NC BL 01/00/2010 Table: New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, Bulletin, April 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $21.53 6.8 35.8 $21.13 8.0 35.6 $24.04 5.9 37.3 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.37 6.8 39.1 36.44 8.2 39.7 29.20 6.2 37.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 45.74 12.0 40.2 47.61 12.1 40.6 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 31.32 5.4 38.8 32.39 7.2 39.4 29.21 6.3 37.7 Service............................................................. 10.85 15.9 30.2 10.63 17.3 29.8 13.50 6.8 37.7 Sales and office.................................................... 17.55 12.7 35.6 17.78 13.7 35.4 15.17 15.2 37.3 Sales and related................................................. 18.31 26.6 33.0 18.31 26.6 33.0 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.92 5.9 38.0 17.26 6.3 38.1 15.17 15.2 37.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.89 7.1 39.7 18.83 7.6 40.0 19.81 7.3 35.3 Construction and extraction...................................... 17.14 5.4 40.0 17.14 5.5 40.0 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.93 7.1 39.3 20.98 7.9 40.0 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.74 15.7 36.0 18.83 16.7 36.0 17.37 10.2 35.8 Production........................................................ 23.70 25.7 39.3 23.70 25.7 39.3 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.40 10.0 34.1 15.18 11.1 33.9 17.37 10.2 35.8 Full time........................................................... 23.19 7.2 39.3 22.99 8.5 39.5 24.31 6.2 38.1 Part time........................................................... 8.58 5.4 21.1 8.47 5.7 21.2 12.77 8.9 19.0 Union............................................................... 26.98 9.5 39.0 25.16 12.7 40.0 33.30 13.5 35.8 Nonunion............................................................ 21.13 6.6 35.6 20.87 7.6 35.3 22.87 6.9 37.5 Time................................................................ 21.34 7.0 35.7 20.88 8.4 35.4 24.04 5.9 37.3 Incentive........................................................... 24.35 30.8 37.9 24.35 30.8 37.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.36 5.4 34.2 17.20 5.7 34.1 20.17 12.5 36.4 100-499 workers..................................................... 24.19 13.1 38.7 23.95 13.5 38.8 – – – 500 workers or more................................................. 28.28 11.7 37.6 30.25 15.5 37.6 24.79 4.0 37.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 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. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.53 6.8 $23.19 7.2 $8.58 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 52.04 11.9 52.04 11.9 – – Level 12.................................................. 66.90 13.5 66.90 13.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 75.25 14.6 75.25 14.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.65 15.3 30.65 15.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.10 8.0 27.10 8.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.90 21.0 31.90 21.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.48 6.8 29.48 6.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.63 16.7 33.63 16.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.51 2.3 44.51 2.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.69 12.0 40.69 12.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.98 5.4 30.98 5.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.88 15.6 19.76 15.9 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.67 3.9 20.67 3.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.64 3.3 38.64 3.4 40.25 44.2 Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 3.6 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.64 6.9 35.64 6.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.43 12.6 32.96 11.0 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.46 2.6 37.47 2.6 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.29 11.6 49.25 11.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.77 .1 36.78 .1 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.42 6.0 31.42 6.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.38 2.9 38.38 2.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.61 2.6 38.61 2.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.99 3.9 36.99 3.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.35 2.8 37.35 2.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 17.03 3.3 17.02 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 3.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.38 5.3 28.35 5.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.06 5.5 25.06 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.18 4.6 30.09 4.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.91 3.9 33.96 4.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.34 4.9 30.23 5.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.79 9.9 19.79 9.9 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.93 29.6 18.86 30.4 10.96 11.7 Level 3 .................................................. 10.40 7.7 10.68 6.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.81 5.0 10.08 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 7.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.67 3.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.84 8.1 16.33 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.55 9.3 8.18 12.6 6.54 11.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 3.5 – – 8.24 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 6.45 15.2 6.66 22.8 6.12 7.3 Level 3 .................................................. 6.90 18.6 7.76 19.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.65 36.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.75 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.36 6.7 4.11 14.8 4.61 4.8 Bartenders...................................................... 5.84 5.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.80 8.0 3.03 12.7 2.46 6.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.04 3.3 10.42 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 10.35 2.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.89 4.4 10.41 3.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. – – 10.35 2.2 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 10.63 5.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.83 8.4 10.10 10.8 8.31 6.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.31 26.6 21.69 28.9 7.83 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.02 15.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 6.6 14.73 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.61 23.4 28.61 23.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.45 11.6 20.45 11.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 11.1 11.18 6.2 7.80 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.02 15.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.03 5.2 – – 7.72 1.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.03 5.2 – – 7.72 1.9 Retail salespersons............................................. – – 10.69 3.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.92 5.9 17.21 5.9 10.71 5.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.04 5.4 11.04 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 4.7 11.29 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.11 3.7 14.39 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.12 8.5 18.12 8.