NC BL 04/00/2007 Table: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, Bulletin 3135-53, July 2006
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $18.04 3.5 34.9 $16.68 3.9 34.8 $25.78 3.1 35.3
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 26.89 3.7 34.7 24.17 4.5 35.0 35.13 3.9 33.9
Management, business, and financial............................... 26.37 5.1 39.0 25.82 5.7 39.5 29.32 6.6 36.9
Professional and related.......................................... 27.10 3.9 33.2 23.37 5.0 33.2 36.43 4.7 33.3
Service............................................................. 11.73 6.2 31.3 9.91 5.0 30.3 19.50 3.2 36.5
Sales and office.................................................... 14.05 4.2 34.5 13.75 4.6 34.3 17.06 4.0 36.4
Sales and related................................................. 14.24 8.4 32.9 14.14 8.6 32.8 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 13.95 3.5 35.3 13.52 4.0 35.2 16.86 3.7 36.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.49 9.1 39.5 22.21 10.6 39.6 18.37 .5 39.2
Construction and extraction...................................... 22.12 13.2 39.1 23.03 14.1 39.3 16.83 10.8 38.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.67 8.6 40.0 21.00 11.0 40.0 19.61 7.0 40.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.69 6.3 38.5 16.53 6.6 38.8 19.13 3.6 34.7
Production........................................................ 17.76 2.7 38.7 17.75 2.7 38.7 � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 15.42 11.3 38.4 14.87 12.6 39.1 19.07 3.9 34.5
Full time........................................................... 19.03 3.6 39.5 17.60 4.0 39.7 26.67 3.5 38.3
Part time........................................................... 11.09 8.4 19.3 10.75 9.5 19.4 14.52 3.0 18.0
Union............................................................... 23.47 4.1 36.4 20.60 7.4 36.6 26.29 3.7 36.2
Nonunion............................................................ 16.03 3.7 34.4 15.95 3.8 34.5 20.45 12.2 28.3
Time................................................................ 17.98 3.6 34.7 16.49 4.1 34.6 25.78 3.1 35.3
Incentive........................................................... 18.86 6.3 37.9 18.86 6.3 37.9 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.18 6.7 39.8 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 14.51 5.2 33.4 14.48 5.2 33.4 � � �
100-499 workers..................................................... 19.09 3.6 37.4 18.76 3.7 37.7 24.30 5.5 33.6
500 workers or more................................................. 23.86 3.6 35.8 21.40 6.0 36.0 26.16 3.8 35.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are
those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those
whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the
2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY,
July 2006
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........................................................... $18.04 3.5 $19.03 3.6 $11.09 8.4
Management occupations.............................................. 29.37 10.0 29.45 10.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 21.31 18.6 20.49 20.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 39.94 3.1 39.94 3.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.17 3.7 36.53 3.6 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 23.57 32.9 23.55 33.8 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.68 5.3 23.69 5.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.46 3.5 20.46 3.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 27.66 3.9 28.50 4.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.49 13.9 24.49 13.9 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.87 17.2 19.89 17.6 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations
Level 9 .................................................. 28.19 2.6 28.19 2.6 � �
Engineers
Level 9 .................................................. 28.19 2.6 28.19 2.6 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.66 10.9 22.66 10.9 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.87 3.5 19.50 6.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 20.49 2.2 � � � �
Social workers.................................................... 21.25 2.5 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.10 10.4 35.49 9.1 11.82 27.0
Level 6 .................................................. 15.96 3.4 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.49 19.9 20.86 21.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 40.70 6.2 40.71 6.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.14 20.2 35.14 20.2 � �
Level 11.................................................. 37.97 13.8 37.97 13.8 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.11 19.2 47.42 20.4 24.71 30.6
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 49.85 8.5 50.05 8.7 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.64 4.1 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 10.7 33.93 10.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.65 27.1 21.49 28.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 44.28 .5 44.28 .5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.49 26.7 34.49 26.7 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.82 13.7 32.08 14.1 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 44.66 4.0 44.66 4.0 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.13 15.7 29.35 16.2 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 43.47 2.9 43.47 2.9 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.04 12.1 39.42 11.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 42.28 4.1 42.28 4.1 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... $36.96 10.7 $37.41 10.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 41.97 5.5 41.97 5.5 � �
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 1.7 46.47 1.7 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 23.03 17.8 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.11 18.1 14.61 7.8 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.48 4.4 16.46 4.4 � �
Designers......................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.81 3.9 24.82 4.4 $24.79 9.8
Level 5 .................................................. 18.90 10.8 18.53 12.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 19.60 2.9 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 26.21 5.3 26.58 5.1 25.04 7.7
Level 9 .................................................. 25.00 5.9 24.95 6.4 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 25.46 4.1 24.92 3.8 26.82 9.1
Level 7 .................................................. 19.90 3.7 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 26.59 4.2 27.57 3.5 25.04 7.7
Level 9 .................................................. 23.59 3.4 23.38 3.6 � �
Therapists........................................................ 24.12 24.4 24.37 26.2 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.63 2.3 16.55 2.6 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.59 4.6 12.60 5.0 12.51 5.4
Level 2 .................................................. 11.45 11.4 11.43 12.0 11.86 7.7
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 2.9 12.18 3.8 11.99 6.0
Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 5.0 � � 10.85 3.6
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.59 1.6 � � 11.34 1.5
Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 5.3 � � � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.23 9.3 12.17 10.2 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.03 12.6 22.15 12.3 � �
Police officers................................................... 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.97 16.6 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 8.97 16.6 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 4.4 8.84 3.5 6.61 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 2.8 7.74 7.6 6.78 3.2
Level 2 .................................................. 8.26 3.4 � � 6.41 5.3
Level 3 .................................................. 8.49 10.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 9.64 5.2 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.11 5.0 11.07 4.9 � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 8.8 5.13 9.5 5.12 9.7
Level 2 .................................................. 4.74 10.5 � � � �
Bartenders...................................................... 5.63 5.4 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.29 5.3 � � 4.41 3.3
Fast food and counter workers..................................... $8.82 8.9 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.28 6.8 $12.59 7.5 $9.03 10.7
Level 1 .................................................. 11.07 11.0 11.65 13.1 8.74 11.4
Level 3 .................................................. 13.80 7.9 13.83 8.1 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.71 5.6 12.02 6.4 9.03 10.7
Level 1 .................................................. 11.29 10.0 11.97 11.5 8.74 11.4
Level 3 .................................................. 12.89 8.6 12.90 8.9 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.10 4.3 12.47 4.8 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 12.18 8.0 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.00 9.5 13.00 9.5 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.24 16.2 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.05 14.9 13.74 11.2 11.48 27.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.68 5.9 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 10.80 3.5 10.83 3.5 � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.24 8.4 16.40 9.3 7.63 2.7
Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 4.0 10.45 3.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.65 16.6 20.07 16.4 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.85 3.9 11.15 5.6 7.47 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 5.4 10.29 5.0 � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.80 8.3 � � 7.60 1.8
Cashiers...................................................... 9.80 8.3 � � 7.60 1.8
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.95 3.6 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.88 2.9 11.68 12.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 3.5 14.46 4.0 10.75 7.0
Level 1 .................................................. 9.36 7.6 12.79 6.7 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.08 3.3 10.03 3.7 10.57 3.8
Level 3 .................................................. 12.37 2.9 12.59 2.8 11.44 9.1
Level 4 .................................................. 14.89 3.9 14.93 4.2 14.46 10.5
Level 5 .................................................. 14.78 6.1 14.78 6.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.50 5.8 18.71 6.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.42 9.3 15.63 9.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 21.71 10.2 22.19 9.7 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.19 2.4 13.58 3.2 10.77 3.5
Level 3 .................................................. 11.85 5.3 12.63 5.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.63 2.9 13.74 3.1 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.54 5.5 14.73 5.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.04 6.1 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.77 8.6 13.77 8.6 � �
Tellers......................................................... 11.59 3.8 12.39 9.4 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.77 13.1 12.80 13.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 19.63 27.8 � � � �
Order clerks...................................................... $13.83 4.0 � � � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.66 22.9 $18.37 12.3 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.79 6.7 14.61 7.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 7.8 15.42 8.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.56 9.1 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.98 6.4 13.66 6.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.81 7.8 15.42 8.3 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.24 6.7 13.77 8.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.90 8.4 � � � �
