NC SM 10/00/2009 Table: Anchorage, AK, Summary, November 2008
Table 1. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Anchorage, AK,
November 2008
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $21.97 4.5 $22.95 4.4 $12.35 7.8
Management occupations.............................................. 43.02 9.3 43.02 9.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 38.87 7.4 38.87 7.4 � �
Financial managers................................................ 39.82 21.6 39.82 21.6 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.33 8.3 30.33 8.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 32.69 9.8 32.69 9.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.81 7.1 29.81 7.1 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.86 8.0 25.86 8.0 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.52 13.6 27.52 13.6 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.67 4.4 35.67 4.4 � �
Engineers......................................................... 37.63 9.8 37.63 9.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 60.13 3.5 60.13 3.5 � �
Petroleum engineers............................................. 53.88 14.7 53.88 14.7 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.20 6.9 15.72 6.0 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.12 5.1 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.52 15.3 35.60 15.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.71 8.1 34.11 10.2 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 31.89 7.5 31.09 9.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.34 7.5 31.16 12.0 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.46 1.3 14.46 1.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.46 1.9 14.46 1.9 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 13.30 8.1 � � � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.42 9.1 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 13.42 9.1 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.46 4.2 11.18 6.8 8.71 4.7
Level 1 .................................................. 9.56 8.0 9.83 12.0 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.44 6.4 9.79 12.6 8.86 7.6
Level 3 .................................................. 10.30 5.2 11.18 2.3 � �
Cooks............................................................. 12.60 7.6 12.60 7.6 � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.38 2.2 8.67 .6 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 7.44 1.8 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.29 .1 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.14 11.8 � � 9.03 3.3
Level 2 .................................................. 10.29 11.2 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.64 4.1 11.83 4.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.46 6.0 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.64 4.1 11.83 4.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.46 6.0 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.36 5.9 11.39 6.5 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.50 4.9 10.36 5.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.04 7.4 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.47 11.1 18.99 10.7 10.48 9.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.79 8.8 � � 9.95 10.2
Level 3 .................................................. 11.78 5.9 12.48 1.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 19.06 4.2 19.00 4.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.44 11.0 16.44 11.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.15 5.2 23.15 5.2 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 23.15 5.2 23.15 5.2 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.08 10.1 13.98 11.4 10.38 9.8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.60 8.5 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.77 7.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.57 7.6 18.39 8.9 � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.07 10.3 14.04 12.0 11.35 12.3
Cashiers...................................................... 13.07 10.3 14.04 12.0 11.35 12.3
Retail salespersons............................................. 13.77 11.8 13.63 13.0 � �
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.15 13.5 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.96 3.2 16.26 3.7 13.19 8.6
Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 9.3 13.48 11.7 10.26 8.2
Level 3 .................................................. 13.54 4.4 13.62 4.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.48 3.4 16.59 3.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.10 7.1 18.02 7.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 20.79 6.6 20.79 6.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.11 14.5 16.38 14.7 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.61 6.1 17.61 6.1 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.59 4.8 17.59 4.8 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.24 7.4 16.24 7.4 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.01 4.0 16.58 3.6 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.86 5.3 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.83 6.0 14.96 6.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.60 8.1 15.70 9.2 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 30.09 6.1 30.09 6.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 32.01 14.5 32.01 14.5 � �
Carpenters........................................................ 24.99 9.0 24.99 9.0 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.92 8.2 23.92 8.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.62 8.8 30.62 8.8 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 23.82 13.1 24.36 13.1 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.77 14.6 25.98 14.7 11.43 8.8
Level 2 .................................................. 12.92 4.7 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.00 5.2 15.15 4.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 20.34 8.7 20.60 8.7 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.87 6.9 19.87 6.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 21.72 4.5 21.72 4.5 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.49 3.8 21.49 3.8 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.83 10.3 17.83 10.3 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.34 4.8 14.37 10.0 10.86 12.5
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.69 5.9 14.37 10.0 � �
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), Anchorage, AK, November 2008
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.50 $12.50 $17.65 $25.70 $38.46
Management occupations.............................................. 22.93 25.65 36.48 51.70 67.36
Financial managers................................................ 25.65 25.65 25.65 51.70 67.36
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.00 23.56 27.00 37.05 40.11
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.00 23.56 24.61 32.27 32.27
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.71 17.71 28.32 29.37 38.48
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.51 23.50 29.33 41.06 64.57
Engineers......................................................... 20.51 27.43 33.54 45.07 64.57
Petroleum engineers............................................. 33.54 46.88 52.32 65.77 66.93
Community and social services occupations........................... 8.13 11.44 15.38 18.50 24.10
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.00 16.83 23.86 28.96 40.23
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.75 24.27 29.21 39.86 56.94
Registered nurses................................................. 22.77 27.00 30.00 38.13 42.48
