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.14 9.4 18.14 9.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.69 4.0 23.69 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 19.89 13.2 20.12 15.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 33.95 28.9 33.95 28.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 33.01 42.8 33.01 42.8 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.97 2.2 11.19 2.7 7.46 1.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.22 3.3 7.39 5.2 7.06 2.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.80 2.1 8.68 2.3 7.08 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.85 4.8 10.19 5.7 8.53 4.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.20 7.3 14.53 7.6 11.34 8.9

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.21 7.8 19.31 8.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.33 12.6 22.33 12.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... – – – – 7.54 2.7

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.74 2.6 8.24 3.9 7.18 2.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.14 4.4 7.21 6.4 7.07 3.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.63 2.4 8.67 3.8 7.06 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.49 4.7 8.66 5.2 8.05 3.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Cashiers, all workers –Continued

Level 4 ............................................................. $13.74 16.1 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.74 2.6 $8.24 3.9 $7.18 2.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.14 4.4 7.21 6.4 7.07 3.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.63 2.4 8.67 3.8 7.06 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.49 4.7 8.66 5.2 8.05 3.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.74 16.1 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 12.50 10.4 13.69 9.0 7.16 6.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.87 6.1 – – 6.28 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.30 7.3 9.88 7.2 7.48 5.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.53 16.3 14.72 16.7 – –

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 11.64 15.4 13.02 12.7 6.49 2.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.87 6.1 – – 6.28 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.55 7.3 8.93 6.9 – –

Parts salespersons ................................................... 14.16 11.2 14.83 11.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.87 11.9 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.03 15.0 13.13 15.5 – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.07 4.9 12.16 4.9 7.90 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.43 3.4 7.86 5.7 7.01 1.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.11 3.1 8.88 2.7 7.24 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.66 5.5 10.92 6.2 9.33 6.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.14 8.9 14.52 9.1 11.17 9.8

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.06 8.6 19.17 8.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... – – – – 7.74 2.7

Advertising sales agents ................................................... 47.67 42.5 47.67 42.5 – –

Insurance sales agents ..................................................... 20.05 11.0 20.21 11.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.84 3.4 16.84 3.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.52 2.2 20.48 5.3 – –

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales

agents ......................................................................... 22.39 20.4 22.39 20.4 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 29.38 5.7 29.53 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.10 11.1 18.27 10.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 25.10 6.5 25.19 6.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.73 18.8 26.73 18.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 42.15 4.3 42.15 4.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 72.70 6.6 72.70 6.6 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

technical and scientific products ............................. 36.93 10.5 36.93 10.5 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 26.29 6.3 26.47 6.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.15 11.6 18.34 11.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.27 6.6 26.41 6.4 – –

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 11.73 9.9 11.97 10.5 10.52 5.0

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 11.73 9.9 11.97 10.5 10.52 5.0

Telemarketers ................................................................... 10.72 6.6 10.82 7.9 10.47 17.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.35 1.4 10.45 .6 – –

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 11.96 13.1 12.61 15.0 8.20 10.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.49 7.5 – – 7.02 3.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.40 5.5 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.97 7.6 9.98 7.6 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.40 .9 13.61 1.0 10.54 2.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.61 3.8 8.95 3.8 8.10 6.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.82 2.3 9.92 2.7 9.14 2.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.80 1.3 10.92 1.3 9.53 1.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.81 1.2 13.83 1.1 13.20 8.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.76 1.4 15.79 1.4 14.45 8.7

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.75 2.4 18.71 2.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.41 1.8 21.41 1.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.40 3.2 26.40 3.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.63 4.1 13.76 4.3 10.92 5.9

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 21.59 3.4 21.83 3.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.74 4.8 15.74 4.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.51 4.0 19.96 4.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.06 4.4 24.06 4.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers –Continued

Level 8 ............................................................. $27.03 3.2 $27.03 3.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 26.19 5.9 26.19 5.9 – –

Switchboard operators, including answering service ........ 10.00 5.2 10.11 6.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.62 7.9 9.75 9.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.88 7.0 – – – –

Telephone operators ........................................................ 16.46 12.2 – – – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 13.29 1.7 13.71 2.0 $10.35 2.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.53 4.9 11.11 5.6 8.78 2.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.46 1.9 10.73 2.5 9.38 3.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.53 1.0 13.65 1.2 11.22 5.5

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.83 1.5 15.79 1.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.11 4.9 19.08 5.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.16 6.1 13.89 7.4 – –

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 14.08 6.4 14.20 7.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.63 14.4 8.74 15.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.36 11.4 14.29 12.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.09 7.3 17.93 7.4 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 13.08 2.8 13.21 2.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.27 3.8 11.54 2.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.82 4.7 10.89 5.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.57 2.5 13.57 2.5 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.13 1.4 14.33 1.3 11.37 10.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.52 7.2 9.82 6.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.44 2.2 11.71 2.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.71 3.0 13.89 2.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.02 2.5 15.02 2.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.17 5.1 19.13 5.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.88 6.9 13.88 6.9 – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 13.37 4.7 13.92 3.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.94 6.2 13.68 5.0 – –

Procurement clerks ....................................................... 16.32 17.4 16.32 17.4 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 10.72 2.3 11.33 3.0 9.53 2.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.76 3.0 10.53 3.4 8.92 3.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.86 1.5 9.91 2.8 9.79 2.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.33 1.8 12.43 2.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.46 11.9 13.12 13.4 – –

Correspondence clerks ..................................................... 15.65 1.3 15.65 1.3 – –

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................. 12.55 14.1 12.58 14.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.45 14.0 11.45 14.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.33 7.9 – – – –

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks .......................... 13.32 9.0 13.51 8.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.89 10.1 14.89 10.1 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.83 5.4 13.96 5.7 11.52 8.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.07 9.6 9.14 5.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.65 2.7 9.67 3.1 9.18 10.7

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.27 3.2 14.22 3.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.80 7.4 16.80 7.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.80 3.8 20.80 3.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.76 7.0 13.24 8.4 – –

Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................. 12.90 10.0 12.90 10.0 – –

File clerks ......................................................................... 11.14 5.2 11.31 5.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.26 8.4 11.26 8.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.35 7.1 11.35 7.1 – –

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................. 7.93 5.7 8.17 5.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.86 6.7 8.02 6.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.70 7.3 – – – –

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 12.45 8.3 12.38 8.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.83 3.1 13.77 4.2 – –

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 11.44 6.0 11.67 7.2 10.66 14.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.05 13.8 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.11 7.4 – – – –

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................ 14.90 7.1 15.00 7.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.85 12.4 15.06 12.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.59 14.9 16.59 14.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Loan interviewers and clerks –Continued

Level 6 ............................................................. $15.03 7.8 $15.03 7.8 – –

New accounts clerks ......................................................... 11.49 6.2 11.49 6.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.10 2.7 11.10 2.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.40 4.3 11.40 4.3 – –

Order clerks ...................................................................... 11.44 10.7 11.70 10.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.32 7.9 9.64 6.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.40 8.8 11.40 8.8 – –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 15.62 6.8 15.65 6.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.92 7.7 12.92 7.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.91 5.9 18.91 5.9 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 10.43 3.0 10.55 3.3 $8.93 6.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.56 8.9 8.76 12.8 8.26 8.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.91 5.7 9.97 6.3 9.07 4.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.74 4.6 10.75 4.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.39 2.5 13.39 2.5 – –

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 15.77 5.0 16.25 8.0 14.39 13.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.39 3.8 11.98 4.6 – –

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 9.80 2.8 10.27 2.3 8.35 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.04 3.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.74 4.4 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.58 7.3 11.58 7.3 – –

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 13.03 6.4 13.15 6.6 10.27 11.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.78 7.3 7.82 8.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.22 7.4 10.29 8.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.30 4.1 13.26 4.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.30 3.5 13.30 3.5 – –

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....................... 13.05 5.4 13.27 5.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.97 7.5 11.34 6.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.05 12.2 14.05 12.2 – –

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .......... 13.02 8.0 13.10 8.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.75 7.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.79 9.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.80 7.5 12.69 8.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.72 3.4 12.72 3.4 – –

Meter readers, utilities ...................................................... 12.75 5.8 12.76 6.0 – –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 15.86 6.5 15.56 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.06 2.0 15.06 2.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.92 10.4 20.56 4.4 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.36 4.7 11.39 4.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.50 3.2 9.50 3.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.19 5.9 11.29 6.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.33 4.8 13.33 4.8 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 11.01 2.7 11.46 2.8 7.29 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.09 4.5 8.70 6.8 7.09 6.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.00 5.4 10.04 5.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.85 4.1 10.94 4.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.29 2.9 14.29 2.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.49 10.8 9.70 12.4 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.54 1.8 15.61 1.7 10.94 16.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.24 4.9 10.24 4.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.16 4.7 10.22 3.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.75 3.1 14.78 3.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.72 2.7 16.75 2.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.81 4.1 18.81 4.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.66 3.4 21.66 3.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.53 4.6 16.53 4.6 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 18.18 3.4 18.22 3.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.32 2.1 15.32 2.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.83 2.0 16.91 2.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.62 5.2 19.62 5.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.27 4.7 22.27 4.7 – –

Legal secretaries .......................................................... 15.42 5.7 15.42 5.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.54 8.0 13.54 8.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Medical secretaries ....................................................... $13.13 14.9 $13.33 13.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.99 8.9 10.24 8.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.61 3.0 12.61 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.48 7.4 19.48 7.4 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.46 2.4 14.49 2.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.23 4.9 10.18 4.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.10 4.7 15.16 4.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.20 4.1 15.20 4.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.78 8.2 16.78 8.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.85 2.2 19.85 2.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.56 12.4 16.56 12.4 – –

Computer operators .......................................................... 16.14 7.8 16.36 7.4 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.72 4.5 11.78 4.1 $11.04 11.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.17 6.8 10.22 6.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.66 5.2 11.60 6.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.64 7.5 12.64 7.5 – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 11.30 2.7 11.34 2.2 11.04 12.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.17 6.8 10.22 6.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.90 7.2 11.87 8.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.56 5.2 11.56 5.2 – –

Word processors and typists ........................................ 12.88 7.4 12.91 7.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.04 8.7 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.02 11.6 14.02 11.6 – –

Desktop publishers ........................................................... 16.84 10.0 16.84 10.0 – –

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................. 13.83 7.0 13.79 7.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.24 10.2 10.24 10.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.33 10.9 13.33 10.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.94 6.6 14.94 6.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.76 14.2 15.88 14.6 – –

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal

service ........................................................................ 10.59 6.6 10.93 7.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.06 9.1 – – – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.66 2.0 11.74 2.5 10.69 8.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.79 8.6 – – 7.89 9.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.34 3.7 9.44 3.8 8.68 6.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.04 2.7 11.07 2.7 10.28 9.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.07 4.8 13.01 3.1 13.46 15.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.55 5.5 14.62 5.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.38 10.4 15.38 10.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.35 5.6 18.35 5.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.58 9.4 12.61 9.3 – –

Office machine operators, except computer ..................... 9.74 13.2 9.67 13.6 – –

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..................... 12.67 15.5 12.79 15.1 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 15.48 3.9 15.50 3.9 10.75 15.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.85 5.1 9.95 5.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.86 9.2 10.86 9.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.81 8.8 10.81 8.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.93 2.0 12.94 1.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.69 3.0 15.70 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.58 6.7 20.58 6.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.60 9.5 23.60 9.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.74 10.8 29.74 10.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.50 29.2 32.50 29.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.04 10.4 15.04 10.4 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 22.78 10.4 22.78 10.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.12 5.5 14.12 5.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.35 5.4 19.35 5.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.63 8.4 20.63 8.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 33.35 23.1 33.35 23.1 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 13.47 2.4 13.47 2.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.72 3.2 12.72 3.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.75 2.8 14.75 2.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 14.45 10.1 14.45 10.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ....................................................................... $11.40 9.1 $11.40 9.1 – –

Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................... 11.40 9.1 11.40 9.1 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 10.25 3.9 10.33 4.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.18 3.9 9.33 5.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.73 4.1 9.73 4.1 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 13.46 4.4 13.46 4.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.56 2.8 11.56 2.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.85 2.6 13.85 2.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.73 5.5 13.73 5.5 – –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 12.50 6.0 12.50 6.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.44 2.8 11.44 2.8 – –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 13.77 4.0 13.77 4.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.89 2.6 13.89 2.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.77 5.4 13.77 5.4 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 16.30 5.8 16.26 5.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.16 4.0 13.16 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.39 3.6 15.47 3.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.31 4.6 19.31 4.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.32 4.4 20.22 4.4 – –

Insulation workers ............................................................. 17.36 1.7 17.36 1.7 – –

Insulation workers, mechanical .................................... 17.53 1.5 17.53 1.5 – –

Painters and paperhangers .............................................. 12.96 4.3 12.96 4.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.40 2.2 12.40 2.2 – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ...................... 12.96 4.3 12.96 4.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.40 2.2 12.40 2.2 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 17.72 4.2 17.72 4.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 13.10 6.7 13.10 6.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.60 7.7 12.60 7.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.88 2.7 18.88 2.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.50 5.1 20.50 5.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.44 7.6 22.44 7.6 – –

Pipelayers ..................................................................... 10.30 4.5 10.30 4.5 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 18.61 3.9 18.61 3.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.88 2.7 18.88 2.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.50 5.1 20.50 5.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.61 7.1 22.61 7.1 – –

Sheet metal workers ......................................................... 14.35 6.9 14.35 6.9 – –

Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 10.90 3.6 10.90 3.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.90 8.9 10.90 8.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.70 5.1 10.70 5.1 – –

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................................................. 12.96 5.0 12.96 5.0 – –

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 26.28 17.8 26.43 18.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.39 20.1 29.39 20.1 – –

Highway maintenance workers ......................................... 11.10 11.2 11.10 11.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.36 12.3 10.36 12.3 – –

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 11.97 15.3 12.09 15.9 – –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas,

and mining .................................................................. 21.09 21.8 21.09 21.8 – –

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................................................. 20.19 4.1 20.19 4.1 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 17.53 2.5 17.55 2.5 $10.57 15.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.16 1.9 9.18 2.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.94 7.0 9.94 7.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.17 5.2 12.23 5.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.55 3.0 12.55 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.36 3.9 15.36 3.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.31 5.0 20.33 5.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.24 2.2 22.24 2.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.24 7.8 27.24 7.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.52 7.8 29.52 7.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 19.98 10.0 20.02 10.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 22.95 6.9 22.95 6.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers –Continued

Level 6 ............................................................. $18.18 17.3 $18.18 17.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.81 4.7 21.81 4.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.67 8.3 26.67 8.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.57 10.0 31.57 10.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 23.99 21.3 23.99 21.3 – –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 15.24 8.5 15.24 8.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.61 13.8 17.61 13.8 – –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers ..................................................................... 20.72 10.0 20.72 10.0 – –

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ............................... 20.72 10.0 20.72 10.0 – –

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 18.22 7.4 18.25 7.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.33 10.8 15.39 10.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.02 15.7 18.02 15.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.20 8.6 21.20 8.6 – –

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment ............................................... 18.52 7.1 18.58 7.0 – –

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse,

substation, and relay .............................................. 24.54 3.3 24.54 3.3 – –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 27.14 8.3 27.14 8.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.18 6.1 26.18 6.1 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 16.42 6.6 16.43 6.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.21 10.8 12.21 10.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.45 3.6 15.45 3.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.82 9.3 21.01 9.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.09 8.0 20.09 8.0 – –

Automotive body and related repairers ......................... 14.88 7.9 14.88 7.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.27 11.6 15.27 11.6 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 16.89 8.3 16.91 8.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.58 7.6 15.58 7.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.96 10.0 21.17 10.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.08 8.8 20.08 8.8 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 16.26 4.7 16.26 4.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.42 4.7 15.42 4.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.92 6.2 14.92 6.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.24 4.7 20.24 4.7 – –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

and mechanics ........................................................... 17.33 5.1 17.33 5.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.14 5.2 18.14 5.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.02 6.2 17.02 6.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.09 14.7 19.09 14.7 – –

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines .. 16.96 2.7 16.96 2.7 – –

Rail car repairers .......................................................... 19.18 8.9 19.18 8.9 – –

Small engine mechanics ................................................... 15.89 17.0 15.89 17.0 – –

Control and valve installers and repairers ........................ 19.48 5.9 19.48 5.9 – –

Control and valve installers and repairers, except

mechanical door ..................................................... 19.48 5.9 19.48 5.9 – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 19.81 8.4 19.81 8.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.47 6.9 20.47 6.9 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 15.84 5.0 15.89 5.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.63 9.6 11.76 9.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.53 4.7 13.53 4.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.98 5.6 14.98 5.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.95 10.9 21.95 10.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.61 5.8 21.61 5.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.27 24.7 16.38 24.8 – –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 19.95 9.3 19.95 9.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.66 7.1 15.66 7.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 27.84 3.7 27.84 3.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.29 7.9 23.29 7.9 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 13.56 8.0 13.63 8.1 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Maintenance and repair workers, general –Continued

Level 3 ............................................................. $11.22 12.4 $11.37 12.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.05 7.6 13.05 7.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.42 7.2 14.42 7.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.97 13.3 19.97 13.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.29 17.1 22.29 17.1 – –

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 14.91 7.8 14.91 7.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.52 11.2 14.52 11.2 – –

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 23.44 4.9 23.44 4.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.90 9.8 17.90 9.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.66 1.1 26.66 1.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.29 2.0 25.29 2.0 – –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................ 24.93 5.0 24.93 5.0 – –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ......... 22.28 7.7 22.28 7.7 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 13.27 11.2 13.27 11.3 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.23 2.8 9.24 3.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.66 2.8 10.66 2.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.86 6.4 13.86 6.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 10.15 28.8 10.15 28.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.22 12.2 18.22 12.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.85 7.5 19.85 7.5 – –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 11.26 5.3 11.27 5.3 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.23 2.8 9.24 3.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.47 2.9 10.47 2.9 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.15 2.8 13.25 2.8 $9.20 4.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.55 2.3 8.59 2.1 7.37 12.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.57 3.1 9.55 3.2 9.83 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.71 3.1 11.85 2.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.13 3.5 13.17 3.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.17 4.0 15.19 4.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.14 4.6 19.14 4.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.03 4.9 23.03 4.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.33 5.7 27.33 5.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.17 7.6 28.17 7.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.23 8.8 14.22 8.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 21.02 5.6 21.02 5.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.63 5.8 14.63 5.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.52 8.2 16.52 8.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.27 7.7 25.27 7.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.54 3.3 29.54 3.3 – –

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ................................................................. 20.23 4.8 20.23 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.03 3.7 22.03 3.7 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.31 3.6 11.33 4.4 11.11 4.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.93 3.2 10.72 4.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.02 11.8 14.20 11.5 – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 11.46 3.8 11.52 4.9 11.11 4.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.85 3.9 10.52 5.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.38 10.5 – – – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 11.72 8.5 11.78 8.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 8.9 7.97 8.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.26 11.2 8.28 11.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.19 15.9 15.19 15.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.13 17.3 14.13 17.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.42 12.8 14.42 12.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 15.79 29.1 – – – –

Bakers .............................................................................. 9.87 15.0 9.87 15.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.53 23.0 7.53 23.0 – –

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing

workers ....................................................................... 10.71 7.4 10.71 7.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.72 3.1 13.72 3.1 – –

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................ 14.75 3.6 14.75 3.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Butchers and meat cutters –Continued

Level 4 ............................................................. $14.59 2.7 $14.59 2.7 – –

Miscellaneous food processing workers ........................... 10.88 8.2 10.88 8.9 – –

Food batchmakers ........................................................ 9.58 19.0 – – – –

Computer control programmers and operators ................ 17.09 18.6 17.09 18.6 – –

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal

and plastic .............................................................. 17.01 20.2 17.01 20.2 – –

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic .................................................................. 10.13 28.8 10.13 28.8 – –

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ 9.79 32.3 9.79 32.4 – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 12.16 9.4 12.16 9.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.54 6.0 10.54 6.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.89 5.0 12.89 5.0 – –

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 10.60 7.8 10.60 7.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.65 8.9 10.65 8.9 – –

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. 11.82 12.0 11.82 12.0 – –

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 15.11 20.0 15.11 20.0 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 16.05 9.8 16.49 9.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.18 10.3 16.18 10.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.54 9.3 26.54 9.3 – –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... 9.95 10.0 9.95 10.0 – –

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 9.95 10.0 9.95 10.0 – –

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 12.29 7.4 12.29 7.4 – –

Tool and die makers ......................................................... 19.99 7.0 19.99 7.0 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 13.82 6.0 13.82 6.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.18 17.3 13.18 17.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.09 7.3 13.09 7.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.97 8.2 12.97 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.07 12.9 19.07 12.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 14.91 7.1 14.91 7.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.57 15.0 14.57 15.0 – –

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... 13.89 6.0 13.89 6.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.48 7.1 13.48 7.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.97 8.2 12.97 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.07 12.9 19.07 12.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 14.91 7.1 14.91 7.1 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 13.69 11.4 13.69 11.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.51 .6 11.51 .6 – –

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 10.64 33.7 10.64 33.7 – –

Bookbinders and bindery workers .................................... 11.79 6.0 11.79 6.0 – –

Bindery workers ............................................................ 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 – –

Printers ............................................................................. 15.48 6.3 15.48 6.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.49 3.0 14.49 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.83 4.8 21.83 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.56 10.9 18.56 10.9 – –

Prepress technicians and workers ................................ 16.65 7.8 16.65 7.8 – –

Printing machine operators ........................................... 15.39 7.5 15.39 7.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.63 5.3 13.63 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.98 5.1 21.98 5.1 – –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................................... 8.40 2.3 8.34 2.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.63 2.0 8.52 1.8 – –

Sewing machine operators ............................................... 8.92 8.3 8.92 8.3 – –

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .. 11.67 19.3 11.67 19.3 – –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... 11.71 8.7 11.71 8.7 – –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ....... 31.29 16.3 31.29 16.3 – –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................ 16.98 14.9 16.98 14.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system

operators .................................................................... $18.08 18.0 $18.16 17.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.07 14.9 11.07 14.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.37 8.5 11.37 8.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.47 5.0 17.47 5.0 – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ...................... 26.00 5.2 26.00 5.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.38 5.2 26.38 5.2 – –

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators,

and gaugers ............................................................ 25.96 8.4 25.96 8.4 – –

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ....................................................................... 12.50 10.8 12.50 10.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.05 7.9 10.05 7.9 – –

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and

tenders .................................................................... 11.99 12.3 11.99 12.3 – –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and

tenders ........................................................................ 12.96 6.7 12.96 6.7 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 14.92 7.9 14.96 8.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.99 4.1 10.92 4.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.13 5.7 15.13 5.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.59 13.9 16.59 13.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.20 12.6 21.20 12.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.25 6.2 26.25 6.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.77 9.6 – – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... 11.42 5.7 11.64 6.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.88 8.5 10.16 10.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.55 5.0 11.55 5.0 – –

Painting workers ............................................................... 13.02 4.5 13.02 4.5 – –

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,

operators, and tenders ........................................... 11.07 4.9 11.07 4.9 – –

Painters, transportation equipment ............................... 14.94 13.9 14.94 13.9 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 10.57 3.6 10.63 3.7 $8.74 13.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.54 2.8 8.61 2.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.95 2.3 9.96 2.3 8.34 15.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.32 6.6 13.37 6.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.83 10.9 12.83 10.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.26 7.1 14.26 7.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.86 1.0 9.86 1.0 – –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and

plastic ..................................................................... 9.47 12.4 9.47 12.4 – –

Helpers--production workers ........................................ 10.28 2.6 10.29 2.7 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.89 6.1 9.96 6.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.23 3.0 10.23 3.0 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.51 6.0 14.12 5.5 8.13 4.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.11 6.4 8.76 5.6 6.86 2.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.89 3.1 9.99 3.4 8.97 5.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.59 2.6 11.55 2.8 12.70 3.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.35 4.6 15.40 4.7 12.24 4.3

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.31 2.8 18.32 2.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.37 8.4 20.35 8.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.55 16.6 22.55 16.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.21 13.8 29.21 13.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 67.07 37.0 67.07 37.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.51 10.0 12.19 9.4 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and

material movers, hand ................................................ 15.82 8.1 15.16 8.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.48 7.9 14.48 7.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and

material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........ 21.08 7.9 21.30 7.4 – –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 108.00 27.5 108.00 27.5 – –

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 136.95 16.8 136.95 16.8 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.91 2.5 13.81 2.8 11.50 5.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.52 5.8 13.07 7.3 10.76 5.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.51 3.0 14.04 4.7 12.44 2.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.94 6.1 – – 11.77 2.8

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 14.43 10.7 16.35 5.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Bus drivers, transit and intercity –Continued

Level 3 ............................................................. $15.41 4.0 $15.41 4.0 – –

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 11.99 3.5 11.69 5.8 $12.34 1.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.76 4.9 13.08 7.8 12.47 4.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.27 3.1 12.08 7.2 12.44 2.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.60 8.9 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 14.74 3.5 14.96 3.5 7.36 8.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.05 2.6 9.19 5.5 5.83 3.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.09 9.2 11.51 9.9 8.16 13.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.93 3.6 10.91 3.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.24 4.7 15.24 4.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.72 4.4 18.72 4.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.19 11.3 16.19 11.3 – –

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... 12.99 13.0 16.49 9.0 6.35 8.9

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 15.85 5.8 15.85 5.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 14.29 17.0 14.29 17.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.85 7.7 10.85 7.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.21 2.7 15.21 2.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.25 6.3 19.25 6.3 – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 12.87 8.6 12.97 8.7 9.58 15.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.91 4.0 9.19 5.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.67 3.6 9.63 3.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.09 11.5 11.04 11.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.25 14.1 15.26 14.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.64 12.6 15.64 12.6 – –

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .............................................. 7.77 5.9 7.73 6.4 – –

Sailors and marine oilers .................................................. 13.44 .0 13.44 .0 – –

Parking lot attendants ....................................................... 7.50 2.5 – – – –

Service station attendants ................................................ 10.03 12.2 – – – –

Transportation inspectors ................................................. 18.78 8.2 18.78 8.2 – –

Crane and tower operators ............................................... 16.83 4.9 16.83 4.9 – –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ....... 12.16 4.7 12.30 4.6 – –

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ................................................................ 12.16 4.7 12.30 4.6 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 11.34 10.0 11.32 10.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.00 4.6 8.99 4.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.30 4.5 11.28 4.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.39 3.5 14.37 3.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.37 8.5 18.37 8.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 10.65 5.3 10.65 5.3 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.32 3.5 9.89 2.1 7.15 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.13 7.4 8.82 6.8 6.96 3.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.59 2.6 9.62 2.6 8.79 7.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.49 8.5 12.48 8.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.20 4.9 14.35 5.1 – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 9.67 3.8 9.77 3.2 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.35 5.3 8.49 5.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.85 7.9 10.00 7.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.32 2.1 11.32 2.1 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 9.70 5.5 10.27 3.7 7.71 8.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.56 11.1 9.27 9.9 7.53 7.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.74 4.1 9.79 4.1 8.49 12.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.11 11.6 13.10 11.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.37 10.6 14.67 10.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 8.80 7.7 – – – –

Machine feeders and offbearers ................................... 10.81 9.4 10.81 9.4 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.04 12.2 10.04 12.2 – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 7.31 2.8 8.05 3.7 6.24 2.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Packers and packagers, hand –Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $6.69 3.3 $7.36 6.8 $6.07 2.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.52 9.4 8.33 9.5 – –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ........................ 11.41 4.1 11.30 3.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 11.58 6.1 – – – –

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

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

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

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

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored

to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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

South Central, June 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $16.62 1.6 $17.69 1.5 $8.38 2.7

Management occupations ................................................. 39.93 3.9 39.96 3.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.07 4.8 17.28 4.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.47 8.1 17.47 8.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 21.39 2.9 21.39 2.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.42 3.8 30.42 3.8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 32.92 4.9 32.92 4.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.01 3.7 40.01 3.7 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 54.08 5.1 54.08 5.1 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 60.29 3.0 60.29 3.0 – –

Level 14 ............................................................ 76.10 16.6 76.10 16.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 46.37 8.6 46.38 8.6 – –

General and operations managers ................................... 41.72 8.5 41.72 8.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.45 9.3 36.45 9.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.46 11.9 41.46 11.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 46.23 21.9 46.23 21.9 – –

Advertising and promotions managers ............................. 31.02 18.0 31.02 18.0 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 48.57 13.9 48.57 13.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.70 15.5 25.70 15.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 49.49 29.9 49.49 29.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.30 .2 40.30 .2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 59.38 3.6 59.38 3.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 56.20 12.8 56.20 12.8 – –

Marketing managers ..................................................... 56.91 12.9 56.91 12.9 – –

Sales managers ............................................................ 41.15 17.4 41.15 17.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 56.58 29.7 56.58 29.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 53.58 19.1 53.58 19.1 – –

Administrative services managers .................................... 34.04 12.2 34.04 12.2 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 49.69 6.0 49.69 6.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 53.93 9.9 53.93 9.9 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 52.73 3.6 52.73 3.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.28 9.2 26.28 9.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 40.56 8.1 40.56 8.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 71.16 9.3 71.16 9.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.31 3.7 49.31 3.7 – –

Human resources managers ............................................ 32.43 7.2 32.43 7.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.75 11.2 34.75 11.2 – –

Compensation and benefits managers ......................... 31.45 7.6 31.45 7.6 – –

Training and development managers ........................... 28.57 10.8 28.57 10.8 – –

Industrial production managers ........................................ 37.39 5.5 37.39 5.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.41 7.8 39.41 7.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 41.88 21.2 41.88 21.2 – –

Purchasing managers ....................................................... 44.25 14.4 44.25 14.4 – –

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ......... 31.74 6.9 31.74 6.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 34.07 8.4 34.07 8.4 – –

Construction managers .................................................... 33.18 4.4 33.18 4.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.35 4.3 33.35 4.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 31.94 15.1 31.94 15.1 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 23.51 25.3 23.51 25.3 – –

Education administrators, preschool and child care

center/program ....................................................... 15.03 12.2 15.03 12.2 – –

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 33.90 8.3 33.90 8.3 – –

Engineering managers ..................................................... 52.44 8.9 52.44 8.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 49.40 9.9 49.40 9.9 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 49.46 5.0 49.46 5.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 82.91 32.4 82.91 32.4 – –

Food service managers .................................................... 21.12 9.9 21.36 11.2 – –

Medical and health services managers ............................ 29.15 9.3 29.20 9.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.13 9.5 25.13 9.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 34.50 7.4 34.50 7.4 – –

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .................................................................... 25.07 5.2 25.07 5.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.38 7.1 29.38 7.1 – –

Social and community service managers ......................... 14.89 13.7 14.89 13.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Business and financial operations occupations ............. $28.56 1.8 $28.58 1.9 $27.00 3.0

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.25 4.9 19.25 4.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.95 8.1 19.76 8.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.43 3.0 21.42 3.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.48 6.6 26.68 6.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.41 3.1 27.41 3.1 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 40.77 9.7 41.10 10.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 37.16 4.3 37.16 4.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 44.14 8.4 44.14 8.4 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 54.87 4.4 54.87 4.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 27.70 7.3 27.71 7.4 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 27.45 3.5 27.45 3.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.30 10.0 17.30 10.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.04 14.4 26.04 14.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.54 9.1 29.54 9.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.53 11.3 32.53 11.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.35 20.6 29.35 20.6 – –

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ............................................................... 23.63 4.9 23.56 5.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.58 3.4 21.58 3.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.72 11.8 20.02 12.6 – –

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........... 23.08 1.8 23.00 1.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.66 3.3 20.66 3.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.89 10.9 – – – –

Cost estimators ................................................................. 29.94 13.4 29.94 13.4 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 25.88 7.2 26.04 6.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.02 5.0 23.02 5.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.01 6.2 23.96 5.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.05 7.2 26.05 7.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.27 25.4 32.27 25.4 – –

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .. 24.51 4.3 24.99 3.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.84 14.4 26.84 14.4 – –

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists .. 21.72 10.0 21.72 10.0 – –

Training and development specialists .......................... 31.35 26.9 31.22 28.8 – –

Logisticians ....................................................................... 32.06 13.4 32.06 13.4 – –

Management analysts ...................................................... 31.40 11.0 31.40 11.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 33.46 17.6 33.46 17.6 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 30.29 11.1 30.31 11.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 20.79 4.2 20.79 4.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.04 2.9 20.95 2.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.04 13.6 29.04 14.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 22.45 12.4 22.45 12.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.97 3.0 32.97 3.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.82 7.7 29.82 7.7 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 30.98 11.2 30.98 11.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 33.03 5.8 33.03 5.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.47 38.5 32.47 38.5 – –

Financial analysts ......................................................... 33.98 14.2 33.98 14.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.44 8.2 31.44 8.2 – –

Personal financial advisors ........................................... 24.61 12.2 24.61 12.2 – –

Loan counselors and officers ............................................ 28.61 15.3 28.61 15.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.57 27.7 22.57 27.7 – –

Loan officers ................................................................. 28.61 15.3 28.61 15.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.57 27.7 22.57 27.7 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 34.59 4.8 34.69 5.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.10 8.5 15.10 8.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.50 7.4 20.02 7.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.73 9.8 24.73 9.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.92 3.3 27.92 3.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.73 3.3 32.68 3.4 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.62 5.3 37.62 5.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.34 1.9 39.34 1.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.29 5.6 47.29 5.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Computer and mathematical science occupations

–Continued

Level 13 ............................................................ $53.19 4.0 $53.19 4.0 – –

Level 14 ............................................................ 63.13 5.9 63.13 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 32.16 12.2 32.16 12.2 – –

Computer programmers ................................................... 31.83 8.9 31.68 9.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.32 24.9 24.87 28.6 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 41.20 4.9 41.20 4.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 36.05 3.6 36.05 3.6 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.53 5.3 35.53 5.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.42 6.1 41.42 6.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 54.57 13.3 54.57 13.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.58 8.5 40.58 8.5 – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 40.61 8.5 40.61 8.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.71 9.1 37.71 9.1 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 58.53 20.9 58.53 20.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 36.22 13.7 36.22 13.7 – –

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 41.86 4.5 41.86 4.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.80 6.0 34.80 6.0 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.13 6.9 41.13 6.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 48.30 2.0 48.30 2.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 44.95 12.6 44.95 12.6 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 25.61 15.0 25.99 16.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.79 11.1 14.79 11.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.52 14.0 21.52 14.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.08 5.2 34.08 5.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 27.37 27.3 27.37 27.3 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 38.98 5.8 38.98 5.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.39 1.8 32.39 1.8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 35.40 6.2 35.40 6.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.55 1.5 39.55 1.5 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 46.32 6.0 46.32 6.0 – –

Database administrators ................................................... 23.25 10.5 23.25 10.5 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 27.23 8.5 27.23 8.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.76 10.3 25.76 10.3 – –

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 29.68 4.5 29.68 4.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.58 4.5 28.58 4.5 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 29.36 8.5 29.40 8.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.08 12.6 14.08 12.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.36 7.7 18.36 7.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.33 7.3 21.33 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.98 4.5 23.98 4.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.82 6.4 28.86 6.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.66 2.7 31.66 2.7 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 32.65 .9 32.65 .9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.67 2.5 39.17 2.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 48.16 3.8 48.16 3.8 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 57.30 2.8 57.30 2.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 35.55 7.7 35.55 7.7 – –

Architects, except naval .................................................... 29.83 7.2 29.83 7.2 – –

Architects, except landscape and naval ....................... 29.83 7.2 29.83 7.2 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 37.47 1.4 37.55 1.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 23.30 3.6 23.30 3.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.90 5.6 22.90 5.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.78 9.5 30.78 9.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.92 3.7 30.92 3.7 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 32.99 1.3 32.99 1.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 38.61 2.7 39.18 2.9 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 48.47 3.3 48.47 3.3 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 57.30 2.8 57.30 2.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 44.78 4.2 44.78 4.2 – –

Chemical engineers ...................................................... 50.03 10.7 50.03 10.7 – –

Civil engineers .............................................................. 30.05 8.8 30.05 8.8 – –

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 42.87 9.2 42.87 9.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. $36.40 5.7 $36.40 5.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.12 5.9 39.12 5.9 – –

Electrical engineers .................................................. 38.73 8.6 38.73 8.6 – –

Electronics engineers, except computer ................... 33.98 7.1 33.98 7.1 – –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 33.20 5.1 33.20 5.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.18 2.2 27.18 2.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 34.90 5.7 34.90 5.7 – –

Industrial engineers .................................................. 32.39 6.6 32.39 6.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.18 2.2 27.18 2.2 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 31.77 2.5 31.77 2.5 – –

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 29.40 7.3 30.16 9.7 – –

Petroleum engineers .................................................... 48.50 19.2 48.50 19.2 – –

Drafters ............................................................................. 22.16 3.9 22.23 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.46 8.2 17.46 8.2 – –

Architectural and civil drafters ...................................... 24.19 16.0 24.19 16.0 – –

Electrical and electronics drafters ................................. 16.59 12.3 16.63 13.3 – –

Mechanical drafters ...................................................... 19.11 4.3 19.11 4.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.46 16.3 19.46 16.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.08 9.3 19.08 9.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.24 5.2 22.24 5.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.26 7.4 28.40 7.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 39.57 10.8 39.57 10.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.80 6.6 22.80 6.6 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 23.31 3.4 23.31 3.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.27 6.4 22.27 6.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.55 5.1 29.55 5.1 – –

Mechanical engineering technicians ............................. 23.52 14.5 – – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................. 17.68 28.1 17.68 28.1 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 35.42 5.3 35.42 5.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.09 6.8 25.09 6.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 41.04 7.8 41.04 7.8 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 39.61 11.5 39.61 11.5 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 42.43 7.3 43.28 5.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 47.90 29.2 47.90 29.2 – –

Physical scientists ............................................................ 45.44 3.9 45.44 3.9 – –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 50.30 9.5 50.30 9.5 – –

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 53.99 2.5 53.99 2.5 – –

Market and survey researchers ........................................ 38.61 11.4 38.61 11.4 – –

Market research analysts ............................................. 38.61 11.4 38.61 11.4 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 17.30 9.3 16.14 5.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.21 5.5 13.90 5.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.10 7.1 18.10 7.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 19.03 4.2 19.03 4.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 19.34 12.7 18.89 13.6 – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 22.12 28.4 19.28 4.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.50 9.6 – – – –

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 18.43 7.8 18.55 13.1 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 17.93 6.8 17.93 6.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.21 8.3 18.21 8.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 18.81 6.8 18.81 6.8 – –

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 19.07 4.7 19.07 4.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 20.03 3.2 20.03 3.2 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 10.80 6.0 10.80 6.0 – –

Social and human service assistants ........................... 10.52 7.3 10.52 7.3 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 29.34 22.6 29.44 22.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.10 8.1 27.10 8.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.66 10.5 42.66 10.5 – –

Lawyers ............................................................................ 57.92 10.5 57.92 10.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.66 10.5 42.66 10.5 – –

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 19.55 5.0 19.72 4.8 – –

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ................. 20.03 6.0 20.26 5.6 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 24.44 21.4 26.04 21.3 $14.67 15.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Education, training, and library occupations –Continued

Level 2 ............................................................. $7.03 4.9 $7.08 4.9 $6.88 7.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 8.94 5.1 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.50 12.3 14.27 14.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 13.20 2.2 13.14 2.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.19 5.9 21.22 6.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.38 13.3 26.93 10.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.10 8.9 – – – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 38.15 4.9 36.97 6.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.47 20.1 47.24 14.2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 44.82 9.6 44.82 9.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.13 30.1 25.17 45.4 14.74 13.1

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 46.59 25.5 49.82 25.9 19.18 18.6

Level 8 ............................................................. 23.78 20.5 25.30 18.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.52 1.9 – – – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 36.90 6.4 36.97 6.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 42.47 20.1 47.24 14.2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 44.82 9.6 44.82 9.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.94 15.6 43.74 15.8 – –

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................... 40.51 7.0 – – – –

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 88.09 35.2 88.09 35.2 – –

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 39.81 8.7 39.78 8.7 – –

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ...... 36.79 6.0 36.79 6.0 – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 30.37 14.8 30.94 15.6 25.37 19.5

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 19.09 15.7 16.63 11.0 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 19.47 11.2 19.59 11.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 12.31 9.8 12.31 9.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.73 7.9 21.80 8.1 – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 10.45 8.2 10.56 8.7 – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 10.32 8.7 – – – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 24.50 13.9 24.71 12.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.26 8.9 27.88 8.0 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 20.32 18.9 21.70 20.3 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 26.84 11.8 26.09 9.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.65 7.8 27.65 7.8 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 22.43 9.1 22.43 9.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.02 5.1 22.02 5.1 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 25.25 8.2 25.25 8.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.02 5.1 22.02 5.1 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 17.52 6.6 15.72 13.8 19.49 23.0

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 8.83 9.5 9.13 11.6 7.76 6.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.03 4.9 7.08 4.9 6.88 7.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 8.94 5.1 – – – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 19.59 7.5 20.66 8.2 10.87 6.5

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.59 7.3 13.59 7.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.21 8.6 14.58 9.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.89 6.1 16.89 6.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 24.54 3.5 24.73 3.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.40 5.3 27.40 5.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 21.35 17.3 25.30 16.5 10.14 7.9

Designers ......................................................................... 18.05 6.4 18.68 7.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.59 7.3 13.59 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.08 10.4 17.08 10.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.40 6.1 28.40 6.1 – –

Graphic designers ........................................................ 17.37 9.2 17.37 9.2 – –

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers ............. 13.53 24.4 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.53 24.4 – – – –

Coaches and scouts ..................................................... 13.53 24.4 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Coaches and scouts –Continued

Not able to be leveled ....................................... $13.53 24.4 – – – –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................. 19.44 15.9 $19.44 15.9 – –

Reporters and correspondents ..................................... 22.09 13.2 22.09 13.2 – –

Public relations specialists ................................................ 28.75 8.0 28.75 8.0 – –

Writers and editors ........................................................... 18.14 8.1 18.49 8.9 – –

Editors .......................................................................... 16.53 15.6 16.94 17.6 – –

Technical writers ........................................................... 19.06 9.2 19.06 9.2 – –

Photographers .................................................................. 14.30 14.5 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 24.59 8.4 25.01 9.4 $20.97 5.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.37 3.0 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.26 9.9 9.17 10.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.14 4.3 14.30 4.7 13.57 3.4

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.18 2.7 17.42 3.2 15.66 4.5

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.60 3.4 16.58 3.8 16.94 6.5

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.57 4.3 24.44 4.7 25.15 4.5

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.21 2.3 25.05 2.4 27.52 3.4

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.53 8.8 28.50 9.3 28.83 6.0

Level 10 ............................................................ 38.43 4.1 37.97 5.4 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 41.74 3.2 41.55 3.5 – –

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 47.47 .7 47.57 .7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 48.02 2.3 48.00 2.4 – –

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 92.01 4.0 92.01 4.0 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 26.85 3.9 27.01 4.3 25.34 1.4

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.24 7.1 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.19 2.9 25.37 3.3 24.53 4.2

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.45 3.9 25.31 4.0 27.15 3.1

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.66 4.0 26.86 4.1 24.73 1.4

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.47 4.3 34.47 4.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.31 9.2 35.31 9.2 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 30.59 9.8 30.30 11.8 32.11 9.8

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.86 11.4 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.69 5.4 23.66 5.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.12 3.5 29.26 2.4 – –

Occupational therapists ................................................ 27.49 14.4 26.58 15.9 – –

Physical therapists ........................................................ 36.37 14.8 36.03 17.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.92 3.4 29.13 2.1 – –

Respiratory therapists ................................................... 21.48 2.3 21.51 2.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.98 2.8 22.20 3.4 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 15.45 14.6 15.47 14.8 15.23 15.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.23 8.3 11.39 8.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.45 8.0 12.45 8.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.77 10.1 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.32 10.4 – – – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 21.40 6.5 22.00 6.0 17.74 14.3

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians .................. 12.41 9.6 12.50 9.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.26 8.6 11.39 8.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.45 8.0 12.45 8.0 – –

Dental hygienists .............................................................. 32.41 4.2 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 21.19 8.1 21.25 8.4 20.41 7.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.67 8.0 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.21 9.4 – – – –

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .............. 17.26 14.9 16.68 15.0 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 22.53 4.1 22.67 4.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.18 8.8 – – – –

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 11.31 19.6 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 14.70 4.4 15.64 5.9 13.16 2.6

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.01 3.1 14.76 4.9 13.09 .8

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.27 7.8 16.45 7.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.91 13.2 18.49 12.1 – –

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 13.20 2.7 13.56 7.2 12.89 1.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.79 1.4 – – 13.11 .8

Respiratory therapy technicians ................................... 19.70 3.7 19.88 2.5 – –

Surgical technologists ................................................... 17.38 5.7 17.42 5.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Surgical technologists –Continued

Level 4 ............................................................. $16.63 2.6 $16.69 2.7 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.44 2.9 17.43 2.9 $17.65 4.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.46 4.1 16.43 4.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.49 3.1 17.42 3.1 18.26 5.1

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.18 3.7 17.27 3.8 – –

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 15.19 12.2 15.32 12.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.44 6.6 9.44 6.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.76 7.1 – – – –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........ 23.62 7.6 23.64 7.6 – –

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians .................................................................. 22.63 22.9 22.63 22.9 – –

Occupational health and safety specialists ................... 22.63 22.9 22.63 22.9 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.36 8.2 11.47 7.4 7.13 4.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.58 23.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.17 3.6 9.14 3.2 6.56 2.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.19 3.3 9.33 4.4 8.57 4.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.19 4.7 12.33 4.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.75 12.8 16.72 13.1 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 8.22 4.2 8.93 3.0 6.71 4.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.57 13.4 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.88 4.6 8.91 3.5 6.48 3.1

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.37 4.5 8.46 4.9 7.82 6.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.05 6.3 10.31 5.5 – –

Home health aides ........................................................ 6.74 4.1 7.57 9.7 6.27 1.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.69 4.7 8.04 13.1 6.30 1.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.06 7.2 – – – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.20 1.6 9.27 1.6 8.63 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.68 2.7 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.98 1.9 9.03 2.1 8.34 5.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.97 3.4 9.10 3.6 8.32 3.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.76 3.6 10.86 3.9 – –

Psychiatric aides ........................................................... 9.26 5.0 9.58 4.1 – –

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 24.86 14.4 24.84 14.6 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.71 8.2 12.49 6.5 7.86 15.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.08 3.1 10.08 3.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.35 3.4 10.78 7.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.10 4.0 13.08 4.1 – –

Dental assistants .......................................................... 16.51 7.9 16.51 7.9 – –

Medical assistants ........................................................ 10.74 1.8 10.82 2.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.20 4.4 9.47 4.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.31 3.5 12.27 3.4 – –

Pharmacy aides ............................................................ 7.86 29.2 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 10.31 7.2 10.37 7.3 9.92 11.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.81 12.4 8.65 13.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.90 13.8 7.96 13.8 7.55 16.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.34 6.0 10.91 6.4 8.78 5.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.71 .9 11.80 1.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.50 5.1 13.23 4.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.83 19.7 – – – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 9.97 8.5 9.95 8.4 10.12 14.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.81 12.4 8.65 13.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.86 15.1 7.97 14.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.48 6.4 11.13 7.6 8.78 5.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.47 13.2 14.08 9.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.76 5.7 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.15 8.6 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 9.97 8.5 9.95 8.4 10.12 14.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.81 12.4 8.65 13.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.86 15.1 7.97 14.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.48 6.4 11.13 7.6 8.78 5.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.47 13.2 14.08 9.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.76 5.7 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.15 8.6 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ $8.13 5.2 – – – –

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 8.26 5.2 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 6.76 2.2 $7.25 4.0 $5.84 2.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.01 2.2 6.32 2.0 5.67 4.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 5.83 2.2 5.89 2.8 5.71 4.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.46 4.2 7.88 3.7 6.27 7.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.68 5.2 9.79 5.5 8.67 4.0

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.21 8.4 13.34 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.50 6.6 16.50 6.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.06 9.6 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 12.88 3.3 13.03 3.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.85 11.2 10.88 11.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.55 8.5 13.73 8.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.90 6.6 16.90 6.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 12.88 3.3 13.03 3.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.85 11.2 10.88 11.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.55 8.5 13.73 8.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.90 6.6 16.90 6.6 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.54 2.0 8.71 1.7 7.66 4.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.66 3.5 6.94 4.5 6.38 6.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.71 2.2 7.88 2.0 6.96 4.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.34 1.5 8.38 2.1 8.07 4.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.51 4.7 10.53 4.4 – –

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 7.28 4.5 7.44 4.5 6.81 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.56 5.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.96 4.2 7.02 5.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.67 2.8 7.67 3.1 – –

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 9.82 4.9 9.82 4.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.83 5.4 8.83 5.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.58 1.9 9.58 1.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.90 9.6 10.90 9.6 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 8.84 2.7 8.99 2.9 8.17 6.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.35 5.0 7.54 4.7 6.98 7.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.50 3.7 8.57 3.7 8.06 8.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.34 4.5 10.35 4.8 – –

Cooks, short order ........................................................ 8.13 1.7 8.06 1.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.88 1.5 – – – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 7.59 5.1 7.93 7.9 7.12 3.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.18 5.9 7.20 7.8 7.15 5.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.45 5.0 8.36 9.3 6.67 3.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.35 6.7 10.26 1.8 – –

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 3.91 4.3 3.98 6.7 3.77 7.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 4.32 8.7 4.78 9.7 3.72 9.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 3.48 5.6 3.38 9.6 3.76 20.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 3.89 6.0 4.09 5.2 3.66 11.8

Level 4 ............................................................. 4.67 19.1 4.68 20.5 – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 5.33 6.7 5.65 7.1 4.56 20.0

Level 3 ............................................................. 4.78 14.1 5.15 7.6 4.43 25.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 5.58 14.4 5.60 15.7 – –

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 3.15 6.5 3.09 5.0 3.26 13.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 3.04 8.4 3.40 9.8 2.66 9.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 3.13 11.3 2.92 7.2 3.63 21.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 3.46 6.6 3.64 5.3 3.24 10.6

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 5.95 10.7 6.26 12.0 5.40 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 5.85 10.6 6.13 12.0 5.36 7.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.85 10.9 – – – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 6.94 1.9 7.46 5.5 6.36 1.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.63 2.3 7.07 5.1 6.30 2.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.81 1.9 7.21 7.3 6.31 2.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.49 1.9 8.67 2.6 7.72 2.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... $6.91 1.8 $7.44 6.1 $6.34 1.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.60 2.2 6.99 5.0 6.32 2.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.78 2.1 7.23 9.0 6.22 2.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.39 2.2 8.57 3.4 – –

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 7.28 5.5 7.61 6.0 6.64 2.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.95 7.5 7.50 6.4 5.86 6.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.09 2.5 – – 7.14 3.4

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ 6.90 7.9 7.60 8.3 6.34 10.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.46 11.0 7.19 3.2 5.18 21.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.11 10.2 8.08 18.8 6.69 10.0

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 7.36 3.2 7.37 2.9 7.32 5.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.32 3.2 7.30 2.8 7.37 6.1

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 6.82 11.1 6.46 15.5 7.27 6.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.34 12.4 5.98 18.7 6.89 9.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.54 11.4 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.79 17.1 – – 7.39 18.0

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 8.22 3.5 8.52 1.6 6.94 7.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.32 2.7 7.55 3.0 6.64 8.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.90 6.2 8.95 6.3 8.36 12.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.92 10.4 10.92 10.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.41 13.0 11.07 12.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.67 2.9 15.67 2.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 11.82 12.3 11.62 12.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and

janitorial workers ..................................................... 11.55 13.3 11.30 13.7 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.05 3.3 8.36 1.3 6.81 7.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.31 2.8 7.55 3.4 6.62 8.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.04 5.5 9.13 5.3 8.36 12.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.20 10.0 11.20 10.0 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 8.62 5.6 8.87 6.5 7.50 4.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.64 5.3 7.72 5.6 7.42 6.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.00 6.2 9.18 6.3 7.73 8.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.56 10.4 11.56 10.4 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.41 3.4 7.43 3.7 7.19 5.2

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.39 3.9 7.42 4.4 7.19 5.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.55 3.4 7.55 3.4 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 8.18 8.3 8.22 8.7 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.49 5.8 – – – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 7.79 3.5 7.79 3.7 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.49 5.8 – – – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 8.84 6.2 10.50 3.7 7.03 7.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.27 4.6 6.53 6.3 6.24 5.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.21 3.9 7.49 5.1 6.95 4.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.90 4.3 8.03 3.9 7.47 7.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.62 3.7 13.02 2.3 10.31 14.9

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.44 18.3 18.83 22.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.78 16.1 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service

workers ....................................................................... 12.08 2.5 12.08 2.5 – –

Nonfarm animal caretakers .............................................. 10.65 8.8 10.89 7.1 – –

Gaming services workers ................................................. 13.26 34.8 – – – –

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ...................... 7.40 15.3 – – 6.48 9.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.48 9.5 – – 6.48 9.5

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 7.40 7.8 – – 7.03 5.2

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 7.40 7.8 – – 7.03 5.2

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 10.64 11.4 10.01 6.5 12.85 32.7

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.59 1.8 9.75 1.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .............. $11.25 11.3 $10.25 9.0 – –

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................... 6.97 7.5 6.59 5.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.26 8.0 6.72 10.8 – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ...................................... 6.59 5.6 6.59 5.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.72 10.8 6.72 10.8 – –

Transportation attendants ................................................. 33.45 14.7 33.81 16.0 – –

Flight attendants ........................................................... 39.86 1.1 40.53 1.6 – –

Child care workers ............................................................ 8.07 5.5 8.17 4.9 $7.34 9.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.89 3.1 7.04 2.8 6.22 4.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.05 5.3 8.00 5.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.89 4.5 – – – –

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 6.23 5.1 – – 6.18 4.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.15 7.2 – – 6.15 7.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.19 2.6 – – 6.07 2.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.13 6.5 – – – –

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 11.90 14.2 13.88 17.5 9.89 15.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 9.64 26.0 – – – –

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 12.81 13.8 – – 11.76 22.5

Recreation workers ....................................................... 11.53 21.0 – – – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 14.90 2.4 16.88 2.3 7.63 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.27 3.0 7.45 4.5 7.09 2.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.80 2.5 8.63 2.2 7.12 1.4

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.94 4.4 10.25 5.2 8.69 4.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.67 7.3 14.89 8.1 12.12 4.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.70 2.5 16.78 2.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.34 6.3 26.49 6.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.47 9.5 27.47 9.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 38.24 9.9 38.24 9.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 47.03 14.7 47.03 14.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 76.14 9.7 76.14 9.7 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 59.72 11.0 59.72 11.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.46 7.9 14.02 6.9 7.57 2.6

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 20.89 12.8 21.03 12.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.83 3.7 10.11 5.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.63 8.7 10.68 8.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.47 4.4 13.47 4.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.20 7.1 18.20 7.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 27.35 14.3 27.35 14.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.50 15.7 25.50 15.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.57 23.6 22.57 23.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 15.95 5.4 16.07 5.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.86 3.9 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.63 8.7 10.68 8.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.36 5.3 14.36 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.14 9.4 18.14 9.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.92 4.0 23.92 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.12 15.2 20.12 15.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 33.95 28.9 33.95 28.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 33.01 42.8 33.01 42.8 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.97 2.2 11.19 2.8 7.46 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.21 3.3 7.39 5.2 7.03 2.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.78 2.1 8.63 2.3 7.07 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.85 4.9 10.19 5.8 8.53 4.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.22 7.4 14.56 7.6 11.34 8.9

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.21 7.8 19.31 8.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.33 12.6 22.33 12.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... – – – – 7.54 2.7

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.68 2.3 8.13 3.6 7.16 2.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.13 4.4 7.21 6.4 7.05 3.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.56 2.0 8.52 3.3 7.06 1.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.44 4.9 8.60 5.3 8.05 3.3

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.68 2.3 8.13 3.6 7.16 2.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.13 4.4 7.21 6.4 7.05 3.6

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.56 2.0 8.52 3.3 7.06 1.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Cashiers –Continued

Level 3 ............................................................. $8.44 4.9 $8.60 5.3 $8.05 3.3

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 12.50 10.4 13.69 9.0 7.16 6.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.87 6.1 – – 6.28 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.30 7.3 9.88 7.2 7.48 5.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.53 16.3 14.72 16.7 – –

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 11.64 15.4 13.02 12.7 6.49 2.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 6.87 6.1 – – 6.28 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.55 7.3 8.93 6.9 – –

Parts salespersons ................................................... 14.16 11.2 14.83 11.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.87 11.9 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.03 15.0 13.13 15.5 – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.07 4.9 12.16 4.9 7.90 1.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.43 3.4 7.86 5.7 7.01 1.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.11 3.1 8.88 2.7 7.24 3.3

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.66 5.5 10.92 6.2 9.33 6.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.14 8.9 14.52 9.1 11.17 9.8

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.06 8.6 19.17 8.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... – – – – 7.74 2.7

Advertising sales agents ................................................... 47.67 42.5 47.67 42.5 – –

Insurance sales agents ..................................................... 20.03 11.1 20.19 11.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.84 3.4 16.84 3.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.52 2.2 20.48 5.3 – –

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales

agents ......................................................................... 22.39 20.4 22.39 20.4 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 29.38 5.7 29.53 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.10 11.1 18.27 10.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 25.10 6.5 25.19 6.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.73 18.8 26.73 18.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 42.15 4.3 42.15 4.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 72.70 6.6 72.70 6.6 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

technical and scientific products ............................. 36.93 10.5 36.93 10.5 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 26.29 6.3 26.47 6.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.15 11.6 18.34 11.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.27 6.6 26.41 6.4 – –

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 11.73 9.9 11.97 10.5 10.52 5.0

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 11.73 9.9 11.97 10.5 10.52 5.0

Telemarketers ................................................................... 10.46 6.8 10.82 7.9 9.33 12.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.35 1.4 10.45 .6 – –

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 11.96 13.1 12.61 15.0 8.20 10.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.49 7.5 – – 7.02 3.2

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.40 5.5 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.97 7.6 9.98 7.6 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.49 1.1 13.73 1.2 10.51 2.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.61 3.5 9.07 3.9 7.90 4.2

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.71 2.5 9.82 3.0 9.00 3.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.76 1.5 10.89 1.6 9.42 2.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.91 1.5 13.95 1.4 13.25 8.3

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.01 1.6 16.03 1.6 15.28 8.1

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.44 2.3 19.42 2.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.12 3.0 22.12 3.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.97 1.5 27.97 1.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.63 4.2 13.76 4.4 10.92 5.9

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 21.82 3.8 22.09 4.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.18 4.6 15.18 4.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.66 4.4 20.19 5.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.27 4.0 24.27 4.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 28.47 2.2 28.47 2.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 26.30 5.8 26.30 5.8 – –

Switchboard operators, including answering service ........ 9.91 5.8 10.01 6.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.47 9.3 9.59 10.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.88 7.0 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Telephone operators ........................................................ $16.46 12.2 – – – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 13.24 1.7 $13.69 2.1 $10.35 2.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.53 4.9 11.12 5.6 8.78 2.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.40 2.0 10.67 2.7 9.38 3.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.54 1.3 13.68 1.5 11.22 5.5

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.90 1.4 15.87 1.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.85 3.8 19.84 3.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.16 6.1 13.89 7.4 – –

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 14.15 7.4 14.28 8.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 8.50 13.8 8.61 15.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.36 11.4 14.29 12.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.15 7.4 17.99 7.5 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 13.09 2.7 13.22 2.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.31 3.8 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.83 4.8 10.90 5.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.57 2.9 13.57 2.9 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.13 1.5 14.35 1.3 11.37 10.1

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.52 7.2 9.82 6.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.37 2.5 11.67 3.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.80 3.8 14.02 3.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.08 2.8 15.09 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.64 5.1 19.62 5.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.88 6.9 13.88 6.9 – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 13.11 5.4 13.66 4.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.81 7.7 13.53 6.7 – –

Procurement clerks ....................................................... 16.38 17.7 16.38 17.7 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 10.72 2.3 11.33 3.0 9.53 2.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.76 3.0 10.53 3.4 8.92 3.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.86 1.5 9.91 2.8 9.79 2.5

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.33 1.8 12.43 2.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.46 11.9 13.12 13.4 – –

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks .......................... 13.39 9.1 13.59 8.7 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.86 5.5 13.99 5.8 11.52 8.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.07 9.6 9.14 5.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.59 2.5 9.61 2.9 9.18 10.7

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.29 3.1 14.24 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.00 7.6 17.00 7.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.80 3.8 20.80 3.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.76 7.0 13.24 8.4 – –

File clerks ......................................................................... 11.21 6.2 11.41 6.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.46 8.3 11.46 8.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.78 7.2 11.78 7.2 – –

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................. 7.85 5.9 8.08 5.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.86 6.7 8.02 6.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.70 7.3 – – – –

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 12.28 8.6 12.15 8.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.11 4.4 – – – –

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................ 14.90 7.1 15.00 7.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.85 12.4 15.06 12.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.59 14.9 16.59 14.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.03 7.8 15.03 7.8 – –

New accounts clerks ......................................................... 11.40 6.7 11.40 6.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.40 4.3 11.40 4.3 – –

Order clerks ...................................................................... 11.39 11.1 11.65 10.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.30 8.0 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.43 9.5 11.43 9.5 – –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 15.61 6.5 15.64 6.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.93 8.3 12.93 8.3 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 10.37 3.0 10.49 3.3 8.85 6.6

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.56 8.9 8.76 12.8 8.26 8.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.90 5.8 9.96 6.3 8.97 4.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.66 4.6 10.66 4.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.43 2.4 13.43 2.4 – –

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 15.77 5.0 16.25 8.0 14.39 13.5

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks –Continued

Level 2 ............................................................. $12.39 3.8 $11.98 4.6 – –

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 9.79 3.0 10.27 2.3 $8.35 6.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.02 4.0 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.66 4.5 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.58 7.3 11.58 7.3 – –

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 12.96 8.1 13.06 8.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.75 7.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.77 8.9 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.40 7.3 12.28 7.6 – –

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .......... 13.07 8.0 13.16 8.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 7.75 7.2 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.79 9.3 – – – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.80 7.5 12.69 8.0 – –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 15.71 6.4 15.39 5.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.08 2.1 15.08 2.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.51 11.2 19.87 3.5 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.34 4.6 11.37 4.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.50 3.2 9.50 3.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.19 5.9 11.29 6.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.28 5.0 13.28 5.0 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 11.06 2.8 11.52 2.9 7.29 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.13 4.5 8.83 6.8 7.09 6.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.00 5.4 10.04 5.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.87 4.2 10.96 4.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.29 2.9 14.29 2.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.49 10.8 9.70 12.4 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 16.53 3.6 16.63 3.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.85 5.5 9.98 5.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.49 4.1 15.54 4.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.49 2.8 17.55 2.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.52 3.4 20.52 3.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.43 2.9 22.43 2.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.61 4.8 16.61 4.8 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 19.70 2.4 19.78 2.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.64 3.8 15.64 3.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.48 2.0 17.60 2.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.68 4.5 20.68 4.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.22 3.5 23.22 3.5 – –

Legal secretaries .......................................................... 15.39 6.5 15.39 6.5 – –

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 13.18 16.6 13.40 15.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.05 10.6 10.32 10.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.61 3.1 12.61 3.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.66 7.8 19.66 7.8 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 15.77 4.4 15.81 4.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.64 6.7 9.64 6.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 16.68 5.7 16.78 5.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.67 3.1 16.67 3.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.57 4.9 19.57 4.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.56 12.4 16.56 12.4 – –

Computer operators .......................................................... 17.30 8.2 17.30 8.2 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.70 4.9 11.77 4.5 11.04 11.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.13 6.7 10.17 6.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.56 5.7 11.49 6.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.92 9.3 12.92 9.3 – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 11.26 2.9 11.29 2.3 11.04 12.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.13 6.7 10.17 6.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.83 7.6 11.79 8.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.52 5.4 11.52 5.4 – –

Word processors and typists ........................................ 13.42 7.0 13.48 7.0 – –

Desktop publishers ........................................................... 16.84 10.0 16.84 10.0 – –

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................. 13.81 7.1 13.78 7.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.24 10.2 10.24 10.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.33 10.9 13.33 10.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.93 6.6 14.93 6.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

–Continued

Not able to be leveled ....................................... $15.76 14.2 $15.88 14.6 – –

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal

service ........................................................................ 10.61 6.9 10.97 7.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.06 9.1 – – – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.80 2.7 11.91 3.4 $10.73 8.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.26 4.0 9.39 4.2 8.37 5.7

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.22 4.1 11.26 4.2 10.34 11.9

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.40 5.3 13.39 4.1 13.46 15.2

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.50 5.6 14.61 6.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.24 3.9 21.24 3.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.35 5.6 18.35 5.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.58 9.4 12.61 9.3 – –

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..................... 12.66 17.4 12.80 17.1 – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 15.61 4.5 15.63 4.5 11.17 14.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.86 5.1 9.96 5.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.97 10.0 10.97 10.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.79 9.0 10.79 9.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.93 2.0 12.94 2.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.11 3.0 16.13 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.27 6.5 21.27 6.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.18 10.6 24.18 10.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.74 11.3 30.74 11.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.91 10.6 14.91 10.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 23.74 11.5 23.74 11.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.85 4.6 19.85 4.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.55 10.0 20.55 10.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 33.54 23.3 33.54 23.3 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 13.41 2.4 13.41 2.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.72 3.2 12.72 3.2 – –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ....................................................................... 11.31 9.1 11.31 9.1 – –

Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................... 11.31 9.1 11.31 9.1 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 10.24 3.9 10.33 4.2 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.18 4.0 9.33 5.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.73 4.2 9.73 4.2 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 13.77 4.4 13.77 4.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.65 5.6 14.65 5.6 – –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 11.83 6.6 11.83 6.6 – –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 14.42 2.9 14.42 2.9 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 16.16 6.9 16.11 7.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.13 4.2 13.13 4.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.22 5.8 15.30 5.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.64 4.7 20.54 4.7 – –

Insulation workers ............................................................. 17.36 1.7 17.36 1.7 – –

Insulation workers, mechanical .................................... 17.53 1.5 17.53 1.5 – –

Painters and paperhangers .............................................. 13.09 6.0 13.09 6.0 – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ...................... 13.09 6.0 13.09 6.0 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 18.03 4.2 18.03 4.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 13.10 6.7 13.10 6.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.54 5.3 20.54 5.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.40 5.6 23.40 5.6 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 18.72 4.0 18.72 4.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.54 5.3 20.54 5.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.40 5.6 23.40 5.6 – –

Sheet metal workers ......................................................... 14.35 6.9 14.35 6.9 – –

Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 10.89 3.5 10.89 3.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.85 8.9 10.85 8.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.72 5.3 10.72 5.3 – –

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................................................. 12.96 5.0 12.96 5.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Construction and building inspectors ................................ $30.14 18.1 – – – –

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 14.16 17.0 $14.16 17.0 – –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas,

and mining .................................................................. 21.09 21.8 21.09 21.8 – –

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................................................. 20.19 4.1 20.19 4.1 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 17.77 3.0 17.79 3.0 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.85 2.6 8.86 2.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.84 7.2 9.84 7.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.18 5.5 12.27 5.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.55 3.2 12.55 3.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.37 3.5 15.37 3.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.68 5.4 20.71 5.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.80 2.9 22.80 2.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.32 8.0 27.32 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.49 6.1 30.49 6.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.50 9.8 20.54 9.7 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 24.22 5.8 24.22 5.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.48 16.1 19.48 16.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.67 6.4 22.67 6.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.67 8.3 26.67 8.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 24.06 21.5 24.06 21.5 – –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 14.59 11.9 14.59 11.9 – –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers ..................................................................... 20.72 10.0 20.72 10.0 – –

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ............................... 20.72 10.0 20.72 10.0 – –

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 18.23 7.6 18.23 7.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.04 11.3 15.04 11.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.17 16.0 18.17 16.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.20 8.6 21.20 8.6 – –

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment ............................................... 18.65 7.1 18.65 7.1 – –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 27.19 8.7 27.19 8.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.18 6.1 26.18 6.1 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 16.47 6.6 16.49 6.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.21 10.8 12.21 10.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.46 3.6 15.46 3.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.88 9.5 21.08 9.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.75 8.1 20.75 8.1 – –

Automotive body and related repairers ......................... 14.76 7.8 14.76 7.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.27 11.6 15.27 11.6 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 17.01 8.3 17.03 8.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.58 7.7 15.58 7.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.00 10.2 21.21 10.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.84 8.7 20.84 8.7 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 16.37 5.1 16.37 5.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.31 5.0 15.31 5.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.92 6.2 14.92 6.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.57 5.3 20.57 5.3 – –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

and mechanics ........................................................... 17.45 5.7 17.45 5.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.14 5.2 18.14 5.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.02 6.2 17.02 6.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.15 12.3 21.15 12.3 – –

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines .. 16.90 2.3 16.90 2.3 – –

Rail car repairers .......................................................... 19.18 8.9 19.18 8.9 – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 20.44 10.6 20.44 10.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.67 7.5 20.67 7.5 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 16.39 7.5 16.46 7.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.39 9.6 11.59 9.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.87 6.6 13.87 6.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers –Continued

Level 5 ............................................................. $15.57 3.7 $15.57 3.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.49 12.9 22.49 12.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 21.87 6.7 21.87 6.7 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.27 24.7 16.38 24.8 – –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 19.97 9.3 19.97 9.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.66 7.2 15.66 7.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 28.03 3.4 28.03 3.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.29 7.9 23.29 7.9 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 13.72 12.7 13.83 13.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.45 13.9 – – – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.38 7.3 15.38 7.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.21 21.9 23.21 21.9 – –

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 15.18 8.6 15.18 8.6 – –

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 23.47 4.8 23.47 4.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.78 9.6 17.78 9.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 26.66 1.1 26.66 1.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.29 2.0 25.29 2.0 – –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................ 25.04 5.4 25.04 5.4 – –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ......... 22.28 7.7 22.28 7.7 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 13.38 12.1 13.38 12.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.96 2.3 8.96 2.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.56 2.9 10.56 2.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.86 6.8 13.86 6.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 9.84 30.7 9.84 30.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.22 12.2 18.22 12.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 19.95 8.4 19.95 8.4 – –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 11.30 6.1 11.30 6.1 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.96 2.3 8.96 2.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.33 2.8 10.33 2.8 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.15 2.9 13.25 2.9 $9.19 4.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.57 2.2 8.62 2.1 7.37 12.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.57 3.1 9.56 3.2 9.82 2.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.71 3.1 11.85 2.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.15 3.6 13.20 3.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.14 4.2 15.16 4.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 19.42 4.6 19.42 4.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.27 5.2 23.27 5.2 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.33 5.7 27.33 5.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.04 8.1 28.04 8.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.23 8.8 14.22 8.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 21.02 5.9 21.02 5.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.62 5.9 14.62 5.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.62 8.3 16.62 8.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.30 7.7 25.30 7.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.54 3.3 29.54 3.3 – –

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ................................................................. 20.23 4.8 20.23 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.03 3.7 22.03 3.7 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.31 3.6 11.33 4.4 11.11 4.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.93 3.2 10.72 4.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.02 11.8 14.20 11.5 – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 11.46 3.8 11.52 4.9 11.11 4.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.85 3.9 10.52 5.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.38 10.5 – – – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 11.72 8.5 11.78 8.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.88 8.9 7.97 8.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.26 11.2 8.28 11.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 15.19 15.9 15.19 15.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.13 17.3 14.13 17.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.42 12.8 14.42 12.8 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators –Continued

Not able to be leveled ....................................... $15.79 29.1 – – – –

Bakers .............................................................................. 9.90 15.1 $9.90 15.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 7.53 23.0 7.53 23.0 – –

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing

workers ....................................................................... 10.71 7.4 10.71 7.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.72 3.1 13.72 3.1 – –

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................ 14.75 3.6 14.75 3.6 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.59 2.7 14.59 2.7 – –

Miscellaneous food processing workers ........................... 10.88 8.2 10.88 8.9 – –

Food batchmakers ........................................................ 9.58 19.0 – – – –

Computer control programmers and operators ................ 17.09 18.6 17.09 18.6 – –

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal

and plastic .............................................................. 17.01 20.2 17.01 20.2 – –

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic .................................................................. 10.13 28.8 10.13 28.8 – –

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ 9.79 32.3 9.79 32.4 – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 12.16 9.4 12.16 9.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.54 6.0 10.54 6.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.89 5.0 12.89 5.0 – –

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 10.60 7.8 10.60 7.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.65 8.9 10.65 8.9 – –

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. 11.82 12.0 11.82 12.0 – –

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 15.11 20.0 15.11 20.0 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 16.05 9.8 16.49 9.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.18 10.3 16.18 10.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.54 9.3 26.54 9.3 – –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... 9.95 10.0 9.95 10.0 – –

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 9.95 10.0 9.95 10.0 – –

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 12.29 7.4 12.29 7.4 – –

Tool and die makers ......................................................... 19.99 7.0 19.99 7.0 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 13.84 6.1 13.84 6.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.18 17.3 13.18 17.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.09 7.3 13.09 7.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.97 8.2 12.97 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.88 9.0 20.88 9.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 14.91 7.1 14.91 7.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.57 15.0 14.57 15.0 – –

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... 13.90 6.1 13.90 6.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.48 7.1 13.48 7.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.97 8.2 12.97 8.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.88 9.0 20.88 9.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 14.91 7.1 14.91 7.1 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 13.69 11.4 13.69 11.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.51 .6 11.51 .6 – –

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 10.64 33.7 10.64 33.7 – –

Bookbinders and bindery workers .................................... 11.79 6.0 11.79 6.0 – –

Bindery workers ............................................................ 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 – –

Printers ............................................................................. 15.48 6.3 15.48 6.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.49 3.0 14.49 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.83 4.8 21.83 4.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.69 11.5 18.69 11.5 – –

Prepress technicians and workers ................................ 16.65 7.8 16.65 7.8 – –

Printing machine operators ........................................... 15.39 7.5 15.39 7.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.63 5.3 13.63 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.98 5.1 21.98 5.1 – –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................................... 8.52 2.0 8.47 2.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers –Continued

Level 2 ............................................................. $8.62 2.0 $8.51 1.8 – –

Sewing machine operators ............................................... 8.92 8.3 8.92 8.3 – –

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .. 11.67 19.3 11.67 19.3 – –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... 11.71 8.7 11.71 8.7 – –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ....... 33.24 16.4 33.24 16.4 – –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................ 17.96 16.0 17.96 16.0 – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ...................... 26.06 5.2 26.06 5.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.38 5.2 26.38 5.2 – –

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators,

and gaugers ............................................................ 25.96 8.4 25.96 8.4 – –

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ....................................................................... 12.77 11.8 12.77 11.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.26 9.5 10.26 9.5 – –

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and

tenders .................................................................... 11.99 12.3 11.99 12.3 – –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and

tenders ........................................................................ 12.96 6.7 12.96 6.7 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 14.92 7.9 14.96 8.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.99 4.1 10.92 4.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.13 5.7 15.13 5.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.59 13.9 16.59 13.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 21.20 12.6 21.20 12.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.63 5.3 26.63 5.3 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.77 9.6 – – – –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... 11.42 5.7 11.64 6.7 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.88 8.5 10.16 10.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.55 5.0 11.55 5.0 – –

Painting workers ............................................................... 12.86 4.5 12.86 4.5 – –

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,

operators, and tenders ........................................... 11.07 4.9 11.07 4.9 – –

Painters, transportation equipment ............................... 14.73 14.3 14.73 14.3 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 10.51 3.6 10.57 3.7 $8.74 13.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.54 2.8 8.61 2.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.95 2.3 9.96 2.3 8.34 15.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.32 6.6 13.37 6.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.90 11.2 12.90 11.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.67 9.0 13.67 9.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.86 1.0 9.86 1.0 – –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and

plastic ..................................................................... 9.47 12.4 9.47 12.4 – –

Helpers--production workers ........................................ 10.27 2.5 10.29 2.6 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.89 6.1 9.96 6.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.23 3.0 10.23 3.0 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.52 6.2 14.14 5.6 7.82 4.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.09 6.6 8.76 5.8 6.85 3.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.77 3.4 9.90 3.6 8.35 4.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.38 3.0 11.35 3.1 12.83 5.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.47 4.9 15.50 4.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.31 2.9 18.32 2.9 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.24 7.0 22.23 7.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.06 15.7 23.06 15.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.21 13.8 29.21 13.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 67.07 37.0 67.07 37.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 12.54 10.1 12.21 9.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and

material movers, hand ................................................ 15.83 8.1 15.14 9.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.48 7.9 14.48 7.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and

material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........ 22.21 7.8 22.53 6.6 – –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 108.00 27.5 108.00 27.5 – –

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 136.95 16.8 136.95 16.8 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.12 11.7 14.77 12.2 – –

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 12.53 18.1 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 14.80 3.6 15.03 3.6 7.34 8.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers –Continued

Level 1 ............................................................. $8.05 2.6 $9.19 5.5 $5.83 3.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.07 10.2 11.54 11.1 8.14 13.6

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.81 3.7 10.78 3.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.24 4.7 15.24 4.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.73 4.5 18.73 4.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.19 11.3 16.19 11.3 – –

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... 13.00 13.0 16.49 9.0 6.32 9.1

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 15.94 6.0 15.94 6.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 14.71 20.0 14.71 20.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.59 8.8 10.59 8.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.21 2.8 15.21 2.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 19.27 6.3 19.27 6.3 – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 12.93 8.9 13.03 9.0 9.58 15.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.91 4.0 9.19 5.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.53 3.5 9.47 3.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.12 11.8 11.07 11.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.26 14.2 15.26 14.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.64 12.6 15.64 12.6 – –

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .............................................. 7.63 6.6 7.63 7.0 – –

Sailors and marine oilers .................................................. 13.44 .0 13.44 .0 – –

Service station attendants ................................................ 10.03 12.2 – – – –

Crane and tower operators ............................................... 16.82 5.0 16.82 5.0 – –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ....... 12.16 4.7 12.30 4.6 – –

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ................................................................ 12.16 4.7 12.30 4.6 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 11.34 10.0 11.32 10.2 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.00 4.6 8.99 4.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.30 4.5 11.28 4.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.39 3.5 14.37 3.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.37 8.5 18.37 8.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 10.65 5.3 10.65 5.3 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.32 3.6 9.89 2.2 7.15 4.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.13 7.5 8.83 6.9 6.96 3.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.57 2.6 9.60 2.6 8.79 7.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.49 8.6 12.47 8.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.34 4.2 14.51 4.3 – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 9.64 3.8 9.73 3.2 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.35 5.3 8.49 5.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.85 7.9 10.00 7.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.19 2.0 11.19 2.0 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 9.71 5.5 10.29 3.7 7.71 8.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.57 11.3 9.31 10.0 7.53 7.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.71 4.1 9.76 4.1 8.49 12.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.12 11.6 13.12 11.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.65 9.0 14.98 9.1 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 8.80 7.7 – – – –

Machine feeders and offbearers ................................... 10.81 9.4 10.81 9.4 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 10.04 12.2 10.04 12.2 – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 7.31 2.8 8.05 3.7 6.24 2.3

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.69 3.3 7.36 6.8 6.07 2.8

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.52 9.4 8.33 9.5 – –

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

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

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

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

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored

to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $19.93 1.6 $20.15 1.6 $13.80 10.6

Management occupations ................................................. 34.38 5.6 34.48 5.6 25.10 16.1

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.89 1.5 18.89 1.5 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 21.75 9.9 21.75 9.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 25.31 6.4 25.28 6.8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 37.74 7.9 37.74 7.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 33.72 6.8 33.72 6.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 43.34 5.5 43.34 5.5 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 47.39 10.2 47.39 10.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 35.40 17.7 35.50 18.1 – –

General and operations managers ................................... 37.33 16.3 37.33 16.3 – –

Administrative services managers .................................... 22.83 6.0 22.83 6.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 22.00 .9 22.00 .9 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 32.27 3.4 32.27 3.4 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 35.01 7.5 35.01 7.5 – –

Human resources managers ............................................ 40.84 7.1 40.84 7.1 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 41.45 7.6 41.75 8.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.97 4.1 33.40 2.3 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 39.08 7.5 39.08 7.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.75 4.2 35.75 4.2 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 45.92 5.8 45.92 5.8 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 46.81 10.8 46.81 10.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 52.09 39.9 52.09 39.9 – –

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 38.08 3.5 38.08 3.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.92 2.1 34.92 2.1 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 41.66 3.8 41.66 3.8 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.74 4.3 35.74 4.3 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 44.81 5.8 44.81 5.8 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 40.63 18.4 40.63 18.4 – –

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 48.57 13.4 48.57 13.4 – –

Medical and health services managers ............................ 29.15 5.6 29.15 5.6 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 28.08 8.4 28.08 8.4 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 20.60 2.9 20.82 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.26 5.3 13.26 5.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.91 10.0 17.13 11.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.90 6.0 18.90 6.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 20.00 7.9 20.00 7.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 22.61 6.3 22.61 6.3 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 18.78 8.4 18.78 8.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.54 3.0 16.54 3.0 – –

Training and development specialists .......................... 29.81 20.0 29.81 20.0 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 19.62 5.4 19.62 5.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 19.77 8.1 19.77 8.1 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 21.63 7.1 21.64 7.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.50 7.7 17.50 7.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.01 5.9 26.10 6.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.00 6.7 26.00 6.7 – –

Computer programmers ................................................... 23.58 6.8 23.58 6.8 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 17.02 11.4 17.02 11.4 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 20.26 7.8 20.26 7.8 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 20.11 6.8 20.25 7.4 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 28.94 11.5 28.94 11.5 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 18.12 6.7 18.28 7.2 – –

Civil engineering technicians ........................................ 20.05 15.0 20.05 15.0 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 22.20 7.1 22.30 7.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 17.18 8.8 17.94 8.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.01 7.6 22.73 8.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 17.23 6.7 17.23 6.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 19.20 9.4 19.20 9.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Life, physical, and social science occupations

–Continued

Level 10 ............................................................ $30.34 9.1 $30.34 9.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 28.17 18.2 28.17 18.2 – –

Life scientists .................................................................... 20.76 9.5 20.76 9.5 – –

Physical scientists ............................................................ 18.31 11.1 18.31 11.1 – –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 18.31 11.1 18.31 11.1 – –

Psychologists .................................................................... 30.24 5.5 30.24 5.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.65 7.9 26.65 7.9 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 33.48 4.2 33.48 4.2 – –

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists ............. 30.78 7.3 30.78 7.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.02 10.5 29.02 10.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.17 5.0 34.17 5.0 – –

Urban and regional planners ............................................ 24.96 6.7 24.96 6.7 – –

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science

technicians .................................................................. 16.39 9.6 – – – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 18.41 3.4 18.43 3.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.35 3.0 13.36 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.95 3.7 14.95 3.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.80 6.0 17.80 6.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 17.62 12.4 17.62 12.4 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.38 15.7 24.38 15.7 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 32.71 5.5 32.71 5.5 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 30.90 1.2 30.90 1.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 13.10 31.5 13.17 32.0 – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 28.91 7.1 28.94 7.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.41 16.7 22.41 16.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.95 1.8 31.95 1.8 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.42 1.7 34.42 1.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.81 2.6 32.81 2.6 – –

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 31.42 2.6 31.42 2.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.56 3.0 31.56 3.0 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.65 1.1 34.65 1.1 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 32.82 3.2 32.82 3.2 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 16.28 3.1 16.28 3.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.62 4.2 13.62 4.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.53 2.8 14.53 2.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.44 6.8 16.44 6.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 17.14 4.7 17.14 4.7 – –

Child, family, and school social workers ....................... 16.05 4.1 16.05 4.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.44 5.8 13.44 5.8 – –

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 17.70 6.9 17.70 6.9 – –

Mental health and substance abuse social workers ..... 15.19 9.9 15.19 9.9 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 14.45 3.1 14.46 3.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.08 2.5 – – – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.62 4.5 14.62 4.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.48 3.0 16.48 3.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 15.54 4.4 15.54 4.4 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 10.14 5.1 10.17 5.2 – –

Probation officers and correctional treatment

specialists ............................................................... 15.46 4.4 15.46 4.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.58 3.9 17.58 3.9 – –

Social and human service assistants ........................... 13.43 1.4 13.45 1.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.87 2.0 – – – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 9.83 5.7 9.87 5.9 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 38.82 7.7 38.32 8.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 52.15 5.5 53.70 5.5 – –

Lawyers ............................................................................ 40.23 8.3 39.83 11.6 – –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates ................ 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 25.26 19.2 25.26 19.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Education, training, and library occupations .................. $27.62 1.5 $27.96 1.6 $15.43 9.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.49 1.8 9.49 1.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.58 4.0 10.61 4.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.14 3.0 11.00 2.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.20 6.4 11.25 6.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 11.13 6.8 12.84 3.7 9.84 6.5

Level 6 ............................................................. 23.81 5.9 25.25 6.8 13.72 23.0

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.07 2.4 29.15 2.4 19.48 10.6

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.59 4.0 29.64 4.0 17.55 19.9

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.26 3.4 29.13 3.5 41.26 17.2

Level 10 ............................................................ 34.74 7.8 34.76 7.9 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 31.56 6.3 31.39 6.5 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.36 6.7 47.28 6.8 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 53.15 7.5 53.15 7.5 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 24.56 10.0 26.39 17.6 13.91 3.9

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 37.88 3.7 38.41 3.8 28.52 5.0

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.63 16.4 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 23.22 12.5 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 32.16 4.3 31.63 5.8 41.26 17.2

Level 10 ............................................................ 36.01 10.6 36.04 10.7 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 33.80 5.7 33.66 5.8 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.44 7.0 47.36 7.1 – –

Level 13 ............................................................ 53.15 7.5 53.15 7.5 – –

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary .............. 34.51 4.8 33.53 3.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 35.15 10.5 – – – –

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 46.70 20.0 47.06 20.0 – –

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 46.70 20.0 47.06 20.0 – –

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 29.16 1.8 30.38 1.9 20.84 1.4

Level 10 ............................................................ 31.51 10.1 – – – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 40.05 6.8 40.67 7.7 30.04 6.9

Level 7 ............................................................. 26.89 16.3 – – – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 26.04 2.5 – – – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 34.29 6.1 34.36 6.7 32.84 10.8

Level 10 ............................................................ 39.45 14.4 39.53 14.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 35.20 9.3 35.02 9.7 – –

Level 12 ............................................................ 47.81 8.8 47.67 8.8 – –

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 30.09 6.1 30.41 5.2 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.78 2.7 29.39 1.5 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 29.37 2.7 29.50 2.6 10.37 14.9

Level 5 ............................................................. 8.58 8.6 – – 8.77 10.3

Level 6 ............................................................. 28.11 4.8 29.14 2.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.24 2.6 29.27 2.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.02 4.6 30.04 4.6 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.92 1.7 28.92 1.7 – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 29.68 1.5 29.68 1.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.37 1.4 29.37 1.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.40 3.1 31.40 3.1 – –

Kindergarten teachers, except special education ..... 30.28 1.8 30.28 1.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.59 2.9 31.59 2.9 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 29.22 3.1 29.36 3.1 11.28 19.6

Level 5 ............................................................. 8.33 10.4 – – 8.53 13.3

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.74 2.8 28.74 2.8 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.84 5.1 29.88 5.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.26 1.5 29.26 1.5 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 28.96 2.6 29.12 2.6 11.32 20.1

Level 5 ............................................................. 8.25 10.3 – – – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 28.44 2.7 28.44 2.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.45 4.3 29.51 4.3 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.57 1.5 29.57 1.5 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 30.30 5.7 30.33 5.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 30.66 3.3 30.66 3.3 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education –Continued

Level 8 ............................................................. $31.01 7.9 $31.01 7.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 27.90 1.4 27.90 1.4 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 29.40 2.5 29.53 2.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.66 3.4 29.71 3.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.09 3.1 30.09 3.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.02 2.6 28.02 2.6 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 29.65 2.1 29.79 2.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 30.14 1.9 30.20 1.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 30.10 3.1 30.10 3.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.06 2.7 28.06 2.7 – –

Vocational education teachers, secondary school ... 26.32 8.5 26.32 8.5 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 25.80 9.5 25.80 9.5 – –

Special education teachers .......................................... 30.85 5.4 30.97 5.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 30.23 1.3 30.23 1.3 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.37 9.1 31.37 9.1 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 30.31 4.5 30.31 4.5 – –

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school ................. 30.84 7.8 30.84 7.8 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 29.77 .7 29.77 .7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 31.57 10.0 31.57 10.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.20 1.9 28.20 1.9 – –

Special education teachers, secondary school ........ 30.71 3.5 31.10 3.0 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 29.49 3.8 29.49 3.8 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 18.07 13.1 25.13 14.0 $10.02 8.9

Level 5 ............................................................. 10.96 8.4 – – 10.11 6.4

Level 8 ............................................................. 27.57 8.6 – – – –

Librarians .......................................................................... 22.34 9.8 22.38 9.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 19.31 12.0 19.31 12.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.89 20.4 24.89 20.4 – –

Library technicians ............................................................ 12.80 1.9 12.80 2.2 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.99 2.2 10.89 2.2 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.43 1.1 9.43 1.1 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.58 4.0 10.61 4.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.25 3.3 10.99 2.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.25 6.6 11.25 6.6 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 31.95 39.0 32.77 38.8 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 22.25 3.4 22.10 3.4 26.45 8.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 14.14 7.7 14.16 7.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.84 6.0 15.84 6.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 20.76 7.2 20.91 6.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 24.03 7.1 23.93 7.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 24.81 3.8 24.50 3.9 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 29.17 6.1 28.84 6.3 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 24.95 16.0 24.95 16.0 – –

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 36.63 15.4 36.63 15.4 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 26.23 3.2 26.20 3.3 26.74 4.9

Level 7 ............................................................. 23.00 4.8 22.71 5.4 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.20 2.8 24.79 2.5 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 28.69 2.8 28.90 2.6 – –

Level 11 ............................................................ 29.08 11.1 29.08 11.1 – –

Therapists ......................................................................... 27.47 6.0 26.29 3.9 – –

Speech-language pathologists ..................................... 29.47 8.1 28.09 5.3 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 19.41 10.7 19.41 10.7 – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 21.11 11.6 21.11 11.6 – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 23.57 8.6 23.57 8.6 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.48 3.0 22.48 3.0 – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 23.32 9.2 23.32 9.2 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 22.48 3.0 22.48 3.0 – –

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 15.82 10.0 16.00 10.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. $16.82 3.6 $16.82 3.6 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 15.21 3.9 15.11 3.5 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.07 5.1 15.07 5.1 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.82 4.4 13.82 4.4 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.22 3.4 17.15 3.8 – –

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 15.76 11.4 – – – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.76 1.7 10.79 1.7 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.85 3.9 8.81 4.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.26 2.4 10.26 2.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.31 1.5 10.30 1.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.84 5.7 11.83 5.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.15 5.1 12.15 5.1 – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 10.04 2.1 10.06 2.3 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.09 3.8 10.09 3.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.27 1.5 10.24 1.5 – –

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.00 2.3 10.04 2.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.09 3.8 10.09 3.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.22 2.2 – – – –

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 10.25 6.6 10.25 6.6 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.36 3.8 11.36 3.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.57 6.1 10.57 6.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.35 3.1 10.35 3.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.08 6.6 12.08 6.6 – –

Medical assistants ........................................................ 11.45 4.5 11.45 4.5 – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 18.03 4.0 18.21 4.2 $9.98 9.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.34 6.8 – – 9.49 6.3

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.05 2.5 9.27 .0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.22 14.6 10.52 15.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.45 5.4 13.58 5.3 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.71 3.0 13.67 3.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.35 5.1 16.33 5.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.71 2.9 20.75 2.9 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.78 8.8 22.78 8.8 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 26.10 6.0 26.10 6.0 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 30.79 4.2 30.79 4.2 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.91 2.0 16.91 2.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement

workers ....................................................................... 23.64 7.0 23.64 7.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.79 9.4 18.79 9.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.64 5.1 16.64 5.1 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.55 8.7 25.55 8.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.50 3.5 31.50 3.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 29.90 4.0 29.90 4.0 – –

Not able to be leveled ....................................... 19.07 2.5 19.07 2.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 17.11 7.2 17.11 7.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of police and

detectives ............................................................... 25.79 5.2 25.79 5.2 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.53 4.7 17.53 4.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 25.61 8.7 25.61 8.7 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 31.50 3.5 31.50 3.5 – –

Level 10 ............................................................ 29.90 4.0 29.90 4.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and

prevention workers ..................................................... 28.28 6.6 28.28 6.6 – –

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 16.53 6.2 16.60 6.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.99 13.4 13.10 14.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.36 8.2 12.37 8.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.33 9.9 15.33 9.9 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.07 1.7 20.07 1.7 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.86 2.3 22.86 2.3 – –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 13.32 3.8 13.33 3.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.45 10.4 13.45 10.4 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.54 4.0 13.54 4.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.35 19.1 17.94 17.5 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... $13.26 3.7 $13.27 3.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.50 10.5 13.50 10.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.53 4.0 13.53 4.0 – –

Detectives and criminal investigators ............................... 21.33 14.0 21.33 14.0 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 19.84 2.7 20.13 3.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.84 5.1 14.30 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.86 5.4 16.71 5.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.11 7.6 18.10 7.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.70 3.6 22.70 3.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.12 8.0 22.12 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.20 4.2 24.20 4.2 – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 19.84 2.7 20.13 3.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.84 5.1 14.30 4.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.86 5.4 16.71 5.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 18.11 7.6 18.10 7.7 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 22.70 3.6 22.70 3.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 22.12 8.0 22.12 8.0 – –

Level 9 ............................................................. 24.20 4.2 24.20 4.2 – –

Animal control workers ..................................................... 10.77 10.6 – – – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 11.46 12.4 11.71 11.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.26 14.7 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 11.46 12.4 11.71 11.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.26 14.7 – – – –

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 12.93 13.6 15.39 13.1 $9.26 8.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.73 4.8 – – 9.73 4.8

Crossing guards ........................................................... 8.85 10.4 – – 8.85 10.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.73 4.8 – – 9.73 4.8

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 9.94 9.7 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 10.65 6.2 10.94 7.4 8.69 5.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.59 2.8 8.71 4.6 8.20 6.7

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.11 1.6 9.27 1.8 8.51 5.5

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.72 5.1 9.75 5.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.47 2.6 13.68 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.34 18.9 14.34 18.9 – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 14.88 10.6 14.88 10.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.37 19.0 14.37 19.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 14.86 10.7 14.86 10.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.37 19.0 14.37 19.0 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 10.02 4.1 9.79 3.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.17 6.6 9.21 7.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.00 4.0 10.00 4.0 – –

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 10.02 4.1 9.79 3.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.17 6.6 9.21 7.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.00 4.0 10.00 4.0 – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 9.08 4.3 9.40 5.4 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.10 4.1 9.50 5.7 – –

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 8.93 1.2 9.11 2.3 8.02 7.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.98 5.1 8.10 7.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.19 2.2 9.44 1.6 8.45 4.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.62 8.5 9.67 9.0 – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 8.78 1.6 8.94 2.7 8.02 7.0

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.98 5.1 8.10 7.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.19 2.2 9.44 1.6 8.45 4.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.21 4.8 9.26 5.5 – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 10.60 4.2 10.66 4.2 8.11 5.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.27 4.6 9.34 4.7 8.00 6.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.49 3.4 9.50 3.4 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.60 6.3 10.62 6.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.55 2.6 12.57 2.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ $16.12 6.0 $16.17 5.7 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

service, and groundskeeping workers .................... 17.80 19.2 – – – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 9.71 2.4 9.76 2.4 $8.05 5.9

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.38 5.1 9.48 5.1 8.00 7.0

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.20 2.5 9.21 2.6 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.26 4.4 10.27 4.4 – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 9.88 3.3 9.92 3.2 8.32 6.8

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.84 6.9 9.93 6.9 8.33 8.9

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.10 2.6 9.11 2.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.29 4.3 10.30 4.3 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.37 3.7 7.40 3.9 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.12 2.5 7.12 2.9 – –

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 11.01 5.2 11.01 5.2 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.64 2.9 8.64 2.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.61 3.7 10.61 3.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.06 9.7 12.06 9.7 – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 10.86 5.4 10.86 5.5 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.57 3.8 8.57 3.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.56 3.8 10.56 3.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.07 9.7 12.07 9.7 – –

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 11.15 4.7 12.09 4.6 8.38 10.4

Level 1 ............................................................. 6.81 2.9 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 8.65 3.7 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.34 4.6 9.63 4.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.22 6.3 – – – –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 11.03 17.1 – – 8.39 11.9

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 11.03 17.1 – – 8.39 11.9

Child care workers ............................................................ 8.66 8.1 – – – –

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 11.10 11.5 11.89 11.4 7.75 3.2

Recreation workers ....................................................... 11.04 12.1 11.89 11.4 – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 13.59 12.1 14.95 17.5 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 10.89 8.6 11.73 6.5 – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 11.03 8.3 11.73 6.5 – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 11.03 8.3 11.73 6.5 – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 12.87 1.8 12.93 1.7 10.89 11.7

Level 1 ............................................................. 8.64 21.4 7.82 8.3 9.73 28.5

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.88 2.7 10.79 3.8 12.40 8.2

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.01 2.7 11.01 2.6 10.85 6.4

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.35 2.6 13.36 2.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.31 2.7 14.42 2.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 15.31 4.3 15.31 4.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 16.78 6.6 16.78 6.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 20.12 8.2 20.12 8.2 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 19.51 4.8 19.51 4.8 – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 13.95 3.9 13.95 3.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.60 3.3 11.60 3.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.41 3.5 13.41 3.5 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.56 9.5 14.56 9.5 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 12.76 7.5 12.76 7.5 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.15 4.9 14.15 4.9 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.02 2.7 12.02 2.7 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.30 4.1 13.30 4.1 – –

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................. 12.55 14.1 12.58 14.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.45 14.0 11.45 14.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.33 7.9 – – – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 12.70 4.8 12.70 4.8 – –

Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................. 14.60 1.4 14.60 1.4 – –

File clerks ......................................................................... 10.82 7.2 10.87 7.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ $12.82 15.8 $12.82 15.8 – –

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 11.16 4.4 11.35 3.8 $10.66 14.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.05 13.8 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.97 2.3 – – – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 11.94 8.8 11.92 9.3 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.95 12.0 11.90 12.5 – –

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 13.21 5.3 13.39 4.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.05 7.8 11.34 6.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.70 9.9 15.70 9.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.63 7.4 13.63 7.4 – –

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....................... 13.36 5.6 13.57 4.8 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.05 7.8 11.34 6.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.70 9.9 15.70 9.9 – –

Meter readers, utilities ...................................................... 13.07 8.5 13.11 8.8 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 13.41 2.7 13.43 2.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.71 4.5 10.66 4.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.70 4.8 13.71 4.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.12 3.1 14.12 3.1 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.22 4.1 14.22 4.1 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.64 5.6 17.64 5.6 – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 14.51 3.3 14.51 3.3 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 15.17 3.0 15.17 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 13.22 2.0 13.22 2.0 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.21 7.6 14.21 7.6 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 17.54 7.1 17.54 7.1 – –

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 12.69 5.5 12.69 5.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 9.22 8.1 9.22 8.1 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 12.84 3.6 12.86 3.7 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.91 6.0 10.84 6.1 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.98 5.2 13.00 5.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.23 5.5 14.23 5.5 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 14.26 5.1 14.26 5.1 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.86 3.5 11.86 3.5 – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 12.29 4.0 12.29 4.0 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.14 3.5 11.18 3.1 10.40 19.5

Level 1 ............................................................. 7.54 10.5 – – – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.11 2.6 9.89 3.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 10.71 3.2 10.72 3.2 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.34 4.7 12.34 4.7 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.40 7.0 – – – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 14.29 4.8 14.35 4.7 – –

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.67 12.4 9.78 14.8 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.45 11.1 9.45 11.1 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.10 5.8 11.10 5.8 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.92 3.0 12.92 3.0 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 14.30 5.7 14.30 5.7 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.00 10.4 16.00 10.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.59 7.6 18.59 7.6 – –

Level 8 ............................................................. 19.28 6.0 19.28 6.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 18.40 5.0 18.40 5.0 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 10.48 9.3 10.48 9.3 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 13.00 4.5 13.00 4.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.03 9.4 13.03 9.4 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 13.16 6.2 13.16 6.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.90 5.6 12.90 5.6 – –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 13.57 7.5 13.57 7.5 – –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 12.82 3.8 12.82 3.8 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 12.90 3.9 12.90 3.9 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 17.64 7.0 17.64 7.0 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 13.47 11.0 13.47 11.0 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 15.84 6.5 15.84 6.5 – –

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 19.24 1.3 19.24 1.3 – –

Highway maintenance workers ......................................... 12.21 4.0 12.21 4.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Highway maintenance workers –Continued

Level 2 ............................................................. $10.36 12.3 $10.36 12.3 – –

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 8.79 7.2 8.74 8.0 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 15.58 4.6 15.59 4.6 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.73 8.2 10.73 8.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.12 11.0 12.12 11.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.38 2.2 12.38 2.2 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 15.28 16.5 15.33 16.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.18 6.3 17.18 6.3 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 18.98 5.5 18.98 5.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 19.24 5.4 19.24 5.4 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 20.59 5.6 20.59 5.6 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 14.84 11.7 14.84 11.7 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 13.76 9.7 13.76 9.7 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 15.56 11.5 15.56 11.5 – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 17.56 6.5 17.56 6.5 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 13.17 7.0 13.17 7.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.04 17.0 12.04 17.0 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 12.07 3.9 12.07 3.9 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 11.20 7.7 11.20 7.7 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 13.21 7.2 13.21 7.2 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.04 17.0 12.04 17.0 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 12.00 7.3 12.03 7.4 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.72 4.4 11.72 4.4 – –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 11.08 6.3 11.12 6.5 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.62 9.0 13.63 9.0 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 9.11 4.8 – – – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.07 14.9 11.07 14.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.20 3.6 11.20 3.6 – –

Level 5 ............................................................. 16.23 8.8 16.23 8.8 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 16.15 8.0 16.15 8.0 – –

Level 7 ............................................................. 15.59 10.6 15.59 10.6 – –

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system

operators .................................................................... 14.71 12.3 14.77 12.0 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 11.07 14.9 11.07 14.9 – –

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.02 3.3 11.02 3.3 – –

Level 6 ............................................................. 17.47 5.0 17.47 5.0 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 13.38 3.3 13.57 3.6 $12.32 1.1

Level 1 ............................................................. 9.18 12.4 9.05 11.9 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.15 3.7 12.03 5.2 12.41 4.8

Level 3 ............................................................. 13.44 2.2 13.61 2.5 12.53 3.1

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.94 3.9 11.98 4.8 11.77 2.8

Level 5 ............................................................. 18.20 10.0 18.20 10.0 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 13.20 2.4 13.59 4.1 12.39 1.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.76 4.9 13.08 7.8 12.47 4.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 14.33 2.7 14.92 3.0 12.60 3.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 11.68 3.4 – – 11.77 2.8

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 16.24 1.6 16.30 1.8 – –

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 12.11 3.1 11.92 4.8 12.38 1.4

Level 2 ............................................................. 12.76 4.9 13.08 7.8 12.47 4.9

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.76 1.8 12.90 4.0 12.60 3.3

Level 4 ............................................................. 10.60 8.9 – – – –

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 12.70 4.5 12.72 4.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 11.25 6.4 11.28 6.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.34 2.1 12.34 2.1 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 13.38 5.5 13.38 5.5 – –

Level 3 ............................................................. 12.74 3.3 12.74 3.3 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

levels3, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ $10.92 3.5 $10.92 3.5 – –

Level 2 ............................................................. 10.99 5.0 10.99 5.0 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.82 12.3 9.82 12.3 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 9.04 16.0 9.04 16.0 – –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ........................ 11.67 5.8 11.52 5.1 – –

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

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

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

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

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is

evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and

complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored

to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the

occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the

overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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

South Central, June 2006

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All workers .............................................................................. $17.12 1.5 $18.09 1.4 $8.66 2.8

Management occupations ................................................. 38.91 3.6 38.96 3.7 21.34 19.7

Group II ............................................................. 19.37 3.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.38 2.4 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 68.89 3.8 – – – –

General and operations managers ................................... 41.03 7.5 41.03 7.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.34 7.8 18.34 7.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 38.35 6.3 38.35 6.3 – –

Advertising and promotions managers ............................. 31.02 18.0 31.02 18.0 – –

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 48.57 13.9 48.57 13.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.33 6.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 51.26 7.4 – – – –

Marketing managers ..................................................... 56.91 12.9 56.91 12.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 52.02 2.5 52.02 2.5 – –

Sales managers ............................................................ 41.15 17.4 41.15 17.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.46 3.1 22.46 3.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 50.15 20.5 50.15 20.5 – –

Administrative services managers .................................... 27.75 9.4 27.75 9.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.51 5.1 19.51 5.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.30 6.4 35.30 6.4 – –

Computer and information systems managers ................. 47.54 7.3 47.54 7.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 43.31 11.6 43.31 11.6 – –

Financial managers .......................................................... 51.98 3.3 51.98 3.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.06 8.3 21.06 8.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 43.88 9.5 43.88 9.5 – –

Group IV ........................................................... 86.87 3.6 86.87 3.6 – –

Human resources managers ............................................ 33.76 6.7 33.76 6.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.70 3.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.76 11.1 – – – –

Compensation and benefits managers ......................... 31.14 7.0 31.14 7.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.19 9.6 33.19 9.6 – –

Training and development managers ........................... 28.64 10.4 28.64 10.4 – –

Industrial production managers ........................................ 37.39 5.5 37.39 5.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.56 2.1 35.56 2.1 – –

Purchasing managers ....................................................... 39.39 17.6 39.39 17.6 – –

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ......... 31.76 6.8 31.76 6.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.63 7.6 34.63 7.6 – –

Construction managers .................................................... 32.62 4.4 32.62 4.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.66 4.7 33.66 4.7 – –

Education administrators .................................................. 37.75 9.3 37.92 9.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.26 7.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.36 3.7 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 62.77 15.2 – – – –

Education administrators, preschool and child care

center/program ....................................................... 15.03 12.2 15.03 12.2 – –

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 37.97 3.5 37.97 3.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.85 3.9 37.85 3.9 – –

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 46.42 14.0 46.42 14.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.29 4.1 20.29 4.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.76 7.7 34.76 7.7 – –

Group IV ........................................................... 63.20 18.2 63.20 18.2 – –

Engineering managers ..................................................... 52.37 8.9 52.37 8.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 42.92 17.1 42.92 17.1 – –

Group IV ........................................................... 49.93 2.9 49.93 2.9 – –

Food service managers .................................................... 21.06 10.4 21.29 11.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.31 12.9 20.97 15.2 – –

Medical and health services managers ............................ 29.15 8.1 29.19 8.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.73 8.9 17.72 9.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.46 7.9 32.46 7.9 – –

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .................................................................... 25.10 4.9 25.10 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.89 7.2 17.89 7.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 29.38 7.1 29.38 7.1 – –

Social and community service managers ......................... 15.93 10.4 15.93 10.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Social and community service managers –Continued

Group III ............................................................ $19.54 13.7 $19.54 13.7 – –

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 27.57 2.4 27.63 2.4 $23.88 11.1

Group II ............................................................. 21.67 3.3 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.61 4.1 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 59.73 7.7 – – – –

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 27.27 3.2 27.27 3.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.58 7.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.93 1.7 – – – –

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ............................................................... 23.55 4.7 23.48 4.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.92 10.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.28 5.4 – – – –

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........... 23.01 1.6 22.93 1.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.43 9.0 21.43 9.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.75 5.0 27.75 5.0 – –

Cost estimators ................................................................. 29.94 13.4 29.94 13.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.90 8.8 35.90 8.8 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 24.48 5.1 24.57 4.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.99 3.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.11 5.2 – – – –

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .. 22.59 8.4 22.88 8.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.13 7.3 21.49 7.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 25.78 7.2 25.78 7.2 – –

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists .. 21.72 10.0 21.72 10.0 – –

Training and development specialists .......................... 31.05 19.0 30.94 20.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.85 13.5 23.83 14.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.65 10.6 32.65 10.6 – –

Logisticians ....................................................................... 32.06 13.4 32.06 13.4 – –

Management analysts ...................................................... 31.39 10.9 31.39 10.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.59 2.7 22.59 2.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.18 12.3 33.18 12.3 – –

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 28.68 10.7 28.68 10.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.27 9.3 23.16 9.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.75 15.1 35.75 15.1 – –

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 30.95 11.2 30.95 11.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.49 11.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.77 10.5 – – – –

Financial analysts ......................................................... 33.98 14.2 33.98 14.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.81 11.8 32.81 11.8 – –

Personal financial advisors ........................................... 24.63 12.1 24.63 12.1 – –

Loan counselors and officers ............................................ 28.34 14.9 28.34 14.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.68 12.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.02 14.8 – – – –

Loan officers ................................................................. 28.61 15.3 28.61 15.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.00 13.1 23.00 13.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.02 14.8 37.02 14.8 – –

Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue

agents ......................................................................... 20.80 27.6 20.80 27.6 – –

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents ........... 20.80 27.6 20.80 27.6 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 33.79 4.1 33.88 4.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.29 4.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 38.09 2.7 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 57.04 2.6 – – – –

Computer programmers ................................................... 30.99 7.5 30.82 7.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.32 8.9 26.32 8.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.80 13.3 33.69 14.2 – –

Computer software engineers .......................................... 41.20 4.9 41.20 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 30.39 2.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 40.22 4.6 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 58.39 5.9 – – – –

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 40.61 8.5 40.61 8.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 41.20 10.2 41.20 10.2 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... $41.86 4.5 $41.86 4.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.19 1.4 39.19 1.4 – –

Group IV ........................................................... 61.14 6.1 61.14 6.1 – –

Computer support specialists ........................................... 25.04 14.2 25.37 15.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.10 3.8 18.23 4.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.57 6.6 36.57 6.6 – –

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 37.49 5.8 37.49 5.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.84 12.8 24.84 12.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.63 5.1 39.63 5.1 – –

Database administrators ................................................... 23.61 7.1 23.62 7.1 – –

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 27.65 8.8 27.65 8.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.43 11.7 23.43 11.7 – –

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 29.73 4.4 29.73 4.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.24 3.3 32.24 3.3 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 29.05 7.6 29.09 7.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.79 10.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.01 5.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.13 2.5 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 57.78 2.1 – – – –

Architects, except naval .................................................... 29.83 7.2 29.83 7.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.62 .7 – – – –

Architects, except landscape and naval ....................... 29.83 7.2 29.83 7.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.62 .7 33.62 .7 – –

Engineers ......................................................................... 37.36 1.5 37.43 1.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.97 4.4 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.13 2.5 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 57.78 2.1 – – – –

Chemical engineers ...................................................... 50.03 10.7 50.03 10.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 50.03 10.7 50.03 10.7 – –

Civil engineers .............................................................. 30.35 8.4 30.35 8.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.70 5.6 31.70 5.6 – –

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 42.87 9.2 42.87 9.2 – –

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 36.30 5.9 36.30 5.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.62 12.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.98 5.3 – – – –

Electrical engineers .................................................. 38.49 8.9 38.49 8.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.55 11.5 28.55 11.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.08 5.4 39.08 5.4 – –

Electronics engineers, except computer ................... 33.98 7.1 33.98 7.1 – –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 33.04 5.3 33.04 5.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.77 4.1 – – – –

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety

engineers and inspectors ................................... 38.50 6.2 38.50 6.2 – –

Industrial engineers .................................................. 32.39 6.6 32.39 6.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.02 5.9 32.02 5.9 – –

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 29.40 7.3 30.16 9.7 – –

Group III ............................................................ 35.17 17.4 – – – –

Petroleum engineers .................................................... 48.50 19.2 48.50 19.2 – –

Drafters ............................................................................. 22.15 3.9 22.22 4.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 17.66 8.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.35 8.9 – – – –

Architectural and civil drafters ...................................... 24.11 15.8 24.11 15.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.51 14.0 21.51 14.0 – –

Electrical and electronics drafters ................................. 16.59 12.3 16.63 13.3 – –

Mechanical drafters ...................................................... 19.11 4.3 19.11 4.3 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.31 12.3 19.33 12.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.94 5.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.31 9.8 – – – –

Civil engineering technicians

Group II ............................................................. 20.71 13.2 20.71 13.2 – –

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 23.21 3.5 23.28 3.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.94 7.8 22.94 7.8 – –

Mechanical engineering technicians ............................. 23.52 14.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.52 14.5 – – – –

