NC SM 03/00/2010 Table: Columbia, SC, Summary, June 2009
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Columbia, SC, June 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........................................................... $18.46 5.0 32.6 $17.81 6.5 31.7 $20.70 6.4 36.3
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 26.99 5.5 35.4 27.05 7.5 34.7 26.86 5.7 36.7
Management, business, and financial............................... 26.77 9.0 38.8 26.65 11.0 39.4 27.30 9.5 36.3
Professional and related.......................................... 27.06 5.7 34.4 27.21 7.9 33.2 26.79 7.0 36.8
Service............................................................. 9.90 6.5 22.8 8.35 5.6 19.3 13.51 9.6 39.4
Sales and office.................................................... 15.87 8.3 34.0 16.08 9.7 34.5 14.83 7.9 32.1
Sales and related................................................. 17.34 15.2 33.4 17.34 15.2 33.4 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 14.63 5.2 34.6 14.55 6.5 35.8 14.83 7.9 32.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.91 4.5 38.6 16.80 4.6 38.6 17.51 13.4 38.6
Construction and extraction...................................... 15.71 1.7 36.3 � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 17.54 6.9 39.9 17.24 7.6 40.0 19.01 14.0 39.4
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.98 6.1 36.0 12.91 6.3 36.0 14.31 21.0 35.9
Production........................................................ � � � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 11.66 12.4 34.6 11.37 14.1 34.4 14.31 21.0 35.9
Full time........................................................... 19.91 5.5 39.3 19.50 7.0 39.5 21.16 7.4 38.8
Part time........................................................... 10.39 11.4 16.7 9.81 12.3 16.3 14.97 13.6 20.2
Union............................................................... 21.43 15.5 34.1 � � � � � �
Nonunion............................................................ 18.43 5.0 32.6 17.76 6.4 31.6 20.72 6.4 36.2
Time................................................................ 18.30 5.3 31.9 17.50 7.0 30.7 20.70 6.4 36.3
Incentive........................................................... 19.79 10.2 39.7 19.79 10.2 39.7 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.38 6.5 37.8 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.93 8.1 30.3 (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 15.64 6.0 30.7 15.64 6.0 30.7 � � �
100-499 workers..................................................... 18.52 12.2 33.1 19.59 16.5 33.0 15.78 10.8 33.5
500 workers or more................................................. 23.10 8.2 36.0 23.74 16.5 34.2 22.59 6.5 37.5
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are
those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those
whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 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), Columbia, SC, June 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........................................................... $18.46 5.0 $19.91 5.5 $10.39 11.4
Management occupations.............................................. 33.00 14.9 34.17 15.4 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.43 6.5 23.35 6.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.42 8.8 � � � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.79 10.6 34.17 10.5 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.38 7.1 24.38 7.1 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 15.26 17.3 14.45 17.6 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.63 8.8 31.63 8.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.06 1.1 33.06 1.1 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 .2 33.32 .2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.25 .7 33.25 .7 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 1.2 32.63 1.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.44 1.0 32.44 1.0 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 1.8 32.10 1.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 31.78 1.7 31.78 1.7 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 1.0 13.00 1.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.77 11.8 30.10 13.1 27.36 14.3
Level 8 .................................................. 26.04 3.6 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 26.47 2.8 26.37 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.06 5.1 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.57 11.0 � � 13.06 23.4
Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 3.7 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 3.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.05 3.7 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 16.19 14.5 16.19 14.5 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.63 11.1 9.96 3.4 6.31 8.0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... � � 9.98 16.1 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... � � 9.31 13.0 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... � � 11.06 10.0 � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.34 15.2 19.70 16.8 7.94 10.8
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.39 12.9 14.74 22.4 7.94 10.8
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 12.8 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 12.8 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 13.75 24.2 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.63 5.2 15.17 4.0 10.86 23.5
Level 2 .................................................. 11.15 8.5 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.65 7.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.03 3.2 14.03 3.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.51 1.5 15.45 1.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.03 4.3 21.03 4.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.41 7.1 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.79 9.1 18.89 9.0 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.62 4.7 16.62 4.7 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.21 6.0 13.21 6.0 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.71 1.7 15.69 1.7 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.54 6.9 17.54 6.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.65 8.8 21.65 8.8 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.66 12.4 12.32 12.0 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 13.15 11.5 13.15 12.2 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.83 13.9 � � � �
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.
