Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL National ...Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government,

Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL National Compensation Survey October 2005 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner June 2006 Bulletin 3130–71

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Preface

ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensa-

tion Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been con-ducted without the cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data in-cluded in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respon-dents for their cooperation. Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics col-lected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Com-pensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, de-signed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the survey for publication. For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and tele-phone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning,

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to [email protected]. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Inter-net site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file containing the published table formats. An ASCII file con-taining positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet also is available. Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permis-sion. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339.

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Contents

Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables:

1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 2 2–1. Mean hourly earnings, all workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 3 2–2. Mean hourly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 5 2–3. Mean hourly earnings, part-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 7 3–1. Mean weekly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 8 3–2. Mean annual earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 10 4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 12 4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 16 4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 20 5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................ 22 5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............................................................................................................................. 23 5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............................................................................................................................. 24 6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, all industries.................................................................................................................................. 25 6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, private industry............................................................................................................................. 27 6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, State and local government........................................................................................................... 29 6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers: Selected occupations, all industries.................................................................................................................................. 30 6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers: Selected occupations, all industries.................................................................................................................................. 32

Appendixes: A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. A – 1 Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group............ A – 5 B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ B – 1

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Introduction

he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL, metropoli-

tan area. Data were collected between March 2005 and April 2006; the average reference month is October 2005. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appen-dix with detailed information on occupational classifica-tions. Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are pre-sented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some oc-cupations, such as teachers and firefighters, typically have shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having different work schedules. NCS products The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, com-pensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from the NCS. Another product, Em-ployer Costs for Employee Compensation, measures em-ployers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. About the tables The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupa-tional earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 480 de-tailed occupations are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Gov-ernment and private households). Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the con-fidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are in-sufficient to support reliable estimates.

Table 1–1 presents an overview of all tables in this bul-letin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and State and local government for selected worker and es-tablishment characteristics. The worker characteristics in-clude major occupational group, full-time or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods and service producing and size of establishment. Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings, and the relative standard errors associated with them, for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the same type of information for full-time workers only. Table 2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as part-time. Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time em-ployees in specific occupations across all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 pro-vides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations. Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for private industry and gov-ernment workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for workers designated as part-time. Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for se-lected worker characteristics by major occupational group. The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for ma-jor industry divisions by occupational group; these esti-mates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by major occupational group in the private sector. Tables 6–1 through 6–5 present hourly wage percentiles that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for indi-vidual workers within each published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private indus-try, State and local government, full-time workers, and part-time workers.

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Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Worker and establishment characteristics

Total Private industry State and local government

Hourly earningsMean

weeklyhours3

Hourly earningsMean

weeklyhours3

Hourly earningsMeanweeklyhours3Mean

Relativeerror2

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror2

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror2

(percent)

Total ........................................................................... $16.73 2.7 36.7 $15.70 3.7 36.3 $21.51 0.6 38.7

Worker characteristics:4

White-collar occupations5 ....................................... 21.46 3.5 37.2 20.66 4.8 36.9 24.22 2.6 38.5Professional specialty and technical ................... 26.09 3.5 36.8 25.45 5.4 36.1 27.18 2.3 38.1Executive, administrative, and managerial ......... 33.61 4.2 41.9 34.58 5.0 42.8 30.50 3.1 39.3Sales ................................................................... 13.73 8.4 33.0 13.72 8.5 33.0 – – –Administrative support ........................................ 14.44 3.2 38.0 14.69 3.7 37.7 13.24 4.4 39.3

Blue-collar occupations5 ......................................... 13.04 5.2 38.6 12.79 5.7 38.5 15.64 3.3 39.3Precision production, craft, and repair ................ 17.04 5.1 39.1 16.98 6.4 39.1 17.31 2.2 39.3Machine operators, assemblers, andinspectors ......................................................... 10.94 7.0 39.7 10.93 7.1 39.7 – – –

Transportation and material moving ................... 14.68 12.7 39.9 14.87 13.6 40.1 12.57 2.6 38.6Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,and laborers ...................................................... 9.80 4.8 36.8 9.69 4.9 36.7 12.85 2.1 40.0

Service occupations5 .............................................. 9.46 1.6 34.0 8.21 1.8 33.2 15.93 5.1 38.9

Full time .................................................................. 17.53 2.9 39.7 16.51 3.8 39.9 21.79 1.0 39.2Part time ................................................................. 9.91 7.1 22.2 9.80 7.5 22.0 12.13 6.8 27.0

Union ...................................................................... 20.42 3.4 38.4 17.95 11.8 38.4 21.32 .7 38.4Nonunion ................................................................ 16.14 3.2 36.4 15.59 3.8 36.2 21.75 1.9 39.0

Time ........................................................................ 16.28 2.3 36.5 15.07 2.9 36.0 21.51 .6 38.7Incentive ................................................................. 25.78 21.5 41.5 25.78 21.5 41.5 – – –

Establishment characteristics:

Goods producing .................................................... 6( ) 6( ) 6( ) 15.57 7.3 39.8 6( ) 6( ) 6( )Service producing ................................................... 6( ) 6( ) 6( ) – – – 6( ) 6( ) 6( )

50-99 workers7 ....................................................... 12.10 5.5 33.4 12.10 5.5 33.4 – – –100-499 workers ..................................................... 16.11 7.8 37.6 15.96 8.3 37.5 20.03 9.8 39.2500 workers or more ............................................... 18.78 3.1 37.3 17.27 4.7 36.6 21.63 .6 38.6

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. Theyinclude incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premiumpay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean iscomputed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,weighted by hours.

2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent ofthe estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sampleestimate. 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 basedon the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages aredetermined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on

hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partiallybased on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and productionbonuses.

5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to coverall workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producingindustries applies to private industry only.

7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments withfewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.