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................. 17.58 27.9 17.58 27.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Surveying and mapping technicians –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $12.06 1.3 $12.06 1.3 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 29.61 4.4 29.69 4.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.01 4.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.84 5.3 – – – –

Life scientists .................................................................... 21.98 7.5 21.98 7.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.89 9.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 22.05 12.7 – – – –

Medical scientists ......................................................... 20.82 13.2 20.82 13.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.81 3.6 – – – –

Physical scientists ............................................................ 35.07 17.4 35.07 17.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.99 6.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.03 14.0 – – – –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 36.45 20.3 36.45 20.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.85 6.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.94 15.2 – – – –

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 52.39 4.5 52.39 4.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 50.30 5.5 50.30 5.5 – –

Market and survey researchers ........................................ 38.24 11.2 38.24 11.2 – –

Market research analysts ............................................. 38.24 11.2 38.24 11.2 – –

Psychologists .................................................................... 29.31 5.6 28.79 6.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.33 5.0 – – – –

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists ............. 31.38 5.8 30.78 7.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.40 3.8 32.98 4.8 – –

Urban and regional planners ............................................ 24.96 6.7 24.96 6.7 – –

Chemical technicians ........................................................ 23.51 5.3 23.51 5.3 – –

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science

technicians .................................................................. 19.49 13.5 18.93 15.7 – –

Community and social services occupations .................. 18.02 4.4 17.68 3.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.15 7.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.71 3.7 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.21 9.5 – – – –

Counselors ....................................................................... 26.20 11.6 26.04 7.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.85 12.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.53 2.6 – – – –

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 28.20 4.8 28.39 5.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.06 12.6 22.34 13.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.36 2.1 32.45 2.0 – –

Social workers .................................................................. 16.98 2.6 16.98 2.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.49 3.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 21.40 8.5 – – – –

Child, family, and school social workers ....................... 16.12 3.3 16.12 3.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.45 3.2 15.45 3.2 – –

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 18.67 3.3 18.67 3.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.24 4.6 18.24 4.6 – –

Mental health and substance abuse social workers ..... 15.69 9.8 15.69 9.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.33 12.1 15.33 12.1 – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists 13.59 3.4 13.59 3.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.15 7.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.99 3.7 – – – –

Probation officers and correctional treatment

specialists ............................................................... 15.46 4.4 15.46 4.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.39 5.1 15.39 5.1 – –

Social and human service assistants ........................... 12.36 1.5 12.37 1.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.15 7.5 10.15 7.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.16 4.5 13.16 4.5 – –

Legal occupations .............................................................. 30.17 22.0 30.06 22.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.74 8.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 39.89 7.4 – – – –

Lawyers ............................................................................ 54.09 10.3 55.03 11.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 41.13 8.3 41.13 9.2 – –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............... 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates ................ 51.98 6.0 53.64 5.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ $20.06 6.2 $20.24 6.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.78 7.4 – – – –

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ................. 19.98 6.0 20.20 5.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.16 5.7 20.44 5.2 – –

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 27.28 2.4 27.78 2.3 $15.14 8.2

Group I .............................................................. 10.53 2.3 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.82 2.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.68 3.6 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 86.71 18.2 – – – –

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 39.72 4.7 40.71 4.7 25.30 7.4

Group II ............................................................. 22.54 9.3 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 37.78 4.9 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 86.71 18.2 – – – –

Business teachers, postsecondary ............................... 31.98 29.5 – – – –

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary .............. 31.11 11.6 31.53 6.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.32 4.6 – – – –

Computer science teachers, postsecondary ............ 23.60 42.0 – – – –

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ....... 34.27 4.8 34.27 4.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 33.35 3.0 33.35 3.0 – –

Life sciences teachers, postsecondary ......................... 37.00 1.0 37.00 1.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.49 1.3 – – – –

Biological science teachers, postsecondary ............. 37.00 1.0 37.00 1.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.49 1.3 34.49 1.3 – –

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................... 36.18 13.1 36.03 13.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.28 14.5 – – – –

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 63.00 24.8 63.39 25.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 43.98 16.2 – – – –

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 69.67 26.9 70.23 27.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 46.64 19.4 46.73 19.4 – –

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 31.31 9.3 32.48 7.8 21.39 7.1

Group III ............................................................ 31.43 2.8 – – – –

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ...... 30.62 8.9 30.62 8.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.58 9.3 30.58 9.3 – –

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 38.73 5.5 39.40 6.1 29.02 7.6

Group II ............................................................. 23.27 7.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 38.72 4.7 – – – –

Group IV ........................................................... 67.23 14.9 – – – –

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 26.89 12.6 27.07 12.0 25.62 19.0

Group II ............................................................. 18.38 12.1 18.50 12.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.26 6.7 32.04 6.4 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 28.90 2.4 29.05 2.4 11.53 13.4

Group II ............................................................. 29.02 2.7 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 28.99 1.6 – – – –

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 22.93 7.5 23.17 7.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.10 8.2 – – – –

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 19.83 21.6 20.12 21.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.79 12.5 21.79 12.5 – –

Kindergarten teachers, except special education ..... 28.73 7.4 28.73 7.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.89 9.5 28.89 9.5 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 29.13 3.0 29.28 3.0 13.31 15.4

Group II ............................................................. 29.16 3.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 29.26 1.5 – – – –

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 28.89 2.6 29.08 2.5 11.89 17.9

Group II ............................................................. 28.81 3.0 28.97 2.9 12.58 25.6

Group III ............................................................ 29.57 1.5 29.57 1.5 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 30.11 5.2 30.10 5.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 30.54 5.5 30.53 5.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 27.90 1.4 27.90 1.4 – –

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 29.11 2.8 29.24 2.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.27 2.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 28.22 2.4 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... $29.50 2.3 $29.64 2.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.74 2.2 29.91 2.1 – –

Group III ............................................................ 28.26 2.4 28.26 2.4 – –

Vocational education teachers, secondary school ... 24.74 8.0 24.74 8.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.62 8.3 24.62 8.3 – –

Special education teachers .......................................... 30.79 4.8 30.89 4.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 30.79 6.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.79 3.8 – – – –

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school ................. 30.75 6.6 30.75 6.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 31.10 7.3 31.10 7.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 28.31 1.8 28.31 1.8 – –

Special education teachers, secondary school ........ 30.71 3.5 31.10 3.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 28.95 2.8 29.71 1.7 – –

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 17.89 10.6 22.10 8.2 $13.16 10.3

Group II ............................................................. 17.34 9.4 – – – –

Librarians .......................................................................... 22.35 8.5 22.37 8.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.19 10.3 18.16 10.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 25.82 16.0 25.82 16.0 – –

Library technicians ............................................................ 12.80 2.3 12.81 3.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 12.91 2.4 12.92 3.1 – –

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.57 2.2 10.60 2.2 10.13 16.1

Group I .............................................................. 10.57 2.2 10.60 2.2 10.09 19.1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 20.25 7.9 21.34 8.7 11.05 6.0

Group I .............................................................. 10.71 8.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.53 3.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.58 7.2 – – – –

Designers ......................................................................... 17.98 6.3 18.59 7.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.64 3.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 29.47 4.0 – – – –

Graphic designers ........................................................ 17.38 9.1 17.38 9.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.25 7.1 16.25 7.1 – –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................. 19.44 15.9 19.44 15.9 – –

Reporters and correspondents ..................................... 22.09 13.2 22.09 13.2 – –

Public relations specialists ................................................ 27.66 6.2 27.66 6.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.89 6.2 24.89 6.2 – –

Writers and editors ........................................................... 18.67 6.8 19.07 7.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.20 8.4 – – – –

Editors .......................................................................... 17.77 12.0 18.34 15.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.42 13.2 18.01 17.2 – –

Technical writers ........................................................... 19.06 9.2 19.06 9.2 – –

Photographers .................................................................. 14.30 14.5 – – – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 24.22 7.5 24.51 8.3 21.29 4.9

Group I .............................................................. 12.10 7.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.72 1.9 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.79 12.2 – – – –

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 46.23 2.7 46.26 2.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 41.22 15.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 46.69 2.2 46.71 2.3 – –

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 80.30 23.5 80.30 23.5 – –

Registered nurses ............................................................ 26.72 3.4 26.84 3.7 25.52 1.4

Group II ............................................................. 24.94 2.2 24.82 2.3 25.98 1.5

Group III ............................................................ 28.93 5.1 29.22 5.1 24.47 1.8

Therapists ......................................................................... 30.07 8.4 29.56 9.8 33.10 6.7

Group II ............................................................. 23.85 4.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.78 10.8 – – – –

Occupational therapists ................................................ 27.45 13.5 26.57 14.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.35 22.6 25.20 22.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.69 5.9 – – – –

Physical therapists ........................................................ 36.37 14.8 36.03 17.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 36.38 14.8 36.05 17.6 – –

Respiratory therapists ................................................... 21.30 2.2 21.27 2.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Respiratory therapists –Continued

Group II ............................................................. $21.30 2.2 $21.27 2.7 – –

Speech-language pathologists ..................................... 29.23 6.1 27.89 4.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.33 9.5 – – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 16.20 13.7 16.25 13.8 $15.23 15.2

Group I .............................................................. 11.63 7.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.21 6.9 – – – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 21.30 7.4 21.67 7.3 17.74 14.3

Group II ............................................................. 20.64 7.4 20.67 8.1 – –

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians .................. 12.59 9.5 12.68 9.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.68 7.4 11.77 7.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.49 13.7 18.49 13.9 – –

Dental hygienists .............................................................. 32.41 4.2 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 21.93 7.5 22.00 7.8 20.41 7.2

Group I .............................................................. 16.12 11.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.00 1.9 – – – –

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .............. 17.26 14.9 16.68 15.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.23 12.1 – – – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 22.84 5.7 22.93 5.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.72 2.4 22.83 2.4 – –

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 11.81 16.9 11.63 18.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 11.45 24.9 – – – –

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 14.89 3.9 15.81 5.0 13.16 2.6

Group I .............................................................. 13.64 3.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.36 5.9 – – – –

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 13.20 2.6 13.55 6.8 12.89 1.1

Group I .............................................................. 12.70 1.1 – – 12.89 1.1

Respiratory therapy technicians ................................... 19.26 3.4 19.27 3.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.26 3.4 19.27 3.0 – –

Surgical technologists ................................................... 17.18 5.5 17.22 5.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.63 2.6 16.69 2.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.78 9.3 17.78 9.3 – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 17.08 3.0 17.04 3.0 17.65 4.4

Group I .............................................................. 16.05 2.9 16.02 3.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.29 3.6 17.26 3.6 17.66 4.6

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 15.25 11.2 15.37 11.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.70 4.5 9.69 4.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.53 6.4 16.86 5.5 – –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........ 21.82 14.2 21.83 14.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.56 7.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.25 12.6 – – – –

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians .................................................................. 22.85 20.8 22.85 20.8 – –

Occupational health and safety specialists ................... 22.85 20.8 22.85 20.8 – –

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 10.41 7.2 11.37 6.4 7.17 4.1

Group I .............................................................. 9.24 3.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.33 12.1 – – – –

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 8.36 3.8 9.05 2.5 6.77 4.5

Group I .............................................................. 8.30 3.9 – – – –

Home health aides ........................................................ 6.75 4.2 7.60 9.9 6.27 1.7

Group I .............................................................. 6.75 4.2 7.60 9.9 6.27 1.7

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 9.30 1.6 9.37 1.6 8.70 4.1

Group I .............................................................. 9.22 1.7 9.30 1.7 8.49 2.5

Psychiatric aides ........................................................... 9.34 4.2 9.62 3.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.34 4.2 9.62 3.4 – –

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 22.96 16.2 22.88 16.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.69 3.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.51 10.2 – – – –

Physical therapist assistants ........................................ 26.03 11.9 25.95 12.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.51 10.2 27.49 10.5 – –

Physical therapist aides ................................................ 10.85 4.3 10.90 4.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.85 4.3 10.90 4.4 – –

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 11.64 6.0 12.25 5.2 7.86 15.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.93 2.9 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations

–Continued

Group II ............................................................. $17.81 6.4 – – – –

Dental assistants .......................................................... 16.29 8.0 $16.29 8.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.93 2.9 13.93 2.9 – –

Medical assistants ........................................................ 10.82 1.5 10.90 2.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.76 1.6 10.83 2.1 – –

Medical transcriptionists ............................................... 12.43 4.6 12.43 4.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.43 4.6 12.43 4.6 – –

Pharmacy aides ............................................................ 8.38 28.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.38 28.6 – – – –

Protective service occupations ......................................... 15.58 3.9 15.95 3.5 $9.94 8.2

Group I .............................................................. 10.38 10.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.91 2.6 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 28.06 4.8 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement

workers ....................................................................... 23.98 6.6 23.98 6.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.47 13.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.69 2.8 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 17.11 7.2 17.11 7.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.86 7.5 16.86 7.5 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of police and

detectives ............................................................... 26.18 4.8 26.18 4.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.67 10.9 23.67 10.9 – –

Group III ............................................................ 30.69 2.8 30.69 2.8 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and

prevention workers ..................................................... 28.28 6.6 28.28 6.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.99 6.3 20.99 6.3 – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.84 2.9 31.84 2.9 – –

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 16.53 6.2 16.60 6.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.92 13.2 13.02 13.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.53 5.3 17.54 5.3 – –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 12.97 3.7 12.98 3.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.58 9.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.90 4.2 – – – –

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 12.92 3.9 12.92 3.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.60 9.2 11.60 9.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.79 4.0 13.81 4.1 – –

Detectives and criminal investigators ............................... 21.33 14.0 21.33 14.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.55 20.2 19.55 20.2 – –

Police officers ................................................................... 19.81 2.8 20.09 3.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.14 7.3 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.43 4.5 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 23.94 3.2 – – – –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 19.81 2.8 20.09 3.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.14 7.3 14.30 4.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.43 4.5 20.44 4.6 – –

Group III ............................................................ 23.94 3.2 23.94 3.2 – –

Animal control workers ..................................................... 12.19 8.4 12.23 8.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.77 10.6 – – – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 10.07 9.1 10.08 9.1 10.06 13.5

Group I .............................................................. 9.33 9.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.61 6.9 – – – –

Security guards ............................................................. 10.07 9.1 10.08 9.1 10.06 13.5

Group I .............................................................. 9.33 9.8 9.48 10.0 8.41 9.8

Group II ............................................................. 14.61 6.9 – – 17.86 7.7

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 10.60 10.4 12.26 19.8 8.98 3.8

Group I .............................................................. 8.76 3.7 – – – –

Crossing guards ........................................................... 8.85 10.4 – – 8.85 10.4

Group I .............................................................. 8.85 10.4 – – 8.85 10.4

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 8.52 3.2 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.52 3.2 – – – –

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 6.96 2.1 7.50 3.9 5.90 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Food preparation and serving related occupations

–Continued

Group I .............................................................. $6.61 1.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.77 5.5 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 13.28 3.3 $13.42 3.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.87 7.9 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.11 5.5 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 13.27 3.3 13.41 3.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.87 7.9 10.93 8.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.11 5.6 15.19 5.3 – –

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.60 1.9 8.76 1.7 $7.76 3.5

Group I .............................................................. 8.51 1.8 – – – –

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 7.28 4.5 7.44 4.5 6.81 4.0

Group I .............................................................. 7.28 4.5 7.44 4.5 6.81 4.0

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 9.86 3.4 9.81 4.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.85 3.4 9.81 4.0 – –

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 8.84 2.7 8.99 2.9 8.17 6.6

Group I .............................................................. 8.65 2.5 8.77 2.7 8.08 7.0

Cooks, short order ........................................................ 8.13 1.7 8.06 1.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.13 1.7 8.06 1.9 – –

Food preparation workers ................................................. 7.78 3.8 8.18 6.0 7.15 3.2

Group I .............................................................. 7.78 3.8 8.18 6.0 7.15 3.2

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 3.92 4.4 4.01 6.9 3.77 7.7

Group I .............................................................. 3.91 4.4 – – – –

Bartenders .................................................................... 5.33 6.7 5.65 7.1 4.56 20.0

Group I .............................................................. 5.36 6.2 5.70 6.9 4.56 20.0

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 3.15 6.5 3.09 5.0 3.26 13.1

Group I .............................................................. 3.13 6.5 3.09 5.0 3.21 13.7

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 5.99 10.8 6.31 12.1 5.40 6.9

Group I .............................................................. 5.99 10.8 6.31 12.1 5.40 6.9

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 7.06 1.7 7.61 5.0 6.40 1.5

Group I .............................................................. 7.06 1.7 – – – –

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 7.02 1.7 7.58 5.6 6.38 1.7

Group I .............................................................. 7.02 1.7 7.58 5.6 6.38 1.7

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 7.42 5.4 7.80 5.8 6.64 2.7

Group I .............................................................. 7.42 5.4 7.80 5.8 6.64 2.7

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ 6.90 7.9 7.60 8.1 6.34 10.2

Group I .............................................................. 6.90 7.9 7.60 8.1 6.34 10.2

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 7.36 3.2 7.37 2.9 7.33 5.8

Group I .............................................................. 7.36 3.2 7.37 2.9 7.33 5.8

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 6.82 11.1 6.46 15.5 7.27 6.3

Group I .............................................................. 6.82 11.1 6.46 15.5 7.27 6.3

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 8.82 2.6 9.13 1.8 6.99 7.7

Group I .............................................................. 8.48 2.4 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.29 2.6 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 13.70 10.2 13.65 10.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.11 8.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.46 2.3 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and

janitorial workers ..................................................... 13.33 11.8 13.25 12.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.16 9.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.19 2.6 16.19 2.6 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

service, and groundskeeping workers .................... 15.98 11.6 16.15 12.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.64 13.2 17.64 13.2 – –

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 8.40 2.1 8.71 .9 6.86 7.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Building cleaning workers –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $8.35 2.2 – – – –

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 9.01 3.5 $9.23 3.9 $7.54 4.1

Group I .............................................................. 8.97 3.6 9.20 4.1 7.54 4.1

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.40 3.2 7.43 3.6 7.19 4.9

Group I .............................................................. 7.40 3.2 7.43 3.6 7.19 4.9

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 9.47 7.0 9.54 7.0 7.79 8.6

Group I .............................................................. 9.17 7.4 – – – –

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 9.17 7.2 9.24 7.2 7.79 8.6

Group I .............................................................. 9.08 7.7 9.15 7.8 7.79 8.6

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 9.04 6.0 10.69 3.3 7.09 7.9

Group I .............................................................. 8.11 5.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.14 11.1 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service

workers ....................................................................... 13.28 6.0 13.28 6.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 12.42 4.3 12.42 4.3 – –

Nonfarm animal caretakers .............................................. 10.19 8.1 10.36 8.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.54 5.0 9.70 5.2 – –

Gaming services workers ................................................. 13.26 34.8 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.26 34.8 – – – –

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ...................... 7.40 15.3 – – 6.48 9.5

Group I .............................................................. 6.48 9.5 – – 6.48 9.5

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 8.40 14.0 11.56 23.1 7.34 6.6

Group I .............................................................. 7.57 7.7 – – – –

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 8.40 14.0 11.56 23.1 7.34 6.6

Group I .............................................................. 7.57 7.7 – – 7.32 6.6

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 10.64 11.4 10.01 6.5 12.85 32.7

Group I .............................................................. 9.25 4.6 – – – –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .............. 11.25 11.3 10.25 9.0 – –

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................... 6.97 7.5 6.59 5.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 6.97 7.5 – – – –

Baggage porters and bellhops ...................................... 6.59 5.6 6.59 5.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 6.59 5.6 6.59 5.6 – –

Transportation attendants ................................................. 31.24 14.9 32.00 16.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 27.75 14.0 – – – –

Flight attendants ........................................................... 39.86 1.1 40.53 1.6 – –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and

baggage porters ..................................................... 8.91 29.6 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.91 29.6 – – – –

Child care workers ............................................................ 8.10 5.5 8.22 4.8 7.28 9.5

Group I .............................................................. 8.02 5.7 8.13 5.1 7.28 9.5

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 6.28 5.5 – – 6.18 4.9

Group I .............................................................. 6.28 5.5 – – 6.18 4.9

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 11.38 9.1 12.38 10.3 8.97 10.4

Group I .............................................................. 9.19 9.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.38 11.1 – – – –

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 13.02 15.0 – – 12.16 23.5

Group I .............................................................. 11.43 2.2 – – 9.70 4.8

Recreation workers ....................................................... 11.18 11.2 12.25 10.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.77 7.3 9.61 5.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.14 12.7 14.71 12.9 – –

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 14.89 2.4 16.87 2.3 7.67 1.7

Group I .............................................................. 9.73 2.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.68 3.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 56.00 7.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 20.85 12.6 21.02 12.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.38 6.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.72 5.8 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 76.17 17.4 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 15.95 5.2 16.08 5.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.40 6.1 10.54 6.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.17 3.3 17.17 3.3 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... $33.95 28.9 $33.95 28.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.17 27.0 19.17 27.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 76.17 17.4 76.17 17.4 – –

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 9.97 2.2 11.19 2.7 $7.46 1.8

Group I .............................................................. 9.13 3.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.02 6.4 – – – –

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.74 2.6 8.24 3.9 7.18 2.4

Group I .............................................................. 7.60 3.3 – – – –

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.74 2.6 8.24 3.9 7.18 2.4

Group I .............................................................. 7.60 3.3 8.02 4.9 7.18 2.5

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 12.50 10.4 13.69 9.0 7.16 6.7

Group I .............................................................. 10.31 7.5 – – – –

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 11.64 15.4 13.02 12.7 6.49 2.4

Group I .............................................................. 8.98 7.6 10.27 8.6 6.49 2.4

Parts salespersons ................................................... 14.16 11.2 14.83 11.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.40 10.8 12.97 11.5 – –

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 11.07 4.9 12.16 4.9 7.90 1.9

Group I .............................................................. 10.25 5.4 11.26 6.2 7.87 1.9

Group II ............................................................. 19.66 7.2 19.76 7.4 – –

Advertising sales agents ................................................... 47.67 42.5 47.67 42.5 – –

Insurance sales agents ..................................................... 20.05 11.0 20.21 11.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.84 9.9 21.04 9.7 – –

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales

agents ......................................................................... 22.39 20.4 22.39 20.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.37 7.0 16.37 7.0 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 29.38 5.7 29.53 5.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.89 9.2 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 24.68 9.0 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 56.84 13.5 – – – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

technical and scientific products ............................. 36.93 10.5 36.93 10.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 29.04 15.0 29.04 15.0 – –

Group III ............................................................ 58.39 13.3 58.39 13.3 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 26.29 6.3 26.47 6.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.77 12.8 16.77 12.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.16 13.7 23.34 13.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 55.29 15.8 55.29 15.8 – –

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 11.73 9.9 11.97 10.5 10.52 5.0

Group I .............................................................. 10.89 7.7 – – – –

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 11.73 9.9 11.97 10.5 10.52 5.0

Group I .............................................................. 10.89 7.7 10.97 8.6 10.52 5.0

Telemarketers ................................................................... 10.72 6.6 10.82 7.9 10.47 17.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.46 6.8 10.82 7.9 9.33 12.5

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 11.96 13.1 12.61 15.0 8.20 10.1

Group I .............................................................. 9.26 4.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.93 17.6 – – – –

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 13.40 .9 13.61 1.0 10.54 2.2

Group I .............................................................. 11.68 .8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.70 1.3 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 21.59 3.4 21.83 3.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.79 2.6 21.04 2.4 – –

Switchboard operators, including answering service ........ 10.00 5.2 10.11 6.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.00 5.2 10.11 6.3 – –

Telephone operators ........................................................ 16.46 12.2 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 16.60 12.7 – – – –

Financial clerks ................................................................. 13.29 1.7 13.71 2.0 10.35 2.9

Group I .............................................................. 11.96 .7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.01 2.4 – – – –

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 14.08 6.4 14.20 7.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.41 9.2 12.46 9.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.75 6.1 17.60 6.2 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 13.08 2.8 13.21 2.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators

–Continued

Group I .............................................................. $12.40 2.6 $12.52 2.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.98 5.6 15.98 5.6 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 14.13 1.4 14.33 1.3 $11.37 10.1

Group I .............................................................. 12.54 3.4 12.80 3.2 9.44 8.8

Group II ............................................................. 17.03 3.6 17.07 3.8 – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 13.37 4.7 13.92 3.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.99 5.3 13.57 3.9 – –

Procurement clerks ....................................................... 16.32 17.4 16.32 17.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.78 22.7 16.78 22.7 – –

Tellers ........................................................................... 10.72 2.3 11.33 3.0 9.53 2.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.40 .9 10.96 2.4 9.41 2.9

Correspondence clerks ..................................................... 15.65 1.3 15.65 1.3 – –

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................. 12.55 14.1 12.58 14.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.52 12.6 11.54 12.8 – –

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks .......................... 13.32 9.0 13.51 8.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.01 7.0 11.30 4.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.16 8.0 15.16 8.0 – –

Customer service representatives .................................... 13.83 5.4 13.96 5.7 11.52 8.0

Group I .............................................................. 11.52 5.6 11.48 6.0 12.10 9.5

Group II ............................................................. 18.78 3.9 18.78 3.9 – –

Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................. 12.90 10.0 12.90 10.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.30 3.0 14.30 3.0 – –

File clerks ......................................................................... 11.14 5.2 11.31 5.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.89 7.1 11.09 7.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 12.09 2.3 12.09 2.3 – –

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................. 7.93 5.7 8.17 5.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 7.90 5.7 8.14 5.4 – –

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 12.45 8.3 12.38 8.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.86 7.1 11.73 6.7 – –

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 11.44 6.0 11.67 7.2 10.66 14.4

Group I .............................................................. 11.68 6.8 11.66 7.5 11.83 13.9

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................ 14.90 7.1 15.00 7.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.27 10.4 14.40 10.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.85 9.1 15.85 9.1 – –

New accounts clerks ......................................................... 11.49 6.2 11.49 6.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.87 4.0 10.87 4.0 – –

Order clerks ...................................................................... 11.44 10.7 11.70 10.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.35 7.0 10.57 5.5 – –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 15.62 6.8 15.65 6.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.68 4.3 12.71 4.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.71 5.8 18.71 5.8 – –

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 10.43 3.0 10.55 3.3 8.93 6.7

Group I .............................................................. 10.41 3.1 10.54 3.4 8.93 6.7

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 15.77 5.0 16.25 8.0 14.39 13.5

Group I .............................................................. 15.77 5.0 16.25 8.0 14.39 13.5

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 9.80 2.8 10.27 2.3 8.35 6.9

Group I .............................................................. 9.80 2.8 10.27 2.3 8.35 6.9

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 13.03 6.4 13.15 6.6 10.27 11.7

Group I .............................................................. 10.61 5.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.39 10.9 – – – –

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....................... 13.05 5.4 13.27 5.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.47 8.2 12.79 8.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.96 6.4 13.96 6.4 – –

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .......... 13.02 8.0 13.10 8.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.89 7.5 9.82 7.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.64 13.8 17.64 13.8 – –

Meter readers, utilities ...................................................... 12.75 5.8 12.76 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.33 4.8 12.34 5.1 – –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 15.86 6.5 15.56 5.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.37 15.2 10.82 12.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.19 4.3 18.17 4.5 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 11.36 4.7 11.39 4.7 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $11.58 8.4 $11.62 8.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.93 10.0 15.93 10.0 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 11.01 2.7 11.46 2.8 $7.29 4.0

Group I .............................................................. 10.63 2.7 11.09 3.5 7.33 4.2

Group II ............................................................. 16.77 5.1 16.77 5.1 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 15.54 1.8 15.61 1.7 10.94 16.0

Group I .............................................................. 13.26 3.3 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.40 1.5 – – – –

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 18.18 3.4 18.22 3.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.43 1.9 14.43 1.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.35 2.5 19.42 2.7 – –

Legal secretaries .......................................................... 15.42 5.7 15.42 5.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.54 8.0 13.54 8.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.76 7.0 16.76 7.0 – –

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 13.13 14.9 13.33 13.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.87 11.0 11.04 10.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.01 7.3 19.01 7.3 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 14.46 2.4 14.49 2.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.75 2.5 13.79 2.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.48 5.1 16.48 5.1 – –

Computer operators .......................................................... 16.14 7.8 16.36 7.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.50 7.4 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.83 7.6 16.83 7.6 – –

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.72 4.5 11.78 4.1 11.04 11.7

Group I .............................................................. 11.65 4.6 – – – –

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 11.30 2.7 11.34 2.2 11.04 12.3

Group I .............................................................. 11.19 2.9 11.21 2.3 11.04 12.3

Word processors and typists ........................................ 12.88 7.4 12.91 7.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.89 7.4 12.91 7.4 – –

Desktop publishers ........................................................... 16.84 10.0 16.84 10.0 – –

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................. 13.83 7.0 13.79 7.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.31 10.6 12.30 10.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.15 4.0 15.10 4.2 – –

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal

service ........................................................................ 10.59 6.6 10.93 7.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.16 8.1 10.50 10.5 – –

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 11.66 2.0 11.74 2.5 10.69 8.9

Group I .............................................................. 10.94 1.1 10.99 2.1 10.51 9.8

Group II ............................................................. 15.17 3.0 15.24 3.1 – –

Office machine operators, except computer ..................... 9.74 13.2 9.67 13.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.74 13.2 9.67 13.6 – –

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..................... 12.67 15.5 12.79 15.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.25 16.2 – – – –

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 15.48 3.9 15.50 3.9 10.75 15.5

Group I .............................................................. 11.31 3.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.94 4.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.50 29.2 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 22.78 10.4 22.78 10.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.65 10.6 21.65 10.6 – –

Carpenters ........................................................................ 13.47 2.4 13.47 2.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.52 2.9 12.52 2.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.45 5.1 15.45 5.1 – –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ....................................................................... 11.40 9.1 11.40 9.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.48 11.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.20 2.8 – – – –

Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................... 11.40 9.1 11.40 9.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.48 11.6 10.48 11.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.20 2.8 13.20 2.8 – –

Construction laborers ....................................................... 10.25 3.9 10.33 4.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.04 4.1 10.13 4.4 – –

Construction equipment operators ................................... 13.46 4.4 13.46 4.4 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Construction equipment operators –Continued

Group I .............................................................. $13.03 4.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 13.99 6.0 – – – –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 12.50 6.0 $12.50 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.01 4.3 12.01 4.3 – –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 13.77 4.0 13.77 4.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.53 4.0 13.53 4.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.01 6.1 14.01 6.1 – –

Electricians ....................................................................... 16.30 5.8 16.26 5.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.13 3.7 12.13 3.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.69 4.2 18.68 4.3 – –

Insulation workers ............................................................. 17.36 1.7 17.36 1.7 – –

Insulation workers, mechanical .................................... 17.53 1.5 17.53 1.5 – –

Painters and paperhangers .............................................. 12.96 4.3 12.96 4.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.40 2.2 – – – –

Painters, construction and maintenance ...................... 12.96 4.3 12.96 4.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.40 2.2 12.40 2.2 – –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 17.72 4.2 17.72 4.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.66 6.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.93 2.8 – – – –

Pipelayers ..................................................................... 10.30 4.5 10.30 4.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.16 4.7 10.16 4.7 – –

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 18.61 3.9 18.61 3.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.53 4.9 13.53 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.98 2.8 20.98 2.8 – –

Sheet metal workers ......................................................... 14.35 6.9 14.35 6.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.17 9.2 14.17 9.2 – –

Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 10.90 3.6 10.90 3.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.86 3.8 – – – –

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................................................. 12.96 5.0 12.96 5.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.81 5.4 12.81 5.4 – –

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 26.28 17.8 26.43 18.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.45 18.4 26.45 18.4 – –

Highway maintenance workers ......................................... 11.10 11.2 11.10 11.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.69 12.3 10.69 12.3 – –

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 11.97 15.3 12.09 15.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.13 7.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.86 2.3 – – – –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas,

and mining .................................................................. 21.09 21.8 21.09 21.8 – –

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................................................. 20.19 4.1 20.19 4.1 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 17.53 2.5 17.55 2.5 $10.57 15.1

Group I .............................................................. 11.75 3.0 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.47 2.1 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 31.41 9.3 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 22.95 6.9 22.95 6.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.94 5.4 21.94 5.4 – –

Group III ............................................................ 34.25 11.3 34.25 11.3 – –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 15.24 8.5 15.24 8.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.09 7.9 17.09 7.9 – –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers ..................................................................... 20.72 10.0 20.72 10.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.77 14.0 – – – –

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ............................... 20.72 10.0 20.72 10.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.77 14.0 21.77 14.0 – –

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 18.22 7.4 18.25 7.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.00 7.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.19 6.7 – – – –

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment ............................................... 18.52 7.1 18.58 7.0 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment –Continued

Group II ............................................................. $18.58 7.1 $18.67 7.1 – –

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse,

substation, and relay .............................................. 24.54 3.3 24.54 3.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.08 9.5 23.08 9.5 – –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 27.14 8.3 27.14 8.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.97 8.2 26.97 8.2 – –

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 16.42 6.6 16.43 6.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.74 6.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.50 6.5 – – – –

Automotive body and related repairers ......................... 14.88 7.9 14.88 7.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.02 10.1 16.02 10.1 – –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 16.89 8.3 16.91 8.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.35 7.2 11.35 7.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.20 6.1 19.25 5.9 – –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 16.26 4.7 16.26 4.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.66 5.0 16.66 5.0 – –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

and mechanics ........................................................... 17.33 5.1 17.33 5.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.99 6.4 – – – –

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines .. 16.96 2.7 16.96 2.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.13 4.3 17.13 4.3 – –

Rail car repairers .......................................................... 19.18 8.9 19.18 8.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.20 8.9 19.20 8.9 – –

Small engine mechanics ................................................... 15.89 17.0 15.89 17.0 – –

Control and valve installers and repairers ........................ 19.48 5.9 19.48 5.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.93 7.8 – – – –

Control and valve installers and repairers, except

mechanical door ..................................................... 19.48 5.9 19.48 5.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.93 7.8 19.93 7.8 – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 19.81 8.4 19.81 8.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.57 7.1 20.57 7.1 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 15.84 5.0 15.89 5.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.37 8.7 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.63 6.3 – – – –

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 19.95 9.3 19.95 9.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 15.29 7.5 15.29 7.5 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.60 10.5 20.60 10.5 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 13.56 8.0 13.63 8.1 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.49 10.9 10.55 11.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.68 5.7 17.68 5.7 – –

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 14.91 7.8 14.91 7.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.69 4.6 12.69 4.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.09 9.9 16.09 9.9 – –

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 23.44 4.9 23.44 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 23.77 6.8 – – – –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................ 24.93 5.0 24.93 5.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 25.49 4.4 25.49 4.4 – –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ......... 22.28 7.7 22.28 7.7 – –

Group II ............................................................. 22.72 9.5 22.72 9.5 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 13.27 11.2 13.27 11.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.34 3.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.78 20.5 – – – –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 11.26 5.3 11.27 5.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.14 6.0 11.15 6.0 – –

Production occupations .................................................... 13.15 2.8 13.25 2.8 $9.20 4.7

Group I .............................................................. 10.60 3.1 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.44 3.3 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 29.42 5.5 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 21.02 5.6 21.02 5.6 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers –Continued

Group II ............................................................. $20.28 5.2 $20.28 5.2 – –

Group III ............................................................ 32.06 6.0 32.06 6.0 – –

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ................................................................. 20.23 4.8 20.23 4.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 21.75 1.9 21.75 1.9 – –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 11.31 3.6 11.33 4.4 $11.11 4.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.66 3.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.65 8.2 – – – –

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 11.46 3.8 11.52 4.9 11.11 4.8

Group I .............................................................. 10.70 3.6 10.64 4.6 11.00 4.7

Group II ............................................................. 14.92 7.1 15.13 6.7 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 11.72 8.5 11.78 8.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.95 10.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.25 11.8 – – – –

Bakers .............................................................................. 9.87 15.0 9.87 15.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 7.91 17.0 7.91 17.0 – –

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing

workers ....................................................................... 10.71 7.4 10.71 7.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.33 7.7 – – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................ 14.75 3.6 14.75 3.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.62 5.0 13.62 5.0 – –

Miscellaneous food processing workers ........................... 10.88 8.2 10.88 8.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.79 9.2 – – – –

Food batchmakers ........................................................ 9.58 19.0 – – – –

Computer control programmers and operators ................ 17.09 18.6 17.09 18.6 – –

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal

and plastic .............................................................. 17.01 20.2 17.01 20.2 – –

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic .................................................................. 10.13 28.8 10.13 28.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.52 11.3 – – – –

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ 9.79 32.3 9.79 32.4 – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 12.16 9.4 12.16 9.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.95 7.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.53 7.2 – – – –

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 10.60 7.8 10.60 7.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.40 9.9 10.40 9.9 – –

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. 11.82 12.0 11.82 12.0 – –

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 15.11 20.0 15.11 20.0 – –

Machinists ......................................................................... 16.05 9.8 16.49 9.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.87 7.7 12.43 8.6 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.66 9.9 18.66 9.9 – –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... 9.95 10.0 9.95 10.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.78 10.8 – – – –

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 9.95 10.0 9.95 10.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.78 10.8 9.78 10.8 – –

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 12.29 7.4 12.29 7.4 – –

Tool and die makers ......................................................... 19.99 7.0 19.99 7.0 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 13.82 6.0 13.82 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.29 7.3 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.46 8.4 – – – –

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... 13.89 6.0 13.89 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 12.40 7.8 12.40 7.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 14.46 8.4 14.46 8.4 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 13.69 11.4 13.69 11.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.13 14.5 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers

–Continued

Group II ............................................................. $18.34 8.4 – – – –

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 10.64 33.7 $10.64 33.7 – –

Bookbinders and bindery workers .................................... 11.79 6.0 11.79 6.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.24 7.2 – – – –

Bindery workers ............................................................ 11.14 3.5 11.14 3.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.24 7.2 10.24 7.2 – –

Printers ............................................................................. 15.48 6.3 15.48 6.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.93 5.4 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.39 6.7 – – – –

Prepress technicians and workers ................................ 16.65 7.8 16.65 7.8 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.76 10.0 17.76 10.0 – –

Printing machine operators ........................................... 15.39 7.5 15.39 7.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.54 5.0 11.54 5.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.23 8.9 17.23 8.9 – –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................................... 8.40 2.3 8.34 2.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 8.26 1.5 8.19 2.1 – –

Sewing machine operators ............................................... 8.92 8.3 8.92 8.3 – –

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .. 11.67 19.3 11.67 19.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.45 21.2 – – – –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... 11.71 8.7 11.71 8.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.09 8.6 – – – –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ....... 31.29 16.3 31.29 16.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 35.32 17.6 – – – –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................ 16.98 14.9 16.98 14.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.22 18.3 17.22 18.3 – –

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system

operators .................................................................... 18.08 18.0 18.16 17.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.03 8.8 11.06 9.0 – –

Group II ............................................................. 16.82 5.8 16.82 5.8 – –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ...................... 26.00 5.2 26.00 5.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 26.69 2.1 – – – –

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators,

and gaugers ............................................................ 25.96 8.4 25.96 8.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 27.30 1.9 27.30 1.9 – –

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ....................................................................... 12.50 10.8 12.50 10.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.16 8.3 – – – –

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and

tenders .................................................................... 11.99 12.3 11.99 12.3 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.02 9.9 11.02 9.9 – –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and

tenders ........................................................................ 12.96 6.7 12.96 6.7 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 14.92 7.9 14.96 8.0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.32 7.0 11.30 7.3 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.67 9.5 20.67 9.5 – –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... 11.42 5.7 11.64 6.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.79 6.8 10.99 6.6 – –

Painting workers ............................................................... 13.02 4.5 13.02 4.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.59 6.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.55 4.3 – – – –

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,

operators, and tenders ........................................... 11.07 4.9 11.07 4.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.82 3.2 10.82 3.2 – –

Painters, transportation equipment ............................... 14.94 13.9 14.94 13.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 17.43 4.4 17.43 4.4 – –

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 10.57 3.6 10.63 3.7 $8.74 13.7

Group I .............................................................. 10.22 3.6 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 15.10 7.1 – – – –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and

plastic ..................................................................... 9.47 12.4 9.47 12.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.47 12.4 9.47 12.4 – –

Helpers--production workers ........................................ 10.28 2.6 10.29 2.7 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.17 1.7 10.19 1.9 – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... $13.51 6.0 $14.12 5.5 $8.13 4.5

Group I .............................................................. 11.25 2.5 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.47 2.2 – – – –

Group III ............................................................ 80.96 30.8 – – – –

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and

material movers, hand ................................................ 15.82 8.1 15.16 8.9 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.13 9.4 13.13 9.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.84 4.3 18.86 5.0 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and

material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........ 21.08 7.9 21.30 7.4 – –

Group II ............................................................. 20.81 7.0 20.81 7.0 – –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 108.00 27.5 108.00 27.5 – –

Group III ............................................................ 120.76 21.4 – – – –

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 136.95 16.8 136.95 16.8 – –

Group III ............................................................ 136.95 16.8 136.95 16.8 – –

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 12.91 2.5 13.81 2.8 11.50 5.0

Group I .............................................................. 12.54 2.8 – – – –

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 14.43 10.7 16.35 5.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.61 10.0 15.63 3.7 – –

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 11.99 3.5 11.69 5.8 12.34 1.2

Group I .............................................................. 11.99 3.5 11.69 5.8 12.34 1.2

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 14.74 3.5 14.96 3.5 7.36 8.6

Group I .............................................................. 13.29 3.8 – – – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.93 3.7 – – – –

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... 12.99 13.0 16.49 9.0 6.35 8.9

Group I .............................................................. 9.80 18.2 – – 6.35 8.9

Group II ............................................................. 17.68 10.5 17.68 10.5 – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 15.85 5.8 15.85 5.8 – –

Group I .............................................................. 14.16 2.2 14.16 2.2 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.43 5.4 19.43 5.4 – –

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 12.87 8.6 12.97 8.7 9.58 15.1

Group I .............................................................. 12.45 8.7 12.54 8.9 9.58 15.1

Group II ............................................................. 15.64 12.6 15.64 12.6 – –

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .............................................. 7.77 5.9 7.73 6.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 7.77 5.9 7.73 6.4 – –

Sailors and marine oilers .................................................. 13.44 .0 13.44 .0 – –

Group I .............................................................. 13.20 .0 13.20 .0 – –

Parking lot attendants ....................................................... 7.50 2.5 – – – –

Group I .............................................................. 7.50 2.5 – – – –

Service station attendants ................................................ 10.03 12.2 – – – –

Transportation inspectors ................................................. 18.78 8.2 18.78 8.2 – –

Crane and tower operators ............................................... 16.83 4.9 16.83 4.9 – –

Group II ............................................................. 19.22 9.2 19.22 9.2 – –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ....... 12.16 4.7 12.30 4.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.49 6.9 – – – –

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ................................................................ 12.16 4.7 12.30 4.6 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.49 6.9 11.67 7.2 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 11.34 10.0 11.32 10.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.83 5.9 10.80 6.1 – –

Group II ............................................................. 18.37 8.5 18.37 8.5 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 9.32 3.5 9.89 2.1 7.15 4.0

Group I .............................................................. 9.28 4.0 – – – –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 9.67 3.8 9.77 3.2 – –

Group I .............................................................. 9.72 5.3 9.87 4.1 – –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 9.70 5.5 10.27 3.7 7.71 8.1

Group I .............................................................. 9.74 5.7 10.35 3.9 7.69 8.1

See footnotes at end of table.

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

South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation4 and level

Total Full-time workers Part-time workers

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Machine feeders and offbearers ................................... $10.81 9.4 $10.81 9.4 – –

Group I .............................................................. 10.31 11.2 10.31 11.2 – –

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 7.31 2.8 8.05 3.7 $6.24 2.3

Group I .............................................................. 7.31 2.8 8.05 3.7 6.24 2.3

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ........................ 11.41 4.1 11.30 3.5 – –

Group I .............................................................. 11.41 4.1 11.30 3.5 – –

1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining

levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II

combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines

levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

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

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

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

number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around

a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories

not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $6.89 $9.00 $13.00 $20.76 $31.71

Management occupations ................................................. 18.00 24.04 34.77 46.58 64.10

General and operations managers ................................... 18.89 25.10 38.75 50.77 68.71

Advertising and promotions managers ............................. 16.02 16.83 30.04 39.32 43.46

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 18.46 27.11 38.99 64.91 94.69

Marketing managers ..................................................... 23.08 32.07 47.89 71.85 94.69

Sales managers ............................................................ 18.46 22.50 33.17 46.49 96.15

Administrative services managers .................................... 18.32 20.30 25.14 32.37 42.74

Computer and information systems managers ................. 31.98 35.43 43.82 52.04 68.49

Financial managers .......................................................... 21.40 31.25 44.71 68.33 87.06

Human resources managers ............................................ 18.74 23.83 32.64 42.68 51.71

Compensation and benefits managers ......................... 22.58 23.83 32.64 35.71 38.46

Training and development managers ........................... 18.21 23.04 31.23 31.23 43.14

Industrial production managers ........................................ 21.49 25.60 36.78 41.59 52.20

Purchasing managers ....................................................... 21.31 24.54 29.39 52.00 62.04

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ......... 18.00 23.78 31.84 38.58 42.86

Construction managers .................................................... 21.50 27.00 31.46 37.07 46.99

Education administrators .................................................. 14.95 25.78 34.73 42.95 57.23

Education administrators, preschool and child care

center/program ....................................................... 11.00 11.08 13.25 14.95 24.49

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 31.44 32.01 37.81 42.01 46.66

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 20.41 24.04 36.38 64.10 96.26

Engineering managers ..................................................... 24.04 38.88 45.67 57.98 70.07

Food service managers .................................................... 14.62 15.87 19.23 24.04 34.71

Medical and health services managers ............................ 16.58 19.95 24.37 35.62 44.37

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .................................................................... 11.18 19.14 25.71 31.06 31.92

Social and community service managers ......................... 11.38 12.33 14.96 16.63 25.69

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 16.11 19.24 24.52 31.97 45.76

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 17.66 19.53 23.81 32.86 41.21

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ............................................................... 16.16 17.89 23.15 27.85 31.68

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........... 16.16 17.89 23.08 26.67 31.16

Cost estimators ................................................................. 13.14 20.21 30.00 37.65 45.00

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 15.10 19.23 23.39 26.66 34.16

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .. 14.61 19.23 23.39 25.58 31.70

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists .. 18.13 18.82 19.23 22.16 33.51

Training and development specialists .......................... 16.92 20.25 26.01 34.01 65.39

Logisticians ....................................................................... 16.73 20.43 34.82 43.82 44.52

Management analysts ...................................................... 19.77 21.14 26.24 36.32 51.87

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 16.92 19.23 24.03 33.65 49.93

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 16.10 21.07 26.29 37.53 43.07

Financial analysts ......................................................... 16.91 22.60 27.09 37.92 43.07

Personal financial advisors ........................................... 14.00 16.24 23.11 33.65 40.09

Loan counselors and officers ............................................ 16.82 18.79 22.61 36.06 48.84

Loan officers ................................................................. 17.31 19.01 22.61 38.46 49.61

Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue

agents ......................................................................... 11.80 13.35 18.16 33.46 33.46

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents ........... 11.80 13.35 18.16 33.46 33.46

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 17.60 24.81 33.00 41.35 47.08

Computer programmers ................................................... 15.39 22.98 31.90 40.06 43.94

Computer software engineers .......................................... 28.85 32.50 39.00 45.81 57.69

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 28.85 31.00 38.12 45.68 55.85

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 30.74 33.34 40.10 47.65 60.10

Computer support specialists ........................................... 13.04 15.29 20.14 35.75 41.57

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 23.08 30.22 38.12 43.18 48.93

Database administrators ................................................... 17.75 22.94 24.41 25.69 25.69

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 18.92 19.25 24.04 32.05 39.68

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 21.87 26.20 30.19 34.14 36.41

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 12.90 18.80 26.44 35.59 49.33

Architects, except naval .................................................... 19.04 24.28 30.39 33.89 34.62

Architects, except landscape and naval ....................... 19.04 24.28 30.39 33.89 34.62

Engineers ......................................................................... 22.77 27.43 34.59 44.93 55.50

Chemical engineers ...................................................... 34.03 41.00 52.98 59.44 62.57

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Civil engineers .............................................................. $20.43 $21.63 $28.97 $33.48 $41.05

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 26.62 32.00 38.36 52.17 61.88

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 24.00 30.92 34.41 41.25 54.53

Electrical engineers .................................................. 24.00 27.50 36.23 46.49 60.02

Electronics engineers, except computer ................... 12.98 31.24 33.55 37.32 49.03

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 23.68 27.07 31.01 39.12 42.89

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety

engineers and inspectors ................................... 36.18 36.91 40.80 42.89 42.89

Industrial engineers .................................................. 23.68 26.90 30.26 37.50 42.74

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 22.00 23.51 23.51 36.46 37.30

Petroleum engineers .................................................... 26.18 34.59 42.20 68.27 75.70

Drafters ............................................................................. 12.98 15.33 21.20 24.56 34.00

Architectural and civil drafters ...................................... 14.42 16.83 21.68 27.50 44.74

Electrical and electronics drafters ................................. 11.00 11.00 16.00 16.00 24.00

Mechanical drafters ...................................................... 15.00 15.00 15.33 23.59 23.59

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 10.39 12.90 18.63 23.29 29.57

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 14.79 18.10 22.42 24.98 31.02

Mechanical engineering technicians ............................. 16.12 19.12 20.60 34.15 34.15

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................. 8.51 12.87 13.27 24.35 33.23

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 14.96 17.92 24.80 35.19 52.24

Life scientists .................................................................... 14.38 16.03 20.73 24.80 26.96

Medical scientists ......................................................... 13.37 15.08 17.31 21.00 40.89

Physical scientists ............................................................ 15.72 16.83 27.44 52.24 59.05

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 15.72 16.50 38.46 52.24 59.05

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and

geographers ....................................................... 38.46 38.46 52.24 59.05 62.17

Market and survey researchers ........................................ 20.42 28.85 34.62 34.62 75.00

Market research analysts ............................................. 20.42 28.85 34.62 34.62 75.00

Psychologists .................................................................... 18.25 23.70 30.17 35.90 36.20

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists ............. 16.92 28.14 34.12 36.20 36.20

Urban and regional planners ............................................ 22.54 22.54 22.54 24.67 36.61

Chemical technicians ........................................................ 14.50 17.95 26.51 26.85 27.43

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science

technicians .................................................................. 13.75 13.75 15.46 25.96 33.99

Community and social services occupations .................. 10.10 12.70 15.85 19.71 30.72

Counselors ....................................................................... 11.87 15.50 26.60 34.83 39.03

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 14.42 18.73 29.46 35.24 38.73

Social workers .................................................................. 12.39 14.42 16.65 19.43 21.53

Child, family, and school social workers ....................... 11.33 14.23 15.51 17.98 19.47

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 14.02 16.24 19.25 20.90 23.32

Mental health and substance abuse social workers ..... 8.75 12.70 16.14 20.60 21.53

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ................................................................... 8.57 11.28 13.67 16.00 18.61

Probation officers and correctional treatment

specialists ............................................................... 11.35 13.83 14.92 18.35 18.67

Social and human service assistants ........................... 8.55 9.22 12.21 14.46 17.07

Legal occupations .............................................................. 14.50 17.30 21.56 37.50 56.73

Lawyers ............................................................................ 28.85 38.18 45.89 61.80 90.15

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............... 42.07 50.48 52.33 52.33 74.79

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates ................ 42.07 50.48 52.33 52.33 74.79

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 10.50 14.66 17.98 24.06 32.00

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ................. 10.50 14.89 18.00 24.06 31.15

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 10.71 21.59 27.53 32.31 37.97

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 19.23 26.21 33.01 43.54 65.20

Business teachers, postsecondary ............................... 15.00 15.00 34.24 43.12 50.45

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary .............. 14.18 27.34 33.06 35.87 38.46

Computer science teachers, postsecondary ............ 14.18 14.18 17.43 34.86 36.53

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ....... 28.97 32.63 33.61 35.87 42.40

Life sciences teachers, postsecondary ......................... 26.44 28.85 35.10 40.39 48.81

Biological science teachers, postsecondary ............. 26.44 28.85 35.10 40.39 48.81

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................... 26.25 30.18 34.31 43.54 46.33

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 21.63 28.32 38.63 76.71 120.19

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 19.21 28.32 61.49 76.71 137.03

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 22.99 26.09 29.75 35.66 39.13

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ...... 22.99 24.85 29.75 34.44 38.92

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ $20.71 $25.77 $33.58 $45.60 $62.50

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 12.93 18.41 27.84 31.39 38.15

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 22.84 25.30 28.59 32.44 36.76

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 8.56 11.77 25.10 31.00 35.58

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 8.00 10.72 23.53 27.81 34.34

Kindergarten teachers, except special education ..... 22.04 25.59 29.94 33.06 36.18

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.06 25.59 28.51 32.38 36.73

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 23.00 25.67 28.41 31.92 35.91

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.12 25.26 29.74 34.32 38.31

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.01 25.10 28.91 32.38 36.76

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.12 25.74 29.34 32.56 36.81

Vocational education teachers, secondary school ... 15.17 23.29 23.29 26.07 34.49

Special education teachers .......................................... 24.78 27.24 30.02 34.53 38.23

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school ................. 24.32 27.08 29.51 34.53 38.23

Special education teachers, secondary school ........ 25.67 28.47 31.20 35.14 35.58

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 8.00 10.71 14.76 25.25 32.53

Librarians .......................................................................... 12.25 17.06 20.07 25.46 35.00

Library technicians ............................................................ 10.32 11.07 12.77 13.08 16.85

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 7.55 8.92 10.06 11.95 14.26

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 9.00 13.13 16.00 24.63 31.66

Designers ......................................................................... 10.00 13.29 15.00 23.00 29.55

Graphic designers ........................................................ 13.29 13.73 15.00 19.42 25.82

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................. 13.13 13.13 14.64 22.72 34.17

Reporters and correspondents ..................................... 13.05 14.49 19.30 24.52 35.51

Public relations specialists ................................................ 20.55 20.67 26.96 32.88 34.52

Writers and editors ........................................................... 10.21 15.41 17.31 23.37 26.59

Editors .......................................................................... 10.21 10.21 17.31 22.76 28.82

Technical writers ........................................................... 15.41 15.41 17.05 24.60 24.74

Photographers .................................................................. 9.00 10.00 15.01 15.01 16.12

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 11.39 15.00 20.75 27.98 39.00

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 42.65 45.60 47.00 48.59 51.00

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 14.73 62.50 84.86 96.23 118.89

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.00 22.81 26.00 29.87 34.19

Therapists ......................................................................... 20.00 22.95 28.36 36.87 47.25

Occupational therapists ................................................ 14.72 15.39 32.21 36.87 36.87

Physical therapists ........................................................ 25.50 28.36 34.21 47.25 47.25

Respiratory therapists ................................................... 18.86 20.37 21.13 22.12 24.86

Speech-language pathologists ..................................... 22.54 26.06 26.06 31.30 38.48

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 9.45 10.60 15.00 21.19 26.35

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 15.15 16.46 21.25 25.66 28.65

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians .................. 9.17 9.74 11.42 15.00 18.47

Dental hygienists .............................................................. 28.38 28.38 33.00 34.00 35.50

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 15.50 19.00 22.00 24.79 26.55

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .............. 12.49 13.54 15.52 22.51 22.95

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 16.68 19.87 22.00 25.20 26.57

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 8.38 9.35 10.43 14.85 15.85

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 11.00 13.00 13.50 16.41 20.00

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 11.00 12.00 13.25 13.50 14.78

Respiratory therapy technicians ................................... 15.45 16.95 19.24 21.87 22.53

Surgical technologists ................................................... 14.50 15.36 16.41 18.33 23.00

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 13.40 15.00 16.75 18.73 20.95

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 8.26 10.28 14.00 18.69 20.72

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........ 10.92 12.77 16.85 28.15 43.64

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians .................................................................. 13.38 13.38 25.70 26.62 38.19

Occupational health and safety specialists ................... 13.38 13.38 25.70 26.62 38.19

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 6.08 7.50 9.39 11.32 15.00

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 6.00 6.63 8.30 9.67 11.00

Home health aides ........................................................ 5.75 6.00 6.35 7.00 9.00

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 7.50 8.06 9.01 10.21 11.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Psychiatric aides ........................................................... $7.52 $8.50 $8.67 $10.78 $11.00

