NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY, Bulletin, July 2009
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July
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........................................................... $18.91 3.7 34.0 $17.50 4.5 34.2 $26.32 5.0 33.1
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 28.71 5.2 36.0 26.39 7.7 36.8 34.97 5.2 33.9
Management, business, and financial............................... 30.09 7.6 38.9 28.95 7.8 40.6 38.71 19.4 29.8
Professional and related.......................................... 28.19 6.7 35.0 25.12 11.0 35.2 34.48 6.2 34.6
Service............................................................. 11.85 3.9 28.6 10.13 3.7 27.9 18.12 7.9 31.5
Sales and office.................................................... 14.98 3.9 33.2 14.35 3.9 33.3 20.28 9.3 32.8
Sales and related................................................. 15.24 10.1 29.1 14.97 10.4 29.1 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 14.88 3.2 35.2 14.07 2.4 35.6 19.83 9.5 33.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.42 8.9 39.3 22.55 9.8 39.3 21.16 3.5 40.0
Construction and extraction...................................... 22.76 12.4 39.2 22.80 13.8 39.1 � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.91 10.0 39.5 22.20 11.0 39.5 � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.36 4.7 39.0 17.31 4.8 39.3 � � �
Production........................................................ 18.31 4.0 39.2 18.30 4.0 39.2 � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.10 8.2 38.7 15.91 8.9 39.5 � � �
Full time........................................................... 20.48 4.0 39.3 18.95 4.9 39.7 27.92 4.7 37.8
Part time........................................................... 10.71 6.1 19.8 10.42 6.5 20.3 13.08 11.9 16.4
Union............................................................... 24.47 4.3 36.2 21.03 7.0 36.0 27.50 4.3 36.4
Nonunion............................................................ 17.02 4.7 33.3 16.92 4.8 33.9 19.88 15.6 22.1
Time................................................................ 18.85 4.0 33.8 17.34 4.8 34.0 26.32 5.0 33.1
Incentive........................................................... 20.02 8.2 37.4 20.02 8.2 37.4 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.61 7.7 39.9 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) � � � (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 15.67 3.6 31.8 15.67 3.7 32.3 15.79 17.7 21.6
100-499 workers..................................................... 18.89 6.3 36.2 16.94 7.4 36.5 28.67 6.9 34.9
500 workers or more................................................. 24.73 5.7 36.3 23.40 8.7 37.1 26.88 6.3 35.1
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),
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.91 3.7 $20.48 4.0 $10.71 6.1
Management occupations.............................................. 37.95 11.5 38.02 11.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.57 19.4 26.57 19.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 43.98 4.7 43.98 4.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.32 6.4 51.84 6.2 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.69 3.9 23.38 4.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.24 4.3 23.24 4.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 27.82 6.4 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.70 8.3 23.24 9.1 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.76 11.9 24.76 11.9 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.53 7.1 26.66 7.2 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.08 15.0 33.08 15.0 � �
Engineers......................................................... 39.00 13.7 39.00 13.7 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.48 2.7 17.49 6.8 � �
Social workers.................................................... 20.86 1.0 � � � �
Legal occupations................................................... 47.22 19.2 47.62 18.8 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.39 4.0 36.15 5.2 14.34 23.3
Level 8 .................................................. 33.00 15.1 33.00 15.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 37.34 3.1 37.34 3.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.00 19.9 37.73 20.4 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.61 27.7 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.49 3.4 35.49 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 37.34 3.1 37.34 3.1 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.44 3.1 40.54 2.9 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.31 3.4 40.44 3.2 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.63 2.4 34.63 2.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.61 3.3 34.61 3.3 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.57 2.6 34.57 2.6 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.46 3.4 34.46 3.4 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.27 11.2 � � � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.12 4.4 22.31 4.2 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.81 4.4 24.85 5.3 31.09 7.1
Level 5 .................................................. 15.92 3.3 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 29.49 4.8 29.65 7.0 29.26 3.1
Registered nurses................................................. 28.90 3.9 28.12 4.8 31.74 4.2
Level 8 .................................................. 30.70 1.4 � � 29.26 3.1
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.98 3.3 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.31 7.4 13.93 7.3 10.48 8.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.51 2.6 11.78 3.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 9.0 14.31 9.1 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.68 9.4 14.23 9.4 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.83 5.7 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.93 4.7 12.88 5.2 � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 13.7 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 25.19 5.9 26.17 4.9 11.47 16.4
Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 14.5 � � 11.52 16.6
Police officers................................................... 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.70 3.8 10.66 15.1 7.23 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 2.1 � � 7.24 2.3
Level 2 .................................................. 6.89 4.4 � � 7.06 5.8
Level 3 .................................................. 9.75 8.7 10.40 7.7 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 10.58 5.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 17.45 14.8 17.45 14.8 � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.89 9.5 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.30 7.5 5.34 11.8 5.28 6.0
Level 1 .................................................. 5.75 17.2 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 5.00 5.1 � � 5.17 1.1
Bartenders...................................................... 5.74 10.4 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.68 1.2 � � 4.70 1.4
Level 2 .................................................. 4.71 1.0 � � 4.74 .4
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.57 4.3 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.45 5.7 13.23 6.1 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 12.73 10.3 12.90 10.7 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.98 4.1 12.63 4.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 13.40 8.4 13.50 8.6 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.06 4.0 12.85 4.4 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 14.10 7.0 14.24 7.1 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.30 21.3 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.30 21.3 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.36 14.6 12.79 10.5 9.17 13.9
Level 2 .................................................. 9.18 3.4 9.67 3.0 8.77 5.2
Child care workers................................................ 8.59 10.2 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.77 6.6 � � 9.43 1.3
Level 2 .................................................. 8.97 1.8 � � � �
Recreation workers.............................................. 9.77 6.6 � � 9.43 1.3
Level 2 .................................................. 8.97 1.8 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.24 10.1 18.08 10.4 8.83 3.8
Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 4.3 � � 7.95 2.5
Level 3 .................................................. 10.10 7.0 � � 9.36 8.7
Level 4 .................................................. 13.45 4.5 14.27 2.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.80 5.9 18.47 5.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.59 4.6 � � � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.12 7.4 12.86 9.6 8.78 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 8.14 4.4 � � 7.95 2.7
Level 3 .................................................. 9.76 3.5 � � 9.36 8.7
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 4.7 � � 8.73 3.6
Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 4.7 � � 8.73 3.6
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.26 3.2 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.42 14.7 14.23 22.3 8.70 8.1
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.88 3.2 15.41 3.6 11.20 2.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.41 5.1 � � 8.41 5.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.51 5.7 10.69 8.4 9.86 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.76 3.4 11.98 3.8 10.90 4.6
Level 4 .................................................. 15.06 2.1 15.26 1.8 13.29 6.5
Level 5 .................................................. 15.86 7.2 15.92 7.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 19.97 6.6 20.29 6.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.09 4.5 15.34 4.9 12.30 7.3
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 17.48 14.1 � � � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.69 3.7 14.92 4.2 12.83 6.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 4.8 12.04 6.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.79 2.5 14.79 2.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.42 10.6 15.53 12.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 5.2 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.40 4.8 15.60 5.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 6.3 14.54 6.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.39 5.7 18.42 3.7 � �
Tellers......................................................... 12.78 2.6 13.49 9.3 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 11.9 14.24 12.1 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.22 5.0 � � � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... � � 13.21 4.8 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.56 8.4 12.89 8.0 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.66 9.4 20.47 8.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.27 6.6 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 15.2 21.13 15.2 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.57 16.3 18.93 16.4 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.30 5.5 � � � �
Word processors and typists..................................... 15.93 4.6 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 4.7 13.79 5.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.54 7.5 14.54 7.5 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.76 12.4 22.86 12.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.46 8.2 16.46 8.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 22.11 14.6 22.11 14.6 � �
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 � �
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.51 11.7 16.51 11.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 28.38 10.0 28.38 10.0 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.57 7.5 25.64 7.8 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 18.31 4.0 18.58 4.5 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 2.5 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.54 3.0 11.54 3.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 19.60 2.9 19.60 2.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.48 12.6 16.48 12.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.38 4.1 18.38 4.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 8.6 22.93 8.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 7.4 16.07 7.4 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 2.8 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.37 14.4 17.37 14.4 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.94 14.3 15.60 1.1 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 9.2 12.96 9.6 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.10 8.2 16.38 8.0 11.72 8.0
Level 1 .................................................. 8.58 6.3 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.75 9.7 13.39 8.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.79 6.9 15.99 7.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.26 8.1 16.61 7.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.91 1.2 17.91 1.2 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 10.1 17.47 10.1 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 3.0 16.75 3.0 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.81 25.9 14.81 25.9 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.40 14.6 12.61 15.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.5 14.94 6.5 � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 � �
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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $17.50 4.5 $18.95 4.9 $10.42 6.5
Management occupations.............................................. 36.10 12.2 36.10 12.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.93 20.9 25.93 20.9 � �
Level 11.................................................. 44.66 5.2 44.66 5.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.84 6.2 51.84 6.2 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.46 4.3 23.37 4.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 22.70 4.5 22.70 4.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.24 9.1 23.24 9.1 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.51 8.2 24.63 8.3 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.46 16.4 33.46 16.4 � �
Engineers......................................................... 39.76 13.4 39.76 13.4 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.58 2.8 17.56 7.2 � �
Social workers.................................................... 20.86 1.0 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.90 18.4 28.88 23.5 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.53 17.5 � � � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.31 4.2 22.31 4.2 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.14 3.8 26.14 5.0 31.09 7.1
Level 8 .................................................. 29.49 4.8 29.65 7.0 29.26 3.1
Registered nurses................................................. 30.43 4.1 29.85 5.6 31.74 4.2
Level 8 .................................................. 30.70 1.4 � � 29.26 3.1
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.76 8.0 13.35 8.3 10.20 7.9
Level 2 .................................................. 11.40 3.1 11.78 3.5 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.01 3.1 12.40 1.4 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.68 6.2 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.52 2.4 � � � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 13.7 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.43 4.1 10.26 16.0 7.15 1.4
Level 1 .................................................. 7.49 2.3 � � 7.17 2.3
Level 2 .................................................. 6.89 4.4 � � 7.06 5.8
Level 3 .................................................. 9.06 7.4 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 10.58 5.4 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.54 8.7 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.30 7.5 5.34 11.8 5.28 6.0
Level 1 .................................................. 5.75 17.2 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 5.00 5.1 � � 5.17 1.1
Bartenders...................................................... 5.74 10.4 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.68 1.2 � � 4.70 1.4
Level 2 .................................................. 4.71 1.0 � � 4.74 .4
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.48 4.3 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.65 7.0 12.39 8.6 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 12.56 14.4 12.64 15.0 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.08 3.8 11.72 6.2 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 13.22 12.1 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.35 4.3 12.21 6.2 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.79 19.7 � � 8.89 17.9
Level 2 .................................................. 9.09 4.9 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.97 10.4 17.74 10.8 8.76 3.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 4.3 � � 7.95 2.5
Level 3 .................................................. 10.02 7.0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.45 4.5 14.27 2.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.80 5.9 18.47 5.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.59 4.6 � � � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.11 7.4 12.86 9.6 8.70 4.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.14 4.4 � � 7.95 2.7
Level 3 .................................................. 9.67 3.2 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.38 4.3 � � 8.53 1.7
Cashiers...................................................... 9.38 4.3 � � 8.53 1.7
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.26 3.2 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.42 14.7 14.23 22.3 8.70 8.1
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.07 2.4 14.50 2.8 11.09 2.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.60 5.9 � � 8.60 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 9.97 4.4 10.11 6.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.79 3.5 11.98 3.8 10.86 5.9
Level 4 .................................................. 14.75 1.8 14.96 1.5 12.77 4.6
Level 5 .................................................. 15.30 6.8 15.34 7.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 17.60 4.0 18.06 2.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.24 4.8 15.52 5.3 12.30 7.3
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 17.48 14.1 � � � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.18 2.7 14.36 3.2 12.80 6.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 4.8 12.04 6.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.66 2.6 14.66 2.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.93 5.2 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.02 5.2 15.18 5.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.42 5.3 � � � �
Tellers......................................................... 12.78 2.6 13.49 9.3 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 11.9 14.24 12.1 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.28 5.3 � � � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.56 8.4 12.89 8.0 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.80 12.1 17.71 12.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.27 6.6 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.64 10.8 14.83 11.1 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.20 4.7 13.44 5.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.92 7.0 13.92 7.0 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.80 13.8 22.90 14.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.35 8.3 15.35 8.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.55 15.6 21.55 15.6 � �
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 � �
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.20 11.0 22.20 11.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.51 11.7 16.51 11.7 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.17 6.8 27.30 7.0 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 18.30 4.0 18.57 4.5 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 2.5 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.54 3.0 11.54 3.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 19.60 2.9 19.60 2.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.48 12.6 16.48 12.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.33 4.3 18.33 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.93 8.6 22.93 8.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.07 7.4 16.07 7.4 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 2.8 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.17 15.4 17.17 15.4 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.94 14.3 15.60 1.1 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 9.2 12.96 9.6 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.91 8.9 16.13 8.6 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.75 9.7 13.39 8.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.90 7.4 15.99 7.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.72 5.7 14.98 5.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.91 1.2 17.91 1.2 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.32 10.4 17.32 10.4 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 3.0 16.75 3.0 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.40 14.6 12.61 15.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.94 6.5 14.94 6.5 � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 � �
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 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $26.32 5.0 $27.92 4.7 $13.08 11.9
Legal occupations................................................... 54.37 14.3 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.49 4.5 37.68 5.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 38.22 3.5 38.22 3.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.01 7.2 32.14 4.1 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.43 2.3 38.43 2.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 38.22 3.5 38.22 3.5 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.47 2.7 41.47 2.7 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.63 2.4 41.63 2.4 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.68 .7 35.68 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.52 .0 35.52 .0 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.79 .7 35.79 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.47 .0 35.47 .0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.50 6.9 21.50 6.9 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 25.88 5.5 26.17 4.9 � �
Police officers................................................... 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.62 6.6 15.11 5.3 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.68 4.3 14.68 4.3 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.25 3.9 14.25 3.9 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.84 11.9 � � 10.14 9.8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.35 2.6 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.27 6.6 � � � �
Recreation workers.............................................. 10.27 6.6 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.83 9.5 20.84 8.9 11.93 10.7
Level 4 .................................................. 17.71 5.1 17.85 5.9 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 19.07 4.8 19.42 5.1 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.23 7.9 � � � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3),
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.91 3.7 $20.48 4.0 $10.71 6.1
Management occupations.............................................. 37.95 11.5 38.02 11.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.42 11.5 � � � �
Group III................................................. 34.62 15.0 � � � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.69 3.9 23.38 4.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.17 3.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 28.02 5.9 � � � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.76 11.9 24.76 11.9 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.53 7.1 26.66 7.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.44 6.5 � � � �
Group III................................................. 31.10 6.1 � � � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.08 15.0 33.08 15.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.06 10.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 37.68 12.2 � � � �
Engineers......................................................... 39.00 13.7 39.00 13.7 � �
Group III................................................. 38.67 12.6 � � � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.48 2.7 17.49 6.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 15.12 2.7 � � � �
Social workers.................................................... 20.86 1.0 � � � �
Legal occupations................................................... 47.22 19.2 47.62 18.8 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.39 4.0 36.15 5.2 14.34 23.3
Group II.................................................. 26.69 18.5 � � � �
Group III................................................. 40.16 6.9 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.61 27.7 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.49 3.4 35.49 3.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 29.43 20.3 � � � �
Group III................................................. 37.60 3.6 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.44 3.1 40.54 2.9 � �
Group III................................................. 41.25 1.2 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.31 3.4 40.44 3.2 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.63 2.4 34.63 2.4 � �
Group III................................................. 34.95 2.6 � � � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.57 2.6 34.57 2.6 � �
Group III................................................. 34.85 2.8 34.85 2.8 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.27 11.2 � � � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.12 4.4 22.31 4.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.92 13.4 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.81 4.4 24.85 5.3 31.09 7.1
Group II.................................................. 22.33 4.5 � � � �
Group III................................................. 33.72 6.3 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 28.90 3.9 28.12 4.8 31.74 4.2
Group II.................................................. 27.48 4.9 26.78 7.1 29.26 3.1
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.98 3.3 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.31 7.4 13.93 7.3 10.48 8.6
Group I................................................... 12.92 8.2 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.68 9.4 14.23 9.4 � �
Group I................................................... 13.70 9.8 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.93 4.7 12.88 5.2 � �
Group I................................................... 12.88 5.2 12.88 5.2 � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 13.7 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 25.19 5.9 26.17 4.9 11.47 16.4
Group I................................................... 20.46 12.2 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 26.56 6.4 � � � �
Police officers................................................... 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.44 9.7 � � � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 9.5 26.94 9.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.44 9.7 26.44 9.7 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.70 3.8 10.66 15.1 7.23 2.0
Group I................................................... 7.89 2.7 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 17.45 14.8 17.45 14.8 � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.89 9.5 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.89 9.5 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.30 7.5 5.34 11.8 5.28 6.0
Group I................................................... 5.30 7.5 � � � �
Bartenders...................................................... 5.74 10.4 � � � �
Group I................................................... 5.74 10.4 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.68 1.2 � � 4.70 1.4
Group I................................................... 4.68 1.2 � � 4.70 1.4
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.57 4.3 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.57 4.3 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.45 5.7 13.23 6.1 � �
Group I................................................... 12.17 6.0 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.98 4.1 12.63 4.9 � �
Group I................................................... 12.06 4.9 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.06 4.0 12.85 4.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.17 5.0 13.23 5.7 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.30 21.3 � � � �
Group I................................................... 13.07 21.2 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.30 21.3 � � � �
Group I................................................... 13.07 21.2 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.36 14.6 12.79 10.5 9.17 13.9
Group I................................................... 9.08 7.9 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 8.59 10.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 8.40 8.5 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.77 6.6 � � 9.43 1.3
Group I................................................... 9.77 6.6 � � � �
Recreation workers.............................................. 9.77 6.6 � � 9.43 1.3
Group I................................................... 9.77 6.6 � � 9.43 1.3
Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.24 10.1 18.08 10.4 8.83 3.8
Group I................................................... 10.41 2.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 26.65 11.2 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.80 5.9 18.47 5.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.59 4.6 � � � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.12 7.4 12.86 9.6 8.78 4.7
Group I................................................... 9.69 1.1 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.50 4.7 � � 8.73 3.6
Group I................................................... 8.73 3.6 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.50 4.7 � � 8.73 3.6
Group I................................................... 8.73 3.6 � � 8.73 3.6