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

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Occupation3


MeanRelativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $16.73 2.7 $15.70 3.7 $21.51 0.6All excluding sales ............................................................ 17.02 2.9 15.93 4.0 21.53 .6

White collar ......................................................................... 21.46 3.5 20.66 4.8 24.22 2.6White collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.98 3.3 22.51 4.7 24.27 2.6

Professional specialty and technical ............................ 26.09 3.5 25.45 5.4 27.18 2.3Professional specialty ................................................... 27.65 3.9 27.50 6.1 27.85 3.9

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... 30.58 5.3 29.24 4.0 – –Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 24.64 12.9 24.70 13.6 – –

Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 24.63 13.0 24.68 13.8 – –Natural scientists ...................................................... 29.75 18.2 – – – –Health related ........................................................... 28.44 6.9 29.03 7.2 22.00 12.0

Registered nurses ................................................ 25.47 2.5 25.42 2.6 – –Pharmacists .......................................................... 45.02 1.1 45.02 1.1 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. 40.59 6.5 – – 39.81 7.1Teachers, except college and university .................. 28.03 .6 – – – –

Elementary school teachers ................................. 27.94 .4 – – – –Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – – – – – –Social scientists and urban planners ........................ – – – – – –Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 19.87 1.6 – – 19.87 1.9

Social workers ...................................................... 19.87 1.6 – – 19.87 1.9Lawyers and judges .................................................. – – – – – –Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 31.98 14.4 29.17 15.7 – –Technical ...................................................................... 17.97 2.9 18.29 2.8 15.84 13.5

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 17.72 15.3 21.07 12.7 – –Radiological technicians ....................................... 21.94 1.2 21.94 1.2 – –Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 17.26 3.0 17.27 3.0 – –Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 13.47 18.6 13.13 20.0 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 33.61 4.2 34.58 5.0 30.50 3.1Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 40.61 5.7 42.43 6.8 34.83 6.0

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 42.17 11.3 43.17 11.5 – –Management related ................................................. 22.83 5.0 22.56 6.3 23.73 4.9

Accountants and auditors ..................................... 21.31 9.1 20.55 9.8 – –Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 22.88 6.3 20.85 8.1 24.98 .6

Sales ................................................................................ 13.73 8.4 13.72 8.5 – –Supervisors, sales ................................................ 22.66 24.7 22.66 24.7 – –Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 8.96 7.1 8.96 7.1 – –Cashiers ............................................................... 8.19 4.8 8.15 4.8 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 14.44 3.2 14.69 3.7 13.24 4.4Secretaries ........................................................... 15.76 10.0 16.35 13.3 14.26 3.1Receptionists ........................................................ 9.83 12.7 9.83 12.7 – –Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 12.10 4.1 – – – –Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.51 4.3 13.53 4.6 – –Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 15.10 6.2 15.09 6.8 – –Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 11.27 11.9 11.19 14.7 – –General office clerks ............................................. 11.76 6.5 11.92 9.2 11.55 8.7Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.74 4.5 13.81 6.6 13.60 2.9

Blue collar ........................................................................... 13.04 5.2 12.79 5.7 15.64 3.3

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 17.04 5.1 16.98 6.4 17.31 2.2Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 13.07 1.6 12.82 2.1 13.31 1.6Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 11.16 17.2 11.16 17.2 – –Butchers and meat cutters .................................... 12.82 .1 12.82 .1 – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 10.94 7.0 10.93 7.1 – –Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.03 8.8 12.03 9.0 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 14.68 12.7 14.87 13.6 12.57 2.6Truck drivers ......................................................... 15.11 18.2 15.11 18.2 – –Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 12.11 3.0 – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005 — Continued

Occupation3


MeanRelativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers $9.80 4.8 $9.69 4.9 $12.85 2.1Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.06 4.4 9.97 4.2 – –

Service ................................................................................. 9.46 1.6 8.21 1.8 15.93 5.1Protective service ..................................................... 14.35 10.0 10.22 8.5 19.83 1.6

Firefighting ............................................................ 18.75 14.0 – – 18.75 14.0Police and detectives, public service .................... 20.79 5.0 – – 20.79 5.0Guards and police, except public service ............. 10.41 9.2 10.29 9.1 – –

Food service ............................................................. 6.76 3.3 6.70 3.4 – –Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 3.74 6.5 3.74 6.5 – –Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 3.36 4.8 3.36 4.8 – –

Other food service .................................................. 8.76 4.8 8.74 5.0 – –Cooks ................................................................... 11.01 4.4 11.01 4.4 – –Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 8.97 3.1 – – – –Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 7.73 1.5 7.71 1.6 – –

Health service ........................................................... 9.58 2.0 9.53 2.1 – –Health aides, except nursing ................................ 9.25 5.7 9.09 5.9 – –Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.72 1.5 9.72 1.5 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 8.96 2.4 8.55 1.2 10.05 2.2Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.21 2.4 8.60 5.5 – –

Personal service ....................................................... 9.15 4.4 8.81 2.7 – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excludedare premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, andtips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by thenumber of workers, weighted by hours.

2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used

to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.

4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as apercent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" arounda sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meetpublication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overalloccupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Occupation3


MeanRelativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $17.53 2.9 $16.51 3.8 $21.79 1.0All excluding sales ............................................................ 17.63 3.1 16.54 4.1 21.80 1.0




Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 24.63 13.0 24.68 13.8 – –Natural scientists ...................................................... 29.75 18.2 – – – –Health related ........................................................... 27.71 6.5 28.32 6.8 – –

Registered nurses ................................................ 25.08 1.5 25.00 1.6 – –Teachers, college and university .............................. 40.61 6.5 – – 39.84 7.2Teachers, except college and university .................. 28.06 .6 – – – –

Elementary school teachers ................................. 27.94 .4 – – – –Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – – – – – –Social scientists and urban planners ........................ – – – – – –Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 19.87 1.6 – – 19.87 1.9


professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 35.51 10.7 32.60 13.1 – –Technical ...................................................................... 18.11 3.7 18.53 3.4 15.26 15.2