Data entry keyers............................................... 11.93 6.4 � � � �
Word processors and typists..................................... 16.15 4.2 16.23 4.2 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.95 5.2 13.38 4.9 $9.53 7.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.73 8.7 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.93 5.3 13.93 5.3 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.12 13.2 22.31 13.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 22.86 7.6 22.86 7.6 � �
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.17 7.8 � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.67 8.6 20.67 8.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.01 7.6 17.01 7.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.19 9.5 22.19 9.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.46 6.9 25.46 6.9 � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 � �
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.88 15.4 22.88 15.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.90 12.5 18.90 12.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 24.91 6.2 24.91 6.2 � �
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.23 6.2 17.23 6.2 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 17.76 2.7 18.14 2.6 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 4.0 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.64 6.1 12.64 6.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 20.67 4.0 20.67 4.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.63 9.1 18.63 9.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 7.4 17.77 7.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.79 6.1 17.79 6.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 24.87 10.6 27.20 6.2 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.52 6.7 27.52 6.7 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 7.8 20.00 7.8 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 � �
Machinists........................................................ 15.61 8.1 � � � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 .1 19.82 .1 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $18.61 11.3 $18.61 11.3 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.47 15.2 � � � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.26 12.7 16.35 12.2 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.42 11.3 15.90 10.7 $10.06 18.9
Level 1 .................................................. 8.99 12.2 9.46 12.8 6.98 1.9
Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 11.9 12.46 12.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 17.05 14.1 17.14 14.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 2.7 14.52 2.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.11 5.6 18.11 5.6 � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 17.35 6.6 � � 13.88 5.8
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.76 2.8 � � 14.76 2.8
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.70 10.8 18.70 10.8 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.20 4.3 18.20 4.3 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 12.2 11.88 14.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 14.3 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 14.59 5.7 14.59 5.7 � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.26 18.8 10.42 21.2 � �
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), Buffalo-Niagara
Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $16.68 3.9 $17.60 4.0 $10.75 9.5
Management occupations.............................................. 28.73 11.7 28.76 12.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 21.18 20.1 20.27 22.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.77 3.6 38.77 3.6 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.22 6.1 23.16 6.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.04 4.4 20.04 4.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 27.22 4.2 28.09 5.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.48 14.7 24.48 14.7 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.08 18.2 19.06 18.5 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.94 4.2 19.94 4.2 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.50 3.7 18.95 7.6 � �
Social workers.................................................... 21.12 2.4 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.79 24.1 21.89 18.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 14.08 21.8 13.52 19.5 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.44 14.5 14.07 13.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 13.53 31.0 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.67 14.8 16.20 11.1 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 16.78 14.9 � � � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.19 3.8 16.19 3.8 � �
Designers......................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.48 4.0 24.15 4.7 25.33 10.5
Level 7 .................................................. 19.02 1.7 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 25.67 5.3 25.91 4.9 25.04 7.7
Registered nurses................................................. 26.64 5.4 26.42 6.6 26.98 9.4
Level 8 .................................................. 27.03 3.9 28.45 .2 25.04 7.7
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.10 5.4 12.10 5.8 12.09 6.7
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.43 .9 � � 11.18 2.3
Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 5.3 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.43 .9 � � 11.18 2.3
Level 2 .................................................. 11.37 5.3 � � � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.49 12.8 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 9.27 20.3 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 4.4 8.84 3.5 6.61 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.04 2.8 7.74 7.6 6.78 3.2
Level 2 .................................................. 8.26 3.4 � � 6.41 5.3
Level 3 .................................................. $8.49 10.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 9.64 5.2 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.11 5.0 $11.07 4.9 � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 8.8 5.13 9.5 $5.12 9.7
Level 2 .................................................. 4.74 10.5 � � � �
Bartenders...................................................... 5.63 5.4 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.29 5.3 � � 4.41 3.3
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.82 8.9 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.51 10.3 11.78 10.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.93 13.4 11.42 14.9 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.81 8.0 11.06 8.7 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.18 12.3 11.76 13.3 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.37 6.8 11.68 6.8 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 12.44 8.5 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.28 17.6 13.71 13.0 12.23 31.8
Child care workers................................................ 10.42 3.4 10.44 2.3 � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.14 8.6 16.32 9.6 7.63 2.7
Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 4.0 10.45 3.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.65 16.6 20.07 16.4 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 4.0 11.10 5.8 7.47 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 10.17 5.4 10.29 5.0 � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.66 9.3 � � 7.60 1.8
Cashiers...................................................... 9.66 9.3 � � 7.60 1.8
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.95 3.6 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.88 2.9 11.68 12.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.52 4.0 14.03 4.4 10.57 7.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.85 3.1 9.80 3.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.05 2.6 12.36 2.3 10.64 8.6
Level 4 .................................................. 14.49 4.5 14.50 4.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 14.45 6.7 14.45 6.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.15 8.0 18.43 8.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.36 9.5 15.56 9.5 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.60 12.5 21.07 12.1 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.00 2.5 13.38 3.1 10.57 3.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 5.7 12.28 5.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.34 2.5 13.44 2.6 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.35 6.5 14.53 6.6 � �
Tellers......................................................... 11.59 3.8 12.39 9.4 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.77 13.1 12.80 13.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 19.63 27.8 � � � �
Order clerks...................................................... 13.83 4.0 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... $13.91 7.6 $13.54 8.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.56 9.1 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.02 7.1 12.44 6.8 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.62 7.0 12.96 6.6 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.03 14.1 23.06 14.2 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.00 11.0 21.00 11.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 9.1 17.18 9.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.55 12.3 24.55 12.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.92 4.6 28.92 4.6 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.92 19.3 24.92 19.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.19 19.2 20.19 19.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.26 4.0 28.26 4.0 � �
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 17.75 2.7 18.13 2.6 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.42 4.0 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.64 6.1 12.64 6.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 20.67 4.0 20.67 4.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.63 9.1 18.63 9.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 7.4 17.77 7.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.79 6.1 17.79 6.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.02 11.1 27.50 6.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.52 6.7 27.52 6.7 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 7.8 20.00 7.8 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 � �
Machinists........................................................ 15.61 8.1 � � � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 .1 19.82 .1 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.61 11.3 18.61 11.3 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.47 15.2 � � � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.26 12.7 16.35 12.2 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.87 12.6 15.35 11.6 $8.15 15.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.99 12.2 9.46 12.8 6.98 1.9
Level 2 .................................................. 11.89 11.6 11.90 12.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 17.17 14.7 17.17 14.7 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.33 2.6 14.52 2.5 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.85 11.2 18.85 11.2 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.36 4.6 18.36 4.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.95 11.8 11.65 14.5 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.16 14.3 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.82 16.7 9.96 18.7 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $25.78 3.1 $26.67 3.5 $14.52 3.0
