NC BL 01/00/2010 Table: Lincoln, NE, Bulletin, April 2009
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Civilian Private industry State and local government
workers workers workers
Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment
characteristics Mean Mean Mean
weekly weekly weekly
Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(-
Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3)
(percen- (percen- (percen-
t) t) t)
All workers........................................................... $16.87 3.6 34.1 $15.69 4.2 33.6 $21.76 5.2 36.6
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 26.47 4.4 37.5 25.67 6.0 37.3 27.91 6.3 37.9
Management, business, and financial............................... 28.13 5.6 40.5 28.56 7.6 40.8 27.28 6.7 40.0
Professional and related.......................................... 25.86 5.0 36.5 24.57 6.2 36.1 28.12 9.5 37.2
Service............................................................. 10.82 4.9 28.3 9.48 7.4 27.3 15.69 6.8 32.8
Sales and office.................................................... 13.95 2.7 35.0 13.79 3.0 34.7 15.21 2.9 36.9
Sales and related................................................. 12.22 7.0 32.3 12.20 7.2 32.2 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 14.59 2.6 36.0 14.45 3.0 35.9 15.37 3.3 36.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.62 4.0 39.8 17.38 4.2 40.1 18.74 10.9 38.4
Construction and extraction...................................... 15.56 1.5 40.0 15.37 2.1 40.0 � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.42 6.2 40.2 19.58 7.1 40.2 18.99 12.7 40.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.25 6.9 32.8 13.05 7.1 32.5 � � �
Production........................................................ 15.41 2.6 39.1 15.19 2.5 39.0 � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 11.57 10.3 29.1 11.55 10.3 29.1 � � �
Full time........................................................... 18.34 3.4 39.8 17.22 4.1 39.9 22.46 4.9 39.5
Part time........................................................... 10.37 5.2 20.9 9.73 3.3 20.8 15.65 17.4 22.3
Union............................................................... 19.73 4.2 38.3 17.42 8.7 39.1 20.60 3.0 38.0
Nonunion............................................................ 16.43 4.1 33.6 15.61 4.4 33.4 22.89 8.6 35.3
Time................................................................ 16.92 3.4 34.1 15.70 4.1 33.5 21.81 5.2 36.6
Incentive........................................................... 15.40 21.7 35.9 15.45 22.7 35.8 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) � � � (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.50 5.3 32.3 (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 15.22 7.8 32.5 14.93 8.4 32.3 19.96 10.5 36.9
100-499 workers..................................................... 16.10 5.0 35.8 14.86 4.8 35.3 22.67 8.8 38.9
500 workers or more................................................. 21.05 3.9 35.8 20.24 3.2 35.7 21.84 6.9 35.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are
those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those
whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $16.87 3.6 $18.34 3.4 $10.37 5.2
Management occupations.............................................. 30.32 7.6 30.31 7.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.70 10.5 30.70 10.5 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 26.96 6.6 26.90 6.6 � �
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.76 7.3 � � � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.05 7.7 26.05 7.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.30 3.4 26.30 3.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.08 3.5 21.08 3.5 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.24 9.5 26.24 9.5 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.31 5.8 25.31 5.8 � �
Engineers......................................................... 29.14 12.0 29.14 12.0 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.85 9.8 22.85 9.8 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.66 5.3 15.66 5.3 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 31.00 25.5 31.00 25.5 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.65 13.2 30.16 14.6 26.18 16.1
Level 7 .................................................. 20.92 14.4 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.35 8.0 34.70 6.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.65 27.4 30.69 27.4 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.13 30.7 41.13 32.4 27.87 2.9
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.52 9.3 34.57 5.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.39 8.2 34.79 6.4 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.63 6.6 34.63 6.6 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.83 6.9 34.83 6.9 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.12 9.0 34.12 9.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.37 9.6 34.37 9.6 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.73 .7 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.08 5.3 11.12 5.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.84 5.9 25.18 7.1 23.66 5.8
Level 7 .................................................. 25.98 3.0 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 26.60 15.8 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 27.41 3.7 27.43 3.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.14 11.2 29.53 15.0 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 23.42 6.7 23.43 7.3 23.40 14.8
Level 9 .................................................. 27.06 5.8 27.08 5.9 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.77 3.8 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.50 3.6 17.99 5.0 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.02 12.7 13.43 14.4 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.01 10.4 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.04 13.6 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 14.34 20.1 15.39 21.2 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 6.9 10.69 8.8 6.84 3.6
Level 1 .................................................. 6.24 29.9 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 7.43 .7 � � 7.33 1.2
Level 3 .................................................. 5.09 11.9 � � 5.54 8.9
Level 4 .................................................. 10.07 1.3 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 13.56 10.1 13.56 10.1 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 13.56 10.1 13.56 10.1 � �
Cooks............................................................. 8.50 12.0 11.56 6.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 10.46 3.7 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.09 1.2 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.50 21.7 � � 3.49 19.0
Level 3 .................................................. 2.72 15.0 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 21.7 � � 3.48 19.1
Level 3 .................................................. 2.72 15.0 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.86 1.9 � � 7.60 4.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.92 4.9 11.30 6.5 10.07 7.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.80 1.9 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.39 4.0 10.49 4.2 10.18 7.4
Level 1 .................................................. 8.80 1.9 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.64 3.6 10.81 3.4 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.59 23.2 � � 8.81 6.1
Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.22 7.0 13.63 4.2 8.51 1.3
Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 .7 � � 7.96 3.4
Level 3 .................................................. 8.50 1.5 � � 8.21 2.8
Level 4 .................................................. 12.81 18.0 13.20 17.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.35 7.3 15.35 7.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.35 7.3 15.35 7.3 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.31 9.7 11.46 8.7 8.38 2.1
Level 2 .................................................. 8.46 .7 � � 7.96 3.4
Level 3 .................................................. 8.40 .0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.59 22.0 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.43 1.2 � � 8.48 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.05 6.8 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.43 1.2 � � 8.48 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.05 6.8 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 10.21 13.1 12.00 12.4 8.34 3.6
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.59 2.6 15.09 2.4 10.77 2.1
Level 2 .................................................. 9.61 3.5 � � 9.20 4.4
Level 3 .................................................. 12.04 1.8 12.06 1.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.20 2.5 13.45 2.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.66 3.8 15.66 3.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 16.91 2.8 17.43 1.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.60 4.7 20.60 4.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.89 4.8 15.54 4.5 11.07 1.2