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 17.51 16.7 – – – –Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 16.60 3.3 16.60 3.3 – –Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 15.26 24.4 15.16 25.7 – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 33.61 4.2 34.58 5.0 30.50 3.1Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 40.61 5.7 42.43 6.8 34.83 6.0

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 42.17 11.3 43.17 11.5 – –Management related ................................................. 22.83 5.0 22.56 6.3 23.73 4.9


Sales ................................................................................ 16.23 9.3 16.22 9.4 – –Supervisors, sales ................................................ 22.66 24.7 22.66 24.7 – –Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 9.80 5.4 9.80 5.4 – –Cashiers ............................................................... 9.13 5.4 9.13 5.4 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 14.62 3.2 14.89 3.7 13.33 4.0Secretaries ........................................................... 15.76 10.0 16.35 13.3 14.26 3.1Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 12.10 4.1 – – – –Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.32 4.9 13.32 5.3 – –Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 15.42 6.7 15.44 7.4 – –Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 11.27 11.9 11.19 14.7 – –General office clerks ............................................. 11.76 6.5 11.92 9.2 11.55 8.7Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.78 4.6 13.87 6.7 13.60 2.9

Blue collar ........................................................................... 13.30 5.4 13.07 6.0 15.64 3.3

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 17.24 5.5 17.22 6.9 17.31 2.2Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 13.07 1.6 12.82 2.1 13.31 1.6

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 10.97 7.1 10.96 7.1 – –Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.03 8.8 12.03 9.0 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 14.68 12.7 14.87 13.6 12.57 2.6Truck drivers ......................................................... 15.11 18.2 15.11 18.2 – –Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 12.11 3.0 – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 10.11 5.9 10.00 6.0 12.85 2.1Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.09 4.5 10.00 4.3 – –

Service ................................................................................. 10.09 1.7 8.66 1.7 16.47 3.5


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Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005 — Continued

Occupation3


MeanRelativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

Service –ContinuedProtective service ..................................................... $14.56 10.5 $10.33 9.3 $19.98 1.6


Food service ............................................................. 7.20 6.0 7.20 6.0 – –Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 3.55 7.7 3.55 7.7 – –Other food service .................................................. 9.35 5.2 9.36 5.2 – –Cooks ................................................................... 11.01 4.4 11.01 4.4 – –Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 8.02 2.2 8.02 2.3 – –

Health service ........................................................... 9.73 2.5 9.70 2.6 – –Health aides, except nursing ................................ 9.47 9.9 – – – –Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.80 .9 9.82 .8 – –

Cleaning and building service ................................... 9.03 2.6 8.61 1.3 10.05 2.2Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.45 1.3 9.13 4.2 – –

Personal service ....................................................... 10.33 9.0 9.88 7.9 – –


2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, aworker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-timeemployee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, wherea 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is usedto cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.



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Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Occupation3


MeanRelativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)



Professional specialty and technical ............................ 24.08 13.0 24.44 14.0 20.06 12.0Professional specialty ................................................... 29.73 12.3 29.89 12.7 – –

Health related ........................................................... 31.83 10.8 32.14 11.0 – –Registered nurses ................................................ 27.07 6.0 27.17 6.4 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. – – – – – –Teachers, except college and university .................. – – – – – –Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and

professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ – – – – – –Technical ...................................................................... 17.51 4.1 17.46 5.0 – –

Sales ................................................................................ 7.84 4.7 7.80 4.8 – –Cashiers ............................................................... 7.64 3.5 7.58 3.5 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 11.30 8.4 11.45 8.7 – –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 7.58 1.5 7.58 1.5 – –

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

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 7.43 .7 7.43 .7 – –Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 7.44 .7 7.44 .7 – –

Service ................................................................................. 6.73 6.9 6.52 7.2 9.61 3.0Protective service ..................................................... – – – – – –Food service ............................................................. 5.63 9.4 5.32 7.9 – –Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 4.13 10.3 4.13 10.3 – –Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 3.71 13.4 3.71 13.4 – –

Other food service .................................................. 6.97 6.3 6.57 4.4 – –Health service ........................................................... 9.04 2.7 8.91 2.2 – –Cleaning and building service ................................... – – – – – –Personal service ....................................................... 7.20 2.0 7.14 1.8 – –


2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-timeschedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, aworker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-timeemployee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, wherea 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is usedto cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.



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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Occupation3


Weekly earningsMean

weeklyhours5

Weekly earningsMeanweeklyhours5

Weekly earningsMeanweeklyhours5Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

All ............................................................... $697 3.0 39.7 $658 3.9 39.9 $853 1.0 39.2All excluding sales .............................. 701 3.2 39.7 660 4.3 39.9 854 1.0 39.2

White collar ........................................... 892 3.8 40.0 874 5.2 40.4 945 2.3 38.8White collar excluding sales ........... 928 3.8 40.0 920 5.4 40.5 946 2.3 38.8

Professional specialty andtechnical ...................................... 1,036 3.4 39.5 1,029 5.7 40.2 1,047 2.0 38.3

Professional specialty ..................... 1,088 3.9 39.5 1,106 6.6 40.5 1,067 3.4 38.3Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 1,268 4.9 41.5 1,226 5.2 41.9 – – –Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 986 12.9 40.0 988 13.6 40.0 – – –Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 985 13.0 40.0 987 13.8 40.0 – – –Natural scientists ........................ 1,190 18.2 40.0 – – – – – –Health related ............................. 1,084 6.7 39.1 1,105 7.1 39.0 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 969 2.7 38.6 963 2.8 38.5 – – –Teachers, college and university 1,584 7.4 39.0 – – – 1,561 8.2 39.2Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,057 .6 37.7 – – – – – –Elementary school teachers ... 1,052 .4 37.7 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, andcurators ................................. – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urbanplanners ................................ – – – – – – – – –

Social, recreation, and religiousworkers ................................. 795 1.6 40.0 – – – 795 1.9 40.0

