NC BL 10/00/2010 Table: Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA, Bulletin, December 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $25.93 3.5 35.1 $25.30 4.1 35.0 $29.53 3.4 35.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 38.56 3.9 37.9 39.29 4.8 38.6 35.77 2.8 35.5 Management, business, and financial............................... 39.69 4.5 40.2 40.45 5.5 40.3 36.33 3.5 39.9 Professional and related.......................................... 37.78 5.9 36.4 38.44 7.4 37.4 35.45 2.7 33.4 Service............................................................. 13.96 6.1 30.9 12.27 4.1 30.0 22.19 10.5 36.5 Sales and office.................................................... 17.65 3.6 33.7 17.32 3.9 33.5 20.10 5.9 35.2 Sales and related................................................. 17.05 9.4 31.1 17.05 9.4 31.1 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.95 2.1 35.2 17.49 2.2 35.2 20.10 5.9 35.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.38 2.6 38.4 23.67 2.6 38.3 30.31 6.0 40.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 23.86 2.3 37.9 23.45 2.6 37.8 28.44 4.2 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.55 6.2 39.4 24.12 6.8 39.3 34.16 2.4 40.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.99 1.7 35.2 20.86 1.8 35.2 25.06 5.6 35.2 Production........................................................ 20.71 2.7 35.9 20.71 2.7 35.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.25 3.9 34.6 21.00 4.2 34.5 25.06 5.6 35.2 Full time........................................................... 27.85 3.3 39.8 27.46 3.9 39.9 29.96 3.4 39.7 Part time........................................................... 14.57 5.4 20.7 13.22 4.9 20.8 25.85 10.6 19.6 Union............................................................... 26.95 2.6 35.9 26.12 3.7 35.1 27.94 3.8 36.9 Nonunion............................................................ 25.62 4.5 34.9 25.15 4.8 35.0 33.52 5.9 33.6 Time................................................................ 25.95 3.6 35.0 25.27 4.3 34.8 29.53 3.4 35.9 Incentive........................................................... 25.68 9.5 38.3 25.68 9.5 38.3 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 20.58 7.3 33.5 20.48 7.6 33.4 22.91 5.7 36.7 100-499 workers..................................................... 26.18 4.4 35.4 25.99 4.8 35.0 28.19 7.6 40.2 500 workers or more................................................. 34.02 2.2 37.8 35.81 2.8 39.5 30.92 3.4 35.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $25.93 3.5 $27.85 3.3 $14.57 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 42.77 4.7 43.01 4.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.40 5.7 22.68 7.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.39 4.3 31.39 4.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 50.20 5.3 50.20 5.3 – – Level 12.................................................. 51.30 17.5 51.30 17.5 – – Level 13.................................................. 66.77 4.1 66.77 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.51 5.2 48.51 5.2 – – General and operations managers................................... 34.77 19.3 34.77 19.3 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.17 8.0 52.17 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.12 5.9 50.12 5.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 53.99 13.2 53.99 13.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.26 6.9 42.26 6.9 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 47.69 18.9 47.69 18.9 – – Construction managers............................................. 46.79 13.7 46.79 13.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 41.23 16.0 41.23 16.0 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.13 8.5 55.13 8.5 – – Social and community service managers............................. 31.25 13.8 31.88 16.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.74 6.1 35.75 6.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.15 6.8 20.12 6.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.90 2.0 26.90 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.08 7.9 35.92 8.6 – – Level 10.................................................. 33.37 3.4 33.37 3.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 50.84 3.9 50.84 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.43 8.0 41.03 7.4 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 46.27 9.1 46.27 9.1 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 46.53 10.4 46.53 10.4 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 37.47 12.0 38.74 11.7 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 37.10 13.8 37.10 13.8 – – Management analysts............................................... 36.91 7.4 35.00 7.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.31 4.2 30.54 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.32 4.4 22.32 4.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.03 1.9 39.06 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.31 7.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.39 3.2 38.39 3.2 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.25 3.6 37.25 3.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.26 3.5 44.26 3.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.58 .9 52.58 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.46 2.0 38.46 2.0 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.78 3.9 40.78 3.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.56 5.2 36.56 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.73 3.8 43.73 3.8 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.09 2.6 39.09 2.6 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.58 7.2 45.58 7.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 31.60 8.4 31.60 8.4 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.90 4.6 41.90 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.14 5.1 45.14 5.1 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.97 5.2 38.45 5.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.73 13.4 44.70 11.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.07 11.2 28.55 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.77 5.4 29.77 5.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.21 2.5 42.21 2.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.27 1.8 49.27 1.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 48.49 10.4 48.49 10.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.92 2.1 41.92 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.27 1.8 49.27 1.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.05 16.9 36.05 16.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.05 16.9 36.05 16.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.26 9.7 33.72 5.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.71 9.9 28.58 10.3 – – Life scientists................................................... 23.38 6.1 23.41 6.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.75 11.0 23.98 12.2 17.04 16.9 Level 9 .................................................. 25.50 16.3 24.97 17.3 – – Counselors........................................................ 24.27 17.6 24.02 18.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 24.27 17.6 24.02 18.3 – – Social workers.................................................... 27.40 14.8 30.59 11.6 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.38 16.7 16.96 14.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.92 7.0 33.02 7.4 32.37 15.8 Level 3 .................................................. 12.94 2.6 – – 13.12 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 3.0 16.03 .5 15.66 6.4 Level 9 .................................................. 41.19 5.1 40.39 5.5 50.87 9.7 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.93 13.1 27.85 6.2 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.90 4.4 26.37 7.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.33 10.2 37.56 9.9 31.73 24.5 Level 9 .................................................. 41.80 7.0 41.73 7.0 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.64 7.6 40.97 8.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.93 8.2 41.92 8.3 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.27 7.5 39.63 7.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.84 8.2 40.80 8.4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 45.14 6.7 45.14 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.14 6.7 45.14 6.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 41.90 8.0 42.07 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.04 7.9 42.07 8.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 41.23 7.1 41.40 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.37 7.0 41.40 7.2 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 56.38 14.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.36 3.3 15.88 7.4 14.89 6.1 Level 3 .................................................. 12.97 2.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 3.0 16.03 .5 15.66 6.4 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.47 9.9 24.28 10.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.96 12.7 – – – – Designers......................................................... 19.24 2.8 19.24 2.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 43.89 17.8 44.80 20.1 38.21 3.1 Level 4 .................................................. 17.23 4.6 17.23 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.15 4.5 22.65 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.18 1.9 32.24 2.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 32.17 7.7 30.64 8.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.13 1.2 37.69 1.0 39.30 2.1 Level 10.................................................. 44.58 3.3 44.96 3.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 44.75 4.8 46.16 6.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 37.61 2.7 37.26 2.8 38.57 3.0 Level 8 .................................................. 32.91 12.7 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.90 2.3 37.47 1.7 38.81 3.2 Therapists........................................................ 41.27 8.4 41.64 8.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 27.85 2.6 27.85 2.6 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 31.52 3.8 31.52 3.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.44 3.5 33.44 3.5 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.54 4.6 20.54 4.6 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.70 3.7 24.23 4.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.03 3.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.60 6.6 16.46 5.6 17.19 11.8 Level 3 .................................................. 16.01 3.1 16.01 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.35 7.4 14.78 6.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.63 6.5 14.76 5.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.13 3.5 16.13 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.80 8.4 14.17 7.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.29 3.6 15.35 3.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.13 3.5 16.13 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.37 4.0 15.37 4.0 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.66 1.6 18.75 .9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.72 3.8 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 17.97 2.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.16 12.5 24.43 12.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.37 19.9 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.27 2.3 28.27 2.3 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 32.35 1.8 32.35 1.8 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 25.02 7.5 25.02 7.5 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.84 6.8 23.84 6.8 – – Police officers................................................... 36.24 6.9 36.24 6.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 36.24 6.9 36.24 6.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.73 13.0 13.23 15.4 – – Security guards................................................. 12.73 13.0 13.23 15.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.15 2.2 11.09 2.7 9.39 1.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 3.9 9.53 10.1 8.65 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.28 1.1 9.69 1.8 9.03 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.15 3.6 10.04 7.0 10.29 1.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.03 5.3 13.25 5.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.06 5.1 11.05 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.70 2.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.34 10.6 – – 10.30 11.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.89 .9 9.09 2.6 8.75 1.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.65 2.0 – – 8.52 .5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.84 1.5 – – 8.55 .1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 1.7 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 9.27 .4 – – 9.34 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 1.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.59 1.3 8.78 2.8 8.51 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.52 .2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.17 6.9 12.94 12.4 9.59 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.87 7.3 – – 9.99 .0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 11.16 7.3 – – 9.70 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 8.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.30 2.9 14.84 4.0 11.35 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.85 5.4 15.07 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.16 5.0 14.62 4.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.82 7.4 16.56 6.1 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.86 2.9 14.42 3.4 10.33 11.1 Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.97 5.7 15.07 5.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.31 7.0 15.40 8.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.93 6.1 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.76 5.1 14.80 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.17 6.4 15.30 6.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.05 7.6 16.05 7.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.79 4.4 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.14 4.5 12.20 4.3 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.14 4.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.43 4.7 14.54 5.8 10.42 4.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 3.0 – – 9.71 3.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.29 4.8 – – 10.80 9.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.17 7.2 15.99 10.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 15.79 18.1 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 11.27 4.8 11.64 3.3 10.33 8.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.64 7.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.11 13.1 – – 11.09 12.2 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 15.69 13.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.05 9.4 20.20 10.5 10.73 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 3.2 – – 9.33 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 2.6 10.57 4.8 9.42 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.16 1.4 14.18 .7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 13.7 15.83 16.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.39 4.2 19.42 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.97 6.7 22.97 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.45 20.4 28.40 20.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 10.4 22.78 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.46 21.6 20.46 21.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.72 7.1 12.99 8.8 10.40 8.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 3.2 – – 9.33 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 2.6 10.57 4.8 9.42 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.21 1.4 14.18 .7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.34 9.1 13.65 8.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.70 4.4 11.85 11.7 11.57 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 1.9 – – 9.59 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 3.2 – – 9.63 1.4 Cashiers...................................................... 11.70 4.4 11.85 11.7 11.57 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 1.9 – – 9.59 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 3.2 – – 9.63 1.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.01 5.9 12.46 2.2 9.55 9.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.83 2.6 – – 9.31 5.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.33 3.9 13.15 2.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.08 10.9 36.21 7.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.21 26.8 33.26 23.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.95 2.1 18.66 2.1 13.02 3.0 Level 2 .................................................. 11.81 5.5 13.41 7.3 9.66 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 2.1 13.85 2.2 12.38 3.7 Level 4 .................................................. 16.85 2.2 17.07 2.1 15.12 5.3 Level 5 .................................................. 19.24 2.1 19.41 1.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.03 3.7 23.99 3.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.10 5.2 26.10 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.68 6.5 18.09 6.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.36 5.1 26.36 5.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.78 2.4 17.97 2.7 16.48 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 1.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.47 5.6 16.71 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.50 3.5 20.04 2.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.61 5.4 22.21 5.7 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 20.14 3.3 20.17 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.94 3.4 19.19 4.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.13 7.3 16.95 7.3 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.82 1.3 13.93 1.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 1.1 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.18 7.6 16.53 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.41 5.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.32 3.4 16.56 3.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 16.07 8.7 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.54 6.3 14.40 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.32 8.3 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.38 10.6 14.38 10.