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 16.93 11.6 � � � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.34 4.5 13.74 5.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.78 5.0 13.44 4.7 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.40 5.1 15.02 5.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.58 6.7 14.79 4.6 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.09 3.3 13.43 3.0 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.41 8.2 13.49 7.8 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.67 7.9 12.07 7.6 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.90 3.4 17.05 3.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.83 4.6 14.83 4.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.49 3.0 15.49 3.0 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.56 4.4 17.56 4.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.58 7.6 18.14 7.7 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.87 4.8 16.87 4.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.06 7.8 17.06 7.8 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 15.55 6.2 16.53 7.4 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.24 4.7 14.24 4.7 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.29 9.1 18.29 9.1 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.02 3.8 14.07 3.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.15 8.2 13.15 8.2 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.56 1.5 15.56 1.5 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.42 6.2 19.42 6.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 22.48 10.0 22.48 10.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.14 11.6 19.14 11.6 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.97 8.9 17.97 8.9 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.37 9.4 17.37 9.4 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 15.41 2.6 15.57 3.0 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 2.2 10.59 2.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.88 .7 13.88 .7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 14.25 4.9 14.25 4.9 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.20 .2 13.44 1.9 � �
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.18 .4 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.57 10.3 14.19 12.2 8.45 5.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.82 4.4 � � 8.48 3.8
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.63 18.9 15.43 23.7 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.36 6.4 � � 8.99 6.9
Level 1 .................................................. 9.30 7.3 � � 8.77 6.9
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.56 6.4 � � 8.89 9.8
Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 11.3 � � � �
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), Lincoln, NE, April
2009
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $15.69 4.2 $17.22 4.1 $9.73 3.3
Management occupations.............................................. 32.28 9.2 32.27 9.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.62 11.3 33.62 11.3 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.61 10.8 25.61 10.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.85 3.1 25.85 3.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.07 4.0 21.07 4.0 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.17 3.9 24.17 3.9 � �
Engineers......................................................... 26.58 8.0 26.58 8.0 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.13 5.8 15.13 5.8 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ � � 24.31 31.1 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.63 5.7 24.49 6.8 25.16 3.0
Level 8 .................................................. 26.60 15.8 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 27.93 2.5 27.96 2.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.94 5.6 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 24.28 6.9 23.49 7.6 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.77 3.8 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.20 3.5 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.08 13.5 13.49 15.2 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.92 11.5 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 14.3 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.97 7.6 10.41 10.2 6.76 3.8
Level 1 .................................................. 5.98 36.7 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 7.39 .6 � � 7.30 1.1
Level 3 .................................................. 5.01 13.0 � � 5.54 8.9
Level 4 .................................................. 10.11 1.1 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 8.43 12.3 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 10.46 3.7 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.09 1.2 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.49 21.7 � � 3.48 19.1
Level 3 .................................................. 2.72 15.0 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 21.7 � � 3.48 19.1
Level 3 .................................................. 2.72 15.0 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.86 1.9 � � 7.60 4.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.69 7.0 11.54 11.8 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.73 4.5 9.93 5.6 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.96 5.1 10.48 5.8 � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.20 7.2 13.60 4.3 8.49 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 .5 � � 7.87 3.1
Level 3 .................................................. 8.50 1.5 � � 8.21 2.8
Level 4 .................................................. 12.66 20.0 13.07 19.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.35 7.3 15.35 7.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.35 7.3 15.35 7.3 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.23 10.0 11.35 9.2 8.36 2.0
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 .5 � � 7.87 3.1
Level 3 .................................................. 8.40 .0 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.45 1.1 � � 8.41 1.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 7.5 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.45 1.1 � � 8.41 1.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.06 7.5 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.99 13.4 � � 8.34 3.6
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.45 3.0 14.97 2.9 10.70 2.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.55 3.6 � � 9.20 4.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.98 1.8 12.04 1.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.31 2.6 13.59 2.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.71 3.9 15.71 3.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 16.81 4.6 17.75 3.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.34 5.5 20.34 5.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.10 5.4 15.70 5.1 11.11 1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 16.93 11.6 � � � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.33 4.7 13.74 5.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.73 5.1 13.38 4.9 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.43 5.4 15.09 6.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.51 6.8 14.73 4.6 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.09 3.3 13.43 3.0 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.38 8.4 13.49 7.8 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.67 7.9 12.07 7.6 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.45 4.9 17.76 5.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.89 3.6 15.89 3.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.20 1.9 15.20 1.9 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.42 7.4 17.42 7.4 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 16.38 5.3 17.75 5.4 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.29 9.1 18.29 9.1 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.00 4.0 14.05 4.0 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.37 2.1 15.37 2.1 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.58 7.1 19.58 7.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 20.16 4.0 20.16 4.0 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 15.19 2.5 15.36 3.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.59 2.2 10.59 2.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.88 .7 13.88 .7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 14.25 4.9 14.25 4.9 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.20 .2 13.44 1.9 � �
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.18 .4 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.55 10.3 14.18 12.3 8.41 5.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.82 4.4 � � 8.48 3.8
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.63 18.9 15.43 23.7 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.36 6.4 � � 8.99 6.9
Level 1 .................................................. 9.30 7.3 � � 8.77 6.9
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.56 6.4 � � 8.89 9.8
Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 11.3 � � � �
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), Lincoln,
NE, April 2009
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $21.76 5.2 $22.46 4.9 $15.65 17.4
Management occupations.............................................. 27.34 11.4 27.34 11.4 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.83 6.2 24.83 6.2 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.89 14.3 30.99 16.1 30.07 7.5
Level 9 .................................................. 36.50 .5 37.12 1.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.66 27.4 30.71 27.4 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.35 34.9 41.50 37.1 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.24 .2 36.80 1.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 36.63 .3 37.30 1.9 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.11 3.0 37.11 3.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 37.49 3.1 37.49 3.1 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.57 2.8 37.57 2.8 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.73 .7 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.97 6.6 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.09 24.8 30.00 27.2 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 18.80 11.0 20.05 11.4 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.85 11.8 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.32 5.7 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.51 6.0 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.51 6.0 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 21.05 15.1 � � 10.05 5.0
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.37 3.3 15.75 2.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.05 2.2 17.05 2.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 8.0 14.77 4.3 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 3.8 16.23 3.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.06 2.4 17.06 2.4 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.22 4.9 16.22 4.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 16.30 6.2 16.30 6.2 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.99 12.7 18.99 12.7 � �
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 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Lincoln, NE,
April 2009
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $16.87 3.6 $18.34 3.4 $10.37 5.2
Management occupations.............................................. 30.32 7.6 30.31 7.6 � �
Group III................................................. 29.44 6.0 � � � �
Education administrators.......................................... 26.96 6.6 26.90 6.6 � �
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 26.76 7.3 � � � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.05 7.7 26.05 7.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.75 12.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 32.48 12.1 � � � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.24 9.5 26.24 9.5 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.31 5.8 25.31 5.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.28 6.0 � � � �
Engineers......................................................... 29.14 12.0 29.14 12.0 � �
Group III................................................. 31.09 16.3 � � � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.85 9.8 22.85 9.8 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.66 5.3 15.66 5.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 14.89 7.3 � � � �
Legal occupations................................................... 31.00 25.5 31.00 25.5 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.65 13.2 30.16 14.6 26.18 16.1
Group II.................................................. 19.28 16.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 33.36 6.8 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.13 30.7 41.13 32.4 27.87 2.9
Group III................................................. 37.66 12.8 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.52 9.3 34.57 5.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.03 16.2 � � � �
Group III................................................. 33.39 8.2 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.63 6.6 34.63 6.6 � �
Group III................................................. 34.83 6.9 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.12 9.0 34.12 9.0 � �
Group III................................................. 34.37 9.6 34.37 9.6 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.73 .7 � � � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.08 5.3 11.12 5.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.84 5.9 25.18 7.1 23.66 5.8
Group II.................................................. 21.93 9.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 27.41 3.7 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 23.42 6.7 23.43 7.3 23.40 14.8
Group II.................................................. 21.18 11.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 27.06 5.8 27.08 5.9 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.77 3.8 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.50 3.6 17.99 5.0 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.02 12.7 13.43 14.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.33 15.4 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.01 10.4 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.91 12.3 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.04 13.6 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.93 17.1 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 14.34 20.1 15.39 21.2 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.14 6.9 10.69 8.8 6.84 3.6
Group I................................................... 7.13 2.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 13.66 9.1 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 13.56 10.1 13.56 10.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 13.56 10.1 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 13.56 10.1 13.56 10.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 13.56 10.1 13.56 10.1 � �
Cooks............................................................. 8.50 12.0 11.56 6.6 � �
Group I................................................... 8.18 11.4 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.09 1.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.09 1.2 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.50 21.7 � � 3.49 19.0
Group I................................................... 3.50 21.7 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 21.7 � � 3.48 19.1
Group I................................................... 3.49 21.7 � � 3.48 19.1
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.86 1.9 � � 7.60 4.2
Group I................................................... 7.86 1.9 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.92 4.9 11.30 6.5 10.07 7.2
Group I................................................... 10.36 3.9 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.39 4.0 10.49 4.2 10.18 7.4
Group I................................................... 10.16 5.5 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.64 3.6 10.81 3.4 � �
Group I................................................... 10.52 5.7 10.78 6.5 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.59 23.2 � � 8.81 6.1
Group I................................................... 8.79 1.7 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.22 7.0 13.63 4.2 8.51 1.3
Group I................................................... 9.98 13.2 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 14.82 6.1 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.35 7.3 15.35 7.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.35 7.3 15.35 7.3 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.31 9.7 11.46 8.7 8.38 2.1
Group I................................................... 9.76 15.1 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.43 1.2 � � 8.48 1.2
Group I................................................... 9.38 1.3 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.43 1.2 � � 8.48 1.2
Group I................................................... 9.38 1.3 � � 8.45 1.6
Retail salespersons............................................. 10.21 13.1 12.00 12.4 8.34 3.6
Group I................................................... 9.05 8.0 � � 8.20 .0
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.59 2.6 15.09 2.4 10.77 2.1
Group I................................................... 12.49 2.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 16.86 2.7 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 16.93 11.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 16.93 11.6 � � � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.34 4.5 13.74 5.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.12 5.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 15.44 4.9 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.40 5.1 15.02 5.9 � �
Group I................................................... 13.32 5.3 14.13 4.9 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.09 3.3 13.43 3.0 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.41 8.2 13.49 7.8 � �
Group I................................................... 12.76 4.5 12.81 4.1 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.67 7.9 12.07 7.6 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.90 3.4 17.05 3.5 � �
Group I................................................... 14.37 4.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 18.01 4.3 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.87 4.8 16.87 4.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.66 7.6 17.66 7.6 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 15.55 6.2 16.53 7.4 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.24 4.7 14.24 4.7 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.29 9.1 18.29 9.1 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.02 3.8 14.07 3.8 � �
Group I................................................... 13.64 2.6 13.91 1.9 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.56 1.5 15.56 1.5 � �
Group I................................................... 11.86 9.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 17.18 1.8 � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.42 6.2 19.42 6.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.91 6.1 � � � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.97 8.9 17.97 8.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.26 8.9 � � � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.37 9.4 17.37 9.4 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 15.41 2.6 15.57 3.0 � �
Group I................................................... 13.03 3.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 17.56 5.6 � � � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.20 .2 13.44 1.9 � �
Group I................................................... 13.20 .2 � � � �
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.18 .4 � � � �
Group I................................................... 13.18 .4 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.57 10.3 14.19 12.2 8.45 5.2
Group I................................................... 10.94 11.4 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.63 18.9 15.43 23.7 � �
Group I................................................... 13.32 27.7 � � � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.36 6.4 � � 8.99 6.9
Group I................................................... 10.36 6.4 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.56 6.4 � � 8.89 9.8
Group I................................................... 9.56 6.4 � � 8.89 9.8
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), Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.16 $10.60 $14.70 $20.09 $27.67
Management occupations.............................................. 18.89 23.61 29.97 36.37 43.85
Education administrators.......................................... 25.52 25.52 25.52 25.52 28.15
Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 25.52 25.52 25.52 25.52 25.52
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.36 20.31 24.60 27.14 42.75
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.46 18.63 23.16 27.59 34.04
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.80 18.00 22.89 33.80 35.56
Engineers......................................................... 22.81 22.89 23.97 36.57 43.21
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.29 16.70 22.98 25.32 30.59
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.98 13.95 15.25 17.96 18.09
Legal occupations................................................... 17.08 19.23 24.58 48.08 52.89
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.72 17.12 28.85 36.97 48.14
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.35 28.85 32.31 49.09 65.95
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.14 26.48 32.96 40.54 46.06
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.36 29.70 34.78 41.73 46.44
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.36 28.83 34.78 41.73 46.99
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.48 30.73 32.96 35.55 41.58
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.62 9.92 11.61 11.72 12.30
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.63 18.47 23.15 30.13 32.93
Registered nurses................................................. 14.61 19.36 23.60 27.61 30.89
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.33 22.33 25.84 32.93 32.93
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.63 17.47 18.47 19.58 21.98
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.55 10.25 12.80 16.11 17.90
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.55 8.55 10.75 11.51 15.61
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.55 8.55 11.03 12.02 15.62
Protective service occupations...................................... 7.85 8.50 13.25 19.51 25.57
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.78 6.75 7.50 9.97 12.89
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 10.45 10.45 13.13 14.28 18.75
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 10.45 10.45 13.13 14.28 18.75
Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.75 7.50 9.62 12.06
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 9.00 10.25 11.14 12.06
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.25 7.06
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.25 7.06
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.70 6.80 7.50 8.50 10.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.16 9.00 10.05 11.86 12.80
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.16 8.95 10.05 11.49 12.35
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.16 9.57 10.05 11.74 12.76
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.25 8.50 9.25 11.00 23.54
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.60 8.50 10.53 14.65 19.69
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.10 12.00 14.65 16.56 20.18
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.10 12.00 14.65 16.56 20.18
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.48 8.00 9.21 11.40 14.23
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.60 8.25 8.97 10.60 11.50
Cashiers...................................................... 7.60 8.25 8.97 10.60 11.50
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.95 9.21 10.53 14.34
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.40 11.89 14.20 16.53 20.07
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 11.76 11.76 17.66 17.89 22.36
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.03 11.25 13.95 14.80 17.90
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.25 12.00 14.42 16.38 18.50
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.83 11.65 13.03 13.65 16.00
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.90 11.94 13.73 14.95 17.00
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 8.90 11.39 12.75 15.62
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.02 14.20 15.75 20.07 21.83
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.50 14.34 15.39 20.07 23.60
Medical secretaries............................................. 9.47 11.42 15.00 19.73 22.09
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.17 12.42 14.09 15.12 18.37
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.57 12.97 19.95 20.74 25.66
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 12.51 14.33 15.48 15.50
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.50 13.25 15.69 18.00 20.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.38 15.93 18.12 22.36 25.80
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.40 14.70 17.26 21.14 24.77
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.40 14.20 17.26 21.14 21.14
Production occupations.............................................. 10.20 11.96 15.56 18.26 20.18
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.05 10.60 11.79 18.46 18.46
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.75 10.20 11.30 18.46 18.46
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 8.00 10.19 13.34 15.32
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.50 8.20 11.70 14.13 28.87
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.25 10.19 12.34 13.10
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.25 9.75 10.90 13.10
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), Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.05 $13.96 $18.84 $25.65
Management occupations.............................................. 17.97 20.38 33.97 37.60 45.67
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.08 20.07 25.00 25.74 42.75
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.80 18.00 22.89 29.51 33.80
Engineers......................................................... 22.81 22.84 23.97 27.45 37.70
Community and social services occupations........................... 10.98 12.98 14.68 17.96 17.96
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.60 19.58 25.44 30.13 32.93
Registered nurses................................................. 17.50 20.75 24.58 28.20 30.89
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.33 22.33 25.84 32.93 32.93