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.97 7.6 19.97 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.73 13.4 22.45 11.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.61 3.6 20.61 3.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.27 10.5 13.80 12.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.05 5.7 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 11.38 1.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.12 4.5 19.12 4.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.33 5.8 21.33 5.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.80 7.2 15.80 7.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 5.4 17.14 5.4 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.93 7.1 21.04 7.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.35 6.6 25.35 6.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.81 8.2 18.81 8.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 23.70 25.7 24.11 25.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.46 13.4 21.46 13.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 42.48 21.3 42.48 21.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 2.5 12.92 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.40 10.0 17.31 5.2 8.25 13.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.29 12.8 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 18.9 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.03 7.7 21.03 7.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.63 7.4 18.63 7.4 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.63 19.5 16.94 18.5 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.70 24.6 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.36 8.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.90 7.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.55 8.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.13 8.0 $22.99 8.5 $8.47 5.7 Management occupations.............................................. 52.94 12.2 52.94 12.2 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 75.25 14.6 75.25 14.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.24 15.8 33.24 15.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.10 8.0 27.10 8.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.48 6.8 29.48 6.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.44 17.4 34.44 17.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.51 2.3 44.51 2.3 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.69 12.0 40.69 12.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.93 6.2 30.93 6.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 50.81 14.4 50.78 14.4 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.77 .1 36.78 .1 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.64 17.1 55.61 17.1 – – Level 10.................................................. 36.77 .1 36.78 .1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.04 7.5 30.06 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.00 6.1 29.86 6.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 34.55 5.1 34.67 5.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.63 6.0 30.51 6.5 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.33 30.6 19.29 31.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.40 7.7 10.68 6.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.56 4.8 9.83 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 9.72 7.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.54 9.3 8.17 12.6 6.54 11.7 Level 1 .................................................. 8.48 3.5 – – 8.24 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 6.41 15.5 – – 6.12 7.3 Level 3 .................................................. 6.90 18.6 7.76 19.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 9.65 36.7 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.75 7.1 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.36 6.7 4.11 14.8 4.61 4.8 Bartenders...................................................... 5.84 5.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.80 8.0 3.03 12.7 2.46 6.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... – – 10.38 1.2 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... – – 10.37 1.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.83 8.8 10.10 10.8 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.31 26.6 21.69 28.9 7.83 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.02 15.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 6.6 14.73 6.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.61 23.4 28.61 23.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.45 11.6 20.45 11.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 11.1 11.18 6.2 7.80 2.5 Level 2 .................................................. 9.02 15.6 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.03 5.2 – – 7.72 1.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.03 5.2 – – 7.72 1.9 Retail salespersons............................................. – – 10.69 3.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.26 6.3 17.63 6.2 10.71 5.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 7.7 11.16 7.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.32 4.7 11.32 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.96 4.3 14.27 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.67 3.0 19.67 3.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.09 8.0 20.09 8.0 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.25 10.9 13.79 12.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 11.38 1.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.82 4.5 18.82 4.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 5.5 17.14 5.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.98 7.9 20.98 7.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.66 9.3 18.66 9.3 – – Production occupations.............................................. 23.70 25.7 24.11 25.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.46 13.4 21.46 13.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 42.48 21.3 42.48 21.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 2.5 12.92 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.18 11.1 17.26 5.7 8.01 13.9 Level 1 .................................................. 9.29 12.8 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.63 7.4 18.63 7.4 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.71 19.7 16.94 18.5 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.70 24.6 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.36 8.8 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.90 7.6 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.55 8.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.04 5.9 $24.31 6.2 $12.77 8.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.64 2.0 33.67 2.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 35.72 7.0 35.72 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.30 2.8 38.30 2.8 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.15 1.8 39.15 1.8 – – Level 8 .................................................. 38.61 2.6 38.61 2.6 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.44 1.3 38.44 1.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.38 1.6 38.38 1.