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.00 4.3 15.61 4.2 10.27 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.04 6.8 – – 9.06 2.9 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.64 3.4 20.82 3.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.32 4.2 18.71 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.69 3.2 18.59 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.58 3.4 24.58 3.4 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.50 5.1 21.82 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.50 8.3 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.05 3.9 18.97 3.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.15 3.3 18.99 3.4 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 19.25 4.4 19.25 4.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.53 4.1 16.44 4.7 11.07 8.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.23 4.4 13.52 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.47 2.3 14.37 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 3.7 19.12 3.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.86 2.3 24.22 1.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.03 5.4 15.03 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.12 5.7 16.12 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 25.78 2.6 26.35 1.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.70 1.3 26.89 1.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 10.6 27.85 10.6 – – Carpenters........................................................ 25.43 4.9 25.43 4.9 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.36 16.1 19.00 25.9 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 32.57 5.0 32.57 5.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 33.26 4.2 33.26 4.2 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 33.02 4.6 33.02 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 33.86 3.2 33.86 3.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.55 6.2 25.65 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.57 4.1 18.70 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.45 13.1 27.45 13.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.24 4.9 30.24 4.9 – – Level 8 .................................................. 36.12 4.2 36.12 4.2 – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 30.89 5.0 30.89 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.33 10.2 24.33 10.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.42 8.9 20.42 8.9 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.91 13.1 26.37 12.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 20.71 2.7 21.40 3.8 13.68 13.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.14 2.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.50 8.2 17.01 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.32 3.3 20.31 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.24 5.6 21.24 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.84 5.7 24.84 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.33 6.2 29.44 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.90 8.6 25.32 9.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.33 13.1 27.33 13.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.38 7.2 17.38 7.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 26.27 7.5 26.27 7.5 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.15 5.5 20.15 5.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.16 6.1 20.16 6.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 26.99 5.7 26.99 5.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.99 4.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.25 3.9 22.38 4.2 15.86 7.8 Level 1 .................................................. 13.18 9.5 14.81 14.0 10.59 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 14.90 7.0 13.63 5.7 16.54 10.6 Level 3 .................................................. 18.21 5.0 18.30 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 22.91 3.7 23.03 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.88 6.3 22.92 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.66 10.0 – – – – Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 86.13 21.8 – – – – Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 86.13 21.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.85 4.9 21.93 5.1 20.75 2.3 Level 3 .................................................. 17.51 9.4 17.67 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.14 2.1 23.19 2.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.42 6.0 23.89 6.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.09 3.4 23.12 3.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.34 6.8 24.80 7.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.21 10.6 19.38 10.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.51 9.4 17.67 9.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.20 15.9 18.98 17.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.75 9.4 16.43 9.4 10.55 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 12.00 7.0 13.10 10.3 10.59 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.55 12.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.91 3.1 17.91 3.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.13 9.7 17.01 9.2 10.77 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 12.12 6.5 13.26 10.4 10.71 8.2 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. 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $25.30 4.1 $27.46 3.9 $13.22 4.9 Management occupations.............................................. 43.35 5.8 43.67 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.09 6.5 22.48 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.21 5.3 31.21 5.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.15 6.5 52.15 6.5 – – Level 13.................................................. 66.68 4.6 66.68 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.74 5.0 51.74 5.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.17 8.0 52.17 8.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.12 5.9 50.12 5.9 – – Sales managers.................................................. 53.99 13.2 53.99 13.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.48 7.1 42.48 7.1 – – Construction managers............................................. 46.67 15.8 46.67 15.8 – – Social and community service managers............................. 29.78 16.3 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.97 7.0 36.97 7.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.51 7.2 19.51 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.34 8.5 38.98 9.4 – – Level 13.................................................. 50.84 3.9 50.84 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.19 8.2 41.88 7.4 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 46.27 9.1 46.27 9.1 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 46.53 10.4 46.53 10.4 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 39.66 12.9 39.66 12.9 – – Management analysts............................................... 37.79 6.9 35.88 6.4 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.56 4.2 30.85 4.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.38 2.0 39.42 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.31 7.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.67 4.4 38.67 4.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.48 4.2 45.48 4.2 – – Level 12.................................................. 52.58 .9 52.58 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.38 2.1 38.38 2.1 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 41.36 3.9 41.36 3.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.13 3.7 47.13 3.7 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.73 7.3 45.73 7.3 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 31.60 8.4 31.60 8.4 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.41 5.9 42.41 5.9 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.34 5.5 37.82 6.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 44.03 14.2 45.10 12.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.07 11.2 28.55 6.8 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.21 2.5 42.21 2.5 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.27 1.8 49.27 1.8 – – Engineers......................................................... 49.01 11.0 49.01 11.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.92 2.1 41.92 2.1 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.27 1.8 49.27 1.8 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.05 16.9 36.05 16.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.05 16.9 36.05 16.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.41 10.8 – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.74 13.6 27.76 13.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.77 2.7 18.36 1.8 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.45 17.3 25.57 17.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.95 .1 27.95 .1 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 16.96 21.7 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.87 9.8 23.69 9.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.65 11.1 – – – – Designers......................................................... 19.24 2.8 19.24 2.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 44.47 19.3 45.18 21.2 38.62 4.2 Level 4 .................................................. 17.23 4.6 17.23 4.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.88 4.7 22.32 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 32.50 1.7 32.61 2.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.77 9.4 30.68 10.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.35 1.3 37.74 .9 40.96 .9 Level 11.................................................. 43.60 3.9 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 37.80 3.2 37.40 3.0 39.52 3.7 Level 8 .................................................. 32.20 16.2 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.26 2.6 37.71 1.7 – – Therapists........................................................ 40.18 10.7 40.53 11.0 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 27.85 2.6 27.85 2.6 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 31.52 3.8 31.52 3.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.44 3.5 33.44 3.5 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.54 4.6 20.54 4.6 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.37 4.3 23.78 4.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.56 3.6 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.36 7.3 16.14 6.1 17.19 11.8 Level 3 .................................................. 16.01 3.1 16.01 3.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.11 8.4 14.23 6.7 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.39 6.3 14.50 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.13 3.5 16.13 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.13 7.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.04 3.3 15.09 3.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.13 3.5 16.13 3.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.58 2.1 18.66 1.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.05 3.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 14.83 10.9 15.87 13.0 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.19 8.1 11.35 9.9 – – Security guards................................................. 11.19 8.1 11.35 9.9 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.07 2.0 10.99 2.5 9.34 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 8.85 3.9 9.53 10.1 8.65 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.28 1.1 9.69 1.8 9.03 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 10.12 3.4 10.04 7.0 10.22 1.2 Level 4 .................................................. 12.81 6.2 13.01 6.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.06 5.1 11.05 2.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.70 2.3 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.15 10.6 – – 10.19 11.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.89 .9 9.09 2.6 8.75 1.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.65 2.0 – – 8.52 .5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.84 1.5 – – 8.55 .1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 1.7 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 9.27 .4 – – 9.34 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 9.30 1.7 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.59 1.3 8.78 2.8 8.51 .2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 2.3 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 8.52 .2 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.92 6.6 – – 9.59 2.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.87 7.3 – – 9.99 .0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 11.16 7.3 – – 9.70 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 8.3 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.41 3.1 13.91 4.0 10.89 12.3 Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 14.98 10.5 15.49 11.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.70 4.0 14.10 3.7 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.88 3.7 13.49 4.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 11.43 8.9 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.23 11.3 15.49 11.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.38 7.1 14.43 8.7 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.82 6.4 13.86 6.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.85 15.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.11 8.7 15.11 8.7 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.14 4.5 12.20 4.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.75 4.3 13.61 4.8 10.30 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 3.0 – – 9.71 3.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.31 4.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.91 7.0 15.74 10.3 – – Child care workers................................................ 11.21 4.7 11.64 3.3 10.08 7.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.64 7.8 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.35 12.3 – – 11.87 13.4 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 15.69 13.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.05 9.4 20.20 10.5 10.73 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 3.2 – – 9.33 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 2.6 10.57 4.8 9.42 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.16 1.4 14.18 .7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 13.7 15.83 16.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.39 4.2 19.42 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.97 6.7 22.97 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.45 20.4 28.40 20.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 10.4 22.78 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.46 21.6 20.46 21.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.72 7.1 12.99 8.8 10.40 8.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.33 3.2 – – 9.33 3.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 2.6 10.57 4.8 9.42 4.9 Level 3 .................................................. 14.21 1.4 14.18 .7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.34 9.1 13.65 8.1 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.70 4.4 11.85 11.7 11.57 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 1.9 – – 9.59 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 3.2 – – 9.63 1.4 Cashiers...................................................... 11.70 4.4 11.85 11.7 11.57 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.59 1.9 – – 9.59 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 3.2 – – 9.63 1.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.01 5.9 12.46 2.2 9.55 9.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.83 2.6 – – 9.31 5.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.33 3.9 13.15 2.2 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.08 10.9 36.21 7.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.21 26.8 33.26 23.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.49 2.2 18.17 2.3 12.95 2.6 Level 2 .................................................. 12.01 5.9 13.47 8.3 9.79 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 13.45 1.8 13.69 1.9 12.32 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 16.80 2.7 16.96 2.6 15.52 5.8 Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 2.5 19.20 2.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.35 4.3 23.28 4.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.23 6.6 26.23 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.32 6.9 17.72 7.1 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.29 5.9 26.29 5.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.31 2.7 17.45 3.3 16.48 7.6 Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 1.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 5.1 16.13 4.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.19 3.2 19.75 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.62 5.8 22.20 6.1 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 20.14 3.3 20.17 3.3 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.47 3.8 18.68 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.19 8.2 15.90 8.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.82 1.3 13.93 1.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 1.1 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.18 7.6 16.53 8.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.41 5.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.32 3.4 16.56 3.4 – – Order clerks...................................................... 16.07 8.7 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.54 6.3 14.40 5.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.32 8.3 – – – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.38 10.6 14.38 10.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.00 4.3 15.61 4.2 10.27 5.9 Level 2 .................................................. 10.04 6.8 – – 9.06 2.9 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.61 3.1 21.87 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.92 6.9 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.13 6.4 18.13 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.95 3.5 24.95 3.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.46 5.6 21.81 5.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.60 5.1 16.28 5.4 11.34 11.