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.31 13.78 13.80 14.87 16.69
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.68 10.68 13.50 15.00 15.00
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.68 11.50 13.50 15.00 15.00
Security guards................................................. 10.68 11.50 13.50 15.00 15.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.15 7.75 9.00 12.50 14.68
Cooks............................................................. 10.00 10.00 12.50 14.68 14.68
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.15 7.15 7.47 8.57 12.25
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.15 7.15 7.15 7.43 7.47
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.75 8.25 8.50 12.89 12.89
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.50 10.50 11.59 12.37 13.35
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.50 10.50 11.59 12.37 13.35
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.50 10.50 11.59 14.22
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 8.14 9.75 12.02 13.00
Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.00 11.00 14.30 20.00 25.11
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 14.28 19.03 20.50 21.77 47.12
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.28 19.03 20.50 21.77 47.12
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.50 12.30 16.00 19.75
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 10.10 12.74 18.53 19.75
Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 10.10 12.74 18.53 19.75
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.00 9.70 14.00 16.03 20.74
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 11.00 11.90 18.05 20.00 20.00
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.60 13.27 15.52 18.50 21.50
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.04 16.00 17.31 19.97 20.91
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.00 16.00 17.31 17.31 20.00
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.60 13.65 16.70 18.00 19.69
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.00 15.19 17.26 18.50 19.92
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.19 15.19 17.26 17.90 19.92
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.00 12.00 14.99 15.54 19.87
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.74 23.00 31.50 36.47 38.83
Carpenters........................................................ 18.50 18.74 19.00 35.48 36.27
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.00 18.00 22.00 27.51 38.13
Production occupations.............................................. 11.13 20.00 23.50 27.84 32.16
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.25 14.35 18.08 22.62 29.83
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.00 16.62 19.58 24.15 27.00
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.62 18.60 21.22 24.15 27.00
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.00 15.00 17.00 19.58 27.23
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 10.38 13.24 14.65 18.53
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.38 10.38 14.35 14.65 18.53
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, Anchorage,
AK, November 2008
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........................................................... $22.95 $18.53 $900 $741 39.2 $45,834 $38,118 1,997
Management occupations.............................................. 43.02 36.48 1,718 1,423 39.9 89,359 74,011 2,077
Financial managers................................................ 39.82 25.65 1,645 1,090 41.3 85,537 56,680 2,148
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.33 27.00 1,207 1,080 39.8 62,752 56,160 2,069
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.86 24.61 1,034 984 40.0 53,781 51,189 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.52 28.32 1,085 1,068 39.4 56,433 55,526 2,051
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.67 29.33 1,453 1,173 40.7 75,118 61,006 2,106
Engineers......................................................... 37.63 33.54 1,542 1,341 41.0 78,990 72,280 2,099
Petroleum engineers............................................. 53.88 52.32 2,155 2,093 40.0 106,574 108,834 1,978
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.72 16.00 646 640 41.1 33,574 33,280 2,135
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.60 28.38 1,404 1,128 39.4 72,995 58,635 2,050
Registered nurses................................................. 31.09 30.00 1,236 1,200 39.7 64,246 62,400 2,066
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.46 13.80 565 551 39.1 29,375 28,654 2,032
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.18 10.00 422 385 37.7 20,329 18,720 1,818
Cooks............................................................. 12.60 12.50 504 500 40.0 25,900 26,000 2,056
Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.67 7.47 302 280 34.8 14,856 13,260 1,713
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.83 11.99 470 480 39.7 24,443 24,939 2,066
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.83 11.99 470 480 39.7 24,443 24,939 2,066
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.39 10.50 450 420 39.6 23,424 21,840 2,057
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.36 9.50 389 353 37.5 17,646 16,770 1,703
Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.99 16.65 759 666 40.0 39,492 34,632 2,080
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.15 20.50 926 820 40.0 48,148 42,640 2,080
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 23.15 20.50 926 820 40.0 48,148 42,640 2,080
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.98 13.10 559 524 40.0 29,074 27,248 2,080
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 14.04 12.91 562 516 40.0 29,211 26,853 2,080
Cashiers...................................................... 14.04 12.91 562 516 40.0 29,211 26,853 2,080
Retail salespersons............................................. 13.63 13.29 545 532 40.0 28,341 27,643 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.26 16.00 646 640 39.7 33,575 33,280 2,065
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.61 17.31 704 692 40.0 36,632 36,005 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.59 17.31 704 692 40.0 36,594 36,005 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 16.24 16.70 650 668 40.0 33,778 34,728 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.58 17.26 663 690 40.0 34,488 35,905 2,080
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.96 15.52 579 604 38.7 30,097 31,429 2,011
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 30.09 31.50 1,203 1,260 40.0 58,424 57,377 1,942
Carpenters........................................................ 24.99 19.00 999 760 40.0 47,743 38,983 1,911
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.92 22.00 957 880 40.0 49,167 45,760 2,056
Production occupations.............................................. 24.36 23.71 974 948 40.0 50,664 49,317 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 25.98 19.00 944 806 36.4 48,427 41,184 1,864
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.87 19.58 795 783 40.0 41,325 40,724 2,080
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.49 21.22 860 849 40.0 44,694 44,131 2,080
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.83 17.00 713 680 40.0 37,087 35,360 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.37 14.35 575 574 40.0 29,886 29,838 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.37 14.35 575 574 40.0 29,886 29,838 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.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately