NC BL 07/00/2007 Table: Kansas City, MO-KS, Bulletin 3135-69, September 2006
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $19.47 4.7 36.1 $19.13 5.2 36.0 $22.08 1.3 36.6
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 29.44 2.9 38.4 30.11 3.5 39.1 26.92 2.5 35.8
Management, business, and financial............................... 31.03 5.2 40.8 30.88 5.5 41.2 33.28 12.6 35.2
Professional and related.......................................... 28.63 3.0 37.2 29.60 4.0 37.8 26.23 1.7 35.9
Service............................................................. 10.79 13.1 31.4 9.07 9.8 30.1 17.80 1.9 37.8
Sales and office.................................................... 15.85 4.4 36.2 15.95 4.6 36.2 14.04 2.2 36.3
Sales and related................................................. 17.26 7.3 32.5 17.27 7.3 32.5 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 15.37 4.7 37.6 15.47 5.0 37.7 14.04 2.2 36.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.74 5.5 39.1 19.76 5.8 39.0 19.49 5.8 40.0
Construction and extraction...................................... 20.06 5.9 38.9 20.15 6.2 38.8 18.58 2.4 40.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 20.14 9.8 39.3 20.09 10.2 39.3 21.25 6.7 40.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.71 5.5 33.8 15.61 5.6 33.7 18.75 12.5 36.2
Production........................................................ 18.28 10.6 39.3 18.13 10.6 39.3 21.87 20.9 39.6
Transportation and material moving................................ 13.46 8.8 30.1 13.42 9.1 30.0 14.77 4.0 32.6
Full time........................................................... 20.58 3.8 39.9 20.31 4.3 39.9 22.50 1.5 39.3
Part time........................................................... 11.01 11.2 20.8 10.70 11.7 21.0 15.60 2.7 18.0
Union............................................................... 21.73 3.5 38.9 21.55 4.9 38.5 22.04 4.2 39.6
Nonunion............................................................ 19.21 5.1 35.8 18.93 5.5 35.8 22.09 2.4 35.3
Time................................................................ 19.08 5.0 36.0 18.65 5.6 35.9 22.08 1.3 36.6
Incentive........................................................... 24.70 6.6 36.5 24.70 6.6 36.5 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.91 8.0 40.7 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 16.97 7.0 35.2 16.97 7.0 35.2 � � �
100-499 workers..................................................... 19.28 5.9 36.9 19.04 6.3 36.8 22.68 3.8 37.4
500 workers or more................................................. 24.38 2.3 36.8 25.90 3.1 37.0 21.96 1.7 36.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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), Kansas City, MO-KS,
September 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........................................................... $19.47 4.7 $20.58 3.8 $11.01 11.2
Management occupations.............................................. 33.79 6.1 33.83 6.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.12 5.4 26.12 5.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 28.35 10.5 28.35 10.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.78 7.1 42.90 7.1 � �
General and operations managers................................... 32.37 9.7 32.37 9.7 � �
Financial managers................................................ 30.84 4.6 30.84 4.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.54 6.9 31.54 6.9 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 40.51 10.6 40.51 10.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.08 13.5 40.08 13.5 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 43.43 4.4 43.43 4.4 � �
Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.64 30.3 43.64 30.3 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.28 6.6 28.28 6.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.22 .9 18.22 .9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.25 7.0 20.25 7.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.08 9.4 25.08 9.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 36.07 3.2 36.07 3.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.14 9.5 31.14 9.5 � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.53 8.8 28.53 8.8 � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.73 11.4 21.73 11.4 � �
Management analysts............................................... 32.39 15.2 32.39 15.2 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 31.40 13.3 31.40 13.3 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.32 5.5 32.73 4.6 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 25.06 2.2 25.06 2.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 31.37 5.2 31.37 5.2 � �
Level 11.................................................. 31.79 1.6 31.79 1.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.62 5.4 36.62 5.4 � �
Computer programmers.............................................. 26.04 8.4 26.04 8.4 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.06 3.9 31.06 3.9 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.58 2.7 35.58 2.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.17 1.9 32.17 1.9 � �
Level 11.................................................. 40.67 3.5 40.67 3.5 � �
Level 12.................................................. 43.56 .8 43.56 .8 � �
Engineers......................................................... 37.27 3.4 37.27 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.43 1.7 32.43 1.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 40.71 4.0 40.71 4.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 43.56 .8 43.56 .8 � �
Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.48 11.2 34.48 11.2 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.99 29.3 30.10 9.1 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.83 11.9 17.22 8.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. $28.06 18.6 $28.54 20.0 � �
Counselors........................................................ 28.58 8.6 28.58 8.6 � �
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.34 10.6 30.34 10.6 � �
Social workers.................................................... 16.15 9.1 16.02 9.2 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 38.01 27.8 38.30 28.3 � �
Lawyers........................................................... 44.26 23.8 44.26 23.8 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.92 2.5 27.43 2.6 $16.19 6.8
Level 3 .................................................. 11.39 4.6 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 14.14 6.6 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.84 9.8 26.08 10.0 18.35 14.4
Level 8 .................................................. 30.68 .7 30.71 .6 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.32 2.4 33.32 2.4 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.95 8.6 29.89 8.7 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.20 8.2 27.20 8.2 � �
Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 33.22 15.0 33.22 15.0 � �
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 33.43 15.5 33.43 15.5 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.74 15.5 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.22 5.3 30.26 5.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.43 11.5 26.43 11.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.16 .9 31.20 .8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.81 2.2 34.81 2.2 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.12 1.9 32.16 1.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.61 6.0 30.61 6.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 32.07 .9 32.07 .9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.00 .1 34.00 .1 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.15 1.0 32.15 1.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.97 .7 31.97 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.57 1.5 33.57 1.5 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.96 7.0 32.20 6.5 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.70 11.5 29.70 11.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.32 1.4 35.32 1.4 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 29.82 12.0 29.82 12.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.32 1.4 35.32 1.4 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.83 5.4 26.03 7.2 18.04 8.1
Level 7 .................................................. 24.18 12.3 � � � �
Librarians........................................................ 30.95 8.0 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.78 2.0 11.78 1.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.39 4.6 � � � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.15 12.0 26.23 11.9 � �
Writers and editors............................................... 21.87 9.8 21.87 9.8 � �
Editors......................................................... 21.87 9.8 21.87 9.8 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $26.09 9.4 $25.98 10.2 $26.97 3.4
Level 5 .................................................. 18.73 2.4 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.21 3.8 23.18 4.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 22.72 2.8 21.70 1.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.27 1.1 25.94 1.7 27.97 2.8
Level 11.................................................. 39.03 10.5 39.94 11.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.70 20.5 � � � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 44.88 3.1 44.88 3.1 � �
Level 11.................................................. 44.88 3.1 44.88 3.1 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 26.01 2.5 25.58 2.4 27.55 2.9
Level 7 .................................................. 23.02 6.5 22.95 8.7 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 24.50 7.0 23.31 6.6 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.17 1.1 25.70 1.8 27.93 3.0
Therapists........................................................ 24.08 8.3 23.98 9.3 � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.28 12.0 20.11 12.0 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.81 5.3 24.19 6.7 � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.92 1.5 23.94 1.5 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.30 2.0 17.51 1.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.13 2.2 17.03 2.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.05 .7 18.05 .7 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.07 1.6 13.06 12.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.83 3.9 10.83 4.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.03 7.8 12.03 7.8 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.45 9.4 11.11 3.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.10 5.1 11.10 5.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.09 5.6 12.09 5.6 � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.18 3.9 11.21 4.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.11 5.3 11.11 5.4 � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.92 17.8 15.30 18.2 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.29 2.1 21.36 3.4 8.50 10.3
Level 3 .................................................. 9.91 10.9 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.84 3.0 16.84 3.0 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.11 5.6 17.11 5.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 18.96 1.5 18.96 1.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 19.03 8.3 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.45 3.3 29.45 3.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.86 10.3 35.86 10.3 � �
Fire fighters..................................................... 18.66 5.5 18.66 5.5 � �
Police officers................................................... 21.52 3.8 21.52 3.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 23.90 4.0 23.90 4.0 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.52 3.8 21.52 3.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 23.90 4.0 23.90 4.0 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.49 11.3 14.00 7.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. $9.91 10.9 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 12.51 13.5 $14.47 7.4 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 9.91 10.9 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.68 7.3 8.09 8.1 $7.15 6.1
Level 1 .................................................. 6.81 5.1 8.70 2.8 6.53 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 6.26 12.4 5.02 11.6 7.61 10.8
Level 3 .................................................. 8.94 4.4 8.96 5.1 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 9.46 6.1 9.54 6.5 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 9.30 4.3 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 8.01 6.0 8.74 5.4 7.32 6.0
Level 3 .................................................. 8.83 4.5 8.81 4.4 � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.13 1.9 10.35 3.2 � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.89 5.8 � � � �
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.89 22.2 � � � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.72 17.5 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 1.3 � � 6.61 2.6
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.70 5.7 11.78 7.5 11.43 10.5
Level 1 .................................................. 10.78 10.8 10.09 8.4 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 6.2 10.22 6.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 6.8 12.65 6.9 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.10 6.3 11.13 4.9 11.03 15.2
Level 1 .................................................. 10.88 11.6 10.12 9.8 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.22 6.2 10.22 6.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.38 6.7 12.39 6.8 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.89 7.1 11.53 5.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.64 15.8 10.81 14.5 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.24 6.7 10.24 6.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.46 7.2 12.48 7.4 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.52 10.7 9.76 5.7 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.07 11.1 12.19 11.9 � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.07 11.1 12.19 11.9 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.42 9.5 12.21 11.8 7.94 10.9
Level 1 .................................................. 7.49 5.6 � � 7.26 5.5
Level 3 .................................................. 8.57 8.2 9.18 6.6 � �
Child care workers................................................ 9.66 10.3 � � 8.14 9.2
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.26 7.3 18.93 10.4 12.67 15.4
Level 1 .................................................. 8.22 1.1 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 8.60 2.6 10.51 7.1 8.25 1.4
Level 5 .................................................. � � 16.43 4.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.19 8.9 23.19 8.9 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. $12.63 12.9 $12.25 6.8 $13.10 20.5
Level 3 .................................................. � � 10.51 7.1 � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.86 2.0 9.92 6.7 8.16 1.0
Cashiers...................................................... 8.85 2.1 9.90 6.8 8.16 1.0
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.34 13.6 14.17 1.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 8.71 2.9 � � 8.27 2.3
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.89 17.5 32.89 17.5 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.37 4.7 15.60 4.6 10.95 9.1
Level 2 .................................................. 12.00 3.2 12.18 2.9 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 3.0 11.46 2.9 10.16 11.6
Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 2.7 14.78 2.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.76 2.6 16.75 2.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.83 2.3 18.83 2.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.73 5.6 20.73 5.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.41 9.7 15.37 9.9 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 27.94 5.6 27.94 5.6 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.83 4.9 12.90 5.4 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.70 2.1 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 6.5 12.52 6.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.94 10.7 13.94 10.7 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.01 3.8 15.01 3.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.07 5.6 16.07 5.6 � �
Tellers......................................................... 10.41 2.1 10.37 1.7 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.37 7.1 14.36 7.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 6.1 15.28 6.1 � �
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 11.38 9.8 � � � �
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 9.86 1.5 � � � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.56 4.0 12.57 4.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.37 1.4 � � � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.57 10.3 15.58 10.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.02 11.2 17.02 11.2 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.01 4.8 18.04 4.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.91 4.8 14.91 4.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.33 7.3 16.33 7.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 19.64 1.7 19.64 1.7 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.59 7.6 20.59 7.6 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.78 4.6 16.78 4.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.00 5.7 15.00 5.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.59 8.3 15.59 8.3 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 7.0 12.21 3.6 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.89 12.3 11.79 13.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.55 2.8 13.55 2.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 14.93 5.1 14.93 5.1 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. $20.06 5.9 $20.10 5.9 � �
Construction laborers............................................. 19.55 6.5 19.55 6.5 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.14 9.8 20.34 9.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.55 20.9 20.55 20.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 20.75 4.4 20.75 4.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.27 7.8 21.27 7.8 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 21.95 3.7 21.95 3.7 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.41 7.1 18.41 7.1 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.51 12.6 16.51 12.6 � �
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.69 11.4 18.69 11.4 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 18.28 10.6 18.50 11.4 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 24.36 6.1 25.57 4.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 2.8 15.78 2.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.33 2.8 20.33 2.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.81 6.1 17.81 6.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.39 1.6 23.39 1.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 24.41 4.0 24.41 4.0 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.68 24.4 19.68 24.4 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 25.86 2.2 25.86 2.2 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.46 8.8 14.53 12.0 $9.72 9.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 7.2 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.43 6.8 13.48 5.9 11.22 6.6
Level 4 .................................................. 20.09 3.6 20.31 3.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.08 12.9 17.11 13.0 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.41 15.2 11.14 19.4 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.75 18.7 10.75 18.7 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.87 8.4 14.37 6.6 10.31 10.2
Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 6.9 13.27 6.2 11.22 6.6
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.07 9.3 14.85 7.1 10.49 10.6
Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 7.9 � � 11.44 6.2
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.72 6.1 12.50 4.4 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
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), Kansas City, MO-KS,
September 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........................................................... $19.13 5.2 $20.31 4.3 $10.70 11.7
Management occupations.............................................. 33.36 6.7 33.38 6.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.34 5.1 25.34 5.1 � �
Level 11.................................................. 28.35 10.5 28.35 10.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.73 8.1 43.81 8.1 � �
Financial managers................................................ 30.70 4.5 30.70 4.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.29 7.1 31.29 7.1 � �
Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.64 30.3 43.64 30.3 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.60 6.7 28.60 6.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.22 .9 18.22 .9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.72 7.1 20.72 7.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.63 10.0 25.63 10.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 36.07 3.2 36.07 3.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.14 9.5 31.14 9.5 � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.06 9.1 29.06 9.1 � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.73 11.4 21.73 11.4 � �
Management analysts............................................... 32.41 15.2 32.41 15.2 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 31.40 13.3 31.40 13.3 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.02 5.7 33.40 4.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.66 4.1 32.66 4.1 � �
Level 11.................................................. 31.97 1.8 31.97 1.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.33 5.8 36.33 5.8 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.65 3.7 31.65 3.7 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.09 2.5 36.09 2.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.75 2.6 32.75 2.6 � �
Level 11.................................................. 40.73 4.0 40.73 4.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 43.56 .8 43.56 .8 � �
Engineers......................................................... 37.55 3.4 37.55 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.05 2.2 33.05 2.2 � �
Level 11.................................................. 40.71 4.0 40.71 4.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 43.56 .8 43.56 .8 � �
Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.48 11.2 34.48 11.2 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.16 35.4 34.19 9.0 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 39.26 30.5 39.26 30.5 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.15 8.9 21.94 8.5 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.68 10.8 24.29 10.0 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.45 11.6 26.53 11.5 � �
Writers and editors............................................... 21.87 9.8 21.87 9.8 � �
Editors......................................................... $21.87 9.8 $21.87 9.8 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.29 11.5 26.39 12.3 $25.45 5.4
Level 7 .................................................. 24.34 1.2 24.26 .7 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 23.22 3.1 22.06 1.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.37 1.2 25.96 2.1 28.37 3.8
Level 11.................................................. 38.74 12.1 39.73 13.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.70 20.5 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 26.45 2.6 25.93 1.9 28.09 2.9
Level 8 .................................................. 24.86 7.7 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.92 1.3 26.49 2.4 28.37 3.8
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.37 6.3 24.84 7.6 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.28 2.4 17.58 1.8 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.09 1.7 13.27 12.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.74 4.1 10.74 4.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.27 9.0 12.27 9.0 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... � � 11.15 4.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.01 5.6 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.15 4.4 11.15 4.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.01 5.6 � � � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.96 17.9 15.35 18.2 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 12.92 15.7 15.30 5.3 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.10 15.7 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 12.01 19.8 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.58 6.6 7.97 7.4 7.10 5.7
Level 1 .................................................. 6.69 4.1 � � 6.49 1.4
Level 2 .................................................. 6.06 10.5 � � 7.57 11.6
Level 3 .................................................. 8.91 4.2 8.94 4.9 � �
Cooks............................................................. 7.94 5.5 8.67 5.0 � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.18 1.7 � � � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.18 7.4 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.97 1.4 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.95 7.6 10.70 11.7 11.46 10.6
Level 1 .................................................. 10.47 13.5 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.28 9.0 9.73 4.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.53 14.8 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.21 4.9 9.66 5.7 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.01 5.0 10.15 3.2 7.47 11.9
Level 3 .................................................. 8.27 7.8 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.27 7.3 18.94 10.4 12.67 15.4
Level 1 .................................................. $8.22 1.1 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 8.51 1.8 � � $8.25 1.4
Level 5 .................................................. � � $16.43 4.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.19 8.9 23.19 8.9 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.63 12.9 12.25 6.9 13.10 20.5
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.83 2.1 9.87 6.9 8.16 1.0
Cashiers...................................................... 8.82 2.2 9.85 7.0 8.16 1.0
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.34 13.6 14.17 1.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 8.71 2.9 � � 8.27 2.3
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.89 17.5 32.89 17.5 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.47 5.0 15.68 4.9 10.98 10.4
Level 2 .................................................. 12.03 3.2 12.19 2.9 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.18 3.3 11.37 3.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.77 2.8 14.82 2.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.00 2.7 16.99 2.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 19.04 2.3 19.04 2.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.94 6.4 20.94 6.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.39 9.9 15.35 10.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 28.39 5.4 28.39 5.4 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.80 5.1 12.88 5.7 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.70 2.1 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.52 7.0 12.52 7.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.99 11.0 13.99 11.0 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.20 4.2 15.20 4.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.28 5.9 16.28 5.9 � �
Tellers......................................................... 10.41 2.1 10.37 1.7 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.38 7.2 14.36 7.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.27 6.3 15.27 6.3 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.61 4.4 � � � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.57 10.3 15.58 10.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.02 11.2 17.02 11.2 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.30 5.0 18.30 5.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 6.0 15.28 6.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.40 8.7 16.40 8.7 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 7.9 20.78 7.9 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.18 4.9 17.18 4.9 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.72 13.7 11.59 14.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.53 2.9 13.53 2.9 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.15 6.2 20.20 6.3 � �
Construction laborers............................................. 19.55 6.5 19.55 6.5 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.09 10.2 20.29 9.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.59 21.4 20.59 21.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. $20.90 5.0 $20.90 5.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.24 8.0 21.24 8.0 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.91 7.9 17.91 7.9 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 18.13 10.6 18.35 11.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 25.12 5.8 26.46 3.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 2.8 15.78 2.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.33 2.8 20.33 2.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.38 1.7 23.38 1.7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.98 1.6 22.98 1.6 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.68 24.4 19.68 24.4 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 25.86 2.2 25.86 2.2 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.42 9.1 14.52 12.4 $9.59 9.6
Level 1 .................................................. 8.03 7.2 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.43 6.8 13.48 5.9 11.22 6.6
Level 4 .................................................. 20.46 3.8 20.54 3.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.18 13.6 17.18 13.6 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.34 15.3 11.07 19.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.87 8.5 14.40 6.6 10.31 10.2
Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 6.9 13.27 6.2 11.22 6.6
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.08 9.4 14.91 7.1 10.49 10.6
Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 7.9 � � 11.44 6.2
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.72 6.1 12.50 4.4 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Kansas
City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $22.08 1.3 $22.50 1.5 $15.60 2.7