Management occupations.............................................. 32.80 9.1 33.14 9.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.54 13.2 32.10 14.1 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 38.27 5.5 � � � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.18 2.9 26.53 2.6 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 23.38 4.6 23.38 4.6 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.56 4.5 43.25 5.4 16.84 13.9
Level 7 .................................................. 35.23 3.6 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 43.68 .8 43.70 .8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 36.08 26.2 36.08 26.2 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.77 12.6 61.58 10.1 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.02 6.7 41.53 6.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 44.28 .5 44.28 .5 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.82 1.2 42.61 1.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 44.66 4.0 44.66 4.0 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.81 5.0 40.81 4.8 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 43.47 2.9 43.47 2.9 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.04 12.1 39.42 11.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 42.28 4.1 42.28 4.1 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 36.96 10.7 37.41 10.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 41.97 5.5 41.97 5.5 � �
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 1.7 46.47 1.7 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 14.17 10.7 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.61 8.6 26.06 8.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.03 6.4 25.09 6.8 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 22.82 2.8 22.77 3.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 23.40 3.5 23.37 3.8 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 2.5 16.34 2.5 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.24 5.7 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.92 4.1 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 24.78 3.0 25.25 2.8 � �
Police officers................................................... 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.07 2.6 14.57 3.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.62 3.3 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.82 2.7 14.38 4.2 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.81 3.3 14.45 5.2 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... $16.86 3.7 $17.13 3.4 $13.31 11.4
Level 2 .................................................. 13.10 4.8 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.21 1.4 17.26 1.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.38 3.3 16.38 3.3 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.01 5.3 16.49 4.1 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.51 4.4 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.13 4.3 18.13 4.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.41 3.2 18.41 3.2 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.98 4.9 17.98 4.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.41 3.2 18.41 3.2 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.10 4.1 15.09 4.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.63 3.6 � � � �
Word processors and typists..................................... 16.56 3.1 16.72 2.2 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.09 6.7 14.97 4.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.87 6.3 � � � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.83 10.8 17.57 10.5 � �
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.17 7.8 � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.61 7.0 19.61 7.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.10 1.0 20.10 1.0 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.07 3.9 20.09 4.5 14.65 9.9
Level 5 .................................................. 18.93 4.6 18.93 4.6 � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 18.23 3.9 � � 14.65 9.9
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), Buffalo-Niagara
Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $18.04 3.5 $19.03 3.6 $11.09 8.4
Management occupations.............................................. 29.37 10.0 29.45 10.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.66 15.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 26.49 14.5 � � � �
Education administrators.......................................... 23.57 32.9 23.55 33.8 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.68 5.3 23.69 5.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.14 5.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 28.60 2.9 � � � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.87 17.2 19.89 17.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.51 21.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 27.64 5.0 � � � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.66 10.9 22.66 10.9 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.87 3.5 19.50 6.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.48 12.2 � � � �
Group III................................................. 20.46 2.9 � � � �
Social workers.................................................... 21.25 2.5 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.10 10.4 35.49 9.1 11.82 27.0
Group I................................................... 10.11 18.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 33.05 8.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 38.45 10.8 � � � �
Group IV.................................................. 86.01 15.1 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.11 19.2 47.42 20.4 24.71 30.6
Group III................................................. 42.66 8.8 � � � �
Group IV.................................................. 86.01 15.1 � � � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 49.85 8.5 50.05 8.7 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 28.64 4.1 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.68 10.7 33.93 10.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 36.14 9.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 34.49 26.7 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.82 13.7 32.08 14.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 37.88 7.0 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.13 15.7 29.35 16.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 35.69 8.5 36.42 8.9 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.04 12.1 39.42 11.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 39.72 7.1 � � � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 36.96 10.7 37.41 10.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 39.28 8.4 39.92 7.4 � �
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 1.7 46.47 1.7 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 23.03 17.8 � � � �
Group II.................................................. $20.19 15.7 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.11 18.1 $14.61 7.8 � �
Group I................................................... 10.11 18.1 14.61 7.8 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.48 4.4 16.46 4.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.38 8.5 � � � �
Designers......................................................... 15.04 6.3 15.04 6.3 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.81 3.9 24.82 4.4 $24.79 9.8
Group II.................................................. 22.33 4.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 26.80 6.6 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 25.46 4.1 24.92 3.8 26.82 9.1
Group II.................................................. 24.63 5.5 24.79 7.4 24.26 7.2
Group III................................................. 25.48 6.3 23.80 4.4 � �
Therapists........................................................ 24.12 24.4 24.37 26.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.38 31.6 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.63 2.3 16.55 2.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 16.55 2.5 16.55 2.6 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.59 4.6 12.60 5.0 12.51 5.4
Group I................................................... 12.12 4.4 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 2.9 12.18 3.8 11.99 6.0
Group I................................................... 11.98 2.9 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.59 1.6 � � 11.34 1.5
Group I................................................... 11.57 1.8 � � 11.00 2.2
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.23 9.3 12.17 10.2 � �
Group I................................................... 11.93 10.5 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.03 12.6 22.15 12.3 � �
Group I................................................... 8.93 15.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 25.52 3.1 � � � �
Police officers................................................... 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.58 5.6 � � � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.58 5.6 26.58 5.6 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.97 16.6 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.97 16.6 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 8.97 16.6 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.97 16.6 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 4.4 8.84 3.5 6.61 2.0
Group I................................................... 8.04 5.0 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.11 5.0 11.07 4.9 � �
Group I................................................... 10.11 5.0 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.12 8.8 5.13 9.5 5.12 9.7
Group I................................................... 5.12 8.8 � � � �
Bartenders...................................................... $5.63 5.4 � � � �
Group I................................................... 5.63 5.4 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.29 5.3 � � $4.41 3.3
Group I................................................... 4.29 5.3 � � 4.41 3.3
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.82 8.9 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.82 8.9 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.28 6.8 $12.59 7.5 9.03 10.7
Group I................................................... 12.03 7.2 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.71 5.6 12.02 6.4 9.03 10.7
Group I................................................... 11.78 6.0 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.10 4.3 12.47 4.8 � �
Group I................................................... 12.22 4.5 12.65 5.0 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.24 16.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.24 16.2 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.05 14.9 13.74 11.2 11.48 27.2
Group I................................................... 11.33 12.5 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 10.80 3.5 10.83 3.5 � �
Group I................................................... 10.62 5.2 10.66 5.5 � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.24 8.4 16.40 9.3 7.63 2.7
Group I................................................... 9.25 6.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 23.25 4.0 � � � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.85 3.9 11.15 5.6 7.47 5.0
Group I................................................... 8.87 8.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 23.13 5.9 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.80 8.3 � � 7.60 1.8
Group I................................................... 9.80 9.1 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.80 8.3 � � 7.60 1.8
Group I................................................... 9.80 9.1 � � 7.60 1.8
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 9.95 3.6 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.88 2.9 11.68 12.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.95 3.5 14.46 4.0 10.75 7.0