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.24 6.1 26.24 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.58 8.1 25.58 8.1 – – Registered nurses................................................. 32.66 6.1 32.66 6.1 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.17 15.2 15.17 15.2 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.37 10.2 – – – – 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 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $21.53 6.8 $23.19 7.2 $8.58 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 52.04 11.9 52.04 11.9 – – Group III................................................. 55.25 18.3 – – – – Engineering managers.............................................. 75.25 14.6 75.25 14.6 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.65 15.3 30.65 15.3 – – Group III................................................. 32.74 16.7 – – – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.90 21.0 31.90 21.0 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.48 6.8 29.48 6.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.63 16.7 33.63 16.7 – – Group II.................................................. 26.84 11.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.80 6.6 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.69 12.0 40.69 12.0 – – Group III................................................. 44.84 6.9 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.98 5.4 30.98 5.4 – – Group III................................................. 37.29 2.9 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 19.88 15.6 19.76 15.9 – – Social workers.................................................... 20.67 3.9 20.67 3.9 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.64 3.3 38.64 3.4 40.25 44.2 Group I................................................... 16.10 3.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 34.09 7.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 52.18 9.4 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.29 11.6 49.25 11.5 – – Group III................................................. 54.92 14.4 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.42 6.0 31.42 6.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.38 2.9 38.38 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 37.41 4.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.99 3.9 36.99 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 36.16 4.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.35 2.8 37.35 2.8 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 17.03 3.3 17.02 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.10 3.6 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.38 5.3 28.35 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.78 8.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.48 3.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.91 3.9 33.96 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 32.97 4.0 32.97 4.0 – – Group III................................................. 34.18 5.2 34.27 5.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.79 9.9 19.79 9.9 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.93 29.6 18.86 30.4 10.96 11.7 Group I................................................... 11.03 8.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.81 5.0 10.08 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.81 5.0 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.67 3.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.67 3.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.84 8.1 16.33 6.8 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.55 9.3 8.18 12.6 6.54 11.7 Group I................................................... 7.50 10.8 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.75 7.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.55 9.0 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.36 6.7 4.11 14.8 4.61 4.8 Group I................................................... 4.47 3.6 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 5.84 5.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.80 8.0 3.03 12.7 2.46 6.6 Group I................................................... 2.85 6.0 3.03 12.7 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.04 3.3 10.42 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 10.03 3.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.89 4.4 10.41 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 9.89 4.4 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... – – 10.63 5.4 – – Group I................................................... – – 10.63 5.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.83 8.4 10.10 10.8 8.31 6.7 Group I................................................... 9.08 6.5 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.31 26.6 21.69 28.9 7.83 2.5 Group I................................................... 10.33 13.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.96 13.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.61 23.4 28.61 23.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.81 12.4 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.45 11.6 20.45 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.48 13.2 20.48 13.2 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 11.1 11.18 6.2 7.80 2.5 Group I................................................... 9.55 12.1 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.03 5.2 – – 7.72 1.9 Group I................................................... 7.89 1.3 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 8.03 5.2 – – 7.72 1.9 Group I................................................... 7.89 1.3 – – 7.72 1.9 Retail salespersons............................................. – – 10.69 3.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.92 5.9 17.21 5.9 10.71 5.5 Group I................................................... 12.68 2.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.63 6.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.61 3.6 20.61 3.6 – – Group II.................................................. 20.61 3.6 20.61 3.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 13.27 10.5 13.80 12.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.98 5.1 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 11.38 1.3 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.38 1.3 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.12 4.5 19.12 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.83 9.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.61 3.5 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.33 5.8 21.33 5.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.80 7.2 15.80 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.15 6.1 14.15 6.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 5.4 17.14 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.01 15.0 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.93 7.1 21.04 7.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.06 8.3 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.81 8.2 18.81 8.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 23.70 25.7 24.11 25.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.39 9.