Management occupations.............................................. 37.74 11.0 37.95 11.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.38 12.9 38.68 13.4 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 42.59 9.6 42.59 9.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.80 12.7 42.80 12.7 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 43.43 4.4 43.43 4.4 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 6.0 15.87 6.0 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.09 9.6 27.09 9.6 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.94 2.2 18.94 2.2 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.82 2.4 20.82 2.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 28.54 20.0 28.54 20.0 � �
Counselors........................................................ 31.26 5.8 31.26 5.8 � �
Social workers.................................................... 17.79 7.4 17.79 7.4 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.75 1.7 28.39 1.6 14.98 1.6
Level 3 .................................................. 11.39 4.6 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.31 8.7 28.72 8.7 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 30.70 .7 30.73 .6 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.33 2.4 33.33 2.4 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.92 9.2 33.92 9.2 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.54 3.8 31.58 3.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 29.37 10.0 29.37 10.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.16 .9 31.20 .8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.84 2.3 34.84 2.3 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.12 1.9 32.16 1.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.61 6.0 30.61 6.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 32.07 .9 32.07 .9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.01 .1 34.01 .1 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.15 1.0 32.15 1.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.97 .7 31.97 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.57 1.5 33.57 1.5 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.95 7.1 � � � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.68 11.6 29.68 11.6 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 29.80 12.0 29.80 12.0 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.62 4.2 27.08 6.0 17.95 9.0
Librarians........................................................ 33.61 8.5 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.78 2.0 11.78 1.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.39 4.6 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... $25.26 3.6 $24.23 4.4 $31.54 3.5
Level 7 .................................................. 22.24 6.5 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 20.61 5.2 20.61 5.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.11 2.3 25.91 2.8 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 24.87 5.5 24.79 6.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 24.91 .8 24.51 .6 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.39 .5 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.74 3.5 10.90 3.3 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.75 3.6 10.93 3.4 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 22.12 2.4 22.39 2.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 18.96 1.5 18.96 1.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 19.03 8.3 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.45 3.3 29.45 3.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.86 10.3 35.86 10.3 � �
Fire fighters..................................................... 18.66 5.5 18.66 5.5 � �
Police officers................................................... 21.52 3.8 21.52 3.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 23.90 4.0 23.90 4.0 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.52 3.8 21.52 3.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 23.90 4.0 23.90 4.0 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.59 3.5 10.11 3.4 8.60 3.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.70 4.9 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 7.1 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 9.99 5.5 � � � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.99 5.5 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.61 3.6 13.67 3.7 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 12.17 9.3 12.31 9.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.68 9.0 13.73 9.2 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.72 4.2 12.73 4.2 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 12.31 9.0 12.31 9.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 9.7 13.44 9.9 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.00 4.3 13.01 4.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 9.7 13.44 9.9 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.03 7.8 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.03 7.8 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.98 20.1 � � 10.25 9.7
Child care workers................................................ 11.44 12.1 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.04 2.2 14.34 2.0 10.72 3.3
Level 2 .................................................. 11.18 2.1 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.18 2.5 12.31 3.1 11.59 2.5
Level 4 .................................................. $14.15 4.0 $14.21 3.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 14.44 2.1 14.44 2.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 16.39 7.1 16.39 7.1 � �
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 9.86 1.5 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.71 5.0 14.85 5.5 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.45 4.5 14.45 4.5 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.34 7.1 13.69 8.0 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.58 2.4 18.58 2.4 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.25 6.7 21.25 6.7 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 21.87 20.9 22.02 20.9 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.77 4.0 14.89 4.4 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Kansas City,
MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $19.47 4.7 $20.58 3.8 $11.01 11.2
Management occupations.............................................. 33.79 6.1 33.83 6.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.81 4.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 28.55 6.4 � � � �
Group IV.................................................. 60.03 12.0 � � � �
General and operations managers................................... 32.37 9.7 32.37 9.7 � �
Financial managers................................................ 30.84 4.6 30.84 4.6 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 40.51 10.6 40.51 10.6 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 43.43 4.4 43.43 4.4 � �
Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.64 30.3 43.64 30.3 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.28 6.6 28.28 6.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.23 7.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 31.90 6.9 � � � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.53 8.8 28.53 8.8 � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.73 11.4 21.73 11.4 � �
Management analysts............................................... 32.39 15.2 32.39 15.2 � �
Group III................................................. 32.56 19.4 32.56 19.4 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 31.40 13.3 31.40 13.3 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.32 5.5 32.73 4.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.64 1.8 � � � �
Group III................................................. 34.86 7.9 � � � �
Computer programmers.............................................. 26.04 8.4 26.04 8.4 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.06 3.9 31.06 3.9 � �
Group III................................................. 29.73 5.3 29.73 5.3 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.58 2.7 35.58 2.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.05 4.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 37.67 3.8 � � � �
Engineers......................................................... 37.27 3.4 37.27 3.4 � �
Group III................................................. 37.75 3.6 � � � �
Electrical and electronics engineers
Group III................................................. 34.76 10.2 � � � �
Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.48 11.2 34.48 11.2 � �
Group III................................................. 34.48 11.2 34.48 11.2 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.99 29.3 30.10 9.1 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.83 11.9 17.22 8.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 14.74 12.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 26.35 12.1 � � � �
Counselors........................................................ 28.58 8.6 28.58 8.6 � �
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.34 10.6 30.34 10.6 � �
Social workers.................................................... 16.15 9.1 16.02 9.2 � �
Group III................................................. $19.17 6.1 � � � �
Legal occupations................................................... 38.01 27.8 $38.30 28.3 � �
Lawyers........................................................... 44.26 23.8 44.26 23.8 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.92 2.5 27.43 2.6 $16.19 6.8
Group I................................................... 11.78 2.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 27.59 4.3 � � � �
Group III................................................. 32.71 2.6 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.95 8.6 29.89 8.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.14 10.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 29.61 11.8 � � � �
Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 33.22 15.0 33.22 15.0 � �
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 33.43 15.5 33.43 15.5 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.74 15.5 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.22 5.3 30.26 5.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 28.84 6.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 34.81 2.2 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.12 1.9 32.16 1.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.48 1.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 34.00 .1 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.15 1.0 32.15 1.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.62 1.3 31.62 1.3 � �
Group III................................................. 33.57 1.5 33.57 1.5 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.96 7.0 32.20 6.5 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.70 11.5 29.70 11.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.25 9.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 35.32 1.4 � � � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 29.82 12.0 29.82 12.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.12 11.2 27.12 11.2 � �
Group III................................................. 35.32 1.4 35.32 1.4 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.83 5.4 26.03 7.2 18.04 8.1
Group II.................................................. 23.14 8.8 � � � �
Librarians........................................................ 30.95 8.0 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.78 2.0 11.78 1.2 � �
Group I................................................... 11.78 2.0 11.78 1.2 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.15 12.0 26.23 11.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.93 5.2 � � � �
Writers and editors............................................... 21.87 9.8 21.87 9.8 � �
Editors......................................................... 21.87 9.8 21.87 9.8 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.09 9.4 25.98 10.2 26.97 3.4
Group I................................................... 11.87 3.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. $22.06 8.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 29.40 5.7 � � � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 44.88 3.1 $44.88 3.1 � �
Group III................................................. 44.88 3.1 44.88 3.1 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 26.01 2.5 25.58 2.4 $27.55 2.9
Group II.................................................. 23.92 4.9 23.14 5.1 � �
Group III................................................. 27.32 2.7 26.79 3.2 29.24 4.1
Therapists........................................................ 24.08 8.3 23.98 9.3 � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.28 12.0 20.11 12.0 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.81 5.3 24.19 6.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.03 4.0 � � � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.92 1.5 23.94 1.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.16 2.1 23.10 2.3 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.30 2.0 17.51 1.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.54 1.4 17.51 1.5 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.07 1.6 13.06 12.1 � �
Group I................................................... 9.74 7.0 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.45 9.4 11.11 3.8 � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.18 3.9 11.21 4.1 � �
Group I................................................... 11.19 4.2 11.23 4.3 � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.92 17.8 15.30 18.2 � �
Group I................................................... 11.17 8.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.29 2.1 21.36 3.4 8.50 10.3
Group I................................................... 10.10 11.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 18.18 2.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 30.65 3.3 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.86 10.3 35.86 10.3 � �
Fire fighters..................................................... 18.66 5.5 18.66 5.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.66 5.5 18.66 5.5 � �
Police officers................................................... 21.52 3.8 21.52 3.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.60 3.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 23.90 4.0 � � � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.52 3.8 21.52 3.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.60 3.7 19.60 3.7 � �
Group III................................................. 23.90 4.0 23.90 4.0 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.49 11.3 14.00 7.3 � �
Group I................................................... 10.66 14.7 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 12.51 13.5 14.47 7.4 � �
Group I................................................... 10.08 14.4 12.14 7.7 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.68 7.3 8.09 8.1 7.15 6.1
Group I................................................... 7.51 7.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 9.46 6.1 9.54 6.5 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ $9.30 4.3 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 8.01 6.0 $8.74 5.4 $7.32 6.0
Group I................................................... 7.98 5.7 � � � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.13 1.9 10.35 3.2 � �
Group I................................................... 10.13 1.9 10.35 3.2 � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.89 5.8 � � � �
Group I................................................... 9.89 5.8 � � � �
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.89 22.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.89 22.2 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.96 1.3 � � 6.61 2.6
Group I................................................... 6.96 1.3 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.70 5.7 11.78 7.5 11.43 10.5
Group I................................................... 10.73 4.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.48 10.9 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.10 6.3 11.13 4.9 11.03 15.2
Group I................................................... 11.03 6.8 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.89 7.1 11.53 5.9 � �
Group I................................................... 10.77 7.5 11.40 6.5 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.52 10.7 9.76 5.7 � �
Group I................................................... 11.61 11.8 � � � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.07 11.1 12.19 11.9 � �
Group I................................................... 11.41 11.5 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.07 11.1 12.19 11.9 � �
Group I................................................... 11.41 11.5 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.42 9.5 12.21 11.8 7.94 10.9
Group I................................................... 8.87 4.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.76 16.7 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 9.66 10.3 � � 8.14 9.2
Group I................................................... 9.64 10.7 � � 8.00 8.6
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.26 7.3 18.93 10.4 12.67 15.4
Group I................................................... 9.59 5.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 22.07 8.7 � � � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.63 12.9 12.25 6.8 13.10 20.5
Group I................................................... 9.33 6.5 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.86 2.0 9.92 6.7 8.16 1.0
Group I................................................... 8.31 2.8 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 8.85 2.1 9.90 6.8 8.16 1.0
Group I................................................... 8.30 2.8 � � 8.05 2.0
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.34 13.6 14.17 1.5 � �
Group I................................................... 8.84 3.5 � � 8.55 3.5
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.89 17.5 32.89 17.5 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... $15.37 4.7 $15.60 4.6 $10.95 9.1
Group I................................................... 13.20 2.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.86 4.5 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 27.94 5.6 27.94 5.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 28.08 5.6 28.08 5.6 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.83 4.9 12.90 5.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.57 5.0 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.01 3.8 15.01 3.8 � �
Group I................................................... 14.80 4.6 14.80 4.6 � �
Tellers......................................................... 10.41 2.1 10.37 1.7 � �
Group I................................................... 10.41 2.1 10.37 1.7 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.37 7.1 14.36 7.1 � �
Group I................................................... 13.59 5.1 13.59 5.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.57 4.6 19.55 4.6 � �
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 11.38 9.8 � � � �
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 9.86 1.5 � � � �
Group I................................................... 9.86 1.5 � � � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.56 4.0 12.57 4.1 � �
Group I................................................... 12.56 4.0 12.57 4.1 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.57 10.3 15.58 10.3 � �
Group I................................................... 16.00 8.4 16.02 8.6 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.01 4.8 18.04 4.8 � �
Group I................................................... 14.03 5.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.25 3.6 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.59 7.6 20.59 7.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.32 9.5 21.32 9.5 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.78 4.6 16.78 4.6 � �
Group I................................................... 15.00 5.7 15.00 5.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.56 4.6 17.56 4.6 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.63 7.0 12.21 3.6 � �
Group I................................................... 11.63 7.0 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.89 12.3 11.79 13.3 � �
Group I................................................... 11.34 13.2 11.18 14.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 15.49 4.6 15.49 4.6 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.06 5.9 20.10 5.9 � �
Group I................................................... 18.74 8.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.93 1.5 � � � �
Group III................................................. 32.62 3.3 � � � �
Construction laborers............................................. 19.55 6.5 19.55 6.5 � �
Electricians
Group II.................................................. 26.04 13.4 26.04 13.4 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.14 9.8 20.34 9.3 � �
Group I................................................... $13.44 7.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.90 9.8 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 21.95 3.7 $21.95 3.7 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.41 7.1 18.41 7.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.78 7.4 � � � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.51 12.6 16.51 12.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.51 11.1 17.51 11.1 � �
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.69 11.4 18.69 11.4 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 18.28 10.6 18.50 11.4 � �
Group I................................................... 16.81 13.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.81 1.9 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 24.41 4.0 24.41 4.0 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.68 24.4 19.68 24.4 � �
Group I................................................... 19.68 24.5 � � � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 25.86 2.2 25.86 2.2 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.46 8.8 14.53 12.0 $9.72 9.8
Group I................................................... 11.67 9.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 17.30 9.8 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.41 15.2 11.14 19.4 � �
Group I................................................... 10.41 15.2 � � � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.75 18.7 10.75 18.7 � �
Group I................................................... 10.75 18.7 10.75 18.7 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators
Group I................................................... 21.85 18.0 21.85 18.0 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.87 8.4 14.37 6.6 10.31 10.2
Group I................................................... 12.00 6.7 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.07 9.3 14.85 7.1 10.49 10.6
Group I................................................... 12.06 8.2 13.64 9.7 10.49 10.6
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.72 6.1 12.50 4.4 � �
Group I................................................... 11.53 6.0 � � � �
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), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.51 $17.16 $24.26 $32.75
Management occupations.............................................. 18.01 20.75 27.84 40.77 55.29
General and operations managers................................... 22.50 26.72 36.02 36.02 36.02
Financial managers................................................ 23.07 25.64 26.22 38.91 43.08
Education administrators.......................................... 16.21 31.64 38.14 48.46 61.88
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.64 38.14 38.14 48.46 61.88
Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.27 24.50 33.05 39.06 95.00
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.50 19.29 27.16 33.40 44.54
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.14 24.58 27.40 33.50 37.11
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.28 17.91 17.91 26.44 29.91
Management analysts............................................... 19.51 19.51 28.27 42.55 51.92
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.21 20.88 29.46 38.82 51.35
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.02 27.24 31.25 40.21 46.28
Computer programmers.............................................. 21.76 22.00 26.35 30.22 33.65
Computer systems analysts......................................... 22.56 25.09 31.09 35.52 40.45
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.65 30.40 35.50 44.02 46.44
Engineers......................................................... 27.06 32.75 35.50 45.24 46.44
Electrical engineers.......................................... 25.50 29.95 32.57 42.44 42.44
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 9.75 10.25 25.02 28.46 39.42
Community and social services occupations........................... 10.50 12.26 14.00 16.45 20.15
Counselors........................................................ 15.28 17.69 30.76 38.18 39.70
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 17.69 17.69 32.13 38.18 39.70
Social workers.................................................... 12.26 13.13 15.95 19.64 20.15
Legal occupations................................................... 19.02 22.12 26.15 62.68 66.98
Lawyers........................................................... 22.12 26.15 44.23 66.98 66.98
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.13 19.32 26.97 33.30 39.73
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.79 19.83 25.75 34.45 42.49
Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 19.25 20.83 26.16 37.98 63.75
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 19.25 20.83 24.82 39.26 64.29
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 19.46 19.83 19.83 31.50 41.15
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.32 24.47 29.83 35.28 41.60
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.12 26.63 31.14 37.64 42.66
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.22 26.63 31.19 37.08 42.66
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 23.69 26.20 30.15 39.16 41.13
Secondary school teachers....................................... 20.33 23.82 28.32 33.43 40.78
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 19.85 23.69 28.52 34.37 41.82
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 15.09 17.64 27.94 33.13 33.13
Librarians........................................................ 22.52 27.13 27.13 39.73 39.73
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.85 10.86 11.38 12.86 13.59
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.66 16.57 20.43 29.20 42.06
Writers and editors............................................... $14.58 $19.86 $19.86 $20.00 $34.38
Editors......................................................... 14.58 19.86 19.86 20.00 34.38
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.20 19.29 23.50 28.46 33.26
Pharmacists....................................................... 41.69 42.27 45.57 48.00 48.00
Registered nurses................................................. 20.08 22.43 25.95 29.22 31.92
Therapists........................................................ 19.00 22.00 22.99 27.57 32.41
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.00 15.00 19.32 24.73 27.23
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.38 19.26 23.25 27.70 32.65
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 20.02 22.00 24.38 26.24 27.70
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.77 16.43 17.65 18.12 19.22
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.00 9.87 12.06 17.33
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 10.59 12.63
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.21 9.74 10.82 12.34 13.80
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.00 10.55 15.04 20.85 20.85
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.02 15.02 19.06 22.75 31.73
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.21 31.73 35.80 39.35 54.27
Fire fighters..................................................... 14.29 17.18 19.77 20.39 21.94
Police officers................................................... 16.77 17.77 21.10 25.07 28.50
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.77 17.77 21.10 25.07 28.50
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.04 8.04 12.60 15.02 18.18
Security guards................................................. 8.04 8.04 12.94 15.34 18.18
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.40 6.50 7.65 9.23 10.28
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 8.42 8.50 9.23 9.40 10.75
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 8.42 8.50 9.23 9.40 10.75
Cooks............................................................. 6.50 7.00 7.50 9.55 10.00
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.30 9.50 10.28 10.38 12.10
Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.02 8.56 8.67 10.23 14.86
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.27 5.27 8.21 10.21 15.94
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.02 6.02 6.75 7.69 7.90
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.00 10.17 13.22 16.61
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.00 10.58 12.96 14.37
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.00 10.17 12.04 15.17
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 9.00 11.71 13.61 14.37
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.50 8.68 11.12 16.72 17.85
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.50 8.68 11.12 16.72 17.85
Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.40 7.00 8.80 11.46 20.32
Child care workers................................................ 7.00 8.50 9.29 10.07 13.38
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.24 14.74 20.31 30.65
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.23 9.35 11.51 21.90
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.50 8.40 9.41 11.26
Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.40 9.35 11.24
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.97 10.62 21.90 41.40
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ $19.59 $21.26 $26.00 $38.25 $64.63
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.17 14.90 17.64 21.03
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 26.67 26.67 26.67 31.73 31.73
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.55 10.00 13.03 14.98 16.51
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.86 14.55 14.98 16.51 17.50
Tellers......................................................... 9.55 9.55 10.00 10.66 12.60
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.36 12.54 12.54 15.31 18.95