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.26 3.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.26 3.2 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.42 14.7 14.23 22.3 8.70 8.1
Group I................................................... 9.62 14.4 � � 8.21 10.8
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.88 3.2 15.41 3.6 11.20 2.7
Group I................................................... 13.23 2.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 18.17 7.6 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 17.48 14.1 � � � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.69 3.7 14.92 4.2 12.83 6.0
Group I................................................... 13.83 3.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 16.16 9.2 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.40 4.8 15.60 5.3 � �
Group I................................................... 13.59 5.3 13.66 5.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.70 3.8 18.35 2.3 � �
Tellers......................................................... 12.78 2.6 13.49 9.3 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.13 11.9 14.24 12.1 � �
Group I................................................... 12.32 14.3 12.40 15.0 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.22 5.0 � � � �
Group I................................................... 11.22 5.0 � � � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... � � 13.21 4.8 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.56 8.4 12.89 8.0 � �
Group I................................................... 9.60 3.4 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.66 9.4 20.47 8.9 � �
Group I................................................... 12.49 5.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 22.76 5.1 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 15.2 21.13 15.2 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.57 16.3 18.93 16.4 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.30 5.5 � � � �
Group I................................................... 14.54 6.2 � � � �
Word processors and typists..................................... 15.93 4.6 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 4.7 13.79 5.3 � �
Group I................................................... 13.31 5.6 13.55 6.6 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.76 12.4 22.86 12.6 � �
Group I................................................... 17.29 4.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 27.06 9.0 � � � �
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 � �
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.18 12.4 23.18 12.4 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.91 10.0 21.91 10.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.10 11.1 � � � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.57 7.5 25.64 7.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.30 7.0 � � � �
Production occupations.............................................. 18.31 4.0 18.58 4.5 � �
Group I................................................... 16.46 3.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.51 7.1 � � � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 2.8 15.03 2.8 � �
Group I................................................... 15.26 6.4 � � � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.37 14.4 17.37 14.4 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.94 14.3 15.60 1.1 � �
Group I................................................... 13.40 15.1 � � � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.92 9.2 12.96 9.6 � �
Group I................................................... 11.90 5.1 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.10 8.2 16.38 8.0 11.72 8.0
Group I................................................... 13.88 8.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.45 5.0 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 10.1 17.47 10.1 � �
Group I................................................... 13.65 10.4 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.27 5.8 � � � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 3.0 16.75 3.0 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.81 25.9 14.81 25.9 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.40 14.6 12.61 15.1 � �
Group I................................................... 12.40 14.6 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 � �
Group I................................................... 11.90 20.4 11.99 20.8 � �
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), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.26 $11.36 $15.76 $24.00 $33.08
Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 23.57 38.50 49.62 62.50
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.15 18.27 22.88 26.92 34.73
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.97 20.48 22.88 27.88 42.63
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.03 21.63 27.27 32.15 35.36
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.00 24.21 29.45 42.93 50.20
Engineers......................................................... 28.56 29.10 41.93 47.77 50.20
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.59 18.68 20.56 23.61
Social workers.................................................... 15.68 16.94 20.56 23.61 27.94
Legal occupations................................................... 16.33 30.05 55.41 62.58 63.35
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.75 25.66 35.05 41.16 49.65
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 13.51 32.58 46.10 56.67 79.08
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.11 29.89 35.76 41.16 47.71
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.91 35.82 41.15 42.04 50.11
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.53 34.54 41.16 42.04 54.44
Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.89 29.67 33.67 39.37 47.25
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 25.71 28.70 33.67 40.38 47.33
Teacher assistants................................................ 7.30 7.52 8.69 10.10 15.88
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.84 15.83 22.78 27.79 31.83
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.78 17.00 26.24 32.56 36.95
Registered nurses................................................. 17.00 26.17 29.75 32.65 35.64
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.36 14.87 16.14 19.28 20.08
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.24 10.82 12.50 15.91 17.57
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.61 11.95 13.06 15.59 19.10
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.82 11.42 13.00 14.13 16.15
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.24 10.24 10.94 15.91 15.91
Protective service occupations...................................... 16.26 21.36 26.79 30.82 31.84
Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 8.00 9.50 13.33
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 11.00 13.33 13.95 20.00 26.20
Cooks............................................................. 7.40 7.80 10.00 13.00 16.51
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17 7.15
Bartenders...................................................... 4.60 5.00 5.15 7.15 7.15
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.40 8.00 8.00 9.11 9.95
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.30 11.86 14.37 17.90
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.41 9.38 11.86 14.13 17.25
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.63 11.86 14.13 16.95
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.82 8.00 16.13 19.55 24.23
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.82 8.00 16.13 19.55 24.23
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 7.45 9.15 10.09 15.86
Child care workers................................................ 7.15 7.30 8.00 10.00 10.38
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.00 9.15 9.21 10.00 10.38
Recreation workers.............................................. 8.00 9.15 9.21 10.00 10.38
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.65 9.50 11.75 18.13 29.52
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.00 14.73 15.39 19.23 29.07
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.55 14.73 19.23 24.01 29.07
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.55 10.00 12.41 14.34
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.60
Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.60
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.80 10.00 10.00 13.25
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.65 8.60 11.20 13.08 17.05
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.95 11.71 14.03 16.83 20.86
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 10.50 11.50 18.27 24.42 25.91
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.84 12.89 14.40 16.18 19.11
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.43 13.30 15.37 18.00 19.16
Tellers......................................................... 10.24 11.09 12.47 14.18 15.42
Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.50 14.23 17.60 18.90
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 9.57 10.00 11.71 12.95
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 8.26 9.68 12.16 15.15
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 13.35 19.10 24.57 26.92
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.02 16.23 18.51 26.92 35.01
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.50 17.17 24.57 25.64
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.40 12.40 14.03 15.14 18.17
Word processors and typists..................................... 13.19 14.58 15.14 18.01 18.55
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.00 12.57 16.16 16.83
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 16.50 24.00 28.73 29.42
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.06 14.80 20.15 29.81 33.62
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.87 19.38 26.30 33.36 33.62
Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.03 17.55 23.40 28.76
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.46 11.00 16.28 17.55 17.55
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.25 14.79 19.73 28.76
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 13.60 14.20 16.47 18.30
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.71 11.00 11.72 13.41 18.60
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 12.00 15.85 19.65 23.99
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.80 16.73 20.00 24.72
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.55 14.80 16.73 19.17 21.00
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.00 8.00 11.00 17.71 35.23
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.00 15.52 17.12
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 10.72 15.85 17.12
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.80 $14.78 $21.00 $30.51
Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 19.58 37.18 45.17 62.05
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.08 18.13 22.88 26.44 34.73
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.48 21.61 23.65 30.26 33.08
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.00 23.08 29.45 42.93 50.20
Engineers......................................................... 28.56 29.10 42.93 47.77 50.20
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.08 15.59 18.84 20.56 24.29
Social workers.................................................... 15.68 16.94 20.56 23.61 27.94
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.52 9.10 25.66 32.60 58.78
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 9.10 9.10 26.44 30.51 35.26
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.98 16.45 22.78 27.79 31.83
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.78 17.00 29.32 33.96 36.95
Registered nurses................................................. 20.79 28.90 31.67 33.18 35.64
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.24 10.44 12.36 15.91 15.91
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.65 11.19 12.36 13.06 14.13
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.82 11.25 12.56 13.67 14.52
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.24 10.24 10.94 15.91 15.91
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 5.17 7.80 9.20 13.00
Cooks............................................................. 7.40 7.80 10.00 13.00 16.51
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17 7.15
Bartenders...................................................... 4.60 5.00 5.15 7.15 7.15
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.65 5.17
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.40 8.00 8.00 9.11 9.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 9.00 10.64 12.42 17.67
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.58 11.86 15.52
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.30 10.85 11.86 15.52
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 7.30 8.00 10.00 11.65
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.65 9.40 11.75 16.50 29.52
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.00 14.73 15.39 19.23 29.07
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 9.55 14.73 19.23 24.01 29.07
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.55 10.00 12.40 14.34
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.20
Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.25 9.34 10.66 12.20
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.80 10.00 10.00 13.25
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.65 8.60 11.20 13.08 17.05
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.68 11.54 13.62 16.04 18.39
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 10.50 11.50 18.27 24.42 25.91
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.43 12.47 14.15 15.32 17.99
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 13.00 14.41 17.99 18.60
Tellers......................................................... 10.24 11.09 12.47 14.18 15.42
Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 9.50 14.23 17.60 18.90
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.55 9.57 10.00 11.71 12.95
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 8.26 9.68 12.16 15.15
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.86 12.00 15.81 19.75 23.09
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.00 12.80 15.81 22.80
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 11.00 12.23 16.16 16.83
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 16.18 24.30 28.73 29.42
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.06 14.80 20.15 32.10 33.62
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.38 21.54 26.30 33.36 33.62
Production occupations.............................................. 10.82 13.03 17.50 23.40 28.76
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.46 11.00 16.28 17.55 17.55
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.25 14.79 15.87 28.76
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 6.75 13.60 14.20 16.47 18.30
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.71 11.00 11.72 13.41 18.60
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 11.95 15.63 19.17 24.19
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.75 16.73 19.79 24.72
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.55 14.80 16.73 19.17 21.00
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.00 15.52 17.12
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 10.72 15.85 17.12
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $12.16 $16.15 $23.29 $32.87 $42.04
Legal occupations................................................... 29.55 51.09 59.78 63.03 63.35
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.80 29.64 36.91 42.04 48.80
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.67 32.64 40.08 42.04 48.80
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.55 39.04 41.16 42.04 51.43
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.00 36.70 41.16 42.04 54.67
Secondary school teachers....................................... 26.56 29.89 35.67 40.38 47.45
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 26.56 29.89 33.67 40.38 47.45
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.87 16.33 20.59 26.24 27.66
Protective service occupations...................................... 16.98 23.15 26.79 30.82 31.84
Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.37 12.63 14.13 16.95 19.10
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.66 12.63 14.13 17.25 18.95
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.13 12.63 14.13 15.26 18.95
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 9.15 10.00 14.28 17.05
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.00 9.15 9.15 10.38 15.00
Recreation workers.............................................. 9.00 9.15 9.15 10.38 15.00
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.17 14.58 19.16 23.89 26.92
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.39 17.62 19.98 20.96 21.64
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.40 12.99 14.58 18.01 18.55
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.38 $13.00 $17.23 $25.50 $34.20
Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 23.57 38.50 49.62 62.50
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.15 18.13 22.64 26.44 33.80
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 16.97 20.48 22.88 27.88 42.63
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 15.03 21.85 27.27 32.15 35.36
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 15.00 24.21 29.45 42.93 50.20
Engineers......................................................... 28.56 29.10 41.93 47.77 50.20
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.91 15.24 17.23 19.95 23.61
Legal occupations................................................... 16.33 30.50 55.86 62.58 63.35
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.92 28.27 35.76 41.55 50.11
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.04 29.89 35.76 41.16 47.71
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.91 36.70 41.16 42.04 50.11
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.53 34.49 41.16 42.04 54.44
Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.89 29.67 33.67 39.37 47.25
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 25.71 28.70 33.67 40.38 47.33
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 11.98 16.45 22.78 27.79 31.83
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 14.78 16.92 25.02 31.70 35.64
Registered nurses................................................. 17.00 25.69 28.90 32.56 33.96
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.43 10.94 13.40 15.91 19.10
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.19 12.36 13.19 16.15 19.12
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.82 11.26 12.92 14.20 16.15
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.57 23.59 26.87 30.82 31.84
Police officers................................................... 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.93 23.15 27.92 31.67 32.83
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.65 5.15 9.50 13.33 16.51
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 11.00 13.33 13.95 20.00 26.20
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.65 4.65 5.15 7.50
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.40 10.13 12.20 15.52 18.70
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.41 10.13 11.86 14.37 17.67
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.38 10.85 12.00 14.21 17.67
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.00 10.00 10.09 15.86 20.41
Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 11.00 13.36 22.14 30.64
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 11.00 15.39 19.23 20.32 29.07
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.60 10.00 11.75 13.25 15.35
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.80 10.40 12.33 13.90 18.13
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.65 12.00 14.40 17.60 21.71
Financial clerks.................................................. 11.50 13.30 14.40 16.75 19.16
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.43 13.30 15.63 18.47 19.98
Tellers......................................................... 10.43 12.26 14.18 15.42 15.42
Customer service representatives.................................. 9.00 11.25 14.45 17.60 18.90
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.85 11.10 13.55 14.00 17.49
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.45 11.12 12.16 14.52 16.20