Social workers ........................ 795 1.6 40.0 – – – 795 1.9 40.0Lawyers and judges .................... – – – – – – – – –Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,n.e.c. ..................................... 1,415 10.5 39.8 1,304 13.1 40.0 – – –

Technical ........................................ 707 3.9 39.1 722 3.9 39.0 605 14.8 39.6Clinical laboratory

technologists andtechnicians ........................ 701 16.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ....... 663 3.1 39.9 663 3.2 40.0 – – –Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 611 24.4 40.0 606 25.7 40.0 – – –

Executive, administrative, andmanagerial ................................... 1,409 5.6 41.9 1,481 6.3 42.8 1,198 3.2 39.3Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 1,745 7.5 43.0 1,886 8.2 44.4 1,353 6.0 38.9Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,841 12.8 43.7 1,893 13.1 43.9 – – –Management related ................... 922 5.1 40.4 914 6.3 40.5 947 5.0 39.9

Accountants and auditors ....... 864 9.5 40.5 835 10.5 40.6 – – –Management related, n.e.c. .... 938 4.3 41.0 876 4.1 42.0 999 .6 40.0

Sales .................................................. 645 9.4 39.8 645 9.4 39.8 – – –Supervisors, sales .................. 917 25.5 40.5 917 25.5 40.5 – – –Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 390 5.5 39.8 390 5.5 39.8 – – –Cashiers ................................. 364 5.3 39.9 364 5.3 39.9 – – –

Administrative support, includingclerical ......................................... 579 3.0 39.6 590 3.4 39.6 526 4.3 39.5

Secretaries ............................. 621 9.1 39.4 641 12.1 39.2 569 3.0 39.9Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 484 4.1 40.0 – – – – – –Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 524 4.4 39.3 523 4.8 39.3 – – –Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 612 6.8 39.7 613 7.4 39.7 – – –


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Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005 — Continued

Occupation3


Weekly earningsMean

weeklyhours5

Weekly earningsMeanweeklyhours5

Weekly earningsMeanweeklyhours5Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, includingclerical –Continued

Stock and inventory clerks ...... $451 11.9 40.0 $447 14.7 40.0 – – –General office clerks ............... 461 6.9 39.2 472 8.9 39.6 $447 10.5 38.7Administrative support, n.e.c. 548 4.6 39.7 554 6.7 40.0 534 3.9 39.3

Blue collar ............................................. 532 5.5 40.0 523 6.1 40.0 614 3.3 39.3

Precision production, craft, andrepair ............................................ 687 5.5 39.9 689 6.9 40.0 681 2.0 39.3

Mechanics and repairers,n.e.c. ................................. 521 1.6 39.8 513 2.1 40.0 528 1.9 39.7

Machine operators, assemblers,and inspectors ............................ 438 7.1 40.0 438 7.1 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous machineoperators, n.e.c. ................ 481 8.8 40.0 481 9.0 40.0 – – –

Transportation and materialmoving ......................................... 586 12.6 39.9 596 13.5 40.1 485 5.6 38.6

Truck drivers ........................... 606 18.0 40.1 606 18.0 40.1 – – –Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 484 3.0 40.0 – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,helpers, and laborers ................. 405 6.2 40.1 401 6.3 40.1 514 2.1 40.0

Laborers, except construction,n.e.c. ................................. 402 4.5 39.9 399 4.3 39.9 – – –

Service ................................................... 393 2.4 38.9 334 2.2 38.6 666 4.1 40.4Protective service ....................... 575 13.6 39.5 391 12.8 37.9 836 2.1 41.9

Firefighting .............................. 994 14.0 53.0 – – – 994 14.0 53.0Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 837 5.2 40.2 – – – 837 5.2 40.2Guards and police, except

public service .................... 395 12.9 37.9 390 12.9 37.8 – – –Food service ............................... 274 4.8 38.0 274 4.8 38.0 – – –Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 127 11.0 35.9 127 11.0 35.9 – – –Other food service .................... 368 5.2 39.3 368 5.2 39.3 – – –Cooks ..................................... 426 5.4 38.7 426 5.4 38.7 – – –Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 318 2.4 39.6 318 2.4 39.6 – – –

Health service ............................. 381 2.7 39.2 380 2.8 39.2 – – –Health aides, except nursing .. 358 12.0 37.8 – – – – – –Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 388 .6 39.6 389 .6 39.6 – – –Cleaning and building service ..... 355 2.0 39.4 344 1.3 40.0 381 2.2 37.9

Janitors and cleaners ............. 362 1.4 38.3 365 4.2 40.0 – – –Personal service ......................... 409 9.4 39.6 391 8.4 39.6 – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excludedare premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, andtips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by thenumber of workers, weighted by hours.

2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedulebased on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in oneestablishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week isthe minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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 asample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in aweek, exclusive of overtime.


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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Occupation3


Annual earningsMeanannualhours5


Annual earningsMeanannualhours5Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)

All ............................................................... $35,451 3.0 2,022 $34,207 3.9 2,072 $40,047 1.0 1,838All excluding sales .............................. 35,589 3.2 2,019 34,268 4.3 2,072 40,060 1.0 1,838

White collar ........................................... 44,629 3.8 2,000 45,349 5.2 2,095 42,745 2.3 1,754White collar excluding sales ........... 46,184 3.8 1,991 47,749 5.4 2,100 42,772 2.3 1,753

Professional specialty andtechnical ...................................... 48,971 3.4 1,864 53,148 5.7 2,078 44,060 2.0 1,614

Professional specialty ..................... 50,698 3.9 1,841 57,040 6.6 2,090 44,515 3.4 1,598Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 65,915 4.9 2,156 63,729 5.2 2,179 – – –Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 51,259 12.9 2,080 51,372 13.6 2,080 – – –Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 51,230 13.0 2,080 51,343 13.8 2,080 – – –Natural scientists ........................ 61,883 18.2 2,080 – – – – – –Health related ............................. 56,333 6.7 2,033 57,457 7.1 2,029 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 50,358 2.7 2,008 50,069 2.8 2,003 – – –Teachers, college and university 63,300 7.4 1,559 – – – 62,260 8.2 1,563Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 41,524 .6 1,480 – – – – – –Elementary school teachers ... 41,351 .4 1,480 – – – – – –