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.63 16.26 18.47 18.47 21.98
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.55 10.25 12.80 16.11 17.90
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.55 8.55 10.25 11.51 15.62
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.55 8.55 9.20 12.25 15.62
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.78 6.75 7.50 9.75 12.06
Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.75 7.50 9.50 12.06
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 9.00 10.25 11.14 12.06
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.25 7.06
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.23 3.25 7.06
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.70 6.80 7.50 8.50 10.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.78 10.05 11.62 12.80
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.72 9.90 10.05 11.80
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.16 8.95 10.05 10.05 12.20
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.60 8.50 10.53 14.65 19.69
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.10 12.00 14.65 16.56 20.18
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.10 12.00 14.65 16.56 20.18
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.48 8.00 9.21 11.40 14.19
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.60 8.20 8.90 10.70 11.50
Cashiers...................................................... 7.60 8.20 8.90 10.70 11.50
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.25 7.80 9.21 10.53 15.45
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.32 11.76 13.96 16.23 20.07
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 11.76 11.76 17.66 17.89 22.36
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.03 11.00 13.95 14.80 17.90
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 12.00 14.43 16.38 18.50
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.83 11.65 13.03 13.65 16.00
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.90 11.94 13.68 14.95 17.00
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 8.90 11.39 12.75 15.62
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.02 14.20 16.82 21.83 22.09
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.02 13.54 16.12 20.07 24.00
Medical secretaries............................................. 10.78 14.64 15.00 19.73 22.09
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.57 12.97 19.95 20.74 25.66
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 12.51 14.33 15.48 15.50
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.50 13.25 15.69 17.00 20.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 16.00 19.49 22.36 25.80
Production occupations.............................................. 10.10 11.70 15.14 18.35 20.18
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.05 10.60 11.79 18.46 18.46
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.75 10.20 11.30 18.46 18.46
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 8.00 10.19 13.34 15.32
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.50 8.20 11.70 14.13 28.87
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.25 10.19 12.34 13.10
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.25 9.75 10.90 13.10
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), Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.96 $14.20 $18.46 $25.52 $34.43
Management occupations.............................................. 21.98 24.59 25.52 26.06 36.37
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.63 21.65 23.16 29.20 33.11
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.72 17.57 30.46 38.16 51.62
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.23 28.66 31.92 54.36 69.79
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.27 31.27 35.52 41.30 46.25
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.72 31.27 36.75 42.72 46.84
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.83 31.27 36.97 42.53 46.99
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.48 30.73 32.96 35.55 41.58
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.62 9.92 11.61 11.72 11.72
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.03 15.38 18.46 21.61 86.54
Protective service occupations...................................... 13.47 13.47 18.60 21.48 29.22
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.72 9.66 13.16 15.96
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.50 9.67 10.72 11.94 13.90
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.57 9.95 10.84 11.94 14.42
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.57 9.95 10.84 11.94 14.42
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.73 11.25 21.38 33.65 33.65
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.96 12.70 14.69 18.04 20.06
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.50 14.28 15.12 18.69 20.95
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 14.20 14.38 15.05 18.22 20.95
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.53 14.76 17.25 21.14 31.93
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), Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.00 $12.42 $15.87 $21.40 $30.05
Management occupations.............................................. 18.89 23.61 29.97 36.37 43.85
Education administrators.......................................... 25.52 25.52 25.52 25.52 27.67
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.36 20.31 24.60 27.14 42.75
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 18.46 18.63 23.16 27.59 34.04
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.80 18.00 22.89 33.80 35.56
Engineers......................................................... 22.81 22.89 23.97 36.57 43.21
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.29 16.70 22.98 25.32 30.59
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.98 13.95 15.25 17.96 18.09
Legal occupations................................................... 17.08 19.23 24.58 48.08 52.89
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.66 17.12 29.24 39.35 50.90
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.23 28.85 33.57 51.62 69.79
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.36 29.70 34.78 41.30 46.44
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.36 29.70 34.78 41.73 46.44
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 21.36 28.83 34.78 41.73 46.99
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.92 9.92 11.61 11.72 12.30
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.63 18.47 23.97 30.13 32.93
Registered nurses................................................. 12.35 20.28 23.64 27.43 30.89
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.63 15.89 18.47 18.47 19.58
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.55 9.00 14.05 16.11 17.90
Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 9.00 13.47 20.40 29.22
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.78 9.00 10.50 13.13 16.10
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 10.45 10.45 13.13 14.28 18.75
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 10.45 10.45 13.13 14.28 18.75
Cooks............................................................. 9.00 10.50 11.14 12.06 14.25
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.75 9.46 10.56 11.99 12.80
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.72 9.00 10.20 11.80 12.49
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.95 9.57 10.58 11.94 12.76
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.50 9.21 11.90 16.34 20.04
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.10 12.00 14.65 16.56 20.18
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.10 12.00 14.65 16.56 20.18
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.11 8.85 10.30 11.60 19.69
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.21 9.95 14.23 19.69
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.83 12.47 14.50 17.28 20.14
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.03 11.99 13.96 14.80 17.90
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.99 13.95 14.43 16.96 18.50
Customer service representatives.................................. 11.10 12.47 13.03 14.69 16.33
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.90 11.94 13.73 14.95 17.00
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 9.20 11.64 13.03 18.25
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.42 14.20 15.96 20.07 21.83
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.50 14.34 15.39 20.07 23.60
Medical secretaries............................................. 9.47 14.64 15.00 19.73 22.09
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.17 12.42 14.09 15.12 18.37
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.57 12.97 19.95 20.74 25.66
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.40 12.51 14.33 15.48 15.50
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.50 13.25 15.69 18.00 20.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.38 15.93 18.12 22.36 25.80
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.40 14.70 17.26 21.14 24.77
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.40 14.20 17.26 21.14 21.14