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 9.74 13.65 27.82 30.00 33.00

Physical therapist assistants ........................................ 19.00 21.65 27.82 30.00 33.00

Physical therapist aides ................................................ 8.20 9.74 10.25 11.99 15.00

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.00 9.50 11.04 13.75 16.00

Dental assistants .......................................................... 12.32 14.07 15.25 18.12 22.61

Medical assistants ........................................................ 8.00 9.39 10.50 12.30 14.04

Medical transcriptionists ............................................... 10.43 10.74 13.00 13.65 14.00

Pharmacy aides ............................................................ 5.15 5.15 5.15 10.50 15.25

Protective service occupations ......................................... 7.81 10.37 13.89 19.28 25.84

First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement

workers ....................................................................... 15.71 17.71 22.98 30.50 32.08

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional

officers .................................................................... 15.71 15.71 15.71 16.07 22.98

First-line supervisors/managers of police and

detectives ............................................................... 17.71 20.19 26.55 31.49 34.59

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and

prevention workers ..................................................... 16.13 24.78 30.31 32.14 32.71

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 10.13 13.20 16.76 20.30 23.54

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 9.62 10.97 12.32 13.82 16.85

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 9.62 10.97 12.32 13.82 16.82

Detectives and criminal investigators ............................... 13.89 14.53 21.36 26.65 31.87

Police officers ................................................................... 12.71 15.13 18.58 24.69 27.88

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 12.71 15.13 18.58 24.69 27.88

Animal control workers ..................................................... 8.95 9.69 13.55 13.55 13.55

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 5.25 7.50 9.75 11.92 15.01

Security guards ............................................................. 5.25 7.50 9.75 11.92 15.01

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 6.76 7.50 9.25 10.50 19.40

Crossing guards ........................................................... 6.76 6.76 8.99 10.10 10.17

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 6.25 7.00 8.45 9.49 10.00

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.17 5.47 6.75 8.49 10.50

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 8.50 10.00 12.98 16.00 18.77

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 8.50 10.00 12.91 16.00 18.77

Cooks ............................................................................... 6.25 7.50 8.20 9.45 11.26

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 6.00 6.75 7.50 8.00 8.25

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 7.51 8.85 9.50 10.63 13.26

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 6.00 7.55 8.71 9.75 11.32

Cooks, short order ........................................................ 7.00 7.55 8.15 8.20 9.00

Food preparation workers ................................................. 5.83 6.20 7.37 8.93 11.15

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 3.00 5.50 7.00

Bartenders .................................................................... 2.17 5.00 5.83 6.60 7.50

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.13 2.13 2.25 3.69 5.54

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 3.35 5.15 6.00 7.15 8.35

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.90 9.44

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.75 9.50

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 6.00 6.50 7.30 8.00 9.00

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ 4.37 5.40 6.25 8.50 10.75

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 6.00 6.50 7.21 8.00 8.92

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 3.50 6.00 7.00 7.70 9.02

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 6.00 6.81 8.00 10.00 12.86

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 9.00 9.00 15.00 16.44 16.91

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and

janitorial workers ..................................................... 9.00 9.00 15.00 16.44 16.44

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

service, and groundskeeping workers .................... 9.15 14.37 15.47 16.98 22.20

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 5.78 6.75 7.88 9.66 11.54

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 6.25 7.00 8.65 10.32 12.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... $6.07 $6.81 $7.00 $7.92 $9.00

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 7.00 7.91 8.40 10.91 13.93

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 7.00 7.50 8.25 10.52 12.88

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.50 6.05 7.40 9.51 12.50

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service

workers ....................................................................... 9.00 11.19 12.01 13.01 14.77

Nonfarm animal caretakers .............................................. 7.55 8.48 10.00 11.30 15.47

Gaming services workers ................................................. 5.85 6.45 10.77 13.44 33.33

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ...................... 5.86 5.97 6.00 9.00 11.80

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.40 9.75 15.41

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 5.50 6.50 7.40 9.75 15.41

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 6.96 8.44 9.46 11.75 17.41

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .............. 6.52 6.96 9.82 14.17 19.81

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................... 5.15 5.70 6.50 8.24 8.40

Baggage porters and bellhops ...................................... 5.12 5.55 6.50 7.55 8.62

Transportation attendants ................................................. 5.15 16.92 36.18 46.65 48.15

Flight attendants ........................................................... 25.40 34.32 42.67 47.63 48.15

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and

baggage porters ..................................................... 5.15 5.15 8.25 9.67 16.92

Child care workers ............................................................ 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.00 11.00

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 5.15 5.77 6.05 6.69 7.20

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 6.92 9.11 10.00 12.03 18.21

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 8.85 9.15 10.10 15.63 18.21

Recreation workers ....................................................... 6.92 9.11 10.00 11.80 18.36

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 6.40 7.50 10.13 15.90 26.57

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 9.85 10.75 15.00 20.77 36.06

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ................................................................... 9.10 10.75 14.39 18.63 24.72

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 10.11 10.11 18.46 48.09 78.47

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.00 6.90 8.19 10.82 15.48

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 5.75 6.29 7.25 8.51 10.31

Cashiers ................................................................... 5.75 6.29 7.25 8.51 10.31

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 6.15 7.67 10.77 15.30 23.10

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 6.25 7.00 9.91 13.55 19.72

Parts salespersons ................................................... 6.15 9.17 12.58 19.16 24.73

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.50 7.26 8.96 12.11 17.29

Advertising sales agents ................................................... 11.28 19.23 25.92 42.51 111.37

Insurance sales agents ..................................................... 12.79 16.03 17.31 19.35 24.04

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales

agents ......................................................................... 14.76 15.38 19.27 22.19 48.08

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 13.01 15.50 23.50 35.43 56.73

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

technical and scientific products ............................. 14.60 20.40 35.43 43.27 74.66

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 13.01 14.13 21.92 28.85 55.33

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 8.22 9.25 11.54 12.48 18.27

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 8.22 9.25 11.54 12.48 18.27

Telemarketers ................................................................... 7.50 7.80 10.00 12.68 15.23

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 6.56 9.15 10.00 10.80 15.70

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.36 10.00 12.50 15.70 19.71

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 13.41 16.84 19.85 26.32 28.85

Switchboard operators, including answering service ........ 7.37 7.78 10.10 11.46 13.91

Telephone operators ........................................................ 10.14 12.60 17.26 20.67 20.67

Financial clerks ................................................................. 8.88 10.34 13.00 15.21 18.49

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 8.21 11.00 14.00 16.52 21.25

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 9.55 10.99 13.00 14.50 16.50

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 9.64 11.50 13.84 16.15 19.58

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 9.77 11.35 13.56 16.00 16.02

Procurement clerks ....................................................... 6.18 12.44 15.06 19.00 30.00

Tellers ........................................................................... 8.17 9.36 10.19 11.79 14.26

Correspondence clerks ..................................................... 8.70 13.94 14.90 16.59 22.31

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................. 6.70 9.94 11.92 16.15 17.89

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks .......................... 9.28 10.75 12.60 14.56 19.48

Customer service representatives .................................... 8.87 9.52 12.50 17.44 22.37

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................. $6.50 $11.57 $14.55 $14.81 $15.27

File clerks ......................................................................... 7.85 10.00 11.70 12.50 14.28

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................. 6.00 7.00 7.50 9.25 10.02

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 8.00 9.50 11.76 14.57 16.10

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 8.33 9.05 11.16 13.79 15.84

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................ 10.45 12.73 13.53 18.30 19.71

New accounts clerks ......................................................... 8.89 10.00 10.86 13.08 16.15

Order clerks ...................................................................... 8.00 9.00 10.25 12.52 15.65

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 10.98 12.22 15.38 18.75 20.05

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 7.93 9.00 10.00 11.92 14.00

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 8.80 11.95 14.52 20.91 20.91

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 7.24 8.75 9.73 10.85 12.00

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 8.00 9.09 11.95 14.00 19.13

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....................... 9.51 11.79 12.66 14.34 17.74

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .......... 7.07 8.00 11.00 14.00 22.41

Meter readers, utilities ...................................................... 8.17 10.29 12.25 15.37 19.23

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 8.00 11.72 15.34 19.65 24.15

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 7.70 8.76 10.61 13.54 14.75

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 6.50 7.87 10.23 13.50 15.62

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 9.69 12.11 15.22 18.27 21.96

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 12.90 14.53 17.60 20.51 24.71

Legal secretaries .......................................................... 12.00 13.00 14.90 16.68 18.64

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 7.63 9.41 12.67 15.26 20.00

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 9.21 10.93 14.21 16.88 20.43

Computer operators .......................................................... 11.14 13.60 16.08 18.62 19.41

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 8.85 9.75 11.15 12.87 14.73

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 8.80 9.43 10.98 12.86 14.73

Word processors and typists ........................................ 9.51 11.15 11.67 14.14 21.79

Desktop publishers ........................................................... 13.50 13.98 14.95 24.23 24.23

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................. 9.62 11.00 13.54 16.77 18.51

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal

service ........................................................................ 8.00 8.00 9.62 13.55 13.78

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 8.00 9.25 11.34 13.23 15.92

Office machine operators, except computer ..................... 7.00 7.50 8.60 12.55 13.56

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..................... 6.00 8.50 9.65 14.15 23.10

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 8.25 10.50 13.50 18.25 25.00

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 14.00 16.15 20.00 25.00 29.80

Carpenters ........................................................................ 10.30 12.00 13.00 15.00 16.44

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ....................................................................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 13.16 14.86

Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 13.16 14.86

Construction laborers ....................................................... 7.25 8.12 9.50 12.88 13.50

Construction equipment operators ................................... 10.00 11.00 13.25 15.00 17.13

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 9.68 10.65 12.50 14.00 15.43

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 10.08 11.38 14.00 15.25 17.26

Electricians ....................................................................... 10.43 12.50 15.18 19.83 23.32

Insulation workers ............................................................. 13.82 16.00 18.61 18.61 19.56

Insulation workers, mechanical .................................... 13.82 16.00 18.61 18.61 19.56

Painters and paperhangers .............................................. 10.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00

Painters, construction and maintenance ...................... 10.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 10.50 13.78 17.75 22.00 25.00

Pipelayers ..................................................................... 8.00 9.58 10.04 11.50 11.58

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 12.00 15.00 19.00 22.52 25.00

Sheet metal workers ......................................................... 11.67 11.75 14.00 17.50 17.50

Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.50 14.00

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................................................. 10.00 11.25 14.00 14.00 15.00

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 17.33 19.00 22.00 37.02 37.02

Highway maintenance workers ......................................... 8.00 8.50 12.08 12.66 14.54

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 7.45 8.05 10.00 16.00 20.81

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas,

and mining .................................................................. 10.78 10.78 22.16 30.82 30.82

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................................................. 9.61 9.61 19.50 28.40 28.40

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... $10.00 $12.31 $16.60 $21.74 $27.59

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 14.58 17.84 21.27 26.96 31.82

Computer, automated teller, and office machine

repairers ..................................................................... 8.00 11.40 15.42 18.75 21.53

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers ..................................................................... 10.00 14.00 23.60 28.28 28.59

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ............................... 10.00 14.00 23.60 28.28 28.59

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 12.00 13.00 16.86 21.86 27.10

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment ............................................... 12.00 15.00 17.92 21.74 25.49

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse,

substation, and relay .............................................. 19.83 19.83 24.09 28.54 31.13

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 21.58 24.44 26.64 29.88 31.95

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.00 12.00 14.43 19.00 23.70

Automotive body and related repairers ......................... 9.95 13.00 14.43 16.00 18.93

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.00 11.50 14.75 21.53 23.75

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 12.29 13.32 15.33 18.91 22.50

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

and mechanics ........................................................... 12.62 14.35 17.00 19.62 22.55

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines .. 13.00 14.35 15.50 18.80 22.00

Rail car repairers .......................................................... 14.42 16.59 18.24 19.62 25.40

Small engine mechanics ................................................... 11.32 14.00 14.50 14.89 19.18

Control and valve installers and repairers ........................ 14.47 16.86 19.00 24.29 24.29

Control and valve installers and repairers, except

mechanical door ..................................................... 14.47 16.86 19.00 24.29 24.29

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 12.55 17.19 19.00 23.00 27.00

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 8.00 11.40 15.75 18.82 25.00

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 12.00 15.39 18.55 28.43 28.47

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 7.75 8.65 11.81 16.83 20.82

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 10.60 12.05 13.64 17.50 19.75

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 16.00 19.18 24.15 27.59 28.28

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................ 19.18 23.98 23.98 27.20 28.69

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ......... 14.00 18.35 24.15 28.28 28.28

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 7.25 10.00 12.00 15.50 21.25

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ................................................................... 8.49 9.18 10.56 13.35 14.61

Production occupations .................................................... 7.65 9.00 11.51 15.08 21.50

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 11.67 15.00 20.29 24.04 32.42

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ................................................................. 11.83 16.50 21.56 25.74 27.83

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.00 10.00 11.47 12.15 13.26

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 8.00 10.22 11.72 12.18 14.25

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 6.21 8.00 10.00 12.42 18.75

Bakers .............................................................................. 5.75 5.75 9.25 11.47 16.55

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing

workers ....................................................................... 7.30 9.20 9.75 11.35 14.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................ 11.23 13.82 15.00 16.00 18.50

Miscellaneous food processing workers ........................... 5.50 8.50 11.52 13.39 13.51

Food batchmakers ........................................................ 5.50 5.50 11.10 13.50 14.46

Computer control programmers and operators ................ 10.00 14.98 15.50 18.00 29.33

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal

and plastic .............................................................. 10.00 14.98 15.50 17.50 29.33

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic .................................................................. 6.60 6.60 8.00 13.50 17.83

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ 6.60 6.60 8.00 10.75 17.83

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 8.00 9.24 12.25 13.00 17.59

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 7.55 8.94 10.60 12.25 12.99

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. $8.00 $8.50 $12.50 $13.41 $15.10

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 8.00 9.64 13.00 19.98 22.84

Machinists ......................................................................... 9.50 11.25 14.58 20.00 26.48

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... 7.00 7.50 9.15 12.50 14.00

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 7.00 7.50 9.15 12.50 14.00

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 8.00 10.65 11.91 13.65 16.17

Tool and die makers ......................................................... 14.93 16.43 20.21 22.20 26.23

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 9.50 11.25 12.22 16.70 19.00

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... 9.50 11.50 12.22 16.97 19.50

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 6.99 11.88 13.89 15.50 18.10

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 6.00 6.50 7.25 15.42 18.10

Bookbinders and bindery workers .................................... 7.88 8.50 9.71 15.65 17.00

Bindery workers ............................................................ 7.88 8.50 8.75 15.65 16.75

Printers ............................................................................. 9.48 11.47 14.38 19.00 24.39

Prepress technicians and workers ................................ 9.60 10.00 14.98 21.50 24.91

Printing machine operators ........................................... 9.48 12.00 14.06 18.73 25.05

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................................... 6.75 7.75 8.19 8.80 9.65

Sewing machine operators ............................................... 6.65 6.65 9.00 9.50 12.50

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .. 8.00 9.00 10.00 16.37 16.80

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... 7.50 9.00 11.44 13.70 15.57

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ....... 20.48 25.38 26.47 42.42 47.56

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................ 11.20 13.50 14.90 18.73 23.39

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system

operators .................................................................... 9.82 12.00 16.93 21.96 30.95

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ...................... 21.99 25.25 26.53 28.87 29.02

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators,

and gaugers ............................................................ 24.30 25.25 27.17 28.87 29.02

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ....................................................................... 8.50 9.75 11.45 13.99 19.55

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and

tenders .................................................................... 8.50 9.75 11.22 12.60 13.99

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and

tenders ........................................................................ 10.04 12.80 13.09 13.09 15.82

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 8.50 10.50 12.62 17.50 27.28

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... 7.50 9.50 11.49 13.20 15.12

Painting workers ............................................................... 7.75 8.50 12.15 16.00 18.81

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,

operators, and tenders ........................................... 8.17 8.85 11.25 12.50 12.93

Painters, transportation equipment ............................... 7.25 11.20 13.80 17.60 21.33

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.92 14.04

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and

plastic ..................................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 11.50 12.50

Helpers--production workers ........................................ 8.78 9.00 10.22 10.85 13.00

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 6.73 8.75 11.36 15.44 21.73

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and

material movers, hand ................................................ 7.75 13.00 14.01 18.51 22.56

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and

material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........ 16.44 16.50 21.88 21.88 25.23

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 29.60 36.71 108.46 182.48 189.21

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 44.90 95.84 154.34 189.21 189.21

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 9.00 10.03 12.32 14.95 17.95

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 8.53 9.75 15.22 17.95 19.85

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 9.15 10.34 12.19 13.27 14.66

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 8.50 10.99 13.59 17.09 23.19

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... 5.15 7.00 12.87 17.78 20.57

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 9.63 12.43 14.98 18.34 24.09

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 7.70 9.68 11.41 14.04 22.25

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .............................................. 6.50 6.75 7.25 8.50 9.71

Sailors and marine oilers .................................................. 9.58 9.58 14.38 14.38 22.05

Parking lot attendants ....................................................... 5.75 6.25 7.25 7.69 9.07

Service station attendants ................................................ 5.50 8.50 10.00 12.00 12.00

Transportation inspectors ................................................. 16.28 17.54 17.54 20.60 24.73

Crane and tower operators ............................................... 10.85 15.35 17.76 19.39 22.45

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ....... $10.00 $10.00 $12.50 $13.00 $16.00

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ................................................................ 10.00 10.00 12.50 13.00 16.00

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 7.25 8.75 11.20 13.15 15.60

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 5.78 6.92 9.00 10.67 13.00

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 6.60 8.25 9.30 10.80 12.50

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 5.78 7.16 9.25 11.00 13.85

Machine feeders and offbearers ................................... 7.30 8.60 9.75 11.91 14.86

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 5.25 5.65 6.90 8.00 10.49

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ........................ 9.70 10.58 10.92 12.72 14.20

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

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

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $6.50 $8.71 $12.50 $19.65 $31.00

Management occupations ................................................. 18.00 24.37 35.43 47.89 68.10

General and operations managers ................................... 19.23 25.10 38.72 52.00 71.59

Advertising and promotions managers ............................. 16.02 16.83 30.04 39.32 43.46

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 18.46 27.11 38.99 64.91 94.69

Marketing managers ..................................................... 23.08 32.07 47.89 71.85 94.69

Sales managers ............................................................ 18.46 22.50 33.17 46.49 96.15

Administrative services managers .................................... 16.13 27.38 36.15 39.20 48.58

Computer and information systems managers ................. 35.43 36.77 48.40 62.08 70.30

Financial managers .......................................................... 21.40 31.72 45.71 68.33 87.20

Human resources managers ............................................ 18.74 23.83 32.05 40.96 43.14

Compensation and benefits managers ......................... 22.58 28.28 32.64 36.59 39.38

Training and development managers ........................... 18.21 23.04 29.99 31.23 43.14

Industrial production managers ........................................ 21.49 25.60 36.78 41.59 52.20

Purchasing managers ....................................................... 24.54 24.54 41.45 60.01 85.04

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ......... 18.00 23.78 31.84 38.58 42.86

Construction managers .................................................... 24.75 27.61 31.46 37.07 46.99

Education administrators .................................................. 11.00 11.08 14.95 25.96 48.56

Education administrators, preschool and child care

center/program ....................................................... 11.00 11.08 13.25 14.95 24.49

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 19.00 25.34 36.38 36.38 52.20

Engineering managers ..................................................... 24.04 38.88 45.82 57.98 70.07

Food service managers .................................................... 14.62 16.04 19.23 24.04 34.71

Medical and health services managers ............................ 16.58 19.85 24.37 36.74 45.28

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .................................................................... 11.14 19.14 25.71 31.06 34.62

Social and community service managers ......................... 11.38 12.29 12.33 14.91 25.69

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 16.70 20.00 25.54 33.00 48.11

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 17.66 19.77 24.24 33.65 41.21

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ............................................................... 16.16 17.89 23.24 28.21 31.68

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........... 16.16 17.89 23.13 26.77 31.68

Cost estimators ................................................................. 13.14 20.21 30.00 37.65 45.00

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 18.27 20.38 24.62 28.14 34.99

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .. 18.95 21.92 23.39 26.44 32.09

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists .. 18.13 18.82 19.23 22.16 33.51

Training and development specialists .......................... 19.73 20.25 26.44 34.01 65.39

Logisticians ....................................................................... 16.73 20.43 34.82 43.82 44.52

Management analysts ...................................................... 19.77 21.12 26.23 36.87 51.87

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 17.82 20.11 26.02 38.58 49.93

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 16.00 21.07 26.35 37.53 43.07

Financial analysts ......................................................... 16.91 22.60 27.09 37.92 43.07

Personal financial advisors ........................................... 14.00 16.24 23.11 33.65 40.09

Loan counselors and officers ............................................ 17.31 19.01 22.61 38.46 49.61

Loan officers ................................................................. 17.31 19.01 22.61 38.46 49.61

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 18.27 26.32 33.80 41.57 47.30

Computer programmers ................................................... 15.39 22.98 31.90 40.36 44.47

Computer software engineers .......................................... 28.85 32.50 39.00 45.81 57.69

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 28.85 31.00 38.12 45.68 55.85

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 30.74 33.34 40.10 47.65 60.10

Computer support specialists ........................................... 13.04 15.39 20.14 37.09 41.57

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 27.35 31.67 38.57 43.51 49.74

Database administrators ................................................... 17.75 21.78 22.94 25.69 25.69

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 18.92 19.25 24.04 32.05 39.68

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 21.87 26.20 30.16 34.14 36.41

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 12.90 19.38 26.92 36.15 49.94

Architects, except naval .................................................... 19.04 24.28 30.39 33.89 34.62

Architects, except landscape and naval ....................... 19.04 24.28 30.39 33.89 34.62

Engineers ......................................................................... 23.00 27.82 34.62 45.08 55.70

Chemical engineers ...................................................... 34.03 41.00 52.98 59.44 62.57

Civil engineers .............................................................. 20.43 21.63 28.97 32.91 40.52

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 26.62 32.00 38.36 52.17 61.88

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 24.00 31.24 34.71 41.54 54.78

Electrical engineers .................................................. 24.00 29.62 36.35 46.49 60.02

Electronics engineers, except computer ................... 12.98 31.24 33.55 37.32 49.03

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... $23.68 $27.07 $31.01 $39.12 $42.89

Industrial engineers .................................................. 23.68 26.90 30.26 37.50 42.74

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 22.00 23.51 23.51 36.46 37.30

Petroleum engineers .................................................... 26.18 34.59 42.20 68.27 75.70

Drafters ............................................................................. 12.98 15.33 21.25 24.56 34.00

Architectural and civil drafters ...................................... 14.42 16.35 22.12 27.50 44.74

Electrical and electronics drafters ................................. 11.00 11.00 16.00 16.00 24.00

Mechanical drafters ...................................................... 15.00 15.00 15.33 23.59 23.59

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 10.39 11.77 19.38 23.29 29.57

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 15.00 18.15 22.70 25.50 31.02

Mechanical engineering technicians ............................. 16.12 19.12 20.60 34.15 34.15

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................. 9.00 12.87 13.27 24.35 33.23

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 15.46 22.98 32.19 42.94 59.05

Physical scientists ............................................................ 19.28 31.94 49.82 52.89 59.05

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 32.21 38.46 52.24 55.02 59.05

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and

geographers ....................................................... 38.46 38.46 52.24 59.05 63.21

Market and survey researchers ........................................ 20.42 28.85 34.62 34.62 75.00

Market research analysts ............................................. 20.42 28.85 34.62 34.62 75.00

Community and social services occupations .................. 8.36 12.02 16.31 20.10 24.04

Counselors ....................................................................... 6.25 13.87 17.31 24.04 45.74

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 13.46 14.42 16.31 20.19 26.49

Social workers .................................................................. 14.42 16.11 18.37 20.90 21.53

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 15.14 16.65 19.46 20.90 21.15

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ................................................................... 8.11 8.55 9.04 12.59 14.54

Social and human service assistants ........................... 8.11 8.55 9.00 12.59 14.38

Legal occupations .............................................................. 14.50 17.30 20.19 32.21 55.32

Lawyers ............................................................................ 28.85 39.14 54.33 70.96 92.31

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 10.50 14.66 16.83 24.00 31.00

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ................. 10.50 14.13 18.51 24.06 31.15

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 7.53 9.76 16.76 28.82 42.40

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 15.00 22.12 32.50 46.33 76.71

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................... 30.19 37.16 43.54 43.54 46.33

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 27.84 32.50 76.71 120.19 192.31

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 28.49 30.83 35.02 48.33 64.50

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ...... 31.83 33.87 35.02 38.92 39.93

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 12.93 16.66 23.90 36.42 52.82

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 12.93 12.93 16.35 23.69 31.39

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 8.56 11.21 17.53 27.08 31.55

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 7.00 8.56 10.72 11.77 13.13

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 7.00 8.56 10.72 11.77 13.13

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 10.00 19.60 25.00 31.55 31.55

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 10.00 12.00 19.60 24.39 29.62

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 17.47 25.00 27.71 31.55 31.55

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 14.82 15.17 21.10 25.37 36.81

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 16.83 21.10 21.93 30.90 36.81

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 9.00 12.50 15.00 19.36 26.98

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 6.25 7.25 7.55 9.76 12.00

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 9.00 13.13 15.41 24.39 31.64

Designers ......................................................................... 10.00 13.29 15.00 24.00 30.00

Graphic designers ........................................................ 13.29 13.73 15.00 19.42 25.82

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers ............. 6.50 8.00 10.00 12.98 25.00

Coaches and scouts ..................................................... 6.50 8.00 10.00 12.98 25.00

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................. 13.13 13.13 14.64 22.72 34.17

Reporters and correspondents ..................................... 13.05 14.49 19.30 24.52 35.51

Public relations specialists ................................................ 20.67 23.84 26.96 32.88 34.52

Writers and editors ........................................................... 10.21 15.41 17.09 22.76 24.74

Editors .......................................................................... 10.21 10.21 16.88 21.64 24.04

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Technical writers ........................................................... $15.41 $15.41 $17.05 $24.60 $24.74

Photographers .................................................................. 9.00 10.00 15.01 15.01 16.12

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 10.79 14.94 20.55 28.28 43.64

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 45.00 46.25 47.00 50.00 51.00

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 56.74 72.92 96.23 96.23 151.20

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.00 23.00 26.00 30.04 34.41

Therapists ......................................................................... 20.13 22.54 29.09 36.87 47.25

Occupational therapists ................................................ 14.72 15.14 32.21 36.87 36.87

Physical therapists ........................................................ 25.50 28.36 34.21 47.25 47.25

Respiratory therapists ................................................... 19.76 20.75 21.13 22.18 25.22

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 9.25 10.30 14.00 20.11 25.26

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 15.15 16.38 21.58 25.82 28.80

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians .................. 9.17 9.67 11.29 15.00 16.67

Dental hygienists .............................................................. 28.38 28.38 33.00 34.00 35.50

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 13.95 16.85 22.00 25.20 26.35

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .............. 12.49 13.54 15.52 22.51 22.95

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 16.39 19.94 22.87 25.20 26.35

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 8.38 9.35 10.24 13.12 15.85

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 11.00 13.00 13.33 16.41 20.00

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 11.00 12.00 13.25 13.47 14.78

Respiratory therapy technicians ................................... 16.38 18.35 20.61 21.87 22.50

Surgical technologists ................................................... 14.82 15.36 16.41 18.33 23.00

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 14.00 15.27 17.00 18.82 21.50

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 8.05 10.19 14.00 18.69 24.09

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........ 12.77 13.77 16.85 43.64 43.64

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians .................................................................. 13.38 13.38 25.70 26.62 38.19

Occupational health and safety specialists ................... 13.38 13.38 25.70 26.62 38.19

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 6.00 7.06 9.02 11.22 15.00

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 6.00 6.50 8.03 9.50 10.98

Home health aides ........................................................ 5.75 6.00 6.35 7.00 9.00

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 7.39 8.00 8.89 10.06 11.37

Psychiatric aides ........................................................... 7.52 8.50 8.55 10.78 11.00

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 10.82 19.74 27.82 30.00 33.00

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 7.55 9.50 11.00 13.84 16.75

Dental assistants .......................................................... 12.32 14.07 15.25 18.91 22.61

Medical assistants ........................................................ 8.00 9.20 10.30 12.25 14.50

Pharmacy aides ............................................................ 5.15 5.15 5.15 10.50 14.40

Protective service occupations ......................................... 5.25 7.75 9.99 12.00 14.81

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 5.25 7.25 9.75 11.50 15.05

Security guards ............................................................. 5.25 7.25 9.75 11.50 15.05

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 6.25 7.10 7.75 8.50 10.00

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 6.25 6.95 8.25 9.00 10.00

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.15 5.25 6.50 8.20 10.09

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 8.40 10.00 12.26 15.84 19.00

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 8.40 10.00 12.26 15.84 19.00

Cooks ............................................................................... 6.10 7.25 8.20 9.05 11.25

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 6.00 6.75 7.50 8.00 8.25

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 7.51 8.85 9.50 10.54 14.00

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 6.00 7.55 8.71 9.75 11.32

Cooks, short order ........................................................ 7.00 7.55 8.15 8.20 9.00

Food preparation workers ................................................. 5.60 6.00 7.00 8.50 11.15

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 3.00 5.50 7.00

Bartenders .................................................................... 2.17 5.00 5.83 6.60 7.50

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.13 2.13 2.25 3.69 5.54

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 3.35 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.35

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.00

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.39 9.15

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ $4.37 $5.50 $6.25 $8.50 $10.75

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.92

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 3.50 6.00 7.00 7.70 9.02

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 5.75 6.75 7.50 9.10 11.28

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 9.00 9.00 10.67 15.47 16.35

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and

janitorial workers ..................................................... 9.00 9.00 10.67 14.55 16.35

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 5.75 6.50 7.34 9.01 11.00

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 5.80 6.50 8.00 10.00 11.70

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 6.07 6.81 7.00 7.83 9.00

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 6.50 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.83

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 6.00 7.50 8.00 8.25 8.75

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.50 6.05 7.21 9.25 12.01

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service

workers ....................................................................... 9.00 11.19 12.01 12.92 14.77

Nonfarm animal caretakers .............................................. 7.00 9.00 10.00 11.63 15.47

Gaming services workers ................................................. 5.85 6.45 10.77 13.44 33.33

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ...................... 5.86 5.97 6.00 9.00 11.80

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.40 7.65 9.75

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 5.50 6.50 7.40 7.65 9.75

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 6.96 8.44 9.46 11.75 17.41

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .............. 6.52 6.96 9.82 14.17 19.81

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................... 5.15 5.70 6.50 8.24 8.40

Baggage porters and bellhops ...................................... 5.12 5.55 6.50 7.55 8.62

Transportation attendants ................................................. 5.15 23.12 37.54 47.01 48.15

Flight attendants ........................................................... 25.40 34.32 42.67 47.63 48.15

Child care workers ............................................................ 6.00 6.50 7.65 9.00 11.00

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 5.15 5.77 6.05 6.51 7.00

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 7.00 7.79 10.00 15.63 17.64

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 8.85 9.15 10.10 15.63 15.63

Recreation workers ....................................................... 7.00 7.23 10.00 17.64 17.64

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 6.37 7.50 10.11 15.92 26.83

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 9.80 10.75 15.00 20.77 36.06

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ................................................................... 9.10 10.75 14.42 18.63 24.72

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 10.11 10.11 18.46 48.09 78.47

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.00 6.90 8.19 10.77 15.48

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 5.75 6.25 7.21 8.50 10.01

Cashiers ................................................................... 5.75 6.25 7.21 8.50 10.01

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 6.15 7.67 10.77 15.30 23.10

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 6.25 7.00 9.91 13.55 19.72

Parts salespersons ................................................... 6.15 9.17 12.58 19.16 24.73

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.50 7.26 8.96 12.11 17.29

Advertising sales agents ................................................... 11.28 19.23 25.92 42.51 111.37

Insurance sales agents ..................................................... 12.79 16.03 17.31 19.35 24.03

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales

agents ......................................................................... 14.76 15.38 19.27 22.19 48.08

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 13.01 15.50 23.50 35.43 56.73

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

technical and scientific products ............................. 14.60 20.40 35.43 43.27 74.66

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 13.01 14.13 21.92 28.85 55.33

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 8.22 9.25 11.54 12.48 18.27

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 8.22 9.25 11.54 12.48 18.27

Telemarketers ................................................................... 7.50 7.80 9.76 12.68 15.23

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 6.56 9.15 10.00 10.80 15.70

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.25 10.00 12.50 16.00 20.00

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 13.41 16.84 20.08 26.44 28.89

Switchboard operators, including answering service ........ 7.37 7.78 10.08 11.46 12.62

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Telephone operators ........................................................ $10.14 $12.60 $17.26 $20.67 $20.67

Financial clerks ................................................................. 8.80 10.21 12.97 15.06 18.95

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 8.21 11.00 14.00 16.93 21.25

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 9.55 11.00 13.00 14.50 16.50

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 9.38 11.37 13.89 15.86 20.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 9.77 11.31 13.00 15.26 16.00

Procurement clerks ....................................................... 6.18 14.00 15.06 19.00 30.00

Tellers ........................................................................... 8.17 9.36 10.19 11.79 14.26

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks .......................... 10.00 11.00 12.60 14.56 19.48

Customer service representatives .................................... 8.87 9.50 12.50 17.44 23.01

File clerks ......................................................................... 7.50 10.00 11.70 12.50 14.23

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................. 6.00 7.00 7.50 9.07 10.00

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 8.00 9.67 11.09 14.57 14.74

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................ 10.45 12.73 13.53 18.30 19.71

New accounts clerks ......................................................... 8.89 9.81 10.86 13.08 16.15

Order clerks ...................................................................... 8.00 9.00 10.25 12.52 15.65

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 10.87 11.73 15.87 18.75 20.05

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 7.69 9.00 10.00 11.87 14.00

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 8.80 11.95 14.52 20.91 20.91

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 7.24 8.88 9.73 10.75 12.00

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 7.07 8.00 11.00 13.64 22.41

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .......... 7.07 8.00 11.00 14.00 22.41

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 8.00 11.72 15.34 19.65 21.69

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 7.70 8.76 10.60 13.54 14.58

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 6.50 8.00 10.23 13.50 15.62

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 9.72 13.00 16.30 19.86 23.18

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 14.25 17.11 19.04 22.00 26.05

Legal secretaries .......................................................... 11.54 13.00 14.90 16.81 19.99

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 7.50 9.34 12.67 16.00 20.00

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 9.21 12.50 16.25 18.56 21.34

Computer operators .......................................................... 11.14 15.06 17.89 18.91 20.50

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 8.85 9.51 11.25 13.00 14.73

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 8.75 9.43 10.61 12.86 14.73

Word processors and typists ........................................ 9.51 10.36 12.15 14.14 21.79

Desktop publishers ........................................................... 13.50 13.98 14.95 24.23 24.23

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................. 9.62 11.00 13.54 16.77 18.51

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal

service ........................................................................ 8.00 8.00 9.62 13.55 13.78

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 8.00 9.19 11.45 13.27 16.10

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..................... 6.00 8.50 9.55 14.15 23.10

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 8.25 10.50 13.50 18.61 25.52

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 14.00 16.75 20.75 25.52 32.69

Carpenters ........................................................................ 10.30 12.00 13.00 15.00 16.44

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ....................................................................... 7.75 9.00 11.35 13.16 14.50

Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................... 7.75 9.00 11.35 13.16 14.50

Construction laborers ....................................................... 7.25 8.12 9.50 12.88 13.50

Construction equipment operators ................................... 11.00 12.00 14.00 14.75 15.75

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 9.00 11.00 11.50 13.50 14.38

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 11.44 13.00 14.25 15.00 16.48

Electricians ....................................................................... 10.00 12.00 15.00 19.83 23.00

Insulation workers ............................................................. 13.82 16.00 18.61 18.61 19.56

Insulation workers, mechanical .................................... 13.82 16.00 18.61 18.61 19.56

Painters and paperhangers .............................................. 10.00 12.00 13.53 14.00 15.32

Painters, construction and maintenance ...................... 10.00 12.00 13.53 14.00 15.32

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 11.00 13.78 17.99 22.46 25.00

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 11.75 15.00 19.00 22.52 25.00

Sheet metal workers ......................................................... 11.67 11.75 14.00 17.50 17.50

Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.35 14.00

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................................................. 10.00 11.25 14.00 14.00 15.00

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 17.33 21.50 37.02 37.02 37.02

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 7.45 10.78 12.02 19.00 21.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas,

and mining .................................................................. $10.78 $10.78 $22.16 $30.82 $30.82

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................................................. 9.61 9.61 19.50 28.40 28.40

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 10.00 12.50 16.60 22.00 28.14

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 15.48 19.50 23.13 28.89 34.62

Computer, automated teller, and office machine

repairers ..................................................................... 8.00 11.40 15.00 17.88 20.46

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers ..................................................................... 10.00 14.00 23.60 28.28 28.59

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ............................... 10.00 14.00 23.60 28.28 28.59

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 12.00 13.00 17.25 21.86 27.10

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment ............................................... 12.50 15.00 17.92 21.74 25.67

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 21.58 25.83 26.64 29.92 31.95

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.00 12.00 14.43 19.17 23.75

Automotive body and related repairers ......................... 9.95 13.00 14.43 15.93 18.93

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.00 11.50 14.75 21.88 23.85

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 12.61 13.70 15.50 18.87 23.55

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

and mechanics ........................................................... 12.62 15.00 17.25 19.62 22.55

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines .. 12.62 15.00 16.05 18.80 21.50

Rail car repairers .......................................................... 14.42 16.59 18.24 19.62 25.40

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 12.02 18.00 19.23 25.00 30.09

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 7.75 11.81 16.60 19.55 26.40

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 12.00 15.39 18.55 28.43 28.47

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 7.75 8.00 11.81 16.83 21.85

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 11.06 12.10 13.65 17.50 19.89

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 16.00 19.18 24.15 27.59 28.28

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................ 19.18 23.98 25.59 27.20 28.69

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ......... 14.00 18.35 24.15 28.28 28.28

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 7.00 10.00 12.00 16.25 21.25

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ................................................................... 8.49 9.00 10.67 14.25 14.61

Production occupations .................................................... 7.65 9.00 11.50 15.00 21.56

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 11.67 15.00 20.29 24.03 32.42

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ................................................................. 11.83 16.50 21.56 25.74 27.83

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.00 10.00 11.47 12.15 13.26

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 8.00 10.22 11.72 12.18 14.25

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 6.21 8.00 10.00 12.42 18.75

Bakers .............................................................................. 5.75 5.75 9.25 11.47 16.55

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing

workers ....................................................................... 7.30 9.20 9.75 11.35 14.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................ 11.23 13.82 15.00 16.00 18.50

Miscellaneous food processing workers ........................... 5.50 8.50 11.52 13.39 13.51

Food batchmakers ........................................................ 5.50 5.50 11.10 13.50 14.46

Computer control programmers and operators ................ 10.00 14.98 15.50 18.00 29.33

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal

and plastic .............................................................. 10.00 14.98 15.50 17.50 29.33

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic .................................................................. 6.60 6.60 8.00 13.50 17.83

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ 6.60 6.60 8.00 10.75 17.83

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 8.00 9.24 12.25 13.00 17.59

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 7.55 8.94 10.60 12.25 12.99

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. 8.00 8.50 12.50 13.41 15.10

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... $8.00 $9.64 $13.00 $19.98 $22.84

Machinists ......................................................................... 9.50 11.25 14.58 20.00 26.48

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... 7.00 7.50 9.15 12.50 14.00

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 7.00 7.50 9.15 12.50 14.00

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 8.00 10.65 11.91 13.65 16.17

Tool and die makers ......................................................... 14.93 16.43 20.21 22.20 26.23

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 9.50 11.00 12.22 17.00 19.50

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... 9.50 11.25 12.22 17.00 19.50

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 6.99 11.88 13.89 15.50 18.10

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 6.00 6.50 7.25 15.42 18.10

Bookbinders and bindery workers .................................... 7.88 8.50 9.71 15.65 17.00

Bindery workers ............................................................ 7.88 8.50 8.75 15.65 16.75

Printers ............................................................................. 9.48 11.31 14.15 19.00 24.46

Prepress technicians and workers ................................ 9.60 10.00 14.98 21.50 24.91

Printing machine operators ........................................... 9.48 12.00 14.06 18.73 25.05

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................................... 7.00 7.75 8.25 8.88 10.00

Sewing machine operators ............................................... 6.65 6.65 9.00 9.50 12.50

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .. 8.00 9.00 10.00 16.37 16.80

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... 7.50 9.00 11.44 13.70 15.57

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ....... 25.38 25.38 28.13 42.42 47.56

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................ 12.51 13.75 15.63 22.69 23.39

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ...................... 22.44 25.25 26.53 28.87 29.02

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators,

and gaugers ............................................................ 24.30 25.25 27.17 28.87 29.02

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ....................................................................... 8.50 9.95 11.50 13.99 19.55

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and

tenders .................................................................... 8.50 9.75 11.22 12.60 13.99

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and

tenders ........................................................................ 10.04 12.80 13.09 13.09 15.82

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 8.50 10.50 12.62 17.50 27.28

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... 7.50 9.50 11.49 13.20 15.12

Painting workers ............................................................... 7.75 8.25 12.00 15.60 18.00

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,

operators, and tenders ........................................... 8.17 8.85 11.25 12.50 12.93

Painters, transportation equipment ............................... 7.25 9.63 12.85 17.58 20.81

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.50 8.50 9.91 11.92 14.00

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and

plastic ..................................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 11.50 12.50

Helpers--production workers ........................................ 8.78 9.00 10.22 10.85 13.00

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 6.60 8.65 11.24 15.27 21.73

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and

material movers, hand ................................................ 7.75 13.00 14.01 18.51 22.56

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and

material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........ 16.50 20.31 21.88 21.88 26.64

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 29.60 36.71 108.46 182.48 189.21

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 44.90 95.84 154.34 189.21 189.21

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 8.28 8.90 10.03 12.20 19.85

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 8.28 8.90 9.15 19.06 19.85

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 8.50 11.00 13.75 17.09 23.74

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... 5.15 7.00 12.87 17.78 20.57

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 9.57 12.53 15.00 18.55 24.09

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 7.68 9.50 11.41 14.27 22.29

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .............................................. 6.50 6.75 7.25 8.50 9.71

Sailors and marine oilers .................................................. 9.58 9.58 14.38 14.38 22.05

Service station attendants ................................................ 5.50 8.50 10.00 12.00 12.00

Crane and tower operators ............................................... 10.85 15.35 17.76 19.39 22.45

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ....... 10.00 10.00 12.50 13.00 16.00

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ................................................................ 10.00 10.00 12.50 13.00 16.00

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 7.25 8.75 11.20 13.15 15.60

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 5.78 6.92 9.00 10.67 12.99

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 6.60 8.25 9.30 10.67 12.04

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ $5.78 $7.17 $9.25 $11.04 $13.85

Machine feeders and offbearers ................................... 7.30 8.60 9.75 11.91 14.86

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 5.25 5.65 6.90 8.00 10.49

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

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

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $9.31 $11.77 $16.61 $26.34 $33.47

Management occupations ................................................. 18.00 21.09 31.89 41.96 50.08

General and operations managers ................................... 18.89 20.45 40.79 48.57 48.57

Administrative services managers .................................... 19.28 20.30 21.39 25.16 28.06

Computer and information systems managers ................. 22.82 30.15 31.98 31.98 41.11

Financial managers .......................................................... 20.72 27.89 35.39 42.44 47.21

Human resources managers ............................................ 17.58 32.13 44.20 52.37 52.37

Education administrators .................................................. 24.04 31.44 37.54 43.72 64.21

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 31.44 32.25 37.81 42.01 46.66

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 20.90 24.04 35.03 68.67 96.26

Medical and health services managers ............................ 19.95 27.45 27.45 33.00 34.62

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 13.86 16.27 19.04 22.73 29.78

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 14.23 14.61 16.27 20.84 25.52

Training and development specialists .......................... 16.13 25.45 25.52 30.83 69.44

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 16.06 17.15 18.75 22.06 23.16

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 14.57 16.91 20.78 24.41 29.73

Computer programmers ................................................... 13.87 21.00 24.52 27.27 28.86

Computer support specialists ........................................... 12.90 13.32 15.35 20.40 22.31

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 15.60 17.10 18.13 20.78 30.50

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 14.22 15.22 17.26 24.08 29.00

Engineers ......................................................................... 21.11 24.08 24.08 36.21 43.64

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 14.11 15.22 15.85 19.64 26.06

Civil engineering technicians ........................................ 15.22 15.22 15.85 25.57 26.80

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 14.59 15.75 22.51 24.80 33.94

Life scientists .................................................................... 15.08 16.35 20.88 24.80 24.80

Physical scientists ............................................................ 15.33 15.72 16.50 22.51 22.51

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 15.33 15.72 16.50 22.51 22.51

Psychologists .................................................................... 16.92 27.12 30.91 36.20 36.20

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists ............. 16.92 28.14 33.18 36.20 36.20

Urban and regional planners ............................................ 22.54 22.54 22.54 24.67 36.61

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science

technicians .................................................................. 11.67 14.59 14.96 14.96 26.44

Community and social services occupations .................. 11.33 12.97 15.35 19.36 33.65

Counselors ....................................................................... 12.76 21.37 31.98 35.97 38.92

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 18.73 28.29 33.27 36.51 38.92

Social workers .................................................................. 11.57 13.74 14.78 18.22 22.50

Child, family, and school social workers ....................... 11.33 13.90 14.56 18.08 20.91

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 13.03 13.88 15.68 22.50 24.43

Mental health and substance abuse social workers ..... 12.70 12.70 13.55 16.36 19.79

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ................................................................... 10.26 12.20 14.26 16.71 18.67

Probation officers and correctional treatment

specialists ............................................................... 11.35 13.83 14.92 18.35 18.67

Social and human service assistants ........................... 9.22 11.06 12.88 15.91 17.91

Legal occupations .............................................................. 18.60 31.73 36.96 45.24 59.38

Lawyers ............................................................................ 29.04 31.73 36.96 45.24 59.38

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............... 42.07 50.48 52.33 52.33 74.79

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates ................ 42.07 50.48 52.33 52.33 74.79

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 15.86 17.98 23.41 34.25 34.25

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 11.71 23.29 27.96 32.53 37.79

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 19.97 26.44 33.06 43.12 61.50

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary .............. 29.97 32.63 33.61 35.31 36.22

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 19.21 27.64 33.65 65.20 77.64

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 19.21 27.64 33.65 65.20 77.64

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 16.15 25.25 28.48 35.64 37.79

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 21.37 27.54 34.66 46.89 62.50

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 19.50 24.89 29.05 32.72 42.03

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... $23.29 $25.64 $28.82 $32.57 $36.82

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 23.74 25.54 29.12 33.36 36.18

Kindergarten teachers, except special education ..... 23.74 26.08 29.94 33.24 36.43

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.17 25.67 28.53 32.45 36.80

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 23.14 25.73 28.42 31.95 35.92

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.21 25.38 29.78 34.48 38.31

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.29 25.53 29.18 32.53 36.68

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.53 26.00 29.46 32.56 36.80

Vocational education teachers, secondary school ... 23.29 23.29 23.29 29.91 34.93

Special education teachers .......................................... 24.32 27.11 30.09 35.30 38.23

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school ................. 24.06 26.26 29.58 35.55 38.87

Special education teachers, secondary school ........ 25.67 28.47 31.20 35.14 35.58

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 7.77 10.71 13.36 25.91 32.61

Librarians .......................................................................... 11.14 15.29 18.39 30.39 36.80

Library technicians ............................................................ 9.90 11.94 12.77 13.08 14.65

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 8.80 9.41 10.53 12.25 14.29

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 12.49 15.70 20.55 31.82 97.84

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 13.13 16.37 21.63 26.32 31.34

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 17.94 30.86 41.58 45.80 47.44

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.24 22.59 25.68 29.00 32.69

Therapists ......................................................................... 18.86 24.91 26.06 29.78 38.41

Speech-language pathologists ..................................... 26.06 26.06 26.06 30.77 40.65

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 11.29 14.49 18.71 23.04 28.65

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 13.99 17.69 21.25 23.10 28.65

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 16.68 19.87 21.92 23.69 31.95

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 16.68 19.87 21.78 23.56 27.25

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 10.27 12.25 17.83 17.83 18.10

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 13.67 14.50 15.71 18.90 21.23

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 12.38 13.06 14.51 17.42 18.95

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 11.06 12.98 18.14 18.14 18.14

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 8.75 9.33 10.20 11.54 13.23

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 8.33 9.01 10.00 10.83 12.01

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 8.20 9.01 9.86 10.83 12.03

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 8.20 9.01 10.02 10.58 11.92

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 9.19 9.75 11.18 12.30 14.93

Medical assistants ........................................................ 8.79 10.00 10.77 12.30 13.23

Protective service occupations ......................................... 10.68 13.11 16.47 22.24 28.24

First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement

workers ....................................................................... 15.71 17.71 22.85 30.10 32.08

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional

officers .................................................................... 15.71 15.71 15.71 16.07 22.98

First-line supervisors/managers of police and

detectives ............................................................... 17.71 19.90 25.61 31.49 32.08

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and

prevention workers ..................................................... 16.13 24.78 30.31 32.14 32.71

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 10.13 13.20 16.76 20.30 23.54

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 10.65 11.34 13.04 13.82 16.99

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 10.65 11.34 13.04 13.82 16.93

Detectives and criminal investigators ............................... 13.89 14.53 21.36 26.65 31.87

Police officers ................................................................... 13.02 15.16 18.68 24.69 27.93

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 13.02 15.16 18.68 24.69 27.93

Animal control workers ..................................................... 8.95 8.95 9.69 12.28 13.25

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 7.78 8.91 12.06 12.97 15.01

Security guards ............................................................. 7.78 8.91 12.06 12.97 15.01

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 6.76 9.35 10.10 16.51 20.87

Crossing guards ........................................................... 6.76 6.76 8.99 10.10 10.17

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective

service workers ....................................................... 8.10 9.49 9.49 12.35 12.35

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, West South Central, June 2006 —

Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ $7.15 $8.49 $9.52 $11.81 $15.50

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 9.64 10.59 14.53 18.77 18.77

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 9.64 10.59 14.25 18.77 18.77

Cooks ............................................................................... 8.00 8.68 9.69 10.88 12.81

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 8.00 8.68 9.69 10.88 12.81

Food preparation workers ................................................. 6.88 8.13 8.80 10.22 10.35

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 6.15 7.80 8.88 9.90 11.81

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.94 7.77 8.85 9.60 10.76

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 7.48 8.42 9.72 11.96 15.60

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 10.24 15.53 16.44 16.44 19.85

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

service, and groundskeeping workers .................... 11.38 14.66 15.93 20.21 29.40

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 7.12 8.23 9.22 10.79 12.59

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 7.53 8.44 9.43 10.88 12.83

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 5.70 6.21 7.22 8.51 9.01

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 8.00 8.50 10.85 12.86 15.43

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 7.96 8.40 10.73 12.68 14.92

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 6.92 8.48 9.70 11.81 15.41

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 5.61 7.00 10.20 15.41 15.41

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 5.61 7.00 10.20 15.41 15.41

Child care workers ............................................................ 6.27 8.05 8.05 9.60 11.11

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 6.92 9.11 10.70 11.06 19.04

Recreation workers ....................................................... 6.92 9.11 10.70 11.06 19.10

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.90 10.35 12.76 13.67 24.21

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 7.80 9.34 11.13 12.98 13.60

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 7.90 9.34 11.29 12.98 13.60

Cashiers ................................................................... 7.90 9.34 11.29 12.98 13.60

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 9.01 10.58 12.38 14.76 17.59

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 15.00 17.17 19.13 21.20 23.03

Financial clerks ................................................................. 10.65 11.59 13.22 16.70 17.61

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 10.28 10.36 12.37 13.17 17.17

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 10.94 11.59 13.22 17.59 17.61

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................. 6.70 9.94 11.92 16.15 17.89

Customer service representatives .................................... 8.97 11.23 12.41 14.15 17.12

Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................. 13.34 14.55 14.64 14.81 15.95

File clerks ......................................................................... 8.07 8.57 11.09 12.12 14.43

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 7.97 9.06 12.61 15.91 17.55

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 7.65 9.12 11.08 12.22 14.62

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 9.81 10.44 11.61 12.70 15.90

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 9.51 11.92 12.66 15.10 17.78

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....................... 9.51 11.92 12.66 15.43 17.78

Meter readers, utilities ...................................................... 8.17 10.29 10.94 19.23 19.23

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 9.63 10.93 13.05 15.35 17.70

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 10.51 12.90 14.26 15.83 18.00

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 8.34 9.88 13.32 15.26 15.95

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 9.08 10.64 12.26 14.63 17.41

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 11.15 11.15 11.15 12.60 13.95

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 9.51 11.61 12.55 13.70 14.76

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 8.66 9.35 10.85 12.61 14.46

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 9.05 10.56 13.83 17.21 19.59

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 14.81 15.61 18.54 19.06 21.42

Construction laborers ....................................................... 8.88 9.05 9.31 12.22 13.49

Construction equipment operators ................................... 9.65 10.27 11.92 15.43 17.31

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 10.41 10.56 13.08 15.43 17.57

See footnotes at end of table.