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.02 14.9 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 42.48 21.3 42.48 21.3 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 2.5 12.92 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 12.92 2.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.40 10.0 17.31 5.2 8.25 13.6 Group I................................................... 12.82 13.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.38 7.5 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.63 19.5 16.94 18.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.27 28.0 – – – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.70 24.6 – – – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.36 8.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.36 8.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.55 8.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 12.55 8.7 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.16 $10.87 $17.50 $27.79 $39.71 Management occupations.............................................. 30.25 36.00 47.72 57.87 88.61 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.59 57.87 57.87 117.64 117.64 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.22 19.37 22.61 47.29 55.29 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.59 22.61 28.29 36.06 53.08 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.71 23.71 24.12 31.73 50.45 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.00 19.83 37.44 42.14 50.53 Engineers......................................................... 22.03 37.44 39.71 45.37 50.53 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.66 24.04 30.77 39.42 45.43 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.87 12.26 16.54 24.22 29.64 Social workers.................................................... 13.55 16.66 21.03 24.22 27.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.25 25.22 37.41 42.35 85.55 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.44 28.85 35.24 85.55 85.55 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 21.71 25.22 30.36 33.03 44.16 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.59 36.23 38.95 42.35 42.58 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.94 36.63 38.58 38.95 41.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.33 35.41 38.95 39.01 42.72 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.77 16.58 17.25 18.12 19.33 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.62 19.92 27.68 34.50 37.29 Registered nurses................................................. 23.73 28.24 31.94 35.98 37.29 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.88 17.77 18.24 23.99 23.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.50 9.60 12.02 34.00 35.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.50 9.60 10.43 12.16 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.99 9.81 10.50 12.10 12.16 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 10.98 18.72 20.19 20.78 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 4.13 8.25 9.53 13.17 Cooks............................................................. 8.25 9.00 13.17 14.36 14.58 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 3.35 5.99 8.50 Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.50 5.99 6.02 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.20 2.58 4.13 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.00 9.82 10.55 13.97 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.00 9.69 10.28 12.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.72 8.00 8.50 10.31 12.87 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.75 11.50 17.95 38.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.80 16.27 17.95 29.10 84.05 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.80 15.91 17.49 24.03 24.04 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.72 8.00 9.27 10.50 12.36 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.56 6.72 8.00 8.50 9.69 Cashiers...................................................... 6.56 6.72 8.00 8.50 9.69 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.56 11.90 16.20 20.00 24.30 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.92 18.35 21.79 21.85 22.44 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.74 10.74 11.25 13.23 17.50 Tellers......................................................... 10.50 10.74 10.74 12.00 13.23 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.56 19.23 20.00 20.19 24.30 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.23 20.19 21.55 24.30 24.30 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.23 13.75 13.75 19.90 19.90 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 13.00 17.17 20.47 22.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.18 15.00 20.50 22.97 31.03 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.39 19.18 20.50 20.50 21.45 Production occupations.............................................. 11.35 16.50 19.00 30.99 35.04 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.72 34.61 44.52 48.61 64.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.75 10.75 13.00 14.28 18.07 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 10.20 15.00 19.74 24.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 9.00 19.74 20.55 21.34 Driver/sales workers............................................ 7.25 7.25 14.77 19.74 24.83 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.23 10.99 11.61 16.68 16.68 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.23 10.99 11.61 16.68 16.68 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. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.50 $17.00 $26.95 $39.71 Management occupations.............................................. 30.25 35.47 47.72 58.31 88.61 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.59 57.87 57.87 117.64 117.64 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.37 20.03 28.29 51.79 57.94 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.71 23.71 24.12 31.73 50.45 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.00 19.83 37.44 44.23 50.53 Engineers......................................................... 22.03 37.44 39.71 45.37 50.53 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.66 24.04 30.77 39.42 45.43 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.71 27.87 34.45 85.55 85.55 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.22 30.36 40.48 85.55 85.55 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.00 23.99 28.30 35.00 40.00 Registered nurses................................................. 23.25 28.00 31.75 37.29 40.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.33 9.60 12.16 34.00 35.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 8.50 9.60 10.00 12.10 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 4.13 8.25 9.53 13.17 Cooks............................................................. 8.25 9.00 13.17 14.36 14.58 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 3.35 5.99 8.50 Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.50 5.99 6.02 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.20 2.58 4.13 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.65 8.00 8.50 10.31 13.13 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 8.75 11.50 17.95 38.56 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.80 16.27 17.95 29.10 84.05 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.80 15.91 17.49 24.03 24.04 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.72 8.00 9.27 10.50 12.36 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.56 6.72 8.00 8.50 9.69 Cashiers...................................................... 