Production occupations.............................................. 10.50 12.28 15.62 18.26 20.18
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.20 10.60 12.02 18.46 18.46
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 11.70 12.65 15.32 20.25
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.24 13.34 20.25 28.87
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), Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $6.75 $7.50 $8.47 $10.90 $17.14
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.67 17.14 27.67 32.07 35.55
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.35 26.50 28.66 30.00 30.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.47 21.98 22.33 25.87 32.00
Registered nurses................................................. 14.61 17.56 22.28 30.53 33.08
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.25 6.70 7.06 7.87 8.50
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.15 3.25 7.06
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.15 3.25 7.06
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.55 6.75 7.10 8.00 9.97
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.16 10.05 10.05 11.10
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.16 8.16 10.05 10.05 11.10
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.60 8.00 8.25 10.48 11.00
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.25 10.53
Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 7.48 8.00 9.00 10.50
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.70 8.25 8.97 9.85
Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.70 8.25 8.97 9.85
Retail salespersons............................................. 6.55 7.40 8.00 9.36 10.53
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.73 9.43 10.96 11.76 12.20
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 7.60 8.00 8.50 10.19
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 7.35 8.50 10.19 10.90
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.25 7.25 7.80 10.19 12.35
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups
may include data for categories not shown separately
Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln, NE, April
2009
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $18.34 $15.87 $730 $628 39.8 $37,288 $32,635 2,033
Management occupations.............................................. 30.31 29.97 1,253 1,117 41.3 65,099 58,101 2,148
Education administrators.......................................... 26.90 25.52 1,090 1,021 40.5 56,399 53,082 2,097
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.05 24.60 1,038 972 39.8 53,985 50,534 2,072
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.24 23.16 1,047 926 39.9 54,457 48,173 2,075
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.31 22.89 1,054 959 41.7 54,832 49,878 2,167
Engineers......................................................... 29.14 23.97 1,229 1,078 42.2 63,905 56,080 2,193
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.85 22.98 914 919 40.0 47,526 47,798 2,080
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.66 15.25 626 610 40.0 32,572 31,720 2,080
Legal occupations................................................... 31.00 24.58 1,234 983 39.8 64,152 51,126 2,069
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.16 29.24 1,140 1,110 37.8 45,309 45,449 1,502
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.13 33.57 1,629 1,343 39.6 64,737 51,694 1,574
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 34.57 34.78 1,260 1,266 36.4 47,872 48,099 1,385
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.63 34.78 1,253 1,245 36.2 47,714 47,297 1,378
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.12 34.78 1,246 1,245 36.5 47,501 47,297 1,392
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.12 11.61 401 410 36.1 15,368 15,081 1,382
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.18 23.97 995 924 39.5 51,749 48,069 2,055
Registered nurses................................................. 23.43 23.64 908 884 38.8 47,222 45,976 2,016
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.99 18.47 705 739 39.2 36,668 38,426 2,039
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.43 14.05 537 562 40.0 27,937 29,224 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 15.39 13.47 616 539 40.0 32,013 28,018 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.69 10.50 415 418 38.8 21,434 21,736 2,004
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 13.56 13.13 558 525 41.1 28,837 27,300 2,126
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 13.56 13.13 558 525 41.1 28,837 27,300 2,126
Cooks............................................................. 11.56 11.14 422 386 36.5 21,535 20,065 1,864
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.30 10.56 452 422 40.0 23,511 21,965 2,080
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.49 10.20 420 408 40.0 21,816 21,216 2,080
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.81 10.58 432 423 40.0 22,478 22,006 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.63 11.90 543 460 39.8 28,230 23,920 2,070
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.35 14.65 626 586 40.8 32,559 30,480 2,122
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.35 14.65 626 586 40.8 32,559 30,480 2,122
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.46 10.30 446 410 38.9 23,198 21,320 2,023
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.00 9.95 450 372 37.5 23,374 19,344 1,948
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.09 14.50 600 578 39.8 31,093 30,014 2,061
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.74 13.96 550 559 40.0 28,574 29,043 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.02 14.43 601 577 40.0 31,232 30,014 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.43 13.03 534 517 39.7 27,758 26,900 2,067
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.49 13.73 532 502 39.5 27,673 26,104 2,052
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.07 11.64 483 466 40.0 25,112 24,211 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.05 15.96 682 635 40.0 35,037 32,899 2,054
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.87 15.39 675 604 40.0 35,075 31,387 2,079
Medical secretaries............................................. 16.53 15.00 661 600 40.0 34,377 31,200 2,080
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.24 14.09 570 564 40.0 27,773 25,834 1,950
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.29 19.95 709 773 38.7 36,862 40,207 2,015
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.07 14.33 558 563 39.7 28,984 29,251 2,061
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.56 15.69 623 628 40.0 32,294 32,635 2,075
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.42 18.12 780 720 40.2 40,572 37,440 2,089
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.97 17.26 719 690 40.0 37,368 35,901 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.37 17.26 695 690 40.0 36,131 35,901 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 15.57 15.62 622 622 40.0 32,173 32,240 2,066
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.44 12.02 538 481 40.0 27,963 25,002 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.19 12.65 570 506 40.2 29,606 26,208 2,087
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.43 13.34 617 534 40.0 32,088 27,749 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
Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Lincoln,
NE, April 2009
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $17.22 $15.28 $687 $606 39.9 $35,622 $31,602 2,069
Management occupations.............................................. 32.27 33.97 1,365 1,371 42.3 70,955 71,300 2,199
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.61 25.00 1,019 972 39.8 52,999 50,534 2,069
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.17 22.89 1,010 914 41.8 52,504 47,507 2,173
Engineers......................................................... 26.58 23.97 1,132 1,078 42.6 58,876 56,080 2,215
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.13 14.68 605 587 40.0 31,472 30,528 2,080
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.31 21.36 980 854 40.3 39,499 33,749 1,625
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.49 25.63 966 987 39.5 50,246 51,324 2,051
Registered nurses................................................. 23.49 23.91 909 869 38.7 47,275 45,171 2,012
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.49 14.05 540 562 40.0 28,062 29,224 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.41 10.45 403 400 38.8 20,981 20,800 2,016
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.54 9.90 462 396 40.0 24,001 20,592 2,080
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.93 9.00 397 360 40.0 20,649 18,720 2,080
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.48 9.90 419 396 40.0 21,796 20,592 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.60 11.50 542 460 39.8 28,159 23,920 2,070
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 15.35 14.65 626 586 40.8 32,559 30,480 2,122
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.35 14.65 626 586 40.8 32,559 30,480 2,122