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Continued

Occupation2 10 25 Median

50 75 90

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ $9.62 $10.08 $11.92 $15.55 $17.31

Electricians ....................................................................... 13.56 14.64 16.85 19.11 27.01

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 9.10 10.35 13.85 14.47 18.18

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 13.85 13.85 14.47 17.06 22.76

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 16.50 18.06 19.00 20.38 21.75

Highway maintenance workers ......................................... 9.21 11.59 12.66 12.66 14.55

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 6.62 7.53 8.31 9.22 10.00

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 9.52 11.66 15.09 18.89 21.58

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 14.49 17.26 17.87 21.14 23.62

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.83 11.70 13.36 18.15 20.50

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.83 10.83 12.97 15.02 18.01

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 12.29 12.29 13.20 20.09 20.50

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 12.65 15.75 17.27 19.24 21.96

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 8.36 9.64 12.18 16.93 20.17

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 8.36 9.52 12.08 17.06 20.82

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 8.90 9.95 10.70 13.45 18.34

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ................................................................... 8.40 9.95 10.40 12.34 14.57

Production occupations .................................................... 7.75 9.02 12.74 17.81 20.59

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system

operators .................................................................... 9.28 10.91 14.59 18.12 20.92

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 9.39 10.86 13.17 16.44 17.86

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 9.50 11.19 13.25 15.06 17.95

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 13.38 14.95 15.99 17.95 18.44

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 9.26 10.38 11.95 13.51 14.90

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.89 10.72 11.70 15.07 16.80

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 10.18 11.46 12.31 15.82 17.66

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 8.87 9.90 10.75 11.20 13.58

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 6.13 6.75 9.45 11.61 14.01

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 6.12 6.27 9.09 10.37 11.87

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ........................ 9.63 10.27 11.22 14.20 14.20

1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

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

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $7.60 $9.95 $14.00 $21.96 $32.62

Management occupations ................................................. 18.00 24.04 34.81 46.66 64.10

General and operations managers ................................... 18.89 25.10 38.75 50.77 68.71

Advertising and promotions managers ............................. 16.02 16.83 30.04 39.32 43.46

Marketing and sales managers ........................................ 18.46 27.11 38.99 64.91 94.69

Marketing managers ..................................................... 23.08 32.07 47.89 71.85 94.69

Sales managers ............................................................ 18.46 22.50 33.17 46.49 96.15

Administrative services managers .................................... 18.32 20.30 25.14 32.37 42.74

Computer and information systems managers ................. 31.98 35.43 43.82 52.04 68.49

Financial managers .......................................................... 21.40 31.25 44.71 68.33 87.06

Human resources managers ............................................ 18.74 23.83 32.64 42.68 51.71

Compensation and benefits managers ......................... 22.58 23.83 32.64 35.71 38.46

Training and development managers ........................... 18.21 23.04 31.23 31.23 43.14

Industrial production managers ........................................ 21.49 25.60 36.78 41.59 52.20

Purchasing managers ....................................................... 21.31 24.54 29.39 52.00 62.04

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ......... 18.00 23.78 31.84 38.58 42.86

Construction managers .................................................... 21.50 27.00 31.46 37.07 46.99

Education administrators .................................................. 14.95 25.96 35.03 43.32 57.23

Education administrators, preschool and child care

center/program ....................................................... 11.00 11.08 13.25 14.95 24.49

Education administrators, elementary and secondary

school ..................................................................... 31.44 32.01 37.81 42.01 46.66

Education administrators, postsecondary ..................... 20.41 24.04 36.38 64.10 96.26

Engineering managers ..................................................... 24.04 38.88 45.67 57.98 70.07

Food service managers .................................................... 14.62 16.04 19.23 24.04 34.71

Medical and health services managers ............................ 16.58 19.95 24.87 35.62 44.37

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .................................................................... 11.18 19.14 25.71 31.06 31.92

Social and community service managers ......................... 11.38 12.33 14.96 16.63 25.69

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 16.16 19.24 24.52 31.96 45.76

Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 17.66 19.53 23.81 32.86 41.21

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ............................................................... 16.16 17.89 23.13 28.21 31.68

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........... 16.16 17.89 22.98 25.98 31.68

Cost estimators ................................................................. 13.14 20.21 30.00 37.65 45.00

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ................................................................... 15.88 19.23 23.39 26.66 34.18

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .. 14.61 20.38 23.39 25.58 31.70

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists .. 18.13 18.82 19.23 22.16 33.51

Training and development specialists .......................... 16.92 20.25 25.95 32.33 65.39

Logisticians ....................................................................... 16.73 20.43 34.82 43.82 44.52

Management analysts ...................................................... 19.77 21.14 26.24 36.32 51.87

Accountants and auditors ................................................. 16.92 19.23 24.03 34.14 49.93

Financial analysts and advisors ........................................ 16.10 21.07 26.29 37.53 43.07

Financial analysts ......................................................... 16.91 22.60 27.09 37.92 43.07

Personal financial advisors ........................................... 14.00 16.24 23.11 33.65 40.09

Loan counselors and officers ............................................ 16.82 18.79 22.61 36.06 48.84

Loan officers ................................................................. 17.31 19.01 22.61 38.46 49.61

Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue

agents ......................................................................... 11.80 13.35 18.16 33.46 33.46

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents ........... 11.80 13.35 18.16 33.46 33.46

Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 17.75 24.86 33.20 41.35 47.14

Computer programmers ................................................... 15.39 22.98 31.90 40.36 43.94

Computer software engineers .......................................... 28.85 32.50 39.00 45.81 57.69

Computer software engineers, applications ................. 28.85 31.00 38.12 45.68 55.85

Computer software engineers, systems software ......... 30.74 33.34 40.10 47.65 60.10

Computer support specialists ........................................... 13.04 15.35 20.14 36.06 41.57

Computer systems analysts ............................................. 23.08 30.22 38.12 43.18 48.93

Database administrators ................................................... 17.75 22.94 24.41 25.69 25.69

Network and computer systems administrators ................ 18.92 19.25 24.04 32.05 39.68

Network systems and data communications analysts ...... 21.87 26.20 30.19 34.14 36.41

Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... 12.90 18.88 26.44 35.65 49.43

Architects, except naval .................................................... 19.04 24.28 30.39 33.89 34.62

Architects, except landscape and naval ....................... 19.04 24.28 30.39 33.89 34.62

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Engineers ......................................................................... $23.08 $27.75 $34.62 $45.00 $55.50

Chemical engineers ...................................................... 34.03 41.00 52.98 59.44 62.57

Civil engineers .............................................................. 20.43 21.63 28.97 33.48 41.05

Computer hardware engineers ..................................... 26.62 32.00 38.36 52.17 61.88

Electrical and electronics engineers ............................. 24.00 30.92 34.41 41.25 54.53

Electrical engineers .................................................. 24.00 27.50 36.23 46.49 60.02

Electronics engineers, except computer ................... 12.98 31.24 33.55 37.32 49.03

Industrial engineers, including health and safety .......... 23.68 27.07 31.01 39.12 42.89

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety

engineers and inspectors ................................... 36.18 36.91 40.80 42.89 42.89

Industrial engineers .................................................. 23.68 26.90 30.26 37.50 42.74

Mechanical engineers ................................................... 22.60 23.51 23.51 36.46 38.63

Petroleum engineers .................................................... 26.18 34.59 42.20 68.27 75.70

Drafters ............................................................................. 12.98 15.33 21.25 24.56 34.00

Architectural and civil drafters ...................................... 14.42 16.83 21.68 27.50 44.74

Electrical and electronics drafters ................................. 11.00 11.00 16.00 16.00 24.04

Mechanical drafters ...................................................... 15.00 15.00 15.33 23.59 23.59

Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 10.39 12.90 18.83 23.29 29.57

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ......... 15.05 18.39 22.64 25.27 31.02

Surveying and mapping technicians ................................. 8.51 12.87 13.27 24.35 33.23

Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 15.18 17.95 24.80 35.19 52.24

Life scientists .................................................................... 14.38 16.03 20.73 24.80 26.96

Medical scientists ......................................................... 13.37 15.08 17.31 21.00 40.89

Physical scientists ............................................................ 15.72 16.83 27.44 52.24 59.05

Environmental scientists and geoscientists .................. 15.72 16.50 38.46 52.24 59.05

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and

geographers ....................................................... 38.46 38.46 52.24 59.05 62.17

Market and survey researchers ........................................ 20.42 28.85 34.62 34.62 75.00

Market research analysts ............................................. 20.42 28.85 34.62 34.62 75.00

Psychologists .................................................................... 18.15 23.33 28.77 35.37 36.20

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists ............. 16.92 28.14 33.18 36.20 36.20

Urban and regional planners ............................................ 22.54 22.54 22.54 24.67 36.61

Chemical technicians ........................................................ 14.50 17.95 26.51 26.85 27.43

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science

technicians .................................................................. 13.75 13.75 15.46 16.03 33.99

Community and social services occupations .................. 10.43 12.76 15.85 19.47 28.90

Counselors ....................................................................... 13.28 16.65 27.92 34.59 38.23

Educational, vocational, and school counselors ........... 14.50 19.31 29.79 35.43 38.73

Social workers .................................................................. 12.39 14.42 16.65 19.43 21.53

Child, family, and school social workers ....................... 11.33 14.23 15.51 17.98 19.47

Medical and public health social workers ..................... 14.02 16.24 19.25 20.90 23.32

Mental health and substance abuse social workers ..... 8.75 12.70 16.14 20.60 21.53

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ................................................................... 8.57 11.28 13.67 16.00 18.61

Probation officers and correctional treatment

specialists ............................................................... 11.35 13.83 14.92 18.35 18.67

Social and human service assistants ........................... 8.55 9.22 12.21 14.50 17.07

Legal occupations .............................................................. 14.50 17.30 21.35 37.02 57.69

Lawyers ............................................................................ 28.85 38.18 50.96 63.46 91.35

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ............... 42.07 50.48 52.33 52.33 74.79

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates ................ 42.07 50.48 52.33 52.33 74.79

Miscellaneous legal support workers ................................ 10.50 14.66 17.98 24.06 34.25

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ................. 10.50 14.91 19.00 24.06 31.15

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 11.21 22.71 27.80 32.50 38.06

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 20.39 26.92 33.65 44.07 65.20

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary .............. 14.18 29.97 33.06 35.87 38.46

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ....... 28.97 32.63 33.61 35.87 42.40

Life sciences teachers, postsecondary ......................... 26.44 28.85 35.10 40.39 48.81

Biological science teachers, postsecondary ............. 26.44 28.85 35.10 40.39 48.81

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................... 26.20 30.18 34.11 43.54 46.33

Health teachers, postsecondary ................................... 24.18 28.32 38.63 76.71 120.19

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ............. 19.21 28.32 62.50 76.71 137.03

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 24.41 26.44 30.83 36.02 38.92

See footnotes at end of table.

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Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ...... $22.99 $24.85 $29.75 $34.44 $38.92

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 20.85 26.30 33.92 46.37 63.04

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 12.93 18.41 27.84 32.29 38.37

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 22.98 25.40 28.65 32.51 36.79

Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... 8.79 11.77 25.41 31.10 35.58

Preschool teachers, except special education ......... 8.56 10.72 23.53 28.16 34.52

Kindergarten teachers, except special education ..... 22.04 25.59 29.94 33.06 36.18

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 23.24 25.67 28.54 32.41 36.78

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 23.37 25.74 28.42 32.00 35.96

Middle school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.12 25.26 29.73 34.28 38.31

Secondary school teachers .......................................... 23.23 25.26 28.97 32.44 36.76

Secondary school teachers, except special and

vocational education ........................................... 23.36 25.84 29.41 32.56 36.81

Vocational education teachers, secondary school ... 15.17 23.29 23.29 26.07 34.49

Special education teachers .......................................... 25.03 27.33 30.08 34.53 38.23

Special education teachers, preschool,

kindergarten, and elementary school ................. 24.32 27.08 29.51 34.53 38.23

Special education teachers, secondary school ........ 25.67 28.72 31.20 35.18 35.58

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 11.47 14.42 24.40 27.51 33.40

Librarians .......................................................................... 12.25 17.06 20.07 26.44 35.00

Library technicians ............................................................ 10.63 11.07 12.77 13.08 14.65

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 7.76 9.15 10.06 11.88 13.94

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 10.21 14.42 16.83 25.26 32.88

Designers ......................................................................... 10.85 13.73 16.00 24.63 30.86

Graphic designers ........................................................ 13.29 13.73 15.00 19.42 25.82

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................. 13.13 13.13 14.64 22.72 34.17

Reporters and correspondents ..................................... 13.05 14.49 19.30 24.52 35.51

Public relations specialists ................................................ 20.55 20.67 26.96 32.88 34.52

Writers and editors ........................................................... 10.21 15.41 17.31 23.96 27.04

Editors .......................................................................... 10.21 10.21 17.31 22.76 28.85

Technical writers ........................................................... 15.41 15.41 17.05 24.60 24.74

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 11.00 15.22 20.81 28.03 40.65

Pharmacists ...................................................................... 42.65 45.78 47.00 49.27 51.00

Physicians and surgeons .................................................. 14.73 62.50 84.86 96.23 118.89

Registered nurses ............................................................ 20.00 22.78 26.12 30.06 34.32

Therapists ......................................................................... 18.86 22.84 27.89 34.21 47.25

Occupational therapists ................................................ 14.72 14.72 30.15 35.97 36.87

Physical therapists ........................................................ 25.50 28.36 31.92 47.25 47.25

Respiratory therapists ................................................... 18.86 20.07 21.13 22.18 24.96

Speech-language pathologists ..................................... 22.54 26.06 26.06 29.99 34.56

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 9.45 10.60 15.00 20.97 26.35

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 15.15 16.85 21.25 26.35 28.65

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians .................. 9.25 10.00 11.42 15.00 18.47

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 15.52 19.00 22.00 24.79 26.93

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .............. 11.45 13.54 15.34 22.51 22.51

Radiologic technologists and technicians ..................... 16.68 19.94 22.15 25.20 26.81

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ............ 8.38 9.35 10.25 14.85 16.20

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 11.00 13.50 15.55 18.05 21.23

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 11.00 11.00 13.50 14.47 17.85

Respiratory therapy technicians ................................... 15.63 16.76 18.96 21.82 22.78

Surgical technologists ................................................... 14.50 15.36 16.41 18.33 23.00

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 13.37 15.00 16.56 18.63 20.60

Medical records and health information technicians ......... 8.26 10.28 14.50 18.69 23.61

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ........ 10.92 12.77 16.85 28.15 43.64

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians .................................................................. 13.38 13.38 25.70 26.62 38.19

Occupational health and safety specialists ................... 13.38 13.38 25.70 26.62 38.19

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 7.32 8.50 10.00 12.25 16.00

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 6.80 7.82 8.89 10.15 11.26

Home health aides ........................................................ 6.17 6.35 7.00 9.00 9.75

See footnotes at end of table.

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Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... $7.50 $8.25 $9.10 $10.30 $11.66

Psychiatric aides ........................................................... 8.50 8.55 9.37 11.00 11.00

Physical therapist assistants and aides ............................ 9.74 13.23 27.82 30.00 33.00

Physical therapist assistants ........................................ 16.48 21.65 27.82 30.00 33.00

Physical therapist aides ................................................ 8.43 9.74 10.25 12.00 15.00

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 8.65 10.00 11.50 14.07 16.75

Dental assistants .......................................................... 12.32 14.07 15.25 18.12 22.61

Medical assistants ........................................................ 8.00 9.50 10.62 12.25 14.50

Medical transcriptionists ............................................... 10.43 10.74 13.00 13.65 14.00

Protective service occupations ......................................... 8.09 11.00 14.40 19.60 26.17

First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement

workers ....................................................................... 15.71 17.71 22.98 30.50 32.08

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional

officers .................................................................... 15.71 15.71 15.71 16.07 22.98

First-line supervisors/managers of police and

detectives ............................................................... 17.71 20.19 26.55 31.49 34.59

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and

prevention workers ..................................................... 16.13 24.78 30.31 32.14 32.71

Fire fighters ....................................................................... 10.13 13.20 16.76 20.30 23.54

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ........................... 9.62 10.97 12.32 13.82 16.85

Correctional officers and jailers .................................... 9.62 10.97 12.32 13.82 16.82

Detectives and criminal investigators ............................... 13.89 14.53 21.36 26.65 31.87

Police officers ................................................................... 13.14 15.40 18.86 24.97 28.02

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 13.14 15.40 18.86 24.97 28.02

Animal control workers ..................................................... 8.95 9.69 13.55 13.55 13.55

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 5.25 7.50 10.00 11.93 15.01

Security guards ............................................................. 5.25 7.50 10.00 11.93 15.01

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 6.75 7.50 9.35 16.51 20.87

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.35 5.75 7.25 9.00 11.57

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and

serving workers .......................................................... 8.50 10.00 13.09 16.15 19.00

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation

and serving workers ............................................... 8.50 10.00 13.09 16.15 19.00

Cooks ............................................................................... 6.55 7.55 8.40 9.60 11.26

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 6.00 7.15 7.50 8.00 8.30

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... 7.51 8.85 9.50 10.50 13.26

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 6.63 8.00 8.71 9.75 11.26

Cooks, short order ........................................................ 6.95 7.95 8.15 8.20 8.55

Food preparation workers ................................................. 5.83 6.40 7.65 10.14 11.27

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 3.50 5.50 7.00

Bartenders .................................................................... 2.38 5.15 5.83 6.75 7.50

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.13 2.13 2.30 3.65 5.15

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 3.50 5.15 6.50 8.00 8.90

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.87 10.40

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.91 10.43

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 6.25 6.74 7.69 8.25 10.25

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ 4.00 6.00 7.00 9.37 11.61

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00 8.76

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 3.82 5.37 7.00 7.55 8.14

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 6.50 7.00 8.38 10.32 13.00

First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds

cleaning and maintenance workers ............................ 9.00 9.00 14.66 16.44 16.68

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and

janitorial workers ..................................................... 9.00 9.00 14.55 16.44 16.44

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

service, and groundskeeping workers .................... 9.15 14.37 15.47 16.98 22.20

Building cleaning workers ................................................. 6.37 6.81 8.06 9.92 11.82

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 6.50 7.25 8.79 10.71 12.44

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 6.07 6.81 7.02 8.00 9.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... $7.50 $8.00 $8.40 $11.06 $14.06

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 7.50 7.80 8.27 10.73 12.94

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 6.00 7.21 8.75 11.19 15.30

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service

workers ....................................................................... 9.00 11.19 12.01 13.01 14.77

Nonfarm animal caretakers .............................................. 8.48 8.74 10.00 11.30 15.47

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 6.50 9.73 11.20 15.41 15.41

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 6.50 9.73 11.20 15.41 15.41

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 6.96 8.44 9.46 10.76 15.10

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .............. 5.74 6.96 9.53 12.58 15.30

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................... 5.12 5.55 6.50 7.55 8.62

Baggage porters and bellhops ...................................... 5.12 5.55 6.50 7.55 8.62

Transportation attendants ................................................. 5.15 18.00 36.18 47.01 48.15

Flight attendants ........................................................... 27.84 36.13 42.67 47.63 48.15

Child care workers ............................................................ 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.00 11.00

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 9.11 9.46 11.06 15.63 19.00

Recreation workers ....................................................... 9.11 9.46 11.06 17.11 19.00

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 7.00 8.74 11.78 18.45 30.00

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... 9.85 11.00 15.03 20.85 36.06

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ................................................................... 9.67 11.00 14.42 18.75 24.72

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales

workers ................................................................... 10.11 10.11 18.46 48.09 78.47

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.25 7.48 9.20 12.25 17.79

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.65 9.34 11.42

Cashiers ................................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.65 9.34 11.42

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 6.50 9.12 11.13 17.05 24.73

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 7.00 8.00 10.77 15.30 21.50

Parts salespersons ................................................... 6.15 9.25 13.12 20.86 24.73

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.76 8.00 9.76 13.51 19.13

Advertising sales agents ................................................... 11.28 19.23 25.92 42.51 111.37

Insurance sales agents ..................................................... 13.93 16.07 17.31 19.28 25.26

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales

agents ......................................................................... 14.76 15.38 19.27 22.19 48.08

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...... 13.01 15.50 23.66 35.43 56.73

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

technical and scientific products ............................. 14.60 20.40 35.43 43.27 74.66

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,

except technical and scientific products ................. 13.01 14.13 22.12 28.85 55.33

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 8.22 9.25 11.54 12.50 18.27

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 8.22 9.25 11.54 12.50 18.27

Telemarketers ................................................................... 7.80 8.90 10.25 12.68 16.24

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 7.50 9.25 10.65 10.90 15.70

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 8.66 10.15 12.66 15.99 19.97

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ................................... 13.30 16.74 20.19 26.44 28.89

Switchboard operators, including answering service ........ 7.37 7.69 10.25 11.46 13.91

Financial clerks ................................................................. 9.13 11.00 13.31 15.63 19.00

Bill and account collectors ............................................ 8.37 10.88 14.00 16.93 21.25

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ 9.59 11.00 13.00 14.50 16.64

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 10.00 11.68 13.98 16.64 19.65

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ..................................... 11.20 12.00 14.00 16.00 16.30

Procurement clerks ....................................................... 6.18 12.44 15.06 19.00 30.00

Tellers ........................................................................... 8.85 9.75 11.11 12.74 14.54

Correspondence clerks ..................................................... 8.70 13.94 14.90 16.59 22.31

Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................. 6.70 9.40 11.92 16.15 17.89

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks .......................... 10.00 11.00 12.84 14.63 19.48

Customer service representatives .................................... 8.99 9.52 12.74 17.44 23.01

Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................. 6.50 11.57 14.55 14.81 15.27

File clerks ......................................................................... 7.85 10.23 11.70 12.50 14.28

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................. 6.18 7.00 8.00 9.39 10.02

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................ 8.00 9.50 11.29 14.74 16.44

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 8.98 9.12 12.09 14.26 15.49

Loan interviewers and clerks ............................................ 10.45 12.73 13.82 18.30 19.97

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

New accounts clerks ......................................................... $8.89 $10.00 $10.86 $13.08 $16.15

Order clerks ...................................................................... 8.50 9.35 10.25 12.52 15.65

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ................................................................ 10.98 12.22 15.38 18.75 20.05

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.93 14.00

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 10.20 12.46 15.81 20.91 24.00

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 8.00 9.60 9.73 11.37 12.06

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 8.00 9.09 11.99 14.01 19.35

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ....................... 9.51 11.92 12.66 15.09 17.74

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .......... 7.07 8.00 11.00 13.64 22.41

Meter readers, utilities ...................................................... 8.17 10.29 12.25 15.37 19.23

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 9.00 12.53 15.34 19.65 21.65

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... 7.70 8.76 10.65 13.54 14.75

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 7.00 8.57 10.25 13.96 16.50

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 9.81 12.18 15.30 18.36 22.00

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... 12.90 14.56 17.65 20.63 24.71

Legal secretaries .......................................................... 12.00 13.00 14.90 16.68 18.64

Medical secretaries ....................................................... 8.34 9.72 12.67 15.44 20.00

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ 9.20 10.93 14.23 16.88 20.43

Computer operators .......................................................... 11.66 13.62 16.14 18.62 19.70

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 8.95 9.75 11.37 12.86 14.73

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 8.85 9.43 11.05 12.86 14.73

Word processors and typists ........................................ 9.51 11.15 11.67 14.14 21.79

Desktop publishers ........................................................... 13.50 13.98 14.95 24.23 24.23

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................. 9.62 11.00 13.54 16.77 18.51

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal

service ........................................................................ 8.00 8.00 10.26 13.55 13.78

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 8.25 9.30 11.39 13.27 15.92

Office machine operators, except computer ..................... 7.00 7.50 8.60 11.07 13.56

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ..................... 7.15 8.60 9.65 14.15 23.10

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 8.47 10.50 13.50 18.25 25.00

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades

and extraction workers ............................................... 14.00 16.15 20.00 25.00 29.80

Carpenters ........................................................................ 10.30 12.00 13.00 15.00 16.44

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ....................................................................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 13.16 14.86

Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 13.16 14.86

Construction laborers ....................................................... 7.50 8.12 9.50 12.88 13.50

Construction equipment operators ................................... 10.00 11.00 13.25 15.00 17.13

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .. 9.68 10.65 12.50 14.00 15.43

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

operators ................................................................ 10.08 11.38 14.00 15.25 17.26

Electricians ....................................................................... 10.43 12.50 15.18 19.83 23.00

Insulation workers ............................................................. 13.82 16.00 18.61 18.61 19.56

Insulation workers, mechanical .................................... 13.82 16.00 18.61 18.61 19.56

Painters and paperhangers .............................................. 10.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00

Painters, construction and maintenance ...................... 10.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ........... 10.50 13.78 17.75 22.00 25.00

Pipelayers ..................................................................... 8.00 9.58 10.04 11.50 11.58

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................... 12.00 15.00 19.00 22.52 25.00

Sheet metal workers ......................................................... 11.67 11.75 14.00 17.50 17.50

Helpers, construction trades ............................................. 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.50 14.00

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................................................. 10.00 11.25 14.00 14.00 15.00

Construction and building inspectors ................................ 17.33 19.00 22.00 37.02 37.02

Highway maintenance workers ......................................... 8.00 8.50 12.08 12.66 14.54

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .............. 7.41 8.05 10.78 17.00 20.81

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas,

and mining .................................................................. 10.78 10.78 22.16 30.82 30.82

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................................................. 9.61 9.61 19.50 28.40 28.40

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 10.00 12.38 16.60 21.74 27.59

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

and repairers .............................................................. 14.58 17.84 21.27 26.96 31.82

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Computer, automated teller, and office machine

repairers ..................................................................... $8.00 $11.40 $15.42 $18.75 $21.53

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers ..................................................................... 10.00 14.00 23.60 28.28 28.59

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ............................... 10.00 14.00 23.60 28.28 28.59

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ........................... 12.00 13.60 17.25 21.86 27.10

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and

industrial equipment ............................................... 12.50 15.00 17.92 21.74 25.49

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse,

substation, and relay .............................................. 19.83 19.83 24.09 28.54 31.13

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ...................... 21.58 24.44 26.64 29.88 31.95

Automotive technicians and repairers .............................. 10.00 12.00 14.43 19.00 23.70

Automotive body and related repairers ......................... 9.95 13.00 14.43 16.00 18.93

Automotive service technicians and mechanics ........... 10.00 11.50 14.75 21.53 23.75

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 12.29 13.32 15.33 18.91 22.50

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

and mechanics ........................................................... 12.62 14.35 17.00 19.62 22.55

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines .. 13.00 14.35 15.50 18.80 22.00

Rail car repairers .......................................................... 14.42 16.59 18.24 19.62 25.40

Small engine mechanics ................................................... 11.32 14.00 14.50 14.89 19.18

Control and valve installers and repairers ........................ 14.47 16.86 19.00 24.29 24.29

Control and valve installers and repairers, except

mechanical door ..................................................... 14.47 16.86 19.00 24.29 24.29

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics

and installers .............................................................. 12.55 17.19 19.00 23.00 27.00

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance

workers ....................................................................... 8.01 11.40 15.75 18.91 25.00

Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 12.00 15.39 18.55 28.43 28.47

Maintenance and repair workers, general .................... 7.75 8.87 11.81 16.83 20.82

Maintenance workers, machinery ................................. 10.60 12.05 13.64 17.50 19.75

Line installers and repairers ............................................. 16.00 19.18 24.15 27.59 28.28

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ................ 19.18 23.98 23.98 27.20 28.69

Telecommunications line installers and repairers ......... 14.00 18.35 24.15 28.28 28.28

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ....................................................................... 7.25 10.00 12.00 15.50 21.25

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ................................................................... 8.49 9.18 10.56 13.35 14.61

Production occupations .................................................... 7.80 9.09 11.60 15.33 21.77

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ....................................................... 11.67 15.00 20.29 24.04 32.42

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ................................................................. 11.83 16.50 21.56 25.74 27.83

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.31 10.00 11.47 12.00 13.34

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 7.75 10.38 11.49 12.00 14.56

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... 6.21 8.08 10.00 12.50 20.08

Bakers .............................................................................. 5.75 5.75 9.25 11.47 16.55

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing

workers ....................................................................... 7.30 9.20 9.75 11.35 14.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................ 11.23 13.82 15.00 16.00 18.50

Miscellaneous food processing workers ........................... 5.50 9.00 11.52 12.18 13.75

Computer control programmers and operators ................ 10.00 14.98 15.50 18.00 29.33

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal

and plastic .............................................................. 10.00 14.98 15.50 17.50 29.33

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic .................................................................. 6.60 6.60 8.00 13.50 17.83

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ 6.60 6.60 8.00 10.75 17.83

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 8.00 9.24 12.25 13.00 17.59

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 7.55 8.94 10.60 12.25 12.99

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. 8.00 8.50 12.50 13.41 15.10

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... $8.00 $9.64 $13.00 $19.98 $22.84

Machinists ......................................................................... 9.97 12.00 15.00 20.65 26.98

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... 7.00 7.50 9.15 12.50 14.00

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. 7.00 7.50 9.15 12.50 14.00

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ......................................................... 8.00 10.65 11.91 13.65 16.17

Tool and die makers ......................................................... 14.93 16.43 20.21 22.20 26.23

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... 9.50 11.25 12.22 16.70 19.00

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... 9.50 11.50 12.22 16.97 19.50

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ............. 6.99 11.88 13.89 15.50 18.10

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ....................................... 6.00 6.50 7.25 15.42 18.10

Bookbinders and bindery workers .................................... 7.88 8.50 9.71 15.65 17.00

Bindery workers ............................................................ 7.88 8.50 8.75 15.65 16.75

Printers ............................................................................. 9.48 11.47 14.38 19.00 24.39

Prepress technicians and workers ................................ 9.60 10.00 14.98 21.50 24.91

Printing machine operators ........................................... 9.48 12.00 14.06 18.73 25.05

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ................................... 6.75 7.75 8.13 8.75 10.00

Sewing machine operators ............................................... 6.65 6.65 9.00 9.50 12.50

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .. 8.00 9.00 10.00 16.37 16.80

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... 7.50 9.00 11.44 13.70 15.57

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ....... 20.48 25.38 26.47 42.42 47.56

Stationary engineers and boiler operators ........................ 11.20 13.50 14.90 18.73 23.39

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system

operators .................................................................... 9.68 12.00 17.07 21.96 30.95

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ...................... 21.99 25.25 26.53 28.87 29.02

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators,

and gaugers ............................................................ 24.30 25.25 27.17 28.87 29.02

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ....................................................................... 8.50 9.75 11.45 13.99 19.55

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and

tenders .................................................................... 8.50 9.75 11.22 12.60 13.99

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and

tenders ........................................................................ 10.04 12.80 13.09 13.09 15.82

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... 8.50 10.45 12.62 17.50 27.28

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... 7.50 10.39 11.50 13.20 15.12

Painting workers ............................................................... 7.75 8.50 12.15 16.00 18.81

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters,

operators, and tenders ........................................... 8.17 8.85 11.25 12.50 12.93

Painters, transportation equipment ............................... 7.25 11.20 13.80 17.60 21.33

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 7.50 8.60 10.00 11.92 14.04

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and

plastic ..................................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.50 11.50 12.50

Helpers--production workers ........................................ 8.78 9.00 10.22 10.85 13.00

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 7.44 9.25 11.85 16.00 21.88

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and

material movers, hand ................................................ 7.75 13.00 13.87 18.25 22.56

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and

material-moving machine and vehicle operators ........ 16.44 16.50 21.88 21.88 25.24

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .................................... 29.60 36.71 108.46 182.48 189.21

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ................... 44.90 95.84 154.34 189.21 189.21

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 9.15 10.50 13.51 16.39 18.85

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ................................... 12.43 14.95 16.60 18.44 19.85

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 9.00 9.50 11.51 13.41 14.90

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 9.00 11.00 14.00 17.09 23.66

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... 10.00 13.33 16.54 20.57 21.80

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... 9.63 12.43 14.98 18.34 24.09

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 7.75 9.75 11.41 14.27 22.29

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .............................................. 6.50 6.75 7.25 8.50 9.71

Sailors and marine oilers .................................................. 9.58 9.58 14.38 14.38 22.05

Transportation inspectors ................................................. 16.28 17.54 17.54 20.60 24.73

Crane and tower operators ............................................... 10.85 15.35 17.76 19.39 22.45

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ....... 10.00 10.37 12.50 13.00 16.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ................................................................ $10.00 $10.37 $12.50 $13.00 $16.00

Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ 7.25 8.75 11.20 13.00 15.60

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 6.42 7.82 9.33 11.25 13.05

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ............................ 7.00 8.30 9.30 11.00 12.50

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 6.25 8.00 9.53 11.90 14.50

Machine feeders and offbearers ................................... 7.30 8.60 9.75 11.91 14.86

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 5.40 6.50 7.50 9.34 10.77

Refuse and recyclable material collectors ........................ 9.70 10.58 10.92 11.22 14.20

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

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

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All workers .............................................................................. $5.15 $6.00 $7.00 $9.22 $13.25

Management occupations ................................................. 13.12 13.12 25.78 25.78 25.78

Business and financial operations occupations ............. 11.11 15.00 26.77 33.00 33.00

Education, training, and library occupations .................. 6.97 8.00 11.90 16.00 31.39

Postsecondary teachers ................................................... 14.90 15.00 19.50 32.13 38.13

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary ........................................................ 14.18 14.90 15.14 16.15 47.20

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ 17.54 19.66 30.25 33.75 38.13

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ........ 12.91 19.50 23.50 31.39 31.39

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ...................................................................... 6.97 8.00 8.72 10.98 19.60

Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... 6.97 6.97 10.00 11.43 29.75

Elementary school teachers, except special

education ............................................................ 6.97 6.97 10.00 11.43 19.60

Other teachers and instructors ......................................... 6.04 8.72 10.71 14.58 19.86

Teacher assistants ........................................................... 6.25 7.53 7.55 14.77 14.77

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations .................................................................. 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 20.56

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ 12.50 13.25 20.00 25.89 33.00

Registered nurses ............................................................ 21.00 23.50 25.89 27.69 29.87

Therapists ......................................................................... 20.75 25.33 35.00 39.00 40.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............. 9.00 9.05 14.42 21.65 22.54

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ............... 7.91 14.34 20.42 22.44 22.81

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............. 14.73 16.85 19.33 25.28 25.28

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians .................................................................. 11.88 13.00 13.25 13.33 13.33

Pharmacy technicians .................................................. 11.88 13.25 13.25 13.33 13.33

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 14.90 15.50 17.69 19.05 21.62

Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 5.35 5.95 6.19 7.86 10.00

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... 5.75 5.96 6.08 7.00 8.75

Home health aides ........................................................ 5.68 5.95 6.02 6.50 6.73

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 7.35 7.86 8.44 9.24 9.86

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................ 5.15 5.15 8.50 10.00 11.12

Protective service occupations ......................................... 5.15 7.75 8.75 10.10 18.00

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers ............ 5.15 7.25 8.75 10.50 18.34

Security guards ............................................................. 5.15 7.25 8.75 10.50 18.34

Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 6.76 7.75 8.50 10.00 10.18

Crossing guards ........................................................... 6.76 6.76 8.99 10.10 10.17

Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 2.13 5.19 6.00 7.00 8.38

Cooks ............................................................................... 5.50 6.49 7.50 8.50 10.55

Cooks, fast food ............................................................ 5.50 5.70 7.00 7.50 8.25

Cooks, restaurant ......................................................... 5.50 6.49 7.50 9.00 11.62

Food preparation workers ................................................. 5.80 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.75

Food service, tipped ......................................................... 2.13 2.13 2.50 5.40 6.60

Bartenders .................................................................... 2.13 3.00 5.31 6.00 6.60

Waiters and waitresses ................................................ 2.13 2.13 2.19 4.50 6.00

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender

helpers .................................................................... 2.50 5.15 5.35 6.45 7.25

Fast food and counter workers ......................................... 5.49 5.75 6.22 7.00 7.70

Combined food preparation and serving workers,

including fast food ................................................... 5.49 5.75 6.10 7.00 7.64

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and

coffee shop ............................................................. 5.55 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00

Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................ 5.15 5.19 5.50 7.25 9.25

Dishwashers ..................................................................... 5.75 6.33 7.00 8.13 9.01

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee

shop ............................................................................ 3.50 6.00 7.00 8.34 10.64

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations .................................................................. 5.15 5.15 6.75 8.00 10.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Building cleaning workers ................................................. $5.15 $5.15 $6.50 $7.50 $10.00

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 5.50 6.00 7.00 9.01 10.00

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.35 10.00

Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... 6.50 6.75 6.75 9.50 10.43

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. 6.50 6.75 6.75 9.50 10.43

Personal care and service occupations ........................... 5.15 5.97 6.24 7.40 9.11

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ...................... 5.86 5.97 6.00 6.00 7.00

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related

workers ....................................................................... 5.50 6.50 7.40 7.65 10.00

Amusement and recreation attendants ......................... 5.50 6.50 7.40 7.65 10.00

Barbers and cosmetologists ............................................. 7.79 8.52 9.04 20.00 23.37

Child care workers ............................................................ 5.17 5.75 6.50 8.25 10.55

Personal and home care aides ......................................... 5.15 5.77 6.05 6.39 6.85

Recreation and fitness workers ........................................ 6.92 6.92 7.00 10.00 10.30

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ...................... 8.85 9.10 9.85 10.30 18.21

Sales and related occupations .......................................... 6.00 6.37 7.15 8.26 10.00

Retail sales workers ......................................................... 6.00 6.35 7.00 8.03 9.36

Cashiers, all workers .................................................... 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.86

Cashiers ................................................................... 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.86

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... 5.75 6.00 6.50 7.35 8.50

Counter and rental clerks ......................................... 5.75 6.00 6.50 6.50 7.25

Retail salespersons ...................................................... 6.23 6.50 7.26 8.50 10.45

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ............... 8.47 9.62 10.30 11.60 11.80

Demonstrators and product promoters ......................... 8.47 9.62 10.30 11.60 11.80

Telemarketers ................................................................... 7.50 7.50 9.63 13.67 15.23

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ......................... 6.00 6.24 7.45 9.76 10.14

Office and administrative support occupations .............. 6.98 8.00 9.62 12.00 16.00

Financial clerks ................................................................. 7.54 8.75 9.62 11.16 15.00

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. 7.00 8.50 9.64 15.00 15.00

Tellers ........................................................................... 8.00 9.00 9.62 9.79 11.00

Customer service representatives .................................... 7.00 9.00 10.29 16.00 16.00

Library assistants, clerical ................................................ 7.42 7.65 10.36 11.94 16.19

Receptionists and information clerks ................................ 6.63 7.12 9.00 9.67 12.00

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

clerks .......................................................................... 7.60 8.80 13.84 20.91 20.91

Couriers and messengers ................................................ 6.00 7.24 8.00 10.00 10.00

Dispatchers ....................................................................... 6.58 9.30 9.30 12.00 14.00

Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ 5.50 6.00 7.25 8.32 9.25

Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ 7.50 7.50 12.00 12.51 15.00

Data entry and information processing workers ............... 8.50 9.49 10.13 14.00 14.00

Data entry keyers ......................................................... 8.50 9.35 10.13 14.00 14.00

Office clerks, general ........................................................ 6.98 8.00 10.00 12.00 17.66

Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 5.47 5.47 9.22 13.61 25.00

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 8.00 8.00 10.84 14.21 14.21

Production occupations .................................................... 7.00 7.00 8.50 11.66 12.75

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ................................................................. 8.00 8.00 12.00 12.75 13.25

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .......... 8.00 8.00 12.00 12.75 13.25

Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 5.30 6.64 7.26 11.66 11.66

Transportation and material moving occupations .......... 5.40 5.78 6.71 9.50 12.50

Bus drivers ........................................................................ 8.53 9.50 11.87 12.64 14.07

Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 10.16 11.37 12.20 13.25 14.07

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. 5.15 5.25 6.50 9.00 11.27

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Driver/sales workers ..................................................... $5.00 $5.15 $5.50 $7.15 $9.35

Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................ 6.50 6.50 9.00 11.27 13.06

Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ 5.45 5.78 6.00 7.90 10.00

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,

hand ........................................................................ 5.78 5.78 6.80 8.97 10.50

Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 5.25 5.50 6.00 6.25 7.75

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,

a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a

full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in

another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are

calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are

scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours

are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the

same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth

of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the

75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate

shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly

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

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

Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;

nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information.

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

meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data

for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $18.09 $14.00 $721 $558 39.9 $36,646 $29,099 2,025

Management occupations ................... 38.96 34.81 1,600 1,400 41.1 81,818 70,932 2,100

Chief executives ................................. – – 3,282 2,308 45.5 170,658 119,999 2,364

General and operations managers ..... 41.03 38.75 1,752 1,563 42.7 91,093 81,255 2,220

Advertising and promotions

managers ...................................... 31.02 30.04 1,299 1,313 41.9 67,543 68,251 2,177

Marketing and sales managers .......... 48.57 38.99 2,033 1,733 41.9 105,729 90,137 2,177

Marketing managers ....................... 56.91 47.89 2,276 1,915 40.0 118,376 99,605 2,080

Sales managers .............................. 41.15 33.17 1,797 1,435 43.7 93,459 74,603 2,271

Administrative services managers ...... 27.75 25.14 1,129 1,001 40.7 58,678 52,027 2,114

Computer and information systems

managers ...................................... 47.54 43.82 1,903 1,740 40.0 98,791 90,501 2,078

Financial managers ............................ 51.98 44.71 2,113 1,804 40.7 109,890 93,820 2,114

Human resources managers .............. 33.76 32.64 1,351 1,341 40.0 69,596 72,426 2,061

Compensation and benefits

managers .................................. 31.14 32.64 1,246 1,305 40.0 64,776 67,885 2,080

Training and development

managers .................................. 28.64 31.23 1,146 1,249 40.0 59,572 64,958 2,080

Industrial production managers .......... 37.39 36.78 1,562 1,471 41.8 81,199 76,500 2,172

Purchasing managers ......................... 39.39 29.39 1,575 1,176 40.0 81,922 61,140 2,080

Transportation, storage, and

distribution managers ................... 31.76 31.84 1,264 1,273 39.8 65,678 66,221 2,068

Construction managers ...................... 32.62 31.46 1,351 1,275 41.4 69,166 66,560 2,120

Education administrators .................... 37.92 35.03 1,508 1,387 39.8 71,598 62,089 1,888

Education administrators,

preschool and child care

center/program ......................... 15.03 13.25 629 554 41.8 32,691 28,800 2,175

Education administrators,

elementary and secondary

school ....................................... 37.97 37.81 1,476 1,486 38.9 66,039 63,470 1,739

Education administrators,

postsecondary .......................... 46.42 36.38 1,877 1,364 40.4 94,975 70,242 2,046

Engineering managers ....................... 52.37 45.67 2,131 1,827 40.7 110,808 94,994 2,116

Food service managers ...................... 21.29 19.23 910 876 42.8 47,025 45,558 2,209

Medical and health services

managers ...................................... 29.19 24.87 1,210 1,058 41.4 62,909 54,999 2,155

Property, real estate, and community

association managers ................... 25.10 25.71 1,005 1,029 40.0 52,241 53,483 2,081

Social and community service

managers ...................................... 15.93 14.96 631 577 39.6 32,756 29,994 2,057

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 27.63 24.52 1,110 984 40.2 57,610 51,000 2,085

Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 27.27 23.81 1,115 1,008 40.9 57,985 52,406 2,126

Claims adjusters, appraisers,

examiners, and investigators ........ 23.48 23.13 925 919 39.4 48,102 47,796 2,048

Claims adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ............................. 22.93 22.98 902 910 39.3 46,881 47,312 2,045

Cost estimators ................................... 29.94 30.00 1,205 1,212 40.2 62,658 63,000 2,092

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 24.57 23.39 977 962 39.8 50,796 50,001 2,068

Employment, recruitment, and

placement specialists ............... 22.88 23.39 886 833 38.7 46,087 43,339 2,015

Compensation, benefits, and job

analysis specialists ................... 21.72 19.23 939 962 43.2 48,816 50,001 2,248

Training and development

specialists ................................. 30.94 25.95 1,237 1,038 40.0 64,100 53,976 2,072

Logisticians ......................................... 32.06 34.82 1,282 1,393 40.0 66,676 72,430 2,080

Management analysts ........................ 31.39 26.24 1,259 1,050 40.1 65,480 54,579 2,086

Accountants and auditors ................... 28.68 24.03 1,149 961 40.1 59,731 49,982 2,083

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 30.95 26.29 1,237 1,050 40.0 64,330 54,621 2,078

Financial analysts ........................... 33.98 27.09 1,359 1,084 40.0 70,685 56,347 2,080

Personal financial advisors ............. 24.63 23.11 985 924 40.0 51,229 48,060 2,080

Loan counselors and officers .............. 28.34 22.61 1,140 904 40.2 59,263 47,029 2,091

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Loan officers ................................... $28.61 $22.61 $1,151 $904 40.2 $59,828 $47,029 2,091

Tax examiners, collectors, preparers,

and revenue agents ...................... 20.80 18.16 832 726 40.0 42,810 37,777 2,058

Tax examiners, collectors, and

revenue agents ......................... 20.80 18.16 832 726 40.0 42,810 37,777 2,058

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 33.88 33.20 1,357 1,335 40.1 70,380 69,356 2,077

Computer programmers ..................... 30.82 31.90 1,238 1,276 40.2 64,186 66,354 2,083

Computer software engineers ............ 41.20 39.00 1,650 1,560 40.1 85,814 81,120 2,083

Computer software engineers,

applications ............................... 40.61 38.12 1,628 1,529 40.1 84,674 79,500 2,085

Computer software engineers,

systems software ...................... 41.86 40.10 1,674 1,604 40.0 87,061 83,406 2,080

Computer support specialists ............. 25.37 20.14 1,015 780 40.0 52,805 40,582 2,081

Computer systems analysts ............... 37.49 38.12 1,503 1,525 40.1 78,134 79,290 2,084

Database administrators ..................... 23.62 24.41 945 976 40.0 49,130 50,777 2,080

Network and computer systems

administrators ............................... 27.65 24.04 1,110 962 40.1 55,516 49,999 2,008

Network systems and data

communications analysts ............. 29.73 30.19 1,188 1,208 40.0 61,795 62,799 2,079

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 29.09 26.44 1,173 1,074 40.3 60,996 55,619 2,097

Architects, except naval ...................... 29.83 30.39 1,193 1,215 40.0 62,045 63,203 2,080

Architects, except landscape and

naval ......................................... 29.83 30.39 1,193 1,215 40.0 62,045 63,203 2,080

Engineers ........................................... 37.43 34.62 1,520 1,421 40.6 79,064 73,867 2,112

Chemical engineers ........................ 50.03 52.98 2,043 2,119 40.8 106,215 110,200 2,123

Civil engineers ................................ 30.35 28.97 1,292 1,304 42.6 67,203 67,799 2,214

Computer hardware engineers ....... 42.87 38.36 1,750 1,586 40.8 91,017 82,451 2,123

Electrical and electronics

engineers .................................. 36.30 34.41 1,474 1,391 40.6 76,627 72,315 2,111

Electrical engineers .................... 38.49 36.23 1,585 1,473 41.2 82,395 76,600 2,141

Electronics engineers, except

computer ............................... 33.98 33.55 1,359 1,342 40.0 70,676 69,780 2,080

Industrial engineers, including

health and safety ...................... 33.04 31.01 1,325 1,240 40.1 68,919 64,505 2,086

Health and safety engineers,

except mining safety

engineers and inspectors ..... 38.50 40.80 1,540 1,632 40.0 80,081 84,872 2,080

Industrial engineers .................... 32.39 30.26 1,300 1,210 40.1 67,593 62,939 2,087

Mechanical engineers ..................... 30.16 23.51 1,206 941 40.0 62,725 48,907 2,080

Petroleum engineers ...................... 48.50 42.20 1,940 1,688 40.0 100,887 87,776 2,080

Drafters ............................................... 22.22 21.25 890 850 40.0 46,165 44,200 2,078

Architectural and civil drafters ........ 24.11 21.68 965 867 40.0 50,158 45,094 2,080

Electrical and electronics drafters ... 16.63 16.00 665 640 40.0 34,594 33,280 2,080

Mechanical drafters ........................ 19.11 15.33 764 613 40.0 39,741 31,888 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 19.33 18.83 774 751 40.0 40,254 39,062 2,082

Electrical and electronic

engineering technicians ............ 23.28 22.64 931 906 40.0 48,429 47,091 2,080

Surveying and mapping technicians ... 17.58 13.27 703 531 40.0 36,566 27,610 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 29.69 24.80 1,189 992 40.1 60,284 49,412 2,030

Life scientists ...................................... 21.98 20.73 881 829 40.1 45,798 43,125 2,083

Medical scientists ........................... 20.82 17.31 833 692 40.0 43,311 36,001 2,080

Physical scientists .............................. 35.07 27.44 1,420 1,051 40.5 73,848 54,662 2,105

Environmental scientists and

geoscientists ............................. 36.45 38.46 1,478 1,392 40.6 76,876 72,401 2,109

Geoscientists, except

hydrologists and

geographers ......................... 52.39 52.24 2,152 2,175 41.1 111,927 113,108 2,136

Market and survey researchers .......... 38.24 34.62 1,530 1,385 40.0 79,542 71,999 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Market research analysts ............... $38.24 $34.62 $1,530 $1,385 40.0 $79,542 $71,999 2,080

Psychologists ...................................... 28.79 28.77 1,097 1,150 38.1 47,741 48,526 1,658

Clinical, counseling, and school

psychologists ............................ 30.78 33.18 1,164 1,267 37.8 47,732 49,412 1,551

Urban and regional planners .............. 24.96 22.54 999 901 40.0 51,923 46,875 2,080

Chemical technicians .......................... 23.51 26.51 974 1,113 41.4 50,630 57,900 2,153

Miscellaneous life, physical, and

social science technicians ............ 18.93 15.46 757 618 40.0 39,371 32,159 2,080

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 17.68 15.85 705 634 39.9 35,127 33,280 1,987

Counselors ......................................... 26.04 27.92 1,030 1,098 39.5 46,598 46,463 1,790

Educational, vocational, and school

counselors ................................ 28.39 29.79 1,119 1,158 39.4 48,941 48,867 1,724

Social workers .................................... 16.98 16.65 681 666 40.1 34,525 34,632 2,033

Child, family, and school social

workers ..................................... 16.12 15.51 645 620 40.0 31,710 32,165 1,967

Medical and public health social

workers ..................................... 18.67 19.25 747 770 40.0 38,835 40,040 2,080

Mental health and substance abuse

social workers ........................... 15.69 16.14 640 654 40.8 33,279 34,029 2,120

Miscellaneous community and social

service specialists ......................... 13.59 13.67 543 547 40.0 28,238 28,434 2,077

Probation officers and correctional

treatment specialists ................. 15.46 14.92 618 597 40.0 32,157 31,023 2,080

Social and human service

assistants .................................. 12.37 12.21 495 489 40.0 25,723 25,405 2,079

Legal occupations ................................ 30.06 21.35 1,238 846 41.2 64,369 44,013 2,141

Lawyers .............................................. 55.03 50.96 2,406 2,213 43.7 125,112 115,072 2,273

Judges, magistrates, and other

judicial workers ............................. 53.64 52.33 2,146 2,093 40.0 111,573 108,855 2,080

Judges, magistrate judges, and

magistrates ............................... 53.64 52.33 2,146 2,093 40.0 111,573 108,855 2,080

Miscellaneous legal support workers .. 20.24 17.98 835 757 41.2 43,412 39,375 2,145

Title examiners, abstractors, and

searchers .................................. 20.20 19.00 839 770 41.5 43,637 40,019 2,160

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 27.78 27.80 1,070 1,079 38.5 41,648 40,875 1,499

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 40.71 33.65 1,601 1,323 39.3 67,443 53,733 1,657

Math and computer teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 31.53 33.06 1,240 1,322 39.3 50,214 51,566 1,593

Mathematical science teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 34.27 33.61 1,353 1,344 39.5 52,970 52,435 1,546

Life sciences teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 37.00 35.10 1,474 1,404 39.8 73,397 70,000 1,984

Biological science teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 37.00 35.10 1,474 1,404 39.8 73,397 70,000 1,984

Social sciences teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 36.03 34.11 1,411 1,286 39.2 55,866 51,859 1,551

Health teachers, postsecondary ..... 63.39 38.63 2,513 1,545 39.6 123,001 80,340 1,940

Health specialties teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 70.23 62.50 2,781 2,525 39.6 134,400 112,181 1,914

Arts, communications, and

humanities teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 32.48 30.83 1,230 1,129 37.9 47,913 44,432 1,475

Art, drama, and music teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 30.62 29.75 1,100 1,020 35.9 42,407 39,761 1,385

Miscellaneous postsecondary

teachers .................................... 39.40 33.92 1,557 1,364 39.5 63,995 54,919 1,624

Vocational education teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 27.07 27.84 1,074 1,099 39.7 45,224 43,766 1,671

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 29.05 28.65 1,109 1,109 38.2 41,897 41,599 1,442

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Preschool and kindergarten

teachers .................................... $23.17 $25.41 $884 $964 38.2 $35,367 $37,103 1,527

Preschool teachers, except

special education .................. 20.12 23.53 778 882 38.6 32,034 34,114 1,592

Kindergarten teachers, except

special education .................. 28.73 29.94 1,071 1,134 37.3 40,791 42,292 1,420

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 29.28 28.54 1,117 1,112 38.1 41,755 41,230 1,426

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 29.08 28.42 1,111 1,103 38.2 41,561 41,180 1,429

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 30.10 29.73 1,137 1,149 37.8 42,511 42,524 1,412

Secondary school teachers ............ 29.24 28.97 1,122 1,108 38.4 42,860 42,157 1,466

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 29.64 29.41 1,133 1,114 38.2 42,616 41,930 1,438

Vocational education teachers,

secondary school .................. 24.74 23.29 987 931 39.9 46,396 48,433 1,876

Special education teachers ............ 30.89 30.08 1,155 1,147 37.4 42,798 42,438 1,385

Special education teachers,

preschool, kindergarten, and

elementary school ................ 30.75 29.51 1,150 1,147 37.4 42,454 42,157 1,381

Special education teachers,

secondary school .................. 31.10 31.20 1,164 1,163 37.4 43,485 43,490 1,398

Other teachers and instructors ........... 22.10 24.40 857 936 38.8 35,211 37,176 1,593

Librarians ............................................ 22.37 20.07 887 803 39.7 42,634 41,754 1,906

Library technicians .............................. 12.81 12.77 501 510 39.1 25,445 26,541 1,987

Teacher assistants ............................. 10.60 10.06 408 394 38.5 15,786 15,267 1,489

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 21.34 16.83 849 673 39.8 43,493 35,000 2,038

Designers ........................................... 18.59 16.00 746 640 40.1 38,794 33,280 2,087

Graphic designers .......................... 17.38 15.00 696 600 40.1 36,203 31,198 2,083

News analysts, reporters and

correspondents ............................. 19.44 14.64 778 586 40.0 40,439 30,451 2,080

Reporters and correspondents ....... 22.09 19.30 883 772 40.0 45,941 40,144 2,080

Public relations specialists .................. 27.66 26.96 1,104 1,078 39.9 57,134 56,081 2,065

Writers and editors ............................. 19.07 17.31 767 692 40.2 39,898 36,001 2,092

Editors ............................................ 18.34 17.31 734 692 40.0 38,154 36,001 2,080

Technical writers ............................. 19.06 17.05 762 682 40.0 39,646 35,454 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 24.51 20.81 975 823 39.8 50,343 41,999 2,054

Pharmacists ........................................ 46.26 47.00 1,856 1,880 40.1 96,494 97,760 2,086

Physicians and surgeons .................... 80.30 84.86 3,731 3,394 46.5 194,019 176,500 2,416

Registered nurses .............................. 26.84 26.12 1,060 1,032 39.5 54,458 52,645 2,029

Therapists ........................................... 29.56 27.89 1,171 1,091 39.6 57,506 53,539 1,945

Occupational therapists .................. 26.57 30.15 1,060 1,206 39.9 54,493 57,595 2,051

Physical therapists .......................... 36.03 31.92 1,420 1,277 39.4 73,844 66,394 2,049

Respiratory therapists ..................... 21.27 21.13 850 845 39.9 44,192 43,952 2,077

Speech-language pathologists ....... 27.89 26.06 1,099 1,042 39.4 43,010 38,773 1,542

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians .................................... 16.25 15.00 647 600 39.8 33,621 31,200 2,069

Medical and clinical laboratory

technologists ............................. 21.67 21.25 862 850 39.8 44,801 44,200 2,068

Medical and clinical laboratory

technicians ................................ 12.68 11.42 505 458 39.8 26,239 23,795 2,069

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 22.00 22.00 880 880 40.0 45,770 45,760 2,080

Cardiovascular technologists and

technicians ................................ 16.68 15.34 667 614 40.0 34,697 31,907 2,080

Radiologic technologists and

technicians ................................ 22.93 22.15 917 886 40.0 47,696 46,072 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................... $11.63 $10.25 $455 $397 39.1 $23,646 $20,654 2,033

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 15.81 15.55 625 615 39.6 32,520 31,957 2,057

Pharmacy technicians .................... 13.55 13.50 535 539 39.4 27,800 28,018 2,051

Respiratory therapy technicians ..... 19.27 18.96 771 758 40.0 40,092 39,437 2,080

Surgical technologists ..................... 17.22 16.41 679 656 39.4 35,292 34,124 2,050

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 17.04 16.56 672 656 39.4 34,944 34,112 2,050

Medical records and health

information technicians ................. 15.37 14.50 611 580 39.7 31,757 30,160 2,066

Miscellaneous health technologists

and technicians ............................. 21.83 16.85 872 674 39.9 45,330 35,044 2,076

Occupational health and safety

specialists and technicians ........... 22.85 25.70 914 1,028 40.0 47,519 53,460 2,080

Occupational health and safety

specialists ................................. 22.85 25.70 914 1,028 40.0 47,519 53,460 2,080

Healthcare support occupations ......... 11.37 10.00 436 398 38.3 22,553 20,592 1,984

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 9.05 8.89 343 341 37.9 17,800 17,742 1,967

Home health aides .......................... 7.60 7.00 256 254 33.7 13,293 13,208 1,750

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 9.37 9.10 368 360 39.2 19,087 18,720 2,037

Psychiatric aides ............................. 9.62 9.37 358 342 37.1 18,592 17,776 1,932

Physical therapist assistants and

aides ............................................. 22.88 27.82 915 1,113 40.0 47,583 57,861 2,080

Physical therapist assistants .......... 25.95 27.82 1,038 1,113 40.0 53,985 57,861 2,080

Physical therapist aides .................. 10.90 10.25 436 410 40.0 22,665 21,320 2,080

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 12.25 11.50 473 450 38.6 24,368 23,407 1,989

Dental assistants ............................ 16.29 15.25 565 576 34.7 29,361 29,952 1,803

Medical assistants .......................... 10.90 10.62 435 428 39.9 22,624 22,235 2,076

Medical transcriptionists ................. 12.43 13.00 497 520 40.0 25,850 27,040 2,080

Protective service occupations ........... 15.95 14.40 661 591 41.5 34,279 30,701 2,150

First-line supervisors/managers, law

enforcement workers .................... 23.98 22.98 962 942 40.1 50,036 48,963 2,086

First-line supervisors/managers of

correctional officers .................. 17.11 15.71 689 628 40.3 35,813 32,677 2,093

First-line supervisors/managers of

police and detectives ................ 26.18 26.55 1,049 1,062 40.1 54,569 55,232 2,084