Group I................................................... 12.74 3.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 16.86 7.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 21.71 10.2 22.19 9.7 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.19 2.4 13.58 3.2 10.77 3.5
Group I................................................... 12.78 2.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 14.08 7.5 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.54 5.5 14.73 5.8 � �
Group I................................................... 13.34 5.3 13.51 6.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 16.61 2.0 16.61 2.0 � �
Tellers......................................................... 11.59 3.8 12.39 9.4 � �
Group I................................................... $11.59 3.8 $12.39 9.4 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.77 13.1 12.80 13.2 � �
Group I................................................... 12.70 20.0 12.73 20.2 � �
Order clerks...................................................... 13.83 4.0 � � � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.66 22.9 18.37 12.3 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.79 6.7 14.61 7.2 � �
Group I................................................... 14.04 7.2 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.98 6.4 13.66 6.5 � �
Group I................................................... 14.05 7.2 13.70 7.2 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.24 6.7 13.77 8.2 � �
Group I................................................... 13.06 7.4 � � � �
Data entry keyers............................................... 11.93 6.4 � � � �
Group I................................................... 11.93 6.4 � � � �
Word processors and typists..................................... 16.15 4.2 16.23 4.2 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.95 5.2 13.38 4.9 $9.53 7.1
Group I................................................... 11.95 4.8 12.35 3.8 9.53 7.1
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.12 13.2 22.31 13.2 � �
Group I................................................... 15.15 4.8 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 26.78 3.5 � � � �
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.17 7.8 � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.67 8.6 20.67 8.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.08 8.6 � � � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.91 3.5 � � � �
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.91 3.5 19.91 3.5 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.88 15.4 22.88 15.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.95 15.3 � � � �
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.17 25.4 26.17 25.4 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.23 6.2 17.23 6.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.18 6.5 17.18 6.5 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 17.76 2.7 18.14 2.6 � �
Group I................................................... 17.01 3.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.63 6.2 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.52 6.7 27.52 6.7 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 7.8 20.00 7.8 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.58 5.7 19.58 5.7 � �
Machinists........................................................ 15.61 8.1 � � � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 .1 19.82 .1 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.61 11.3 18.61 11.3 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... $11.47 15.2 � � � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.26 12.7 $16.35 12.2 � �
Group I................................................... 16.49 18.3 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.42 11.3 15.90 10.7 $10.06 18.9
Group I................................................... 13.07 10.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.67 6.6 � � � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 17.35 6.6 � � 13.88 5.8
Group I................................................... 13.88 5.8 � � � �
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.76 2.8 � � 14.76 2.8
Group I................................................... 14.76 2.8 � � 14.76 2.8
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.70 10.8 18.70 10.8 � �
Group I................................................... 16.45 17.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.83 8.6 � � � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.20 4.3 18.20 4.3 � �
Group I................................................... 18.67 13.8 18.67 13.8 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 12.2 11.88 14.9 � �
Group I................................................... 11.16 12.2 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.26 18.8 10.42 21.2 � �
Group I................................................... 10.26 18.8 10.42 21.2 � �
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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.88 $10.75 $14.88 $23.34 $30.33
Management occupations.............................................. 13.77 18.15 29.98 38.09 43.30
Education administrators.......................................... 10.20 10.20 13.77 38.89 43.30
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 19.53 23.64 28.65 31.48
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 11.29 13.09 16.35 27.50 29.47
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 16.40 21.66 21.66 34.10
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.87 17.58 20.25 22.75 24.85
Social workers.................................................... 17.44 20.01 20.80 22.75 26.00
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 8.90 16.23 30.90 46.12 54.09
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.41 26.41 41.15 54.59 75.74
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.37 45.66 50.12 51.72 68.96
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.45 26.41 26.41 29.19 41.03
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.50 17.73 37.52 46.92 50.87
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 13.91 16.14 37.52 41.00 48.99
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.16 15.73 27.25 40.50 45.27
Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.25 29.50 39.16 49.88 53.83
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 22.33 27.25 34.80 47.96 54.27
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 36.67 45.33 46.92 50.57 50.67
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.74 15.74 16.64 29.83 41.49
Teacher assistants................................................ 6.75 6.75 7.40 10.70 15.40
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.25 13.46 17.65 20.24 20.24
Designers......................................................... 10.90 13.15 14.36 17.80 18.75
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.90 19.60 23.23 27.87 31.67
Registered nurses................................................. 18.93 21.92 25.73 29.53 30.60
Therapists........................................................ 12.67 14.18 19.50 30.51 46.34
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.05 15.63 16.66 17.34 18.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.78 12.48 13.58 16.11
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.95 10.72 11.92 13.20 14.45
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.85 10.40 11.30 12.49 13.67
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 11.92 13.81 15.24
Protective service occupations...................................... 7.14 8.00 22.68 25.41 29.76
Police officers................................................... 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 6.75 7.00 7.14 7.14 18.21
Security guards................................................. 6.75 7.00 7.14 7.14 18.21
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.95 6.96 7.70 9.68 10.53
Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.00 10.53 10.75 13.55
Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.35 4.50 5.45 6.75
Bartenders...................................................... 4.50 4.50 5.15 6.75 8.00
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... $3.85 $3.85 $4.35 $4.35 $4.95
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 7.63 9.68 9.68 9.68
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 9.67 12.20 14.20 17.06
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.21 9.65 11.33 14.17 14.74
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 10.11 11.80 14.20 14.86
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.75 6.75 6.75 9.27 13.67
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.33 9.00 11.24 14.82 18.00
Child care workers................................................ 9.10 9.27 11.16 11.52 12.09
Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.84 7.86 11.04 18.84 26.54
Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.84 6.92 8.96 11.04 12.18
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.86 11.04 11.04 11.04
Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.86 11.04 11.04 11.04
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.50 9.50 9.50 9.79 12.00
Retail salespersons............................................. 6.84 6.92 6.92 9.58 14.75
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.08 10.68 13.22 15.93 19.55
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 14.29 16.49 24.23 25.69 26.95
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.95 12.00 13.10 14.13 16.96
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.83 12.25 14.92 16.96 17.71
Tellers......................................................... 9.44 9.76 11.40 13.18 14.01
Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 9.64 11.52 13.91 15.93
Order clerks...................................................... 11.06 12.04 13.59 15.00 18.54
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.66 7.75 16.05 20.41 20.56
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.49 10.59 14.84 17.82 19.63
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.49 10.59 13.22 16.89 18.88
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.70 11.12 13.41 14.87 17.35
Data entry keyers............................................... 9.70 9.70 12.00 13.83 14.87
Word processors and typists..................................... 13.41 14.60 15.37 17.38 19.18
Office clerks, general............................................ 8.45 9.77 12.16 15.72 18.00
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.10 15.65 24.00 27.80 27.80
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.33 14.01 16.16 20.39 20.81
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 16.97 19.00 23.80 31.14
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 16.11 18.00 20.24 31.86 32.29
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.97 19.99 31.72 32.29 32.29
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.32 15.24 18.00 18.90 20.02
Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.11 16.40 23.77 28.39
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.56 25.56 28.21 30.84 32.20
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.19 13.20 17.60 28.19 28.19
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 13.62 14.25 18.00 27.96 28.55
Machinists........................................................ $12.30 $13.17 $15.12 $17.41 $18.43
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.00 14.97 20.00 20.25 27.96
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.38 14.79 14.79 23.83 28.39
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 6.75 11.80 14.25 16.40
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.60 11.75 12.27 21.46 27.66
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 10.61 14.50 19.81 25.31
Bus drivers....................................................... 10.70 13.90 20.11 20.11 20.11
Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.10 11.80 13.90 17.80 19.53
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.33 14.75 17.54 24.06 26.05
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.75 15.00 16.67 19.97 26.05
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.36 7.96 9.80 13.80 15.60
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 10.75 15.60
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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.70 $10.00 $13.98 $21.28 $28.39
Management occupations.............................................. 10.20 15.38 29.56 35.91 49.16
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.21 19.23 22.45 27.69 29.89
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 11.29 13.09 14.81 27.50 29.47
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 16.40 21.66 21.66 22.34
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.14 17.58 20.01 21.00 24.71
Social workers.................................................... 17.44 20.01 20.80 22.75 26.00
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.00 8.90 15.89 26.41 35.49
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.75 9.25 14.54 16.23 19.91
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 9.25 13.91 15.59 17.73 26.98
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 9.25 14.52 15.73 17.73 26.98
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.25 13.46 16.80 18.75 20.24
Designers......................................................... 10.90 13.15 14.36 17.80 18.75
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.73 20.22 23.28 28.27 30.60
Registered nurses................................................. 18.36 23.08 28.27 30.60 31.67
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.43 11.92 13.00 14.88
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.75 10.25 11.22 12.48 13.16
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.75 10.25 11.22 12.48 13.16
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 11.89 13.58 14.88
Protective service occupations...................................... 6.75 7.00 7.14 7.14 18.21
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.95 6.96 7.70 9.68 10.53
Cooks............................................................. 7.00 8.00 10.53 10.75 13.55
Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 4.35 4.50 5.45 6.75
Bartenders...................................................... 4.50 4.50 5.15 6.75 8.00
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 3.85 4.35 4.35 4.95
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 7.63 9.68 9.68 9.68
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.14 8.50 10.91 14.20 15.55
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 8.50 10.91 13.00 14.20
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.72 9.45 10.91 14.20 14.20
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.46 9.10 11.24 14.82 18.00
Child care workers................................................ 9.10 9.27 11.16 11.24 11.52
Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.84 7.80 11.04 18.84 26.54
Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.84 6.92 8.96 11.04 12.00
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 7.80 11.04 11.04 11.04
Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 7.80 11.04 11.04 11.04
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.50 9.50 9.50 9.79 12.00
Retail salespersons............................................. 6.84 6.92 6.92 9.58 14.75
Office and administrative support occupations....................... $8.90 $10.49 $12.98 $15.38 $18.49
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 13.10 16.15 21.71 25.69 25.69
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.84 12.00 13.10 13.94 15.57
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.83 12.25 14.28 16.96 18.00
Tellers......................................................... 9.44 9.76 11.40 13.18 14.01
Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 9.64 11.52 13.91 15.93
Order clerks...................................................... 11.06 12.04 13.59 15.00 18.54
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.24 10.59 12.38 16.00 18.49
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 9.91 10.49 11.66 16.00 18.49
Office clerks, general............................................ 8.45 9.44 11.59 15.72 18.00
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.75 16.65 27.37 27.80 27.80
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.47 16.97 19.00 29.75 31.86
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 16.97 19.49 23.80 32.22 32.29
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.97 19.99 31.72 32.29 32.29
Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.11 16.40 23.77 28.39
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.56 25.56 28.21 30.84 32.20
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.19 13.20 17.60 28.19 28.19
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 13.62 14.25 18.00 27.96 28.55
Machinists........................................................ 12.30 13.17 15.12 17.41 18.43
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.00 14.97 20.00 20.25 27.96
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.38 14.79 14.79 23.83 28.39
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 6.75 11.80 14.25 16.40
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.60 11.75 12.27 21.46 27.66
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 9.25 13.80 17.54 25.31
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.33 14.91 17.54 24.35 26.05
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 15.00 16.67 20.29 26.05
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.36 7.96 9.75 13.80 15.30
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.75 7.96 7.96 9.80 14.50
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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $13.27 $16.14 $21.66 $30.68 $46.74
Management occupations.............................................. 20.68 25.81 33.06 38.89 43.30
Education administrators.......................................... 24.98 33.06 38.89 43.30 43.30
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.08 22.30 23.89 30.68 34.09
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.83 21.78 23.50 24.85 27.69
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.21 30.31 40.60 49.98 55.41
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.40 43.15 51.72 66.64 98.96
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.93 33.00 40.50 48.99 53.52
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.25 39.78 40.50 48.95 51.72
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.13 38.88 40.50 43.91 52.71
Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.25 29.50 39.16 49.88 53.83
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 22.33 27.25 34.80 47.96 54.27
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 36.67 45.33 46.92 50.57 50.67
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.49 9.92 11.20 14.80 25.80
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.81 17.23 22.18 26.51 48.80
Registered nurses................................................. 19.56 21.08 22.18 24.47 26.51
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.25 15.44 16.21 16.66 18.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.28 13.20 14.36 16.38 17.13
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.82 12.74 13.67 14.59 16.38
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.69 22.68 24.55 27.77 30.20
Police officers................................................... 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.27 12.30 13.59 14.99 19.07
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.24 12.28 13.40 14.74 19.07
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.24 11.80 13.22 14.74 19.07
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.47 14.49 16.60 19.18 20.56
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.40 14.87 15.74 17.55 18.41
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.40 14.14 15.74 16.56 17.49
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.07 16.89 18.55 19.63 21.75
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.56 16.89 18.55 19.63 20.03
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.18 14.08 14.87 16.14 19.18
Word processors and typists..................................... 14.60 14.87 16.14 19.18 19.18
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 13.34 14.21 14.97 19.14
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.08 13.17 16.34 21.81 22.61
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.33 14.01 16.16 20.39 20.81
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.16 17.27 19.95 21.12 21.90
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.37 17.47 20.11 20.11 25.70
Bus drivers....................................................... 10.52 19.18 20.11 20.11 20.11
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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.28 $11.74 $15.91 $24.35 $31.38
Management occupations.............................................. 10.20 18.15 31.22 38.29 43.30
Education administrators.......................................... 10.20 10.20 13.77 38.89 43.30
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 19.38 23.43 28.65 31.87
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 11.29 13.09 15.25 27.50 29.47
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 16.40 21.66 21.66 34.10
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.87 17.58 20.32 21.78 23.08
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.45 20.25 35.25 48.51 54.43
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 26.41 26.41 43.15 54.59 97.51
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.37 45.66 50.12 51.72 68.96
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.50 18.95 38.06 46.92 50.87
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 13.91 15.90 38.00 42.67 48.99
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.16 15.73 27.86 40.50 45.67
Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.40 29.99 39.90 49.88 53.83
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 23.71 28.25 35.05 48.01 54.27
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 36.67 45.33 46.92 50.57 50.67
Teacher assistants................................................ 6.75 10.46 12.89 17.05 25.80
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.25 13.46 17.65 20.24 20.24
Designers......................................................... 10.90 13.15 14.36 17.80 18.75
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.81 19.85 22.85 27.17 31.09
Registered nurses................................................. 19.56 21.15 24.47 28.80 30.60
Therapists........................................................ 12.67 12.67 14.18 37.97 49.71
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.25 15.63 16.21 16.73 18.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.00 10.78 12.74 13.58 15.68
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.95 10.72 12.15 13.25 14.45
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.00 9.00 11.89 13.64 14.88
Protective service occupations...................................... 7.14 21.68 24.19 27.77 30.20
Police officers................................................... 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.34 24.85 27.77 27.77 29.76
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 7.70 9.68 9.68 10.75
Cooks............................................................. 10.42 10.53 10.53 11.00 13.59
Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.85 3.85 5.15 5.15 6.75
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.33 10.36 12.63 14.20 17.06
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.29 10.00 11.99 14.20 14.86
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.85 10.91 12.30 14.20 17.00
Personal care and service occupations............................... $9.27 $11.16 $14.82 $14.82 $17.58