6.56 6.72 8.00 8.50 9.69 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.56 12.04 16.83 20.00 24.30 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.74 10.74 11.25 13.23 17.50 Tellers......................................................... 10.50 10.74 10.74 12.00 13.23 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.56 19.23 20.00 20.19 24.30 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 13.00 17.50 21.10 22.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.14 15.00 20.50 25.00 31.03 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.39 16.14 20.50 20.50 20.50 Production occupations.............................................. 11.35 16.50 19.00 30.99 35.04 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.72 34.61 44.52 48.61 64.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.75 10.75 13.00 14.28 18.07 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.23 10.00 15.00 19.74 24.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 9.00 19.74 20.55 24.83 Driver/sales workers............................................ 7.25 7.25 14.77 19.74 24.83 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.23 10.99 11.61 16.68 16.68 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.23 10.99 11.61 16.68 16.68 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. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.83 $15.07 $20.19 $33.60 $39.68 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.58 20.71 37.74 41.60 43.79 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.19 37.07 38.95 42.35 43.04 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.19 38.57 38.58 38.95 42.15 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.59 36.23 38.95 39.53 43.11 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.88 17.91 27.01 32.25 35.98 Registered nurses................................................. 25.49 29.57 32.08 35.98 35.98 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.13 10.83 13.75 17.53 26.67 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.40 12.99 16.12 19.44 25.56 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. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.60 $12.82 $19.23 $30.25 $41.46 Management occupations.............................................. 30.25 36.00 47.72 57.87 88.61 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.59 57.87 57.87 117.64 117.64 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.22 19.37 22.61 47.29 55.29 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.59 22.61 28.29 36.06 53.08 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.71 23.71 24.12 31.73 50.45 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 16.00 19.83 37.44 42.14 50.53 Engineers......................................................... 22.03 37.44 39.71 45.37 50.53 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.66 24.04 30.77 39.42 45.43 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.87 12.26 16.54 24.22 29.64 Social workers.................................................... 13.55 16.66 21.03 24.22 27.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.31 25.22 37.41 42.35 85.55 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 22.44 28.85 35.11 85.55 85.55 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 21.71 25.22 30.36 33.03 44.16 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.59 36.23 38.95 42.35 42.58 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.94 36.63 38.58 38.95 41.60 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.33 35.41 38.95 39.01 42.72 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.77 16.58 17.25 18.12 19.24 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.34 19.82 27.68 34.50 37.29 Registered nurses................................................. 23.69 28.30 31.94 35.98 37.29 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.88 17.77 18.24 23.99 23.99 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.27 10.00 12.18 34.00 35.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.25 9.27 9.60 11.02 12.16 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.69 10.28 18.72 20.19 20.78 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 5.99 9.00 10.00 13.17 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.17 2.57 5.99 7.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.20 2.57 7.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.75 9.50 10.03 11.03 13.73 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.75 9.50 9.98 10.97 13.97 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.75 9.25 9.82 11.50 14.44 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.85 8.24 8.50 10.50 15.27 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.27 10.30 13.86 24.04 43.45 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.80 16.27 17.95 29.10 84.05 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.80 15.91 17.49 24.03 24.04 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.75 9.50 10.00 12.00 13.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.75 9.50 10.10 11.79 13.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.56 12.07 16.59 20.00 24.30 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.92 18.35 21.79 21.85 22.44 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.74 10.74 12.26 13.70 17.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.56 19.23 20.00 20.19 24.30 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.23 20.19 21.55 24.30 24.30 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.23 13.75 13.75 19.90 19.90 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.00 13.00 17.17 20.47 22.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.18 15.00 20.50 22.97 31.03 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.39 19.18 20.50 20.50 21.45 Production occupations.............................................. 13.25 16.50 19.03 30.99 35.04 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 17.72 34.61 44.52 48.61 64.90 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.75 10.75 13.00 14.28 18.07 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.88 11.67 18.64 20.55 24.34 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 9.88 19.74 20.55 24.83 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. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $5.00 $6.55 $8.00 $9.90 $11.76 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.57 8.57 64.57 64.57 64.57 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.25 8.33 8.50 10.00 25.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.00 6.55 9.26 10.32 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.21 4.20 6.02 8.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.17 2.58 3.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.55 8.00 8.25 8.75 9.90 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.56 6.72 8.00 8.25 9.00 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.56 6.72 8.00 8.20 9.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.56 6.72 7.50 8.25 9.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.56 6.72 7.50 8.25 9.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.82 10.00 11.01 11.91 12.