First-line supervisors/managers of fire

fighting and prevention workers .... 28.28 30.31 1,385 1,313 49.0 72,038 68,294 2,548

Fire fighters ......................................... 16.60 16.76 849 849 51.1 44,137 44,124 2,659

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and

jailers ............................................ 12.98 12.32 521 494 40.2 27,115 25,667 2,090

Correctional officers and jailers ...... 12.92 12.32 519 494 40.2 27,004 25,667 2,090

Detectives and criminal

investigators ................................. 21.33 21.36 861 854 40.4 44,776 44,429 2,099

Police officers ..................................... 20.09 18.86 809 767 40.3 42,066 39,874 2,094

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 20.09 18.86 809 767 40.3 42,066 39,874 2,094

Animal control workers ....................... 12.23 13.55 489 542 40.0 25,442 28,186 2,080

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 10.08 10.00 401 400 39.8 20,865 20,800 2,071

Security guards ............................... 10.08 10.00 401 400 39.8 20,865 20,800 2,071

Miscellaneous protective service

workers ......................................... 12.26 9.35 490 374 40.0 20,216 16,120 1,649

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 7.50 7.25 286 277 38.1 14,529 14,018 1,937

First-line supervisors/managers, food

preparation and serving workers .. 13.42 13.09 557 550 41.5 27,656 27,000 2,061

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

First-line supervisors/managers of

food preparation and serving

workers ..................................... $13.41 $13.09 $557 $550 41.5 $27,642 $26,624 2,061

Cooks ................................................. 8.76 8.40 337 328 38.5 17,263 16,744 1,971

Cooks, fast food .............................. 7.44 7.50 274 290 36.8 14,251 15,080 1,915

Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...... 9.81 9.50 379 368 38.6 18,452 18,408 1,881

Cooks, restaurant ........................... 8.99 8.71 349 348 38.8 18,151 18,111 2,018

Cooks, short order .......................... 8.06 8.15 322 326 40.0 16,756 16,952 2,080

Food preparation workers ................... 8.18 7.65 313 300 38.3 15,630 14,265 1,911

Food service, tipped ........................... 4.01 3.50 148 121 36.9 7,642 6,271 1,907

Bartenders ...................................... 5.65 5.83 209 220 37.0 10,709 11,440 1,895

Waiters and waitresses .................. 3.09 2.30 113 85 36.5 5,855 4,430 1,897

Dining room and cafeteria

attendants and bartender

helpers ...................................... 6.31 6.50 241 246 38.3 12,348 12,480 1,958

Fast food and counter workers ........... 7.61 7.00 288 268 37.9 14,463 13,520 1,901

Combined food preparation and

serving workers, including fast

food ........................................... 7.58 7.00 287 260 37.9 14,425 13,520 1,902

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food

concession, and coffee shop .... 7.80 7.69 295 277 37.9 14,742 14,386 1,890

Food servers, nonrestaurant .............. 7.60 7.00 289 280 38.0 14,910 14,560 1,961

Dishwashers ....................................... 7.37 7.25 285 278 38.7 14,835 14,456 2,013

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant,

lounge, and coffee shop ............... 6.46 7.00 235 219 36.3 12,202 11,408 1,888

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 9.13 8.38 355 328 38.9 18,315 16,748 2,005

First-line supervisors/managers,

building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance workers ................... 13.65 14.66 543 597 39.8 28,234 31,049 2,069

First-line supervisors/managers of

housekeeping and janitorial

workers ..................................... 13.25 14.55 522 597 39.4 27,119 31,049 2,047

First-line supervisors/managers of

landscaping, lawn service, and

groundskeeping workers .......... 16.15 15.47 687 667 42.6 35,739 34,674 2,213

Building cleaning workers ................... 8.71 8.06 337 320 38.7 17,365 16,432 1,994

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 9.23 8.79 365 348 39.6 18,766 17,879 2,034

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 7.43 7.02 276 272 37.2 14,270 14,102 1,920

Grounds maintenance workers ........... 9.54 8.40 377 336 39.5 19,540 17,368 2,048

Landscaping and groundskeeping

workers ..................................... 9.24 8.27 365 330 39.5 18,892 17,050 2,044

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 10.69 8.75 396 340 37.0 20,261 17,680 1,896

First-line supervisors/managers of

personal service workers .............. 13.28 12.01 514 460 38.7 26,717 23,920 2,011

Nonfarm animal caretakers ................ 10.36 10.00 414 400 40.0 21,551 20,800 2,080

Miscellaneous entertainment

attendants and related workers .... 11.56 11.20 442 420 38.2 22,874 21,840 1,978

Amusement and recreation

attendants ................................. 11.56 11.20 442 420 38.2 22,874 21,840 1,978

Barbers and cosmetologists ............... 10.01 9.46 366 331 36.5 19,021 17,221 1,900

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and

cosmetologists .......................... 10.25 9.53 382 339 37.3 19,852 17,611 1,937

Baggage porters, bellhops, and

concierges .................................... 6.59 6.50 263 260 40.0 13,697 13,520 2,080

Baggage porters and bellhops ........ 6.59 6.50 263 260 40.0 13,697 13,520 2,080

Transportation attendants ................... 32.00 36.18 663 714 20.7 33,798 36,948 1,056

Flight attendants ............................. 40.53 42.67 724 721 17.9 37,644 37,503 929

Child care workers .............................. 8.22 8.00 323 320 39.3 16,734 16,640 2,037

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Recreation and fitness workers .......... $12.38 $11.06 $479 $442 38.7 $20,685 $22,963 1,671

Recreation workers ......................... 12.25 11.06 480 442 39.2 20,530 21,925 1,676

Sales and related occupations ............ 16.87 11.78 682 464 40.4 35,450 24,134 2,101

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 21.02 15.03 868 601 41.3 45,134 31,269 2,147

First-line supervisors/managers of

retail sales workers ................... 16.08 14.42 660 588 41.0 34,310 30,576 2,133

First-line supervisors/managers of

non-retail sales workers ............ 33.95 18.46 1,426 808 42.0 74,148 42,013 2,184

Retail sales workers ........................... 11.19 9.20 450 360 40.2 23,345 18,720 2,086

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 8.24 7.65 323 300 39.2 16,695 15,600 2,027

Cashiers ..................................... 8.24 7.65 323 300 39.2 16,695 15,600 2,027

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ............................ 13.69 11.13 547 452 40.0 28,469 23,504 2,080

Counter and rental clerks ........... 13.02 10.77 519 431 39.9 26,987 22,404 2,072

Parts salespersons ..................... 14.83 13.12 597 525 40.3 31,056 27,298 2,094

Retail salespersons ........................ 12.16 9.76 496 386 40.8 25,773 20,066 2,120

Advertising sales agents ..................... 47.67 25.92 1,780 832 37.3 92,544 43,257 1,941

Insurance sales agents ....................... 20.21 17.31 823 692 40.7 42,794 36,001 2,117

Securities, commodities, and financial

services sales agents ................... 22.39 19.27 896 771 40.0 46,576 40,086 2,080

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ............................... 29.53 23.66 1,215 950 41.2 63,196 49,400 2,140

Sales representatives, wholesale

and manufacturing, technical

and scientific products .............. 36.93 35.43 1,509 1,417 40.9 78,483 73,694 2,125

Sales representatives, wholesale

and manufacturing, except

technical and scientific

products .................................... 26.47 22.12 1,092 923 41.3 56,793 47,986 2,146

Models, demonstrators, and product

promoters ..................................... 11.97 11.54 478 462 40.0 24,860 24,003 2,078

Demonstrators and product

promoters ................................. 11.97 11.54 478 462 40.0 24,860 24,003 2,078

Telemarketers ..................................... 10.82 10.25 431 394 39.8 22,422 20,475 2,072

Miscellaneous sales and related

workers ......................................... 12.61 10.65 503 426 39.9 26,083 22,154 2,069

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 13.61 12.66 539 504 39.6 27,855 26,000 2,047

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 21.83 20.19 872 803 39.9 45,303 41,756 2,075

Switchboard operators, including

answering service ......................... 10.11 10.25 393 409 38.9 20,435 21,278 2,022

Financial clerks ................................... 13.71 13.31 545 531 39.8 28,271 27,373 2,062

Bill and account collectors .............. 14.20 14.00 567 560 39.9 29,469 29,120 2,075

Billing and posting clerks and

machine operators .................... 13.21 13.00 523 520 39.6 27,215 27,040 2,060

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 14.33 13.98 568 558 39.7 29,416 28,999 2,053

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ....... 13.92 14.00 543 560 39.0 28,075 29,120 2,016

Procurement clerks ......................... 16.32 15.06 653 602 40.0 33,950 31,319 2,080

Tellers ............................................. 11.33 11.11 453 444 40.0 23,572 23,100 2,080

Correspondence clerks ....................... 15.65 14.90 626 596 40.0 32,543 31,000 2,080

Court, municipal, and license clerks ... 12.58 11.92 502 477 39.9 26,087 24,794 2,074

Credit authorizers, checkers, and

clerks ............................................ 13.51 12.84 530 504 39.2 26,801 25,792 1,984

Customer service representatives ...... 13.96 12.74 553 510 39.6 28,724 26,481 2,057

Eligibility interviewers, government

programs ...................................... 12.90 14.55 516 582 40.0 26,838 30,260 2,080

File clerks ........................................... 11.31 11.70 451 468 39.8 23,430 24,336 2,071

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ... 8.17 8.00 311 300 38.1 16,174 15,600 1,980

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Interviewers, except eligibility and

loan ............................................... $12.38 $11.29 $496 $454 40.1 $25,813 $23,608 2,085

Library assistants, clerical .................. 11.67 12.09 452 489 38.7 19,498 18,872 1,671

Loan interviewers and clerks .............. 15.00 13.82 594 536 39.6 30,898 27,857 2,060

New accounts clerks ........................... 11.49 10.86 459 434 39.9 23,848 22,589 2,075

Order clerks ........................................ 11.70 10.25 464 410 39.6 24,104 21,320 2,061

Human resources assistants, except

payroll and timekeeping ................ 15.65 15.38 621 615 39.7 32,262 31,990 2,062

Receptionists and information clerks .. 10.55 10.00 417 400 39.6 21,646 20,800 2,052

Reservation and transportation ticket

agents and travel clerks ................ 16.25 15.81 650 632 40.0 33,809 32,885 2,080

Couriers and messengers .................. 10.27 9.73 391 389 38.1 20,331 20,230 1,980

Dispatchers ......................................... 13.15 11.99 529 477 40.2 27,467 24,794 2,089

Police, fire, and ambulance

dispatchers ............................... 13.27 12.66 531 507 40.0 27,590 26,341 2,079

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and

ambulance ................................ 13.10 11.00 528 420 40.3 27,417 21,840 2,092

Meter readers, utilities ........................ 12.76 12.25 511 490 40.0 26,548 25,480 2,080

Production, planning, and expediting

clerks ............................................ 15.56 15.34 622 614 40.0 32,367 31,907 2,080

Shipping, receiving, and traffic

clerks ............................................ 11.39 10.65 454 427 39.8 23,603 22,194 2,072

Stock clerks and order fillers .............. 11.46 10.25 460 410 40.1 23,749 21,320 2,072

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 15.61 15.30 615 597 39.4 31,404 30,611 2,012

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 18.22 17.65 728 706 39.9 37,801 36,712 2,075

Legal secretaries ............................ 15.42 14.90 587 569 38.1 30,548 29,608 1,980

Medical secretaries ......................... 13.33 12.67 527 507 39.6 27,422 26,345 2,057

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 14.49 14.23 568 567 39.2 28,383 27,936 1,959

Computer operators ............................ 16.36 16.14 654 646 39.9 33,991 33,571 2,077

Data entry and information processing

workers ......................................... 11.78 11.37 467 446 39.7 24,021 23,186 2,040

Data entry keyers ........................... 11.34 11.05 450 442 39.7 23,060 22,547 2,034

Word processors and typists .......... 12.91 11.67 510 467 39.5 26,507 24,278 2,054

Desktop publishers ............................. 16.84 14.95 641 561 38.1 33,336 29,160 1,980

Insurance claims and policy

processing clerks .......................... 13.79 13.54 542 519 39.3 28,177 26,986 2,043

Mail clerks and mail machine

operators, except postal service ... 10.93 10.26 433 410 39.6 22,522 21,341 2,061

Office clerks, general .......................... 11.74 11.39 465 454 39.6 24,054 23,587 2,049

Office machine operators, except

computer ....................................... 9.67 8.60 383 344 39.6 19,877 17,888 2,055

Farming, fishing, and forestry

occupations .................................... 12.79 9.65 512 386 40.0 24,534 20,669 1,918

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 15.50 13.50 625 540 40.3 32,439 28,080 2,092

First-line supervisors/managers of

construction trades and extraction

workers ......................................... 22.78 20.00 942 800 41.4 48,998 41,600 2,151

Carpenters .......................................... 13.47 13.00 539 520 40.0 27,906 27,040 2,071

Cement masons, concrete finishers,

and terrazzo workers .................... 11.40 11.50 456 460 40.0 23,505 23,920 2,061

Cement masons and concrete

finishers .................................... 11.40 11.50 456 460 40.0 23,505 23,920 2,061

Construction laborers ......................... 10.33 9.50 414 380 40.1 21,479 19,760 2,079

Construction equipment operators ..... 13.46 13.25 538 530 40.0 27,999 27,560 2,080

Paving, surfacing, and tamping

equipment operators ................. 12.50 12.50 500 500 40.0 26,000 26,000 2,080

Operating engineers and other

construction equipment

operators .................................. 13.77 14.00 551 560 40.0 28,644 29,120 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Electricians ......................................... $16.26 $15.18 $650 $607 40.0 $33,812 $31,574 2,080

Insulation workers ............................... 17.36 18.61 694 744 40.0 36,102 38,709 2,080

Insulation workers, mechanical ...... 17.53 18.61 701 744 40.0 36,468 38,709 2,080

Painters and paperhangers ................ 12.96 13.00 519 520 40.0 26,966 27,040 2,080

Painters, construction and

maintenance ............................. 12.96 13.00 519 520 40.0 26,966 27,040 2,080

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 17.72 17.75 709 710 40.0 36,844 36,791 2,079

Pipelayers ....................................... 10.30 10.04 412 402 40.0 21,428 20,892 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................... 18.61 19.00 744 760 40.0 38,680 39,520 2,079

Sheet metal workers ........................... 14.35 14.00 574 560 40.0 29,844 29,120 2,080

Helpers, construction trades ............... 10.90 11.00 436 440 40.0 22,607 22,880 2,073

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers,

pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 12.96 14.00 518 560 40.0 26,958 29,120 2,080

Construction and building inspectors .. 26.43 22.00 1,053 880 39.8 54,763 45,760 2,072

Highway maintenance workers ........... 11.10 12.08 444 483 40.0 23,082 25,126 2,080

Miscellaneous construction and

related workers ............................. 12.09 10.78 483 431 40.0 25,141 22,422 2,080

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit

operators, oil, gas, and mining ..... 21.09 22.16 843 886 40.0 43,862 46,082 2,080

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................... 20.19 19.50 808 780 40.0 41,996 40,560 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 17.55 16.60 709 669 40.4 36,703 34,632 2,091

First-line supervisors/managers of

mechanics, installers, and

repairers ....................................... 22.95 21.27 959 938 41.8 49,861 48,801 2,173

Computer, automated teller, and

office machine repairers ............... 15.24 15.42 610 617 40.0 31,607 32,072 2,073

Radio and telecommunications

equipment installers and

repairers ....................................... 20.72 23.60 829 944 40.0 43,093 49,088 2,080

Telecommunications equipment

installers and repairers, except

line installers ............................. 20.72 23.60 829 944 40.0 43,093 49,088 2,080

Miscellaneous electrical and

electronic equipment mechanics,

installers, and repairers ................ 18.25 17.25 735 690 40.3 38,230 35,880 2,095

Electrical and electronics repairers,

commercial and industrial

equipment ................................. 18.58 17.92 743 717 40.0 38,651 37,274 2,080

Electrical and electronics repairers,

powerhouse, substation, and

relay .......................................... 24.54 24.09 982 964 40.0 51,053 50,107 2,080

Aircraft mechanics and service

technicians .................................... 27.14 26.64 1,142 1,066 42.1 56,707 55,411 2,089

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 16.43 14.43 674 588 41.0 35,057 30,599 2,134

Automotive body and related

repairers ................................... 14.88 14.43 599 577 40.3 31,162 30,004 2,094

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 16.91 14.75 698 624 41.3 36,295 32,448 2,146

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel

engine specialists ......................... 16.26 15.33 655 607 40.3 34,066 31,574 2,095

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment

service technicians and

mechanics .................................... 17.33 17.00 693 680 40.0 36,039 35,360 2,080

Mobile heavy equipment

mechanics, except engines ...... 16.96 15.50 679 620 40.0 35,287 32,240 2,080

Rail car repairers ............................ 19.18 18.24 767 730 40.0 39,904 37,939 2,080

Small engine mechanics ..................... 15.89 14.50 631 580 39.7 32,815 30,160 2,065

Control and valve installers and

repairers ....................................... 19.48 19.00 771 760 39.6 40,073 39,520 2,057

See footnotes at end of table.

118
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Control and valve installers and

repairers, except mechanical

door .......................................... $19.48 $19.00 $771 $760 39.6 $40,073 $39,520 2,057

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics and

installers ....................................... 19.81 19.00 790 755 39.9 41,063 38,750 2,073

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 15.89 15.75 635 630 40.0 32,925 32,760 2,072

Industrial machinery mechanics ..... 19.95 18.55 798 742 40.0 41,109 38,584 2,060

Maintenance and repair workers,

general ...................................... 13.63 11.81 545 472 40.0 28,343 24,563 2,079

Maintenance workers, machinery ... 14.91 13.64 592 546 39.7 30,802 28,371 2,066

Line installers and repairers ............... 23.44 24.15 938 966 40.0 48,753 50,238 2,080

Electrical power-line installers and

repairers ................................... 24.93 23.98 997 959 40.0 51,855 49,878 2,080

Telecommunications line installers

and repairers ............................ 22.28 24.15 891 966 40.0 46,334 50,238 2,080

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 13.27 12.00 531 480 40.0 27,182 24,960 2,048

Helpers--installation, maintenance,

and repair workers .................... 11.27 10.56 451 422 40.0 22,483 21,840 1,995

Production occupations ...................... 13.25 11.60 529 460 39.9 27,502 23,920 2,075

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 21.02 20.29 845 812 40.2 43,919 42,201 2,089

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging,

and systems assemblers .............. 20.23 21.56 809 862 40.0 42,087 44,836 2,080

Electrical, electronics, and

electromechanical assemblers ..... 11.33 11.47 453 459 39.9 23,547 23,858 2,077

Electrical and electronic equipment

assemblers ............................... 11.52 11.49 460 460 39.9 23,920 23,903 2,077

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 11.78 10.00 470 400 39.9 24,437 20,800 2,075

Bakers ................................................ 9.87 9.25 394 370 39.9 20,300 19,240 2,056

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and

fish processing workers ................ 10.71 9.75 425 390 39.7 22,090 20,280 2,063

Butchers and meat cutters .............. 14.75 15.00 563 585 38.2 29,261 30,430 1,984

Miscellaneous food processing

workers ......................................... 10.88 11.52 435 461 40.0 22,622 23,962 2,080

Computer control programmers and

operators ...................................... 17.09 15.50 717 600 41.9 37,274 31,200 2,181

Computer-controlled machine tool

operators, metal and plastic ..... 17.01 15.50 715 599 42.0 37,188 31,150 2,186

Forming machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ...... 10.13 8.00 403 320 39.8 20,955 16,640 2,068

Extruding and drawing machine

setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ....................... 9.79 8.00 389 320 39.7 20,239 16,640 2,067

Machine tool cutting setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 12.16 12.25 486 490 40.0 25,289 25,480 2,080

Cutting, punching, and press

machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ......... 10.60 10.60 424 424 40.0 22,038 22,048 2,080

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and

buffing machine tool setters,

operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic ................................ 11.82 12.50 473 500 40.0 24,580 26,000 2,080

Lathe and turning machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ....................... 15.11 13.00 604 520 40.0 31,427 27,040 2,080

Machinists ........................................... 16.49 15.00 660 600 40.0 34,345 31,200 2,082

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Molders and molding machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... $9.95 $9.15 $396 $360 39.7 $20,567 $18,720 2,067

Molding, coremaking, and casting

machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ......... 9.95 9.15 396 360 39.7 20,567 18,720 2,067

Multiple machine tool setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 12.29 11.91 491 476 40.0 25,555 24,773 2,080

Tool and die makers ........................... 19.99 20.21 800 808 40.0 41,581 42,037 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing

workers ......................................... 13.82 12.22 553 489 40.0 28,755 25,409 2,080

Welders, cutters, solderers, and

brazers ...................................... 13.89 12.22 555 489 40.0 28,882 25,409 2,080

Miscellaneous metalworkers and

plastic workers .............................. 13.69 13.89 544 556 39.8 28,307 28,891 2,067

Plating and coating machine

setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ....................... 10.64 7.25 424 290 39.9 22,051 15,080 2,072

Bookbinders and bindery workers ...... 11.79 9.71 467 388 39.6 24,290 20,197 2,061

Bindery workers .............................. 11.14 8.75 441 350 39.6 22,922 18,200 2,059

Printers ............................................... 15.48 14.38 616 566 39.8 31,981 29,245 2,066

Prepress technicians and workers .. 16.65 14.98 660 577 39.6 34,308 30,000 2,060

Printing machine operators ............. 15.39 14.06 613 562 39.8 31,867 29,245 2,071

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..... 8.34 8.13 332 325 39.7 17,248 16,900 2,067

Sewing machine operators ................. 8.92 9.00 357 360 40.0 18,563 18,720 2,080

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and

furnishings workers ....................... 11.67 10.00 460 400 39.4 23,928 20,800 2,050

Woodworking machine setters,

operators, and tenders ................. 11.71 11.44 450 456 38.5 23,426 23,725 2,001

Power plant operators, distributors,

and dispatchers ............................ 31.29 26.47 1,252 1,059 40.0 65,082 55,064 2,080

Stationary engineers and boiler

operators ...................................... 16.98 14.90 679 596 40.0 35,310 30,992 2,080

Water and liquid waste treatment

plant and system operators .......... 18.16 17.07 727 683 40.0 37,782 35,506 2,080

Miscellaneous plant and system

operators ...................................... 26.00 26.53 1,041 1,061 40.0 54,115 55,189 2,081

Petroleum pump system operators,

refinery operators, and

gaugers ..................................... 25.96 27.17 1,040 1,061 40.0 54,067 55,189 2,082

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing,

and blending workers ................... 12.50 11.45 500 458 40.0 25,998 23,816 2,080

Mixing and blending machine

setters, operators, and

tenders ...................................... 11.99 11.22 480 449 40.0 24,938 23,338 2,080

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle

operators and tenders .................. 12.96 13.09 519 524 40.0 26,964 27,223 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ 14.96 12.62 599 505 40.0 31,124 26,250 2,080

Packaging and filling machine

operators and tenders .................. 11.64 11.50 466 460 40.0 24,206 23,920 2,080

Painting workers ................................. 13.02 12.15 523 486 40.2 27,199 25,272 2,089

Coating, painting, and spraying

machine setters, operators, and

tenders ...................................... 11.07 11.25 443 450 40.0 23,030 23,400 2,080

Painters, transportation

equipment ................................. 14.94 13.80 602 552 40.3 31,314 28,704 2,096

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 10.63 10.00 423 400 39.8 21,983 20,800 2,068

Molders, shapers, and casters,

except metal and plastic ........... 9.47 8.50 379 340 40.0 19,697 17,680 2,080

Helpers--production workers .......... 10.29 10.22 409 409 39.7 21,257 21,247 2,065

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 14.12 11.85 574 474 40.7 29,624 24,544 2,098

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and

annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

First-line supervisors/managers of

helpers, laborers, and material

movers, hand ................................ $15.16 $13.87 $607 $555 40.1 $31,584 $28,850 2,084

First-line supervisors/managers of

transportation and

material-moving machine and

vehicle operators .......................... 21.30 21.88 870 875 40.9 45,242 45,504 2,124

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ...... 108.00 108.46 2,672 2,679 24.7 133,463 132,466 1,236

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight

engineers .................................. 136.95 154.34 2,806 2,951 20.5 145,896 153,427 1,065

Bus drivers .......................................... 13.81 13.51 513 484 37.2 22,773 18,720 1,648

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..... 16.35 16.60 654 664 40.0 34,006 34,528 2,080

Bus drivers, school ......................... 11.69 11.51 410 392 35.1 16,413 14,763 1,404

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 14.96 14.00 641 570 42.9 33,280 29,640 2,225

Driver/sales workers ....................... 16.49 16.54 691 682 41.9 35,947 35,484 2,180

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 15.85 14.98 699 600 44.1 36,328 31,200 2,292

Truck drivers, light or delivery

services .................................... 12.97 11.41 528 458 40.7 27,327 23,816 2,107

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ................ 7.73 7.25 305 280 39.4 15,853 14,560 2,050

Sailors and marine oilers .................... 13.44 14.38 597 575 44.5 31,060 29,900 2,312

Transportation inspectors ................... 18.78 17.54 818 829 43.5 42,512 43,103 2,264

Crane and tower operators ................. 16.83 17.76 673 710 40.0 35,013 36,945 2,080

Dredge, excavating, and loading

machine operators ........................ 12.30 12.50 492 500 40.0 25,588 26,000 2,080

Excavating and loading machine

and dragline operators .............. 12.30 12.50 492 500 40.0 25,588 26,000 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators .. 11.32 11.20 453 448 40.0 23,552 23,296 2,081

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 9.89 9.33 391 372 39.5 20,087 19,311 2,032

Cleaners of vehicles and

equipment ................................. 9.77 9.30 391 372 40.0 20,317 19,344 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 10.27 9.53 405 374 39.4 20,591 19,442 2,006

Machine feeders and offbearers ..... 10.81 9.75 432 390 40.0 22,480 20,280 2,080

Packers and packagers, hand ........ 8.05 7.50 315 300 39.1 16,381 15,600 2,035

Refuse and recyclable material

collectors ...................................... 11.30 10.92 452 437 40.0 23,496 22,709 2,080

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

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

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $17.69 $13.47 $706 $532 39.9 $36,612 $27,600 2,069

Management occupations ................... 39.96 35.58 1,651 1,435 41.3 85,702 74,603 2,145

General and operations managers ..... 41.72 38.72 1,808 1,615 43.3 94,027 83,990 2,254

Advertising and promotions

managers ...................................... 31.02 30.04 1,299 1,313 41.9 67,543 68,251 2,177

Marketing and sales managers .......... 48.57 38.99 2,033 1,733 41.9 105,729 90,137 2,177

Marketing managers ....................... 56.91 47.89 2,276 1,915 40.0 118,376 99,605 2,080

Sales managers .............................. 41.15 33.17 1,797 1,435 43.7 93,459 74,603 2,271

Administrative services managers ...... 34.04 36.15 1,416 1,568 41.6 73,638 81,536 2,163

Computer and information systems

managers ...................................... 49.69 48.40 1,990 1,936 40.1 103,499 100,674 2,083

Financial managers ............................ 52.73 45.71 2,145 1,891 40.7 111,552 98,344 2,115

Human resources managers .............. 32.43 32.05 1,304 1,305 40.2 67,809 67,885 2,091

Compensation and benefits

managers .................................. 31.45 32.64 1,258 1,305 40.0 65,413 67,885 2,080

Training and development

managers .................................. 28.57 29.99 1,143 1,200 40.0 59,420 62,375 2,080

Industrial production managers .......... 37.39 36.78 1,562 1,471 41.8 81,199 76,500 2,172

Purchasing managers ......................... 44.25 41.45 1,770 1,658 40.0 92,048 86,224 2,080

Transportation, storage, and

distribution managers ................... 31.74 31.84 1,263 1,273 39.8 65,688 66,221 2,070

Construction managers ...................... 33.18 31.46 1,377 1,280 41.5 70,429 66,560 2,122

Education administrators .................... 23.51 14.95 946 697 40.2 48,628 36,254 2,068

Education administrators,

preschool and child care

center/program ......................... 15.03 13.25 629 554 41.8 32,691 28,800 2,175

Education administrators,

postsecondary .......................... 33.90 36.38 1,231 1,364 36.3 62,032 70,000 1,830

Engineering managers ....................... 52.44 45.82 2,134 1,827 40.7 110,974 94,994 2,116

Food service managers ...................... 21.36 21.90 917 876 42.9 47,664 45,558 2,232

Medical and health services

managers ...................................... 29.20 24.37 1,215 1,024 41.6 63,159 53,233 2,163

Property, real estate, and community

association managers ................... 25.07 25.71 1,003 1,029 40.0 52,182 53,483 2,081

Social and community service

managers ...................................... 14.89 12.33 587 493 39.4 30,428 25,644 2,044

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 28.58 25.51 1,149 1,023 40.2 59,768 53,213 2,091

Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 27.45 24.24 1,123 1,011 40.9 58,403 52,562 2,128

Claims adjusters, appraisers,

examiners, and investigators ........ 23.56 23.13 928 919 39.4 48,244 47,796 2,047

Claims adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ............................. 23.00 22.98 904 910 39.3 47,002 47,312 2,044

Cost estimators ................................... 29.94 30.00 1,205 1,212 40.2 62,658 63,000 2,092

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 26.04 24.62 1,035 985 39.7 53,802 51,199 2,066

Employment, recruitment, and

placement specialists ............... 24.99 23.39 959 923 38.4 49,862 48,006 1,995

Compensation, benefits, and job

analysis specialists ................... 21.72 19.23 939 962 43.2 48,816 50,001 2,248

Training and development

specialists ................................. 31.22 26.44 1,248 1,058 40.0 64,903 54,999 2,079

Logisticians ......................................... 32.06 34.82 1,282 1,393 40.0 66,676 72,430 2,080

Management analysts ........................ 31.40 26.23 1,259 1,046 40.1 65,492 54,404 2,086

Accountants and auditors ................... 30.31 25.82 1,216 1,033 40.1 63,254 53,708 2,087

Financial analysts and advisors .......... 30.98 26.35 1,238 1,051 40.0 64,391 54,673 2,078

Financial analysts ........................... 33.98 27.09 1,359 1,084 40.0 70,685 56,347 2,080

Personal financial advisors ............. 24.61 23.11 984 924 40.0 51,183 48,060 2,080

Loan counselors and officers .............. 28.61 22.61 1,151 904 40.2 59,828 47,029 2,091

Loan officers ................................... 28.61 22.61 1,151 904 40.2 59,828 47,029 2,091

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 34.69 33.89 1,391 1,365 40.1 72,150 71,001 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Computer programmers ..................... $31.68 $31.90 $1,275 $1,276 40.2 $66,118 $66,354 2,087

Computer software engineers ............ 41.20 39.00 1,650 1,560 40.1 85,814 81,120 2,083

Computer software engineers,

applications ............................... 40.61 38.12 1,628 1,529 40.1 84,674 79,500 2,085

Computer software engineers,

systems software ...................... 41.86 40.10 1,674 1,604 40.0 87,061 83,406 2,080

Computer support specialists ............. 25.99 21.47 1,041 828 40.1 54,140 43,056 2,083

Computer systems analysts ............... 38.98 38.57 1,564 1,543 40.1 81,305 80,226 2,086

Database administrators ..................... 23.25 22.94 930 918 40.0 48,358 47,717 2,080

Network and computer systems

administrators ............................... 27.23 24.04 1,093 962 40.2 54,612 49,999 2,006

Network systems and data

communications analysts ............. 29.68 30.16 1,187 1,206 40.0 61,727 62,724 2,080

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 29.40 27.07 1,186 1,095 40.3 61,650 56,701 2,097

Architects, except naval ...................... 29.83 30.39 1,193 1,215 40.0 62,045 63,203 2,080

Architects, except landscape and

naval ......................................... 29.83 30.39 1,193 1,215 40.0 62,045 63,203 2,080

Engineers ........................................... 37.55 34.65 1,525 1,421 40.6 79,322 73,867 2,113

Chemical engineers ........................ 50.03 52.98 2,043 2,119 40.8 106,215 110,200 2,123

Civil engineers ................................ 30.05 28.97 1,282 1,304 42.7 66,658 67,799 2,218

Computer hardware engineers ....... 42.87 38.36 1,750 1,586 40.8 91,017 82,451 2,123

Electrical and electronics

engineers .................................. 36.40 34.71 1,478 1,393 40.6 76,850 72,426 2,111

Electrical engineers .................... 38.73 36.35 1,595 1,502 41.2 82,963 78,104 2,142

Electronics engineers, except

computer ............................... 33.98 33.55 1,359 1,342 40.0 70,676 69,780 2,080

Industrial engineers, including

health and safety ...................... 33.20 31.01 1,332 1,240 40.1 69,258 64,505 2,086

Industrial engineers .................... 32.39 30.26 1,300 1,210 40.1 67,593 62,939 2,087

Mechanical engineers ..................... 30.16 23.51 1,206 941 40.0 62,725 48,907 2,080

Petroleum engineers ...................... 48.50 42.20 1,940 1,688 40.0 100,887 87,776 2,080

Drafters ............................................... 22.23 21.25 890 850 40.0 46,183 44,200 2,078

Architectural and civil drafters ........ 24.19 22.12 968 885 40.0 50,325 45,999 2,080

Electrical and electronics drafters ... 16.63 16.00 665 640 40.0 34,594 33,280 2,080

Mechanical drafters ........................ 19.11 15.33 764 613 40.0 39,741 31,888 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 19.46 19.38 779 775 40.0 40,523 40,319 2,082

Electrical and electronic

engineering technicians ............ 23.31 22.70 932 908 40.0 48,485 47,216 2,080

Surveying and mapping technicians ... 17.68 13.27 707 531 40.0 36,782 27,610 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 35.42 32.02 1,429 1,281 40.4 74,322 66,602 2,099

Physical scientists .............................. 45.44 49.82 1,854 1,909 40.8 96,395 99,291 2,121

Environmental scientists and

geoscientists ............................. 50.30 52.24 2,062 2,115 41.0 107,204 110,001 2,131

Geoscientists, except

hydrologists and

geographers ......................... 53.99 52.24 2,220 2,242 41.1 115,458 116,586 2,139

Market and survey researchers .......... 38.61 34.62 1,544 1,385 40.0 80,309 71,999 2,080

Market research analysts ............... 38.61 34.62 1,544 1,385 40.0 80,309 71,999 2,080

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 16.14 16.31 645 666 40.0 33,383 34,632 2,069

Counselors ......................................... 19.28 17.31 766 692 39.7 39,537 36,005 2,050

Educational, vocational, and school

counselors ................................ 18.55 16.31 733 652 39.5 37,662 33,925 2,030

Social workers .................................... 17.93 18.37 721 737 40.2 37,499 38,314 2,092

Medical and public health social

workers ..................................... 19.07 19.46 763 778 40.0 39,666 40,477 2,080

Miscellaneous community and social

service specialists ......................... 10.80 9.04 432 362 40.0 22,424 18,720 2,077

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Social and human service

assistants .................................. $10.52 $9.00 $421 $360 40.0 $21,842 $18,720 2,076

Legal occupations ................................ 29.44 20.19 1,213 808 41.2 63,102 41,995 2,143

Lawyers .............................................. 57.92 54.33 2,561 2,269 44.2 133,190 118,000 2,300

Miscellaneous legal support workers .. 19.72 16.83 817 720 41.4 42,470 37,440 2,153

Title examiners, abstractors, and

searchers .................................. 20.26 19.24 842 800 41.6 43,788 41,600 2,161

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 26.04 18.59 1,031 715 39.6 45,940 33,151 1,764

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 49.82 35.17 1,948 1,385 39.1 84,547 60,019 1,697

Health teachers, postsecondary ..... 88.09 76.71 3,458 2,876 39.3 166,160 112,181 1,886

Arts, communications, and

humanities teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 39.78 35.02 1,495 1,291 37.6 58,758 48,000 1,477

Art, drama, and music teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 36.79 35.02 1,425 1,466 38.7 53,095 49,811 1,443

Miscellaneous postsecondary

teachers .................................... 30.94 23.65 1,224 956 39.6 54,113 45,500 1,749

Vocational education teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 16.63 16.02 663 641 39.9 34,478 33,328 2,073

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 19.59 18.15 779 674 39.8 32,339 31,897 1,650

Preschool and kindergarten

teachers .................................... 10.56 10.72 423 429 40.0 19,920 18,010 1,886

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 24.71 26.39 972 1,056 39.3 36,012 38,000 1,457

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 21.70 21.03 810 775 37.3 30,491 28,999 1,405

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 26.09 26.60 1,052 1,075 40.3 38,681 38,126 1,482

Secondary school teachers ............ 22.43 21.10 890 847 39.7 36,922 33,151 1,646

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 25.25 21.93 999 877 39.5 38,556 35,001 1,527

Other teachers and instructors ........... 15.72 16.76 599 604 38.1 27,701 26,140 1,762

Teacher assistants ............................. 9.13 8.50 361 324 39.6 17,375 16,640 1,904

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 20.66 16.73 821 664 39.8 42,157 35,000 2,041

Designers ........................................... 18.68 16.00 750 640 40.1 38,995 33,280 2,087

Graphic designers .......................... 17.37 15.00 696 600 40.1 36,175 31,198 2,083

News analysts, reporters and

correspondents ............................. 19.44 14.64 778 586 40.0 40,439 30,451 2,080

Reporters and correspondents ....... 22.09 19.30 883 772 40.0 45,941 40,144 2,080

Public relations specialists .................. 28.75 26.96 1,150 1,078 40.0 59,804 56,081 2,080

Writers and editors ............................. 18.49 17.31 744 692 40.3 38,708 36,001 2,093

Editors ............................................ 16.94 17.31 678 692 40.0 35,234 36,001 2,080

Technical writers ............................. 19.06 17.05 762 682 40.0 39,646 35,454 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 25.01 20.57 993 808 39.7 51,644 41,999 2,065

Pharmacists ........................................ 47.57 47.00 1,909 1,880 40.1 99,263 97,760 2,087

Physicians and surgeons .................... 92.01 96.23 4,176 3,646 45.4 217,150 189,584 2,360

Registered nurses .............................. 27.01 26.25 1,065 1,040 39.4 55,398 54,080 2,051

Therapists ........................................... 30.30 28.88 1,203 1,134 39.7 62,546 58,989 2,064

Occupational therapists .................. 26.58 31.55 1,063 1,262 40.0 55,292 65,624 2,080

Physical therapists .......................... 36.03 31.92 1,420 1,277 39.4 73,844 66,394 2,049

Respiratory therapists ..................... 21.51 21.13 859 845 39.9 44,667 43,952 2,077

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians .................................... 15.47 14.00 616 560 39.8 32,045 29,120 2,072

Medical and clinical laboratory

technologists ............................. 22.00 21.75 880 870 40.0 45,757 45,240 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Medical and clinical laboratory

technicians ................................ $12.50 $11.42 $497 $457 39.8 $25,854 $23,754 2,068

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 21.25 22.00 850 880 40.0 44,200 45,760 2,080

Cardiovascular technologists and

technicians ................................ 16.68 15.34 667 614 40.0 34,697 31,907 2,080

Radiologic technologists and

technicians ................................ 22.67 23.00 907 920 40.0 47,162 47,840 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 15.64 15.36 618 615 39.5 32,145 31,957 2,055

Pharmacy technicians .................... 13.56 13.50 536 540 39.5 27,847 28,059 2,054

Respiratory therapy technicians ..... 19.88 19.47 795 779 40.0 41,349 40,498 2,080

Surgical technologists ..................... 17.42 16.41 685 656 39.3 35,629 34,124 2,046

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 17.43 17.00 686 672 39.3 35,657 34,944 2,046

Medical records and health

information technicians ................. 15.32 14.00 608 560 39.7 31,637 29,120 2,065

Miscellaneous health technologists

and technicians ............................. 23.64 16.85 945 674 40.0 49,124 35,044 2,078

Occupational health and safety

specialists and technicians ........... 22.63 25.70 905 1,028 40.0 47,065 53,460 2,080

Occupational health and safety

specialists ................................. 22.63 25.70 905 1,028 40.0 47,065 53,460 2,080

Healthcare support occupations ......... 11.47 10.00 437 390 38.1 22,715 20,259 1,981

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 8.93 8.63 336 340 37.7 17,490 17,680 1,959

Home health aides .......................... 7.57 7.00 255 254 33.7 13,255 13,208 1,751

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 9.27 9.00 363 345 39.1 18,860 17,919 2,035

Psychiatric aides ............................. 9.58 8.75 354 342 36.9 18,408 17,776 1,921

Physical therapist assistants and

aides ............................................. 24.84 27.82 994 1,113 40.0 51,665 57,861 2,080

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 12.49 12.00 479 450 38.4 24,920 23,407 1,996

Dental assistants ............................ 16.51 15.25 568 576 34.4 29,561 29,952 1,791

Medical assistants .......................... 10.82 10.45 432 418 39.9 22,468 21,736 2,077

Protective service occupations ........... 10.37 10.00 413 400 39.8 21,273 20,800 2,051

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 9.95 9.75 396 390 39.8 20,592 20,280 2,070

Security guards ............................... 9.95 9.75 396 390 39.8 20,592 20,280 2,070

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 7.25 7.00 277 270 38.2 14,340 13,943 1,979

First-line supervisors/managers, food

preparation and serving workers .. 13.03 12.50 549 541 42.2 28,567 28,151 2,192

First-line supervisors/managers of

food preparation and serving

workers ..................................... 13.03 12.50 549 541 42.2 28,567 28,151 2,192

Cooks ................................................. 8.71 8.30 336 328 38.5 17,365 16,950 1,993

Cooks, fast food .............................. 7.44 7.50 274 290 36.8 14,251 15,080 1,915

Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...... 9.82 9.50 383 368 39.0 19,320 18,720 1,968

Cooks, restaurant ........................... 8.99 8.71 349 348 38.8 18,151 18,111 2,018

Cooks, short order .......................... 8.06 8.15 322 326 40.0 16,756 16,952 2,080

Food preparation workers ................... 7.93 7.25 307 274 38.8 15,986 14,265 2,017

Food service, tipped ........................... 3.98 3.50 147 113 36.9 7,620 5,824 1,913

Bartenders ...................................... 5.65 5.83 209 220 37.0 10,709 11,440 1,895

Waiters and waitresses .................. 3.09 2.30 113 85 36.5 5,855 4,430 1,897

Dining room and cafeteria

attendants and bartender

helpers ...................................... 6.26 6.36 240 246 38.3 12,456 12,792 1,991

Fast food and counter workers ........... 7.46 7.00 284 260 38.1 14,715 13,520 1,973

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Combined food preparation and

serving workers, including fast

food ........................................... $7.44 $6.75 $283 $260 38.1 $14,717 $13,520 1,979

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food

concession, and coffee shop .... 7.61 7.69 289 277 38.0 14,702 14,386 1,933

Food servers, nonrestaurant .............. 7.60 7.00 289 280 38.0 15,011 14,560 1,974

Dishwashers ....................................... 7.37 7.25 285 278 38.7 14,835 14,456 2,013

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant,

lounge, and coffee shop ............... 6.46 7.00 235 219 36.3 12,202 11,408 1,888

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 8.52 7.81 328 302 38.5 17,011 15,704 1,998

First-line supervisors/managers,

building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance workers ................... 11.62 10.67 460 366 39.6 23,922 19,032 2,060

First-line supervisors/managers of

housekeeping and janitorial

workers ..................................... 11.30 9.00 439 360 38.9 22,846 18,720 2,023

Building cleaning workers ................... 8.36 7.55 321 299 38.4 16,633 15,560 1,989

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 8.87 8.32 350 322 39.4 18,175 16,756 2,050

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 7.43 7.00 275 270 37.0 14,210 14,040 1,912

Grounds maintenance workers ........... 8.22 8.00 325 320 39.5 16,795 16,320 2,044

Landscaping and groundskeeping

workers ..................................... 7.79 8.00 308 320 39.5 15,901 16,320 2,040

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 10.50 8.62 385 338 36.7 19,788 17,472 1,885

First-line supervisors/managers of

personal service workers .............. 12.08 12.01 465 448 38.5 24,205 23,271 2,004

Nonfarm animal caretakers ................ 10.89 10.00 436 400 40.0 22,652 20,800 2,080

Barbers and cosmetologists ............... 10.01 9.46 366 331 36.5 19,021 17,221 1,900

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and

cosmetologists .......................... 10.25 9.53 382 339 37.3 19,852 17,611 1,937

Baggage porters, bellhops, and

concierges .................................... 6.59 6.50 263 260 40.0 13,697 13,520 2,080

Baggage porters and bellhops ........ 6.59 6.50 263 260 40.0 13,697 13,520 2,080

Transportation attendants ................... 33.81 37.54 684 719 20.2 35,555 37,402 1,052

Flight attendants ............................. 40.53 42.67 724 721 17.9 37,644 37,503 929

Child care workers .............................. 8.17 8.00 321 306 39.3 16,670 15,912 2,040

Recreation and fitness workers .......... 13.88 15.63 494 469 35.6 14,477 3,037 1,043

Sales and related occupations ............ 16.88 11.75 683 464 40.5 35,480 24,134 2,102

First-line supervisors/managers, sales

workers ......................................... 21.03 15.03 868 601 41.3 45,150 31,269 2,147

First-line supervisors/managers of

retail sales workers ................... 16.07 14.42 659 588 41.0 34,288 30,576 2,133

First-line supervisors/managers of

non-retail sales workers ............ 33.95 18.46 1,426 808 42.0 74,148 42,013 2,184

Retail sales workers ........................... 11.19 9.17 449 360 40.2 23,336 18,658 2,086

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 8.13 7.50 318 300 39.1 16,476 15,600 2,026

Cashiers ..................................... 8.13 7.50 318 300 39.1 16,476 15,600 2,026

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ............................ 13.69 11.13 547 452 40.0 28,469 23,504 2,080

Counter and rental clerks ........... 13.02 10.77 519 431 39.9 26,987 22,404 2,072

Parts salespersons ..................... 14.83 13.12 597 525 40.3 31,056 27,298 2,094

Retail salespersons ........................ 12.16 9.76 496 386 40.8 25,773 20,066 2,120

Advertising sales agents ..................... 47.67 25.92 1,780 832 37.3 92,544 43,257 1,941

Insurance sales agents ....................... 20.19 17.31 822 692 40.7 42,735 36,001 2,117

Securities, commodities, and financial

services sales agents ................... 22.39 19.27 896 771 40.0 46,576 40,086 2,080

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ............................... 29.53 23.66 1,215 950 41.2 63,196 49,400 2,140

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Sales representatives, wholesale

and manufacturing, technical

and scientific products .............. $36.93 $35.43 $1,509 $1,417 40.9 $78,483 $73,694 2,125

Sales representatives, wholesale

and manufacturing, except

technical and scientific

products .................................... 26.47 22.12 1,092 923 41.3 56,793 47,986 2,146

Models, demonstrators, and product

promoters ..................................... 11.97 11.54 478 462 40.0 24,860 24,003 2,078

Demonstrators and product

promoters ................................. 11.97 11.54 478 462 40.0 24,860 24,003 2,078

Telemarketers ..................................... 10.82 10.25 431 394 39.8 22,422 20,475 2,072

Miscellaneous sales and related

workers ......................................... 12.61 10.65 503 426 39.9 26,083 22,154 2,069

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 13.73 12.79 544 508 39.6 28,260 26,399 2,058

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 22.09 20.35 883 814 40.0 45,912 42,328 2,078

Switchboard operators, including

answering service ......................... 10.01 10.23 389 403 38.9 20,218 20,966 2,021

Financial clerks ................................... 13.69 13.31 544 531 39.8 28,285 27,581 2,066

Bill and account collectors .............. 14.28 14.00 570 560 39.9 29,642 29,120 2,075

Billing and posting clerks and

machine operators .................... 13.22 13.00 524 520 39.6 27,236 27,040 2,060

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 14.35 14.03 569 559 39.7 29,585 29,078 2,061

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ....... 13.66 14.00 532 560 38.9 27,650 29,120 2,023

Procurement clerks ......................... 16.38 15.06 655 602 40.0 34,078 31,319 2,080

Tellers ............................................. 11.33 11.11 453 444 40.0 23,572 23,100 2,080

Credit authorizers, checkers, and

clerks ............................................ 13.59 13.00 532 504 39.2 27,677 26,204 2,037

Customer service representatives ...... 13.99 12.74 554 510 39.6 28,790 26,499 2,057

File clerks ........................................... 11.41 11.80 455 472 39.9 23,656 24,550 2,073

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ... 8.08 8.00 307 290 38.0 15,980 15,080 1,978

Interviewers, except eligibility and

loan ............................................... 12.15 10.95 488 438 40.1 25,373 22,797 2,088

Loan interviewers and clerks .............. 15.00 13.82 594 536 39.6 30,898 27,857 2,060

New accounts clerks ........................... 11.40 10.86 455 434 39.9 23,645 22,589 2,075

Order clerks ........................................ 11.65 10.25 462 410 39.6 24,010 21,320 2,060

Human resources assistants, except

payroll and timekeeping ................ 15.64 15.87 623 635 39.8 32,414 32,999 2,072

Receptionists and information clerks .. 10.49 10.00 415 400 39.6 21,552 20,800 2,054

Reservation and transportation ticket

agents and travel clerks ................ 16.25 15.81 650 632 40.0 33,809 32,885 2,080

Couriers and messengers .................. 10.27 9.73 391 389 38.0 20,315 20,230 1,978

Dispatchers ......................................... 13.06 11.00 526 420 40.3 27,336 21,840 2,094

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and

ambulance ................................ 13.16 11.00 530 420 40.3 27,559 21,840 2,094

Production, planning, and expediting

clerks ............................................ 15.39 15.34 615 614 40.0 32,006 31,907 2,080

Shipping, receiving, and traffic

clerks ............................................ 11.37 10.61 453 424 39.8 23,566 22,069 2,072

Stock clerks and order fillers .............. 11.52 10.50 462 410 40.1 23,875 21,320 2,072

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 16.63 16.35 653 645 39.3 33,947 33,530 2,042

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 19.78 19.10 789 764 39.9 41,000 39,730 2,073

Legal secretaries ............................ 15.39 14.90 587 563 38.2 30,537 29,274 1,984

Medical secretaries ......................... 13.40 12.67 530 507 39.5 27,542 26,345 2,055

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 15.81 16.25 615 630 38.9 31,972 32,744 2,022

Computer operators ............................ 17.30 17.89 691 716 39.9 35,928 37,207 2,077

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Data entry and information processing

workers ......................................... $11.77 $11.54 $468 $462 39.8 $24,169 $23,500 2,054

Data entry keyers ........................... 11.29 11.00 450 440 39.9 23,185 22,880 2,053

Word processors and typists .......... 13.48 12.15 533 486 39.5 27,716 25,272 2,056

Desktop publishers ............................. 16.84 14.95 641 561 38.1 33,336 29,160 1,980

Insurance claims and policy

processing clerks .......................... 13.78 13.54 541 518 39.3 28,152 26,911 2,043

Mail clerks and mail machine

operators, except postal service ... 10.97 9.62 434 395 39.6 22,591 20,534 2,060

Office clerks, general .......................... 11.91 11.45 470 458 39.5 24,449 23,816 2,053

Farming, fishing, and forestry

occupations .................................... 12.80 9.65 512 386 40.0 24,338 20,669 1,901

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 15.63 13.50 631 540 40.4 32,721 28,080 2,094

First-line supervisors/managers of

construction trades and extraction

workers ......................................... 23.74 20.75 989 812 41.7 51,440 42,249 2,167

Carpenters .......................................... 13.41 13.00 536 520 40.0 27,768 27,040 2,071

Cement masons, concrete finishers,

and terrazzo workers .................... 11.31 11.35 452 454 40.0 23,314 23,400 2,061

Cement masons and concrete

finishers .................................... 11.31 11.35 452 454 40.0 23,314 23,400 2,061

Construction laborers ......................... 10.33 9.50 414 380 40.1 21,473 19,760 2,079

Construction equipment operators ..... 13.77 14.00 551 560 40.0 28,646 29,120 2,080

Paving, surfacing, and tamping

equipment operators ................. 11.83 11.50 473 460 40.0 24,616 23,920 2,080

Operating engineers and other

construction equipment

operators .................................. 14.42 14.25 577 570 40.0 29,994 29,640 2,080

Electricians ......................................... 16.11 15.00 644 600 40.0 33,499 31,200 2,080

Insulation workers ............................... 17.36 18.61 694 744 40.0 36,102 38,709 2,080

Insulation workers, mechanical ...... 17.53 18.61 701 744 40.0 36,468 38,709 2,080

Painters and paperhangers ................ 13.09 13.53 524 541 40.0 27,226 28,134 2,080

Painters, construction and

maintenance ............................. 13.09 13.53 524 541 40.0 27,226 28,134 2,080

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 18.03 17.99 721 720 40.0 37,501 37,423 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................... 18.72 19.00 749 760 40.0 38,946 39,520 2,080

Sheet metal workers ........................... 14.35 14.00 574 560 40.0 29,844 29,120 2,080

Helpers, construction trades ............... 10.89 11.00 436 440 40.0 22,583 22,880 2,073

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers,

pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 12.96 14.00 518 560 40.0 26,958 29,120 2,080

Miscellaneous construction and

related workers ............................. 14.16 12.02 566 481 40.0 29,455 25,002 2,080

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit

operators, oil, gas, and mining ..... 21.09 22.16 843 886 40.0 43,862 46,082 2,080

Roustabouts, oil and gas .................... 20.19 19.50 808 780 40.0 41,996 40,560 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 17.79 16.60 719 673 40.4 37,227 34,986 2,093

First-line supervisors/managers of

mechanics, installers, and

repairers ....................................... 24.22 23.13 1,029 979 42.5 53,521 50,918 2,209

Computer, automated teller, and

office machine repairers ............... 14.59 15.00 583 600 40.0 30,339 31,200 2,080

Radio and telecommunications

equipment installers and

repairers ....................................... 20.72 23.60 829 944 40.0 43,093 49,088 2,080

Telecommunications equipment

installers and repairers, except

line installers ............................. 20.72 23.60 829 944 40.0 43,093 49,088 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Miscellaneous electrical and

electronic equipment mechanics,

installers, and repairers ................ $18.23 $17.25 $734 $690 40.3 $38,192 $35,880 2,095

Electrical and electronics repairers,

commercial and industrial

equipment ................................. 18.65 17.92 746 717 40.0 38,786 37,274 2,080

Aircraft mechanics and service

technicians .................................... 27.19 26.64 1,147 1,066 42.2 56,821 55,411 2,090

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 16.49 14.43 677 588 41.1 35,207 30,599 2,136

Automotive body and related

repairers ................................... 14.76 14.43 594 577 40.3 30,898 30,004 2,094

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 17.03 15.25 704 655 41.3 36,594 34,060 2,149

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel

engine specialists ......................... 16.37 15.50 660 620 40.3 34,316 32,240 2,097

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment

service technicians and

mechanics .................................... 17.45 17.25 698 690 40.0 36,292 35,880 2,080

Mobile heavy equipment

mechanics, except engines ...... 16.90 16.05 676 642 40.0 35,152 33,384 2,080

Rail car repairers ............................ 19.18 18.24 767 730 40.0 39,904 37,939 2,080

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics and

installers ....................................... 20.44 19.23 815 800 39.9 42,368 41,600 2,072

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 16.46 16.60 657 664 40.0 34,075 34,530 2,070

Industrial machinery mechanics ..... 19.97 18.55 799 742 40.0 41,132 38,584 2,060

Maintenance and repair workers,

general ...................................... 13.83 11.81 553 472 40.0 28,743 24,563 2,079

Maintenance workers, machinery ... 15.18 13.65 603 546 39.7 31,354 28,371 2,065

Line installers and repairers ............... 23.47 24.15 939 966 40.0 48,826 50,238 2,080

Electrical power-line installers and

repairers ................................... 25.04 25.59 1,001 1,024 40.0 52,075 53,227 2,080

Telecommunications line installers

and repairers ............................ 22.28 24.15 891 966 40.0 46,334 50,238 2,080

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 13.38 12.00 535 480 40.0 27,378 24,960 2,046

Helpers--installation, maintenance,

and repair workers .................... 11.30 10.67 452 427 40.0 22,352 21,840 1,978

Production occupations ...................... 13.25 11.58 529 460 39.9 27,492 23,920 2,075

First-line supervisors/managers of

production and operating

workers ......................................... 21.02 20.29 845 812 40.2 43,931 42,201 2,090

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging,

and systems assemblers .............. 20.23 21.56 809 862 40.0 42,087 44,836 2,080

Electrical, electronics, and

electromechanical assemblers ..... 11.33 11.47 453 459 39.9 23,547 23,858 2,077

Electrical and electronic equipment

assemblers ............................... 11.52 11.49 460 460 39.9 23,920 23,903 2,077

Miscellaneous assemblers and

fabricators ..................................... 11.78 10.00 470 400 39.9 24,437 20,800 2,075

Bakers ................................................ 9.90 9.25 396 370 40.0 20,595 19,240 2,080

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and

fish processing workers ................ 10.71 9.75 425 390 39.7 22,090 20,280 2,063

Butchers and meat cutters .............. 14.75 15.00 563 585 38.2 29,261 30,430 1,984

Miscellaneous food processing

workers ......................................... 10.88 11.52 435 461 40.0 22,622 23,962 2,080

Computer control programmers and

operators ...................................... 17.09 15.50 717 600 41.9 37,274 31,200 2,181

Computer-controlled machine tool

operators, metal and plastic ..... 17.01 15.50 715 599 42.0 37,188 31,150 2,186

See footnotes at end of table.