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.00 15.81 21.03 25.36 26.92
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.02 16.23 18.51 26.92 35.01
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 12.50 19.10 25.46 25.64
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.75 12.00 12.70 16.68 16.83
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 16.50 24.15 28.73 29.42
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 12.50 16.18 26.46 29.42 29.42
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.06 14.80 20.07 29.81 33.62
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.87 19.38 26.30 33.36 33.62
Production occupations.............................................. 11.00 13.03 17.55 23.40 28.76
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.46 11.00 16.28 17.55 17.55
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.00 12.25 14.79 19.73 28.76
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.60 13.60 15.83 16.47 18.30
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.75 11.00 11.72 13.41 18.60
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 12.30 16.06 19.76 24.07
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 14.80 16.73 20.00 24.72
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 12.55 14.80 16.73 19.17 21.00
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.00 8.00 11.00 17.71 35.23
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.96 7.96 12.30 15.85 17.12
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.96 7.96 12.00 15.85 17.12
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.15 $7.45 $8.50 $11.00 $15.73
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.30 7.52 13.51 15.78 24.59
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.93 24.26 31.59 35.64 47.00
Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 29.76 31.59 34.72 36.89
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.45 9.00 9.24 12.82 13.54
Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 9.50 9.50 15.00 17.83
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 7.15 7.50 8.00 8.50
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.60 4.60 4.60 5.17 7.15
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.60 4.60 4.60 4.60 5.17
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.15 7.45 8.00 9.21 10.38
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 9.15 9.15 9.21 9.21 10.38
Recreation workers.............................................. 9.15 9.15 9.21 9.21 10.38
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.15 7.35 8.40 9.55 10.80
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.25 8.25 9.40 11.20
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.25 8.40 10.00 10.66
Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.25 8.40 10.00 10.66
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 7.63 7.95 9.60 11.40
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 9.50 11.00 12.77 14.41
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.61 11.70 12.46 14.41 15.32
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.65 9.50 12.30 14.06 14.80
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,
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $20.48 $17.23 $806 $673 39.3 $41,092 $35,027 2,007
Management occupations.............................................. 38.02 38.50 1,559 1,482 41.0 81,066 77,069 2,132
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.38 22.64 952 926 40.7 49,528 48,152 2,118
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.76 22.88 974 915 39.3 50,635 47,580 2,045
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.66 27.27 1,058 1,022 39.7 55,032 53,169 2,064
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.08 29.45 1,349 1,338 40.8 70,174 69,582 2,122
Engineers......................................................... 39.00 41.93 1,607 1,717 41.2 83,548 89,303 2,142
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.49 17.23 660 659 37.7 34,296 34,287 1,960
Legal occupations................................................... 47.62 55.86 1,738 1,970 36.5 90,378 102,461 1,898
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.15 35.76 1,311 1,290 36.3 54,336 55,061 1,503
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.49 35.76 1,286 1,309 36.2 53,793 55,000 1,516
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 40.54 41.16 1,458 1,441 36.0 60,302 60,791 1,487
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 40.44 41.16 1,465 1,441 36.2 60,163 58,859 1,488
Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.63 33.67 1,249 1,223 36.1 50,703 50,070 1,464
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 34.57 33.67 1,256 1,187 36.3 50,930 48,435 1,473
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.31 22.78 872 911 39.1 45,347 47,382 2,033
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.85 25.02 960 946 38.7 49,282 48,831 1,983
Registered nurses................................................. 28.12 28.90 1,083 1,140 38.5 54,567 59,301 1,941
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.93 13.40 539 486 38.7 28,010 25,253 2,011
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.23 13.19 535 464 37.6 27,807 24,102 1,955
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.88 12.92 469 462 36.4 24,377 24,006 1,893
Protective service occupations...................................... 26.17 26.87 1,036 1,075 39.6 53,106 55,881 2,030
Police officers................................................... 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.66 9.50 399 364 37.4 20,547 17,290 1,928
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 17.45 13.95 727 600 41.7 37,813 31,199 2,167
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.34 4.65 191 163 35.7 9,803 8,463 1,837
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.23 12.20 520 474 39.3 25,402 24,667 1,920
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.63 11.86 496 474 39.3 24,431 24,667 1,934
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.85 12.00 506 474 39.4 24,680 24,667 1,921
Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.79 10.09 495 404 38.7 25,756 20,987 2,014
Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.08 13.36 720 538 39.8 37,462 27,993 2,072
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.47 19.23 728 769 39.4 37,863 39,998 2,050
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.86 11.75 513 470 39.9 26,681 24,440 2,075
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 12.33 567 493 39.8 29,476 25,655 2,071
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.41 14.40 608 576 39.4 31,573 29,952 2,049
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.92 14.40 589 576 39.5 30,617 29,952 2,052
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.60 15.63 616 625 39.5 32,052 32,500 2,054
Tellers......................................................... 13.49 14.18 514 532 38.1 26,721 27,659 1,981
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.24 14.45 569 556 40.0 29,590 28,937 2,078
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.21 13.55 524 525 39.7 27,265 27,290 2,064
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.89 12.16 505 460 39.1 26,240 23,920 2,036
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.47 21.03 783 831 38.2 40,699 43,235 1,988
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 18.51 797 740 37.7 41,445 38,482 1,962
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.93 19.10 736 764 38.9 38,269 39,736 2,021
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.79 12.70 549 508 39.8 28,538 26,416 2,069
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.86 24.15 907 911 39.7 47,148 47,385 2,063
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.18 26.46 885 1,059 38.2 46,000 55,045 1,984
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.18 26.46 885 1,059 38.2 46,000 55,045 1,984
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.91 20.07 872 803 39.8 45,329 41,746 2,069
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.64 26.30 1,026 1,052 40.0 53,339 54,704 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 18.58 17.55 738 702 39.7 38,379 36,504 2,066
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 16.28 601 651 40.0 31,271 33,862 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.37 14.79 687 592 39.6 35,732 30,763 2,058
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.60 15.83 624 633 40.0 32,447 32,928 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.96 11.72 514 469 39.7 26,751 24,378 2,065
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.38 16.06 661 638 40.4 34,396 33,197 2,100
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.47 16.73 728 700 41.7 37,877 36,400 2,168
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 16.73 708 669 42.2 36,794 34,798 2,197
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.81 11.00 610 440 41.2 31,730 22,880 2,142
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.61 12.30 502 492 39.8 26,116 25,584 2,070
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.99 12.00 476 480 39.7 24,773 24,960 2,067
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
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,
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $18.95 $16.00 $752 $636 39.7 $38,893 $32,994 2,053
Management occupations.............................................. 36.10 37.18 1,488 1,406 41.2 77,354 73,124 2,143
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.37 22.64 956 926 40.9 49,715 48,152 2,127
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.63 23.65 975 946 39.6 50,693 49,200 2,058
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.46 29.45 1,368 1,445 40.9 71,161 75,119 2,127
Engineers......................................................... 39.76 42.93 1,641 1,717 41.3 85,350 89,303 2,147
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.56 17.38 660 659 37.6 34,302 34,287 1,953
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.88 27.46 1,123 1,098 38.9 49,341 50,225 1,708
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.31 22.78 872 911 39.1 45,347 47,382 2,033
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.14 28.40 1,008 1,065 38.6 51,920 55,380 1,986