Librarians, archivists, andcurators ................................. – – – – – – – – –

Social scientists and urbanplanners ................................ – – – – – – – – –

Social, recreation, and religiousworkers ................................. 41,324 1.6 2,080 – – – 41,323 1.9 2,080

Social workers ........................ 41,324 1.6 2,080 – – – 41,323 1.9 2,080Lawyers and judges .................... – – – – – – – – –Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,n.e.c. ..................................... 73,555 10.5 2,071 67,799 13.1 2,080 – – –

Technical ........................................ 36,770 3.9 2,031 37,558 3.9 2,026 31,444 14.8 2,060Clinical laboratory

technologists andtechnicians ........................ 36,426 16.7 2,080 – – – – – –

Licensed practical nurses ....... 34,480 3.1 2,077 34,495 3.2 2,078 – – –Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 31,750 24.4 2,080 31,536 25.7 2,080 – – –

Executive, administrative, andmanagerial ................................... 72,985 5.6 2,171 76,997 6.3 2,227 61,359 3.2 2,012Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 90,162 7.5 2,220 98,058 8.2 2,311 68,713 6.0 1,973Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 95,735 12.8 2,270 98,452 13.1 2,280 – – –Management related ................... 47,959 5.1 2,100 47,552 6.3 2,108 49,261 5.0 2,076

Accountants and auditors ....... 44,928 9.5 2,108 43,433 10.5 2,114 – – –Management related, n.e.c. .... 48,784 4.3 2,132 45,551 4.1 2,184 51,956 .6 2,080

Sales .................................................. 33,561 9.4 2,068 33,558 9.4 2,068 – – –Supervisors, sales .................. 47,696 25.5 2,105 47,696 25.5 2,105 – – –Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 20,277 5.5 2,068 20,277 5.5 2,068 – – –Cashiers ................................. 18,954 5.3 2,075 18,954 5.3 2,075 – – –

Administrative support, includingclerical ......................................... 29,859 3.0 2,042 30,670 3.4 2,059 26,209 4.3 1,966

Secretaries ............................. 32,264 9.1 2,048 33,316 12.1 2,037 29,593 3.0 2,075Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 25,166 4.1 2,080 – – – – – –Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 27,250 4.4 2,046 27,212 4.8 2,043 – – –Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 31,832 6.8 2,064 31,853 7.4 2,063 – – –


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Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and localgovernment, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005 — Continued

Occupation3




Annual earningsMeanannualhours5Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror4

(percent)


Administrative support, includingclerical –Continued

Stock and inventory clerks ...... $23,445 11.9 2,080 $23,270 14.7 2,080 – – –General office clerks ............... 22,376 6.9 1,903 24,542 8.9 2,059 $19,929 10.5 1,726Administrative support, n.e.c. 28,474 4.6 2,066 28,820 6.7 2,079 27,759 3.9 2,041

Blue collar ............................................. 27,610 5.5 2,075 27,210 6.1 2,082 31,484 3.3 2,013

Precision production, craft, andrepair ............................................ 35,626 5.5 2,067 35,804 6.9 2,080 34,963 2.0 2,019

Mechanics and repairers,n.e.c. ................................. 27,072 1.6 2,071 26,663 2.1 2,080 27,462 1.9 2,063

Machine operators, assemblers,and inspectors ............................ 22,797 7.1 2,079 22,774 7.1 2,079 – – –

Miscellaneous machineoperators, n.e.c. ................ 25,028 8.8 2,080 25,022 9.0 2,080 – – –

Transportation and materialmoving ......................................... 30,406 12.6 2,072 30,985 13.5 2,084 24,523 5.6 1,951

Truck drivers ........................... 31,516 18.0 2,085 31,516 18.0 2,085 – – –Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 25,188 3.0 2,080 – – – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners,helpers, and laborers ................. 21,061 6.2 2,084 20,836 6.3 2,084 26,726 2.1 2,080

Laborers, except construction,n.e.c. ................................. 20,922 4.5 2,074 20,730 4.3 2,073 – – –

Service ................................................... 20,376 2.4 2,020 17,382 2.2 2,008 34,166 4.1 2,075Protective service ....................... 29,906 13.6 2,054 20,338 12.8 1,968 43,490 2.1 2,177

Firefighting .............................. 51,669 14.0 2,756 – – – 51,669 14.0 2,756Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 43,505 5.2 2,093 – – – 43,505 5.2 2,093Guards and police, except

public service .................... 20,559 12.9 1,971 20,286 12.9 1,967 – – –Food service ............................... 14,224 4.8 1,975 14,224 4.8 1,975 – – –Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 6,625 11.0 1,867 6,625 11.0 1,867 – – –Other food service .................... 19,134 5.2 2,045 19,137 5.2 2,045 – – –Cooks ..................................... 22,159 5.4 2,013 22,159 5.4 2,013 – – –Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 16,531 2.4 2,061 16,533 2.4 2,061 – – –

Health service ............................. 19,829 2.7 2,037 19,753 2.8 2,036 – – –Health aides, except nursing .. 18,601 12.0 1,965 – – – – – –Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 20,168 .6 2,057 20,211 .6 2,058 – – –Cleaning and building service ..... 18,255 2.0 2,023 17,905 1.3 2,080 19,038 2.2 1,894

Janitors and cleaners ............. 18,226 1.4 1,928 18,997 4.2 2,080 – – –Personal service ......................... 21,258 9.4 2,058 20,318 8.4 2,057 – – –

1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excludedare premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, andtips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by thenumber of workers, weighted by hours.

2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedulebased on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in oneestablishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week isthe minimum full-time schedule.