129
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Forming machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic ...... $10.13 $8.00 $403 $320 39.8 $20,955 $16,640 2,068

Extruding and drawing machine

setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ....................... 9.79 8.00 389 320 39.7 20,239 16,640 2,067

Machine tool cutting setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 12.16 12.25 486 490 40.0 25,289 25,480 2,080

Cutting, punching, and press

machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ......... 10.60 10.60 424 424 40.0 22,038 22,048 2,080

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and

buffing machine tool setters,

operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic ................................ 11.82 12.50 473 500 40.0 24,580 26,000 2,080

Lathe and turning machine tool

setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ....................... 15.11 13.00 604 520 40.0 31,427 27,040 2,080

Machinists ........................................... 16.49 15.00 660 600 40.0 34,345 31,200 2,082

Molders and molding machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 9.95 9.15 396 360 39.7 20,567 18,720 2,067

Molding, coremaking, and casting

machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ......... 9.95 9.15 396 360 39.7 20,567 18,720 2,067

Multiple machine tool setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................... 12.29 11.91 491 476 40.0 25,555 24,773 2,080

Tool and die makers ........................... 19.99 20.21 800 808 40.0 41,581 42,037 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing

workers ......................................... 13.84 12.22 554 489 40.0 28,787 25,409 2,080

Welders, cutters, solderers, and

brazers ...................................... 13.90 12.22 556 489 40.0 28,918 25,409 2,080

Miscellaneous metalworkers and

plastic workers .............................. 13.69 13.89 544 556 39.8 28,307 28,891 2,067

Plating and coating machine

setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ....................... 10.64 7.25 424 290 39.9 22,051 15,080 2,072

Bookbinders and bindery workers ...... 11.79 9.71 467 388 39.6 24,290 20,197 2,061

Bindery workers .............................. 11.14 8.75 441 350 39.6 22,922 18,200 2,059

Printers ............................................... 15.48 14.15 616 562 39.8 32,033 29,245 2,069

Prepress technicians and workers .. 16.65 14.98 660 577 39.6 34,308 30,000 2,060

Printing machine operators ............. 15.39 14.06 613 562 39.8 31,867 29,245 2,071

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..... 8.47 8.13 337 325 39.7 17,505 16,900 2,066

Sewing machine operators ................. 8.92 9.00 357 360 40.0 18,563 18,720 2,080

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and

furnishings workers ....................... 11.67 10.00 460 400 39.4 23,928 20,800 2,050

Woodworking machine setters,

operators, and tenders ................. 11.71 11.44 450 456 38.5 23,426 23,725 2,001

Power plant operators, distributors,

and dispatchers ............................ 33.24 28.13 1,330 1,125 40.0 69,146 58,510 2,080

Stationary engineers and boiler

operators ...................................... 17.96 15.63 719 625 40.0 37,364 32,510 2,080

Miscellaneous plant and system

operators ...................................... 26.06 26.53 1,043 1,061 40.0 54,235 55,189 2,081

Petroleum pump system operators,

refinery operators, and

gaugers ..................................... 25.96 27.17 1,040 1,061 40.0 54,067 55,189 2,082

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing,

and blending workers ................... 12.77 11.50 511 460 40.0 26,561 23,920 2,080

Mixing and blending machine

setters, operators, and

tenders ...................................... 11.99 11.22 480 449 40.0 24,938 23,338 2,080

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle

operators and tenders .................. 12.96 13.09 519 524 40.0 26,964 27,223 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean

weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,

and weighers ................................ $14.96 $12.62 $598 $505 40.0 $31,119 $26,250 2,080

Packaging and filling machine

operators and tenders .................. 11.64 11.50 466 460 40.0 24,206 23,920 2,080

Painting workers ................................. 12.86 12.00 517 480 40.2 26,866 24,960 2,089

Coating, painting, and spraying

machine setters, operators, and

tenders ...................................... 11.07 11.25 443 450 40.0 23,030 23,400 2,080

Painters, transportation

equipment ................................. 14.73 12.85 594 514 40.3 30,872 26,722 2,096

Miscellaneous production workers ..... 10.57 9.99 421 396 39.8 21,847 20,602 2,067

Molders, shapers, and casters,

except metal and plastic ........... 9.47 8.50 379 340 40.0 19,697 17,680 2,080

Helpers--production workers .......... 10.29 10.22 409 409 39.7 21,247 21,247 2,065

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 14.14 11.76 577 474 40.8 29,853 24,606 2,111

First-line supervisors/managers of

helpers, laborers, and material

movers, hand ................................ 15.14 13.87 607 555 40.1 31,555 28,850 2,084

First-line supervisors/managers of

transportation and

material-moving machine and

vehicle operators .......................... 22.53 21.88 927 875 41.2 48,206 45,504 2,140

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ...... 108.00 108.46 2,672 2,679 24.7 133,463 132,466 1,236

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight

engineers .................................. 136.95 154.34 2,806 2,951 20.5 145,896 153,427 1,065

Bus drivers .......................................... 14.77 17.05 591 682 40.0 30,732 35,464 2,080

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 15.03 14.00 646 575 43.0 33,528 29,798 2,231

Driver/sales workers ....................... 16.49 16.54 691 682 41.9 35,947 35,484 2,180

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 15.94 15.00 705 600 44.2 36,678 31,200 2,300

Truck drivers, light or delivery

services .................................... 13.03 11.41 531 460 40.7 27,477 23,920 2,110

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ................ 7.63 7.25 301 280 39.4 15,633 14,560 2,049

Sailors and marine oilers .................... 13.44 14.38 597 575 44.5 31,060 29,900 2,312

Crane and tower operators ................. 16.82 17.76 673 710 40.0 34,986 36,945 2,080

Dredge, excavating, and loading

machine operators ........................ 12.30 12.50 492 500 40.0 25,588 26,000 2,080

Excavating and loading machine

and dragline operators .............. 12.30 12.50 492 500 40.0 25,588 26,000 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators .. 11.32 11.20 453 448 40.0 23,552 23,296 2,081

Laborers and material movers, hand .. 9.89 9.32 391 372 39.5 20,086 19,311 2,031

Cleaners of vehicles and

equipment ................................. 9.73 9.30 389 372 40.0 20,248 19,344 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 10.29 9.53 405 374 39.4 20,628 19,442 2,005

Machine feeders and offbearers ..... 10.81 9.75 432 390 40.0 22,480 20,280 2,080

Packers and packagers, hand ........ 8.05 7.50 315 300 39.1 16,381 15,600 2,035

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

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

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $20.15 $16.85 $798 $681 39.6 $36,805 $34,748 1,826

Management occupations ................... 34.48 31.98 1,377 1,279 39.9 66,179 59,760 1,920

General and operations managers ..... 37.33 40.79 1,478 1,444 39.6 76,790 75,088 2,057

Administrative services managers ...... 22.83 21.39 913 856 40.0 47,442 44,537 2,078

Computer and information systems

managers ...................................... 32.27 31.98 1,285 1,279 39.8 65,895 66,520 2,042

Financial managers ............................ 35.01 35.39 1,407 1,416 40.2 73,166 73,611 2,090

Human resources managers .............. 40.84 44.20 1,592 1,810 39.0 78,320 88,772 1,918

Education administrators .................... 41.75 37.81 1,655 1,497 39.7 77,030 65,594 1,845

Education administrators,

elementary and secondary

school ....................................... 38.08 37.81 1,481 1,491 38.9 66,191 63,692 1,738

Education administrators,

postsecondary .......................... 48.57 35.03 2,003 1,542 41.2 101,449 70,242 2,089

Medical and health services

managers ...................................... 29.15 27.45 1,166 1,098 40.0 60,641 57,092 2,080

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 20.82 19.28 829 771 39.8 42,535 40,092 2,043

Human resources, training, and labor

relations specialists ...................... 18.78 16.27 751 651 40.0 38,944 33,837 2,073

Training and development

specialists ................................. 29.81 25.52 1,192 1,021 40.0 60,977 53,082 2,045

Accountants and auditors ................... 19.62 18.75 778 746 39.7 40,417 38,766 2,060

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 21.64 20.78 858 828 39.7 44,254 42,322 2,045

Computer programmers ..................... 23.58 24.52 933 981 39.6 48,283 49,341 2,047

Computer support specialists ............. 17.02 15.35 672 614 39.5 34,932 31,928 2,053

Computer systems analysts ............... 20.26 18.13 807 725 39.8 41,946 37,702 2,071

Architecture and engineering

occupations .................................... 20.25 17.44 810 698 40.0 42,128 36,281 2,080

Engineers ........................................... 28.94 24.08 1,158 963 40.0 60,200 50,080 2,080

Engineering technicians, except

drafters ......................................... 18.28 15.85 731 634 40.0 38,026 32,968 2,080

Civil engineering technicians .......... 20.05 15.85 802 634 40.0 41,706 32,968 2,080

Life, physical, and social science

occupations .................................... 22.30 22.51 885 900 39.7 43,452 46,521 1,948

Life scientists ...................................... 20.76 20.88 832 833 40.1 43,267 43,326 2,084

Physical scientists .............................. 18.31 16.50 733 660 40.0 38,094 34,310 2,080

Environmental scientists and

geoscientists ............................. 18.31 16.50 733 660 40.0 38,094 34,310 2,080

Psychologists ...................................... 30.24 30.91 1,159 1,211 38.3 48,317 49,412 1,598

Clinical, counseling, and school

psychologists ............................ 30.78 33.18 1,164 1,267 37.8 47,732 49,412 1,551

Urban and regional planners .............. 24.96 22.54 999 901 40.0 51,923 46,875 2,080

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 18.43 15.35 734 614 39.8 35,927 32,460 1,950

Counselors ......................................... 28.94 31.98 1,143 1,234 39.5 49,112 49,830 1,697

Educational, vocational, and school

counselors ................................ 31.42 33.27 1,237 1,298 39.4 51,754 52,630 1,647

Social workers .................................... 16.28 14.78 651 591 40.0 32,403 30,139 1,991

Child, family, and school social

workers ..................................... 16.05 14.56 642 582 40.0 31,080 29,607 1,937

Medical and public health social

workers ..................................... 17.70 15.68 708 627 40.0 36,811 32,604 2,080

Mental health and substance abuse

social workers ........................... 15.19 13.55 608 542 40.0 31,594 28,184 2,080

Miscellaneous community and social

service specialists ......................... 14.46 14.26 578 570 39.9 30,036 29,659 2,077

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Probation officers and correctional

treatment specialists ................. $15.46 $14.92 $618 $597 40.0 $32,157 $31,023 2,080

Social and human service

assistants .................................. 13.45 13.04 538 522 40.0 27,972 27,132 2,080

Legal occupations ................................ 38.32 34.25 1,560 1,587 40.7 81,120 82,501 2,117

Lawyers .............................................. 39.83 35.82 1,643 1,587 41.2 85,425 82,501 2,144

Judges, magistrates, and other

judicial workers ............................. 53.64 52.33 2,146 2,093 40.0 111,573 108,855 2,080

Judges, magistrate judges, and

magistrates ............................... 53.64 52.33 2,146 2,093 40.0 111,573 108,855 2,080

Miscellaneous legal support workers .. 25.26 23.41 1,004 819 39.7 52,202 42,610 2,066

Education, training, and library

occupations .................................... 27.96 28.06 1,073 1,091 38.4 41,269 41,102 1,476

Postsecondary teachers ..................... 38.41 33.30 1,512 1,321 39.4 63,251 52,570 1,647

Math and computer teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 33.53 33.61 1,331 1,322 39.7 52,118 52,057 1,554

Health teachers, postsecondary ..... 47.06 33.65 1,878 1,293 39.9 93,069 58,899 1,978

Health specialties teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 47.06 33.65 1,878 1,293 39.9 93,069 58,899 1,978

Arts, communications, and

humanities teachers,

postsecondary .......................... 30.38 29.63 1,153 1,090 37.9 44,805 42,526 1,475

Miscellaneous postsecondary

teachers .................................... 40.67 35.38 1,607 1,415 39.5 65,356 56,353 1,607

Vocational education teachers,

postsecondary ...................... 30.41 29.05 1,205 1,123 39.6 47,837 44,053 1,573

Primary, secondary, and special

education school teachers ............ 29.50 28.89 1,124 1,113 38.1 42,295 41,771 1,434

Preschool and kindergarten

teachers .................................... 29.68 29.12 1,106 1,101 37.3 41,254 41,185 1,390

Kindergarten teachers, except

special education .................. 30.28 29.94 1,122 1,134 37.1 41,776 42,430 1,380

Elementary and middle school

teachers .................................... 29.36 28.57 1,119 1,113 38.1 41,848 41,251 1,425

Elementary school teachers,

except special education ...... 29.12 28.44 1,113 1,104 38.2 41,634 41,180 1,430

Middle school teachers, except

special and vocational

education .............................. 30.33 29.79 1,141 1,149 37.6 42,723 42,524 1,409

Secondary school teachers ............ 29.53 29.25 1,132 1,113 38.3 43,090 42,334 1,459

Secondary school teachers,

except special and vocational

education .............................. 29.79 29.51 1,138 1,114 38.2 42,747 41,988 1,435

Vocational education teachers,

secondary school .................. 26.32 23.29 1,050 931 39.9 48,596 48,433 1,846

Special education teachers ............ 30.97 30.22 1,147 1,147 37.1 42,674 42,438 1,378

Special education teachers,

preschool, kindergarten, and

elementary school ................ 30.84 29.58 1,137 1,133 36.9 42,197 42,157 1,368

Special education teachers,

secondary school .................. 31.10 31.20 1,164 1,163 37.4 43,485 43,490 1,398

Other teachers and instructors ........... 25.13 25.87 982 1,030 39.1 38,294 38,760 1,524

Librarians ............................................ 22.38 18.39 885 736 39.5 41,725 39,766 1,865

Library technicians .............................. 12.80 12.77 500 511 39.0 25,291 26,562 1,975

Teacher assistants ............................. 10.89 10.42 417 405 38.3 15,550 15,158 1,428

Arts, design, entertainment, sports,

and media occupations .................. 32.77 22.44 1,307 898 39.9 65,355 42,750 1,994

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 22.10 21.39 886 857 40.1 44,204 41,891 2,000

Pharmacists ........................................ 36.63 41.58 1,465 1,663 40.0 76,201 86,486 2,080

Registered nurses .............................. 26.20 25.49 1,039 1,010 39.7 51,232 49,587 1,956

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Therapists ........................................... $26.29 $26.06 $1,034 $1,042 39.3 $40,759 $38,773 1,550

Speech-language pathologists ....... 28.09 26.06 1,103 1,042 39.3 40,902 38,773 1,456

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians .................................... 19.41 18.71 767 756 39.5 39,889 39,333 2,055

Medical and clinical laboratory

technologists ............................. 21.11 21.25 831 850 39.4 43,207 44,200 2,047

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 23.57 21.92 943 877 40.0 49,016 45,594 2,080

Radiologic technologists and

technicians ................................ 23.32 21.78 933 871 40.0 48,512 45,302 2,080

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics ................................... 16.00 17.83 639 713 39.9 33,222 37,086 2,076

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 16.82 15.71 670 628 39.8 34,842 32,677 2,071

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 15.11 14.33 604 570 40.0 31,331 29,661 2,073

Healthcare support occupations ......... 10.79 10.25 428 409 39.7 21,604 21,212 2,003

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 10.06 10.04 401 400 39.8 20,598 20,654 2,047

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 10.04 9.93 401 397 40.0 20,589 20,484 2,051

Physical therapist assistants and

aides ............................................. 10.25 10.02 410 401 40.0 21,328 20,846 2,080

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 11.36 11.18 448 419 39.5 22,304 21,803 1,964

Medical assistants .......................... 11.45 10.77 457 431 39.9 23,752 22,402 2,074

Protective service occupations ........... 18.21 16.75 769 684 42.2 39,941 35,583 2,193

First-line supervisors/managers, law

enforcement workers .................... 23.64 22.85 952 926 40.2 49,481 48,172 2,093

First-line supervisors/managers of

correctional officers .................. 17.11 15.71 689 628 40.3 35,813 32,677 2,093

First-line supervisors/managers of

police and detectives ................ 25.79 25.61 1,038 1,053 40.2 53,979 54,766 2,093

First-line supervisors/managers of fire

fighting and prevention workers .... 28.28 30.31 1,385 1,313 49.0 72,038 68,294 2,548

Fire fighters ......................................... 16.60 16.76 849 849 51.1 44,137 44,124 2,659

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and

jailers ............................................ 13.33 13.04 536 522 40.2 27,871 27,132 2,091

Correctional officers and jailers ...... 13.27 13.04 534 522 40.2 27,757 27,132 2,091

Detectives and criminal

investigators ................................. 21.33 21.36 861 854 40.4 44,776 44,429 2,099

Police officers ..................................... 20.13 18.86 811 772 40.3 42,161 40,159 2,094

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 20.13 18.86 811 772 40.3 42,161 40,159 2,094

Security guards and gaming

surveillance officers ...................... 11.71 12.06 468 483 39.9 24,267 25,093 2,073

Security guards ............................... 11.71 12.06 468 483 39.9 24,267 25,093 2,073

Miscellaneous protective service

workers ......................................... 15.39 15.18 616 607 40.0 30,779 31,050 2,000

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 10.94 9.64 405 358 37.0 16,490 14,208 1,508

First-line supervisors/managers, food

preparation and serving workers .. 14.88 14.36 583 570 39.2 25,019 24,986 1,681

First-line supervisors/managers of

food preparation and serving

workers ..................................... 14.86 14.25 582 570 39.2 24,942 24,986 1,678

Cooks ................................................. 9.79 9.63 363 351 37.0 15,405 14,231 1,573

Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...... 9.79 9.63 363 351 37.0 15,405 14,231 1,573

Food preparation workers ................... 9.40 8.80 341 352 36.2 14,325 13,371 1,524

Fast food and counter workers ........... 9.11 8.88 329 325 36.1 12,700 13,162 1,395

Combined food preparation and

serving workers, including fast

food ........................................... 8.94 8.88 323 319 36.2 12,524 12,755 1,401

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. $10.66 $9.77 $424 $391 39.8 $21,570 $19,802 2,024

First-line supervisors/managers,

building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance workers ................... 16.17 16.44 647 658 40.0 33,630 34,201 2,080

Building cleaning workers ................... 9.76 9.26 389 370 39.9 19,595 18,828 2,008

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 9.92 9.45 395 378 39.9 19,865 19,080 2,003

Maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 7.40 7.22 296 289 40.0 15,382 15,018 2,080

Grounds maintenance workers ........... 11.01 10.85 436 432 39.6 22,603 22,422 2,052

Landscaping and groundskeeping

workers ..................................... 10.86 10.73 429 429 39.5 22,255 22,318 2,049

Personal care and service

occupations .................................... 12.09 10.44 477 398 39.4 23,947 20,072 1,980

Recreation and fitness workers .......... 11.89 11.04 474 442 39.9 24,647 22,963 2,073

Recreation workers ......................... 11.89 11.04 474 442 39.9 24,647 22,963 2,073

Sales and related occupations ............ 14.95 12.98 590 519 39.5 30,695 26,998 2,053

Retail sales workers ........................... 11.73 11.63 469 465 40.0 24,406 24,190 2,080

Cashiers, all workers ...................... 11.73 11.63 469 465 40.0 24,406 24,190 2,080

Cashiers ..................................... 11.73 11.63 469 465 40.0 24,406 24,190 2,080

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 12.93 12.39 514 495 39.7 25,645 25,195 1,983

First-line supervisors/managers of

office and administrative support

workers ......................................... 19.51 19.13 777 765 39.8 40,042 38,162 2,052

Financial clerks ................................... 13.95 13.22 555 536 39.8 28,108 26,333 2,014

Billing and posting clerks and

machine operators .................... 12.76 12.37 510 495 40.0 26,540 25,730 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 14.15 13.22 562 529 39.7 28,376 26,104 2,005

Court, municipal, and license clerks ... 12.58 11.92 502 477 39.9 26,087 24,794 2,074

Customer service representatives ...... 12.70 12.41 499 496 39.3 25,952 25,792 2,043

Eligibility interviewers, government

programs ...................................... 14.60 14.64 584 586 40.0 30,366 30,451 2,080

File clerks ........................................... 10.87 11.09 432 444 39.7 22,440 23,067 2,064

Interviewers, except eligibility and

loan ............................................... 12.82 12.61 513 504 40.0 26,662 26,227 2,080

Library assistants, clerical .................. 11.35 11.79 448 472 39.4 19,163 18,872 1,688

Receptionists and information clerks .. 11.92 11.40 472 456 39.6 24,029 23,691 2,015

Dispatchers ......................................... 13.39 12.66 536 507 40.0 27,795 26,341 2,075

Police, fire, and ambulance

dispatchers ............................... 13.57 12.66 543 507 40.0 28,211 26,341 2,079

Meter readers, utilities ........................ 13.11 10.85 524 434 40.0 27,263 22,568 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 13.43 13.10 532 524 39.7 26,181 25,896 1,950

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 14.51 14.26 580 570 40.0 30,156 29,661 2,078

Medical secretaries ......................... 12.69 13.32 506 532 39.9 26,307 27,643 2,073

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 12.86 12.26 509 490 39.6 24,235 24,259 1,885

Data entry and information processing

workers ......................................... 11.86 11.15 459 446 38.7 23,018 23,186 1,941

Data entry keyers ........................... 12.29 12.55 455 465 37.0 20,895 18,711 1,700

Office clerks, general .......................... 11.18 10.86 445 434 39.8 22,710 22,318 2,032

Construction and extraction

occupations .................................... 14.35 13.85 574 554 40.0 29,811 28,623 2,077

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

First-line supervisors/managers of

construction trades and extraction

workers ......................................... $18.40 $18.54 $736 $742 40.0 $38,262 $38,565 2,080

Construction laborers ......................... 10.48 9.31 419 372 40.0 21,802 19,361 2,080

Construction equipment operators ..... 13.00 11.92 520 477 40.0 27,032 24,794 2,080

Paving, surfacing, and tamping

equipment operators ................. 13.57 13.08 543 523 40.0 28,221 27,206 2,080

Operating engineers and other

construction equipment

operators .................................. 12.82 11.92 513 477 40.0 26,669 24,794 2,080

Electricians ......................................... 17.64 16.85 705 674 40.0 36,686 35,048 2,080

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ................................... 13.47 13.85 539 554 40.0 27,809 27,700 2,065

Plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ............................... 15.84 14.47 634 579 40.0 32,522 30,098 2,053

Construction and building inspectors .. 19.24 19.00 761 760 39.6 39,571 39,520 2,057

Highway maintenance workers ........... 12.21 12.66 489 506 40.0 25,404 26,333 2,080

Miscellaneous construction and

related workers ............................. 8.74 8.13 349 325 40.0 18,172 16,910 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... 15.59 15.09 623 603 39.9 32,339 31,381 2,074

First-line supervisors/managers of

mechanics, installers, and

repairers ....................................... 19.24 17.87 767 715 39.9 39,893 37,170 2,074

Automotive technicians and

repairers ....................................... 14.84 13.36 593 534 40.0 30,860 27,787 2,080

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics ................................ 13.76 12.97 550 519 40.0 28,618 26,978 2,080

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel

engine specialists ......................... 15.56 13.20 622 528 40.0 32,365 27,456 2,080

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics and

installers ....................................... 17.56 17.27 703 691 40.0 36,455 35,922 2,076

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance

workers ......................................... 13.17 12.18 527 487 40.0 27,389 25,324 2,079

Maintenance and repair workers,

general ...................................... 13.21 12.08 529 483 40.0 27,478 25,108 2,079

Miscellaneous installation,

maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................... 12.03 10.94 481 438 40.0 25,022 22,751 2,080

Helpers--installation, maintenance,

and repair workers .................... 11.12 10.48 445 419 40.0 23,129 21,798 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 13.63 12.88 543 510 39.9 28,035 26,450 2,056

Water and liquid waste treatment

plant and system operators .......... 14.77 14.65 591 586 40.0 30,731 30,468 2,080

Transportation and material moving

occupations .................................... 13.57 13.46 525 499 38.7 25,259 24,107 1,862

Bus drivers .......................................... 13.59 13.51 497 469 36.6 21,383 16,900 1,573

Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..... 16.30 15.99 652 640 40.0 33,903 33,259 2,080

Bus drivers, school ......................... 11.92 11.79 414 398 34.7 16,285 14,724 1,367

Driver/sales workers and truck

drivers ........................................... 12.72 11.70 508 468 39.9 26,250 24,149 2,064

Truck drivers, heavy and

tractor-trailer ............................. 13.38 12.31 535 492 40.0 27,837 25,609 2,080

Truck drivers, light or delivery

services .................................... 10.92 10.75 434 430 39.7 22,079 21,337 2,022

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings

and mean weekly and annual hours, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Laborers and material movers, hand .. $9.82 $9.45 $393 $378 40.0 $20,139 $19,656 2,051

Laborers and freight, stock, and

material movers, hand .............. 9.04 9.09 361 364 40.0 18,473 18,911 2,044

Refuse and recyclable material

collectors ...................................... 11.52 10.71 461 428 40.0 23,957 22,277 2,080

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time

schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a

worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time

employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,

where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

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

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments

for major occupational groups, West South Central, June 2006

Occupational group2 Total 1-99

workers

100-499

workers

500

workers

or more

All workers .................................................................... $16.62 $14.55 $16.79 $22.22

Management, professional, and related ..................... 30.22 26.60 32.19 33.22

Management, business, and financial .................... 35.02 32.72 33.95 38.85

Professional and related ......................................... 27.45 23.46 30.72 30.37

Service ........................................................................ 8.11 7.80 8.24 9.51

Sales and office .......................................................... 14.07 13.47 14.35 15.75

Sales and related .................................................... 14.90 13.88 16.10 20.21

Office and administrative support ........................... 13.49 13.08 13.20 14.77

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 16.43 15.92 16.83 18.39

Construction and extraction ................................... 15.61 15.23 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 17.77 16.92 18.13 22.02

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 13.34 12.05 13.10 17.00

Production .............................................................. 13.15 12.28 12.89 15.07

Transportation and material moving ....................... 13.52 11.88 13.33 19.94

Relative error3 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 1.6 2.5 1.5 2.3

Management, professional, and related ..................... 2.8 5.1 5.5 2.2

Management, business, and financial .................... 3.0 4.4 5.5 3.0

Professional and related ......................................... 4.3 5.8 8.7 2.2

Service ........................................................................ 3.1 3.2 2.0 9.3

Sales and office .......................................................... 1.4 2.9 5.6 5.0

Sales and related .................................................... 2.4 4.8 11.3 19.3

Office and administrative support ........................... 1.1 2.3 2.2 2.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 3.1 3.9 6.5 6.5

Construction and extraction ................................... 4.5 7.7 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 3.0 4.2 2.6 4.8

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 3.6 4.1 3.1 6.7

Production .............................................................. 2.9 4.5 3.4 8.8

Transportation and material moving ....................... 6.2 6.3 4.3 11.5

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

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

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See

appendix B for more information.

3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to

calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.

For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $15.59 $12.50 $624 $500 40.0 $32,375 $26,000 2,077

Management occupations ....................................... 34.96 30.30 1,477 1,213 42.3 76,558 63,065 2,190

General and operations managers ......................... 34.75 25.70 1,575 1,188 45.3 81,880 61,801 2,357

Marketing and sales managers .............................. 48.58 33.17 2,179 1,327 44.9 113,326 69,000 2,333

Sales managers .................................................. 37.60 27.11 1,735 1,327 46.1 90,194 69,000 2,399

Financial managers ................................................ 44.85 34.81 1,839 1,392 41.0 95,618 72,396 2,132

Human resources managers .................................. 32.53 31.23 1,320 1,249 40.6 68,661 64,958 2,111

Industrial production managers .............................. 32.97 32.69 1,334 1,308 40.5 69,384 67,999 2,104

Transportation, storage, and distribution

managers .......................................................... 29.47 31.84 1,166 1,213 39.6 60,640 63,065 2,058

Construction managers .......................................... 34.20 36.06 1,468 1,398 42.9 73,275 75,001 2,142

Education administrators ........................................ 15.27 13.25 636 554 41.6 32,923 28,800 2,156

Education administrators, preschool and child

care center/program ..................................... 15.03 13.25 629 554 41.8 32,691 28,800 2,175

Food service managers .......................................... 19.13 19.23 845 769 44.2 43,938 40,000 2,297

Medical and health services managers .................. 29.53 24.37 1,232 1,024 41.7 64,039 53,233 2,169

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .......................................................... 22.57 25.71 903 1,029 40.0 46,978 53,483 2,082

Business and financial operations occupations ... 29.57 25.96 1,197 1,040 40.5 62,232 54,101 2,104

Buyers and purchasing agents ............................... 26.76 23.81 1,148 1,227 42.9 59,711 63,808 2,232

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 29.02 30.42 1,149 1,217 39.6 59,758 63,267 2,060

Claims adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................. 26.42 25.98 1,044 1,039 39.5 54,278 54,043 2,055

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ......................................................... 21.99 23.39 864 815 39.3 44,936 42,399 2,044

Employment, recruitment, and placement

specialists ..................................................... 23.57 23.39 878 815 37.3 45,656 42,399 1,937

Accountants and auditors ....................................... 37.68 37.50 1,519 1,500 40.3 79,004 78,000 2,097

Financial analysts and advisors .............................. 36.21 25.24 1,448 1,010 40.0 75,311 52,499 2,080

Loan counselors and officers .................................. 27.58 21.64 1,099 865 39.8 57,142 45,001 2,072

Loan officers ....................................................... 27.58 21.64 1,099 865 39.8 57,142 45,001 2,072

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 32.38 31.67 1,299 1,267 40.1 67,067 65,406 2,071

Computer software engineers ................................ 42.19 39.38 1,691 1,586 40.1 87,908 82,482 2,084

Computer software engineers, systems

software ........................................................ 46.19 41.07 1,848 1,643 40.0 96,074 85,426 2,080

Computer support specialists ................................. 23.37 17.85 935 714 40.0 48,604 37,126 2,080

Computer systems analysts ................................... 53.03 46.79 2,121 1,872 40.0 110,293 97,325 2,080

Network and computer systems administrators ...... 26.76 24.04 1,076 962 40.2 52,945 49,999 1,978

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 20.56 19.04 834 762 40.6 43,338 39,599 2,108

Engineers ............................................................... 29.52 28.97 1,238 1,233 41.9 64,376 64,095 2,181

Civil engineers .................................................... 26.26 28.97 1,142 1,304 43.5 59,360 67,799 2,261

Drafters ................................................................... 18.52 16.83 741 673 40.0 38,391 35,000 2,073

Electrical and electronic engineering

technicians .................................................... 23.70 23.08 948 923 40.0 49,305 48,006 2,080

Surveying and mapping technicians ....................... 12.85 12.87 514 515 40.0 26,725 26,776 2,080

Life, physical, and social science occupations ..... 44.10 38.46 1,783 1,538 40.4 92,717 80,001 2,103

Physical scientists .................................................. 49.07 52.24 2,031 2,115 41.4 105,636 110,001 2,153

Environmental scientists and geoscientists ........ 49.07 52.24 2,031 2,115 41.4 105,636 110,001 2,153

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and

geographers ............................................. 49.07 52.24 2,031 2,115 41.4 105,636 110,001 2,153

Community and social services occupations ........ 14.21 14.54 568 582 40.0 29,558 30,241 2,080

Social workers ........................................................ 16.53 15.85 661 634 40.0 34,375 32,970 2,080

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ......................................................... 10.32 9.00 413 360 40.0 21,472 18,720 2,080

Social and human service assistants ................. 10.23 9.00 409 360 40.0 21,271 18,720 2,080

Legal occupations .................................................... 21.02 17.50 867 700 41.3 45,099 36,400 2,146

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Lawyers .................................................................. $36.69 $39.14 $1,717 $1,700 46.8 $89,274 $88,400 2,433

Miscellaneous legal support workers ...................... 19.29 16.83 815 673 42.2 42,359 35,000 2,196

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers ....... 19.29 16.83 815 673 42.2 42,359 35,000 2,196

Education, training, and library occupations ........ 15.58 12.93 624 567 40.1 27,890 26,279 1,790

Postsecondary teachers ......................................... 18.38 14.18 722 567 39.3 36,006 29,492 1,959

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers .............. 18.53 12.93 738 517 39.8 38,395 26,899 2,072

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ............................................................ 19.79 21.74 793 877 40.1 32,158 33,151 1,625

Elementary and middle school teachers ............. 21.05 22.70 849 956 40.3 30,844 35,640 1,465

Teacher assistants ................................................. 9.98 8.50 399 340 39.9 19,197 17,680 1,923

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations ........................................................ 15.98 15.01 636 584 39.8 33,046 30,368 2,068

Designers ............................................................... 17.46 16.00 702 640 40.2 36,529 33,280 2,093

Graphic designers .............................................. 18.29 16.83 731 673 40.0 38,036 35,000 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 25.99 18.50 1,041 740 40.1 54,129 38,480 2,083

Pharmacists ............................................................ 47.45 47.00 1,898 1,880 40.0 98,691 97,760 2,080

Registered nurses .................................................. 24.34 23.08 986 924 40.5 51,257 48,067 2,106

Therapists ............................................................... 38.43 36.87 1,537 1,475 40.0 79,929 76,690 2,080

Licensed practical and licensed vocational

nurses ............................................................... 18.16 18.00 710 700 39.1 36,923 36,400 2,033

Medical records and health information

technicians ........................................................ 14.09 18.69 564 748 40.0 29,307 38,875 2,080

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 13.00 11.00 497 440 38.2 25,835 22,880 1,987

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... 8.91 8.55 339 331 38.0 17,631 17,222 1,978

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 9.02 8.50 348 340 38.6 18,115 17,680 2,008

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...... 12.82 12.32 487 460 38.0 25,307 23,920 1,974

Dental assistants ................................................ 16.68 15.25 573 576 34.3 29,773 29,952 1,785

Medical assistants .............................................. 10.79 10.06 431 402 39.9 22,408 20,925 2,076

Protective service occupations ............................... 8.85 8.04 352 310 39.8 18,311 16,099 2,068

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .. 8.31 7.00 330 280 39.7 17,180 14,560 2,067

Security guards ................................................... 8.31 7.00 330 280 39.7 17,180 14,560 2,067

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 7.01 6.91 268 260 38.2 13,898 13,520 1,982

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation

and serving workers ......................................... 12.44 12.00 533 512 42.8 27,699 26,624 2,226

First-line supervisors/managers of food

preparation and serving workers .................. 12.44 12.00 533 512 42.8 27,699 26,624 2,226

Cooks ..................................................................... 8.47 8.15 325 320 38.3 16,773 16,640 1,979

Cooks, fast food .................................................. 7.44 7.50 274 290 36.8 14,251 15,080 1,915

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .......................... 10.14 9.85 388 368 38.2 19,038 18,034 1,877

Cooks, restaurant ............................................... 8.90 8.71 346 348 38.8 17,987 18,111 2,020

Cooks, short order .............................................. 7.87 8.15 315 326 40.0 16,376 16,952 2,080

Food preparation workers ....................................... 7.58 6.85 291 260 38.4 15,131 13,520 1,996

Food service, tipped ............................................... 3.73 3.21 137 100 36.8 7,135 5,200 1,915

Bartenders .......................................................... 5.82 6.00 215 220 37.0 11,192 11,440 1,923

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.06 2.35 113 85 36.8 5,856 4,430 1,911

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and

bartender helpers ......................................... 5.43 5.50 201 216 37.1 10,466 11,232 1,928

Fast food and counter workers ............................... 7.16 6.50 273 256 38.2 14,168 13,312 1,979

Combined food preparation and serving

workers, including fast food .......................... 7.14 6.50 273 245 38.2 14,190 12,740 1,989

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession,

and coffee shop ............................................ 7.34 7.69 277 277 37.7 14,022 14,386 1,912

Dishwashers ........................................................... 7.01 6.75 273 269 38.9 14,178 13,978 2,023

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and

coffee shop ....................................................... 6.48 7.00 244 210 37.6 12,667 10,920 1,955

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ $8.17 $7.50 $316 $288 38.7 $16,404 $14,976 2,009

First-line supervisors/managers, building and

grounds cleaning and maintenance workers .... 9.89 9.00 380 360 38.4 19,761 18,720 1,998

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 8.05 6.94 310 270 38.5 16,119 14,040 2,003

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ................................. 8.39 7.00 331 280 39.5 17,232 14,560 2,054

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ..................... 7.16 6.92 267 255 37.3 13,866 13,285 1,937

Grounds maintenance workers ............................... 8.16 8.00 324 320 39.7 16,741 16,320 2,051

Personal care and service occupations ................. 8.84 8.50 342 330 38.6 17,765 17,160 2,009

First-line supervisors/managers of personal

service workers ................................................. 11.66 11.50 444 441 38.1 23,096 22,932 1,982

Child care workers .................................................. 8.25 8.00 324 320 39.2 16,816 16,640 2,038

Sales and related occupations ................................ 15.72 12.00 642 473 40.8 33,392 24,583 2,124

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ..... 18.93 14.38 793 588 41.9 41,233 30,576 2,178

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ......................................................... 14.83 13.88 616 575 41.5 32,025 29,900 2,160

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail

sales workers ................................................ 29.56 15.03 1,265 601 42.8 65,777 31,269 2,225

Retail sales workers ............................................... 10.60 8.50 431 340 40.7 22,415 17,680 2,114

Cashiers, all workers .......................................... 7.13 7.00 279 280 39.2 14,528 14,560 2,038

Cashiers ......................................................... 7.13 7.00 279 280 39.2 14,528 14,560 2,038

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ................................................ 12.91 10.99 516 442 40.0 26,847 22,984 2,079

Counter and rental clerks ............................... 12.63 10.77 503 431 39.8 26,168 22,404 2,072

Parts salespersons ......................................... 13.49 12.00 543 480 40.2 28,231 24,960 2,092

Retail salespersons ............................................ 11.82 9.65 495 386 41.9 25,759 20,066 2,180

Insurance sales agents ........................................... 20.59 17.31 841 692 40.9 43,743 36,001 2,125

Securities, commodities, and financial services

sales agents ..................................................... 23.86 22.19 954 888 40.0 49,626 46,161 2,080

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ................................................... 24.95 20.40 1,034 820 41.4 53,766 42,640 2,155

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing, technical and scientific

products ........................................................ 28.63 20.50 1,191 820 41.6 61,914 42,640 2,163

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing, except technical and

scientific products ......................................... 23.87 20.29 988 838 41.4 51,379 43,555 2,152

Miscellaneous sales and related workers ............... 11.40 10.65 454 426 39.8 23,612 22,154 2,072

Office and administrative support occupations .... 13.40 12.60 528 503 39.4 27,440 26,062 2,048

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ......................... 19.55 19.23 778 769 39.8 40,471 40,000 2,070

Financial clerks ....................................................... 13.17 13.00 523 520 39.7 27,213 27,040 2,067

Bill and account collectors .................................. 13.16 12.69 526 508 40.0 27,363 26,399 2,080

Billing and posting clerks and machine

operators ...................................................... 13.18 13.00 520 520 39.5 27,047 27,040 2,052

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 13.92 13.50 552 540 39.7 28,707 28,080 2,062

Tellers ................................................................. 11.41 10.88 457 435 40.0 23,743 22,620 2,080

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ................ 10.91 11.00 411 385 37.7 21,374 20,020 1,959

Customer service representatives .......................... 16.57 17.44 650 604 39.2 33,667 31,402 2,032

File clerks ............................................................... 10.62 11.88 425 475 40.0 22,092 24,710 2,080

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ....................... 7.81 7.50 293 270 37.6 15,250 14,040 1,953

Loan interviewers and clerks .................................. 15.64 14.72 616 553 39.4 32,050 28,739 2,050

New accounts clerks ............................................... 11.34 10.58 452 423 39.9 23,524 22,000 2,074

Order clerks ............................................................ 11.00 10.00 440 400 40.0 22,870 20,800 2,080

Receptionists and information clerks ...................... 10.51 10.00 416 400 39.6 21,615 20,800 2,057

Dispatchers ............................................................. 11.03 9.00 452 360 40.9 23,482 18,720 2,128

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and

ambulance .................................................... 11.07 9.00 454 360 41.0 23,592 18,720 2,131

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ........... 12.86 12.53 514 501 40.0 26,745 26,062 2,080

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ..................... 12.37 13.00 491 520 39.7 25,548 27,040 2,065

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Stock clerks and order fillers .................................. $11.18 $10.21 $456 $408 40.8 $23,290 $21,241 2,084

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 16.29 16.25 634 630 38.9 32,955 32,744 2,023

Executive secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................................... 19.02 18.58 757 743 39.8 39,364 38,651 2,070

Legal secretaries ................................................ 14.59 14.21 554 529 38.0 28,830 27,500 1,976

Medical secretaries ............................................. 15.47 16.00 605 576 39.1 31,434 29,952 2,031

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and

executive ...................................................... 15.42 16.25 595 630 38.6 30,928 32,744 2,006

Data entry and information processing workers ..... 12.26 11.67 487 467 39.7 24,970 23,500 2,036

Data entry keyers ............................................... 11.34 10.31 452 412 39.9 23,160 21,436 2,042

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ....... 13.80 13.54 539 508 39.0 28,022 26,399 2,030

Office clerks, general .............................................. 11.42 11.45 449 458 39.3 23,333 23,816 2,043

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 15.22 13.00 611 520 40.1 31,625 27,040 2,077

First-line supervisors/managers of construction

trades and extraction workers .......................... 25.00 20.19 1,031 800 41.2 53,598 41,600 2,144

Carpenters .............................................................. 12.85 13.00 514 520 40.0 26,435 27,040 2,058

Construction laborers ............................................. 10.32 10.00 413 400 40.0 21,404 20,800 2,073

Construction equipment operators ......................... 13.93 14.00 557 560 40.0 28,980 29,120 2,080

Operating engineers and other construction

equipment operators ..................................... 14.35 14.25 574 570 40.0 29,853 29,640 2,080

Electricians ............................................................. 15.73 14.32 629 573 40.0 32,709 29,786 2,080

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................................................... 16.78 16.00 671 640 40.0 34,911 33,280 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ............... 17.94 17.00 718 680 40.0 37,314 35,360 2,080

Sheet metal workers ............................................... 14.38 14.00 575 560 40.0 29,906 29,120 2,080

Helpers, construction trades ................................... 10.82 10.00 433 400 40.0 22,385 20,800 2,069

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .... 14.15 11.27 566 451 40.0 29,430 23,442 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 16.94 15.50 687 638 40.5 35,492 32,700 2,095

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,

installers, and repairers .................................... 22.26 21.27 964 975 43.3 50,108 50,703 2,251

Computer, automated teller, and office machine

repairers ........................................................... 14.61 15.42 584 617 40.0 30,386 32,072 2,080

Radio and telecommunications equipment

installers and repairers ..................................... 19.57 19.80 783 792 40.0 40,715 41,184 2,080

Telecommunications equipment installers and

repairers, except line installers ..................... 19.57 19.80 783 792 40.0 40,715 41,184 2,080

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ................. 16.75 15.00 677 669 40.4 35,206 34,772 2,102

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial

and industrial equipment .............................. 16.16 15.55 646 622 40.0 33,605 32,344 2,080

Automotive technicians and repairers .................... 16.02 14.43 657 577 41.0 34,166 30,004 2,133

Automotive body and related repairers ............... 14.55 14.43 582 577 40.0 30,255 30,004 2,080

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................... 16.49 14.25 682 610 41.4 35,474 31,720 2,151

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine

specialists ......................................................... 16.09 15.00 644 600 40.0 33,474 31,200 2,080

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service

technicians and mechanics .............................. 16.00 15.50 640 620 40.0 33,270 32,240 2,080

Rail car repairers ................................................ 17.56 18.24 702 730 40.0 36,519 37,939 2,080

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers .................................. 19.76 18.00 797 720 40.4 41,465 37,440 2,099

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and

maintenance workers ....................................... 15.82 16.60 633 664 40.0 32,692 34,530 2,066

Industrial machinery mechanics ......................... 23.26 28.47 931 1,139 40.0 47,077 59,220 2,024

Maintenance and repair workers, general .......... 12.65 9.50 506 380 40.0 26,317 19,760 2,080

Line installers and repairers ................................... 23.79 25.47 952 1,019 40.0 49,485 52,973 2,080

Electrical power-line installers and repairers ...... 26.52 27.20 1,061 1,088 40.0 55,167 56,576 2,080

Telecommunications line installers and

repairers ....................................................... 22.55 24.15 902 966 40.0 46,905 50,238 2,080

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and

repair workers ................................................... 13.24 12.00 528 480 39.9 26,904 24,960 2,032

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................................... $11.17 $10.00 $447 $400 40.0 $21,709 $20,800 1,944

Production occupations .......................................... 12.43 11.10 497 440 40.0 25,831 22,880 2,079

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ............................................. 18.65 19.13 756 765 40.5 39,300 39,780 2,107

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ....................................................... 9.91 9.74 396 390 40.0 20,616 20,259 2,080

Electrical and electronic equipment

assemblers ................................................... 8.82 8.50 353 340 40.0 18,342 17,680 2,080

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. 8.86 8.75 355 350 40.0 18,437 18,200 2,080

Bakers .................................................................... 8.94 7.50 358 300 40.0 18,595 15,600 2,080

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish

processing workers ........................................... 12.16 11.23 486 449 40.0 25,294 23,360 2,080

Butchers and meat cutters .................................. 14.07 16.00 563 640 40.0 29,258 33,280 2,080

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ................................. 12.13 12.50 485 500 40.0 25,231 26,000 2,080

Machinists ............................................................... 14.03 13.00 562 520 40.1 29,240 27,040 2,083

Molders and molding machine setters, operators,

and tenders, metal and plastic .......................... 10.13 9.25 405 370 40.0 21,061 19,240 2,080

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine

setters, operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic ........................................................... 10.13 9.25 405 370 40.0 21,061 19,240 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................ 12.34 12.22 494 489 40.0 25,665 25,409 2,080

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ............ 12.33 12.22 493 489 40.0 25,652 25,409 2,080

Bookbinders and bindery workers .......................... 11.04 8.50 436 340 39.5 22,696 17,680 2,056

Bindery workers .................................................. 10.10 8.50 399 340 39.5 20,726 17,680 2,052

Printers ................................................................... 14.82 14.71 588 560 39.7 30,558 29,120 2,062

Printing machine operators ................................. 15.70 15.00 624 600 39.7 32,427 31,200 2,065

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ......................... 8.90 8.57 352 343 39.6 18,320 17,828 2,058

Sewing machine operators ..................................... 8.92 9.00 357 360 40.0 18,563 18,720 2,080

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ............ 22.47 24.46 899 978 40.0 46,735 50,877 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and

weighers ........................................................... 17.37 16.95 695 678 40.0 36,138 35,256 2,080

Painting workers ..................................................... 11.13 12.00 445 480 40.0 23,146 24,960 2,080

Miscellaneous production workers ......................... 10.51 10.22 419 409 39.8 21,770 21,247 2,070

Helpers--production workers .............................. 10.33 10.22 409 409 39.5 21,243 21,247 2,056

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ 12.50 11.50 517 460 41.4 26,837 23,920 2,147

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,

laborers, and material movers, hand ................ 13.58 13.25 543 530 40.0 28,251 27,560 2,080

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 13.71 13.50 587 540 42.8 30,438 28,080 2,220

Driver/sales workers ........................................... 16.07 16.54 681 662 42.4 35,422 34,401 2,204

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............... 14.56 14.50 639 580 43.9 33,210 30,160 2,281

Truck drivers, light or delivery services .............. 11.85 11.00 486 440 41.0 25,119 22,880 2,120

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine

operators .......................................................... 12.26 12.00 490 480 40.0 25,492 24,960 2,080

Excavating and loading machine and dragline

operators ...................................................... 12.26 12.00 490 480 40.0 25,492 24,960 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators ...................... 11.01 9.10 441 364 40.1 22,951 18,928 2,085

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... 9.50 9.00 379 360 39.9 19,697 18,720 2,074

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment .................. 9.20 9.00 368 360 40.0 19,127 18,720 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ................................................ 10.07 9.50 400 380 39.8 20,825 19,760 2,069

Packers and packagers, hand ............................ 8.03 7.35 321 294 40.0 16,702 15,292 2,080

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

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

premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The

mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not

shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers .................................................................... $20.02 $14.72 $796 $583 39.8 $41,253 $30,243 2,060

Management occupations ....................................... 43.30 38.80 1,762 1,575 40.7 91,604 81,763 2,116

General and operations managers ......................... 49.38 44.15 2,042 1,830 41.4 106,209 95,156 2,151

Advertising and promotions managers ................... 31.82 32.53 1,353 1,415 42.5 70,359 73,597 2,211

Marketing and sales managers .............................. 48.56 42.24 1,962 1,819 40.4 102,020 94,598 2,101

Marketing managers ........................................... 50.48 47.89 2,019 1,915 40.0 105,007 99,605 2,080

Sales managers .................................................. 45.34 35.87 1,863 1,552 41.1 96,893 80,702 2,137

Administrative services managers .......................... 38.36 39.20 1,613 1,568 42.0 83,859 81,536 2,186

Computer and information systems managers ....... 51.63 48.40 2,069 1,936 40.1 107,588 100,674 2,084

Financial managers ................................................ 57.75 52.25 2,338 2,090 40.5 121,568 108,670 2,105

Human resources managers .................................. 32.38 34.32 1,295 1,373 40.0 67,358 71,386 2,080

Industrial production managers .............................. 39.34 40.77 1,666 1,659 42.4 86,651 86,278 2,203

Purchasing managers ............................................. 54.96 52.00 2,198 2,080 40.0 114,320 108,150 2,080

Transportation, storage, and distribution

managers .......................................................... 33.63 33.14 1,345 1,326 40.0 69,941 68,933 2,080

Construction managers .......................................... 32.46 30.00 1,316 1,240 40.5 68,440 64,480 2,108

Education administrators ........................................ 41.90 36.38 1,566 1,364 37.4 79,445 70,947 1,896

Education administrators, postsecondary ........... 34.05 36.38 1,236 1,364 36.3 62,276 70,000 1,829

Engineering managers ........................................... 57.72 50.78 2,327 2,036 40.3 121,004 105,872 2,096

Medical and health services managers .................. 28.90 26.44 1,199 916 41.5 62,368 47,632 2,158

Property, real estate, and community association

managers .......................................................... 28.67 23.07 1,147 923 40.0 59,624 47,981 2,080

Business and financial operations occupations ... 28.04 24.89 1,124 994 40.1 58,428 51,686 2,084

Buyers and purchasing agents ............................... 27.74 25.20 1,113 1,008 40.1 57,892 52,406 2,087

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and

investigators ..................................................... 21.11 20.99 829 802 39.3 43,113 41,714 2,042

Claims adjusters, examiners, and

investigators ................................................. 21.69 21.23 851 830 39.2 44,249 43,137 2,040

Cost estimators ....................................................... 33.75 32.02 1,365 1,294 40.4 70,972 67,309 2,103

Human resources, training, and labor relations

specialists ......................................................... 28.46 26.44 1,138 1,058 40.0 59,189 54,995 2,080

Employment, recruitment, and placement

specialists ..................................................... 26.92 26.44 1,077 1,058 40.0 55,984 54,995 2,080

Training and development specialists ................ 31.44 26.44 1,257 1,058 40.0 65,361 54,999 2,079

Logisticians ............................................................. 32.06 34.82 1,282 1,393 40.0 66,676 72,430 2,080

Management analysts ............................................ 31.67 26.16 1,271 1,046 40.1 66,068 54,404 2,086

Accountants and auditors ....................................... 25.96 23.80 1,039 952 40.0 54,011 49,500 2,081

Financial analysts and advisors .............................. 29.30 26.55 1,171 1,062 40.0 60,881 55,224 2,078

Financial analysts ............................................... 31.51 29.86 1,260 1,194 40.0 65,544 62,107 2,080

Personal financial advisors ................................. 22.63 21.95 905 878 40.0 47,075 45,650 2,080

Loan counselors and officers .................................. 29.55 23.08 1,199 904 40.6 62,332 47,029 2,110

Loan officers ....................................................... 29.55 23.08 1,199 904 40.6 62,332 47,029 2,110

Computer and mathematical science

occupations ........................................................ 35.75 35.89 1,433 1,442 40.1 74,495 74,951 2,084

Computer programmers ......................................... 34.47 36.47 1,379 1,459 40.0 71,445 75,866 2,073

Computer software engineers ................................ 40.75 38.50 1,632 1,540 40.0 84,845 80,070 2,082

Computer software engineers, applications ....... 40.96 40.72 1,642 1,627 40.1 85,382 84,610 2,085

Computer software engineers, systems

software ........................................................ 40.57 36.59 1,623 1,464 40.0 84,385 76,107 2,080

Computer support specialists ................................. 28.49 26.16 1,143 1,046 40.1 59,437 54,402 2,086

Computer systems analysts ................................... 37.47 38.23 1,503 1,529 40.1 78,163 79,523 2,086

Network and computer systems administrators ...... 28.43 22.99 1,137 920 40.0 59,128 47,819 2,080

Network systems and data communications

analysts ............................................................ 29.91 29.53 1,196 1,181 40.0 62,207 61,429 2,080

Architecture and engineering occupations ........... 35.39 33.41 1,423 1,339 40.2 73,971 69,647 2,090

Architects, except naval .......................................... 32.58 30.99 1,303 1,240 40.0 67,767 64,465 2,080

Architects, except landscape and naval ............. 32.58 30.99 1,303 1,240 40.0 67,767 64,465 2,080

Engineers ............................................................... 39.92 36.91 1,607 1,480 40.3 83,561 76,939 2,093

Chemical engineers ............................................ 51.94 53.03 2,125 2,121 40.9 110,521 110,300 2,128

Civil engineers .................................................... 40.48 33.48 1,642 1,339 40.6 85,372 69,647 2,109

Computer hardware engineers ........................... 39.35 37.00 1,609 1,532 40.9 83,676 79,685 2,126

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Electrical and electronics engineers ................... $40.51 $37.41 $1,620 $1,496 40.0 $84,257 $77,813 2,080

Electrical engineers ........................................ 41.99 38.91 1,680 1,556 40.0 87,342 80,933 2,080

Electronics engineers, except computer ......... 38.47 36.06 1,539 1,442 40.0 80,020 75,001 2,080

Industrial engineers, including health and

safety ............................................................ 33.60 31.21 1,348 1,266 40.1 70,115 65,832 2,087

Industrial engineers ........................................ 32.75 30.26 1,315 1,210 40.1 68,358 62,939 2,087

Mechanical engineers ......................................... 39.38 36.46 1,575 1,458 40.0 81,919 75,833 2,080

Petroleum engineers .......................................... 48.81 42.20 1,952 1,688 40.0 101,520 87,776 2,080

Drafters ................................................................... 27.81 23.59 1,115 948 40.1 57,960 49,289 2,084

Engineering technicians, except drafters ................ 23.45 22.19 940 888 40.1 48,891 46,164 2,085

Electrical and electronic engineering

technicians .................................................... 23.14 21.97 926 879 40.0 48,136 45,700 2,080

Life, physical, and social science occupations ..... 30.59 26.85 1,233 1,128 40.3 64,135 58,643 2,096