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.05 6.05 7.25 10.20 10.79 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.19 $19.23 $911 $761 39.3 $46,387 $39,911 2,001 Management occupations.............................................. 52.04 47.72 2,105 1,909 40.4 107,940 99,260 2,074 Engineering managers.............................................. 75.25 57.87 3,143 2,604 41.8 163,415 135,406 2,172 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.65 22.61 1,210 904 39.5 62,921 47,029 2,053 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.90 28.29 1,276 1,131 40.0 66,347 58,835 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.48 24.12 1,179 965 40.0 61,317 50,159 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.63 37.44 1,372 1,498 40.8 71,360 77,873 2,122 Engineers......................................................... 40.69 39.71 1,678 1,673 41.2 87,249 87,000 2,144 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.98 30.77 1,245 1,231 40.2 64,482 65,127 2,081 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.76 16.54 780 662 39.5 39,176 35,880 1,983 Social workers.................................................... 20.67 21.03 827 841 40.0 42,983 43,742 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.64 37.41 1,413 1,350 36.6 53,531 49,900 1,385 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 49.25 35.11 1,920 1,394 39.0 79,115 63,153 1,606 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.42 30.36 1,257 1,214 40.0 54,996 52,464 1,750 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.38 38.95 1,355 1,363 35.3 49,393 49,900 1,287 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.99 38.58 1,319 1,350 35.7 48,104 49,424 1,301 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.35 38.95 1,334 1,363 35.7 48,652 49,900 1,303 Teacher assistants................................................ 17.02 17.25 603 604 35.4 21,792 21,618 1,280 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.35 27.68 1,106 1,080 39.0 57,145 56,160 2,015 Registered nurses................................................. 33.96 31.94 1,312 1,227 38.6 68,212 63,781 2,008 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.79 18.24 770 716 38.9 40,053 37,253 2,024 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.86 12.18 732 451 38.8 38,063 23,467 2,018 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.08 9.60 401 384 39.8 20,843 19,968 2,068 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.33 18.72 707 802 43.3 36,789 41,727 2,253 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.18 9.00 295 300 36.1 15,321 15,600 1,873 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.11 2.57 137 87 33.4 7,133 4,514 1,736 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.03 2.20 103 85 33.9 5,334 4,430 1,761 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.42 10.03 406 397 38.9 21,088 20,654 2,024 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.41 9.98 405 397 38.9 21,061 20,654 2,023 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.63 9.82 412 393 38.8 21,437 20,434 2,016 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.10 8.50 398 340 39.4 20,673 17,680 2,046 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.69 13.86 864 555 39.8 44,911 28,835 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.61 17.95 1,144 718 40.0 59,508 37,336 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.45 17.49 818 700 40.0 42,546 36,379 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.18 10.00 443 400 39.6 23,041 20,800 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.69 10.10 428 404 40.0 22,232 21,008 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.21 16.59 670 654 39.0 34,863 34,008 2,026 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.61 21.79 824 872 40.0 42,859 45,319 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.80 12.26 552 490 40.0 28,699 25,501 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.12 20.00 735 800 38.4 38,202 41,600 1,998 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.33 21.55 813 851 38.1 42,271 44,226 1,982 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.80 13.75 632 550 40.0 32,865 28,600 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 17.17 686 687 40.0 35,657 35,709 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.04 20.50 842 820 40.0 43,771 42,630 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.81 20.50 752 820 40.0 39,116 42,630 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 24.11 19.03 962 761 39.9 50,022 39,582 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 42.48 44.52 1,671 1,781 39.3 86,876 92,600 2,045 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 13.00 517 520 40.0 26,881 27,040 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.31 18.64 692 742 39.9 35,348 34,694 2,042 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.94 19.74 687 790 40.6 35,724 41,055 2,109 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $22.99 $19.00 $908 $760 39.5 $47,051 $39,520 2,047 Management occupations.............................................. 52.94 47.72 2,163 1,909 40.9 112,493 99,260 2,125 Engineering managers.............................................. 75.25 57.87 3,143 2,604 41.8 163,415 135,406 2,172 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.24 28.29 1,330 1,131 40.0 69,142 58,835 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.48 24.12 1,179 965 40.0 61,317 50,159 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.44 37.44 1,407 1,498 40.8 73,150 77,873 2,124 Engineers......................................................... 40.69 39.71 1,678 1,673 41.2 87,249 87,000 2,144 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.93 30.77 1,246 1,231 40.3 64,771 64,000 2,094 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 50.78 33.48 1,946 1,378 38.3 80,456 64,210 1,584 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.61 39.62 2,145 1,622 38.6 90,711 102,923 1,631 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.06 28.47 1,176 1,107 39.1 61,133 57,574 2,033 Registered nurses................................................. 34.67 31.75 1,342 1,212 38.7 69,772 63,011 2,012 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 19.29 12.18 748 453 38.7 38,872 23,566 2,015 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.83 9.60 391 384 39.7 20,313 19,968 2,066 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.17 9.00 295 300 36.1 15,314 15,600 1,875 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.11 2.57 137 87 33.4 7,133 4,514 1,736 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.03 2.20 103 85 33.9 5,334 4,430 1,761 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.38 9.93 401 393 38.6 20,843 20,434 2,008 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.37 9.93 400 393 38.6 20,801 20,434 2,006 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.10 8.50 398 340 39.4 20,673 17,680 2,046 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.69 13.86 864 555 39.8 44,911 28,835 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 28.61 17.95 1,144 718 40.0 59,508 37,336 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.45 17.49 818 700 40.0 42,546 36,379 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.18 10.00 443 400 39.6 23,041 20,800 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.69 10.10 428 404 40.0 