Registered nurses................................................. 29.85 31.70 1,159 1,221 38.8 58,739 63,492 1,967
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.35 12.36 513 464 38.5 26,697 24,102 2,000
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 12.36 451 464 36.4 23,443 24,102 1,891
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.26 9.30 384 348 37.4 19,884 17,290 1,937
Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.34 4.65 191 163 35.7 9,803 8,463 1,837
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.39 11.86 484 474 39.1 23,522 22,835 1,899
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.72 11.86 458 474 39.1 22,033 22,568 1,880
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.21 11.86 479 474 39.2 22,740 23,400 1,862
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.74 13.25 709 530 40.0 36,861 27,560 2,078
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.47 19.23 728 769 39.4 37,863 39,998 2,050
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.86 11.75 513 470 39.9 26,681 24,440 2,075
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.23 12.33 567 493 39.8 29,476 25,655 2,071
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.50 13.96 574 554 39.6 29,863 28,800 2,059
Financial clerks.................................................. 14.36 14.18 568 566 39.5 29,521 29,432 2,055
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.18 15.60 600 624 39.6 31,212 32,448 2,057
Tellers......................................................... 13.49 14.18 514 532 38.1 26,721 27,659 1,981
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.24 14.45 569 556 40.0 29,590 28,937 2,078
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.89 12.16 505 460 39.1 26,240 23,920 2,036
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.71 16.23 678 649 38.3 35,239 33,765 1,990
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.83 12.50 566 500 38.1 29,423 26,000 1,983
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.44 12.70 534 508 39.8 27,794 26,416 2,069
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.90 24.50 908 980 39.6 47,194 50,960 2,061
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.82 26.46 867 1,059 38.0 45,106 55,045 1,977
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.82 26.46 867 1,059 38.0 45,106 55,045 1,977
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.20 20.15 883 806 39.8 45,915 41,918 2,068
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.30 26.30 1,092 1,052 40.0 56,781 54,704 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 18.57 17.55 738 702 39.8 38,397 36,504 2,068
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.03 16.28 601 651 40.0 31,271 33,862 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.17 14.79 687 592 40.0 35,716 30,763 2,080
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.60 15.83 624 633 40.0 32,447 32,928 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.96 11.72 514 469 39.7 26,751 24,378 2,065
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.13 15.85 660 614 40.9 34,332 31,952 2,128
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.32 16.73 723 699 41.7 37,581 36,338 2,170
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.75 16.73 708 669 42.2 36,794 34,798 2,197
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.61 12.30 502 492 39.8 26,116 25,584 2,070
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.99 12.00 476 480 39.7 24,773 24,960 2,067
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
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,
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $27.92 $25.33 $1,056 $969 37.8 $50,564 $48,217 1,811
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.68 37.74 1,347 1,347 35.8 55,243 56,538 1,466
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.43 40.08 1,368 1,403 35.6 55,779 56,715 1,451
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.47 41.16 1,480 1,441 35.7 60,418 60,791 1,457
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 41.63 41.16 1,494 1,441 35.9 60,302 58,980 1,448
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.68 35.67 1,258 1,240 35.3 50,440 50,070 1,414
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.79 33.67 1,269 1,179 35.5 50,674 47,141 1,416
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.50 20.59 837 824 38.9 42,505 42,315 1,977
Protective service occupations...................................... 26.17 26.87 1,036 1,075 39.6 53,106 55,881 2,030
Police officers................................................... 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.94 27.92 1,060 1,117 39.3 55,119 58,076 2,046
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.11 14.13 601 565 39.8 29,735 29,397 1,968
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.68 14.13 584 565 39.8 30,346 29,397 2,068
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.25 14.13 566 565 39.7 29,440 29,397 2,066
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.84 19.98 801 765 38.4 41,489 39,753 1,991
Financial clerks.................................................. 19.42 19.98 755 760 38.9 39,268 39,500 2,022
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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July
2009
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $17.50 $15.67 $16.94 $23.40
Management, professional, and related...... 26.39 22.25 27.90 30.76
Management, business, and financial...... 28.95 24.29 31.65 30.02
Professional and related................. 25.12 21.65 23.99 31.13
Service.................................... 10.13 9.93 10.31 11.81
Sales and office........................... 14.35 14.41 13.55 15.55
Sales and related........................ 14.97 15.80 � �
Office and administrative support........ 14.07 13.14 13.96 15.43
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 22.55 21.85 18.81 29.42
Construction and extraction............. 22.80 22.27 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 22.20 21.01 � 29.29
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 17.31 15.85 15.90 23.69
Production............................... 18.30 16.09 16.34 24.00
Transportation and material moving....... 15.91 15.57 15.51 21.62
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........................................................... 4.5 3.7 7.4 8.7
Management, professional, and related............................... 7.7 7.2 7.4 9.5
Management, business, and financial............................... 7.8 14.8 10.8 7.6
Professional and related.......................................... 11.0 8.9 6.4 12.9
Service............................................................. 3.7 5.4 2.2 1.3
Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 7.7 5.2 5.4
Sales and related................................................. 10.4 13.0 � �
Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 3.4 6.0 5.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.8 13.6 13.2 2.1
Construction and extraction...................................... 13.8 16.8 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11.0 18.5 � 6.7
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.8 9.0 5.0 2.2
Production........................................................ 4.0 9.9 3.5 3.8
Transportation and material moving................................ 8.9 14.3 9.0 8.6
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $17.65 $15.75 $701 $615 39.7 $36,259 $31,970 2,054
Management occupations.............................................. 26.56 19.58 1,135 943 42.8 59,043 49,026 2,223
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.16 28.85 1,086 1,154 40.0 56,484 60,008 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.74 13.40 541 536 39.4 28,146 27,872 2,049
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.69 9.11 360 333 37.2 18,639 17,290 1,924
Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.21 15.39 768 602 40.0 39,916 31,299 2,077
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.86 19.23 743 769 39.4 38,614 39,998 2,048
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.66 12.33 544 493 39.8 28,293 25,655 2,072
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.02 13.30 555 532 39.6 28,839 27,664 2,057
Financial clerks.................................................. 15.67 15.42 619 578 39.5 32,197 30,063 2,055
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.13 16.75 645 670 40.0 33,542 34,840 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.39 24.50 891 980 39.8 46,312 50,960 2,068
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.01 19.00 837 760 39.8 43,515 39,520 2,072
Production occupations.............................................. 16.53 14.79 655 592 39.6 34,046 30,763 2,060
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.72 15.50 644 594 41.0 33,508 30,908 2,132
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.25 16.64 720 700 41.7 37,448 36,400 2,171
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.43 15.75 708 602 43.1 36,803 31,304 2,240
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.96 9.00 435 360 39.7 22,609 18,720 2,064
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.96 9.00 435 360 39.7 22,609 18,720 2,064
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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $20.26 $16.58 $803 $659 39.6 $41,548 $34,216 2,051
Management occupations.............................................. 43.63 41.68 1,748 1,667 40.1 90,885 86,701 2,083
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.13 23.08 960 923 39.8 49,925 48,006 2,069
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.41 24.72 976 927 38.4 50,762 48,204 1,998
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.89 25.02 958 963 38.5 48,959 49,784 1,967
Registered nurses................................................. 28.91 30.85 1,103 1,188 38.2 55,096 61,152 1,906
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.40 12.36 451 464 36.4 23,443 24,102 1,891
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.40 12.36 451 464 36.4 23,443 24,102 1,891
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.70 11.71 421 442 39.3 21,883 22,984 2,045
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.88 11.86 427 452 39.3 22,227 23,517 2,043
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.39 11.86 450 474 39.5 23,410 24,667 2,055
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.72 14.36 583 568 39.6 30,318 29,536 2,059
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.96 14.15 552 566 39.5 28,688 29,432 2,055
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.48 13.97 568 559 39.2 29,531 29,047 2,040
Customer service representatives.................................. 14.00 14.45 560 556 40.0 29,101 28,937 2,078
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.65 16.92 719 638 38.5 37,379 33,170 2,005
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.49 12.74 534 510 39.6 27,757 26,499 2,058
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.25 24.30 984 911 39.0 51,147 47,385 2,026
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.98 26.30 951 1,052 39.7 49,456 54,704 2,062
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 27.51 26.30 1,100 1,052 40.0 57,219 54,704 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 20.65 19.02 824 758 39.9 42,866 39,416 2,076
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.40 14.25 616 570 40.0 32,037 29,640 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.83 16.50 686 669 40.8 35,693 34,798 2,121
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.48 16.73 729 669 41.7 37,891 34,798 2,168
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.98 14.94 599 598 40.0 31,169 31,075 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA,
July 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........................................................... $24.47 $21.03 $27.50 $17.02 $16.92 $19.88
Management, professional, and related............................... 33.89 26.48 36.19 26.45 26.38 27.55
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 28.96 28.95 29.04
Professional and related.......................................... 33.12 26.48 35.35 24.98 24.89 26.67
Service............................................................. 16.37 11.82 19.84 9.84 9.79 10.67
Sales and office.................................................... 20.30 20.04 20.34 14.39 14.25 �
Sales and related................................................. � � � 15.01 15.01 �
Office and administrative support................................. 20.05 21.80 19.78 14.11 13.91 �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 27.97 29.84 21.16 17.87 17.87 �
Construction and extraction...................................... 27.83 29.22 � 17.87 17.87 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 28.24 31.05 � 17.87 17.87 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 19.78 19.88 � 16.33 16.35 �
Production........................................................ 22.63 22.69 � 16.43 16.43 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 15.86 14.86 � 16.20 16.23 �
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........................................................... 4.3 7.0 4.3 4.7 4.8 15.6
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.8 12.3 5.0 7.9 8.4 13.1
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 7.4 7.8 11.6
Professional and related.......................................... 5.6 12.3 6.4 12.3 13.0 23.6
Service............................................................. 7.8 6.7 6.2 4.4 4.6 10.9
Sales and office.................................................... 8.7 9.8 10.1 4.0 3.9 �
Sales and related................................................. � � � 10.5 10.5 �
Office and administrative support................................. 8.6 8.5 10.2 2.9 2.4 �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 2.6 3.1 3.5 6.2 6.2 �
Construction and extraction...................................... 3.4 3.2 � 4.9 4.9 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.8 5.3 � 11.8 11.8 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.8 8.8 � 5.7 5.7 �
Production........................................................ 6.6 6.8 � 5.5 5.5 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 13.2 17.2 � 9.4 9.4 �
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups,
Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $18.85 $17.34 $20.02 $20.02
Management, professional, and related............................... 28.87 26.53 22.26 22.26
Management, business, and financial............................... 30.79 29.64 22.33 22.33
Professional and related.......................................... 28.20 25.13 � �
Service............................................................. 11.71 9.93 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 14.71 13.97 17.79 17.79
Sales and related................................................. 14.03 13.70 23.59 23.59
Office and administrative support................................. 14.96 14.08 13.95 13.95
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 22.16 22.28 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 22.80 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 21.23 21.47 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.02 16.96 � �
Production........................................................ 18.31 18.30 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 14.90 14.53 � �
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 4.0 4.8 8.2 8.2
Management, professional, and related............................... 5.3 8.0 3.6 3.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 8.2 8.5 4.0 4.0
Professional and related.......................................... 6.7 11.1 � �
Service............................................................. 3.5 2.5 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 3.8 16.4 16.4
Sales and related................................................. 11.4 11.7 17.0 17.0
Office and administrative support................................. 3.5 2.6 3.8 3.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 8.7 9.6 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 13.8 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.9 8.7 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.5 4.7 � �
Production........................................................ 4.0 4.0 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 6.9 7.2 � �
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are
at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used
to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 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........................................................... $19.99 $20.56 $15.25 � � � � � �
Management, professional, and related............................... 25.70 29.99 26.72 � � � � � �
Management, business, and financial............................... � 40.04 25.20 � � � � � �
Professional and related.......................................... 22.51 25.58 � � � � � � �
Service............................................................. � � � � � � � � �
Sales and office.................................................... � 24.01 12.73 � � � � � �
Sales and related................................................. � � 12.57 � � � � � �
Office and administrative support................................. � 18.29 12.99 � � � � � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 23.07 27.97 19.92 � � � � � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � 26.96 � � � � � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � 17.31 17.06 � � � � � �
Production........................................................ � 17.92 � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � 15.28 16.54 � � � � � �
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........................................................... 23.3 6.3 3.7 � � � � � �
Management, professional, and related............................... 12.7 3.0 9.3 � � � � � �
Management, business, and financial............................... � 6.5 16.2 � � � � � �
Professional and related.......................................... 13.7 1.1 � � � � � � �
Service............................................................. � � � � � � � � �
Sales and office.................................................... � 23.0 5.2 � � � � � �
Sales and related................................................. � � 8.3 � � � � � �
Office and administrative support................................. � 1.2 1.0 � � � � � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.7 2.8 28.1 � � � � � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � 2.3 � � � � � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � 3.9 11.2 � � � � � �
Production........................................................ � 1.9 � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � 10.7 11.9 � � � � � �
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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA,
July 2009
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 537,800 443,600 94,200
Management, professional, and related............................... 140,900 96,500 44,500
Management, business, and financial............................... 33,700 28,600 5,200
Professional and related.......................................... 107,200 67,900 39,300
Service............................................................. 131,700 105,300 26,400
Sales and office.................................................... 157,100 140,200 16,900
Sales and related................................................. 51,300 50,300 �
Office and administrative support................................. 105,800 89,900 15,900
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29,300 26,500 2,800
Construction and extraction...................................... 17,600 15,800 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 11,700 10,700 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 78,800 75,100 �
Production........................................................ 44,500 44,200 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 34,200 30,900 �
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, Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA, July 2009
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 22,442 21,808 634
Total in sample....................................................... 270 240 30
Responding........................................................ 175 148 27
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 66 63 3
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.