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 9.63 10.48 10.48 11.82 14.43
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 7.07 8.55 9.99 11.44 12.77
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.55 12.00 12.00 13.44 14.54
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.60 12.51 15.01 17.64 21.88
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.54 15.31 18.59 20.67 21.82
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.50 18.92 20.85 20.85 26.44
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.54 14.00 17.35 18.59 20.19
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.00 10.69 11.14 13.12 14.70
Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 8.00 12.80 13.75 15.32
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.75 16.50 21.00 22.00 27.56
Construction laborers............................................. 11.75 15.00 20.48 23.81 24.40
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.88 16.44 19.15 25.00 27.00
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 17.91 19.71 22.18 22.27 28.41
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 13.19 14.12 15.66 21.65 22.71
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.36 13.19 15.23 17.52 22.27
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.60 15.77 16.02 20.13 24.34
Production occupations.............................................. 10.12 12.28 18.00 22.24 28.38
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.80 21.91 22.10 24.56 33.68
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 10.12 27.78 28.61 28.61
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.11 25.59 27.83 28.13 28.13
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.30 8.50 13.29 15.94 21.81
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.68 8.30 8.50 8.69 18.96
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.30 8.30 8.50 8.69 27.00
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.10 12.75 16.00 17.17
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 9.50 13.00 17.17 17.25
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.83 9.00 11.86 14.28 14.58
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), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.25 $11.08 $16.64 $23.75 $31.90
Management occupations.............................................. 18.01 20.75 26.22 39.55 52.99
Financial managers................................................ 23.07 25.64 26.22 37.50 43.08
Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.27 24.50 33.05 39.06 95.00
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.06 19.51 27.42 33.50 44.54
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.14 24.98 28.30 33.50 37.45
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.28 17.91 17.91 26.44 29.91
Management analysts............................................... 19.51 19.51 28.27 42.55 51.92
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.21 20.88 29.46 38.82 51.35
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.60 27.24 33.12 40.42 46.33
Computer systems analysts......................................... 23.99 25.89 31.09 35.82 40.86
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.25 31.58 35.50 44.39 46.44
Engineers......................................................... 28.30 32.75 35.50 45.24 46.44
Electrical engineers.......................................... 25.50 29.95 32.57 42.44 42.44
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 8.75 10.25 26.53 28.46 39.42
Legal occupations................................................... 20.00 22.12 26.92 66.98 66.98
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.98 17.64 19.83 25.96 27.90
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.83 19.83 25.00 26.92 33.78
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.66 16.69 21.97 29.20 42.49
Writers and editors............................................... 14.58 19.86 19.86 20.00 34.38
Editors......................................................... 14.58 19.86 19.86 20.00 34.38
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.00 19.00 24.01 28.46 35.99
Registered nurses................................................. 20.50 23.00 26.97 29.71 32.15
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.38 19.26 24.38 28.59 35.99
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.77 16.43 17.72 18.12 19.05
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.00 8.00 9.53 12.07 18.52
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.28 9.59 10.80 12.26 13.80
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.00 10.55 15.04 20.85 20.85
Protective service occupations...................................... 7.00 8.04 12.60 18.18 18.55
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 8.04 12.12 15.34 18.18
Security guards................................................. 7.00 8.04 11.25 17.04 18.18
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.40 6.50 7.65 9.23 9.83
Cooks............................................................. 6.50 7.00 7.20 9.55 9.55
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.50 9.50 10.28 10.30 10.46
Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.56 8.56 8.56 11.33 15.21
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.02 6.02 6.75 7.69 7.90
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.00 9.00 12.77 14.37
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.00 9.00 12.31 13.61
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... $7.00 $8.50 $9.00 $9.50 $12.00
Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.15 6.80 7.00 10.25 13.14
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.24 14.81 20.31 30.65
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.20 9.32 11.51 21.90
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.50 8.30 9.30 11.22
Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.30 9.30 11.21
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 8.97 10.62 21.90 41.40
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.59 21.26 26.00 38.25 64.63
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.00 12.38 14.98 18.00 21.03
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 26.67 26.67 26.67 31.73 31.73
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.55 10.00 13.01 14.98 16.51
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.55 14.55 14.98 16.51 17.50
Tellers......................................................... 9.55 9.55 10.00 10.66 12.60
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.54 12.54 12.54 15.31 18.95
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.85 12.00 12.00 13.44 14.54
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.60 12.51 15.01 17.64 21.88
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.54 16.69 18.59 20.85 21.82
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.50 18.92 20.85 20.85 26.44
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.54 15.44 17.35 18.59 20.19
Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 8.00 13.27 13.75 14.57
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.75 17.50 21.87 22.00 27.56
Construction laborers............................................. 11.75 15.00 20.48 23.81 24.40
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.88 16.02 19.15 25.00 27.00
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 13.19 14.12 15.66 21.65 22.71
Production occupations.............................................. 10.08 12.28 18.00 22.12 28.13
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.80 18.80 22.10 22.12 32.53
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 10.12 27.78 28.61 28.61
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.11 25.59 27.83 28.13 28.13
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.30 8.50 13.00 15.83 22.04
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.68 8.30 8.50 8.69 19.22
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.04 12.75 16.00 17.17
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.13 9.50 13.00 17.17 17.25
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.83 9.00 11.86 14.28 14.58
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), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.87 $13.68 $19.77 $28.11 $37.23
Management occupations.............................................. 22.21 22.85 36.19 44.09 55.79
Education administrators.......................................... 29.23 32.43 38.14 48.46 61.88
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.64 38.14 38.14 48.46 61.88
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 13.00 13.72 15.95 16.77 20.71
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.83 21.89 26.35 29.96 40.87
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.41 15.89 18.20 20.09 25.45
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.59 15.02 16.78 22.97 38.06
Counselors........................................................ 15.28 22.31 34.19 38.19 40.61
Social workers.................................................... 14.06 15.39 17.52 20.15 20.15
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.70 20.49 27.94 34.21 40.50
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.05 22.78 30.39 39.34 53.18
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.83 26.13 30.72 36.73 41.92
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.12 26.63 31.14 37.64 42.66
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.22 26.63 31.19 37.08 42.66
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 23.69 26.20 30.15 39.16 41.13
Secondary school teachers....................................... 20.33 23.82 28.32 33.43 40.78
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 19.85 23.57 28.52 34.37 41.82
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 14.13 21.01 27.94 33.13 33.13
Librarians........................................................ 22.52 22.52 39.73 39.73 39.73
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.85 10.86 11.38 12.86 13.59
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.38 20.00 23.48 28.15 31.20
Registered nurses................................................. 19.23 21.58 23.57 27.90 31.14
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.00 16.64 17.30 18.57 19.88
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.78 9.31 10.82 12.06 12.84
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.65 9.31 10.82 12.61 12.84
Protective service occupations...................................... 13.72 16.77 19.77 25.40 34.96
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.21 31.73 35.80 39.35 54.27
Fire fighters..................................................... 14.29 17.18 19.77 20.39 21.94
Police officers................................................... 16.77 17.77 21.10 25.07 28.50
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.77 17.77 21.10 25.07 28.50
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.93 7.85 9.70 10.82 12.23
Cooks............................................................. 7.45 8.06 10.39 11.54 12.11
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.45 8.06 10.39 11.54 12.11
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.94 10.62 12.06 15.43 17.85
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.95 10.57 11.68 13.98 16.79
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.14 10.75 12.04 14.51 17.41
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.57 12.70 16.88 17.85 18.49
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... $8.57 $12.70 $16.88 $17.85 $18.49
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.73 9.75 13.38 25.73 25.73
Child care workers................................................ 8.73 8.73 10.70 13.38 15.86
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.06 11.45 13.06 16.25 19.41
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 7.07 8.55 9.99 11.44 12.77
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.41 12.39 14.60 17.00 18.22
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.14 12.39 14.09 16.64 18.22
Office clerks, general............................................ 9.48 10.73 11.81 16.50 18.83
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.98 15.87 17.76 21.21 23.15
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.02 17.64 21.00 22.27 28.41
Production occupations.............................................. 11.45 12.63 16.98 32.55 44.08
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.44 13.40 14.65 16.71 18.02
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), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.55 $13.00 $18.15 $25.38 $33.40
Management occupations.............................................. 18.01 20.75 27.84 40.77 55.29
General and operations managers................................... 22.50 26.72 36.02 36.02 36.02
Financial managers................................................ 23.07 25.64 26.22 38.91 43.08
Education administrators.......................................... 16.21 31.64 38.14 48.46 61.88
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.64 38.14 38.14 48.46 61.88
Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.27 24.50 33.05 39.06 95.00
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.50 19.29 27.16 33.40 44.54
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.14 24.58 27.40 33.50 37.11
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.28 17.91 17.91 26.44 29.91
Management analysts............................................... 19.51 19.51 28.27 42.55 51.92
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.21 20.88 29.46 38.82 51.35
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 22.00 26.59 31.09 38.84 46.28
Computer programmers.............................................. 21.76 22.00 26.35 30.22 33.65
Computer systems analysts......................................... 22.56 25.09 31.09 35.52 40.45
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.65 30.40 35.50 44.02 46.44
Engineers......................................................... 27.06 32.75 35.50 45.24 46.44
Electrical engineers.......................................... 25.50 29.95 32.57 42.44 42.44
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.83 23.00 26.53 32.86 39.42
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.13 14.00 14.00 17.69 24.11
Counselors........................................................ 15.28 17.69 30.76 38.18 39.70
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 17.69 17.69 32.13 38.18 39.70
Social workers.................................................... 12.26 13.13 15.95 18.18 20.15
Legal occupations................................................... 19.67 22.12 26.64 62.98 66.98
Lawyers........................................................... 22.12 26.15 44.23 66.98 66.98
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.80 19.83 27.13 33.43 39.73
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.79 19.83 25.75 35.10 42.49
Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 19.25 20.83 26.16 37.98 63.75
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 19.25 20.83 24.82 39.26 64.29
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.32 24.47 29.91 35.28 41.60
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.22 26.63 31.14 37.64 42.66
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.22 26.63 31.19 37.08 42.66
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 23.82 26.21 30.23 39.16 41.31
Secondary school teachers....................................... 20.33 23.82 28.32 33.43 40.78
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 19.85 23.69 28.52 34.37 41.82