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 5.0 13.55 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.11 2.6 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.08 3.8 19.26 4.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.45 2.6 23.81 2.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.03 5.4 15.03 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.12 5.7 16.12 5.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 25.56 2.7 26.20 1.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 26.50 1.3 26.71 1.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.85 10.6 27.85 10.6 – – Carpenters........................................................ 25.53 4.6 25.53 4.6 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.36 16.1 19.00 25.9 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 34.71 .9 34.71 .9 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 34.71 .9 34.71 .9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.12 6.8 24.22 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.57 4.1 18.70 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.10 17.1 22.10 17.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.44 4.1 29.44 4.1 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.46 12.4 22.46 12.4 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.53 9.7 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 20.71 2.7 21.40 3.8 13.68 13.3 Level 2 .................................................. 12.14 2.2 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.50 8.2 17.01 10.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.32 3.3 20.31 3.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.24 5.6 21.24 5.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 24.84 5.7 24.84 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.33 6.2 29.44 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.90 8.6 25.32 9.0 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.33 13.1 27.33 13.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.38 7.2 17.38 7.2 – – Machinists........................................................ 26.27 7.5 26.27 7.5 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.15 5.5 20.15 5.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.16 6.1 20.16 6.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 26.99 5.7 26.99 5.7 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.99 4.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.00 4.2 22.17 4.5 15.31 8.5 Level 1 .................................................. 13.18 9.5 14.81 14.0 10.59 7.0 Level 2 .................................................. 14.61 7.8 13.08 5.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.21 5.0 18.30 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 22.91 3.9 23.02 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.09 8.4 22.11 11.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.66 10.0 – – – – Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 86.13 21.8 – – – – Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 86.13 21.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.76 5.3 21.84 5.6 20.75 2.3 Level 3 .................................................. 17.51 9.4 17.67 9.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 23.05 2.2 23.10 2.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 23.51 7.1 24.15 8.1 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.04 3.8 23.07 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 24.73 8.1 25.60 7.5 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.21 10.6 19.38 10.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.51 9.4 17.67 9.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.20 15.9 18.98 17.9 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.64 9.8 16.32 9.7 10.55 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 12.00 7.0 13.10 10.3 10.59 7.1 Level 3 .................................................. 17.91 3.1 17.91 3.1 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.00 10.1 16.90 9.7 10.77 6.3 Level 1 .................................................. 12.12 6.5 13.26 10.4 10.71 8.2 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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $29.53 3.4 $29.96 3.4 $25.85 10.6 Management occupations.............................................. 40.56 4.7 40.56 4.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.86 2.6 45.86 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.26 8.7 39.26 8.7 – – Education administrators.......................................... 49.91 9.2 49.91 9.2 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.13 8.5 55.13 8.5 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.75 5.7 28.92 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.68 5.6 22.79 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.34 6.7 30.34 6.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.60 4.2 35.60 4.2 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 35.26 2.7 35.26 2.7 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.73 1.7 34.73 1.7 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.50 8.2 31.31 9.5 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 29.29 8.8 29.30 10.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.63 9.0 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 31.29 9.4 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.28 4.4 36.34 6.1 36.03 17.0 Level 4 .................................................. 15.90 2.9 16.03 .5 15.81 6.3 Level 9 .................................................. 42.10 5.3 41.27 5.9 50.87 9.7 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.99 29.3 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.00 7.0 42.14 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.20 7.0 42.14 7.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.96 8.0 42.37 8.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.37 8.3 42.37 8.5 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.88 8.0 41.37 8.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 41.40 8.5 41.37 8.6 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 45.14 6.7 45.14 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 45.14 6.7 45.14 6.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.63 7.9 42.67 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.63 7.9 42.67 8.1 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.00 7.1 42.03 7.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.00 7.1 42.03 7.3 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 16.14 2.1 16.66 5.8 15.63 5.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.90 2.9 16.03 .5 15.81 6.3 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.53 3.4 39.45 5.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 36.75 2.5 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 29.39 6.3 29.67 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 28.06 2.3 28.06 2.3 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 32.44 1.9 32.44 1.9 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.84 6.8 23.84 6.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.84 6.8 23.84 6.8 – – Police officers................................................... 36.24 6.9 36.24 6.9 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 36.24 6.9 36.24 6.9 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.75 6.6 17.23 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.77 7.3 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.26 5.2 16.28 5.4 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.26 5.2 16.28 5.4 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 18.28 2.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.10 5.9 20.90 5.1 13.40 13.9 Level 4 .................................................. 17.07 3.0 17.52 1.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.03 3.6 20.05 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.81 5.2 25.81 5.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 21.99 4.2 21.99 4.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.88 3.9 18.86 4.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.16 3.5 19.00 3.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.31 2.2 18.18 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.85 2.6 18.65 2.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.28 2.0 17.14 8.5 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.44 4.2 28.44 4.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 27.25 7.0 27.25 7.0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 34.16 2.4 34.16 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 32.17 7.0 32.17 7.0 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 25.06 5.6 25.61 7.4 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $25.93 3.5 $27.85 3.3 $14.57 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 42.77 4.7 43.01 4.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.09 13.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.23 5.3 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 67.33 4.8 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 34.77 19.3 34.77 19.3 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.17 8.0 52.17 8.0 – – Sales managers.................................................. 53.99 13.2 53.99 13.2 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.26 6.9 42.26 6.9 – – Group III................................................. 37.50 12.4 37.50 12.4 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 47.69 18.9 47.69 18.9 – – Construction managers............................................. 46.79 13.7 46.79 13.7 – – Group III................................................. 47.04 15.5 47.04 15.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 41.23 16.0 41.23 16.0 – – Group III................................................. 43.73 11.6 – – – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.13 8.5 55.13 8.5 – – Social and community service managers............................. 31.25 13.8 31.88 16.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.74 6.1 35.75 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.50 6.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.91 3.4 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 52.16 5.1 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 46.27 9.1 46.27 9.1 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 46.53 10.4 46.53 10.4 – – Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 37.47 12.0 38.74 11.7 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 37.10 13.8 37.10 13.8 – – Management analysts............................................... 36.91 7.4 35.00 7.1 – – Group III................................................. 39.55 7.3 36.80 4.4 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.31 4.2 30.54 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 23.44 5.8 23.44 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 33.26 7.3 33.26 7.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.03 1.9 39.06 1.9 – – Group II.................................................. 28.78 3.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.97 3.3 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 40.78 3.9 40.78 3.9 – – Group III................................................. 43.19 3.1 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.09 2.6 39.09 2.6 – – Group III................................................. 40.89 4.3 40.89 4.3 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.58 7.2 45.58 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 46.56 4.4 46.56 4.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 31.60 8.4 31.60 8.4 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.90 4.6 41.90 4.6 – – Group III................................................. 38.58 3.6 38.58 3.6 – – Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.97 5.2 38.45 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 40.04 7.7 40.04 7.7 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 43.73 13.4 44.70 11.5 – – Group II.................................................. 26.63 7.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.95 3.3 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 48.49 10.4 48.49 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.92 5.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 42.26 3.2 – – – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.05 16.9 36.05 16.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.05 16.9 36.05 16.9 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.26 9.7 33.72 5.5 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.71 9.9 28.58 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.21 3.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 33.29 6.8 – – – – Life scientists................................................... 23.38 6.1 23.41 6.1 – – Group II.................................................. 22.11 3.6 – – – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.75 11.0 23.98 12.2 17.04 16.9 Group II.................................................. 19.30 15.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 25.50 16.3 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 24.27 17.6 24.02 18.3 – – Group III................................................. 24.27 17.6 – – – – Social workers.................................................... 27.40 14.8 30.59 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 25.45 17.1 – – – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.38 16.7 16.96 14.0 – – Group II.................................................. 15.38 16.7 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.92 7.0 33.02 7.4 32.37 15.8 Group I................................................... 14.84 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.30 22.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.64 5.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.93 13.1 27.85 6.2 – – Group III................................................. 33.38 15.3 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.90 4.4 26.37 7.2 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.33 10.2 37.56 9.9 31.73 24.5 Group II.................................................. 16.85 22.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.80 7.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.64 7.6 40.97 8.0 – – Group III................................................. 41.93 8.2 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.27 7.5 39.63 7.9 – – Group III................................................. 40.84 8.2 40.80 8.4 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 45.14 6.7 45.14 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 45.14 6.7 45.14 6.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 41.90 8.0 42.07 8.1 – – Group III................................................. 42.04 7.9 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 41.23 7.1 41.40 7.2 – – Group III................................................. 41.37 7.0 41.40 7.2 – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 56.38 14.8 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 15.36 3.3 15.88 7.4 14.89 6.1 Group I................................................... 14.86 3.8 14.87 4.8 14.86 6.1 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.47 9.9 24.28 10.1 – – Group II.................................................. 20.05 12.0 – – – – Designers......................................................... 19.24 2.8 19.24 2.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 43.89 17.8 44.80 20.1 38.21 3.1 Group I................................................... 16.90 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.45 5.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.06 1.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 37.61 2.7 37.26 2.8 38.57 3.0 Group II.................................................. 32.61 12.6 – – 37.93 6.6 Group III................................................. 38.49 2.2 38.42 2.3 38.70 3.1 Therapists........................................................ 41.27 8.4 41.64 8.6 – – Group III................................................. 42.86 8.0 – – – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 27.85 2.6 27.85 2.6 – – Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 31.52 3.8 31.52 3.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.44 3.5 33.44 3.5 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.54 4.6 20.54 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 21.66 3.6 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.70 3.7 24.23 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.70 3.7 24.23 4.1 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.60 6.6 16.46 5.6 17.19 11.8 Group I................................................... 15.28 6.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.67 3.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.63 6.5 14.76 5.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.63 6.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.29 3.6 15.35 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.29 3.6 15.35 3.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.66 1.6 18.75 .9 – – Group I................................................... 17.08 5.5 – – – – Medical assistants.............................................. 17.97 2.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.16 12.5 24.43 12.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.80 9.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 29.70 4.5 – – – – Fire fighters..................................................... 32.35 1.8 32.35 1.8 – – Group II.................................................. 32.35 1.8 32.35 1.8 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 25.02 7.5 25.02 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 25.69 6.0 – – – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.84 6.8 23.84 6.8 – – Group II.................................................. 24.60 5.3 24.60 5.3 – – Police officers................................................... 36.24 6.9 36.24 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 34.03 2.9 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 36.24 6.9 36.24 6.9 – – Group II.................................................. 34.03 2.9 34.03 2.9 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.73 13.0 13.23 15.