22,232 21,008 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.63 17.31 693 690 39.3 36,033 35,863 2,044 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.79 12.14 552 485 40.0 28,689 25,241 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.82 20.00 729 800 38.7 37,912 41,600 2,014 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.14 17.50 686 700 40.0 35,649 36,400 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.98 20.50 839 820 40.0 43,638 42,630 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.66 20.50 746 820 40.0 38,808 42,630 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 24.11 19.03 962 761 39.9 50,022 39,582 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 42.48 44.52 1,671 1,781 39.3 86,876 92,600 2,045 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 13.00 517 520 40.0 26,881 27,040 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.26 19.00 694 790 40.2 36,095 41,055 2,091 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.94 19.74 687 790 40.6 35,724 41,055 2,109 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.31 $20.76 $926 $861 38.1 $43,113 $43,366 1,774 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.67 37.81 1,209 1,350 35.9 44,359 49,424 1,318 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.15 38.95 1,376 1,363 35.1 50,227 49,900 1,283 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.44 38.58 1,360 1,359 35.4 49,702 49,697 1,293 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.38 38.95 1,364 1,363 35.5 49,805 49,900 1,298 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.24 27.01 1,021 1,060 38.9 52,317 55,120 1,994 Registered nurses................................................. 32.66 32.08 1,257 1,234 38.5 65,361 64,189 2,001 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.17 13.75 566 550 37.3 29,422 28,600 1,940 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $21.13 $17.20 $23.95 $30.25 Management, professional, and related...... 36.44 32.02 31.93 45.44 Management, business, and financial...... 47.61 39.29 45.20 64.55 Professional and related................. 32.39 28.98 26.87 40.00 Service.................................... 10.63 10.36 11.66 12.00 Sales and office........................... 17.78 14.47 38.12 16.19 Sales and related........................ 18.31 11.62 – – Office and administrative support........ 17.26 17.63 15.15 16.90 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.83 20.31 17.01 – Construction and extraction............. 17.14 17.58 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.98 21.49 – – Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 18.83 15.32 16.41 31.50 Production............................... 23.70 17.22 – 32.93 Transportation and material moving....... 15.18 14.56 16.43 – B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 8.0 5.7 13.5 15.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 8.2 8.1 15.5 9.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 12.1 13.1 11.0 14.1 Professional and related.......................................... 7.2 6.8 15.9 7.7 Service............................................................. 17.3 21.8 10.1 7.7 Sales and office.................................................... 13.7 4.5 25.3 16.1 Sales and related................................................. 26.6 5.3 – – Office and administrative support................................. 6.3 4.7 13.0 17.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.6 7.1 8.0 – Construction and extraction...................................... 5.5 3.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.9 9.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.7 13.5 7.9 16.5 Production........................................................ 25.7 14.3 – 11.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 11.1 17.9 12.5 – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 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(1) private industry workers, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.40 $17.31 $766 $683 39.5 $39,781 $35,506 2,051 Management occupations.............................................. 43.70 36.00 1,814 1,440 41.5 94,310 74,880 2,158 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.30 21.64 1,172 865 40.0 60,946 45,001 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.20 25.65 1,208 1,026 40.0 62,826 53,352 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.41 37.50 1,421 1,500 42.5 73,902 78,000 2,212 Engineers......................................................... 33.41 37.50 1,421 1,500 42.5 73,902 78,000 2,212 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 21.17 12.82 818 462 38.6 42,515 24,001 2,008 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.59 8.25 269 270 35.5 14,013 14,040 1,847 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.11 2.57 137 87 33.4 7,133 4,514 1,736 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.03 2.20 103 85 33.9 5,334 4,430 1,761 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.36 11.79 531 472 39.7 27,616 24,527 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.06 17.49 763 700 40.0 39,655 36,379 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.28 17.49 731 700 40.0 38,019 36,379 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.54 10.00 417 400 39.6 21,691 20,800 2,059 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.67 10.00 427 400 40.0 22,193 20,800 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.96 19.23 710 769 39.5 36,918 40,000 2,055 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.30 12.50 572 500 40.0 29,739 26,000 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.35 20.00 793 800 38.9 41,214 41,600 2,025 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.58 16.00 703 640 40.0 36,566 33,280 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.49 20.50 860 820 40.0 44,695 42,630 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.91 18.50 716 740 40.0 37,254 38,480 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 13.00 517 520 40.0 26,881 27,040 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.55 19.74 726 790 41.4 37,739 41,055 2,150 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.28 19.74 702 790 40.6 36,485 41,055 2,111 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 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(1) private industry workers, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $27.69 $21.10 $1,095 $844 39.5 $56,515 $43,888 2,041 Management occupations.............................................. 61.15 47.72 2,465 1,909 40.3 128,167 99,260 2,096 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.23 33.66 1,529 1,346 40.0 79,523 70,015 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.99 37.44 1,399 1,498 40.0 72,773 77,873 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 48.08 45.37 1,923 1,815 40.0 100,015 94,374 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.60 33.59 1,422 1,357 41.1 73,946 70,543 2,137 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.32 28.16 1,180 1,107 38.9 61,358 57,574 2,023 Registered nurses................................................. 34.67 31.75 1,342 1,212 38.7 69,772 63,011 2,012 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.24 11.61 442 451 39.3 22,962 23,441 2,043 Sales and related occupations....................................... 