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.35 10.10 441 396 38.9 22,931 20,592 2,021
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.97 14.42 595 577 39.7 30,930 30,000 2,066
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.74 14.18 550 567 40.0 28,577 29,494 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.09 14.70 603 588 40.0 31,381 30,576 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.43 13.03 534 517 39.7 27,758 26,900 2,067
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.49 13.73 532 502 39.5 27,673 26,104 2,052
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.07 11.64 483 466 40.0 25,112 24,211 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.76 18.64 710 745 40.0 36,915 38,761 2,079
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.42 16.12 696 645 40.0 36,200 33,530 2,078
Medical secretaries............................................. 17.75 15.00 710 600 40.0 36,910 31,200 2,080
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.29 19.95 709 773 38.7 36,862 40,207 2,015
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.05 14.33 557 563 39.7 28,990 29,251 2,063
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.37 15.69 615 628 40.0 31,894 32,635 2,075
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.58 19.49 788 779 40.2 40,984 40,498 2,093
Production occupations.............................................. 15.36 15.14 614 606 39.9 31,710 31,491 2,064
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.44 12.02 538 481 40.0 27,963 25,002 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.18 12.65 571 506 40.3 29,688 26,312 2,094
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.43 13.34 617 534 40.0 32,088 27,749 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
Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $22.46 $19.00 $887 $760 39.5 $42,974 $38,875 1,913
Management occupations.............................................. 27.34 25.52 1,094 1,021 40.0 56,740 53,082 2,075
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.83 23.16 993 926 40.0 51,642 48,173 2,080
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.99 30.47 1,161 1,110 37.5 46,063 45,449 1,486
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.50 32.31 1,641 1,292 39.5 66,110 51,694 1,593
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.80 36.17 1,325 1,294 36.0 50,133 49,163 1,362
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.11 36.75 1,324 1,294 35.7 50,183 49,163 1,352
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.57 36.97 1,347 1,314 35.9 51,017 49,905 1,358
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.00 19.98 1,200 799 40.0 62,394 41,558 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 20.05 19.51 802 780 40.0 41,694 40,581 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.75 15.05 630 602 40.0 31,992 31,296 2,032
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.23 15.12 649 605 40.0 32,895 31,296 2,027
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.22 15.05 649 602 40.0 33,738 31,296 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.99 17.25 760 690 40.0 39,497 35,880 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
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry
establishments for major occupational groups, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $15.69 $14.93 $14.86 $20.24
Management, professional, and related...... 25.67 25.99 23.19 27.48
Management, business, and financial...... 28.56 31.85 20.81 26.49
Professional and related................. 24.57 23.85 23.64 28.21
Service.................................... 9.48 9.16 10.23 �
Sales and office........................... 13.79 13.47 13.31 15.61
Sales and related........................ 12.20 12.68 11.14 �
Office and administrative support........ 14.45 13.82 14.67 15.36
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 17.38 16.65 � �
Construction and extraction............. 15.37 14.98 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.58 18.80 � �
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 13.05 11.15 14.60 �
Production............................... 15.19 12.89 14.70 �
Transportation and material moving....... 11.55 10.63 14.46 �
B
1-99 100-499 500
Total workers workers workers
or more
Occupational group(2)
Relative error(3)
(percent)
Relative error(3) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 4.2 8.4 4.8 3.2
Management, professional, and related............................... 6.0 9.5 3.8 4.4
Management, business, and financial............................... 7.6 11.1 11.2 7.6
Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 11.0 4.2 4.9
Service............................................................. 7.4 10.2 9.7 �
Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 5.4 4.8 1.3
Sales and related................................................. 7.2 12.6 6.9 �
Office and administrative support................................. 3.0 5.3 4.5 1.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.2 4.0 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... 2.1 2.0 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.1 5.9 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.1 5.3 9.5 �
Production........................................................ 2.5 2.9 4.6 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 3.7 22.0 �
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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used
to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for
full-time(1) private industry workers, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $16.90 $15.00 $677 $590 40.1 $35,142 $30,601 2,079
Management occupations.............................................. 30.98 33.97 1,327 1,264 42.8 68,981 65,703 2,226
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.34 27.32 1,334 1,093 40.0 69,349 56,826 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.79 25.63 957 864 40.2 49,756 44,928 2,092
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.81 10.00 352 400 40.0 18,321 20,800 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.69 11.50 542 460 39.6 28,169 23,920 2,058
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.00 11.40 460 412 38.3 23,898 21,424 1,992
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.36 14.42 573 577 39.9 29,792 30,000 2,075
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.74 14.42 550 577 40.0 28,578 30,000 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.20 14.75 608 590 40.0 31,608 30,680 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.22 12.03 520 481 39.3 27,023 25,014 2,045
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.89 15.82 676 633 40.0 35,136 32,899 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.98 14.00 599 560 40.0 31,036 28,560 2,072
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.80 19.49 760 779 40.4 39,523 40,533 2,102
Production occupations.............................................. 13.13 13.15 525 526 40.0 27,310 27,352 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.62 12.34 505 494 40.0 26,239 25,671 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
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, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $17.58 $16.00 $698 $640 39.7 $36,168 $33,280 2,057
Management occupations.............................................. 36.29 34.71 1,477 1,388 40.7 76,806 72,201 2,117
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.55 22.02 855 881 39.7 44,464 45,806 2,063
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.58 19.52 1,023 781 40.0 53,201 40,602 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.09 25.73 974 1,012 38.8 50,645 52,645 2,019
Registered nurses................................................. 21.80 22.08 824 802 37.8 42,825 41,727 1,964
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.66 12.06 441 444 37.9 22,948 23,088 1,969
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.86 11.65 554 466 40.0 28,829 24,232 2,080
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.02 11.64 441 466 40.0 22,920 24,211 2,080
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.02 11.64 441 466 40.0 22,920 24,211 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.50 11.60 541 460 40.1 28,147 23,941 2,085
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.44 14.37 612 575 39.6 31,806 29,890 2,059
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.74 13.96 550 559 40.0 28,574 29,043 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.10 13.03 519 517 39.6 26,981 26,900 2,060
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.47 19.73 738 789 40.0 38,388 41,038 2,078
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.80 20.07 751 803 40.0 39,055 41,748 2,077
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.29 19.95 709 773 38.8 36,862 40,207 2,015
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.98 13.46 550 538 39.4 28,607 27,995 2,046
Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 16.88 654 675 39.9 33,683 35,106 2,057
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.32 15.25 796 644 41.2 41,408 33,488 2,143