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.52 10.8 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.73 13.0 13.23 15.4 – – Group I................................................... 11.52 10.8 11.76 13.4 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.15 2.2 11.09 2.7 9.39 1.0 Group I................................................... 9.81 2.3 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.06 5.1 11.05 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.06 5.1 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.34 10.6 – – 10.30 11.5 Group I................................................... 9.83 7.4 – – 9.69 8.0 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.89 .9 9.09 2.6 8.75 1.1 Group I................................................... 8.89 .9 – – – – Bartenders...................................................... 9.27 .4 – – 9.34 3.2 Group I................................................... 9.27 .4 – – 9.34 3.2 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.59 1.3 8.78 2.8 8.51 .2 Group I................................................... 8.59 1.3 8.78 2.8 8.51 .2 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.17 6.9 12.94 12.4 9.59 2.1 Group I................................................... 11.17 7.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 11.16 7.3 – – 9.70 2.8 Group I................................................... 11.16 7.6 – – 9.54 4.8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.30 2.9 14.84 4.0 11.35 8.4 Group I................................................... 13.79 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.96 12.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.86 2.9 14.42 3.4 10.33 11.1 Group I................................................... 13.61 2.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.76 5.1 14.80 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 14.48 4.9 14.51 5.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.14 4.5 12.20 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.14 4.5 12.20 4.3 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.14 4.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.48 6.5 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.43 4.7 14.54 5.8 10.42 4.0 Group I................................................... 12.08 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.10 7.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 15.79 18.1 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 11.27 4.8 11.64 3.3 10.33 8.0 Group I................................................... 11.34 5.1 11.64 3.3 10.46 9.5 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.11 13.1 – – 11.09 12.2 Group I................................................... 13.72 18.8 – – – – Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 15.69 13.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.05 9.4 20.20 10.5 10.73 9.7 Group I................................................... 11.72 8.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.70 3.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 10.4 22.78 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 23.25 14.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.46 21.6 20.46 21.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.92 27.6 19.92 27.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.72 7.1 12.99 8.8 10.40 8.6 Group I................................................... 11.21 5.8 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.70 4.4 11.85 11.7 11.57 2.3 Group I................................................... 11.61 5.2 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.70 4.4 11.85 11.7 11.57 2.3 Group I................................................... 11.61 5.2 11.85 11.7 11.38 1.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.01 5.9 12.46 2.2 9.55 9.9 Group I................................................... 10.91 4.8 12.41 2.0 9.54 10.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.08 10.9 36.21 7.3 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 32.21 26.8 33.26 23.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.95 2.1 18.66 2.1 13.02 3.0 Group I................................................... 14.85 2.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.65 2.3 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.36 5.1 26.36 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 26.79 5.5 26.79 5.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 17.78 2.4 17.97 2.7 16.48 7.6 Group I................................................... 15.20 1.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.70 3.1 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 20.14 3.3 20.17 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.20 3.6 20.20 3.6 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.94 3.4 19.19 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 17.13 7.3 16.95 7.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.58 3.8 21.60 5.3 – – Tellers......................................................... 13.82 1.3 13.93 1.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.45 5.0 13.48 5.4 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.18 7.6 16.53 8.4 – – Group I................................................... 14.23 4.0 14.42 5.2 – – Order clerks...................................................... 16.07 8.7 – – – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.54 6.3 14.40 5.2 – – Group I................................................... 13.54 6.3 14.40 5.2 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.38 10.6 14.38 10.6 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.00 4.3 15.61 4.2 10.27 5.9 Group I................................................... 13.76 4.1 15.45 5.0 9.59 4.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.64 3.4 20.82 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 18.32 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.83 3.1 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.50 5.1 21.82 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 17.50 8.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.65 3.9 22.65 3.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.05 3.9 18.97 3.9 – – Group II.................................................. 19.15 3.1 19.00 3.2 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 19.25 4.4 19.25 4.4 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.53 4.1 16.44 4.7 11.07 8.7 Group I................................................... 12.85 3.7 13.78 2.6 10.67 8.2 Group II.................................................. 18.97 3.7 19.12 3.9 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.86 2.3 24.22 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.02 3.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.65 2.5 – – – – Carpenters........................................................ 25.43 4.9 25.43 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.90 1.0 25.90 1.0 – – Construction laborers............................................. 18.36 16.1 19.00 25.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.05 9.7 – – – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 32.57 5.0 32.57 5.0 – – Group II.................................................. 32.62 4.9 – – – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 33.02 4.6 33.02 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 33.08 4.5 33.08 4.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.55 6.2 25.65 6.2 – – Group II.................................................. 26.31 5.8 – – – – Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 30.89 5.0 30.89 5.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.33 10.2 24.33 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 25.54 10.3 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.42 8.9 20.42 8.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 10.0 21.42 10.0 – – Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.91 13.1 26.37 12.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.91 13.1 – – – – Production occupations.............................................. 20.71 2.7 21.40 3.8 13.68 13.3 Group I................................................... 15.69 2.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 25.28 4.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.33 13.1 27.33 13.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.38 7.2 17.38 7.2 – – Group I................................................... 15.50 14.5 – – – – Machinists........................................................ 26.27 7.5 26.27 7.5 – – Group II.................................................. 27.48 5.3 27.48 5.3 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.15 5.5 20.15 5.5 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.16 6.1 20.16 6.1 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 26.99 5.7 26.99 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 29.68 6.9 29.68 6.9 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.99 4.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.86 5.5 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.25 3.9 22.38 4.2 15.86 7.8 Group I................................................... 18.17 5.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.45 6.3 – – – – Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 86.13 21.8 – – – – Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 86.13 21.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.85 4.9 21.93 5.1 20.75 2.3 Group I................................................... 20.69 6.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.42 6.0 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.09 3.4 23.12 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 24.34 6.8 24.80 7.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.21 10.6 19.38 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 19.09 11.3 19.27 11.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.20 15.9 18.98 17.9 – – Group I................................................... 17.92 12.5 18.84 14.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.75 9.4 16.43 9.4 10.55 5.3 Group I................................................... 14.95 9.0 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 15.13 9.7 17.01 9.2 10.77 6.3 Group I................................................... 15.38 9.0 17.14 9.0 10.90 6.5 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $14.00 $21.46 $33.44 $47.11 Management occupations.............................................. 17.44 30.21 40.05 57.34 66.37 General and operations managers................................... 16.59 23.00 29.98 42.35 70.09 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.93 41.74 48.78 59.58 67.40 Sales managers.................................................. 41.72 41.74 48.08 67.40 67.40 Financial managers................................................ 19.32 31.13 37.76 52.89 71.24 Human resources managers.......................................... 27.20 33.08 33.08 60.61 86.54 Construction managers............................................. 33.74 36.06 48.61 52.49 63.94 Education administrators.......................................... 16.00 28.83 46.03 50.48 55.81 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.76 49.53 51.29 54.65 79.49 Social and community service managers............................. 17.31 20.19 28.01 44.66 47.74 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.48 25.00 32.67 46.04 57.05 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.53 35.40 57.05 57.05 57.05 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 28.04 33.71 57.05 57.05 57.05 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 21.58 28.94 36.87 48.17 53.68 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.83 23.74 44.23 45.34 55.84 Management analysts............................................... 22.15 30.43 37.14 46.75 50.59 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.60 24.04 28.46 34.62 45.67 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.96 33.16 38.05 44.34 52.04 Computer software engineers....................................... 32.21 33.16 38.05 45.97 54.33 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.16 33.16 38.05 41.36 48.83 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 25.96 33.10 46.62 55.46 62.74 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.64 24.94 34.68 34.68 34.68 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.53 37.74 41.79 46.96 55.92 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 31.98 32.97 33.99 42.33 48.32 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.18 30.63 42.40 55.00 67.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.69 39.99 46.49 60.00 68.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 21.13 24.35 33.00 44.83 47.16 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 21.13 24.35 33.00 44.83 47.16 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.50 28.36 29.24 36.06 41.39 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.46 23.08 25.30 32.70 42.13 Life scientists................................................... 21.46 21.46 21.50 24.19 32.70 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.96 16.82 19.26 26.83 38.87 Counselors........................................................ 17.37 17.37 19.26 26.83 34.32 Social workers.................................................... 13.09 24.06 26.00 38.87 38.87 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.55 11.96 15.00 18.00 24.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.71 20.69 31.11 42.66 50.93 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.89 25.72 29.17 31.11 37.96 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 16.89 23.61 28.53 30.26 31.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.71 28.65 40.04 45.79 53.11 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.80 33.59 40.12 46.80 53.02 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.74 32.63 40.12 44.84 50.93 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.08 39.38 44.57 51.23 56.48 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.36 37.71 41.25 49.24 54.88 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 27.39 37.71 41.25 47.33 54.88 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 32.45 42.03 52.28 66.97 80.00 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.88 13.35 15.21 16.96 18.77 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.45 20.77 21.54 32.83 35.58 Designers......................................................... 13.45 18.24 20.77 21.54 21.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.71 27.50 36.12 45.65 71.61 Registered nurses................................................. 27.62 33.26 38.34 42.41 46.01 Therapists........................................................ 30.21 30.97 40.30 48.60 57.48 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.14 23.27 31.23 33.56 34.21 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.74 27.74 31.70 34.21 35.77 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.00 30.00 30.00 32.88 43.89 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.49 19.06 21.74 23.54 24.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.24 22.91 24.42 26.75 29.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.80 13.71 15.85 19.15 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.60 12.45 13.73 15.84 19.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.76 13.71 14.10 17.10 19.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.00 16.75 18.20 20.64 21.95 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.52 16.81 18.00 19.71 20.25 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 12.00 25.88 30.23 34.95 Fire fighters..................................................... 29.24 29.24 32.56 34.95 34.95 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 21.22 21.78 25.88 29.48 29.48 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.21 21.78 24.04 26.77 29.34 Police officers................................................... 30.04 31.83 34.88 38.47 48.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.04 31.83 34.88 38.47 48.25 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.93 9.00 10.00 14.00 22.73 Security guards................................................. 7.93 9.00 10.00 14.00 22.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.55 9.00 10.90 13.20 Cooks............................................................. 8.67 9.30 12.00 12.50 12.82 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.55 8.75 9.07 11.00 13.85 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.60 9.50 Bartenders...................................................... 8.55 8.55 9.00 9.50 10.74 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.37 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 8.65 9.69 13.00 15.72 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.55 8.55 9.69 13.00 16.53 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.14 12.00 13.25 16.21 19.12 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.76 11.72 13.23 15.78 17.92 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.41 12.50 14.64 16.47 18.72 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.06 9.64 11.06 12.37 13.40 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.00 12.00 13.00 15.25 19.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.29 10.05 10.83 14.85 19.84 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 10.83 10.83 14.27 19.84 19.84 Child care workers................................................ 8.74 9.75 11.75 12.40 12.80 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 9.17 15.47 16.48 22.26 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.00 10.23 15.47 15.72 22.26 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 9.75 12.21 20.00 28.64 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.60 17.11 21.96 26.82 30.79 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.25 15.00 17.11 21.96 37.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.65 9.00 10.45 12.22 18.70 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.42 9.00 9.94 13.26 18.89 Cashiers...................................................... 8.42 9.00 9.94 13.26 18.89 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.65 8.90 10.45 11.67 13.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.96 20.00 28.03 55.80 60.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.96 19.56 26.22 45.57 57.72 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.00 13.75 17.47 21.52 25.04 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.81 23.40 25.00 29.71 33.53 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.33 14.00 17.64 20.70 23.47 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.64 19.44 20.55 20.97 23.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.00 16.50 19.19 21.00 24.57 Tellers......................................................... 