Child care workers................................................ 9.10 9.30 11.16 11.24 12.00
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.84 9.79 11.80 23.27 26.54
Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.84 8.66 11.04 11.04 13.14
Retail salespersons............................................. 6.84 6.84 8.96 12.54 16.88
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.64 11.53 13.50 16.00 20.11
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 15.15 16.98 25.69 25.69 29.16
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.79 12.25 13.18 14.82 16.96
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.83 12.25 14.92 16.96 18.00
Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.55 13.18 13.52 15.37
Customer service representatives.................................. 9.10 9.64 11.52 13.91 15.93
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.08 16.05 20.27 20.56 28.32
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.49 10.59 14.18 16.89 19.80
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.49 10.59 12.38 16.00 19.30
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.70 11.35 14.13 15.13 17.67
Word processors and typists..................................... 13.41 14.60 15.89 17.97 19.18
Office clerks, general............................................ 8.45 10.08 12.94 15.72 18.00
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.25 16.16 25.00 27.80 27.80
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.00 16.97 19.00 23.80 31.14
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.64 17.90 19.34 22.59 24.91
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 16.11 18.00 20.24 31.86 32.29
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.97 19.99 31.72 32.29 32.29
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.32 15.24 18.00 18.90 20.02
Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.35 16.88 23.83 28.39
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.56 25.56 28.21 30.84 32.20
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.19 13.20 17.60 28.19 28.19
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 13.62 14.25 18.00 27.96 28.55
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.00 14.97 20.00 20.25 27.96
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.38 14.79 14.79 23.83 28.39
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.65 11.75 12.44 21.46 27.66
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.96 10.63 15.00 19.81 25.70
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.33 14.75 17.54 24.06 26.05
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.75 15.00 16.67 19.97 26.05
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 11.80 13.80 15.61
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 7.96 10.90 15.60
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), Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $6.75 $6.92 $8.18 $12.25 $20.18
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.75 6.75 7.40 9.92 27.85
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 6.75 7.50 33.40 41.15 41.15
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.56 19.52 23.89 29.53 35.00
Registered nurses................................................. 18.36 23.87 27.87 30.60 35.28
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.15 11.21 12.25 12.49 16.74
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.63 11.77 12.49 14.33
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.00 10.40 11.21 12.25 12.49
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.35 6.50 6.96 7.00 8.00
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.35 4.35 4.35 6.75 6.75
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.85 4.35 4.35 4.35 4.95
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.99 7.25 7.50 11.27 11.27
Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.99 7.25 7.50 11.27 11.27
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 8.33 8.46 9.85 31.61
Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.75 6.92 6.92 8.16 9.18
Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.75 6.92 6.92 7.50 8.90
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.75 6.75 7.14 8.20 9.89
Cashiers...................................................... 6.75 6.75 7.14 8.20 9.89
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.00 9.90 12.35 14.51
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.09 9.44 10.08 12.08 13.09
Office clerks, general............................................ 6.75 7.81 10.40 10.75 10.94
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.68 6.75 8.95 12.62 16.15
Bus drivers....................................................... 10.52 10.70 13.90 14.61 19.18
Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.10 11.80 13.90 17.80 19.53
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups
may include data for categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Buffalo-Niagara
Falls, NY, July 2006
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $19.03 $15.91 $752 $626 39.5 $38,277 $32,693 2,011
Management occupations.............................................. 29.45 31.22 1,213 1,199 41.2 63,061 62,365 2,141
Education administrators.......................................... 23.55 13.77 1,025 1,057 43.5 53,321 54,974 2,264
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.69 23.43 946 936 39.9 49,206 48,684 2,077
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.89 15.25 792 615 39.8 41,184 32,001 2,071
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.66 21.66 883 838 39.0 44,912 45,044 1,982
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.50 20.32 712 711 36.5 37,027 36,973 1,899
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.49 35.25 1,295 1,227 36.5 52,966 54,922 1,492
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.42 43.15 1,800 1,574 38.0 72,089 61,636 1,520
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 50.05 50.12 1,860 1,880 37.2 65,402 67,663 1,307
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.93 38.06 1,230 1,313 36.2 49,447 55,005 1,457
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.08 38.00 1,170 1,303 36.5 45,088 54,804 1,406
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.35 27.86 1,071 1,156 36.5 41,377 47,172 1,410
Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.42 39.90 1,424 1,371 36.1 57,886 56,052 1,469
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 37.41 35.05 1,346 1,227 36.0 55,039 51,866 1,471
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 46.92 1,703 1,759 36.6 67,789 69,183 1,459
Teacher assistants................................................ 14.61 12.89 450 403 30.8 18,458 16,057 1,264
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.46 17.65 650 672 39.5 33,796 34,944 2,054
Designers......................................................... 15.04 14.36 596 574 39.7 31,007 29,869 2,062
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.82 22.85 946 871 38.1 48,523 45,299 1,955
Registered nurses................................................. 24.92 24.47 947 965 38.0 48,762 50,186 1,957
Therapists........................................................ 24.37 14.18 915 777 37.5 43,637 43,995 1,790
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.55 16.21 661 648 39.9 34,387 33,717 2,077
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.60 12.74 481 442 38.2 25,028 22,984 1,986
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.18 12.15 465 456 38.2 24,188 23,693 1,986
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.17 11.89 485 476 39.9 25,235 24,731 2,074
Protective service occupations...................................... 22.15 24.19 906 968 40.9 47,120 50,311 2,127
Police officers................................................... 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 9.68 344 350 38.9 17,850 18,200 2,018
Cooks............................................................. 11.07 10.53 422 421 38.1 21,938 21,902 1,981
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.13 5.15 185 180 36.0 9,456 9,373 1,843
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $12.59 $12.63 $490 $458 38.9 $23,332 $22,697 1,853
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.02 11.99 466 453 38.8 21,885 22,697 1,821
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.47 12.30 482 455 38.7 22,970 22,697 1,842
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.74 14.82 536 508 39.0 27,188 23,960 1,979
Child care workers................................................ 10.83 11.16 409 429 37.7 20,178 20,592 1,863
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.40 11.80 664 472 40.5 34,543 24,544 2,106
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.15 11.04 444 441 39.9 23,104 22,957 2,073
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.68 8.96 464 344 39.7 24,118 17,888 2,064
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.46 13.50 568 538 39.3 29,518 27,997 2,041
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 22.19 25.69 848 963 38.2 44,106 50,096 1,988
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.58 13.18 535 524 39.4 27,794 27,248 2,047
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.73 14.92 576 596 39.1 29,966 30,992 2,034
Tellers......................................................... 12.39 13.18 476 494 38.5 24,777 25,699 2,000
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.80 11.52 509 461 39.8 26,465 23,962 2,068
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 18.37 20.27 706 720 38.4 36,718 37,419 1,999
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.61 14.18 558 532 38.2 29,028 27,651 1,987
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.66 12.38 523 495 38.3 27,206 25,750 1,992
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.77 14.13 540 536 39.2 28,068 27,893 2,039
Word processors and typists..................................... 16.23 15.89 616 608 38.0 32,053 31,632 1,975
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.38 12.94 528 506 39.5 27,146 26,187 2,028
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.31 25.00 884 992 39.6 45,978 51,601 2,061
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.67 19.00 827 760 40.0 42,957 39,520 2,078
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 19.34 796 774 40.0 41,409 40,227 2,080
Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.91 19.34 796 774 40.0 41,409 40,227 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 22.88 20.24 915 810 40.0 47,469 42,078 2,075
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 31.72 1,047 1,269 40.0 54,438 65,978 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.23 18.00 688 720 39.9 35,778 37,440 2,077
Production occupations.............................................. 18.14 16.88 723 675 39.9 37,593 35,110 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.52 28.21 1,087 1,128 39.5 56,527 58,677 2,054
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 17.60 800 704 40.0 41,595 36,608 2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.58 18.00 783 720 40.0 40,728 37,440 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 20.00 793 800 40.0 41,229 41,600 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $18.61 $14.79 $745 $592 40.0 $38,717 $30,763 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.35 12.44 648 491 39.7 33,706 25,522 2,062
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.90 15.00 656 591 41.2 34,079 30,742 2,144
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.70 17.54 806 711 43.1 41,886 36,982 2,240
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.20 16.67 805 700 44.2 41,844 36,400 2,299
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.88 11.80 474 472 39.9 24,623 24,544 2,072
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.42 7.96 414 318 39.8 21,532 16,557 2,067
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $17.60 $14.79 $699 $585 39.7 $36,051 $30,160 2,049