3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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 asample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.

5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,exclusive of overtime.


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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State andlocal government, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005

Occupation and level


MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)

All ............................................................................................. $16.73 2.7 $15.70 3.7 $21.51 0.6All excluding sales ............................................................ 17.02 2.9 15.93 4.0 21.53 .6

White collar ......................................................................... 21.46 3.5 20.66 4.8 24.22 2.6 1 ...................................................................... 7.50 2.1 7.50 2.1 – – 2 ...................................................................... 9.40 4.9 9.31 5.7 – – 3 ...................................................................... 11.73 4.1 11.71 4.7 11.86 2.4 4 ...................................................................... 13.83 4.2 13.92 4.7 13.20 2.9 5 ...................................................................... 16.95 6.1 17.40 7.0 14.79 2.6 6 ...................................................................... 17.85 5.1 18.99 5.9 14.53 4.8 7 ...................................................................... 24.20 6.1 21.31 9.0 27.75 1.4 8 ...................................................................... 23.78 1.8 23.89 2.0 23.42 3.8 9 ...................................................................... 25.94 5.3 26.94 5.7 22.44 10.910 ...................................................................... 37.89 8.0 36.61 9.5 38.62 11.611 ...................................................................... 34.38 6.5 36.46 7.6 26.97 8.512 ...................................................................... 42.49 7.2 43.88 5.4 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 25.05 16.8 25.03 18.5 – –

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 22.98 3.3 22.51 4.7 24.27 2.6 2 ...................................................................... 10.41 4.3 10.52 5.0 – – 3 ...................................................................... 12.62 4.1 12.74 4.7 11.87 2.5 4 ...................................................................... 14.38 4.7 14.60 5.3 13.20 2.9 5 ...................................................................... 16.52 6.9 16.91 7.9 14.71 2.6 6 ...................................................................... 18.12 5.1 19.56 5.4 14.53 4.8 7 ...................................................................... 23.85 5.0 19.77 5.3 27.75 1.4 8 ...................................................................... 23.78 1.8 23.89 2.0 23.40 3.8 9 ...................................................................... 26.24 4.3 27.49 3.1 22.44 10.910 ...................................................................... 37.89 8.0 36.61 9.5 38.62 11.611 ...................................................................... 34.38 6.5 36.46 7.6 26.97 8.512 ...................................................................... 42.46 7.3 43.86 5.5 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 28.58 14.6 29.03 16.1 – –


7 ...................................................................... 25.97 5.2 20.16 5.0 28.56 1.0 8 ...................................................................... 23.61 2.8 23.83 4.0 – – 9 ...................................................................... 26.10 5.8 28.05 2.7 21.40 11.710 ...................................................................... 32.02 13.6 36.77 9.7 – –11 ...................................................................... 35.56 6.7 36.34 8.1 30.54 3.312 ...................................................................... 43.75 7.7 42.09 5.2 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.80 15.8 – – – –


8 ...................................................................... 24.10 8.2 – – – –Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 24.63 13.0 24.68 13.8 – –

Natural scientists ...................................................... 29.75 18.2 – – – –Health related ........................................................... 28.44 6.9 29.03 7.2 22.00 12.0

7 ...................................................................... 21.74 .9 21.74 .9 – – 8 ...................................................................... 23.96 2.0 – – – – 9 ...................................................................... 25.94 3.9 26.68 2.5 – –11 ...................................................................... 41.58 7.5 41.68 7.4 – –

Registered nurses ................................................ 25.47 2.5 25.42 2.6 – – 8 ...................................................................... 24.15 1.8 – – – – 9 ...................................................................... 25.67 1.9 25.54 2.0 – –

Pharmacists .......................................................... 45.02 1.1 45.02 1.1 – –Teachers, college and university .............................. 40.59 6.5 – – 39.81 7.1Teachers, except college and university .................. 28.03 .6 – – – –

7 ...................................................................... 28.69 .7 – – – –Elementary school teachers ................................. 27.94 .4 – – – –

Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... – – – – – –Social scientists and urban planners ........................ – – – – – –Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 19.87 1.6 – – 19.87 1.9


professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 31.98 14.4 29.17 15.7 – –


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Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State andlocal government, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005 —Continued



MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)


Professional specialty and technical –ContinuedTechnical ...................................................................... $17.97 2.9 $18.29 2.8 $15.84 13.5

4 ...................................................................... 15.30 10.8 – – – – 5 ...................................................................... 18.32 3.9 18.47 4.0 – – 6 ...................................................................... 18.74 2.1 18.87 2.2 – – 7 ...................................................................... 21.26 8.2 21.50 8.7 – – 8 ...................................................................... 20.90 2.6 – – – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 17.72 15.3 21.07 12.7 – –Radiological technicians ....................................... 21.94 1.2 21.94 1.2 – –Licensed practical nurses ..................................... 17.26 3.0 17.27 3.0 – –Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........ 13.47 18.6 13.13 20.0 – –

4 ...................................................................... 12.32 5.9 – – – –

Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 33.61 4.2 34.58 5.0 30.50 3.1 7 ...................................................................... 19.57 8.0 19.70 9.4 18.78 7.5 8 ...................................................................... 25.15 3.7 25.11 3.9 – – 9 ...................................................................... 26.69 6.6 26.68 7.7 – –11 ...................................................................... 27.83 16.0 – – – –12 ...................................................................... 41.23 13.7 – – – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 39.88 9.2 42.82 7.9 – –

Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 40.61 5.7 42.43 6.8 34.83 6.0 7 ...................................................................... 21.37 17.7 – – – – 9 ...................................................................... 26.27 8.3 26.51 9.8 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 42.85 15.4 47.27 15.8 – –

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... 42.17 11.3 43.17 11.5 – – 9 ...................................................................... 28.37 6.6 – – – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 49.79 18.4 49.79 18.4 – –