12.31 12.33 13.00 14.79 15.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.52 13.00 15.75 18.67 23.08 Order clerks...................................................... 12.00 13.50 14.95 19.03 19.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 12.00 13.91 15.89 16.41 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.91 11.90 13.39 16.25 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 10.05 13.26 17.30 19.35 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.20 17.41 19.71 23.00 26.17 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.09 19.23 21.24 26.17 26.17 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.38 17.38 18.49 20.11 22.13 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.98 17.19 17.95 20.95 23.39 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 12.33 15.18 18.28 19.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.50 16.10 22.00 30.96 35.00 Carpenters........................................................ 15.31 20.23 25.00 31.50 38.05 Construction laborers............................................. 10.92 13.00 15.00 22.00 30.58 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.93 31.00 34.33 34.33 35.79 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.26 31.00 34.33 34.75 35.79 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.00 17.98 26.00 31.16 38.28 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 28.70 28.70 29.00 32.57 35.95 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.00 16.94 20.02 31.16 40.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.00 16.94 17.70 25.95 29.67 Line installers and repairers..................................... 17.98 20.50 25.60 28.13 39.04 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.75 18.68 25.50 32.94 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.07 23.07 23.07 26.95 49.41 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.89 12.89 18.00 18.00 29.75 Machinists........................................................ 20.60 24.00 24.85 28.00 34.90 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.45 16.00 20.00 23.45 25.25 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.45 15.45 20.00 23.57 25.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.96 22.28 25.46 33.46 34.48 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.00 12.75 14.48 16.67 17.69 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.92 14.39 19.30 24.00 29.00 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 22.96 25.00 113.21 129.45 129.45 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 22.96 25.00 113.21 129.45 129.45 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 18.34 21.77 25.89 27.08 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.34 21.47 22.92 25.89 26.29 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.00 14.77 17.52 24.00 29.83 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.35 13.00 15.45 18.96 29.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.88 10.10 12.90 18.35 20.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.05 10.05 14.00 19.30 21.03 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.68 $13.04 $20.15 $32.78 $47.74 Management occupations.............................................. 16.59 29.59 41.51 57.34 67.40 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.93 41.74 48.78 59.58 67.40 Sales managers.................................................. 41.72 41.74 48.08 67.40 67.40 Financial managers................................................ 19.32 31.13 37.76 52.89 71.24 Construction managers............................................. 33.74 36.06 52.29 57.69 63.94 Social and community service managers............................. 16.84 19.62 28.01 47.74 47.74 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.75 26.73 34.62 48.08 57.05 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.53 35.40 57.05 57.05 57.05 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 28.04 33.71 57.05 57.05 57.05 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.83 32.67 44.23 45.34 55.84 Management analysts............................................... 25.11 30.93 37.30 47.60 50.59 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.96 24.04 28.46 34.62 45.67 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.96 33.16 38.05 44.98 52.89 Computer software engineers....................................... 33.10 33.16 41.36 46.62 55.46 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 25.96 32.21 46.62 57.21 62.74 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.64 24.94 34.68 34.68 34.68 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.85 34.62 43.94 48.08 55.92 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 31.98 32.97 33.99 40.32 49.16 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.61 30.53 42.52 55.00 67.00 Engineers......................................................... 26.95 39.00 47.16 61.00 68.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 21.13 24.35 33.00 44.83 47.16 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 21.13 24.35 33.00 44.83 47.16 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.50 28.36 29.24 36.42 41.83 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.46 22.55 25.30 31.73 42.13 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.00 12.00 17.37 18.00 19.26 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.20 14.71 25.67 30.26 42.66 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.61 25.82 29.17 30.35 31.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.66 14.00 14.71 18.19 25.25 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.45 20.19 21.54 27.90 36.18 Designers......................................................... 13.45 18.24 20.77 21.54 21.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.24 26.44 35.87 45.65 88.94 Registered nurses................................................. 27.20 33.64 38.62 43.52 46.13 Therapists........................................................ 30.21 30.87 36.79 48.60 58.26 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.14 23.27 31.23 33.56 34.21 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.74 27.74 31.70 34.21 35.77 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.00 30.00 30.00 32.88 43.89 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.49 19.06 21.74 23.54 24.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.24 22.91 24.42 26.75 29.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.80 13.71 15.22 18.87 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.40 12.25 13.71 15.08 19.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.55 13.71 14.04 15.84 19.15 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.00 16.80 18.00 20.64 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.93 9.00 11.63 16.00 29.48 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.93 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.50 Security guards................................................. 7.93 9.00 10.00 12.00 15.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.55 8.87 10.74 13.00 Cooks............................................................. 8.67 9.30 12.00 12.50 12.82 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.55 8.75 9.07 10.90 13.60 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.60 9.50 Bartenders...................................................... 8.55 8.55 9.00 9.50 10.74 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.37 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 8.65 9.69 12.89 16.17 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.55 8.55 9.69 13.00 16.53 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.64 11.68 12.50 14.73 17.72 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 11.00 12.50 13.97 17.67 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.76 11.90 12.50 14.73 17.72 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.06 9.64 11.06 12.37 13.40 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.29 10.00 10.80 14.15 16.94 Child care workers................................................ 8.74 9.50 11.75 12.40 12.75 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 10.23 15.47 15.72 22.26 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.00 10.23 15.47 15.72 22.26 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 9.75 12.21 20.00 28.64 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.60 17.11 21.96 26.82 30.79 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.25 15.00 17.11 21.96 37.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.65 9.00 10.45 12.22 18.70 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.42 9.00 9.94 13.26 18.89 Cashiers...................................................... 8.42 9.00 9.94 13.26 18.89 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.65 8.90 10.45 11.67 13.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.96 20.00 28.03 55.80 60.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.96 19.56 26.22 45.57 57.72 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.84 13.31 16.97 20.59 24.56 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.81 23.40 25.00 29.71 33.53 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.33 13.67 16.79 19.94 23.33 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.64 19.44 20.55 20.97 23.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.00 16.50 17.65 20.00 24.57 Tellers......................................................... 12.31 12.33 13.00 14.79 15.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.52 13.00 15.75 18.67 23.08 Order clerks...................................................... 12.00 13.50 14.95 19.03 19.90 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 12.00 13.91 15.89 16.41 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.91 11.90 13.39 16.25 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 10.05 13.26 17.30 19.35 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.09 19.23 20.69 26.17 26.26 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.09 18.00 20.15 26.17 26.17 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.00 12.33 14.57 18.28 19.23 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.50 16.10 22.00 30.58 35.00 Carpenters........................................................ 15.31 20.23 25.00 34.59 38.05 Construction laborers............................................. 10.92 13.00 15.00 22.00 30.58 Construction equipment operators.................................. 34.33 34.33 34.33 35.79 36.36 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 34.33 34.33 34.33 35.79 36.36 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.86 17.70 23.59 28.78 35.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.00 16.94 17.70 33.12 40.00 Line installers and repairers..................................... 17.98 17.98 23.59 28.13 28.13 Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.75 18.68 25.50 32.94 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.07 23.07 23.07 26.95 49.41 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.89 12.89 18.00 18.00 29.75 Machinists........................................................ 20.60 24.00 24.85 28.00 34.90 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.45 16.00 20.00 23.45 25.25 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.45 15.45 20.00 23.57 25.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.96 22.28 25.46 33.46 34.48 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.00 12.75 14.48 16.67 17.69 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.66 14.25 18.98 24.00 27.60 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 22.96 25.00 113.21 129.45 129.45 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 22.96 25.00 113.21 129.45 129.45 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 18.34 21.77 25.89 27.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.34 21.55 22.92 25.89 26.29 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.00 14.77 17.52 24.00 29.83 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.35 13.00 15.45 18.96 29.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.65 10.10 12.90 18.35 20.49 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.55 10.05 14.00 18.35 21.04 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $15.47 $19.84 $28.58 $36.60 $45.10 Management occupations.............................................. 29.98 32.72 35.00 48.27 55.28 Education administrators.......................................... 38.46 44.76 46.03 51.29 58.89 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.76 49.53 51.29 54.65 79.49 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.48 21.70 28.93 32.37 39.36 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.06 33.85 36.43 37.93 42.33 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.13 34.37 35.34 36.43 37.93 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 31.13 33.85 35.34 36.43 37.93 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.50 23.21 31.89 35.97 41.47 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.03 25.06 26.83 34.32 38.87 Social workers.................................................... 25.89 25.89 26.60 38.87 43.17 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.06 26.76 37.53 44.59 54.62 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.89 16.89 34.14 38.39 63.33 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.70 37.71 41.26 47.69 54.70 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.05 36.98 41.89 47.33 53.11 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.67 35.59 40.12 45.79 50.93 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.08 39.38 44.57 51.23 56.48 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.76 37.71 41.25 49.32 54.89 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 31.54 37.71 41.25 47.79 54.89 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.75 14.31 16.06 16.98 20.41 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.58 30.56 36.12 42.58 50.82 Registered nurses................................................. 30.19 32.20 36.12 40.13 42.58 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.78 24.04 29.24 34.44 36.79 Fire fighters..................................................... 29.24 29.24 30.17 34.95 39.96 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.21 21.78 24.04 26.77 29.34 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.21 21.78 24.04 26.77 29.34 Police officers................................................... 30.04 31.83 34.88 38.47 48.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.04 31.83 34.88 38.47 48.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.21 14.50 14.99 18.72 22.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.21 14.96 14.99 17.62 19.70 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.21 14.96 14.99 17.62 19.70 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 14.06 19.84 19.84 24.01 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.32 17.30 19.13 22.82 26.84 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.42 20.70 21.17 23.84 25.55 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.30 17.38 18.49 19.49 22.35 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.38 17.38 18.49 18.49 19.49 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.01 12.28 15.18 16.09 22.57 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.95 26.57 28.26 31.00 31.93 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.25 28.87 32.64 39.04 43.92 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.59 21.19 25.56 28.47 33.16 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.00 $15.97 $23.28 $34.87 $48.56 Management occupations.............................................. 19.32 30.80 40.05 57.34 66.37 General and operations managers................................... 16.59 23.00 29.98 42.35 70.09 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.93 41.74 48.78 59.58 67.40 Sales managers.................................................. 41.72 41.74 48.08 67.40 67.40 Financial managers................................................ 19.32 31.13 37.76 52.89 71.24 Human resources managers.......................................... 27.20 33.08 33.08 60.61 86.54 Construction managers............................................. 33.74 36.06 48.61 52.49 63.94 Education administrators.......................................... 16.00 28.83 46.03 50.48 55.81 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.76 49.53 51.29 54.65 79.49 Social and community service managers............................. 17.31 24.32 28.01 44.66 47.74 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.19 24.04 32.87 46.04 57.05 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.53 35.40 57.05 57.05 57.05 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 28.04 33.71 57.05 57.05 57.05 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 27.77 28.94 36.87 48.17 53.68 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.83 23.74 44.23 45.34 55.84 Management analysts............................................... 21.88 27.93 34.53 40.67 47.60 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.03 24.04 28.46 34.62 45.67 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.96 33.16 38.05 44.34 52.16 Computer software engineers....................................... 32.21 33.16 38.05 45.97 54.33 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 33.16 33.16 38.05 41.36 48.83 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 25.96 33.10 46.62 55.46 62.74 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.64 24.94 34.68 34.68 34.68 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.53 37.74 41.79 46.96 55.92 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 31.98 33.99 33.99 42.33 49.16 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.88 31.36 43.27 55.00 67.00 Engineers......................................................... 27.69 39.99 46.49 60.00 68.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 21.13 24.35 33.00 44.83 47.16 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 21.13 24.35 33.00 44.83 47.16 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.36 28.36 32.33 36.96 42.84 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.46 23.08 25.30 34.57 42.13 Life scientists................................................... 21.46 21.46 21.50 24.19 32.70 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.00 17.37 21.80 26.83 38.87 Counselors........................................................ 17.37 17.37 19.26 26.83 34.32 Social workers.................................................... 21.80 25.89 26.42 38.87 43.17 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.00 12.00 16.82 18.00 24.