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), Columbia, SC, June
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........................................................... $17.81 6.5 $19.50 7.0 $9.81 12.3
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.97 7.0 22.86 7.3 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.73 18.3 13.23 17.1 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.68 10.7 34.81 11.9 26.64 17.5
Registered nurses................................................. 26.53 3.3 26.80 4.2 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.05 22.7 � � 13.06 23.4
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.42 11.3 � � 6.31 8.0
Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.34 15.2 19.70 16.8 7.94 10.8
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.39 12.9 14.74 22.4 7.94 10.8
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.74 12.8 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 7.74 12.8 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 13.75 24.2 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.55 6.5 14.80 5.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.61 8.0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.18 4.9 14.18 4.9 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.24 7.6 17.24 7.6 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 11.37 14.1 12.05 13.8 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 13.35 12.5 � � � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.79 14.4 � � � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Columbia,
SC, June 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........................................................... $20.70 6.4 $21.16 7.4 $14.97 13.6
Management occupations.............................................. 27.03 15.2 � � � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 22.43 18.8 21.70 24.6 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.61 9.4 31.61 9.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.23 1.2 33.23 1.2 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 .2 33.32 .2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.25 .7 33.25 .7 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 1.2 32.63 1.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.44 1.0 32.44 1.0 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 1.8 32.10 1.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 31.78 1.7 31.78 1.7 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.06 5.7 35.06 5.7 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 1.0 13.00 1.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.88 12.0 19.06 11.4 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.93 11.8 17.93 11.8 � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.72 10.2 12.80 10.2 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.89 5.9 11.89 5.9 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.37 6.6 12.37 6.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.83 7.9 16.08 4.2 8.79 9.5
Level 4 .................................................. 13.82 2.1 13.82 2.1 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.93 10.6 18.93 10.6 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.01 14.0 19.01 14.0 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 21.0 14.31 21.0 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.00 $11.08 $15.30 $23.07 $33.33
Management occupations.............................................. 18.11 22.16 27.12 49.28 49.28
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.95 20.35 20.89 26.44 33.33
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.95 25.33 35.22 41.76 52.17
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 17.32 20.35 21.14 27.65 35.62
Community and social services occupations........................... 8.67 11.15 12.76 21.72 21.97
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.81 20.62 30.88 38.03 46.23
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.80 28.21 33.29 37.72 42.55
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.18 27.28 32.07 37.72 41.86
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.70 26.54 31.07 37.18 42.52
Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.15 11.60 12.66 14.46 16.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.20 21.54 26.74 37.38 55.62
Registered nurses................................................. 20.32 22.71 24.96 31.01 33.31
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.29 9.39 10.48 10.48 15.12
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.29 9.32 10.48 10.48 10.48
Protective service occupations...................................... 9.90 10.30 15.65 19.96 25.33
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 6.55 7.50 10.25 11.25
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.09 8.71 13.50 24.69 33.75
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.25 10.24 14.79 23.63
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07
Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.35 8.71 12.74 15.05 24.95
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.11 14.18 16.47 22.22
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 14.41 18.13 22.22 22.50 24.33
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.14 15.15 16.12 22.98 28.02
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.14 15.04 15.87 17.05 22.98
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.00 11.00 12.91 15.30 15.30
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 10.05 13.95 14.50 18.10 20.66
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.27 13.94 16.00 20.34 26.00
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 8.00 12.25 13.50 15.00
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 7.00 8.00 10.50 13.10
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 6. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.50 $10.76 $15.00 $22.22 $33.33
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.95 20.24 20.70 25.48 33.33
Community and social services occupations........................... 8.67 9.66 11.40 18.38 21.72
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.90 24.00 32.01 40.00 55.62
Registered nurses................................................. 19.90 22.49 24.73 31.13 34.13
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.29 9.29 9.39 15.00 25.09
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 5.50 7.50 10.25 11.00
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.09 8.71 13.50 24.69 33.75
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.25 10.24 14.79 23.63
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07
Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 7.00 7.00 8.00 10.07
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.35 8.71 12.74 15.05 24.95
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 11.00 14.06 16.13 22.37
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.20 13.94 16.00 19.00 26.00
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.55 7.09 11.85 13.50 14.67
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.55 6.55 7.09 10.85 13.10
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
Table 7. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Columbia, SC, June 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.48 $12.59 $17.33 $25.33 $35.61