Management related ................................................. 22.83 5.0 22.56 6.3 23.73 4.9 7 ...................................................................... 19.35 8.5 19.22 9.4 – – 8 ...................................................................... 24.24 3.9 24.46 4.1 – – 9 ...................................................................... 28.01 3.7 – – – –


Sales ................................................................................ 13.73 8.4 13.72 8.5 – – 1 ...................................................................... 7.44 2.2 7.44 2.2 – – 2 ...................................................................... 7.70 6.4 7.70 6.4 – – 3 ...................................................................... 8.99 6.2 8.92 6.4 – – 4 ...................................................................... 12.32 4.8 12.32 4.8 – –

Supervisors, sales ................................................ 22.66 24.7 22.66 24.7 – –Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 8.96 7.1 8.96 7.1 – –

4 ...................................................................... 10.25 9.4 10.25 9.4 – –Cashiers ............................................................... 8.19 4.8 8.15 4.8 – –

2 ...................................................................... 7.71 7.1 7.71 7.1 – – 3 ...................................................................... 9.16 5.8 9.08 6.1 – –

Administrative support, including clerical ................... 14.44 3.2 14.69 3.7 13.24 4.4 2 ...................................................................... 10.41 4.3 10.52 5.0 – – 3 ...................................................................... 12.63 4.2 12.75 4.7 11.87 2.5 4 ...................................................................... 14.16 5.0 14.28 5.8 13.48 1.2 5 ...................................................................... 16.63 7.4 17.06 8.5 14.52 3.1 6 ...................................................................... 17.76 10.0 20.71 10.3 14.31 4.9 7 ...................................................................... 18.17 11.3 18.31 13.1 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 14.32 12.5 14.32 12.5 – –

Secretaries ........................................................... 15.76 10.0 16.35 13.3 14.26 3.1 4 ...................................................................... 15.22 5.4 – – – – 5 ...................................................................... 16.10 14.1 16.24 16.2 – – 6 ...................................................................... 13.20 2.3 – – – –

Receptionists ........................................................ 9.83 12.7 9.83 12.7 – –Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 12.10 4.1 – – – –Records clerks, n.e.c. ........................................... 13.51 4.3 13.53 4.6 – –

3 ...................................................................... 11.99 3.0 – – – –


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MeanRelativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)Mean

Relativeerror5

(percent)


Administrative support, including clerical –ContinuedBookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... $15.10 6.2 $15.09 6.8 – –

4 ...................................................................... 13.90 4.1 13.93 4.4 – –Stock and inventory clerks .................................... 11.27 11.9 11.19 14.7 – –General office clerks ............................................. 11.76 6.5 11.92 9.2 $11.55 8.7

4 ...................................................................... 13.93 3.7 – – – –Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 13.74 4.5 13.81 6.6 13.60 2.9

4 ...................................................................... 13.38 3.7 – – – –

Blue collar ........................................................................... 13.04 5.2 12.79 5.7 15.64 3.3 1 ...................................................................... 8.83 3.9 8.80 4.0 – – 2 ...................................................................... 9.73 2.6 9.68 2.6 – – 3 ...................................................................... 11.90 3.0 11.89 3.3 11.93 .0 4 ...................................................................... 12.71 2.4 12.85 2.8 11.85 4.0 5 ...................................................................... 17.28 6.1 17.49 7.1 16.13 5.5 6 ...................................................................... – – – – 17.87 3.5 7 ...................................................................... 21.48 3.5 22.55 5.7 19.49 1.7

Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 17.04 5.1 16.98 6.4 17.31 2.2 3 ...................................................................... 12.44 1.9 12.44 1.9 – – 4 ...................................................................... 12.95 1.2 12.89 1.4 – – 5 ...................................................................... 17.95 8.1 18.21 9.7 16.83 6.2 6 ...................................................................... 18.74 4.5 18.72 4.6 – – 7 ...................................................................... 21.24 3.8 22.37 5.8 19.03 .5

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... 13.07 1.6 12.82 2.1 13.31 1.6Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers .. 11.16 17.2 11.16 17.2 – –Butchers and meat cutters .................................... 12.82 .1 12.82 .1 – –

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 10.94 7.0 10.93 7.1 – – 2 ...................................................................... 10.20 5.1 10.20 5.1 – – 3 ...................................................................... 9.49 3.0 9.49 3.0 – –

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. 12.03 8.8 12.03 9.0 – –

Transportation and material moving ............................ 14.68 12.7 14.87 13.6 12.57 2.6 3 ...................................................................... 12.51 3.8 12.56 4.2 – –

Truck drivers ......................................................... 15.11 18.2 15.11 18.2 – –Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 12.11 3.0 – – – –

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 9.80 4.8 9.69 4.9 12.85 2.1 1 ...................................................................... 8.97 5.3 8.97 5.3 – – 2 ...................................................................... 9.51 2.2 9.44 2.3 – – 3 ...................................................................... 13.94 9.1 – – – –

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 10.06 4.4 9.97 4.2 – –

Service ................................................................................. 9.46 1.6 8.21 1.8 15.93 5.1 1 ...................................................................... 7.15 2.2 7.13 2.3 – – 2 ...................................................................... 7.25 8.4 7.21 8.6 – – 3 ...................................................................... 9.16 3.3 8.93 4.5 9.93 3.8 4 ...................................................................... 11.29 4.4 11.09 5.1 12.91 4.8 5 ...................................................................... 16.32 11.0 – – 19.00 .3 6 ...................................................................... 14.57 8.7 11.98 10.5 17.67 8.2 7 ...................................................................... 21.32 3.2 – – 21.35 3.3

Protective service ..................................................... 14.35 10.0 10.22 8.5 19.83 1.6 2 ...................................................................... 10.12 12.3 10.12 12.3 – – 4 ...................................................................... 13.44 4.2 – – – – 7 ...................................................................... 21.33 3.5 – – 21.33 3.5