Physical scientists .................................................. 40.41 28.46 1,616 1,138 40.0 84,047 59,197 2,080

Environmental scientists and geoscientists ........ 53.38 47.74 2,135 1,909 40.0 111,030 99,291 2,080

Market and survey researchers .............................. 28.89 33.99 1,155 1,360 40.0 60,085 70,699 2,080

Market research analysts ................................... 28.89 33.99 1,155 1,360 40.0 60,085 70,699 2,080

Community and social services occupations ........ 18.21 18.00 728 737 40.0 37,454 38,314 2,057

Counselors ............................................................. 20.79 20.83 822 835 39.5 42,246 43,419 2,032

Educational, vocational, and school

counselors .................................................... 20.00 17.55 782 702 39.1 39,760 36,500 1,988

Social workers ........................................................ 19.00 19.39 768 778 40.4 39,929 40,477 2,101

Medical and public health social workers ........... 19.47 19.71 779 788 40.0 40,502 41,001 2,080

Miscellaneous community and social service

specialists ......................................................... 11.75 13.67 470 547 40.0 24,312 28,434 2,070

Legal occupations .................................................... 48.27 36.15 1,984 1,446 41.1 103,170 75,184 2,137

Lawyers .................................................................. 73.79 63.46 3,134 2,885 42.5 162,991 149,999 2,209

Paralegals and legal assistants .............................. 29.96 30.42 1,198 1,217 40.0 62,318 63,274 2,080

Education, training, and library occupations ........ 33.94 23.94 1,333 957 39.3 59,227 44,670 1,745

Postsecondary teachers ......................................... 54.69 38.46 2,136 1,521 39.1 90,918 65,002 1,663

Health teachers, postsecondary ......................... 88.09 76.71 3,458 2,876 39.3 166,160 112,181 1,886

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,

postsecondary .............................................. 41.30 36.64 1,568 1,466 38.0 61,686 49,811 1,493

Art, drama, and music teachers,

postsecondary .......................................... 36.79 35.02 1,425 1,466 38.7 53,095 49,811 1,443

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers .............. 34.86 26.39 1,376 1,100 39.5 58,104 46,953 1,667

Primary, secondary, and special education school

teachers ............................................................ 19.36 15.17 763 604 39.4 32,561 30,826 1,682

Elementary and middle school teachers ............. 29.92 31.55 1,135 1,209 38.0 43,264 45,949 1,446

Secondary school teachers ................................ 22.31 16.42 881 657 39.5 38,793 31,554 1,739

Secondary school teachers, except special

and vocational education .......................... 27.84 30.19 1,089 1,269 39.1 43,134 46,012 1,549

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations ........................................................ 24.87 21.41 989 856 39.8 50,163 44,909 2,017

Designers ............................................................... 19.76 16.05 791 642 40.1 41,152 33,384 2,083

Graphic designers .............................................. 16.51 15.00 662 600 40.1 34,431 31,198 2,085

News analysts, reporters and correspondents ....... 22.09 19.30 883 772 40.0 45,941 40,144 2,080

Reporters and correspondents ........................... 22.09 19.30 883 772 40.0 45,941 40,144 2,080

Writers and editors ................................................. 21.74 22.76 883 910 40.6 45,901 47,341 2,111

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations ........................................................ 24.29 22.00 959 866 39.5 49,856 45,044 2,053

Pharmacists ............................................................ 47.84 48.07 1,933 1,920 40.4 100,522 99,840 2,101

Registered nurses .................................................. 27.67 26.86 1,084 1,054 39.2 56,387 54,808 2,037

Therapists ............................................................... 25.09 24.33 991 956 39.5 51,555 49,725 2,055

Occupational therapists ...................................... 23.35 24.15 934 966 40.0 48,558 50,232 2,080

Respiratory therapists ......................................... 21.51 21.13 859 845 39.9 44,667 43,952 2,077

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ... 16.63 15.16 662 610 39.8 34,413 31,699 2,069

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ..... 22.57 22.11 903 885 40.0 46,949 45,997 2,080

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ........ 13.00 11.52 516 465 39.7 26,808 24,170 2,063

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ... $21.12 $22.60 $845 $904 40.0 $43,922 $47,008 2,080

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .... 14.15 13.76 566 550 40.0 29,429 28,621 2,080

Radiologic technologists and technicians ........... 22.99 24.40 919 976 40.0 47,811 50,746 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

technicians ........................................................ 15.73 16.41 619 635 39.3 32,171 33,010 2,046

Pharmacy technicians ........................................ 13.77 13.35 533 527 38.7 27,728 27,394 2,013

Respiratory therapy technicians ......................... 19.88 19.47 795 779 40.0 41,349 40,498 2,080

Surgical technologists ......................................... 16.58 16.41 651 656 39.2 33,833 34,124 2,041

Licensed practical and licensed vocational

nurses ............................................................... 16.85 16.38 666 644 39.5 34,640 33,488 2,056

Medical records and health information

technicians ........................................................ 15.95 14.00 631 560 39.6 32,802 29,120 2,057

Miscellaneous health technologists and

technicians ........................................................ 16.14 13.77 646 551 40.0 33,568 28,642 2,080

Occupational health and safety specialists and

technicians ........................................................ 22.63 25.70 905 1,028 40.0 47,065 53,460 2,080

Occupational health and safety specialists ......... 22.63 25.70 905 1,028 40.0 47,065 53,460 2,080

Healthcare support occupations ............................. 9.56 9.18 363 360 37.9 18,864 18,720 1,973

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... 8.94 8.81 335 340 37.4 17,408 17,680 1,947

Home health aides .............................................. 7.67 7.14 253 280 33.0 13,143 14,560 1,714

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 9.42 9.10 372 362 39.5 19,332 18,824 2,052

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...... 11.25 10.69 450 428 40.0 23,390 22,235 2,079

Medical assistants .............................................. 10.99 10.86 440 434 40.0 22,856 22,589 2,080

Protective service occupations ............................... 11.38 10.50 454 420 39.8 23,213 21,840 2,039

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .. 11.20 10.50 446 420 39.9 23,216 21,840 2,074

Security guards ................................................... 11.20 10.50 446 420 39.9 23,216 21,840 2,074

Food preparation and serving related

occupations ........................................................ 8.06 8.25 306 312 37.9 15,843 16,203 1,966

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation

and serving workers ......................................... 15.13 14.42 605 577 40.0 31,462 30,000 2,080

First-line supervisors/managers of food

preparation and serving workers .................. 15.13 14.42 605 577 40.0 31,462 30,000 2,080

Cooks ..................................................................... 9.71 9.04 384 360 39.5 19,926 18,720 2,052

Cooks, institution and cafeteria .......................... 9.51 9.00 378 360 39.7 19,608 18,720 2,061

Cooks, restaurant ............................................... 9.48 9.00 366 360 38.7 19,050 18,720 2,010

Food preparation workers ....................................... 8.92 7.65 357 306 40.0 18,543 15,920 2,080

Food service, tipped ............................................... 4.75 3.75 175 130 37.0 9,049 6,760 1,906

Waiters and waitresses ...................................... 3.18 2.20 113 86 35.4 5,851 4,472 1,840

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and

bartender helpers ......................................... 6.94 8.00 273 300 39.4 14,193 15,600 2,046

Fast food and counter workers ............................... 9.24 9.25 345 332 37.4 17,935 17,285 1,940

Combined food preparation and serving

workers, including fast food .......................... 9.23 9.25 342 320 37.0 17,751 16,640 1,923

Food servers, nonrestaurant .................................. 7.68 7.50 287 281 37.3 14,901 14,625 1,939

Dishwashers ........................................................... 8.13 7.75 311 291 38.3 16,189 15,142 1,991

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations ........................................................ 8.97 8.30 344 322 38.4 17,789 16,756 1,983

First-line supervisors/managers, building and

grounds cleaning and maintenance workers .... 14.28 15.47 594 621 41.6 30,871 32,302 2,163

Building cleaning workers ....................................... 8.72 8.15 333 320 38.2 17,208 16,640 1,974

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and

housekeeping cleaners ................................. 9.38 9.00 369 350 39.4 19,193 18,200 2,046

Maids and housekeeping cleaners ..................... 7.75 7.34 285 288 36.8 14,596 14,999 1,883

Grounds maintenance workers ............................... 8.56 8.25 330 330 38.5 17,138 17,160 2,002

Personal care and service occupations ................. 13.35 9.00 451 393 33.8 22,753 19,453 1,704

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ........... 6.59 6.50 263 260 40.0 13,697 13,520 2,080

Baggage porters and bellhops ............................ 6.59 6.50 263 260 40.0 13,697 13,520 2,080

Transportation attendants ....................................... 33.81 37.54 684 719 20.2 35,555 37,402 1,052

Flight attendants ................................................. 40.53 42.67 724 721 17.9 37,644 37,503 929

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Sales and related occupations ................................ $19.23 $11.56 $763 $458 39.7 $39,553 $23,754 2,057

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ..... 26.34 19.87 1,050 795 39.9 54,593 41,330 2,073

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales

workers ......................................................... 19.21 16.40 764 681 39.8 39,736 35,422 2,069

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail

sales workers ................................................ 45.30 36.06 1,816 1,442 40.1 94,414 75,005 2,084

Retail sales workers ............................................... 12.19 10.00 480 381 39.4 24,858 19,822 2,039

Cashiers, all workers .......................................... 10.08 9.62 393 376 39.0 20,168 19,510 2,001

Cashiers ......................................................... 10.08 9.62 393 376 39.0 20,168 19,510 2,001

Counter and rental clerks and parts

salespersons ................................................ 23.06 22.68 930 907 40.3 48,367 47,170 2,097

Parts salespersons ......................................... 21.61 22.68 874 907 40.4 45,423 47,170 2,102

Retail salespersons ............................................ 12.57 10.00 496 383 39.5 25,790 19,914 2,052

Advertising sales agents ......................................... 67.37 36.05 2,695 1,442 40.0 140,125 74,984 2,080

Insurance sales agents ........................................... 18.26 17.32 730 693 40.0 37,985 36,030 2,080

Securities, commodities, and financial services

sales agents ..................................................... 18.36 15.60 734 624 40.0 38,180 32,446 2,080

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing ................................................... 41.34 40.04 1,671 1,602 40.4 86,910 83,285 2,103

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing, technical and scientific

products ........................................................ 47.44 40.04 1,897 1,602 40.0 98,668 83,285 2,080

Sales representatives, wholesale and

manufacturing, except technical and

scientific products ......................................... 36.08 27.33 1,473 1,108 40.8 76,578 57,601 2,122

Telemarketers ......................................................... 9.75 9.76 388 382 39.8 20,177 19,839 2,069

Office and administrative support occupations .... 14.06 12.90 560 514 39.8 29,066 26,666 2,068

First-line supervisors/managers of office and

administrative support workers ......................... 24.88 23.25 999 930 40.1 51,934 48,360 2,087

Switchboard operators, including answering

service .............................................................. 9.74 9.57 379 379 38.9 19,697 19,698 2,022

Financial clerks ....................................................... 14.20 13.80 565 550 39.8 29,341 28,579 2,066

Bill and account collectors .................................. 14.57 14.00 581 560 39.9 30,215 29,120 2,074

Billing and posting clerks and machine

operators ...................................................... 13.32 12.82 533 513 40.0 27,697 26,666 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... 14.75 14.22 585 569 39.7 30,381 29,582 2,060

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........................... 12.95 12.00 498 480 38.4 25,880 24,960 1,998

Tellers ................................................................. 11.11 11.17 444 447 40.0 23,101 23,225 2,080

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ................ 15.00 14.56 600 582 40.0 31,206 30,279 2,080

Customer service representatives .......................... 12.69 11.93 505 472 39.8 26,274 24,540 2,070

File clerks ............................................................... 11.81 11.70 470 468 39.8 24,429 24,336 2,069

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ....................... 9.10 9.39 364 376 40.0 18,937 19,527 2,080

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .................. 11.68 10.40 469 417 40.2 24,398 21,694 2,089

Loan interviewers and clerks .................................. 13.76 13.39 551 536 40.0 28,630 27,857 2,080

Order clerks ............................................................ 11.92 10.25 470 410 39.5 24,464 21,320 2,052

Human resources assistants, except payroll and

timekeeping ...................................................... 15.66 15.38 626 615 40.0 32,564 31,990 2,080

Receptionists and information clerks ...................... 10.45 10.32 414 413 39.6 21,367 21,461 2,044

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and

travel clerks ...................................................... 16.20 14.48 648 579 40.0 33,692 30,108 2,080

Couriers and messengers ...................................... 10.81 11.00 432 440 40.0 22,478 22,880 2,080

Dispatchers ............................................................. 16.28 12.50 639 500 39.3 33,245 26,000 2,041

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and

ambulance .................................................... 16.28 12.50 639 500 39.3 33,245 26,000 2,041

Production, planning, and expediting clerks ........... 16.45 15.46 658 618 40.0 34,208 32,157 2,080

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ..................... 10.53 10.21 421 408 40.0 21,880 21,237 2,077

Stock clerks and order fillers .................................. 11.78 10.91 467 432 39.7 24,303 22,464 2,063

Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. 17.04 17.00 677 673 39.7 35,185 35,006 2,065

Executive secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................................... 20.41 19.23 816 769 40.0 42,375 39,998 2,076

Medical secretaries ............................................. 11.29 11.68 452 467 40.0 23,493 24,294 2,080

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and

executive ...................................................... 16.31 16.22 641 640 39.3 33,308 33,259 2,043

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Computer operators ................................................ $17.30 $17.89 $691 $716 39.9 $35,928 $37,207 2,077

Data entry and information processing workers ..... 11.39 11.25 454 446 39.9 23,546 23,171 2,068

Data entry keyers ............................................... 11.24 11.05 448 442 39.8 23,207 22,984 2,064

Word processors and typists .............................. 11.77 12.15 471 486 40.0 24,483 25,272 2,080

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ....... 13.75 13.26 546 525 39.7 28,392 27,300 2,065

Office clerks, general .............................................. 12.80 11.37 510 454 39.9 26,537 23,587 2,074

Construction and extraction occupations ............. 16.17 14.00 658 550 40.7 34,223 28,600 2,117

First-line supervisors/managers of construction

trades and extraction workers .......................... 21.30 22.51 907 1,000 42.5 47,139 52,000 2,213

Carpenters .............................................................. 13.76 13.00 550 520 40.0 28,613 27,040 2,080

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo

workers ............................................................. 10.93 10.80 437 432 40.0 22,733 22,464 2,080

Cement masons and concrete finishers ............. 10.93 10.80 437 432 40.0 22,733 22,464 2,080

Construction laborers ............................................. 10.33 9.25 415 370 40.1 21,557 19,240 2,086

Construction equipment operators ......................... 13.49 13.50 540 540 40.0 28,063 28,080 2,080

Operating engineers and other construction

equipment operators ..................................... 14.56 14.00 582 560 40.0 30,289 29,120 2,080

Electricians ............................................................. 16.56 16.00 662 640 40.0 34,440 33,280 2,080

Painters and paperhangers .................................... 13.72 13.53 549 541 40.0 28,537 28,134 2,080

Painters, construction and maintenance ............ 13.72 13.53 549 541 40.0 28,537 28,134 2,080

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................................................... 18.78 19.00 751 760 40.0 39,071 39,520 2,080

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ............... 19.15 19.00 766 760 40.0 39,841 39,520 2,080

Sheet metal workers ............................................... 14.28 11.86 571 474 40.0 29,705 24,663 2,080

Helpers, construction trades ................................... 11.01 11.00 440 440 40.0 22,905 22,880 2,080

Miscellaneous construction and related workers .... 14.17 12.50 567 500 40.0 29,477 25,994 2,080

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil,

gas, and mining ................................................ 20.03 20.75 801 830 40.0 41,656 43,160 2,080

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations ........................................................ 19.65 18.80 790 752 40.2 41,059 39,104 2,089

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,

installers, and repairers .................................... 29.05 24.64 1,181 990 40.6 61,388 51,480 2,113

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment

mechanics, installers, and repairers ................. 21.81 21.74 872 870 40.0 45,365 45,225 2,080

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial

and industrial equipment .............................. 22.39 21.74 895 870 40.0 46,564 45,225 2,080

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ............ 26.92 26.61 1,077 1,064 40.0 56,004 55,349 2,080

Automotive technicians and repairers .................... 18.86 16.00 779 721 41.3 40,528 37,482 2,149

Automotive service technicians and

mechanics .................................................... 19.62 17.64 808 776 41.2 42,012 40,352 2,141

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine

specialists ......................................................... 16.96 17.00 696 660 41.0 36,190 34,320 2,134

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service

technicians and mechanics .............................. 19.92 18.80 797 752 40.0 41,436 39,104 2,080

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except

engines ......................................................... 18.76 18.80 750 752 40.0 39,019 39,104 2,080

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration

mechanics and installers .................................. 21.20 22.00 834 880 39.3 43,343 45,760 2,044

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and

maintenance workers ....................................... 17.06 16.00 681 640 39.9 35,386 32,781 2,074

Industrial machinery mechanics ......................... 18.23 17.67 729 707 40.0 37,921 36,754 2,080

Maintenance and repair workers, general .......... 16.23 13.62 649 545 40.0 33,715 28,000 2,077

Maintenance workers, machinery ....................... 15.10 13.50 598 531 39.6 31,110 27,622 2,060

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and

repair workers ................................................... 13.93 14.38 562 575 40.3 29,209 29,900 2,097

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair

workers ......................................................... 11.67 11.50 467 460 40.0 24,278 23,920 2,080

Production occupations .......................................... 13.81 11.76 550 469 39.9 28,615 24,378 2,073

First-line supervisors/managers of production and

operating workers ............................................. 22.52 21.64 900 886 40.0 46,809 46,097 2,078

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems

assemblers ....................................................... 21.49 21.93 860 877 40.0 44,709 45,614 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical

assemblers ....................................................... $11.92 $11.72 $476 $469 39.9 $24,758 $24,378 2,076

Electrical and electronic equipment

assemblers ................................................... 12.09 11.72 483 469 39.9 25,107 24,378 2,076

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. 13.65 11.47 544 459 39.8 28,290 23,858 2,072

Bakers .................................................................... 11.94 11.47 478 459 40.0 24,838 23,862 2,080

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish

processing workers ........................................... 10.55 9.65 418 386 39.6 21,743 20,072 2,061

Butchers and meat cutters .................................. 15.11 14.84 563 582 37.3 29,263 30,264 1,937

Miscellaneous food processing workers ................. 10.47 11.00 419 440 40.0 21,781 22,880 2,080

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic ............................................... 11.43 9.00 453 360 39.6 23,535 18,720 2,060

Extruding and drawing machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .... 11.43 9.00 453 360 39.6 23,535 18,720 2,060

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ................................. 12.17 10.91 487 437 40.0 25,317 22,699 2,080

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .... 10.45 9.70 418 388 40.0 21,731 20,176 2,080

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing

machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ............................. 11.62 11.00 465 440 40.0 24,173 22,880 2,080

Machinists ............................................................... 21.26 20.00 850 800 40.0 44,211 41,600 2,080

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic ................................. 11.98 11.89 479 476 40.0 24,922 24,731 2,080

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................ 15.50 15.89 620 635 40.0 32,230 33,045 2,080

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ............ 15.74 16.00 629 640 40.0 32,732 33,280 2,080

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers ... 15.37 14.60 614 575 39.9 31,922 29,910 2,077

Printers ................................................................... 16.47 14.06 659 562 40.0 34,254 29,245 2,080

Prepress technicians and workers ...................... 21.58 22.10 863 884 40.0 44,877 45,968 2,080

Printing machine operators ................................. 14.95 12.75 598 510 40.0 31,098 26,520 2,080

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings

workers ............................................................. 14.24 16.37 554 623 38.9 28,796 32,406 2,023

Stationary engineers and boiler operators .............. 18.74 18.73 750 749 40.0 38,975 38,948 2,080

Miscellaneous plant and system operators ............ 27.61 28.63 1,106 1,145 40.0 57,490 59,546 2,082

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery

operators, and gaugers ................................ 27.79 28.63 1,113 1,145 40.1 57,867 59,546 2,083

Chemical processing machine setters, operators,

and tenders ....................................................... 24.74 25.96 990 1,038 40.0 51,467 53,997 2,080

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending

workers ............................................................. 12.96 12.60 518 504 40.0 26,951 26,208 2,080

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators,

and tenders ................................................... 11.88 11.00 475 440 40.0 24,712 22,880 2,080

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and

weighers ........................................................... 13.27 11.60 531 464 40.0 27,605 24,128 2,080

Packaging and filling machine operators and

tenders .............................................................. 12.49 11.88 500 475 40.0 25,982 24,710 2,080

Painting workers ..................................................... 15.21 13.00 615 520 40.4 31,969 27,040 2,101

Miscellaneous production workers ......................... 10.59 9.50 421 380 39.8 21,877 19,760 2,066

Transportation and material moving

occupations ........................................................ 15.90 12.12 639 486 40.2 32,965 25,272 2,073

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers,

laborers, and material movers, hand ................ 18.99 18.25 764 775 40.2 39,731 40,326 2,093

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation

and material-moving machine and vehicle

operators .......................................................... 23.24 22.07 972 883 41.8 50,559 45,899 2,176

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers .......................... 120.76 129.65 2,680 2,797 22.2 139,380 145,465 1,154

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ......... 136.95 154.34 2,806 2,951 20.5 145,896 153,427 1,065

Bus drivers .............................................................. 14.77 17.05 591 682 40.0 30,732 35,464 2,080

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... 17.74 16.67 769 753 43.3 39,986 39,133 2,254

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............... 18.45 17.67 829 800 44.9 43,099 41,600 2,336

Truck drivers, light or delivery services .............. 15.95 12.80 639 512 40.1 33,248 26,624 2,085

Sailors and marine oilers ........................................ 13.02 10.83 609 575 46.7 31,655 29,899 2,431

Crane and tower operators ..................................... 17.90 17.83 716 713 40.0 37,223 37,086 2,080

Industrial truck and tractor operators ...................... 11.49 11.20 459 448 40.0 23,874 23,296 2,078

See footnotes at end of table.

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

weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation2

Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... $10.18 $9.50 $400 $374 39.3 $20,370 $19,386 2,000

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment .................. 10.72 10.60 429 424 40.0 22,305 22,048 2,080

Laborers and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand ................................................ 10.43 9.53 408 374 39.2 20,508 19,442 1,966

Machine feeders and offbearers ......................... 10.85 9.75 434 390 40.0 22,558 20,280 2,080

Packers and packagers, hand ............................ 8.06 7.70 311 300 38.6 16,174 15,600 2,006

1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.

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

premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The

mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to

employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are

paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an

employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not

shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, West South

Central, June 2006

Occupational group3

Union Nonunion

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... $21.60 $21.61 $21.59 $16.91 $16.38 $19.86

Management, professional, and related ..................... 29.35 31.24 28.88 29.09 30.22 26.25

Management, business, and financial .................... – – – 34.22 35.03 29.92

Professional and related ......................................... 29.44 31.99 28.88 26.76 27.43 25.47

Service ........................................................................ 18.55 17.03 20.23 9.00 7.95 13.78

Sales and office .......................................................... 20.74 21.11 14.56 13.78 13.88 12.86

Sales and related .................................................... 38.23 38.23 – 14.62 14.63 13.59

Office and administrative support ........................... 17.27 17.47 14.56 13.26 13.34 12.84

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 22.49 22.79 18.39 15.57 15.68 14.55

Construction and extraction ................................... 20.80 20.82 20.65 15.07 15.20 13.88

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 23.59 24.05 16.27 16.47 16.59 15.51

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 21.26 21.49 15.46 12.29 12.26 13.12

Production .............................................................. 17.46 17.45 – 12.60 12.59 13.18

Transportation and material moving ....................... 24.54 25.17 14.89 12.00 11.95 13.10

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 5.5 6.4 2.0 1.3 1.3 1.8

Management, professional, and related ..................... 9.8 18.0 10.5 2.0 2.8 1.1

Management, business, and financial .................... – – – 3.0 3.0 4.9

Professional and related ......................................... 10.0 19.3 10.5 3.0 4.3 1.1

Service ........................................................................ 6.2 11.1 9.6 4.4 3.1 5.3

Sales and office .......................................................... 8.9 9.0 6.6 1.1 1.2 1.7

Sales and related .................................................... 26.3 26.3 – 2.1 2.1 12.1

Office and administrative support ........................... 3.6 4.0 6.6 .9 1.1 1.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 3.9 3.8 10.6 2.6 3.1 3.1

Construction and extraction ................................... 6.9 7.5 4.8 4.1 4.6 3.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 3.2 3.3 11.4 1.9 2.4 4.4

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 11.8 11.9 2.1 1.4 1.5 4.6

Production .............................................................. 11.1 11.3 – 2.5 2.6 9.7

Transportation and material moving ....................... 10.8 10.3 2.2 1.8 1.9 4.2

1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through

collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

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

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"

around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix

A.

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

publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational

groups, West South Central, June 2006

Occupational group3

Time Incentive

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

All workers .................................................................... $16.70 $16.08 $24.34 $24.35

Management, professional, and related ..................... 28.66 29.66 43.86 43.87

Management, business, and financial .................... 33.56 34.30 44.09 44.10

Professional and related ......................................... 26.58 27.13 43.35 43.35

Service ........................................................................ 9.13 7.93 13.98 13.98

Sales and office .......................................................... 12.77 12.76 24.24 24.27

Sales and related .................................................... 11.52 11.51 25.90 25.94

Office and administrative support ........................... 13.36 13.44 15.03 15.03

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 16.03 16.17 20.72 20.72

Construction and extraction ................................... – 15.32 – 40.50

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 17.48 17.73 18.02 18.02

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 13.13 13.12 16.81 16.81

Production .............................................................. 13.15 13.14 13.32 13.32

Transportation and material moving ....................... 13.12 13.10 17.52 17.52

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers .................................................................... 1.5 1.7 4.4 4.4

Management, professional, and related ..................... 1.8 2.5 9.4 9.4

Management, business, and financial .................... 3.1 3.1 5.9 5.9

Professional and related ......................................... 2.6 3.8 23.4 23.4

Service ........................................................................ 4.1 2.9 20.6 20.6

Sales and office .......................................................... 1.0 1.1 7.2 7.3

Sales and related .................................................... 1.7 1.8 7.8 7.9

Office and administrative support ........................... 1.0 1.2 9.1 9.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 2.9 3.5 5.2 5.2

Construction and extraction ................................... – 5.0 – 25.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 3.1 3.8 8.9 8.9

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 3.4 3.6 7.1 7.1

Production .............................................................. 2.9 3.0 7.9 7.9

Transportation and material moving ....................... 6.1 6.4 7.0 7.0

1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate

or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at

least partially based on productivity payments such as piece

rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries

paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living

adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for

overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

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

and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See

appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error

expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to

calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.

For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that

data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, West South

Central, June 2006

Occupational group3

Goods producing Service providing

ConstructionManufacturing

Trade,

transportation,

and utilities

InformationFinancial

activities

Professional and

business

services

Education

and

health

services

Leisure

and

hospitality

Other

services

All workers ................................................ $17.01 $17.79 $15.41 $25.46 $18.82 – $16.10 $7.91 $13.27

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... 33.39 35.74 29.06 32.85 32.75 – 24.52 24.79 24.53

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ 33.04 39.02 34.19 37.01 33.71 – 25.64 25.38 21.78

Professional and related ..................... 34.37 33.63 24.09 30.97 28.77 – 24.37 22.50 25.75

Service .................................................... – 10.03 11.01 – 11.63 – 9.12 6.79 8.26

Sales and office ...................................... 21.73 17.95 12.68 20.97 14.44 – 12.43 10.54 13.39

Sales and related ................................ 42.40 28.61 12.58 27.30 16.33 – 10.85 10.17 13.25

Office and administrative support ....... 13.74 15.23 12.92 17.44 13.71 – 12.46 10.77 13.52

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... 14.55 15.67 17.85 24.70 23.23 – 13.43 13.02 15.14

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. 17.16 16.52 18.24 24.70 13.61 – 13.40 13.85 15.34

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. 13.43 13.02 15.06 15.03 – – 8.75 8.54 8.71

Production .......................................... 12.97 13.48 14.14 17.67 – – 10.65 9.65 8.92

Transportation and material moving ... 13.74 11.50 15.24 11.68 – – 7.79 8.00 8.17

Relative error4 (percent)

All workers ................................................ 8.2 3.3 2.7 8.8 5.5 – 3.2 2.4 5.5

Management, professional, and

related ............................................... 6.8 3.0 5.1 7.6 2.9 – 7.3 7.6 15.8

Management, business, and

financial ........................................ 5.4 6.7 6.2 12.2 4.4 – 8.3 11.5 10.3

Professional and related ..................... 11.9 3.0 14.9 7.5 6.5 – 8.1 20.5 20.1

Service .................................................... – 9.5 6.5 – 9.0 – 6.8 2.7 7.0

Sales and office ...................................... 22.8 9.0 2.6 16.5 4.9 – 3.4 10.6 15.9

Sales and related ................................ 34.1 16.0 3.8 33.6 9.1 – 17.0 13.7 35.7

Office and administrative support ....... 3.7 2.9 1.6 8.0 3.2 – 3.3 9.3 5.8

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ..................................... 4.4 7.4 2.9 4.0 32.6 – 15.7 11.4 5.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair .. 5.6 8.9 2.4 4.0 15.5 – 17.0 12.4 7.4

Production, transportation, and material

moving .............................................. 4.9 3.0 7.4 7.7 – – 7.6 6.3 4.7

Production .......................................... 8.6 3.2 5.2 11.6 – – 10.2 24.4 4.7

Transportation and material moving ... 5.7 6.0 8.5 5.4 – – 6.7 3.0 8.9

1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

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

premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The

mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of

workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

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

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Table 20. Civilian workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly

and annual hours for full-time workers by work levels, West South Central, June 2006

Occupation1

Hourly earnings2 Weekly earnings3 Annual earnings4

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

All workers ................................................ $18.22 $16.00 $724 $639 39.7 $37,665 $33,238 2,067

Level 1 ............................... 8.00 8.05 319 322 39.9 16,611 16,723 2,076

Level 2 ............................... 9.23 9.06 367 362 39.7 19,063 18,803 2,066

Level 3 ............................... 10.74 10.66 429 425 39.9 22,320 22,110 2,077

Level 4 ............................... 12.97 12.67 516 506 39.8 26,847 26,291 2,070

Level 5 ............................... 15.97 15.24 633 600 39.6 32,915 31,179 2,062

Level 6 ............................... 19.23 18.95 768 758 40.0 39,944 39,410 2,078

Level 7 ............................... 22.08 21.96 875 872 39.6 45,518 45,365 2,061

Level 8 ............................... 25.63 25.51 1,012 1,000 39.5 52,643 52,000 2,054

Level 9 ............................... 27.41 26.00 1,066 1,000 38.9 55,452 52,000 2,023

Level 10 .............................. 33.70 33.33 1,341 1,333 39.8 69,721 69,326 2,069

Level 11 .............................. 36.45 36.61 1,506 1,520 41.3 78,317 79,040 2,149

Not able to be leveled ......... 19.08 14.50 763 580 40.0 39,683 30,160 2,080

Management occupations ................... 30.12 31.28 1,265 1,095 42.0 65,777 56,921 2,184

Level 11 .............................. 38.99 38.76 1,762 1,781 45.2 91,649 92,612 2,351

Medical and health services

managers ...................................... 30.08 32.60 1,268 916 42.2 65,945 47,632 2,192

Business and financial operations

occupations .................................... 22.39 19.50 896 780 40.0 46,571 40,560 2,080

Computer and mathematical science

occupations .................................... 31.96 34.81 1,278 1,392 40.0 66,476 72,403 2,080

Community and social services

occupations .................................... 17.17 18.42 687 737 40.0 35,721 38,314 2,080

Level 7 ............................... 18.62 20.90 745 836 40.0 38,721 43,468 2,080

Social workers .................................... 19.99 20.90 800 836 40.0 41,586 43,468 2,080

Medical and public health social

workers ..................................... 21.40 20.90 856 836 40.0 44,517 43,468 2,080

Miscellaneous community and social

service specialists ......................... 12.91 12.60 516 504 40.0 26,850 26,208 2,080

Social and human service

assistants .................................. 12.81 12.59 513 504 40.0 26,654 26,196 2,080

Healthcare practitioner and technical

occupations .................................... 23.19 22.50 915 880 39.5 47,580 45,760 2,052

Level 3 ............................... 11.20 10.81 448 432 40.0 23,294 22,485 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 15.49 15.75 611 616 39.5 31,791 32,011 2,052

Level 5 ............................... 16.96 15.71 670 628 39.5 34,843 32,677 2,054

Level 6 ............................... 20.08 19.46 802 779 39.9 41,699 40,485 2,077

Level 7 ............................... 22.57 22.70 892 880 39.5 46,369 45,760 2,055

Level 8 ............................... 26.02 26.00 1,027 1,022 39.5 53,394 53,165 2,052

Level 9 ............................... 28.19 26.70 1,091 1,034 38.7 56,743 53,789 2,013

Level 10 .............................. 33.81 33.98 1,345 1,333 39.8 69,926 69,326 2,068

Level 11 .............................. 35.10 33.52 1,401 1,329 39.9 72,862 69,098 2,076

Pharmacists ........................................ 40.49 43.11 1,620 1,724 40.0 84,217 89,669 2,080

Level 9 ............................... 41.56 43.65 1,662 1,746 40.0 86,450 90,792 2,080

Registered nurses .............................. 27.28 26.35 1,069 1,029 39.2 55,584 53,498 2,038

Level 7 ............................... 24.65 24.57 963 937 39.1 50,099 48,706 2,032

Level 8 ............................... 26.46 26.73 1,041 1,052 39.3 54,129 54,725 2,046

Level 9 ............................... 26.59 26.00 1,019 990 38.3 52,992 51,493 1,993

Level 10 .............................. 34.84 34.01 1,384 1,360 39.7 71,982 70,741 2,066

Level 11 .............................. 34.31 30.50 1,369 1,210 39.9 71,208 62,941 2,076

Therapists ........................................... 24.52 22.54 980 901 40.0 50,964 46,875 2,078

Level 7 ............................... 21.75 21.32 870 853 40.0 45,233 44,346 2,080

Respiratory therapists ..................... 21.27 21.13 850 845 39.9 44,192 43,952 2,077

Level 7 ............................... 21.75 21.32 870 853 40.0 45,233 44,346 2,080

Clinical laboratory technologists and

technicians .................................... 18.00 18.47 716 734 39.8 37,226 38,168 2,068

Level 6 ............................... 22.19 22.13 888 885 40.0 46,157 46,030 2,080

Medical and clinical laboratory

technologists ............................. 22.15 22.00 886 880 40.0 46,065 45,760 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 20. Civilian workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly

and annual hours for full-time workers by work levels, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation1

Hourly earnings2 Weekly earnings3 Annual earnings4

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Medical and clinical laboratory

technicians ................................ $13.19 $11.44 $521 $458 39.5 $27,099 $23,795 2,055

Diagnostic related technologists and

technicians .................................... 20.63 20.94 825 838 40.0 42,916 43,555 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 16.55 16.29 662 652 40.0 34,427 33,883 2,080

Level 5 ............................... 22.03 21.66 881 866 40.0 45,831 45,044 2,080

Level 6 ............................... 22.38 22.91 895 916 40.0 46,560 47,647 2,080

Level 7 ............................... 21.25 21.00 850 840 40.0 44,204 43,680 2,080

Cardiovascular technologists and

technicians ................................ 14.15 13.76 566 550 40.0 29,429 28,621 2,080

Radiologic technologists and

technicians ................................ 21.96 21.89 878 876 40.0 45,679 45,531 2,080

Level 5 ............................... 22.03 21.66 881 866 40.0 45,831 45,044 2,080

Level 6 ............................... 22.38 22.91 895 916 40.0 46,560 47,647 2,080

Health diagnosing and treating

practitioner support technicians .... 16.58 16.41 652 656 39.3 33,903 34,124 2,045

Level 4 ............................... 16.29 16.41 630 656 38.7 32,737 34,124 2,010

Level 5 ............................... 16.91 15.81 669 628 39.6 34,798 32,677 2,058

Level 6 ............................... 17.13 16.45 685 658 40.0 35,629 34,222 2,080

Pharmacy technicians .................... 14.05 13.99 531 540 37.8 27,594 28,080 1,963

Respiratory therapy technicians ..... 19.29 18.96 772 758 40.0 40,126 39,437 2,080

Surgical technologists ..................... 16.47 16.41 648 656 39.3 33,704 34,124 2,046

Level 4 ............................... 16.69 16.41 652 656 39.1 33,908 34,124 2,032

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses .......................... 16.00 15.72 635 625 39.7 33,031 32,494 2,064

Level 4 ............................... 15.48 14.86 619 594 40.0 32,199 30,909 2,080

Level 5 ............................... 15.38 15.24 605 577 39.4 31,476 29,986 2,047

Level 6 ............................... 17.37 17.04 693 682 39.9 36,031 35,443 2,075

Medical records and health

information technicians ................. 17.32 15.27 683 611 39.4 35,497 31,762 2,050

Miscellaneous health technologists

and technicians ............................. 16.94 13.77 676 551 39.9 35,127 28,642 2,074

Healthcare support occupations ......... 10.16 9.78 405 390 39.9 21,082 20,301 2,076

Level 1 ............................... 8.63 8.44 345 338 40.0 17,952 17,555 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 9.17 9.11 367 364 40.0 19,078 18,949 2,080

Level 3 ............................... 10.71 10.30 426 406 39.8 22,169 21,120 2,069

Level 4 ............................... 11.33 10.85 452 433 39.9 23,507 22,526 2,074

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health

aides ............................................. 9.55 9.18 382 368 40.0 19,843 19,136 2,078

Level 1 ............................... 8.66 8.45 346 338 40.0 18,003 17,576 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 9.04 9.01 361 360 40.0 18,794 18,732 2,080

Level 3 ............................... 10.52 10.15 416 406 39.5 21,636 21,120 2,057

Level 4 ............................... 10.50 10.20 420 408 40.0 21,841 21,208 2,080

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ................................. 9.62 9.30 385 372 40.0 20,002 19,344 2,080

Level 1 ............................... 8.66 8.45 346 338 40.0 18,003 17,576 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 9.02 9.07 361 363 40.0 18,766 18,866 2,080

Level 3 ............................... 10.56 10.10 422 404 40.0 21,933 20,987 2,078

Level 4 ............................... 12.06 11.99 482 480 40.0 25,080 24,939 2,080

Physical therapist assistants and

aides ............................................. 10.55 10.20 422 408 40.0 21,948 21,216 2,080

Physical therapist aides .................. 10.29 9.53 412 381 40.0 21,412 19,822 2,080

Miscellaneous healthcare support

occupations .................................. 11.76 10.91 468 435 39.8 24,349 22,614 2,070

Level 3 ............................... 10.67 10.52 427 421 40.0 22,196 21,882 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 12.10 11.97 481 476 39.8 25,025 24,752 2,069

Medical assistants .......................... 12.25 11.28 488 452 39.8 25,371 23,483 2,070

Medical transcriptionists ................. 12.04 11.83 481 473 40.0 25,034 24,606 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 12.04 11.83 481 473 40.0 25,034 24,606 2,080

Protective service occupations ........... 13.96 14.45 558 578 40.0 29,028 30,056 2,080

Food preparation and serving related

occupations .................................... 9.82 8.85 392 354 39.9 20,378 18,408 2,075

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 20. Civilian workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly

and annual hours for full-time workers by work levels, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation1

Hourly earnings2 Weekly earnings3 Annual earnings4

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Food preparation and serving related

occupations –Continued

Level 1 ............................... $7.99 $8.49 $317 $340 39.7 $16,496 $17,659 2,063

Cooks ................................................. 9.86 8.85 394 354 40.0 20,513 18,408 2,080

Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...... 9.86 8.85 394 354 40.0 20,513 18,408 2,080

Food preparation workers ................... 8.92 8.80 357 352 40.0 18,557 18,304 2,080

Building and grounds cleaning and

maintenance occupations ............. 8.20 8.09 328 324 40.0 17,052 16,827 2,080

Level 1 ............................... 7.75 7.88 310 315 40.0 16,121 16,390 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 8.74 8.77 350 351 40.0 18,186 18,242 2,080

Building cleaning workers ................... 8.20 8.09 328 324 40.0 17,052 16,827 2,080

Level 1 ............................... 7.75 7.88 310 315 40.0 16,121 16,390 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 8.74 8.77 350 351 40.0 18,186 18,242 2,080

Janitors and cleaners, except

maids and housekeeping

cleaners .................................... 8.64 8.37 346 335 40.0 17,969 17,410 2,080

Level 1 ............................... 8.09 7.94 324 317 40.0 16,823 16,505 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 8.88 8.87 355 355 40.0 18,463 18,450 2,080

Maids and housekeeping cleaners 7.72 7.65 309 306 40.0 16,052 15,912 2,080

Level 1 ............................... 7.52 7.65 301 306 40.0 15,645 15,912 2,080

Office and administrative support

occupations .................................... 11.86 11.08 473 442 39.9 24,595 23,005 2,074

Level 2 ............................... 9.30 9.06 367 360 39.5 19,097 18,720 2,054

Level 3 ............................... 10.60 10.66 424 426 40.0 22,040 22,173 2,079

Level 4 ............................... 12.32 12.45 493 498 40.0 25,624 25,896 2,080

Level 5 ............................... 13.67 13.59 547 544 40.0 28,440 28,273 2,080

Level 7 ............................... 24.16 25.68 966 1,027 40.0 50,255 53,419 2,080

Financial clerks ................................... 11.05 10.66 442 426 40.0 22,982 22,173 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 12.75 12.64 510 506 40.0 26,518 26,291 2,080

Bookkeeping, accounting, and

auditing clerks ........................... 11.94 11.00 478 440 40.0 24,835 22,880 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 12.78 13.26 511 530 40.0 26,573 27,581 2,080

File clerks ........................................... 9.92 10.23 392 409 39.5 20,393 21,274 2,055

Interviewers, except eligibility and

loan ............................................... 10.52 10.43 421 417 40.0 21,888 21,694 2,080

Secretaries and administrative

assistants ...................................... 12.47 12.67 498 507 40.0 25,914 26,345 2,078

Level 3 ............................... 10.98 10.80 439 429 39.9 22,804 22,298 2,076

Level 4 ............................... 12.93 12.67 517 507 40.0 26,899 26,345 2,080

Executive secretaries and

administrative assistants .......... 15.39 14.40 615 576 40.0 32,001 29,942 2,080

Medical secretaries ......................... 11.78 12.14 471 484 40.0 24,480 25,189 2,078

Level 3 ............................... 10.72 10.45 428 415 39.9 22,242 21,590 2,075

Level 4 ............................... 12.80 12.67 512 507 40.0 26,619 26,345 2,080

Secretaries, except legal, medical,

and executive ........................... 14.48 15.10 579 604 40.0 30,111 31,408 2,080

Office clerks, general .......................... 11.02 11.26 441 450 40.0 22,929 23,421 2,080

Level 2 ............................... 8.83 8.95 353 358 40.0 18,364 18,616 2,080

Level 3 ............................... 10.23 10.71 409 428 40.0 21,276 22,277 2,080

Level 4 ............................... 12.58 12.33 503 493 40.0 26,173 25,646 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 20. Civilian workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly

and annual hours for full-time workers by work levels, West South Central, June 2006 — Continued

Occupation1

Hourly earnings2 Weekly earnings3 Annual earnings4

Mean Median Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Installation, maintenance, and repair

occupations .................................... $15.66 $15.64 $626 $626 40.0 $32,569 $32,531 2,080

Level 5 ............................... 15.83 15.91 633 636 40.0 32,918 33,093 2,080

Industrial machinery installation,

repair, and maintenance workers 15.82 15.91 633 636 40.0 32,913 33,093 2,080

Maintenance and repair workers,

general ...................................... 15.84 15.91 633 636 40.0 32,940 33,093 2,080

Production occupations ...................... 10.45 10.25 418 410 40.0 21,728 21,320 2,080

1 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard

Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more

information. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

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

hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,

nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay

of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See

appendix A for more information. 3 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of

overtime. 4 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries

paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of

the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual

hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

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

publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for

categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

157
Table 21. Civilian workers in management occupations by supervisory responsibility: Mean

and median weekly and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, West South

Central, June 2006

Occupation1

Weekly earnings2 Annual earnings3

Mean Median

Mean

weekly

hours

Mean Median

Mean

annual

hours

Management occupations

Team leader ....................... $1,306 $1,165 40.9 $66,171 $58,050 2,072

First line .............................. 1,516 1,392 41.5 77,829 70,947 2,130

Second line ......................... 2,000 1,635 40.7 103,128 84,781 2,097

Third line ............................. 4,559 3,850 40.0 237,088 200,212 2,080

General and operations managers

First line .............................. 1,727 1,615 44.5 89,804 83,990 2,313

Second line ......................... 2,047 1,543 40.3 106,431 80,246 2,098

Marketing managers

First line .............................. 2,101 2,077 40.0 109,252 107,994 2,080

Sales managers

First line .............................. 1,938 1,552 43.7 100,792 80,702 2,273

Administrative services managers

First line .............................. 954 916 40.3 49,552 47,647 2,096

Computer and information systems

managers

First line .............................. 1,961 1,526 40.0 101,967 79,352 2,080

Financial managers

Team leader ....................... 1,341 1,129 40.0 69,747 58,700 2,080

First line .............................. 1,940 1,920 41.2 100,870 99,840 2,141

Second line ......................... 2,215 1,928 40.0 115,190 100,244 2,080

Compensation and benefits managers

First line .............................. 1,352 1,404 40.0 70,314 73,008 2,080

Industrial production managers

First line .............................. 1,610 1,664 41.9 83,699 86,507 2,180

Second line ......................... 1,764 1,569 40.0 91,724 81,598 2,080

Transportation, storage, and

distribution managers

First line .............................. 1,312 1,273 40.0 68,215 66,221 2,080

Construction managers

Team leader ....................... 1,386 1,340 40.0 72,073 69,680 2,080

First line .............................. 1,383 1,317 43.1 69,521 71,999 2,167

Education administrators, elementary

and secondary school

Team leader ....................... 1,423 1,405 39.9 60,731 60,593 1,704

First line .............................. 1,509 1,541 38.4 69,625 70,932 1,771

Education administrators,

postsecondary

Team leader ....................... 1,419 982 37.9 71,777 50,502 1,915

First line .............................. 1,350 1,351 40.9 66,732 69,370 2,022

Engineering managers

First line .............................. 1,958 1,977 41.0 101,821 102,802 2,131

Food service managers

First line .............................. 893 878 42.8 46,113 45,635 2,209

Medical and health services

managers

Team leader ....................... 774 840 40.0 40,248 43,680 2,080

First line .............................. 1,229 1,024 41.3 63,929 53,233 2,150

Property, real estate, and community

association managers

First line .............................. 1,085 1,029 40.0 56,397 53,483 2,081

1 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See

appendix B for more information. 2 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly

wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings

designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same

as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the

hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive

of overtime. 3 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual

wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings

designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same

as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the

hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of

overtime.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data

did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups

may include data for categories not shown separately

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation

Survey.

158
Table 22. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, West South

Central, June 2006

Worker and establishment

characteristics

Total Metropolitan areas Nonmetropolitan areas

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Hourly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours3

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error2

(percent)

All workers .......................................................... $17.12 1.5 36.7 $17.69 1.5 36.7 $14.11 2.4 36.2

Worker characteristics4,5

Management, professional, and related ........... 29.09 2.0 38.3 29.61 2.2 38.6 24.66 1.8 36.0

Management, business, and financial .......... 34.21 3.0 40.4 34.46 3.1 40.5 31.06 7.5 39.3

Professional and related ............................... 26.80 2.9 37.5 27.32 3.3 37.8 22.93 2.3 35.2

Service .............................................................. 9.25 4.0 32.3 9.24 4.5 32.6 9.33 6.5 30.9

Sales and office ................................................ 13.96 1.3 36.3 14.43 1.3 36.5 10.79 3.7 35.2

Sales and related .......................................... 14.89 2.4 34.1 15.79 2.3 34.3 9.84 7.0 33.3

Office and administrative support ................. 13.40 .9 37.7 13.64 .9 37.9 11.53 1.4 36.7

Natural resources, construction, and

maintenance ................................................... 16.27 2.6 40.2 16.75 2.4 40.2 15.06 7.2 40.3

Construction and extraction ......................... 15.48 3.9 40.2 15.94 2.7 40.2 14.56 11.2 40.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ 17.53 2.5 40.3 17.84 2.7 40.2 16.33 7.2 40.5

Production, transportation, and material

moving ............................................................ 13.34 3.5 38.1 13.63 4.1 38.0 12.29 3.3 38.6

Production .................................................... 13.15 2.8 39.3 13.41 2.8 39.1 12.37 6.9 39.9

Transportation and material moving ............. 13.51 6.0 37.1 13.83 7.0 37.0 12.20 2.4 37.3

Full time ............................................................ 18.09 1.4 39.9 18.69 1.3 39.8 14.85 3.0 39.9

Part time ........................................................... 8.66 2.8 21.5 8.75 3.0 21.7 8.21 8.1 20.6

Union ................................................................ 21.60 5.5 37.0 23.02 4.2 36.4 15.97 18.2 39.8

Nonunion .......................................................... 16.91 1.3 36.6 17.44 1.3 36.8 14.00 2.3 36.0

Time .................................................................. 16.70 1.5 36.5 17.25 1.5 36.6 13.76 3.7 36.0

Incentive ........................................................... 24.34 4.4 39.8 25.05 4.9 40.0 20.39 6.5 39.0

Establishment characteristics

Goods producing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 20.18 4.2 40.0 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

Service providing .............................................. 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 17.13 1.8 35.9 6 ( ) 6 ( ) 6 ( )

1-49 workers ..................................................... 14.70 3.3 35.7 15.21 3.9 35.8 12.76 2.9 35.0

50-99 workers ................................................... 14.40 3.1 37.0 14.42 2.7 37.5 14.32 11.5 35.1

100-499 workers ............................................... 16.89 1.5 36.6 17.33 1.4 36.3 14.90 5.7 38.1

500 workers or more ......................................... 21.59 1.6 37.8 21.80 1.5 37.8 17.83 9.5 38.2

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

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

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

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

weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of

the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample

estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,

exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based

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

determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially

based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production

bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational

Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing

industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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

criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Technical Note 

he data in these tables are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS) 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 West South Central Census Division, 

the NCS studied 3,762establishments representing approximately 13,769,000 workers within the scope of the survey. 

(See Appendix tables.) The survey included establishments 

with one or more workers in private goods-producing 

industries, private service-providing industries, State 

governments; and local governments employing 50 or more 

workers. 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. The employment 

figures reflect for the first time post-stratification, to adjust 

survey sample weights to reflect current employment by 

industry. For more information, see the article at 

www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20070122ar01p1.htm. 

Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the 

survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from 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. 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 

152 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that represent 

the Nation’s 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 that do not fit 

the metropolitan area definition. 

The NCS locality areas that contribute to the West 

South Central Census Division are: 

Amarillo, TX, MSA 

Andrews County, TX 

Austin-San Marcos, TX, MSA 

Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX, MSA 

Corpus Christi, TX, MSA 

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, CMSA 

Gillespie County, TX 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX, CMSA 

New Orleans, LA, MSA 

Oklahoma City, OK, MSA 

Palo Pinto County, TX 

Panola County, TX 

Pope County, AR 

Prairie County, AR 

San Antonio, TX, MSA 

St. Frances County, AR 

Vermilion Parish, LA 

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 was approximately proportional to 

the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment was 

selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to 

its employment. Use of this technique means that the 

larger an establishment’s employment, the greater 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 data collection. 

The third stage of sample selection was a probability 

sampling of occupations within a sampled establishment. 

Data collection. Collection was the responsibility of field 

economists, working out of the BLS regional offices, who 

contacted each establishment surveyed. Collection was 

conducted between December 2005 and January 2007. 

The average payroll reference month was June 2006. For 

each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the 

establishment’s practices on the day of collection. 

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 

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 

system 

3. Characterization of jobs as full-time vs. part-time, 

union vs. nonunion, and time vs. incentive 

4. Determination of the level of work of each job

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For each occupation, wage data were collected for those 

workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria 

identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level 

could not be determined, wages were still collected. 

In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at 

each establishment by the BLS field economist 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. NCS 

now uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification 

(SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of 

about 800 occupational classifications, from accountant to 

zoologist. For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two 

or more SOC classification codes, the duties used to set the 

wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by 

primary duties was the fallback. 

Each occupational classification is an element of a 

broader classification known as a major group. 

Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups (the 

group 55-0000, Military Specific Occupations, is not 

included). For more information on the SOC classification 

system and a complete list of all occupations, see the BLS 

Internet site www.bls.gov/soc/home.htm. 

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 establishment’s definition of those terms. 

Then, the worker was classified as having a time or 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. The worker also was identified as being in a union or a nonunion job. 

The fourth step in the job classification procedure was 

to determine the work level of each of the establishment's 

selected jobs, using an occupational leveling process. This 

process, involving discussions between the BLS field 

economist and the respondent, matches certain aspects of a 

job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. 

Points for each factor are then totaled to determine the 

overall work level for the job. For more information on 

occupational leveling and an example of how to use the 

criteria for leveling a job, see the publication “National 

Compensation Survey: Guide for Evaluating Your Firm’s 

Jobs and Pay,” available at the BLS Internet site 

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. 

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 errors and nonsampling errors. 

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 a table shows that mean hourly earnings 

for all workers of $19.29 per hour and a relative standard 

error of 1.2 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent 

level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from 

$18.91 to $19.67 ($19.29 x 1.645 x 0.012 = $0.3808, 

rounded to $0.38); ($19.29 - 0.38 = $18.91; $19.29 + 0.38 

= $19.67). 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. These 

errors can stem from many sources, such as inability to 

obtain information for some establishments, difficulties 

with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to 

provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or 

coding the data obtained. Although such errors were not 

specifically measured, efforts were made to minimize 

nonsampling errors by the extensive training of field 

economists who gathered survey data by personal visit, 

computer editing of the data, and detailed data review. 

Additional information. NCS reports for the nation and 

about 80 metropolitan areas. These publications, as well as 

a list of occupational classifications and the factors used in 

determining work levels, may be obtained from BLS by 

calling (202) 691-6199. You may also write to BLS at: 

Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 

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

20212-0001; or send e-mail to NCSinfo@bls.gov. 

The national summary and bulletin, along with locality 

publications, are available on the BLS Internet site: 

www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm in a Portable Document 

Format (PDF). 

Material in this summary 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: 1-800-877-8339. 
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, West South

Central, June 2006

Occupational group2 Civilian

workers

Private

industry

workers

State and

local

government

workers

All workers .................................................................... 13,769,000 11,543,900 2,225,200

Management, professional, and related ..................... 3,525,300 2,340,200 1,185,100

Management, business, and financial .................... 974,600 807,000 167,600

Professional and related ......................................... 2,550,800 1,533,300 1,017,500

Service ........................................................................ 2,850,300 2,387,200 463,000

Sales and office .......................................................... 3,783,000 3,432,900 350,200

Sales and related .................................................... 1,502,400 1,488,700 13,700

Office and administrative support ........................... 2,280,600 1,944,200 336,400

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance .... 1,401,600 1,260,600 141,100

Construction and extraction ................................... 791,700 714,500 77,100

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................... 571,200 509,900 61,400

Production, transportation, and material moving ........ 2,208,800 2,123,000 85,800

Production .............................................................. 1,015,100 996,700 18,500

Transportation and material moving ....................... 1,193,700 1,126,300 67,300

1 The number of workers represented by the

survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of

the number of workers provide a description of size

and composition of the labor force included in the

survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for

comparison to other statistical series to measure

employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the

2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)

system. See appendix B for more information.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, West South Central, June

2006

Establishments Total Private

industry

State and

local

government

Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 370,762 370,029 733

Total in sample ............................................................... 3,762 3,408 354

Responding ............................................................ 2,389 2,063 326

Refused or unable to provide data ......................... 805 782 23

Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 568 563 5

1 The list of establishments from which the

survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was

developed from State unemployment insurance

reports and is based on the 2002 North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private

industries, an establishment is usually a single

physical location. For State and local governments,

an establishment is defined as all locations of a

government entity.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or

that data did not meet publication criteria.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National

Compensation Survey.

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