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 17.52 21.01 27.94 33.13 33.13
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.00 10.86 11.56 12.92 13.57
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... $14.66 $16.57 $20.67 $29.20 $42.06
Writers and editors............................................... 14.58 19.86 19.86 20.00 34.38
Editors......................................................... 14.58 19.86 19.86 20.00 34.38
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.20 19.00 23.29 28.46 35.99
Pharmacists....................................................... 41.69 42.27 45.57 48.00 48.00
Registered nurses................................................. 20.00 21.50 25.25 29.22 31.14
Therapists........................................................ 19.00 19.00 22.22 25.72 32.41
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 14.00 15.00 19.00 24.40 27.23
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 16.38 19.26 23.49 27.70 35.99
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.88 22.00 24.38 26.24 27.70
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.50 16.64 17.72 18.12 19.22
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.28 10.44 11.08 15.04 20.85
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.12 9.59 10.81 12.30 13.79
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.37 9.78 10.82 12.46 13.80
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.28 10.55 15.04 20.85 20.85
Protective service occupations...................................... 12.97 16.42 19.28 24.14 31.73
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 22.21 31.73 35.80 39.35 54.27
Fire fighters..................................................... 14.29 17.18 19.77 20.39 21.94
Police officers................................................... 16.77 17.77 21.10 25.07 28.50
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.77 17.77 21.10 25.07 28.50
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.02 12.38 13.58 15.52 18.18
Security guards................................................. 10.71 12.72 15.02 17.04 18.18
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 7.50 8.50 9.55 10.50
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 8.50 8.50 9.23 9.40 10.75
Cooks............................................................. 7.06 7.06 9.55 9.55 10.28
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.06 10.00 10.28 10.51 12.11
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 9.00 9.95 12.36 17.85
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.00 9.00 10.40 12.13 15.17
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.00 10.80 12.74 15.43
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 9.00 9.00 10.57 11.61
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.51 8.68 11.12 16.88 17.85
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.51 8.68 11.12 16.88 17.85
Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.30 9.00 10.30 13.33 25.73
Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.10 11.51 14.98 21.26 30.65
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.10 11.51 12.18 17.50
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.00 9.46 11.22 12.85
Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.00 9.41 11.21 12.85
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.45 9.10 11.00 17.50 26.46
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.59 21.26 26.00 38.25 64.63
Office and administrative support occupations....................... $10.00 $12.42 $15.00 $18.22 $21.03
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 26.67 26.67 26.67 31.73 31.73
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.55 10.00 13.51 14.98 16.51
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.86 14.55 14.98 16.51 17.50
Tellers......................................................... 9.55 9.55 10.00 10.48 12.45
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.36 12.54 12.54 15.31 18.95
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.55 12.00 12.00 13.44 14.54
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.60 12.51 15.01 17.64 21.88
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.54 15.31 18.59 20.82 21.82
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.50 18.92 20.85 20.85 26.44
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.54 14.00 17.35 18.59 20.19
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.10 11.08 11.50 13.18 15.14
Office clerks, general............................................ 8.00 8.00 12.02 13.75 16.67
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.75 17.50 21.07 22.00 27.56
Construction laborers............................................. 11.75 15.00 20.48 23.81 24.40
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.19 17.64 19.15 25.00 27.00
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 17.91 19.71 22.18 22.27 28.41
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 13.19 14.12 15.66 21.65 22.71
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.36 13.19 15.23 17.52 22.27
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.60 15.77 16.02 20.13 24.34
Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.60 18.00 22.61 28.38
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.80 21.91 22.10 24.56 33.68
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 10.12 27.78 28.61 28.61
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.11 25.59 27.83 28.13 28.13
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.30 8.69 14.28 17.17 24.89
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.30 8.30 8.50 8.69 27.00
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.30 8.30 8.50 8.69 27.00
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.04 12.01 14.38 17.17 17.25
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.04 13.00 15.02 17.17 19.02
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.00 11.00 12.58 14.28 15.83
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $6.12 $7.00 $8.50 $10.50 $16.62
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.33 11.33 14.13 19.00 26.03
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 11.87 12.00 17.33 24.77 24.96
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.77 22.43 26.70 28.86 33.26
Registered nurses................................................. 22.43 24.19 27.33 30.07 33.26
Protective service occupations...................................... 6.52 7.00 8.04 8.04 11.90
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.40 6.02 6.75 8.00 9.50
Cooks............................................................. 6.00 6.65 7.00 8.00 9.50
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.02 6.02 6.50 6.75 7.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.00 8.50 12.96 14.17 14.37
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.00 8.50 12.00 13.61 14.37
Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.26 6.80 7.00 8.40 9.95
Child care workers................................................ 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.80 10.35
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.40 8.00 8.50 9.27 41.40
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 7.60 8.50 9.27 41.40
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.75 9.05
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.75 9.05
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.00 8.50 10.26 13.58 14.30
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.10 6.90 9.30 11.00 14.00
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.75 8.50 10.00 11.00 15.00
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.75 8.50 10.00 11.00 15.00
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, Kansas City, MO-KS,
September 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........................................................... $20.58 $18.15 $820 $720 39.9 $41,727 $36,712 2,028
Management occupations.............................................. 33.83 27.84 1,404 1,068 41.5 72,438 55,584 2,142
General and operations managers................................... 32.37 36.02 1,452 1,801 44.9 75,488 93,642 2,332
Financial managers................................................ 30.84 26.22 1,209 1,049 39.2 62,851 54,546 2,038
Education administrators.......................................... 40.51 38.14 1,621 1,526 40.0 78,477 66,912 1,937
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 43.43 38.14 1,737 1,526 40.0 79,678 65,599 1,834
Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.64 33.05 1,746 1,322 40.0 90,772 68,746 2,080
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.28 27.16 1,158 1,111 40.9 60,120 57,780 2,126
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.53 27.40 1,141 1,096 40.0 59,340 56,990 2,080
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.73 17.91 904 761 41.6 47,015 39,581 2,164
Management analysts............................................... 32.39 28.27 1,380 1,146 42.6 71,757 59,582 2,215
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 31.40 29.46 1,247 1,178 39.7 64,865 61,273 2,066
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.73 31.09 1,313 1,245 40.1 68,291 64,750 2,086
Computer programmers.............................................. 26.04 26.35 1,041 1,054 40.0 54,158 54,800 2,080
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.06 31.09 1,242 1,244 40.0 64,600 64,663 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.58 35.50 1,423 1,420 40.0 74,014 73,848 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 37.27 35.50 1,491 1,420 40.0 77,514 73,848 2,080
Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.48 32.57 1,379 1,303 40.0 71,729 67,746 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.10 26.53 1,185 1,061 39.4 61,642 55,184 2,048
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.22 14.00 683 560 39.7 33,967 29,120 1,972
Counselors........................................................ 28.58 30.76 1,111 1,195 38.9 48,674 49,678 1,703
Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.34 32.13 1,175 1,285 38.7 50,463 52,957 1,663
Social workers.................................................... 16.02 15.95 634 638 39.6 31,441 30,681 1,962
Legal occupations................................................... 38.30 26.64 1,628 1,308 42.5 84,669 68,000 2,211
Lawyers........................................................... 44.26 44.23 1,945 1,791 43.9 101,123 93,153 2,285
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.43 27.13 1,029 1,025 37.5 40,764 40,521 1,486
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.89 25.75 1,192 1,094 39.9 55,206 49,087 1,847
Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 33.22 26.16 1,305 1,010 39.3 64,507 49,556 1,942
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 33.43 24.82 1,312 967 39.3 64,743 48,106 1,937
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.26 29.91 1,144 1,095 37.8 43,755 42,281 1,446
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.16 31.14 1,205 1,167 37.5 44,905 43,944 1,396
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.15 31.19 1,205 1,173 37.5 44,900 44,300 1,396
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 32.20 30.23 1,206 1,131 37.4 44,932 41,829 1,395
Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.70 28.32 1,134 1,096 38.2 42,434 40,548 1,429
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 29.82 28.52 1,140 1,098 38.2 42,768 40,781 1,434
Other teachers and instructors.................................... $26.03 $27.94 $959 $1,118 36.8 $38,468 $42,472 1,478
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.78 11.56 402 395 34.1 15,389 15,103 1,307
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.23 20.67 1,049 827 40.0 54,567 43,000 2,080
Writers and editors............................................... 21.87 19.86 875 794 40.0 45,498 41,300 2,080
Editors......................................................... 21.87 19.86 875 794 40.0 45,498 41,300 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.98 23.29 1,010 907 38.9 52,200 46,966 2,009
Pharmacists....................................................... 44.88 45.57 1,782 1,823 39.7 92,644 94,786 2,064
Registered nurses................................................. 25.58 25.25 980 940 38.3 50,487 48,834 1,973
Therapists........................................................ 23.98 22.22 727 556 30.3 36,095 28,886 1,505
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.11 19.00 797 773 39.6 41,450 40,186 2,061
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.19 23.49 962 940 39.8 50,049 48,859 2,069
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.94 24.38 947 975 39.6 49,258 50,710 2,057
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.51 17.72 688 698 39.3 35,790 36,317 2,044
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.06 11.08 505 426 38.6 26,234 22,173 2,009
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.11 10.81 418 409 37.7 21,759 21,285 1,958
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.21 10.82 421 413 37.5 21,878 21,466 1,951
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.30 15.04 612 602 40.0 31,815 31,292 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 21.36 19.28 927 848 43.4 46,690 43,878 2,186
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.86 35.80 1,434 1,432 40.0 74,588 74,464 2,080
Fire fighters..................................................... 18.66 19.77 964 1,017 51.6 50,119 52,888 2,686
Police officers................................................... 21.52 21.10 861 844 40.0 44,752 43,878 2,080
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.52 21.10 861 844 40.0 44,752 43,878 2,080
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.00 13.58 560 543 40.0 28,612 27,747 2,043
Security guards................................................. 14.47 15.02 579 601 40.0 29,417 29,453 2,033
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.09 8.50 318 334 39.3 16,282 17,372 2,014
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 9.54 9.23 401 387 42.0 20,637 20,124 2,164
Cooks............................................................. 8.74 9.55 339 334 38.8 17,462 17,372 1,998
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.35 10.28 393 411 38.0 19,212 20,800 1,856
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.78 9.95 471 398 40.0 24,471 20,688 2,077
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.13 10.40 445 416 40.0 23,103 21,674 2,076
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.53 10.80 461 432 40.0 23,914 22,464 2,075
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.76 9.00 391 360 40.0 20,311 18,720 2,080
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.19 11.12 488 445 40.0 25,244 23,130 2,071
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.19 11.12 488 445 40.0 25,244 23,130 2,071
Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.21 10.30 488 412 40.0 25,249 21,479 2,067
Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.93 14.98 774 674 40.9 40,236 35,056 2,125
Retail sales workers.............................................. $12.25 $11.51 $490 $460 40.0 $25,477 $23,943 2,080
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.92 9.46 397 378 40.0 20,631 19,677 2,080
Cashiers...................................................... 9.90 9.41 396 376 40.0 20,595 19,573 2,080
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.17 11.00 567 440 40.0 29,474 22,880 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.89 26.00 1,316 1,040 40.0 68,416 54,080 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.60 15.00 619 600 39.7 32,148 31,202 2,061