Food service ............................................................. 6.76 3.3 6.70 3.4 – – 1 ...................................................................... 6.95 3.1 6.95 3.1 – – 2 ...................................................................... 4.13 15.7 4.13 15.7 – –


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3 ...................................................................... $7.65 14.1 $7.39 17.3 – – 4 ...................................................................... 11.22 5.7 11.22 5.7 – –

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 3.74 6.5 3.74 6.5 – – 1 ...................................................................... 5.11 7.5 5.11 7.5 – – 2 ...................................................................... 3.26 5.8 3.26 5.8 – –

Waiters and waitresses ........................................ 3.36 4.8 3.36 4.8 – – 2 ...................................................................... 3.09 1.8 3.09 1.8 – –

Other food service .................................................. 8.76 4.8 8.74 5.0 – – 1 ...................................................................... 7.40 1.6 7.40 1.6 – – 2 ...................................................................... 8.55 7.1 8.56 7.0 – – 3 ...................................................................... 9.54 1.5 9.60 1.7 – – 4 ...................................................................... 11.22 5.7 11.22 5.7 – –

Cooks ................................................................... 11.01 4.4 11.01 4.4 – –Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ 8.97 3.1 – – – –Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 7.73 1.5 7.71 1.6 – –

1 ...................................................................... 7.60 2.5 7.60 2.5 – –Health service ........................................................... 9.58 2.0 9.53 2.1 – –

3 ...................................................................... 9.49 3.9 9.46 3.9 – – 4 ...................................................................... 11.33 3.0 – – – –

Health aides, except nursing ................................ 9.25 5.7 9.09 5.9 – –Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 9.72 1.5 9.72 1.5 – –

3 ...................................................................... 10.03 5.0 9.99 5.1 – –Cleaning and building service ................................... 8.96 2.4 8.55 1.2 $10.05 2.2

3 ...................................................................... 9.25 2.6 – – – –Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 9.21 2.4 8.60 5.5 – –

1 ...................................................................... 8.18 2.8 8.18 2.8 – – 3 ...................................................................... 9.26 3.0 – – – –

Personal service ....................................................... 9.15 4.4 8.81 2.7 – – 1 ...................................................................... 6.53 1.3 6.53 1.3 – – 6 ...................................................................... 12.74 10.8 11.98 10.5 – –

1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations isused to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for moreinformation.

2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment isevaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls andcomplexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor istailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based onthe occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed todetermine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for moreinformation.

3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to

employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, andhazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the payof all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.

5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as apercent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendixA.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did notmeet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overalloccupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.

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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry andState and local government, National Compensation Survey, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, October 2005



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White collar ......................................................................... 22.31 3.3 21.65 4.7 24.37 2.3 2 ...................................................................... 10.40 3.7 10.51 4.4 – – 3 ...................................................................... 12.19 4.2 12.18 4.8 12.29 1.0 4 ...................................................................... 13.90 3.8 14.01 4.3 13.10 2.9 5 ...................................................................... 16.93 6.3 17.38 7.2 14.78 2.6 6 ...................................................................... 17.79 5.7 19.06 6.6 14.53 4.9 7 ...................................................................... 24.21 6.1 21.32 9.0 27.75 1.4 8 ...................................................................... 23.86 1.9 24.00 2.2 23.40 3.9 9 ...................................................................... 26.01 5.7 27.14 6.4 22.43 10.910 ...................................................................... 37.83 8.2 36.35 10.6 38.62 11.611 ...................................................................... 33.70 5.7 35.75 6.9 26.97 8.512 ...................................................................... 42.71 7.7 44.36 5.9 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 25.53 16.8 25.56 18.6 – –

White collar excluding sales ......................................... 23.20 3.3 22.74 4.7 24.40 2.3 2 ...................................................................... 10.59 4.2 10.77 4.9 – – 3 ...................................................................... 12.77 4.4 12.85 5.0 12.29 1.0 4 ...................................................................... 14.23 4.6 14.45 5.3 13.10 2.9 5 ...................................................................... 16.49 7.1 16.87 8.2 14.70 2.6 6 ...................................................................... 18.09 5.8 19.74 6.0 14.53 4.9 7 ...................................................................... 23.85 5.0 19.77 5.3 27.75 1.4 8 ...................................................................... 23.86 1.9 24.00 2.2 23.37 4.0 9 ...................................................................... 26.35 4.6 27.79 3.5 22.43 10.910 ...................................................................... 37.83 8.2 36.35 10.6 38.62 11.611 ...................................................................... 33.70 5.7 35.75 6.9 26.97 8.512 ...................................................................... 42.69 7.7 44.34 5.9 – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 29.07 14.4 29.60 15.8 – –


7 ...................................................................... 25.98 5.2 20.16 5.0 28.56 1.0 8 ...................................................................... 23.57 2.9 23.83 4.0 – – 9 ...................................................................... 26.25 6.6 28.69 2.8 21.39 11.710 ...................................................................... 31.59 14.6 36.52 10.9 – –11 ...................................................................... 34.83 5.8 35.56 7.3 30.54 3.312 ...................................................................... 44.41 8.7 – – – –Not able to be leveled ....................................... 20.79 15.8 – – – –


8 ...................................................................... 24.10 8.2 – – – –Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 24.63 13.0 24.68 13.8 – –

Natural scientists ...................................................... 29.75 18.2 – – – –Health related ........................................................... 27.71 6.5 28.32 6.8 – –

8 ...................................................................... 23.86 2.1 – – – – 9 ...................................................................... 26.15 4.9 27.17 2.8 – –

Registered nurses ................................................ 25.08 1.5 25.00 1.6 – – 9 ...................................................................... 25.88 2.1 25.71 2.3 – –

Teachers, college and university .............................. 40.61 6.5 – – 39.84 7.2Teachers, except college and university .................. 28.06 .6 – – – –

7 ...................................................................... 28.69 .7 – – – –E

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