NC SM 02/00/2008 Table: Skagit County, WA, Summary, August 2007
Table 1. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Skagit County, WA,
August 2007
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........................................................... $17.38 6.7 $18.98 7.4 $9.99 8.2
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.80 17.5 25.80 17.5 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.90 4.1 � � 8.59 3.5
Level 2 .................................................. 8.36 3.2 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.43 15.7 13.42 12.5 7.90 8.2
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.02 7.0 � � 7.90 8.2
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.58 1.6 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.87 7.5 21.94 3.4 10.59 3.1
Level 3 .................................................. 11.04 12.2 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 25.53 32.8 � � � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 19.55 8.8 21.62 3.8 10.72 2.1
Level 3 .................................................. 11.04 12.2 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 26.42 35.8 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.71 5.7 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 11.70 6.7 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 23.25 41.2 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.30 11.8 18.51 15.0 10.37 9.6
Level 1 .................................................. 10.31 7.7 � � 9.82 5.3
Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 6.5 16.36 9.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.23 2.3 16.23 2.3 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.30 3.4 � � � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 18.71 25.6 � � 11.18 14.1
Level 1 .................................................. 10.31 7.7 � � 9.82 5.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.18 8.6 21.18 8.6 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 20.36 15.8 20.46 16.1 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.39 7.0 12.46 7.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.64 10.8 11.64 10.8 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.82 11.7 11.82 11.7 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 2. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Skagit County, WA, August 2007
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.20 $10.08 $15.72 $21.50 $29.96
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.05 19.60 20.80 41.38 41.38
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 9.25 11.21
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.18 8.20 8.75 11.00 16.00
Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.16 7.93 8.54 8.75 8.75
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.97 8.20 8.54 8.75 8.75
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 11.08 15.00 23.90 46.17
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 11.00 14.64 23.90 46.17
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.50 8.50 11.78 13.50 17.55
Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 8.50 11.78 13.50 17.55
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.50 10.62 16.40 32.13 46.17
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.10 11.79 16.00 18.00 29.96
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.25 14.50 16.00 16.00 17.00
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 9.00 10.68 12.32 29.96 29.96
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.00 17.57 22.00 22.77 29.96
Production occupations.............................................. 12.35 15.72 18.63 25.85 29.94
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 10.00 11.00 15.00 16.15
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.93 16.15
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 3. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Skagit
County, WA, August 2007
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........................................................... $18.98 $17.00 $753 $680 39.7 $38,982 $35,360 2,054
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.80 20.80 1,032 832 40.0 53,671 43,258 2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.42 11.00 513 440 38.2 24,803 22,880 1,848
Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.94 17.73 855 702 39.0 44,474 36,504 2,027
Retail sales workers.............................................. 21.62 18.55 839 721 38.8 43,629 37,486 2,018
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.51 16.02 732 650 39.6 38,088 33,800 2,057
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.18 22.00 847 880 40.0 44,049 45,760 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 20.46 18.63 816 745 39.9 42,415 38,750 2,073
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.46 11.28 499 451 40.0 25,922 23,462 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.82 10.00 473 400 40.0 24,594 20,800 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.