Management occupations.............................................. 28.76 29.98 1,200 1,199 41.7 62,417 62,365 2,170
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.16 22.29 926 892 40.0 48,172 46,365 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.06 14.81 760 592 39.8 39,498 30,794 2,072
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 19.94 21.66 791 838 39.7 41,142 43,563 2,063
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.95 20.01 686 700 36.2 35,649 36,415 1,881
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.89 17.06 839 665 38.3 37,264 23,942 1,702
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.07 14.52 527 494 37.5 21,769 19,634 1,547
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.20 15.59 591 552 36.5 22,681 21,047 1,400
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.19 16.80 639 600 39.5 33,236 31,200 2,053
Designers......................................................... 15.04 14.36 596 574 39.7 31,007 29,869 2,062
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.15 23.23 918 873 38.0 47,739 45,396 1,977
Registered nurses................................................. 26.42 28.27 1,007 1,060 38.1 52,363 55,127 1,982
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.10 11.92 458 442 37.9 23,835 22,984 1,971
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.84 9.68 344 350 38.9 17,850 18,200 2,018
Cooks............................................................. 11.07 10.53 422 421 38.1 21,938 21,902 1,981
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.13 5.15 185 180 36.0 9,456 9,373 1,843
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.78 10.91 458 436 38.9 21,079 21,060 1,790
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.06 10.91 429 436 38.8 19,375 20,072 1,752
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.68 11.12 452 436 38.7 20,842 21,684 1,785
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.71 14.82 548 630 39.9 28,319 32,760 2,066
Child care workers................................................ 10.44 11.16 414 446 39.7 21,285 23,202 2,039
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.32 11.80 661 470 40.5 34,380 24,440 2,107
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.10 11.04 442 441 39.9 22,998 22,957 2,073
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.68 8.96 464 344 39.7 24,118 17,888 2,064
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.03 13.18 554 524 39.5 28,756 27,248 2,049
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 21.07 21.71 808 868 38.3 42,024 45,151 1,994
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.38 13.10 528 524 39.5 27,472 27,248 2,052
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.53 14.90 571 597 39.3 29,705 31,034 2,045
Tellers......................................................... 12.39 13.18 476 494 38.5 24,777 25,699 2,000
Customer service representatives.................................. $12.80 $11.52 $509 $461 39.8 $26,465 $23,962 2,068
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.54 11.66 518 460 38.3 26,938 23,899 1,989
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.44 11.49 479 423 38.5 24,892 22,021 2,001
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.96 11.59 514 464 39.6 26,338 24,103 2,032
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.06 27.37 913 1,095 39.6 47,471 56,930 2,058
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.00 19.00 840 760 40.0 43,628 39,520 2,078
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 24.92 23.80 996 952 40.0 51,659 49,504 2,073
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.17 31.72 1,047 1,269 40.0 54,438 65,978 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 18.13 16.88 723 675 39.9 37,573 35,110 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.52 28.21 1,087 1,128 39.5 56,527 58,677 2,054
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 20.00 17.60 800 704 40.0 41,595 36,608 2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 19.58 18.00 783 720 40.0 40,728 37,440 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.82 20.00 793 800 40.0 41,229 41,600 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.61 14.79 745 592 40.0 38,717 30,763 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.35 12.44 648 491 39.7 33,706 25,522 2,062
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.35 14.31 636 552 41.4 33,041 28,704 2,153
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.85 17.54 816 750 43.3 42,397 39,000 2,249
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.36 16.67 819 702 44.6 42,541 36,483 2,317
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.65 11.80 465 472 39.9 24,150 24,544 2,072
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.96 7.96 396 318 39.8 20,580 16,557 2,066
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $26.67 $22.18 $1,021 $872 38.3 $48,832 $45,242 1,831
Management occupations.............................................. 33.14 34.14 1,274 1,365 38.4 66,238 71,001 1,998
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.53 24.42 1,051 937 39.6 54,659 48,726 2,060
Community and social services occupations........................... 23.38 23.50 912 871 39.0 47,399 45,296 2,028
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.25 41.87 1,537 1,519 35.5 60,312 57,113 1,394
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 61.58 53.29 2,262 1,971 36.7 79,837 70,956 1,297
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.53 40.60 1,487 1,519 35.8 59,206 57,113 1,426
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.61 40.50 1,553 1,519 36.4 60,049 56,500 1,409
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.81 40.50 1,487 1,519 36.4 57,897 56,500 1,419
Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.42 39.90 1,424 1,371 36.1 57,886 56,052 1,469
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 37.41 35.05 1,346 1,227 36.0 55,039 51,866 1,471
Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.47 46.92 1,703 1,759 36.6 67,789 69,183 1,459
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.06 22.18 997 870 38.3 49,923 45,072 1,916
Registered nurses................................................. 22.77 22.18 862 870 37.9 43,774 45,072 1,922
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.34 16.21 654 648 40.0 33,991 33,717 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 25.25 24.55 1,039 983 41.1 54,012 51,106 2,139
Police officers................................................... 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.58 27.77 1,063 1,111 40.0 55,290 57,762 2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.57 14.13 568 556 39.0 29,547 28,904 2,027
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.38 13.40 558 532 38.8 29,022 27,664 2,018
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.45 13.40 557 524 38.6 28,972 27,248 2,005
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.13 16.89 656 642 38.3 34,097 33,390 1,991
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.49 15.89 623 615 37.8 32,404 31,970 1,965
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.13 18.55 691 687 38.1 35,921 35,727 1,981
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.98 18.55 678 687 37.7 35,241 35,727 1,960
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.09 14.73 587 581 38.9 30,525 30,235 2,023
Word processors and typists..................................... 16.72 17.35 629 629 37.6 32,724 32,705 1,958
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.97 14.57 580 568 38.7 30,160 29,557 2,014
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.57 16.34 703 654 40.0 36,549 33,996 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.61 19.95 785 798 40.0 40,797 41,494 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.09 20.11 803 805 40.0 41,777 41,837 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry
establishments for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $16.68 $14.48 $18.76 $21.40
Management, professional, and related...... 24.17 19.15 28.58 26.43
Management, business, and financial...... 25.82 23.27 27.86 26.44
Professional and related................. 23.37 17.40 28.98 26.43
Service.................................... 9.91 9.71 10.03 12.33
Sales and office........................... 13.75 14.01 12.49 15.61
Sales and related........................ 14.14 14.63 � �
Office and administrative support........ 13.52 13.28 12.91 15.34
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 22.21 21.13 21.83 27.61
Construction and extraction............. 23.03 22.73 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.00 18.01 � 29.20
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 16.53 13.80 16.75 23.43
Production............................... 17.75 13.67 16.25 25.92
Transportation and material moving....... 14.87 13.92 17.66 15.01
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........................................................... 3.9 5.2 3.7 6.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.5 9.0 4.4 7.8
Management, business, and financial............................... 5.7 11.7 6.2 17.7
Professional and related.......................................... 5.0 9.9 5.2 7.3
Service............................................................. 5.0 5.6 4.0 6.5
Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 7.9 3.7 7.9
Sales and related................................................. 8.6 10.0 � �
Office and administrative support................................. 4.0 7.7 4.6 8.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.6 14.6 4.9 8.9
Construction and extraction...................................... 14.1 17.4 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.0 12.4 � 10.8
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.6 9.4 7.4 7.9
Production........................................................ 2.7 6.8 6.4 4.7
Transportation and material moving................................ 12.6 16.2 12.3 18.4
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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used
to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $15.40 $13.50 $612 $526 39.7 $31,380 $27,221 2,038
Management occupations.............................................. 21.67 15.38 940 726 43.4 48,901 37,748 2,257
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.89 14.52 517 494 37.2 21,237 19,634 1,529
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.07 14.52 527 494 37.5 21,769 19,634 1,547
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 16.20 15.59 591 552 36.5 22,681 21,047 1,400
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Cooks............................................................ 10.93 10.53 417 421 38.1 21,683 21,902 1,983
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.21 14.20 513 568 38.9 21,669 21,060 1,640
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.85 13.00 459 455 38.7 18,569 17,680 1,566
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.83 14.20 494 568 38.5 20,699 21,060 1,614
Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.62 14.82 584 630 39.9 30,158 32,761 2,062
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.65 12.54 676 502 40.6 35,152 26,083 2,111
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.12 11.04 443 441 39.9 23,049 22,957 2,072
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.74 7.25 466 273 39.6 24,208 14,217 2,062
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.48 13.63 570 532 39.3 29,617 27,683 2,045
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.70 13.18 533 520 38.9 27,704 27,040 2,022
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.73 27.37 902 1,095 39.7 46,903 56,930 2,064
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.01 17.00 720 680 40.0 37,409 35,360 2,077
Production occupations.............................................. 14.02 13.00 558 520 39.8 28,992 27,040 2,068
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.06 13.50 578 516 41.1 30,044 26,813 2,137