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, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Union Nonunion
Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and
Civilian industry local Civilian industry local
workers workers government workers workers government
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $19.73 $17.42 $20.60 $16.43 $15.61 $22.89
Management, professional, and related............................... 23.81 � 23.81 27.06 25.67 32.10
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 28.55 28.56 28.52
Professional and related.......................................... 23.78 � 23.78 26.43 24.57 34.20
Service............................................................. 17.42 � 17.70 9.76 9.42 12.80
Sales and office.................................................... 15.03 � � 13.89 13.77 15.43
Sales and related................................................. � � � 12.22 12.20 �
Office and administrative support................................. 15.03 � � 14.55 14.44 15.76
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.44 � 21.29 17.36 17.57 �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � 15.08 14.98 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.45 � 21.36 18.99 19.54 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 18.66 18.66 � 12.38 12.09 �
Production........................................................ � � � 14.95 14.61 �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � � 10.47 10.44 �
Union Nonunion
Private State and Private State and
Civilian industry local Civilian industry local
workers workers government workers workers government
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 4.2 8.7 3.0 4.1 4.4 8.6
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.3 � 3.3 5.2 6.0 11.1
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 5.8 7.6 6.7
Professional and related.......................................... 4.3 � 4.3 6.2 6.2 21.8
Service............................................................. 7.3 � 7.8 6.3 7.0 16.6
Sales and office.................................................... 3.5 � � 2.8 3.0 4.3
Sales and related................................................. � � � 7.0 7.2 �
Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 � � 2.8 3.0 5.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 10.8 � 11.0 4.6 4.9 �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � 1.8 2.0 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.4 � 12.4 6.9 7.3 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 11.0 11.0 � 4.3 3.9 �
Production........................................................ � � � 2.4 2.0 �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � � 4.0 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, Lincoln, NE, April
2009
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $16.92 $15.70 $15.40 $15.45
Management, professional, and related............................... 26.40 25.55 � �
Management, business, and financial............................... 27.92 28.26 � �
Professional and related.......................................... 25.86 24.57 � �
Service............................................................. 10.84 9.48 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 14.06 13.90 12.61 12.52
Sales and related................................................. 11.90 11.91 13.50 13.43
Office and administrative support................................. 14.72 14.60 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.54 17.27 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 15.37 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.36 19.51 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 13.00 12.78 � �
Production........................................................ 15.00 14.70 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 11.57 11.55 � �
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 3.4 4.1 21.7 22.7
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.4 6.2 � �
Management, business, and financial............................... 5.8 8.0 � �
Professional and related.......................................... 5.0 6.2 � �
Service............................................................. 4.9 7.5 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 2.3 2.6 13.7 14.6
Sales and related................................................. 5.9 5.9 17.4 19.0
Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 2.7 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.0 4.3 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 2.1 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.6 7.7 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.1 7.2 � �
Production........................................................ 2.0 1.5 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 10.3 10.3 � �
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, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Goods producing Service providing
Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure
Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other
tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services
and es business services ity
utilities services
All workers........................................................... � � $12.86 � $18.67 � � � $16.31
Management, professional, and related............................... � � � � 29.34 � � � �
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � � 28.47 � � � �
Professional and related.......................................... � � � � � � � � �
Service............................................................. � � � � � � � � �
Sales and office.................................................... � � 11.64 � 15.23 � � � �
Sales and related................................................. � � 11.08 � � � � � �
Office and administrative support................................. � � 12.82 � 14.71 � � � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � � � � � � � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � � � � � � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � � 11.23 � � � � � �
Production........................................................ � � � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � 11.10 � � � � � �
B
Goods producing Service providing
Trade, Profes- Education Leisure
Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other
Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services
and es business services ity
utilities services
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... � � 7.6 � 2.5 � � � 0.1
Management, professional, and related............................... � � � � 9.1 � � � �
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � � 8.7 � � � �
Professional and related.......................................... � � � � � � � � �
Service............................................................. � � � � � � � � �
Sales and office.................................................... � � 5.7 � 6.2 � � � �
Sales and related................................................. � � 8.5 � � � � � �
Office and administrative support................................. � � 5.7 � 6.6 � � � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � � � � � � � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � � � � � � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � � 12.3 � � � � � �
Production........................................................ � � � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � 12.6 � � � � � �
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 151,100 121,700 29,400
Management, professional, and related............................... 37,200 22,900 14,300
Management, business, and financial............................... 8,700 5,700 3,000
Professional and related.......................................... 28,500 17,200 11,300
Service............................................................. 34,300 27,500 6,800
Sales and office.................................................... 46,800 41,600 5,200
Sales and related................................................. 13,600 13,300 �
Office and administrative support................................. 33,200 28,400 4,800
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 12,300 10,100 2,300
Construction and extraction...................................... 5,500 5,300 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6,600 4,800 1,800
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20,500 19,600 �
Production........................................................ 7,500 6,800 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 13,000 12,900 �
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.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Lincoln, NE, April 2009
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 6,104 5,896 208
Total in sample....................................................... 217 190 27
Responding........................................................ 135 110 25
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 53 51 2
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 29 29 0
1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.