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.87 24.61 31.45 42.66 49.38 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 16.89 25.67 29.17 31.11 36.53 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 16.89 23.61 27.57 29.33 31.11 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.71 29.75 40.12 45.52 53.79 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.25 34.23 40.12 47.28 53.02 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.25 33.12 40.12 44.62 50.93 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 32.08 39.38 44.57 51.23 56.48 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.70 37.71 41.25 49.25 54.89 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 28.35 37.71 41.25 47.33 54.89 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.88 14.04 15.15 17.71 20.69 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.45 20.77 21.54 32.18 35.58 Designers......................................................... 13.45 18.24 20.77 21.54 21.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.24 26.02 35.66 45.70 100.96 Registered nurses................................................. 27.04 32.91 38.62 42.00 45.65 Therapists........................................................ 30.21 30.97 40.30 49.90 57.48 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 15.14 23.27 31.23 33.56 34.21 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.74 27.74 31.70 34.21 35.77 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.00 30.00 30.00 32.88 43.89 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.49 19.06 21.74 23.54 24.17 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.24 21.20 24.42 25.94 29.58 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.00 13.71 15.60 19.03 20.64 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.80 12.78 13.73 15.97 19.15 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.73 13.71 14.30 17.33 19.20 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.52 16.75 18.75 20.25 21.95 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 15.39 26.93 31.83 34.95 Fire fighters..................................................... 29.24 29.24 32.56 34.95 34.95 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 21.22 21.78 25.88 29.48 29.48 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.21 21.78 24.04 26.77 29.34 Police officers................................................... 30.04 31.83 34.88 38.47 48.25 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.04 31.83 34.88 38.47 48.25 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.93 8.07 12.00 15.50 22.73 Security guards................................................. 7.93 8.07 12.00 15.50 22.73 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.67 9.69 12.51 15.72 Cooks............................................................. 8.67 9.50 11.00 12.51 12.82 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.55 8.55 8.55 9.50 9.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.69 9.69 10.74 15.72 17.10 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.24 12.15 13.45 16.51 19.12 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.00 12.19 13.50 16.47 18.72 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.63 12.50 14.73 16.62 19.01 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.90 11.00 11.24 13.23 13.98 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.84 10.60 11.90 16.48 22.15 Child care workers................................................ 9.29 10.75 11.75 12.40 13.11 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.94 11.17 16.80 24.52 35.91 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.60 17.11 21.96 26.82 30.79 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.25 15.00 17.11 21.96 37.72 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.94 10.45 11.17 13.26 19.83 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.42 9.94 9.94 13.52 18.95 Cashiers...................................................... 8.42 9.94 9.94 13.52 18.95 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.45 10.45 11.17 12.80 18.16 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.96 20.00 28.32 57.60 60.00 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 17.96 20.00 27.78 52.78 57.72 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.33 14.79 18.14 22.02 25.64 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.81 23.40 25.00 29.71 33.53 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.33 14.00 17.65 20.90 23.47 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.64 19.44 20.55 20.97 23.47 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.00 16.86 19.25 21.03 24.57 Tellers......................................................... 12.31 12.33 12.75 15.75 15.75 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.18 13.37 16.34 19.20 23.08 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 12.25 15.50 15.89 17.00 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.91 11.90 13.39 16.25 22.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.28 13.26 15.57 17.77 21.09 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.89 17.96 19.71 23.00 26.17 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.09 19.23 21.54 26.17 26.17 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.38 17.38 18.49 19.91 22.13 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.98 17.19 17.95 20.95 23.39 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.28 13.04 16.05 19.00 19.66 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.00 16.10 22.07 31.62 35.39 Carpenters........................................................ 15.31 20.23 25.00 31.50 38.05 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 13.00 15.00 29.66 30.96 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.93 31.00 34.33 34.33 35.79 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.26 31.00 34.33 34.75 35.79 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.00 17.98 26.08 31.16 38.28 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 28.70 28.70 29.00 32.57 35.95 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.00 16.94 20.02 31.16 40.00 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.00 16.94 17.70 25.95 29.67 Line installers and repairers..................................... 17.98 20.50 28.13 28.13 39.04 Production occupations.............................................. 12.36 14.03 19.40 26.95 33.44 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.07 23.07 23.07 26.95 49.41 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.89 12.89 18.00 18.00 29.75 Machinists........................................................ 20.60 24.00 24.85 28.00 34.90 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.45 16.00 20.00 23.45 25.25 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.45 15.45 20.00 23.57 25.25 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.96 22.28 25.46 33.46 34.48 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.90 15.00 20.00 25.89 29.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 18.34 21.77 25.89 27.25 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.34 21.22 22.92 25.89 26.29 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.00 14.77 17.52 24.00 29.83 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.15 13.00 16.60 29.16 29.75 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.10 12.50 14.13 19.35 21.08 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.05 12.90 16.18 19.59 21.12 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), Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.55 $8.75 $10.50 $16.00 $26.01 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.55 11.96 13.09 25.06 31.43 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.88 15.37 18.44 47.69 66.97 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.82 18.44 24.73 47.69 47.69 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.22 13.03 15.45 16.14 17.46 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.75 31.05 37.54 44.46 48.32 Registered nurses................................................. 29.37 34.61 37.76 42.93 47.66 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.40 14.10 18.00 21.00 21.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 9.07 12.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.55 9.07 9.07 10.90 15.05 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.37 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.60 Bartenders...................................................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 9.00 12.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.33 8.55 8.55 8.55 8.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.55 8.55 8.65 9.50 12.89 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.55 8.55 8.55 9.50 14.10 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.06 9.27 10.72 12.37 14.43 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.06 8.06 10.33 11.71 13.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.55 9.00 9.55 10.60 12.25 Child care workers................................................ 8.55 8.55 9.50 11.75 12.00 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.94 9.00 9.00 10.23 13.25 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.65 8.75 9.05 10.78 18.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.65 8.75 9.00 10.51 15.80 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.72 9.00 9.57 12.16 18.70 Cashiers...................................................... 8.72 9.00 9.57 12.16 18.70 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.65 8.65 8.90 9.75 10.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.95 10.00 12.00 14.94 18.81 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.00 13.67 16.50 16.50 26.30 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.65 8.65 10.05 11.00 13.24 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.55 9.00 9.01 11.32 16.09 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 9.00 12.38 15.00 21.53 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.65 10.10 14.61 20.00 24.00 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.25 18.05 22.00 24.00 24.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.55 8.65 9.62 11.40 12.91 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.55 9.05 10.00 11.93 13.30 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $27.85 $23.28 $1,110 $913 39.8 $56,910 $47,020 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 43.01 40.05 1,761 1,602 40.9 90,926 83,296 2,114 General and operations managers................................... 34.77 29.98 1,402 1,199 40.3 72,919 62,356 2,097 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.17 48.78 2,115 1,951 40.5 109,966 101,460 2,108 Sales managers.................................................. 53.99 48.08 2,205 1,923 40.8 114,663 100,006 2,124 Financial managers................................................ 42.26 37.76 1,698 1,510 40.2 88,306 78,545 2,090 Human resources managers.......................................... 47.69 33.08 1,888 1,323 39.6 98,164 68,804 2,058 Construction managers............................................. 46.79 48.61 1,872 1,944 40.0 97,333 101,109 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 41.23 46.03 1,681 1,790 40.8 78,130 80,001 1,895 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.13 51.29 2,205 2,052 40.0 111,455 104,998 2,022 Social and community service managers............................. 31.88 28.01 1,262 1,120 39.6 65,646 58,257 2,059 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.75 32.87 1,473 1,307 41.2 76,543 67,958 2,141 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 46.27 57.05 2,062 1,842 44.6 107,243 95,761 2,318 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 46.53 57.05 2,108 2,853 45.3 109,592 148,330 2,355 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation....................................... 38.74 36.87 1,575 1,463 40.7 81,925 76,066 2,115 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 37.10 44.23 1,484 1,769 40.0 77,158 91,998 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.00 34.53 1,400 1,381 40.0 72,790 71,812 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.54 28.46 1,264 1,154 41.4 65,736 60,000 2,153 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.06 38.05 1,682 1,734 43.1 87,461 90,158 2,239 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.78 38.05 1,808 1,894 44.3 94,028 98,467 2,306 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.09 38.05 1,792 1,902 45.8 93,169 98,917 2,383 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.58 46.62 1,850 1,865 40.6 96,191 96,965 2,110 Computer support specialists...................................... 31.60 34.68 1,412 1,734 44.7 73,423 90,158 2,324 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.90 41.79 1,770 1,764 42.2 92,042 91,749 2,197 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 38.45 33.99 1,501 1,279 39.0 78,071 66,512 2,031 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 44.70 43.27 1,805 1,760 40.4 93,834 91,499 2,099 Engineers......................................................... 48.49 46.49 1,963 1,887 40.5 102,065 98,144 2,105 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.05 33.00 1,442 1,320 40.0 74,993 68,640 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.05 33.00 1,442 1,320 40.0 74,993 68,640 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 33.72 32.33 1,349 1,293 40.0 70,144 67,246 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.58 25.30 1,143 1,012 40.0 58,191 52,630 2,036 Life scientists................................................... 23.41 21.50 936 860 40.0 48,688 44,714 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.98 21.80 978 771 40.8 49,368 45,494 2,059 Counselors........................................................ 24.02 19.26 1,005 771 41.8 50,225 40,069 2,091 Social workers.................................................... 30.59 26.42 1,214 1,057 39.7 59,865 54,954 1,957 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.96 16.82 678 673 40.0 35,281 34,981 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.02 31.45 1,229 1,258 37.2 51,172 54,111 1,550 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.85 29.17 1,067 1,103 38.3 51,462 53,699 1,848 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.37 27.57 1,025 1,044 38.9 51,358 53,699 1,948 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 37.56 40.12 1,384 1,438 36.9 53,040 55,794 1,412 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.97 40.12 1,513 1,488 36.9 55,619 55,882 1,358 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.63 40.12 1,466 1,406 37.0 54,107 55,882 1,365 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 45.14 44.57 1,658 1,671 36.7 60,233 60,170 1,334 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.07 41.25 1,556 1,517 37.0 57,285 57,461 1,362 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 41.40 41.25 1,539 1,444 37.2 56,750 57,461 1,371 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.88 15.15 502 492 31.6 19,889 18,579 1,252 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.28 21.54 970 862 39.9 50,420 44,809 2,077 Designers......................................................... 19.24 20.77 770 831 40.0 40,025 43,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 44.80 35.66 1,760 1,398 39.3 90,905 72,234 2,029 Registered nurses................................................. 37.26 38.62 1,465 1,509 39.3 76,165 78,474 2,044 Therapists........................................................ 41.64 40.30 1,630 1,612 39.1 81,061 78,463 1,947 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 27.85 31.23 1,098 1,204 39.4 57,104 62,618 2,050 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 31.52 31.70 1,261 1,268 40.0 65,571 65,936 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.44 30.00 1,338 1,200 40.0 69,559 62,400 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.54 21.74 787 862 38.3 40,937 44,816 1,993 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.23 24.42 915 976 37.8 46,071 43,251 1,901 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.46 15.60 623 603 37.8 32,233 30,888 1,958 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.76 13.73 548 548 37.1 28,242 28,517 1,914 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.35 14.30 576 548 37.6 29,677 28,517 1,934 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.75 18.75 730 728 38.9 37,937 37,856 2,023 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.43 26.93 1,016 1,076 41.6 52,819 55,931 2,162 Fire fighters..................................................... 32.35 32.56 1,548 1,563 47.9 80,500 81,270 2,489 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 25.02 25.88 1,001 1,035 40.0 52,036 53,820 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.84 24.04 954 962 40.0 49,590 49,999 2,080 Police officers................................................... 36.24 34.88 1,458 1,395 40.2 75,836 72,550 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 36.24 34.88 1,458 1,395 40.2 75,836 72,550 2,093 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.23 12.00 526 480 39.8 27,376 24,960 2,070 Security guards................................................. 13.23 12.00 526 480 39.8 27,376 24,960 2,070 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.09 9.69 418 380 37.7 21,539 19,760 1,943 Cooks............................................................. 11.05 11.00 422 429 38.2 21,966 22,308 1,988 Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.09 8.55 328 306 36.1 17,058 15,912 1,877 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.78 8.55 321 299 36.5 16,694 15,561 1,900 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 12.94 10.74 518 429 40.0 25,984 23,466 2,007 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.84 13.45 577 520 38.9 29,905 27,040 2,016 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.42 13.50 556 516 38.5 28,809 26,809 1,998 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.80 14.73 568 536 38.4 29,407 27,805 1,987 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.20 11.24 484 450 39.7 25,167 23,383 2,062 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.54 11.90 535 470 36.8 27,623 24,440 1,900 Child care workers................................................ 11.64 11.75 444 449 38.1 22,124 23,330 1,901 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.20 16.80 809 642 40.0 42,060 33,384 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 21.96 920 878 40.4 47,820 45,677 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.46 17.11 832 770 40.7 43,286 40,037 2,116 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.99 11.17 518 447 39.9 26,953 23,242 2,074 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.85 9.94 470 398 39.7 24,463 20,675 2,065 Cashiers...................................................... 