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 27.94 26.67 1,079 1,000 38.6 56,109 52,001 2,009
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.90 13.51 515 525 39.9 26,805 27,298 2,077
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.01 14.98 599 599 39.9 31,131 31,152 2,074
Tellers......................................................... 10.37 10.00 415 400 40.0 21,568 20,800 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 12.54 574 502 40.0 29,869 26,081 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.57 12.00 499 480 39.7 25,931 24,960 2,063
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.58 15.01 616 600 39.5 32,014 31,200 2,055
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.04 18.59 709 724 39.3 36,706 37,446 2,035
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.59 20.85 824 834 40.0 42,836 43,368 2,080
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.78 17.35 668 694 39.8 34,354 36,094 2,047
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.21 11.50 489 460 40.0 25,406 23,920 2,080
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.79 12.02 471 481 39.9 24,486 25,000 2,076
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.10 21.07 841 840 41.8 41,231 41,600 2,051
Construction laborers............................................. 19.55 20.48 781 819 40.0 36,494 39,565 1,866
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.34 19.15 808 766 39.8 42,039 39,822 2,067
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 21.95 22.18 878 887 40.0 45,664 46,132 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 18.41 15.66 736 626 40.0 38,290 32,573 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.51 15.23 661 609 40.0 34,349 31,678 2,080
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.69 16.02 748 641 40.0 38,880 33,322 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 18.50 18.00 739 720 39.9 38,437 37,440 2,077
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 24.41 22.10 976 884 40.0 50,767 45,968 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.68 27.78 787 1,111 40.0 40,943 57,782 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. $25.86 $27.83 $1,034 $1,113 40.0 $53,785 $57,886 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.53 14.28 516 538 35.5 26,470 27,976 1,821
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.14 8.50 336 340 30.1 17,461 17,680 1,568
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.75 8.50 319 166 29.7 16,594 8,630 1,543
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.37 14.38 559 575 38.9 29,074 29,910 2,024
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.85 15.02 573 601 38.6 29,821 31,242 2,008
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.50 12.58 500 503 40.0 26,010 26,166 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 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Kansas
City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $20.31 $18.00 $811 $712 39.9 $41,874 $36,564 2,062
Management occupations.............................................. 33.38 26.22 1,391 1,032 41.7 72,351 53,666 2,168
Financial managers................................................ 30.70 26.22 1,203 1,049 39.2 62,545 54,546 2,037
Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.64 33.05 1,746 1,322 40.0 90,772 68,746 2,080
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.60 27.42 1,172 1,115 41.0 60,924 57,999 2,130
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.06 28.30 1,162 1,132 40.0 60,443 58,864 2,080
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.73 17.91 904 761 41.6 47,015 39,581 2,164
Management analysts............................................... 32.41 28.27 1,381 1,148 42.6 71,795 59,700 2,215
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 31.40 29.46 1,247 1,178 39.7 64,865 61,273 2,066
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.40 31.25 1,341 1,283 40.1 69,712 66,699 2,087
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.65 31.09 1,266 1,244 40.0 65,823 64,663 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.09 35.50 1,443 1,420 40.0 75,060 73,848 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 37.55 35.50 1,502 1,420 40.0 78,111 73,848 2,080
Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.48 32.57 1,379 1,303 40.0 71,729 67,746 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.19 28.46 1,339 1,139 39.2 69,621 59,205 2,037
Legal occupations................................................... 39.26 26.92 1,676 1,346 42.7 87,176 70,000 2,221
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.94 19.83 884 793 40.3 42,482 41,242 1,936
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.29 24.27 1,004 849 41.3 52,201 44,164 2,149
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.53 22.12 1,061 885 40.0 55,191 45,999 2,080
Writers and editors............................................... 21.87 19.86 875 794 40.0 45,498 41,300 2,080
Editors......................................................... 21.87 19.86 875 794 40.0 45,498 41,300 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.39 23.29 1,025 907 38.9 53,319 47,154 2,021
Registered nurses................................................. 25.93 26.00 995 982 38.4 51,758 51,043 1,996
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.84 24.57 994 983 40.0 51,666 51,106 2,080
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.58 17.72 694 702 39.5 36,099 36,525 2,054
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.27 11.33 513 426 38.6 26,653 22,173 2,009
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.15 10.80 418 405 37.5 21,735 21,080 1,950
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.15 10.80 418 405 37.5 21,735 21,080 1,950
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.35 15.04 614 602 40.0 31,920 31,292 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 15.30 16.35 612 654 40.0 31,821 34,008 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.97 8.50 315 334 39.6 16,391 17,372 2,057
Cooks............................................................. 8.67 9.55 338 334 39.0 17,573 17,372 2,028
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... $10.70 $9.00 $428 $360 40.0 $22,262 $18,720 2,080
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.73 9.00 389 360 40.0 20,243 18,720 2,080
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.66 9.00 386 360 40.0 20,096 18,720 2,080
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.15 9.87 406 395 40.0 20,948 20,530 2,065
Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.94 14.98 774 674 40.9 40,261 35,056 2,125
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.25 11.51 490 460 40.0 25,470 23,943 2,080
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.87 9.20 395 368 40.0 20,523 19,136 2,080
Cashiers...................................................... 9.85 9.20 394 368 40.0 20,486 19,136 2,080
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.17 11.00 567 440 40.0 29,474 22,880 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.89 26.00 1,316 1,040 40.0 68,416 54,080 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.68 15.29 623 612 39.7 32,372 31,824 2,064
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 28.39 26.67 1,095 1,000 38.6 56,963 52,001 2,006
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.88 13.86 515 546 39.9 26,759 28,407 2,077
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.20 14.98 606 599 39.9 31,527 31,152 2,074
Tellers......................................................... 10.37 10.00 415 400 40.0 21,568 20,800 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.36 12.54 574 502 40.0 29,874 26,081 2,080
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.58 15.01 616 600 39.5 32,014 31,200 2,055
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.30 18.59 720 731 39.3 37,417 38,000 2,045
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.78 20.85 831 834 40.0 43,216 43,368 2,080
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.18 17.35 686 694 39.9 35,677 36,094 2,076
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.59 12.02 463 481 40.0 24,082 25,000 2,078
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.20 21.87 847 840 41.9 41,390 41,600 2,049
Construction laborers............................................. 19.55 20.48 781 819 40.0 36,494 39,565 1,866
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.29 19.15 807 766 39.7 41,940 39,822 2,067
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers.......................................................... 17.91 15.66 716 626 40.0 37,243 32,573 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 18.35 18.00 733 720 39.9 38,123 37,440 2,077
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 22.98 22.10 919 884 40.0 47,793 45,968 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.68 27.78 787 1,111 40.0 40,943 57,782 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 25.86 27.83 1,034 1,113 40.0 53,785 57,886 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.52 14.28 514 538 35.4 26,479 27,976 1,823
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.07 8.50 332 166 30.0 17,265 8,630 1,559
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.40 14.45 560 578 38.9 29,130 30,056 2,023
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.91 15.56 575 622 38.6 29,907 32,365 2,006
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.50 12.58 500 503 40.0 26,010 26,166 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 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Kansas City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $22.50 $20.15 $885 $807 39.3 $40,801 $38,272 1,813
Management occupations.............................................. 37.95 36.19 1,510 1,448 39.8 73,145 65,599 1,927
Education administrators.......................................... 42.59 38.14 1,704 1,526 40.0 82,015 73,575 1,926
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 43.43 38.14 1,737 1,526 40.0 79,678 65,599 1,834
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.87 15.95 635 638 40.0 31,358 33,180 1,976
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.09 26.35 1,083 1,054 40.0 56,342 54,800 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.94 18.20 757 728 40.0 39,388 37,864 2,080
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.82 16.78 818 679 39.3 38,500 33,155 1,849
Counselors........................................................ 31.26 34.19 1,206 1,337 38.6 50,960 53,968 1,630
Social workers.................................................... 17.79 17.52 698 701 39.3 33,510 30,681 1,883
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.39 28.48 1,052 1,068 37.1 40,540 40,162 1,428
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.92 30.39 1,320 1,167 38.9 56,897 50,155 1,677
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.58 30.75 1,187 1,137 37.6 44,597 43,311 1,412
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.16 31.14 1,205 1,167 37.5 44,898 43,944 1,396
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.15 31.19 1,205 1,173 37.5 44,900 44,300 1,396
Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.68 28.32 1,133 1,091 38.2 42,405 40,472 1,429
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 29.80 28.52 1,139 1,096 38.2 42,739 40,781 1,434
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 27.08 27.94 988 1,118 36.5 40,012 42,472 1,478
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.78 11.56 402 395 34.1 15,389 15,103 1,307
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.23 23.22 944 907 39.0 47,559 44,322 1,963
Registered nurses................................................. 24.79 23.48 943 914 38.1 47,671 46,313 1,923
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.90 10.82 421 433 38.6 21,890 22,506 2,008
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.93 10.82 421 433 38.5 21,899 22,506 2,004
Protective service occupations...................................... 22.39 19.77 986 972 44.0 49,375 48,577 2,205
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.86 35.80 1,434 1,432 40.0 74,588 74,464 2,080
Fire fighters..................................................... 18.66 19.77 964 1,017 51.6 50,119 52,888 2,686
Police officers................................................... 21.52 21.10 861 844 40.0 44,752 43,878 2,080
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.52 21.10 861 844 40.0 44,752 43,878 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.11 9.73 364 388 36.0 14,914 12,285 1,475
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.67 12.14 547 486 40.0 28,299 25,257 2,071
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.73 11.64 509 466 40.0 26,366 24,253 2,072
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.01 12.04 521 482 40.0 26,951 25,085 2,071
Office and administrative support occupations....................... $14.34 $13.59 $569 $543 39.7 $29,032 $27,275 2,025
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.85 15.09 584 590 39.3 28,481 28,725 1,918
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.45 14.09 567 561 39.2 27,350 27,040 1,893
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.69 12.70 542 496 39.6 28,201 25,813 2,060
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.58 17.76 743 711 40.0 38,637 36,949 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.25 21.00 850 840 40.0 44,198 43,680 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 22.02 16.98 881 679 40.0 45,809 35,316 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.89 14.66 559 541 37.5 26,179 27,747 1,758
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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $19.13 $16.97 $19.04 $25.90
Management, professional, and related...... 30.11 27.69 28.82 33.14
Management, business, and financial...... 30.88 27.50 29.17 35.72
Professional and related................. 29.60 27.89 28.65 31.58
Service.................................... 9.07 8.87 8.39 11.17
Sales and office........................... 15.95 16.35 14.82 16.46
Sales and related........................ 17.27 18.58 14.84 15.85
Office and administrative support........ 15.47 15.55 14.80 16.53
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 19.76 18.94 22.74 24.46
Construction and extraction............. 20.15 19.12 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 20.09 19.79 19.08 23.76
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 15.61 13.32 13.93 22.71
Production............................... 18.13 16.58 14.53 26.74
Transportation and material moving....... 13.42 11.30 13.28 18.43
B
1-99 100-499 500
Total workers workers workers
or more
Occupational group(2)
Relative error(3)
(percent)
Relative error(3) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 5.2 7.0 6.3 3.1
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 14.8 4.1 2.8
Management, business, and financial............................... 5.5 14.3 8.1 7.6
Professional and related.......................................... 4.0 19.6 3.9 4.5
Service............................................................. 9.8 9.6 14.5 3.4
Sales and office.................................................... 4.6 5.5 9.4 5.3
Sales and related................................................. 7.3 5.6 22.9 8.1
Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 7.0 4.4 5.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.8 8.6 4.8 4.7
Construction and extraction...................................... 6.2 10.3 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10.2 13.1 11.1 4.5
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 17.1 5.8 1.9
Production........................................................ 10.6 5.4 9.3 2.9
Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 20.5 8.3 4.7
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 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $18.00 $16.64 $717 $669 39.8 $36,923 $34,611 2,052
Management occupations.............................................. 25.39 23.07 1,003 901 39.5 52,144 46,864 2,054
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.16 28.27 1,261 1,131 40.5 65,561 58,800 2,104
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 39.31 41.03 1,547 1,553 39.4 80,462 80,748 2,047
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.24 28.46 970 1,138 37.0 50,455 59,197 1,923
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.62 8.50 361 340 41.9 18,764 17,680 2,177
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.02 14.98 828 674 41.4 43,068 35,056 2,152
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.63 11.51 545 460 40.0 28,342 23,943 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.77 15.39 625 615 39.6 32,476 32,003 2,060
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.60 18.59 728 743 39.1 37,854 38,661 2,035
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.13 11.25 445 456 40.0 23,124 23,718 2,078
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.16 20.48 811 800 42.3 39,856 39,565 2,080
Construction laborers............................................. 17.53 18.48 700 739 39.9 33,252 32,525 1,897
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.79 18.15 785 726 39.7 40,806 37,752 2,062
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.10 8.69 384 340 31.7 19,593 17,680 1,619
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.58 8.50 244 166 28.5 12,692 8,630 1,480
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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $22.90 $19.86 $917 $805 40.1 $47,480 $41,904 2,073
Management occupations.............................................. 39.49 36.02 1,719 1,560 43.5 89,386 81,101 2,264
Financial managers................................................ 36.44 37.33 1,439 1,500 39.5 74,853 78,000 2,054
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.82 27.29 1,144 1,111 41.1 59,480 57,780 2,138
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.06 28.30 1,162 1,132 40.0 60,443 58,864 2,080
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.06 17.91 921 761 41.8 47,884 39,581 2,171
Management analysts............................................... 29.22 22.29 1,268 975 43.4 65,931 50,723 2,256
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.49 31.25 1,345 1,259 40.2 69,936 65,443 2,088
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.65 31.09 1,266 1,244 40.0 65,823 64,663 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.09 35.50 1,443 1,420 40.0 75,060 73,848 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 37.55 35.50 1,502 1,420 40.0 78,111 73,848 2,080
Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.48 32.57 1,379 1,303 40.0 71,729 67,746 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.19 28.46 1,339 1,139 39.2 69,621 59,205 2,037
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 21.31 17.83 874 713 41.0 40,687 32,800 1,910
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.40 21.97 1,056 879 40.0 54,917 45,698 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.44 23.00 1,046 903 39.6 54,394 46,966 2,057
Registered nurses................................................. 26.21 26.47 1,001 991 38.2 52,059 51,555 1,986
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.84 24.57 994 983 40.0 51,666 51,106 2,080
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.77 17.75 698 710 39.3 36,285 36,920 2,041
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.37 11.94 469 441 37.9 24,371 22,951 1,970
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.23 10.96 421 412 37.5 21,895 21,431 1,950
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.23 10.96 421 412 37.5 21,895 21,431 1,950
Protective service occupations...................................... 15.30 16.35 612 654 40.0 31,821 34,008 2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.00 11.12 560 445 40.0 29,115 23,130 2,080
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.19 10.80 448 432 40.0 23,276 22,464 2,080
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.15 10.80 446 432 40.0 23,183 22,464 2,080
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.21 9.93 408 397 40.0 21,072 20,654 2,063
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.04 13.83 681 553 40.0 35,435 28,766 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.53 14.69 619 586 39.8 32,180 30,493 2,072
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 26.22 28.77 1,052 1,151 40.1 54,681 59,850 2,085
Financial clerks.................................................. $14.31 $14.55 $571 $582 39.9 $29,673 $30,262 2,074
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.80 14.55 589 582 39.8 30,641 30,262 2,071
Customer service representatives.................................. 15.51 14.75 620 590 40.0 32,256 30,680 2,080
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.51 14.44 620 578 40.0 32,259 30,033 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.78 17.55 705 702 39.7 36,667 36,508 2,063
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.98 17.55 716 702 39.8 37,230 36,508 2,071
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.63 13.54 585 541 40.0 30,437 28,157 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.80 21.59 872 864 40.0 45,352 44,907 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 18.96 18.80 758 752 40.0 39,400 39,104 2,078
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.68 27.78 787 1,111 40.0 40,943 57,782 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 26.14 27.83 1,046 1,113 40.0 54,375 57,886 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.80 15.44 668 618 39.8 34,743 32,115 2,068
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.22 14.82 600 601 39.4 31,204 31,242 2,051
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.17 17.17 634 652 39.2 32,987 33,930 2,039
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.50 12.58 500 503 40.0 26,010 26,166 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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $21.73 $21.55 $22.04 $19.21 $18.93 $22.09
Management, professional, and related............................... 27.34 22.82 28.06 29.60 30.20 26.45
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 31.03 30.88 33.28
Professional and related.......................................... 27.34 22.82 28.06 28.79 29.75 25.37
Service............................................................. 16.23 � 17.36 10.22 9.02 18.09
Sales and office.................................................... 17.29 18.68 14.74 15.80 15.89 13.86
Sales and related................................................. 17.02 17.02 � 17.26 17.27 �
Office and administrative support................................. 17.31 18.80 14.74 15.29 15.38 13.86
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.77 24.67 18.97 18.65 18.61 20.54
Construction and extraction...................................... 25.02 26.51 17.96 18.55 18.52 20.03
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.68 21.74 � 19.76 19.72 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.03 20.24 � 13.80 13.60 20.93
Production........................................................ 21.37 21.81 � 16.40 16.00 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 18.21 18.22 � 11.92 11.84 14.24
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........................................................... 3.5 4.9 4.2 5.1 5.5 2.4
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.6 9.1 5.0 3.1 3.5 4.7
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 5.2 5.5 12.6
Professional and related.......................................... 4.6 9.1 5.0 3.4 4.1 3.1
Service............................................................. 8.6 � 7.1 12.9 9.8 1.9
Sales and office.................................................... 5.5 9.0 6.1 4.7 4.8 3.8
Sales and related................................................. 29.3 29.3 � 7.4 7.4 �
Office and administrative support................................. 5.8 9.6 6.1 5.0 5.2 3.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.8 3.6 2.5 7.7 7.9 10.2
Construction and extraction...................................... 5.1 6.3 3.7 8.7 9.0 9.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.4 5.1 � 12.2 12.5 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.5 7.9 � 7.9 8.3 11.8
Production........................................................ 13.1 14.5 � 4.6 3.3 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 3.5 3.5 � 10.8 11.2 4.0
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, Kansas City,
MO-KS, September 2006
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $19.08 $18.65 $24.70 $24.70
Management, professional, and related............................... 29.06 29.64 52.27 52.27
Management, business, and financial............................... 29.94 29.71 52.27 52.27
Professional and related.......................................... 28.63 29.60 � �
Service............................................................. 10.74 8.96 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 14.91 14.97 23.61 23.61
Sales and related................................................. 12.77 12.77 27.82 27.82
Office and administrative support................................. 15.44 15.55 13.72 13.72
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.99 18.95 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 19.65 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.15 19.03 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.73 15.62 � �
Production........................................................ 18.28 18.13 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 13.43 13.39 � �
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 5.0 5.6 6.6 6.6
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.1 3.8 16.0 16.0
Management, business, and financial............................... 5.8 6.1 16.0 16.0
Professional and related.......................................... 3.0 4.0 � �
Service............................................................. 13.7 10.7 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.4 11.7 11.7
Sales and related................................................. 8.1 8.1 10.2 10.2
Office and administrative support................................. 4.8 5.1 12.5 12.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.3 5.6 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 7.5 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.6 7.9 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.6 5.7 � �
Production........................................................ 10.6 10.6 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 9.0 9.3 � �
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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 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........................................................... $18.67 $21.17 - $29.40 - - $19.15 $9.47 $20.73
Management, professional, and related............................... � 31.30 - � - - 25.33 26.26 �
Management, business, and financial............................... � 21.72 - � - - 33.25 � �
Professional and related.......................................... � 34.64 - 33.48 - - 24.49 � �
Service............................................................. � � - � - - 10.89 8.11 �
Sales and office.................................................... � 16.37 - 18.17 - - 14.39 � �
Sales and related................................................. � � - 14.77 - - � 10.44 �
Office and administrative support................................. � 14.14 - 19.20 - - 14.45 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.14 20.20 - � - - � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � 19.07 - � - - � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � 18.74 - 15.44 - - � � �
Production........................................................ � 18.75 - � - - � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � - � - - � � �
B
Goods producing Service providing
Trade, Profes- Education Leisure
Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other
Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services
and es business services ity
utilities services
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 5.9 15.7 - 4.2 - - 2.7 11.2 0.6
Management, professional, and related............................... � 9.7 - � - - 2.8 1.5 �
Management, business, and financial............................... � 10.3 - � - - 23.2 � �
Professional and related.......................................... � 2.0 - 2.2 - - 6.7 � �
Service............................................................. � � - � - - 2.3 7.8 �
Sales and office.................................................... � 27.8 - 6.2 - - 6.8 � �
Sales and related................................................. � � - 14.0 - - � 1.9 �
Office and administrative support................................. � 17.7 - .6 - - 7.0 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.0 2.5 - � - - � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � 3.1 - � - - � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � 13.2 - 5.2 - - � � �
Production........................................................ � 14.3 - � - - � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � - � - - � � �
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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 925,800 808,300 117,500
Management, professional, and related............................... 251,200 186,000 65,200
Management, business, and financial............................... 75,300 69,600 5,700
Professional and related.......................................... 175,900 116,400 59,500
Service............................................................. 155,800 128,200 27,600
Sales and office.................................................... 293,700 278,400 15,300
Sales and related................................................. 82,500 82,400 �
Office and administrative support................................. 211,200 196,000 15,200
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 123,900 117,900 5,900
Construction and extraction...................................... 73,100 69,200 3,900
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 47,700 45,600 2,000
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 101,300 97,800 3,500
Production........................................................ 40,400 38,800 1,600
Transportation and material moving................................ 60,800 59,000 1,900
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, Kansas City, MO-KS, September 2006
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,717 22,581 136
Total in sample....................................................... 321 275 46
Responding........................................................ 204 166 38
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 85 78 7
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 32 31 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.