Management occupations.............................................. 17.33 17.61 26.15 33.29 40.36
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.76 15.53 24.44 24.44 34.25
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.63 18.77 30.80 38.46 46.39
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.80 28.21 33.29 37.72 42.55
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.18 27.28 32.07 37.72 41.86
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.70 26.54 31.07 37.18 42.52
Secondary school teachers....................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 25.62 29.44 34.99 39.52 44.11
Teacher assistants................................................ 10.15 11.60 12.66 14.46 16.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.19 15.94 20.55 24.40 27.90
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.50 14.09 16.87 25.13 25.33
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.81 10.64 12.31 14.18 17.69
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.81 10.64 10.90 12.50 14.56
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.81 10.51 12.38 12.95 15.14
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.28 11.99 14.41 17.13 22.11
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.18 15.00 17.87 22.98 25.23
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 10.82 12.83 18.60 25.90 30.01
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.64 10.63 12.73 19.73 23.54
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. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia, SC, June
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........................................................... $19.91 $16.35 $783 $660 39.3 $39,715 $33,957 1,995
Management occupations.............................................. 34.17 27.12 1,365 1,085 39.9 70,957 56,401 2,076
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.35 20.70 933 828 40.0 48,532 43,050 2,078
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.17 35.22 1,348 1,321 39.4 70,094 68,685 2,051
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.38 21.14 965 846 39.6 50,200 43,971 2,059
Community and social services occupations........................... 14.45 11.40 554 456 38.4 28,179 23,714 1,950
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.63 30.88 1,183 1,165 37.4 48,016 46,923 1,518
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 33.29 1,207 1,226 36.2 44,688 45,581 1,341
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 32.07 1,177 1,175 36.1 43,564 43,985 1,335
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 31.07 1,159 1,165 36.1 42,749 42,144 1,332
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 12.66 461 456 35.5 17,008 16,501 1,309
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.10 26.25 1,176 1,050 39.1 61,136 54,600 2,031
Registered nurses................................................. 26.37 24.73 1,019 970 38.7 53,006 50,440 2,010
Protective service occupations...................................... 16.19 15.65 663 636 40.9 32,951 32,548 2,036
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.96 10.25 372 410 37.3 18,783 20,800 1,886
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.98 9.52 399 381 40.0 20,108 18,533 2,014
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.31 8.43 372 337 40.0 18,836 17,472 2,024
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.06 10.63 442 425 40.0 21,767 20,417 1,968
Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.70 15.14 802 650 40.7 41,702 33,802 2,117
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.74 14.49 612 592 41.5 31,830 30,763 2,159
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.17 14.45 592 570 39.0 30,654 29,390 2,021
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.89 16.12 731 643 38.7 36,721 32,677 1,944
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.62 15.87 625 566 37.6 31,120 28,874 1,873
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.21 12.91 514 484 38.9 26,713 25,169 2,023
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.69 14.50 576 513 36.7 28,682 25,151 1,827
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.54 16.00 700 640 39.9 36,345 33,280 2,072
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.32 12.90 491 516 39.9 24,663 25,838 2,002
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 9. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Columbia,
SC, June 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........................................................... $19.50 $16.00 $770 $650 39.5 $39,916 $33,802 2,047
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.86 20.70 919 828 40.2 47,774 43,050 2,090
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.23 11.40 509 456 38.5 26,451 23,714 2,000
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.81 35.18 1,334 1,332 38.3 69,346 69,285 1,992
Registered nurses................................................. 26.80 25.48 1,043 998 38.9 54,237 51,917 2,024
Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.70 15.14 802 650 40.7 41,702 33,802 2,117
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.74 14.49 612 592 41.5 31,830 30,763 2,159
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 14.42 580 555 39.2 30,180 28,874 2,040
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.24 16.00 690 640 40.0 35,861 33,280 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.05 12.90 488 516 40.5 25,232 26,832 2,094
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 10. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Columbia, SC, June 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........................................................... $21.16 $17.69 $821 $699 38.8 $39,160 $34,646 1,850
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.70 19.07 819 708 37.8 36,890 35,105 1,700
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.61 30.80 1,177 1,143 37.2 47,172 45,543 1,492
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.32 33.29 1,207 1,226 36.2 44,688 45,581 1,341
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.63 32.07 1,177 1,175 36.1 43,564 43,985 1,335
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.10 31.07 1,159 1,165 36.1 42,749 42,144 1,332
Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 35.06 34.99 1,287 1,310 36.7 47,434 48,491 1,353
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.00 12.66 461 456 35.5 17,008 16,501 1,309
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.06 20.00 781 758 40.9 40,594 39,390 2,129
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.93 16.87 738 728 41.2 36,287 37,185 2,024
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.80 12.31 512 493 40.0 24,988 23,643 1,953
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.89 10.90 476 436 40.0 23,306 22,125 1,960
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.37 12.38 495 495 40.0 23,720 23,643 1,917
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.08 15.19 619 600 38.5 31,783 30,834 1,977
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.93 17.87 749 715 39.6 36,713 35,241 1,939
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.01 18.60 748 698 39.4 38,623 36,276 2,032
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 12.73 513 434 35.9 21,636 18,187 1,512
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