11.85 9.94 470 398 39.7 24,463 20,675 2,065 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.46 11.17 498 447 40.0 25,911 23,242 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.21 28.32 1,491 1,131 41.2 77,520 58,800 2,141 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.26 27.78 1,375 1,100 41.3 71,483 57,223 2,149 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.66 18.14 736 724 39.4 38,106 37,440 2,042 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.36 25.00 1,027 963 39.0 53,417 50,101 2,026 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.97 17.65 713 706 39.7 37,080 36,712 2,064 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 20.17 20.55 804 793 39.8 41,802 41,239 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.19 19.25 757 768 39.4 39,348 39,915 2,051 Tellers......................................................... 13.93 12.75 557 510 40.0 28,971 26,520 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.53 16.34 659 654 39.9 34,258 33,987 2,072 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.40 15.50 562 556 39.1 29,249 28,933 2,031 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.38 13.39 575 536 40.0 29,916 27,851 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.61 15.57 599 595 38.4 31,148 30,958 1,996 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.82 19.71 828 788 39.8 42,689 41,001 2,051 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.82 21.54 873 862 40.0 45,377 44,803 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.97 18.49 758 740 40.0 38,476 38,465 2,028 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 19.25 17.95 753 714 39.1 39,172 37,128 2,035 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.44 16.05 634 634 38.5 32,495 32,968 1,977 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.22 22.07 965 883 39.8 49,827 45,895 2,058 Carpenters........................................................ 25.43 25.00 1,017 1,000 40.0 52,378 52,000 2,060 Construction laborers............................................. 19.00 15.00 760 600 40.0 38,650 31,200 2,034 Construction equipment operators.................................. 32.57 34.33 1,303 1,373 40.0 66,945 65,770 2,055 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 33.02 34.33 1,321 1,373 40.0 67,807 69,618 2,053 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.65 26.08 1,026 1,043 40.0 53,127 54,240 2,071 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 30.89 29.00 1,236 1,160 40.0 64,249 60,320 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.33 20.02 973 801 40.0 50,603 41,642 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.42 17.70 817 708 40.0 42,481 36,816 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.37 28.13 1,055 1,125 40.0 54,854 58,506 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.40 19.40 849 764 39.7 43,636 39,520 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.33 23.07 1,093 923 40.0 56,839 47,986 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.38 18.00 695 720 40.0 36,149 37,440 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 26.27 24.85 1,051 994 40.0 54,650 51,692 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.15 20.00 806 800 40.0 41,909 41,600 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.16 20.00 806 800 40.0 41,931 41,600 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 26.99 25.46 1,080 1,019 40.0 49,021 52,965 1,816 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.38 20.00 875 784 39.1 45,378 40,747 2,028 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.93 21.77 879 871 40.1 45,608 45,282 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.12 22.92 932 917 40.3 48,357 47,674 2,092 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.38 17.52 766 701 39.5 39,815 36,442 2,054 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.98 16.60 759 664 40.0 39,489 34,528 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.43 14.13 645 565 39.3 33,528 29,392 2,041 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.01 16.18 668 600 39.3 34,760 31,200 2,044 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $27.46 $22.21 $1,095 $873 39.9 $56,771 $45,365 2,068 Management occupations.............................................. 43.67 41.72 1,794 1,669 41.1 92,522 86,786 2,119 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.17 48.78 2,115 1,951 40.5 109,966 101,460 2,108 Sales managers.................................................. 53.99 48.08 2,205 1,923 40.8 114,663 100,006 2,124 Financial managers................................................ 42.48 37.76 1,707 1,510 40.2 88,784 78,545 2,090 Construction managers............................................. 46.67 52.29 1,867 2,092 40.0 97,080 108,765 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.97 35.06 1,532 1,385 41.5 79,689 71,999 2,156 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 46.27 57.05 2,062 1,842 44.6 107,243 95,761 2,318 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 46.53 57.05 2,108 2,853 45.3 109,592 148,330 2,355 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 39.66 44.23 1,587 1,769 40.0 82,500 91,998 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.88 36.28 1,435 1,451 40.0 74,636 75,462 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.85 28.46 1,282 1,138 41.5 66,640 59,197 2,160 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.42 38.05 1,711 1,734 43.4 88,960 90,158 2,257 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.36 41.36 1,855 1,902 44.9 96,466 98,917 2,332 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.73 46.62 1,857 1,865 40.6 96,554 96,965 2,111 Computer support specialists...................................... 31.60 34.68 1,412 1,734 44.7 73,423 90,158 2,324 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.41 43.94 1,823 1,816 43.0 94,790 94,432 2,235 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.82 33.99 1,471 1,279 38.9 76,504 66,512 2,023 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 45.10 43.47 1,822 1,779 40.4 94,733 92,500 2,101 Engineers......................................................... 49.01 47.16 1,986 2,001 40.5 103,273 104,040 2,107 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.05 33.00 1,442 1,320 40.0 74,993 68,640 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.05 33.00 1,442 1,320 40.0 74,993 68,640 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.76 25.30 1,110 1,012 40.0 57,695 52,630 2,078 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.36 17.37 735 695 40.0 38,196 36,125 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.57 25.82 973 1,029 38.1 49,111 49,100 1,921 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 27.95 29.17 1,118 1,167 40.0 57,491 59,342 2,057 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.69 21.54 946 862 39.9 49,206 44,809 2,077 Designers......................................................... 19.24 20.77 770 831 40.0 40,025 43,200 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 45.18 35.14 1,777 1,395 39.3 92,412 72,540 2,046 Registered nurses................................................. 37.40 38.62 1,467 1,509 39.2 76,306 78,474 2,040 Therapists........................................................ 40.53 40.11 1,604 1,604 39.6 83,411 83,429 2,058 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 27.85 31.23 1,098 1,204 39.4 57,104 62,618 2,050 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 31.52 31.70 1,261 1,268 40.0 65,571 65,936 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 33.44 30.00 1,338 1,200 40.0 69,559 62,400 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.54 21.74 787 862 38.3 40,937 44,816 1,993 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.78 24.42 909 922 38.2 47,293 47,931 1,989 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.14 15.15 607 549 37.6 31,570 28,558 1,956 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.50 13.71 536 548 37.0 27,887 28,517 1,924 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.09 13.87 566 548 37.5 29,423 28,517 1,949 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.66 18.20 721 720 38.6 37,484 37,440 2,009 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.87 12.00 640 480 40.3 33,257 24,960 2,095 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.35 10.00 451 400 39.8 23,474 20,800 2,068 Security guards................................................. 11.35 10.00 451 400 39.8 23,474 20,800 2,068 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.99 9.50 414 380 37.6 21,507 19,760 1,958 Cooks............................................................. 11.05 11.00 422 429 38.2 21,966 22,308 1,988 Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.09 8.55 328 306 36.1 17,058 15,912 1,877 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.78 8.55 321 299 36.5 16,694 15,561 1,900 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.91 12.75 535 480 38.4 27,820 24,960 1,999 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.49 12.50 511 450 37.9 26,576 23,383 1,969 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.86 12.50 518 438 37.4 26,948 22,750 1,945 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.20 11.24 484 450 39.7 25,167 23,383 2,062 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.61 11.25 496 449 36.4 25,580 23,330 1,879 Child care workers................................................ 11.64 11.75 444 449 38.1 22,124 23,330 1,901 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.20 16.80 809 642 40.0 42,060 33,384 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.78 21.96 920 878 40.4 47,820 45,677 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.46 17.11 832 770 40.7 43,286 40,037 2,116 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.99 11.17 518 447 39.9 26,953 23,242 2,074 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.85 9.94 470 398 39.7 24,463 20,675 2,065 Cashiers...................................................... 11.85 9.94 470 398 39.7 24,463 20,675 2,065 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.46 11.17 498 447 40.0 25,911 23,242 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.21 28.32 1,491 1,131 41.2 77,520 58,800 2,141 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 33.26 27.78 1,375 1,100 41.3 71,483 57,223 2,149 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.17 17.65 716 706 39.4 37,214 36,712 2,049 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.29 25.00 1,020 936 38.8 53,055 48,668 2,018 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.45 17.64 692 706 39.6 35,964 36,700 2,061 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 20.17 20.55 804 793 39.8 41,802 41,239 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.68 19.19 735 748 39.3 38,214 38,889 2,045 Tellers......................................................... 13.93 12.75 557 510 40.0 28,971 26,520 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.53 16.34 659 654 39.9 34,258 33,987 2,072 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.40 15.50 562 556 39.1 29,249 28,933 2,031 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.38 13.39 575 536 40.0 29,916 27,851 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.61 15.57 599 595 38.4 31,148 30,958 1,996 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.87 21.09 868 843 39.7 45,151 43,859 2,065 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.81 21.00 872 840 40.0 45,363 43,680 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.28 17.00 631 657 38.7 32,755 34,486 2,012 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.81 22.00 948 880 39.8 48,930 45,760 2,055 Carpenters........................................................ 25.53 25.00 1,021 1,000 40.0 52,573 52,000 2,059 Construction laborers............................................. 19.00 15.00 760 600 40.0 38,650 31,200 2,034 Construction equipment operators.................................. 34.71 34.33 1,388 1,373 40.0 70,738 71,406 2,038 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 34.71 34.33 1,388 1,373 40.0 70,738 71,406 2,038 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.22 23.59 969 944 40.0 50,128 47,000 2,069 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.46 17.70 899 708 40.0 46,725 36,816 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.40 19.40 849 764 39.7 43,636 39,520 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 27.33 23.07 1,093 923 40.0 56,839 47,986 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.38 18.00 695 720 40.0 36,149 37,440 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 26.27 24.85 1,051 994 40.0 54,650 51,692 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.15 20.00 806 800 40.0 41,909 41,600 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.16 20.00 806 800 40.0 41,931 41,600 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 26.99 25.46 1,080 1,019 40.0 49,021 52,965 1,816 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.17 19.30 865 765 39.0 44,957 39,790 2,027 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.84 21.77 875 871 40.1 45,419 45,282 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.07 22.92 931 917 40.4 48,280 47,674 2,093 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.38 17.52 766 701 39.5 39,815 36,442 2,054 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.98 16.60 759 664 40.0 39,489 34,528 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.32 14.13 640 565 39.2 33,294 29,392 2,040 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.90 15.75 664 572 39.3 34,522 29,744 2,042 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $29.96 $29.02 $1,188 $1,170 39.7 $57,602 $55,882 1,923 Management occupations.............................................. 40.56 35.00 1,640 1,400 40.4 85,030 72,800 2,096 Education administrators.......................................... 49.91 46.03 2,122 2,052 42.5 108,511 106,683 2,174 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 55.13 51.29 2,205 2,052 40.0 111,455 104,998 2,022 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.92 29.77 1,151 1,156 39.8 59,629 60,119 2,062 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.60 36.43 1,424 1,457 40.0 74,056 75,779 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 35.26 35.34 1,410 1,414 40.0 73,335 73,513 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 34.73 35.34 1,389 1,414 40.0 72,236 73,513 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.31 28.90 1,252 1,156 40.0 59,699 54,281 1,907 Community and social services occupations........................... 29.30 26.83 1,217 1,341 41.5 59,735 58,933 2,039 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.34 37.96 1,339 1,404 36.9 51,852 55,661 1,427 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.14 41.25 1,554 1,524 36.9 57,013 57,461 1,353 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.37 42.34 1,566 1,572 37.0 57,380 57,519 1,354 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.37 40.12 1,532 1,487 37.0 56,333 55,882 1,362 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 45.14 44.57 1,658 1,671 36.7 60,233 60,170 1,334 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.67 41.26 1,575 1,524 36.9 57,895 57,461 1,357 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 42.03 41.25 1,559 1,471 37.1 57,406 57,461 1,366 Teacher assistants................................................ 16.66 16.14 532 492 31.9 20,092 18,710 1,206 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.45 40.13 1,525 1,522 38.6 71,941 66,976 1,824 Protective service occupations...................................... 29.67 29.34 1,258 1,261 42.4 65,414 65,596 2,204 Fire fighters..................................................... 32.44 30.17 1,552 1,500 47.8 80,703 77,977 2,488 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.84 24.04 954 962 40.0 49,590 49,999 2,080 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.84 24.04 954 962 40.0 49,590 49,999 2,080 Police officers................................................... 36.24 34.88 1,458 1,395 40.2 75,836 72,550 2,093 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 36.24 34.88 1,458 1,395 40.2 75,836 72,550 2,093 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.23 16.09 688 640 39.9 35,473 32,687 2,059 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.28 14.99 650 600 39.9 33,484 31,177 2,057 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.28 14.99 650 600 39.9 33,484 31,177 2,057 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.90 20.48 828 808 39.6 42,091 40,394 2,014 Financial clerks.................................................. 21.99 21.17 879 847 40.0 45,734 44,034 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.86 18.49 754 740 40.0 38,201 38,465 2,026 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.18 18.49 727 740 40.0 36,482 36,146 2,007 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.14 15.85 645 607 37.7 31,442 31,564 1,835 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.44 28.26 1,138 1,130 40.0 59,175 58,781 2,081 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 34.16 32.64 1,366 1,306 40.0 71,049 67,891 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 25.61 25.56 1,025 1,022 40.0 52,003 53,165 2,030 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $25.30 $20.48 $25.99 $35.81 Management, professional, and related...... 39.29 36.40 38.43 42.30 Management, business, and financial...... 40.45 33.79 41.90 47.97 Professional and related................. 38.44 39.69 37.00 38.70 Service.................................... 12.27 11.52 12.05 16.87 Sales and office........................... 17.32 16.10 17.66 23.67 Sales and related........................ 17.05 14.43 18.60 51.98 Office and administrative support........ 17.49 17.20 16.84 19.41 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 23.67 20.96 26.92 31.99 Construction and extraction............. 23.45 21.29 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 24.12 20.09 25.42 32.97 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 20.86 17.91 20.19 29.85 Production............................... 20.71 17.34 21.20 – Transportation and material moving....... 21.00 18.42 19.39 34.80 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........................................................... 4.1 7.6 4.8 2.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.8 13.4 5.6 1.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.5 10.9 4.6 2.3 Professional and related.......................................... 7.4 25.2 9.5 1.3 Service............................................................. 4.1 4.8 2.7 12.0 Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 4.7 9.0 10.0 Sales and related................................................. 9.4 7.3 19.7 12.6 Office and administrative support................................. 2.2 3.2 4.3 4.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.6 5.9 9.8 5.6 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.6 7.3 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.8 6.9 9.4 5.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1.8 2.8 5.9 7.7 Production........................................................ 2.7 4.5 7.2 – Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 5.9 9.8 26.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $22.57 $18.00 $889 $720 39.4 $45,994 $37,440 2,037 Management occupations.............................................. 35.33 33.74 1,419 1,350 40.2 72,692 70,185 2,058 Construction managers............................................. 47.04 52.29 1,882 2,092 40.0 97,852 108,765 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.52 28.09 1,276 1,123 40.5 66,374 58,419 2,106 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.10 40.86 1,604 1,634 40.0 83,415 84,989 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.09 29.24 1,300 1,169 40.5 67,610 60,813 2,107 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.85 22.46 778 838 37.3 39,254 33,122 1,883 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 61.47 44.25 2,413 1,593 39.3 125,468 82,836 2,041 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.57 9.50 393 369 37.2 20,459 19,169 1,935 Cooks............................................................. 10.67 10.00 404 390 37.9 21,025 20,280 1,971 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.85 8.55 314 306 35.5 16,325 15,912 1,844 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.05 12.50 493 473 37.8 25,630 24,570 1,963 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.20 12.50 444 438 36.4 23,063 22,750 1,891 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.18 12.00 510 450 38.7 26,170 23,400 1,986 Child care workers................................................ 11.58 11.75 440 449 38.0 21,889 23,330 1,890 Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.66 13.52 665 520 39.9 34,570 27,040 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.21 24.52 938 981 40.4 48,785 50,991 2,102 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.42 11.17 495 447 39.8 25,733 23,242 2,072 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.72 11.17 469 447 40.0 24,382 23,242 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.83 17.01 700 680 39.2 36,371 35,200 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 26.87 25.00 1,039 936 38.7 54,042 48,668 2,011 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 14.79 626 592 39.9 32,541 30,763 2,074 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.36 14.00 649 560 39.6 33,727 29,120 2,062 Tellers......................................................... 14.04 12.75 562 510 40.0 29,211 26,520 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.39 15.50 570 620 39.6 29,616 32,240 2,058 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.99 14.79 571 530 38.1 29,686 27,581 1,980 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.06 22.12 878 885 39.8 45,653 46,010 2,069 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.39 23.00 895 920 40.0 46,562 47,840 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.40 17.60 631 680 38.5 32,770 35,200 1,998 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.27 20.23 845 809 39.7 43,947 42,068 2,066 Carpenters........................................................ 21.67 22.00 867 880 40.0 45,078 45,760 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.21 19.00 808 760 40.0 41,614 39,520 2,059 Production occupations.............................................. 18.13 17.37 714 680 39.4 36,274 34,674 2,000 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.96 18.35 756 734 39.9 39,332 38,168 2,075 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.15 21.00 809 871 40.1 42,044 45,282 2,087 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 18.28 17.60 718 694 39.3 37,345 36,088 2,043 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 18.81 18.35 738 724 39.2 38,368 37,648 2,040 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $32.32 $29.81 $1,307 $1,153 40.4 $67,843 $59,908 2,099 Management occupations.............................................. 52.39 55.94 2,203 2,164 42.1 114,572 112,507 2,187 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.20 50.08 2,268 2,003 41.1 117,955 104,156 2,137 Financial managers................................................ 48.16 46.47 1,966 1,859 40.8 102,252 96,660 2,123 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 40.15 38.22 1,688 1,492 42.0 87,754 77,590 2,186 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 47.23 57.05 2,113 1,842 44.7 109,868 95,761 2,326 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 47.64 57.05 2,168 2,853 45.5 112,750 148,330 2,367 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 39.66 44.23 1,587 1,769 40.0 82,500 91,998 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.88 36.28 1,435 1,451 40.0 74,636 75,462 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.03 28.46 1,419 1,154 43.0 73,792 60,000 2,234 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.38 38.05 1,718 1,759 43.6 89,349 91,458 2,269 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.51 41.36 1,880 1,902 45.3 97,739 98,917 2,355 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.94 46.62 1,957 1,942 40.8 101,762 101,005 2,123 Computer support specialists...................................... 31.60 34.68 1,412 1,734 44.7 73,423 90,158 2,324 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.41 43.94 1,823 1,816 43.0 94,790 94,432 2,235 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 47.74 46.00 1,927 1,883 40.4 100,213 97,893 2,099 Engineers......................................................... 50.08 50.00 2,025 2,040 40.4 105,316 106,080 2,103 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.31 40.60 1,453 1,624 40.0 75,533 84,448 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.31 40.60 1,453 1,624 40.0 75,533 84,448 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.00 29.17 1,253 1,167 39.2 63,200 60,674 1,975 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.45 24.04 1,014 962 39.9 52,754 49,999 2,073 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.79 34.21 1,331 1,345 39.4 69,223 69,930 2,049 Registered nurses................................................. 37.75 38.62 1,488 1,545 39.4 77,382 80,338 2,050 Therapists........................................................ 33.23 30.97 1,304 1,236 39.3 67,826 64,251 2,041 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 27.38 29.44 1,095 1,178 40.0 56,946 61,235 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 31.52 31.70 1,261 1,268 40.0 65,571 65,936 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.78 24.42 909 922 38.2 47,293 47,931 1,989 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.99 13.87 560 548 37.4 29,134 28,517 1,944 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.55 13.71 535 528 36.8 27,844 27,456 1,914 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.21 14.19 567 548 37.3 29,492 28,517 1,939 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.55 17.22 662 689 40.0 34,428 35,818 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.05 13.07 522 523 40.0 27,135 27,186 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.56 14.22 620 566 39.8 32,234 29,453 2,072 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.03 13.67 599 547 39.8 31,139 28,434 2,071 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.90 15.93 636 637 40.0 33,079 33,134 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.45 10.70 473 432 32.7 24,609 22,464 1,703 Sales and related occupations....................................... 27.79 19.56 1,122 779 40.4 58,344 40,508 2,100 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.47 12.80 579 512 40.0 30,090 26,622 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.04 12.80 562 512 40.0 29,201 26,622 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.75 18.27 744 731 39.7 38,711 38,002 2,065 Financial clerks.................................................. 20.22 19.44 794 778 39.3 41,302 40,437 2,042 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 21.01 20.00 820 788 39.0 42,621 41,001 2,029 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.87 15.75 635 630 40.0 33,018 32,760 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.61 20.13 856 806 39.6 44,497 41,914 2,059 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.03 19.86 841 794 40.0 43,741 41,309 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.71 14.57 628 583 40.0 32,682 30,306 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 29.21 33.05 1,168 1,322 40.0 59,360 63,702 2,032 Construction laborers............................................. 21.69 16.10 868 644 40.0 43,689 33,488 2,014 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.23 28.70 1,129 1,148 40.0 58,717 59,700 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 24.36 24.00 973 960 39.9 50,584 49,920 2,076 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.06 12.89 682 515 40.0 35,478 26,803 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 28.55 32.82 1,142 1,313 40.0 59,386 68,266 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 26.06 21.55 991 862 38.0 51,419 44,832 1,973 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 23.70 25.00 948 1,000 40.0 49,117 52,000 2,072 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 21.55 18.79 862 752 40.0 44,828 39,083 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.84 12.90 542 516 39.2 28,192 26,834 2,037 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.57 11.42 534 495 39.4 27,779 25,753 2,048 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... $26.95 $26.12 $27.94 $25.62 $25.15 $33.52 Management, professional, and related............................... 35.17 37.38 33.88 39.39 39.48 38.61 Management, business, and financial............................... 27.36 – 27.06 40.46 40.57 39.78 Professional and related.......................................... 36.27 37.83 35.23 38.40 38.55 36.30 Service............................................................. 19.55 15.46 23.41 12.02 11.71 17.89 Sales and office.................................................... 19.34 17.50 20.52 17.30 17.31 17.07 Sales and related................................................. – – – 17.08 17.08 – Office and administrative support................................. 19.79 17.96 20.52 17.44 17.45 17.07 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 31.07 31.36 30.19 19.83 19.71 – Construction and extraction...................................... 31.34 32.21 28.44 19.76 19.76 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 31.24 30.16 34.36 20.01 19.59 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 24.41 24.46 23.81 19.27 19.18 – Production........................................................ – – – 18.62 18.62 – Transportation and material moving................................ 22.98 22.85 23.81 20.03 19.85 – 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........................................................... 2.6 3.7 3.8 4.5 4.8 5.9 Management, professional, and related............................... 2.8 3.4 4.2 4.7 5.2 2.2 Management, business, and financial............................... 10.1 – 11.6 4.8 5.6 3.8 Professional and related.......................................... 2.5 3.9 3.3 8.1 8.6 3.2 Service............................................................. 10.7 12.5 9.6 4.5 4.3 8.4 Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 7.2 6.0 3.7 3.7 16.4 Sales and related................................................. – – – 9.7 9.7 – Office and administrative support................................. 4.7 9.8 6.0 2.2 2.2 16.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.7 4.7 6.1 2.5 2.4 – Construction and extraction...................................... 5.1 6.3 4.2 1.6 1.6 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.5 6.1 3.0 7.6 7.6 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.9 3.2 2.7 3.0 3.1 – Production........................................................ – – – 3.5 3.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.6 4.3 2.7 6.2 6.3 – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $25.95 $25.27 $25.68 $25.68 Management, professional, and related............................... 38.40 39.11 44.47 44.47 Management, business, and financial............................... 39.13 39.79 51.39 51.39 Professional and related.......................................... 37.91 38.62 28.35 28.35 Service............................................................. 14.08 12.28 12.19 12.19 Sales and office.................................................... 16.95 16.49 25.59 25.59 Sales and related................................................. 14.39 14.39 26.87 26.87 Office and administrative support................................. 17.99 17.53 14.93 14.93 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.55 23.83 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 23.45 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.20 24.71 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.80 20.64 – – Production........................................................ 20.58 20.58 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 21.02 20.71 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.6 4.3 9.5 9.5 Management, professional, and related............................... 4.0 5.0 8.4 8.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 4.7 5.8 10.0 10.0 Professional and related.......................................... 5.9 7.4 10.7 10.7 Service............................................................. 6.5 4.4 5.5 5.5 Sales and office.................................................... 4.0 4.4 10.1 10.1 Sales and related................................................. 11.3 11.3 12.2 12.2 Office and administrative support................................. 2.2 2.2 3.3 3.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.7 2.6 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 2.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.5 7.3 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 1.7 1.7 – – Production........................................................ 2.7 2.7 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 3.8 4.1 – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 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........................................................... – $29.11 $21.28 – $23.84 – $27.67 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 37.01 – 31.47 – 38.38 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – 41.40 – 29.62 – 36.09 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – 32.05 – 44.19 – 38.86 – – Service............................................................. – – 16.72 – – – 14.42 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 18.42 15.85 – 17.02 – 17.56 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 15.70 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.51 16.21 – 16.03 – 17.43 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 23.72 21.37 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 21.68 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 20.85 20.31 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 21.04 19.86 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 19.79 20.44 – – – – – – 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........................................................... – 6.1 10.7 – 10.0 – 13.2 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – – 3.9 – 20.4 – 15.0 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – – 3.1 – 22.0 – 9.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... – – 5.5 – 4.4 – 17.8 – – Service............................................................. – – 3.1 – – – 2.6 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 11.0 5.2 – 1.4 – 5.3 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 8.0 – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 10.4 3.8 – 3.9 – 5.3 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 16.7 9.9 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – 10.5 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 1.9 3.0 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 3.0 5.4 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 6.3 5.5 – – – – – – 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,714,400 1,441,400 273,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 618,800 468,900 149,900 Management, business, and financial............................... 232,000 189,000 42,900 Professional and related.......................................... 386,800 279,900 106,900 Service............................................................. 362,500 304,900 57,600 Sales and office.................................................... 396,900 351,200 45,700 Sales and related................................................. 144,200 144,200 – Office and administrative support................................. 252,700 207,000 45,700 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 124,400 111,700 12,700 Construction and extraction...................................... 82,500 76,100 6,400 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 41,400 35,600 5,800 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 211,800 204,600 7,200 Production........................................................ 99,500 99,500 – Transportation and material moving................................ 112,300 105,100 7,200 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, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA, December 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 86,188 85,219 969 Total in sample....................................................... 555 490 65 Responding........................................................ 330 276 54 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 158 147 11 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 67 67 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 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.