38.92 38.10 1,556 1,524 40.0 80,917 79,252 2,079 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.99 12.75 661 501 38.9 34,383 26,058 2,023 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.97 18.00 679 720 40.0 35,288 37,440 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 27.35 28.10 1,090 1,124 39.8 56,682 58,448 2,072 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.82 15.00 650 632 38.6 33,792 32,854 2,008 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 Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $26.98 $25.16 $33.30 $21.13 $20.87 $22.87 Management, professional, and related............................... 36.52 – 36.52 34.27 36.44 27.93 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 45.74 47.61 – Professional and related.......................................... 36.52 – 36.52 31.02 32.39 27.82 Service............................................................. – – – 10.77 10.63 12.69 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 17.55 17.78 15.17 Sales and related................................................. – – – 18.31 18.31 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 16.92 17.26 15.17 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.72 22.72 – 18.01 17.86 19.81 Construction and extraction...................................... 19.45 19.45 – 16.50 16.48 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 19.64 19.51 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 26.52 26.78 – 17.00 17.00 – Production........................................................ – – – 21.30 21.30 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 14.86 14.62 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 9.5 12.7 13.5 6.6 7.6 6.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 17.3 – 17.3 7.1 8.2 6.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 12.0 12.1 – Professional and related.......................................... 17.3 – 17.3 5.6 7.2 5.8 Service............................................................. – – – 16.0 17.3 6.9 Sales and office.................................................... – – – 12.7 13.7 15.2 Sales and related................................................. – – – 26.6 26.6 – Office and administrative support................................. – – – 5.9 6.3 15.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12.0 12.0 – 8.8 9.7 7.3 Construction and extraction...................................... .2 .2 – 9.5 9.9 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – 7.3 8.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 14.1 14.1 – 12.3 13.2 – Production........................................................ – – – 27.8 27.8 – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – 11.2 12.4 – 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $21.34 $20.88 $24.35 $24.35 Management, professional, and related............................... 34.32 36.38 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 45.59 47.45 – – Professional and related.......................................... 31.32 32.39 – – Service............................................................. 10.94 10.72 – – Sales and office.................................................... 15.19 15.19 29.01 29.01 Sales and related................................................. 11.90 11.90 29.37 29.37 Office and administrative support................................. 16.91 17.25 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.85 18.78 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 17.14 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.89 20.93 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.64 18.73 – – Production........................................................ 23.79 23.79 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.72 14.36 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 7.0 8.4 30.8 30.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 6.8 8.2 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 12.1 12.3 – – Professional and related.......................................... 5.4 7.2 – – Service............................................................. 16.0 17.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.9 5.2 41.9 41.9 Sales and related................................................. 5.9 5.9 41.9 41.9 Office and administrative support................................. 5.9 6.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.2 7.7 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.2 8.1 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.4 18.6 – – Production........................................................ 26.2 26.2 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 10.8 12.0 – – 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – – – – $17.55 – $20.01 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 28.42 – 32.23 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 27.18 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 31.71 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 10.51 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 13.30 – 15.70 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 13.22 – 15.50 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – – – – 11.0 – 5.2 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – – – 6.8 – 12.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – – 12.5 – – – – Professional and related.......................................... – – – – – – 13.2 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 2.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... – – – – 7.8 – 11.5 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – – – – 9.6 – 12.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – – – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 472,000 404,400 67,600 Management, professional, and related............................... 130,600 87,800 42,800 Management, business, and financial............................... 25,500 22,500 – Professional and related.......................................... 105,100 65,400 39,800 Service............................................................. 106,100 99,400 6,700 Sales and office.................................................... 103,100 94,400 8,800 Sales and related................................................. 50,000 50,000 – Office and administrative support................................. 53,100 44,300 8,800 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 47,500 44,200 3,300 Construction and extraction...................................... 25,400 24,800 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22,100 19,400 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 84,700 78,600 6,000 Production........................................................ 30,700 30,700 – Transportation and material moving................................ 54,000 47,900 6,000 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 21,775 21,214 561 Total in sample....................................................... 212 189 23 Responding........................................................ 114 96 18 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 63 59 4 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 35 34 1 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 2007 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.