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.77 17.11 758 750 42.7 39,410 39,000 2,218
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.62 15.00 748 680 45.0 38,868 35,360 2,339
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.36 8.00 413 320 39.8 21,445 16,640 2,069
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.35 7.96 372 318 39.8 19,325 16,557 2,066
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $20.28 $16.88 $806 $668 39.8 $41,824 $34,736 2,062
Management occupations.............................................. 36.61 35.66 1,465 1,373 40.0 76,198 71,399 2,081
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.55 22.29 899 892 39.9 46,756 46,361 2,074
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.36 27.50 964 1,100 39.6 50,133 57,200 2,058
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.76 15.49 655 600 39.1 34,062 31,200 2,033
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.74 24.26 946 950 38.2 49,198 49,375 1,989
Registered nurses................................................. 26.42 28.27 1,007 1,060 38.1 52,363 55,127 1,982
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.20 11.61 437 464 39.0 22,705 24,153 2,027
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.93 10.91 387 431 39.0 20,139 22,425 2,029
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.15 10.91 395 432 38.9 20,557 22,445 2,025
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.39 10.91 405 436 39.0 21,044 22,697 2,026
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.80 13.10 546 524 39.5 28,311 27,248 2,052
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.30 13.10 527 524 39.6 27,406 27,248 2,061
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.30 14.52 558 596 39.0 29,022 30,992 2,030
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.74 11.52 507 461 39.8 26,340 23,962 2,068
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.08 15.02 634 589 37.1 32,944 30,615 1,929
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.38 11.79 528 472 39.4 26,816 24,103 2,005
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.98 26.58 974 1,063 39.0 50,646 55,286 2,027
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.13 23.80 1,044 952 40.0 54,313 49,504 2,079
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 25.84 23.80 1,033 952 40.0 53,711 49,504 2,079
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 28.33 32.22 1,133 1,289 40.0 58,933 67,018 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 21.09 18.47 842 739 39.9 43,789 38,418 2,076
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.52 28.21 1,087 1,128 39.5 56,527 58,677 2,054
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 21.74 19.89 870 796 40.0 45,218 41,371 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 18.01 14.72 712 589 39.5 37,024 30,618 2,056
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.33 15.74 772 612 42.1 40,128 31,845 2,189
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.80 13.63 592 545 40.0 30,784 28,350 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... $23.47 $20.60 $26.29 $16.03 $15.95 $20.45
Management, professional, and related............................... 33.13 23.97 35.75 24.24 24.19 26.44
Management, business, and financial............................... 29.52 � 29.52 25.91 25.82 28.48
Professional and related.......................................... 33.64 23.97 36.91 23.30 23.28 24.09
Service............................................................. 16.44 11.63 19.80 9.65 9.59 �
Sales and office.................................................... 17.80 18.73 17.47 13.59 13.59 13.66
Sales and related................................................. 14.58 � � 14.23 14.23 �
Office and administrative support................................. 18.21 21.31 17.27 13.21 13.20 13.66
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.58 26.95 17.94 16.68 16.37 �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 27.02 16.90 � 16.52 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.73 26.80 18.72 16.84 16.22 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.69 19.90 18.32 15.04 14.90 �
Production........................................................ 22.42 22.43 � 15.08 15.08 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.23 15.37 18.22 14.99 14.68 �
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........................................................... 4.1 7.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 12.2
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.7 13.2 4.2 4.6 4.7 15.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 6.5 � 6.5 5.6 5.7 17.6
Professional and related.......................................... 5.3 13.2 4.7 5.2 5.3 12.4
Service............................................................. 3.9 7.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 �
Sales and office.................................................... 6.3 19.6 3.9 4.8 4.9 8.9
Sales and related................................................. 22.2 � � 8.5 8.5 �
Office and administrative support................................. 5.5 13.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 8.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.0 4.0 4.4 5.6 4.8 �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 2.7 16.7 � 6.2 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.1 9.7 3.9 8.1 6.7 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 10.1 11.8 2.3 7.9 8.1 �
Production........................................................ 8.4 8.4 � 7.0 7.0 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 14.7 20.9 2.4 13.6 14.1 �
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, Buffalo-Niagara
Falls, NY, July 2006
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $17.98 $16.49 $18.86 $18.86
Management, professional, and related............................... 27.09 24.31 21.17 21.17
Management, business, and financial............................... 26.99 26.49 21.23 21.23
Professional and related.......................................... 27.12 23.38 � �
Service............................................................. 11.62 9.75 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 13.73 13.34 16.38 16.38
Sales and related................................................. 13.00 12.86 22.02 22.02
Office and administrative support................................. 14.10 13.62 12.86 12.86
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.49 22.21 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 23.03 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.67 21.00 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.05 15.83 22.68 22.68
Production........................................................ 17.76 17.75 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 13.46 12.35 22.68 22.68
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 3.6 4.1 6.3 6.3
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.8 4.7 4.7 4.7
Management, business, and financial............................... 5.5 6.3 5.1 5.1
Professional and related.......................................... 4.0 5.0 � �
Service............................................................. 6.1 4.4 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 5.2 5.8 10.3 10.3
Sales and related................................................. 11.8 12.1 4.6 4.6
Office and administrative support................................. 3.9 4.5 3.4 3.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.1 10.6 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 14.1 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 8.6 11.0 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 5.8 9.1 9.1
Production........................................................ 2.7 2.7 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 7.9 9.1 9.1
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, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
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........................................................... - $20.71 - - - - $16.06 - $13.74
Management, professional, and related............................... - 29.26 - - - - 20.79 - �
Management, business, and financial............................... - 35.53 - - - - 19.79 - �
Professional and related.......................................... - 22.87 - - - - 20.91 - �
Service............................................................. - � - - - - 10.99 - �
Sales and office.................................................... - 21.49 - - - - 14.85 - �
Sales and related................................................. - � - - - - � - �
Office and administrative support................................. - 16.11 - - - - 14.85 - �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 26.14 - - - - � - �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 25.20 - - - - � - �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 18.00 - - - - � - �
Production........................................................ - 18.40 - - - - � - �
Transportation and material moving................................ - 16.10 - - - - � - �
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........................................................... - 2.9 - - - - 6.3 - 0.0
Management, professional, and related............................... - 18.2 - - - - 10.0 - �
Management, business, and financial............................... - 16.5 - - - - 32.2 - �
Professional and related.......................................... - 9.4 - - - - 8.1 - �
Service............................................................. - � - - - - 2.9 - �
Sales and office.................................................... - 20.0 - - - - 13.3 - �
Sales and related................................................. - � - - - - � - �
Office and administrative support................................. - .3 - - - - 13.3 - �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... - 12.5 - - - - � - �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. - 19.7 - - - - � - �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... - 3.9 - - - - � - �
Production........................................................ - 1.1 - - - - � - �
Transportation and material moving................................ - 14.4 - - - - � - �
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 517,700 434,800 83,000
Management, professional, and related............................... 143,000 101,600 41,300
Management, business, and financial............................... 34,600 28,900 5,700
Professional and related.......................................... 108,300 72,800 35,600
Service............................................................. 97,500 81,500 16,000
Sales and office.................................................... 162,300 148,300 14,000
Sales and related................................................. 58,300 57,500 �
Office and administrative support................................. 104,000 90,800 13,200
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29,200 23,600 5,600
Construction and extraction...................................... 16,800 14,200 2,600
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 12,400 9,500 2,900
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 85,800 79,700 6,100
Production........................................................ 46,200 46,100 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 39,500 33,600 5,900
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the
number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, July 2006
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,518 22,417 101
Total in sample....................................................... 288 257 31
Responding........................................................ 172 145 27
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 82 79 3
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 34 33 1
1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.