NC BL 05/00/2010 Table: Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI, Bulletin, October 2009
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI
CSA, October 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........................................................... $23.30 2.0 34.6 $22.33 2.3 34.8 $31.33 2.2 33.4
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 35.96 3.5 35.8 35.08 4.3 36.4 40.22 1.8 33.2
Management, business, and financial............................... 40.98 3.3 38.5 40.76 3.5 38.7 44.76 6.7 36.3
Professional and related.......................................... 33.43 4.8 34.6 31.55 6.2 35.1 39.65 2.5 32.9
Service............................................................. 13.22 2.2 30.0 11.28 2.6 29.6 22.69 2.3 32.4
Sales and office.................................................... 18.44 1.8 34.0 18.37 1.9 34.1 19.48 2.9 32.2
Sales and related................................................. 20.12 5.4 31.8 20.17 5.4 31.9 14.05 25.3 24.2
Office and administrative support................................. 17.55 1.8 35.2 17.35 1.9 35.4 19.79 2.9 32.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 28.77 3.0 38.8 28.55 3.3 38.7 30.92 5.1 39.3
Construction and extraction...................................... 32.15 3.2 38.2 32.20 3.5 38.0 31.79 5.4 39.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.57 2.3 39.4 25.45 2.4 39.4 28.22 5.1 39.9
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.48 2.8 36.9 16.18 2.8 36.9 26.37 4.5 37.2
Production........................................................ 16.30 3.0 39.3 16.23 3.0 39.3 22.59 15.7 39.5
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.65 4.0 34.8 16.14 4.2 34.7 27.20 3.8 36.8
Full time........................................................... 25.23 1.7 39.3 24.19 2.1 39.5 33.21 2.1 37.6
Part time........................................................... 12.84 3.7 21.1 12.78 4.0 21.5 13.73 3.1 16.5
Union............................................................... 28.73 2.8 36.3 25.22 4.6 36.0 34.25 1.7 36.7
Nonunion............................................................ 22.01 2.5 34.3 21.89 2.6 34.6 24.76 6.6 27.9
Time................................................................ 22.91 2.2 34.4 21.83 2.6 34.6 31.33 2.2 33.4
Incentive........................................................... 30.02 5.0 38.5 30.02 5.0 38.5 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) � � � (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) � � � (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 20.47 5.6 33.4 20.45 5.7 33.4 22.16 10.5 29.5
100-499 workers..................................................... 20.65 3.5 35.5 19.94 3.8 36.2 28.57 5.6 29.4
500 workers or more................................................. 29.28 2.1 35.6 28.10 2.7 35.7 32.80 2.4 35.2
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), Chicago-Naperville-Michigan
City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $23.30 2.0 $25.23 1.7 $12.84 3.7
Management occupations.............................................. 49.02 3.9 49.16 3.9 24.62 27.8
Level 8 .................................................. 27.74 3.2 27.74 3.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 31.78 4.7 31.78 4.7 � �
Level 10.................................................. 47.49 8.5 47.49 8.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 46.40 7.0 46.40 7.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 54.44 3.5 54.44 3.5 � �
Level 13.................................................. 68.21 5.6 68.21 5.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.23 5.9 55.89 5.9 24.62 27.8
General and operations managers................................... 39.99 8.1 39.99 8.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 30.19 9.2 30.19 9.2 � �
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.42 7.6 48.42 7.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.67 8.3 55.67 8.3 � �
Marketing managers.............................................. 44.38 7.0 44.38 7.0 � �
Sales managers.................................................. 54.50 11.6 54.50 11.6 � �
Public relations managers......................................... 36.13 11.3 36.13 11.3 � �
Administrative services managers.................................. 34.81 10.9 34.81 10.9 � �
Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.86 8.8 63.86 8.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 54.13 10.6 54.13 10.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 93.00 22.0 93.00 22.0 � �
Financial managers................................................ 48.27 7.4 48.71 7.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 47.81 15.3 47.81 15.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 62.73 18.3 66.59 16.9 � �
Human resources managers.......................................... 38.49 8.5 38.49 8.5 � �
Industrial production managers.................................... 56.36 8.9 56.36 8.9 � �
Construction managers............................................. 37.51 8.9 37.51 8.9 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 48.96 5.0 48.96 5.0 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 54.92 9.9 54.92 9.9 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.44 4.0 34.57 3.9 32.53 14.2
Level 5 .................................................. 23.89 23.1 � � � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.30 20.8 26.30 20.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.10 5.6 24.99 6.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 25.29 7.3 25.29 7.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.80 3.3 33.42 3.6 � �
Level 10.................................................. 38.07 6.6 38.30 6.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 47.22 6.0 45.94 4.9 � �
Level 12.................................................. 53.09 7.3 53.09 7.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.45 16.1 39.08 16.3 � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.86 4.8 31.86 4.8 � �
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 36.68 4.9 36.68 4.9 � �
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.36 .9 25.36 .9 � �
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.33 19.0 21.33 19.0 � �
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.33 19.0 21.33 19.0 � �
Cost estimators................................................... 30.20 11.9 � � � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.92 8.7 29.92 8.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.17 7.5 34.17 7.5 � �
Management analysts............................................... 56.72 10.0 56.72 10.0 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.21 2.7 31.69 3.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.00 4.4 28.10 5.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 25.84 14.3 25.84 14.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 36.26 7.0 36.26 7.0 � �
Level 10.................................................. 36.67 4.7 36.67 4.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.21 8.9 29.53 8.8 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.41 12.3 35.00 11.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 28.61 5.9 28.61 5.9 � �
Level 10.................................................. 35.51 12.1 � � � �
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.87 24.0 33.00 25.3 � �
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 42.12 8.2 42.12 8.2 � �
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 41.32 14.2 42.13 11.0 � �
Loan officers................................................... 41.96 13.2 42.82 9.5 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.96 4.6 36.96 4.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.49 12.4 24.49 12.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.65 3.8 28.65 3.8 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.76 3.7 27.76 3.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.35 8.6 34.35 8.6 � �
Level 10.................................................. 42.41 2.7 42.41 2.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 42.29 3.2 42.29 3.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.80 21.7 49.80 21.7 � �
Computer programmers.............................................. 34.70 4.5 34.70 4.5 � �
Computer software engineers....................................... 38.52 1.8 38.52 1.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 41.71 4.2 41.71 4.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.91 1.2 41.91 1.2 � �
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.15 2.9 37.15 2.9 � �
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.47 2.0 40.47 2.0 � �
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.47 6.5 25.47 6.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 25.19 12.9 25.19 12.9 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.17 5.2 39.17 5.2 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.82 4.2 27.82 4.2 � �
Level 10.................................................. 43.94 2.4 43.94 2.4 � �
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.61 9.1 30.61 9.1 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.43 1.2 33.43 1.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.13 5.0 28.13 5.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 29.97 9.5 29.97 9.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.65 2.7 34.65 2.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 39.02 7.1 39.02 7.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.31 19.5 39.31 19.5 � �
Architects, except naval.......................................... 28.05 6.1 28.05 6.1 � �
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 26.81 10.7 26.81 10.7 � �
Engineers......................................................... 38.08 3.7 38.08 3.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.00 2.4 35.00 2.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 42.96 8.8 42.96 8.8 � �
Civil engineers................................................. 41.84 3.8 41.84 3.8 � �
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.65 10.3 36.65 10.3 � �
Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.95 12.3 34.95 12.3 � �
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.34 10.5 36.34 10.5 � �
Drafters.......................................................... 26.56 8.5 26.56 8.5 � �
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.80 6.9 29.80 6.9 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.92 12.6 29.39 13.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 41.26 8.6 � � � �
Physical scientists............................................... 42.13 13.3 42.13 13.3 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.63 7.6 21.90 8.0 19.48 12.1
Level 6 .................................................. 19.50 9.5 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.87 13.8 22.71 12.6 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 19.93 9.1 19.88 9.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 26.65 9.7 26.89 9.5 � �
Counselors........................................................ 29.21 16.2 32.00 16.7 � �
Social workers.................................................... 23.51 6.6 23.35 6.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.42 10.7 21.42 10.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 30.39 20.5 30.01 22.1 � �
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 25.01 9.0 24.81 8.7 � �
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.55 15.4 19.87 18.7 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 56.60 10.1 56.82 10.2 � �
Level 11.................................................. 60.93 8.2 60.93 8.2 � �
Lawyers........................................................... 60.95 12.3 60.95 12.3 � �
Level 11.................................................. 60.93 8.2 60.93 8.2 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.12 15.3 40.99 7.8 15.08 11.3
Level 3 .................................................. � � 12.99 8.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.57 7.4 12.62 7.9 11.78 6.5
Level 6 .................................................. 16.11 15.7 � � 19.86 14.3
Level 7 .................................................. 23.20 8.6 � � 22.34 2.9
Level 8 .................................................. 48.15 7.0 48.15 7.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 43.83 6.1 43.89 6.0 � �
Level 10.................................................. 45.13 11.0 45.24 11.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 50.12 7.8 50.27 8.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 60.17 16.1 60.17 16.1 � �
Level 13.................................................. 52.35 9.3 52.18 9.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 102.16 12.0 102.16 12.0 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 61.25 11.9 62.28 11.7 35.62 10.6
Level 10.................................................. 40.39 2.3 � � � �
Level 11.................................................. 39.71 6.8 39.79 7.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 60.17 16.1 60.17 16.1 � �
Level 13.................................................. 52.35 9.3 52.18 9.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 102.16 12.0 102.16 12.0 � �
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 80.90 12.5 80.90 12.5 � �
Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 80.90 12.5 80.90 12.5 � �
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 58.51 16.6 58.51 16.6 � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 40.68 3.4 41.48 4.1 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.60 6.6 39.87 6.6 � �
Level 11.................................................. 37.65 2.6 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.35 5.2 45.48 3.2 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 49.32 3.4 49.32 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 44.13 6.7 44.17 6.6 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 45.85 2.1 46.78 1.6 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 50.13 2.2 50.13 2.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 44.14 5.8 44.14 5.8 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.81 1.9 46.89 1.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 50.02 2.0 50.02 2.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 43.66 6.0 43.66 6.0 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 46.11 3.1 46.11 3.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 45.54 4.6 45.54 4.6 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 44.91 8.0 45.21 7.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 44.83 9.6 44.93 9.6 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 44.91 8.0 45.21 7.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 44.83 9.6 44.93 9.6 � �
Special education teachers...................................... 42.61 10.3 42.61 10.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 41.48 11.5 41.48 11.5 � �
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 39.90 16.3 39.90 16.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.09 19.7 39.09 19.7 � �
Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 43.84 8.6 43.84 8.6 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.82 23.5 � � 22.79 6.4
Librarians........................................................ 47.76 20.9 49.32 22.4 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.85 6.7 12.68 6.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. � � 12.99 8.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.46 7.5 12.48 7.8 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.00 5.0 24.87 4.0 15.42 28.2
Level 6 .................................................. 20.49 3.8 20.49 3.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 24.70 6.3 24.70 6.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.49 14.1 23.17 11.5 � �
Designers......................................................... 22.46 7.7 23.31 7.7 � �
Graphic designers............................................... 24.86 9.4 24.86 9.4 � �
Writers and editors............................................... 26.58 5.0 26.58 5.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.80 3.1 31.18 3.6 28.88 3.4
Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 6.0 14.66 7.7 13.28 12.4
Level 5 .................................................. 22.81 5.9 22.62 8.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 25.23 4.3 25.32 4.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.92 3.0 28.02 4.4 27.53 7.1
Level 8 .................................................. 29.28 3.0 28.99 3.3 31.22 7.3
Level 9 .................................................. 32.92 2.4 32.44 2.9 34.57 3.1
Level 10.................................................. 38.59 1.5 38.59 1.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 48.06 5.1 47.95 5.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.48 22.4 48.91 19.8 � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 50.60 6.8 51.32 7.0 � �
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.27 23.3 67.27 23.3 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 33.17 2.6 33.08 3.1 33.54 1.5
Level 7 .................................................. 27.50 6.0 27.07 7.3 30.09 2.5
Level 8 .................................................. 32.05 1.2 31.86 1.2 33.30 1.5
Level 9 .................................................. 33.15 2.2 32.67 2.6 34.56 3.0
Level 11.................................................. 43.53 9.3 43.53 9.3 � �
Therapists........................................................ 29.43 10.1 29.90 11.0 26.18 6.1
Level 7 .................................................. 24.62 1.7 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.08 3.1 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.86 6.8 29.76 6.9 � �
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 25.27 2.8 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 24.73 2.2 � � � �
Speech-language pathologists.................................... 35.53 23.6 35.53 23.6 � �
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.40 4.7 22.61 3.6 � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.51 5.2 21.78 4.4 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.64 9.3 35.98 6.0 � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 30.61 5.5 31.09 5.1 � �
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 20.16 17.0 � � � �
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.95 8.5 16.61 13.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 4.3 � � � �
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.90 11.2 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.11 4.1 24.10 5.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 24.03 5.7 � � � �
Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.95 18.8 17.67 20.0 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.27 4.1 13.69 5.6 12.09 3.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.91 7.5 12.47 8.6 9.98 6.1
Level 3 .................................................. 13.17 4.3 13.73 5.5 11.78 5.3
Level 4 .................................................. 13.69 9.2 13.73 12.7 13.60 3.9
Level 5 .................................................. 16.35 5.8 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.79 5.8 13.13 6.6 11.38 3.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.76 6.1 12.04 6.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.24 4.3 13.64 5.2 11.51 6.5
Level 4 .................................................. 11.44 9.1 11.69 10.3 � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.00 5.0 13.37 5.7 11.52 3.6
Level 2 .................................................. 12.45 4.1 12.81 4.6 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 4.3 13.66 5.3 11.58 6.6
Level 4 .................................................. 11.42 11.8 � � � �
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.57 5.2 15.96 4.6 12.83 7.5
Level 3 .................................................. 12.75 8.0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.37 7.1 15.25 10.5 � �
Medical assistants.............................................. 17.48 6.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 23.86 9.0 24.80 10.1 12.66 7.8
Level 1 .................................................. 10.32 9.4 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.20 3.0 11.24 2.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.67 5.6 16.53 5.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 26.31 5.7 26.43 5.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.40 4.0 23.29 4.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.09 5.5 32.13 2.7 � �
Fire fighters..................................................... 24.55 .7 26.63 4.4 � �
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.54 7.0 23.54 7.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 24.54 10.3 24.54 10.3 � �
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.16 8.2 23.16 8.2 � �
Police officers................................................... 31.43 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.95 6.2 26.95 6.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 32.49 3.2 32.50 3.2 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.43 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.95 6.2 26.95 6.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 32.49 3.2 32.50 3.2 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.68 6.3 11.61 6.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.06 1.5 11.09 1.1 � �
Security guards................................................. 11.68 6.3 11.61 6.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.06 1.5 11.09 1.1 � �
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 13.70 7.8 � � 11.96 9.6
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.82 3.9 11.54 2.1 8.01 2.1
Level 1 .................................................. 7.47 1.2 8.58 1.4 6.99 .8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.26 11.9 10.33 7.9 8.20 10.5
Level 3 .................................................. 10.22 3.5 11.27 3.2 8.83 6.9
Level 4 .................................................. 12.33 9.0 12.46 9.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.70 8.2 17.85 6.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.63 10.2 16.84 9.7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.79 11.5 17.08 10.2 � �
Cooks............................................................. 11.21 4.2 11.95 1.8 9.74 6.1
Level 2 .................................................. 10.00 13.4 � � 9.03 2.6
Level 3 .................................................. 10.37 3.7 10.71 5.3 9.52 6.6
Level 4 .................................................. 14.09 4.7 14.35 4.2 � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.86 4.5 12.44 5.4 9.51 5.0
Level 2 .................................................. 10.12 8.1 � � 9.51 5.0
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.33 8.4 12.15 9.6 9.93 9.0
Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 4.1 � � 9.30 7.3
Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 5.2 14.63 4.3 � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.80 11.5 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.90 7.5 7.98 24.1 6.51 5.7
Level 1 .................................................. 6.00 3.4 � � 5.80 3.9
Level 2 .................................................. � � � � 6.18 21.1
Level 3 .................................................. 8.17 14.6 � � 7.91 24.2
Bartenders...................................................... 7.45 13.2 � � 6.99 3.3
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.02 2.9 5.61 17.8 6.16 7.6
Level 1 .................................................. 4.58 9.8 � � 4.51 1.7
Level 2 .................................................. 5.72 16.9 � � 6.21 23.9
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.38 7.1 � � 6.83 10.4
Level 1 .................................................. 7.13 8.4 � � 6.68 12.7
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.75 6.1 10.95 7.3 8.60 2.8
Level 1 .................................................. 8.12 1.3 � � 8.03 1.9
Level 2 .................................................. 9.76 7.0 10.35 8.2 9.13 6.9
Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 5.5 11.52 8.1 � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 9.48 8.8 11.17 14.7 8.56 4.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.14 2.5 � � 7.92 1.4
Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 7.9 � � 9.13 6.9
Level 3 .................................................. 10.00 10.6 � � � �
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.34 1.1 10.75 3.2 8.82 10.0
Level 1 .................................................. 8.08 5.0 � � � �
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.10 10.5 10.82 8.2 8.49 15.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.32 2.7 � � � �
Dishwashers....................................................... 9.99 2.0 10.95 2.6 8.69 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 9.99 2.0 10.95 2.6 8.69 4.2
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 9.28 10.2 � � 8.65 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 8.5 � � 7.64 12.6
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.67 3.4 12.99 4.0 10.55 4.9
Level 1 .................................................. 12.49 3.7 12.68 4.0 10.45 3.6
Level 2 .................................................. 11.62 2.4 12.02 3.6 9.62 8.1
Level 3 .................................................. 13.35 7.4 14.11 11.1 12.13 6.2
Level 4 .................................................. 12.66 10.7 12.74 10.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.92 10.3 20.92 10.3 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.31 2.3 12.51 3.0 9.70 4.9
Level 1 .................................................. 12.44 3.7 12.52 3.9 11.01 3.0
Level 2 .................................................. 11.83 2.3 12.10 3.9 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.93 10.5 14.83 11.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 11.95 8.1 12.02 7.9 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.43 2.9 12.70 4.1 9.62 5.2
Level 1 .................................................. 13.60 2.9 13.76 3.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 3.5 11.79 5.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.93 10.5 14.83 11.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 11.97 8.3 12.04 8.1 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.99 3.7 12.04 3.8 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.53 5.6 11.58 5.9 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 13.13 5.2 13.13 5.2 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.05 9.5 14.40 7.7 10.75 6.6
Level 2 .................................................. 10.55 3.4 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.04 5.1 13.13 5.8 10.75 6.6
Level 2 .................................................. 10.55 3.4 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.28 5.7 15.76 9.0 9.61 6.0
Level 1 .................................................. 8.27 2.8 � � 8.05 2.1
Level 2 .................................................. 8.45 7.1 � � 8.49 12.2
Level 3 .................................................. 11.58 8.7 12.24 12.3 9.95 4.7
Level 4 .................................................. 26.25 15.1 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 26.96 12.7 � � � �
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 8.43 2.5 � � 8.43 2.5
Level 1 .................................................. 7.95 1.5 � � 7.95 1.5
Child care workers................................................ 9.77 4.1 � � 9.02 11.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.43 14.6 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.46 20.9 � � 10.07 17.1
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 17.47 25.9 � � 17.47 25.9
Recreation workers.............................................. 11.56 25.7 � � 8.28 12.1
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.12 5.4 24.34 2.9 9.92 5.6
Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 4.8 � � 8.66 4.0
Level 2 .................................................. 9.96 .7 11.12 5.1 9.07 3.5
Level 3 .................................................. 11.73 6.6 13.35 9.5 10.48 2.6
Level 4 .................................................. 20.01 22.2 21.61 27.4 14.49 12.4
Level 5 .................................................. 17.29 8.6 17.30 8.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.07 2.0 22.07 2.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.76 5.6 27.76 5.6 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.72 26.0 31.72 26.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 11.5 37.72 11.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.73 1.8 49.73 1.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.97 2.9 24.41 5.2 9.09 1.8
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.82 8.4 25.68 7.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.90 9.6 18.90 9.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.44 10.3 27.44 10.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.01 11.3 19.75 7.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.90 9.6 18.90 9.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 42.05 10.8 42.05 10.8 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.22 12.5 14.74 14.0 9.45 6.4
Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 5.5 � � 8.70 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.96 .7 11.12 5.1 9.07 3.5
Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 6.2 11.36 7.6 9.36 4.2
Level 4 .................................................. 21.38 27.1 � � 15.18 17.8
Level 5 .................................................. 15.56 15.0 15.49 16.0 � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.75 3.8 10.98 5.2 8.99 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 6.6 � � 8.80 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.23 4.1 11.42 5.4 9.26 4.2
Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 10.1 11.93 13.2 9.46 6.5
Cashiers...................................................... 9.69 3.7 10.85 5.0 8.99 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 6.6 � � 8.80 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.23 4.1 11.42 5.4 9.26 4.2
Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 10.1 11.93 13.2 9.46 6.5
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.65 12.5 16.75 12.0 10.37 9.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.40 8.6 � � 8.73 4.3
Level 3 .................................................. 10.12 9.0 � � 9.18 2.9
Level 4 .................................................. 21.49 27.6 � � 15.18 17.8
Level 5 .................................................. 15.56 15.0 15.49 16.0 � �
Insurance sales agents............................................ 24.61 12.1 24.61 12.1 � �
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.32 .2 50.87 1.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 74.41 19.1 74.41 19.1 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.20 15.6 34.20 15.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.56 7.9 31.56 7.9 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 44.93 13.8 44.93 13.8 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 28.47 12.6 28.47 12.6 � �
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.42 7.6 � � 10.83 8.0
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.55 1.8 18.23 2.0 13.45 3.8
Level 1 .................................................. 11.32 10.5 12.50 10.9 9.27 4.8
Level 2 .................................................. 11.80 2.4 11.97 4.0 11.67 3.2
Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 2.6 13.80 2.9 11.60 5.1
Level 4 .................................................. 17.18 2.7 17.17 3.2 17.40 7.2
Level 5 .................................................. 19.90 2.0 20.08 1.9 17.88 8.4
Level 6 .................................................. 22.69 2.6 22.68 2.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.31 2.2 26.20 2.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 29.68 6.8 29.68 6.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.19 5.7 16.40 5.9 13.80 12.4
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.44 4.4 24.44 4.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 23.79 4.0 23.79 4.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.05 9.1 23.05 9.1 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.24 3.4 17.91 3.3 11.49 3.2
Level 3 .................................................. 12.92 4.7 13.41 5.3 10.65 4.1
Level 4 .................................................. 17.77 7.5 17.94 7.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.04 3.7 19.96 3.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.46 4.4 22.46 4.4 � �
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 21.03 5.8 21.35 6.4 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.11 4.1 19.67 3.6 12.84 8.6
Level 3 .................................................. 13.79 6.7 14.47 6.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.56 9.2 18.61 9.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.41 6.4 21.34 4.8 � �
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.80 8.0 20.80 8.0 � �
Tellers......................................................... 12.43 5.1 12.80 5.5 10.45 1.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.81 .9 12.09 2.3 10.72 5.4
Level 4 .................................................. 14.92 6.3 15.07 7.0 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.66 3.9 18.76 4.2 11.56 11.7
Level 3 .................................................. 12.12 10.3 14.04 12.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.58 2.5 16.64 2.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.58 9.6 20.58 9.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 20.10 2.3 20.10 2.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.09 7.4 � � � �
File clerks....................................................... 12.48 11.2 � � � �
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.13 4.0 � � � �
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 13.74 6.5 15.17 3.4 12.19 6.3
Level 2 .................................................. 10.70 6.0 � � 10.22 6.0
Level 3 .................................................. 14.61 8.0 � � � �
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.53 10.6 17.53 10.6 � �
Order clerks...................................................... 21.64 4.1 � � � �
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 21.02 13.8 � � � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.39 4.2 13.88 4.9 11.78 5.5
Level 2 .................................................. 11.77 4.7 � � 11.72 5.9
Level 3 .................................................. 12.76 6.2 12.80 6.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.95 8.1 17.12 8.0 � �
Dispatchers....................................................... 22.90 3.3 22.90 3.3 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.13 7.1 14.29 8.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.86 .9 13.92 1.5 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.38 10.8 14.91 10.3 8.89 2.1
Level 1 .................................................. 9.74 6.2 � � 9.27 7.0
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.85 2.2 21.95 2.3 20.17 8.8
Level 3 .................................................. 17.02 10.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.86 10.8 17.52 10.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.86 1.9 19.77 2.0 20.70 7.0
Level 6 .................................................. 24.51 4.3 24.51 4.3 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 29.24 6.9 29.24 6.9 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.13 6.8 22.13 6.8 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.46 3.5 22.67 3.5 17.77 2.5
Level 5 .................................................. 19.82 2.1 20.04 2.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.95 5.2 24.95 5.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.61 4.7 27.61 4.7 � �
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.14 9.8 26.22 11.8 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 19.28 5.4 19.40 5.3 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.39 4.1 18.26 4.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.86 11.0 15.99 6.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.29 6.5 19.29 6.5 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.44 8.0 14.53 8.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.67 7.4 16.44 6.9 � �
Data entry keyers............................................... 14.40 8.1 14.40 8.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.57 7.6 16.32 7.1 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.58 14.8 17.64 15.0 � �
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.92 12.3 13.92 12.3 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 16.68 4.2 17.67 4.8 13.89 5.4
Level 2 .................................................. 12.82 5.8 � � 12.94 6.8
Level 3 .................................................. 14.09 4.8 13.56 5.9 15.61 5.1
Level 4 .................................................. 15.55 7.8 15.82 9.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.48 6.6 19.58 7.0 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 25.46 5.1 25.46 5.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.16 7.7 � � � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.15 3.2 32.17 3.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 28.70 9.3 28.70 9.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 26.43 9.1 25.77 9.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 27.52 8.0 27.52 8.0 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 36.14 11.9 36.14 11.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 36.19 1.4 36.41 1.9 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 40.87 .7 40.87 .7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 42.67 5.6 42.67 5.6 � �
Carpenters........................................................ 31.05 12.7 31.05 12.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 34.03 26.9 34.03 26.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 35.89 8.4 35.89 8.4 � �
Construction laborers............................................. 29.07 4.8 28.99 5.4 � �
Electricians...................................................... 35.69 1.6 35.69 1.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 33.00 11.5 33.00 11.5 � �
Painters and paperhangers......................................... 24.63 15.9 24.63 15.9 � �
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 24.63 15.9 24.63 15.9 � �
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.61 14.7 30.61 14.7 � �
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.61 14.7 30.61 14.7 � �
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 24.81 19.7 24.81 19.7 � �
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 28.46 4.2 28.46 4.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 28.35 9.0 28.35 9.0 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.57 2.3 25.79 2.4 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.89 11.7 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.16 9.0 21.31 9.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 28.90 6.5 28.90 6.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.77 2.8 30.77 2.8 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 33.67 3.8 33.67 3.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.56 13.0 26.56 13.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 31.11 4.7 31.11 4.7 � �
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.90 4.5 21.90 4.5 � �
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 21.90 4.5 21.90 4.5 � �
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 24.76 7.9 24.76 7.9 � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 27.93 20.3 29.40 17.0 � �
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.76 13.7 29.76 13.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 32.93 12.2 32.93 12.2 � �
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 30.02 .0 30.02 .0 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.41 7.2 25.41 7.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.58 2.6 18.58 2.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.68 8.4 26.68 8.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 29.91 8.5 29.91 8.5 � �
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 6.1 24.33 6.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 2.5 19.34 2.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.73 7.4 26.73 7.4 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.89 6.4 23.89 6.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.99 3.9 26.99 3.9 � �
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.99 9.1 18.69 9.9 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 16.30 3.0 16.69 3.1 9.02 5.4
Level 1 .................................................. 9.68 3.1 10.00 5.7 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.32 8.0 11.55 8.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.57 3.1 13.57 3.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.63 4.7 17.94 4.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.42 6.5 21.42 6.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.73 3.5 26.73 3.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.18 1.8 27.18 1.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.64 5.2 15.81 4.7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.19 5.1 27.19 5.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.29 8.8 24.29 8.8 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.07 17.9 15.07 17.9 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.31 6.5 15.30 8.2 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.42 9.2 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.32 9.0 11.24 8.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 19.28 19.0 19.30 20.4 � �
Team assemblers................................................. 16.33 15.7 16.33 15.7 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.11 3.0 15.11 3.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.13 11.0 16.13 11.0 � �
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.12 8.4 14.12 8.4 � �
Tool and die makers............................................... 24.62 20.9 24.62 20.9 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.91 5.5 16.91 5.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 4.4 11.28 4.4 � �
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.22 5.4 15.22 5.4 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and
tenders........................................................ 22.08 19.0 22.08 19.0 � �
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 3.6 13.48 3.6 � �
Printers.......................................................... 22.08 19.1 22.08 19.1 � �
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.20 8.4 11.50 9.5 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.20 8.4 11.50 9.5 � �
Cutting workers................................................... 12.43 19.2 12.43 19.2 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 16.3 17.83 16.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.96 2.8 12.96 2.8 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.04 11.0 15.04 11.0 � �
Painting workers.................................................. 14.34 18.0 14.34 18.0 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.96 5.8 11.54 13.6 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 1.6 8.81 6.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.66 20.5 14.19 19.8 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.65 4.0 17.95 3.9 10.95 6.4
Level 1 .................................................. 10.48 6.8 11.25 9.2 8.87 5.2
Level 2 .................................................. 12.04 3.0 12.21 3.3 11.64 5.7
Level 3 .................................................. 15.67 2.8 15.68 2.6 15.60 5.3
Level 4 .................................................. 20.77 6.9 20.98 7.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.47 6.5 21.67 6.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.13 7.0 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.36 20.3 20.04 20.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 20.86 10.3 23.69 11.2 � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 20.56 10.2 25.95 2.9 13.47 16.0
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.30 17.5 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.09 7.1 20.73 7.0 12.24 12.0
Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 7.8 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 22.76 4.7 22.76 4.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.41 7.2 19.53 7.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.23 .5 23.23 .5 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.75 6.0 20.89 5.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 21.93 6.1 21.93 6.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.41 7.2 19.53 7.1 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.74 16.5 21.03 15.9 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.22 2.4 14.36 2.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.53 3.4 12.53 4.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.93 5.1 15.01 5.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.80 8.6 16.80 8.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.50 5.1 12.21 6.1 9.65 5.8
Level 1 .................................................. 9.80 4.9 10.42 6.7 8.54 3.8
Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 6.0 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 17.62 6.2 17.44 7.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.82 2.4 16.08 5.9 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.22 21.6 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.90 7.3 14.66 7.8 10.28 7.5
Level 1 .................................................. 10.17 7.9 11.84 11.5 9.00 4.4
Level 3 .................................................. 17.01 6.2 16.65 7.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.82 2.4 16.08 5.9 � �
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.97 29.8 12.97 29.8 � �
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.02 5.6 10.11 6.2 9.12 6.1
Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 7.1 9.96 8.0 � �
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.
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),
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $22.33 2.3 $24.19 2.1 $12.78 4.0
Management occupations.............................................. 48.73 4.3 48.89 4.2 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 28.10 2.7 28.10 2.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 31.78 4.7 31.78 4.7 � �
Level 10.................................................. 48.24 8.7 48.24 8.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 46.17 8.0 46.17 8.0 � �
Level 12.................................................. 51.89 3.7 51.89 3.7 � �
Level 13.................................................. 69.10 5.4 69.10 5.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.05 6.0 55.73 6.0 � �
General and operations managers................................... 37.60 9.5 37.60 9.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 30.19 9.2 30.19 9.2 � �
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.42 7.6 48.42 7.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.67 8.3 55.67 8.3 � �
Marketing managers.............................................. 44.38 7.0 44.38 7.0 � �
Sales managers.................................................. 54.50 11.6 54.50 11.6 � �
Public relations managers......................................... 36.13 11.3 36.13 11.3 � �
Administrative services managers.................................. 34.81 10.9 34.81 10.9 � �
Computer and information systems managers......................... 64.20 9.0 64.20 9.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 54.13 10.6 54.13 10.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 93.00 22.0 93.00 22.0 � �
Financial managers................................................ 47.33 7.9 47.82 7.9 � �
Level 11.................................................. 47.81 15.3 47.81 15.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 60.74 24.9 66.24 22.7 � �
Human resources managers.......................................... 38.49 8.5 38.49 8.5 � �
Industrial production managers.................................... 56.36 8.9 56.36 8.9 � �
Construction managers............................................. 37.51 8.9 37.51 8.9 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 26.81 8.2 26.81 8.2 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.59 4.1 34.72 4.0 32.74 14.7
Level 5 .................................................. 23.89 23.1 � � � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.30 20.8 26.30 20.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.25 5.6 25.08 6.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 24.76 8.4 24.76 8.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 32.86 3.4 33.50 3.7 � �
Level 10.................................................. 38.17 7.2 38.43 6.6 � �
Level 11.................................................. 47.22 6.0 45.94 4.9 � �
Level 12.................................................. 53.09 7.3 53.09 7.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.74 16.1 39.39 16.3 � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 32.55 4.7 32.55 4.7 � �
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 36.68 4.9 36.68 4.9 � �
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.33 19.0 21.33 19.0 � �
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.33 19.0 21.33 19.0 � �
Cost estimators................................................... 30.20 11.9 � � � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.92 8.7 29.92 8.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.17 7.5 34.17 7.5 � �
Management analysts............................................... 58.60 9.4 58.60 9.4 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.22 2.7 31.69 3.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.29 4.4 28.45 5.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 25.84 14.3 25.84 14.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 36.26 7.0 36.26 7.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.87 8.8 30.24 8.6 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.41 12.3 35.00 11.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 28.61 5.9 28.61 5.9 � �
Level 10.................................................. 35.51 12.1 � � � �
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.87 24.0 33.00 25.3 � �
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 42.12 8.2 42.12 8.2 � �
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 41.32 14.2 42.13 11.0 � �
Loan officers................................................... 41.96 13.2 42.82 9.5 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.34 4.7 37.34 4.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.49 12.4 24.49 12.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 29.49 2.4 29.49 2.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.76 3.7 27.76 3.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.18 9.2 35.18 9.2 � �
Level 10.................................................. 42.41 3.0 42.41 3.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 42.29 3.2 42.29 3.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 49.80 21.7 49.80 21.7 � �
Computer programmers.............................................. 34.70 4.5 34.70 4.5 � �
Computer software engineers....................................... 38.52 1.8 38.52 1.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 41.71 4.2 41.71 4.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.91 1.2 41.91 1.2 � �
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.15 2.9 37.15 2.9 � �
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.47 2.0 40.47 2.0 � �
Computer support specialists...................................... 26.29 6.6 26.29 6.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 25.19 12.9 25.19 12.9 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.01 5.4 39.01 5.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.82 4.2 27.82 4.2 � �
Level 10.................................................. 44.24 2.7 44.24 2.7 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.40 1.1 33.40 1.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.13 5.0 28.13 5.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 29.42 9.6 29.42 9.6 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.65 2.7 34.65 2.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 38.46 7.0 38.46 7.0 � �
Architects, except naval.......................................... 28.05 6.1 28.05 6.1 � �
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 26.81 10.7 26.81 10.7 � �
Engineers......................................................... 38.34 3.9 38.34 3.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 35.00 2.4 35.00 2.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 42.38 9.5 42.38 9.5 � �
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.65 10.3 36.65 10.3 � �
Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.95 12.3 34.95 12.3 � �
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.34 10.5 36.34 10.5 � �
Drafters.......................................................... 26.56 8.5 26.56 8.5 � �
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.97 7.1 29.97 7.1 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.99 13.6 28.49 14.2 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.49 6.9 18.46 7.8 18.68 11.5
Level 6 .................................................. 19.50 9.5 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 19.21 8.8 19.25 9.6 � �
Counselors........................................................ 24.34 6.6 � � � �
Social workers.................................................... 18.05 6.4 18.05 6.4 � �
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.22 16.8 18.13 21.7 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 59.33 11.2 59.38 11.2 � �
Lawyers........................................................... 63.32 13.5 63.32 13.5 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ � � 36.71 28.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 21.75 1.3 � � � �
Level 10.................................................. 40.07 1.0 40.15 1.1 � �
Level 11.................................................. 59.42 4.7 � � � �
Level 12.................................................. 76.23 14.0 76.23 14.0 � �
Level 13.................................................. 50.78 12.5 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 102.16 12.0 102.16 12.0 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 69.49 13.3 71.72 12.2 36.13 10.9
Level 11.................................................. 36.16 .2 36.30 .7 � �
Level 12.................................................. 76.23 14.0 76.23 14.0 � �
Level 13.................................................. 50.78 12.5 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 102.16 12.0 102.16 12.0 � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 35.25 1.2 36.86 3.4 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 36.81 .3 36.91 .1 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ � � 12.27 9.0 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.13 5.1 24.98 4.1 15.61 29.2
Level 6 .................................................. 20.49 3.8 20.49 3.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 24.70 6.3 24.70 6.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.71 14.5 23.17 11.5 � �
Designers......................................................... 22.50 8.0 23.37 8.0 � �
Graphic designers............................................... 25.00 9.8 25.00 9.8 � �
Writers and editors............................................... 26.58 5.0 26.58 5.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.21 3.0 30.48 3.6 28.96 3.5
Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 6.0 14.66 7.7 13.28 12.4
Level 5 .................................................. 22.83 6.1 22.64 8.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 25.14 4.8 25.26 4.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.24 3.0 28.38 4.4 27.69 7.3
Level 8 .................................................. 29.00 3.0 28.66 3.3 31.22 7.3
Level 9 .................................................. 32.41 2.5 31.62 2.9 35.03 3.3
Level 10.................................................. 38.59 1.5 38.59 1.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.84 4.4 49.76 4.5 � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 50.60 6.8 51.32 7.0 � �
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 62.42 29.8 62.42 29.8 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 33.03 2.7 32.80 3.3 33.94 1.4
Level 7 .................................................. 27.57 6.1 27.07 7.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.65 1.2 31.38 1.2 33.30 1.5
Level 9 .................................................. 32.79 2.3 32.04 2.7 35.03 3.3
Level 11.................................................. 46.70 8.0 46.70 8.0 � �
Therapists........................................................ 26.53 1.9 26.59 1.4 26.18 6.1
Level 7 .................................................. 24.44 1.7 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.08 3.1 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 28.28 2.9 � � � �
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 25.18 2.9 � � � �
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.31 5.2 22.53 4.0 � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.34 5.8 21.62 4.8 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.03 10.1 35.72 6.8 � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.63 1.3 29.12 .7 � �
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.51 8.7 15.87 15.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.76 4.3 � � � �
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 13.45 6.3 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.11 4.1 24.10 5.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 24.03 5.7 � � � �
Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.95 18.8 17.67 20.0 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.23 4.3 13.62 5.8 12.08 3.3
Level 2 .................................................. 11.52 7.5 12.03 9.0 9.98 6.1
Level 3 .................................................. 13.17 4.3 13.73 5.5 11.78 5.3
Level 4 .................................................. 13.79 10.5 13.65 13.2 14.32 2.9
Level 5 .................................................. 16.35 5.8 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.71 6.2 13.03 7.0 11.33 3.8
Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 4.8 11.45 5.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.24 4.3 13.64 5.2 11.51 6.5
Level 4 .................................................. 11.02 9.9 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.92 5.3 13.26 6.1 11.48 3.9
Level 2 .................................................. 11.89 2.0 12.17 2.6 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 4.3 13.66 5.3 11.58 6.6
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.61 5.5 15.96 4.6 12.83 8.0
Level 3 .................................................. 12.75 8.0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 7.5 15.25 10.5 � �
Medical assistants.............................................. 17.48 6.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.67 6.2 11.68 6.3 11.58 19.1
Level 3 .................................................. 10.96 2.1 11.09 1.1 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.21 3.3 11.12 2.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.03 1.5 11.09 1.1 � �
Security guards................................................. 11.21 3.3 11.12 2.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.03 1.5 11.09 1.1 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.77 4.0 11.45 2.1 7.97 2.0
Level 1 .................................................. 7.44 1.2 8.58 1.4 6.94 .8
Level 2 .................................................. 9.21 12.5 10.26 8.3 8.10 11.3
Level 3 .................................................. 10.19 3.5 11.22 3.3 8.83 6.9
Level 4 .................................................. 12.33 9.0 12.46 9.2 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.51 10.7 16.72 10.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.79 11.5 17.08 10.2 � �
Cooks............................................................. 11.17 4.4 11.84 1.9 9.73 6.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.76 16.8 � � 8.82 .8
Level 3 .................................................. 10.33 3.7 � � 9.52 6.6
Level 4 .................................................. 14.09 4.7 14.35 4.2 � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.72 5.1 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.37 8.7 12.15 9.6 10.00 9.6
Level 3 .................................................. 9.89 4.1 � � 9.30 7.3
Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 5.2 14.63 4.3 � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.81 11.7 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.91 7.5 7.98 24.1 6.51 5.7
Level 1 .................................................. 5.98 3.4 � � 5.78 4.1
Level 2 .................................................. � � � � 6.24 22.2
Level 3 .................................................. 8.17 14.6 � � 7.91 24.2
Bartenders...................................................... 7.45 13.2 � � 6.99 3.3
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.03 2.8 5.61 17.8 6.18 7.5
Level 1 .................................................. 4.58 9.8 � � 4.51 1.7
Level 2 .................................................. 5.76 17.6 � � 6.30 25.7
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.37 7.3 � � 6.79 10.6
Level 1 .................................................. 7.10 8.6 � � 6.63 13.1
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.74 6.1 10.95 7.3 8.55 2.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 1.1 � � 7.96 1.6
Level 2 .................................................. 9.74 7.1 10.35 8.2 9.07 6.9
Level 3 .................................................. 10.55 5.5 11.52 8.1 � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 9.48 8.9 11.17 14.7 8.55 4.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.14 2.5 � � 7.92 1.4
Level 2 .................................................. 9.47 8.0 � � 9.07 6.9
Level 3 .................................................. 10.00 10.6 � � � �
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.32 1.1 10.75 3.2 � �
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.17 11.1 10.82 8.2 8.51 17.7
Dishwashers....................................................... 9.99 2.0 10.95 2.6 8.69 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 9.99 2.0 10.95 2.6 8.69 4.2
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 9.28 10.2 � � 8.65 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.70 8.5 � � 7.64 12.6
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.98 4.3 12.16 5.1 10.51 6.0
Level 1 .................................................. 11.73 4.1 11.87 4.5 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.17 1.7 11.41 3.4 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.17 4.1 10.34 3.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 11.84 10.8 11.91 10.5 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.38 2.4 11.53 3.1 9.39 4.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.56 3.9 11.61 4.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.18 1.6 11.39 3.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.37 4.1 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 11.13 6.1 11.19 5.9 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.07 3.1 11.25 4.3 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.66 3.6 11.69 3.7 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.54 3.0 10.75 5.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.37 4.1 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 11.13 6.3 � � � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.99 3.7 12.04 3.8 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 11.53 5.6 11.58 5.9 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 13.13 5.2 13.13 5.2 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.46 12.1 14.69 8.8 � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.39 6.7 13.38 6.2 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.13 5.8 15.50 9.1 9.35 6.5
Level 1 .................................................. 8.19 3.0 � � 7.92 2.0
Level 2 .................................................. 7.94 7.3 � � 7.78 12.9
Level 3 .................................................. 10.61 6.0 10.94 7.1 9.58 4.9
Level 5 .................................................. 26.96 12.7 � � � �
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 8.41 2.5 � � 8.41 2.5
Child care workers................................................ 9.29 6.6 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.42 23.3 � � 9.67 19.9
Recreation workers.............................................. 11.54 28.6 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.17 5.4 24.35 2.9 9.91 5.7
Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 4.8 � � 8.66 4.0
Level 2 .................................................. 10.03 .7 11.12 5.1 9.14 3.7
Level 3 .................................................. 11.38 6.5 12.78 11.0 10.34 2.1
Level 4 .................................................. 20.01 22.2 21.61 27.4 14.49 12.4
Level 5 .................................................. 17.29 8.6 17.30 8.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.07 2.0 22.07 2.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.76 5.6 27.76 5.6 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 31.72 26.0 31.72 26.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 37.00 11.5 37.72 11.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.73 1.8 49.73 1.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.97 2.9 24.41 5.2 9.09 1.8
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.82 8.4 25.68 7.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.90 9.6 18.90 9.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.44 10.3 27.44 10.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.01 11.3 19.75 7.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.90 9.6 18.90 9.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 42.05 10.8 42.05 10.8 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.19 12.7 14.67 14.3 9.43 6.5
Level 1 .................................................. 8.66 5.5 � � 8.70 4.7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.03 .7 11.12 5.1 9.14 3.7
Level 3 .................................................. 9.82 1.6 10.52 2.0 9.04 1.7
Level 4 .................................................. 21.38 27.1 � � 15.18 17.8
Level 5 .................................................. 15.56 15.0 15.49 16.0 � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.59 3.2 10.66 3.9 8.94 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 6.6 � � 8.80 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 4.2 11.42 5.4 9.38 4.5
Level 3 .................................................. 9.54 4.3 � � 8.87 2.6
Cashiers...................................................... 9.53 3.1 10.52 3.4 8.94 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.73 6.6 � � 8.80 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.35 4.2 11.42 5.4 9.38 4.5
Level 3 .................................................. 9.54 4.3 � � 8.87 2.6
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.68 12.4 16.75 12.0 10.40 9.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.40 8.6 � � 8.73 4.3
Level 3 .................................................. 10.20 9.4 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 21.49 27.6 � � 15.18 17.8
Level 5 .................................................. 15.56 15.0 15.49 16.0 � �
Insurance sales agents............................................ 24.61 12.1 24.61 12.1 � �
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.32 .2 50.87 1.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 74.41 19.1 74.41 19.1 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.20 15.6 34.20 15.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.56 7.9 31.56 7.9 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 44.93 13.8 44.93 13.8 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 28.47 12.6 28.47 12.6 � �
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.42 7.6 � � 10.83 8.0
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.35 1.9 18.01 2.2 13.36 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 11.31 10.6 12.50 10.9 9.18 4.3
Level 2 .................................................. 11.65 2.4 11.87 4.4 11.47 2.3
Level 3 .................................................. 13.27 2.6 13.64 2.9 11.57 5.5
Level 4 .................................................. 17.12 3.0 17.11 3.5 17.27 7.7
Level 5 .................................................. 19.60 2.2 19.78 2.0 17.56 10.4
Level 6 .................................................. 22.43 2.9 22.42 2.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.59 2.3 26.50 2.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.19 5.7 16.40 5.9 13.80 12.4
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.57 5.4 24.57 5.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 23.96 12.1 23.96 12.1 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.06 3.6 17.77 3.4 10.89 3.1
Level 3 .................................................. 12.92 4.7 13.41 5.3 10.65 4.1
Level 4 .................................................. 17.94 7.8 18.13 7.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.51 3.7 19.48 3.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.46 4.4 22.46 4.4 � �
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 20.94 6.3 21.22 6.6 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.95 4.5 19.58 3.8 11.98 6.5
Level 3 .................................................. 13.79 6.7 14.47 6.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 19.11 9.8 19.20 10.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.69 8.1 20.71 5.8 � �
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.56 8.0 20.56 8.0 � �
Tellers......................................................... 12.43 5.1 12.80 5.5 10.45 1.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.81 .9 12.09 2.3 10.72 5.4
Level 4 .................................................. 14.92 6.3 15.07 7.0 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.71 4.0 18.83 4.2 11.56 11.7
Level 3 .................................................. 12.15 10.8 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.58 2.5 16.64 2.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.58 9.6 20.58 9.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 20.10 2.3 20.10 2.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.09 7.4 � � � �
File clerks....................................................... 12.28 11.3 � � � �
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.13 4.0 � � � �
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.53 10.6 17.53 10.6 � �
Order clerks...................................................... 21.64 4.1 � � � �
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 21.02 13.8 � � � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.39 4.2 13.88 4.9 11.72 5.7
Level 2 .................................................. 11.82 4.8 � � 11.78 6.1
Level 3 .................................................. 12.72 6.3 12.80 6.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.95 8.1 17.12 8.0 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.13 7.1 14.29 8.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.86 .9 13.92 1.5 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.22 11.0 14.74 10.5 8.89 2.1
Level 1 .................................................. 9.74 6.2 � � 9.27 7.0
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.10 2.5 22.19 2.7 20.80 8.2
Level 4 .................................................. 17.87 12.5 17.47 12.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.00 1.9 19.89 1.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.23 4.9 24.23 4.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 29.21 7.2 29.21 7.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.13 6.8 22.13 6.8 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.32 3.8 22.52 3.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.86 2.3 20.08 2.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.65 6.1 24.65 6.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.36 5.1 27.36 5.1 � �
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.14 9.8 26.22 11.8 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 19.28 5.4 19.40 5.3 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.20 3.9 17.71 3.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.54 14.9 15.28 9.2 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.99 8.0 14.16 8.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 7.2 16.09 7.2 � �
Data entry keyers............................................... 13.99 8.0 14.16 8.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.09 7.2 16.09 7.2 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.58 14.8 17.64 15.0 � �
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.92 12.3 13.92 12.3 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.95 5.1 16.82 6.1 13.73 5.2
Level 2 .................................................. 12.37 5.1 � � 12.45 4.8
Level 3 .................................................. 14.09 4.8 13.56 5.9 15.61 5.1
Level 4 .................................................. 15.01 9.2 15.26 11.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.15 7.3 17.05 8.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.16 7.7 � � � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.20 3.5 32.24 3.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 26.98 15.9 26.98 15.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 26.21 11.5 26.21 11.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 35.75 13.2 35.75 13.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 36.49 1.0 36.74 1.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 40.87 .7 40.87 .7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 43.45 4.1 43.45 4.1 � �
Carpenters........................................................ 30.97 12.9 30.97 12.9 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 33.90 27.6 33.90 27.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 35.89 8.4 35.89 8.4 � �
Construction laborers............................................. 28.24 5.1 28.02 5.4 � �
Electricians...................................................... 35.26 1.7 35.26 1.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 33.00 11.5 33.00 11.5 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.45 2.4 25.67 2.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.15 9.2 21.30 9.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 28.83 6.7 28.83 6.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.92 3.0 30.92 3.0 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 33.13 3.8 33.13 3.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.56 13.0 26.56 13.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 30.72 5.3 30.72 5.3 � �
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.90 4.5 21.90 4.5 � �
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 21.90 4.5 21.90 4.5 � �
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 23.35 7.9 23.35 7.9 � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 27.84 21.6 29.40 18.3 � �
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.69 14.6 29.69 14.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 33.16 13.6 33.16 13.6 � �
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 30.02 .0 30.02 .0 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.39 7.6 25.39 7.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.58 2.6 18.58 2.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.68 8.4 26.68 8.4 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.20 9.1 30.20 9.1 � �
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 6.1 24.33 6.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.34 2.5 19.34 2.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.73 7.4 26.73 7.4 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.52 7.8 23.52 7.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.01 4.8 27.01 4.8 � �
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.89 9.3 18.60 10.2 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 16.23 3.0 16.63 3.1 9.02 5.4
Level 1 .................................................. 9.66 3.1 9.98 5.8 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.32 8.0 11.55 8.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.57 3.1 13.57 3.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.67 4.7 17.98 4.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.42 6.5 21.42 6.5 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.61 3.8 26.61 3.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.18 1.8 27.18 1.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.64 5.2 15.81 4.7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.19 5.1 27.19 5.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.29 8.8 24.29 8.8 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.07 17.9 15.07 17.9 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.31 6.5 15.30 8.2 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.42 9.2 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.32 9.0 11.24 8.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 19.28 19.0 19.30 20.4 � �
Team assemblers................................................. 16.33 15.7 16.33 15.7 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.11 3.0 15.11 3.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.13 11.0 16.13 11.0 � �
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.12 8.4 14.12 8.4 � �
Tool and die makers............................................... 24.62 20.9 24.62 20.9 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.14 4.0 16.14 4.0 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.28 4.4 11.28 4.4 � �
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.22 5.4 15.22 5.4 � �
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 3.6 13.48 3.6 � �
Printers.......................................................... 22.08 19.1 22.08 19.1 � �
Cutting workers................................................... 12.43 19.2 12.43 19.2 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 16.3 17.83 16.3 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.96 2.8 12.96 2.8 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.04 11.0 15.04 11.0 � �
Painting workers.................................................. 14.34 18.0 14.34 18.0 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.96 5.8 11.54 13.6 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 8.63 1.6 8.81 6.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.66 20.5 14.19 19.8 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.14 4.2 17.39 4.1 10.82 6.3
Level 1 .................................................. 9.93 5.0 10.45 6.4 8.87 5.2
Level 2 .................................................. 11.99 3.1 12.21 3.3 11.44 6.6
Level 3 .................................................. 15.53 2.8 15.55 2.6 15.35 5.2
Level 4 .................................................. 20.18 7.7 20.33 8.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.14 6.4 20.34 6.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.36 20.3 20.04 20.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 20.43 11.0 23.16 11.9 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.72 7.5 20.36 7.4 12.24 12.0
Level 3 .................................................. 13.89 7.8 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 22.33 5.3 22.33 5.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 6.8 19.08 6.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.23 .5 23.23 .5 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.25 6.0 20.38 5.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 21.23 5.8 21.23 5.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.97 6.8 19.08 6.6 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.74 16.5 21.03 15.9 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.22 2.4 14.36 2.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.53 3.4 12.53 4.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.93 5.1 15.01 5.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.80 8.6 16.80 8.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.50 5.1 12.21 6.1 9.65 5.8
Level 1 .................................................. 9.80 4.9 10.42 6.7 8.54 3.8
Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 6.0 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 17.62 6.2 17.44 7.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.82 2.4 16.08 5.9 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.22 21.6 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.90 7.3 14.66 7.8 10.28 7.5
Level 1 .................................................. 10.17 7.9 11.84 11.5 9.00 4.4
Level 3 .................................................. 17.01 6.2 16.65 7.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.82 2.4 16.08 5.9 � �
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.97 29.8 12.97 29.8 � �
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.02 5.6 10.11 6.2 9.12 6.1
Level 1 .................................................. 9.78 7.1 9.96 8.0 � �
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 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $31.33 2.2 $33.21 2.1 $13.73 3.1
Management occupations.............................................. 52.19 4.9 52.23 5.1 � �
Level 11.................................................. 48.06 7.3 48.06 7.3 � �
Level 12.................................................. 60.63 10.4 60.63 10.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.76 25.4 � � � �
Education administrators.......................................... 54.92 9.9 54.92 9.9 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 54.92 9.9 54.92 9.9 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.40 11.4 30.73 10.7 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.82 12.6 29.82 12.6 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.08 10.4 34.08 10.4 � �
Engineers......................................................... 35.17 10.8 35.17 10.8 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 44.70 8.4 � � � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 34.64 7.0 34.61 7.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 46.14 8.7 47.29 10.8 � �
Social workers.................................................... 34.12 8.1 34.06 8.4 � �
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 36.02 9.4 36.04 9.9 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 34.54 7.5 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.10 3.0 42.74 2.0 14.41 9.7
Level 3 .................................................. 14.39 4.3 14.41 4.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.00 4.6 13.17 4.1 11.78 6.5
Level 6 .................................................. 16.00 2.9 � � 15.79 2.2
Level 7 .................................................. 28.46 23.6 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 48.15 7.0 48.15 7.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 45.55 6.1 45.59 6.1 � �
Level 11.................................................. 37.93 16.6 37.88 16.8 � �
Level 12.................................................. 45.64 7.2 45.64 7.2 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.77 9.5 50.94 9.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 42.20 8.3 � � � �
Level 12.................................................. 45.64 7.2 45.64 7.2 � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 42.29 12.1 42.71 12.3 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 46.48 3.2 47.19 2.6 14.35 2.3
Level 8 .................................................. 49.32 3.4 49.32 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 45.94 6.7 45.99 6.6 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 45.85 2.1 46.78 1.6 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 50.13 2.2 50.13 2.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 44.14 5.8 44.14 5.8 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.81 1.9 46.89 1.4 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 50.02 2.0 50.02 2.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 43.66 6.0 43.66 6.0 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 46.11 3.1 46.11 3.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 45.54 4.6 45.54 4.6 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 48.91 2.3 49.33 1.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 49.59 4.7 49.74 4.4 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 48.91 2.3 49.33 1.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 49.59 4.7 49.74 4.4 � �
Special education teachers...................................... 44.34 10.4 44.34 10.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 43.45 12.5 43.45 12.5 � �
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 39.90 16.3 39.90 16.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.09 19.7 39.09 19.7 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... � � � � 21.04 17.3
Librarians........................................................ 33.46 24.3 33.46 24.3 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.32 1.9 13.41 1.1 12.58 7.1
Level 3 .................................................. 14.39 4.3 14.41 4.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.79 4.5 12.88 3.7 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.34 12.0 38.08 11.8 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 38.66 5.7 40.87 4.1 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 35.43 8.0 37.30 6.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 38.49 7.4 � � � �
Therapists........................................................ 48.29 7.2 48.29 7.2 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 27.73 3.7 28.87 3.6 13.09 7.6
Level 5 .................................................. 26.31 5.7 26.43 5.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.59 4.2 23.60 5.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.10 5.5 32.13 2.7 � �
Fire fighters..................................................... 24.55 .7 26.63 4.4 � �
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.54 7.0 23.54 7.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 24.54 10.3 24.54 10.3 � �
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.16 8.2 23.16 8.2 � �
Police officers................................................... 31.44 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.95 6.2 26.95 6.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 32.50 3.2 32.50 3.2 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.44 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.95 6.2 26.95 6.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 32.50 3.2 32.50 3.2 � �
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 14.36 6.8 � � 12.77 8.7
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.45 13.4 � � 9.42 11.3
Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 11.1 � � 9.32 12.6
Cooks............................................................. 12.04 9.7 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 8.3 � � � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.74 8.3 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.38 3.1 16.53 3.1 10.63 8.2
Level 1 .................................................. 15.04 1.4 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 13.58 4.9 14.91 2.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 16.51 10.7 19.20 5.7 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.40 3.9 16.92 3.5 10.78 9.9
Level 2 .................................................. 15.80 10.8 16.77 10.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 19.17 6.4 19.17 6.4 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.40 3.9 16.92 3.5 10.78 9.9
Level 2 .................................................. 15.80 10.8 16.77 10.8 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 19.17 6.4 19.17 6.4 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.82 8.0 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.18 10.6 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.46 15.6 � � 11.82 4.1
Level 3 .................................................. 16.96 21.2 � � 10.90 9.9
Child care workers................................................ 13.00 1.7 � � 12.24 9.3
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.05 25.3 � � 10.28 18.2
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.05 25.3 � � 10.28 18.2
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 14.82 25.5 � � 10.74 21.1
Cashiers...................................................... 14.82 25.5 � � 10.74 21.1
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.79 2.9 20.81 3.3 14.38 6.6
Level 2 .................................................. 13.04 9.0 13.13 .3 13.00 13.7
Level 3 .................................................. 16.32 7.8 � � 12.01 8.7
Level 4 .................................................. 17.85 5.7 17.76 5.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.80 3.8 21.93 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 25.02 6.0 25.02 6.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 23.96 5.5 23.96 5.5 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 21.95 10.3 21.84 9.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 27.79 5.6 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 21.37 11.2 20.86 11.1 � �
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.85 4.6 � � 12.31 5.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.83 6.2 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.28 5.4 20.53 5.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.24 6.8 19.28 7.1 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.10 3.9 24.50 4.1 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.63 7.8 18.89 7.6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.20 8.7 19.20 8.7 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 17.04 18.2 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 20.07 7.8 20.98 9.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 14.78 16.9 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 23.96 5.1 23.96 5.1 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 31.79 5.4 31.79 5.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 29.35 8.8 29.35 8.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 41.21 2.6 41.21 2.6 � �
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 28.46 4.2 28.46 4.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 28.35 9.0 28.35 9.0 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.22 5.1 28.22 5.1 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 22.59 15.7 22.59 15.7 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 27.20 3.8 27.97 3.3 17.77 10.2
Level 3 .................................................. 20.13 10.3 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 28.38 12.1 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 27.91 .8 27.91 .8 � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 24.56 4.7 25.95 2.9 17.77 10.2
Bus drivers, school............................................. 19.80 15.0 � � � �
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. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3),
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $23.30 2.0 $25.23 1.7 $12.84 3.7
Management occupations.............................................. 49.02 3.9 49.16 3.9 24.62 27.8
Group II.................................................. 26.01 5.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 44.15 4.3 � � � �
Group IV.................................................. 88.66 13.8 � � � �
General and operations managers................................... 39.99 8.1 39.99 8.1 � �
Group III................................................. 36.47 6.7 36.47 6.7 � �
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.42 7.6 48.42 7.6 � �
Group III................................................. 38.16 6.1 � � � �
Marketing managers.............................................. 44.38 7.0 44.38 7.0 � �
Group III................................................. 38.17 7.9 38.17 7.9 � �
Sales managers.................................................. 54.50 11.6 54.50 11.6 � �
Public relations managers......................................... 36.13 11.3 36.13 11.3 � �
Administrative services managers.................................. 34.81 10.9 34.81 10.9 � �
Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.86 8.8 63.86 8.8 � �
Group III................................................. 56.26 7.9 56.26 7.9 � �
Financial managers................................................ 48.27 7.4 48.71 7.4 � �
Group III................................................. 46.70 7.1 46.70 7.1 � �
Human resources managers.......................................... 38.49 8.5 38.49 8.5 � �
Industrial production managers.................................... 56.36 8.9 56.36 8.9 � �
Construction managers............................................. 37.51 8.9 37.51 8.9 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 48.96 5.0 48.96 5.0 � �
Group III................................................. 53.72 8.9 � � � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 54.92 9.9 54.92 9.9 � �
Group III................................................. 54.92 9.9 54.92 9.9 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.44 4.0 34.57 3.9 32.53 14.2
Group II.................................................. 25.21 7.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 39.32 3.0 � � � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.86 4.8 31.86 4.8 � �
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 36.68 4.9 36.68 4.9 � �
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.36 .9 25.36 .9 � �
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.33 19.0 21.33 19.0 � �
Group III................................................. 39.18 3.6 � � � �
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.33 19.0 21.33 19.0 � �
Group III................................................. 39.18 3.6 39.18 3.6 � �
Cost estimators................................................... 30.20 11.9 � � � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.92 8.7 29.92 8.7 � �
Group III................................................. 36.45 8.1 � � � �
Management analysts............................................... 56.72 10.0 56.72 10.0 � �
Group III................................................. 55.48 7.7 55.48 7.7 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.21 2.7 31.69 3.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.24 8.5 25.83 5.8 � �
Group III................................................. 39.30 6.5 38.14 4.4 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.41 12.3 35.00 11.8 � �
Group III................................................. 38.46 8.1 � � � �
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.87 24.0 33.00 25.3 � �
Group III................................................. 33.92 13.3 32.84 13.7 � �
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 42.12 8.2 42.12 8.2 � �
Group III................................................. 45.05 3.7 45.05 3.7 � �
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 41.32 14.2 42.13 11.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 44.40 28.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 39.62 5.2 � � � �
Loan officers................................................... 41.96 13.2 42.82 9.5 � �
Group III................................................. 39.62 5.2 40.78 1.6 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.96 4.6 36.96 4.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.04 2.8 � � � �
Group III................................................. 39.92 3.6 � � � �
Computer programmers.............................................. 34.70 4.5 34.70 4.5 � �
Computer software engineers....................................... 38.52 1.8 38.52 1.8 � �
Group III................................................. 41.11 3.2 � � � �
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.15 2.9 37.15 2.9 � �
Group III................................................. 42.45 4.0 42.45 4.0 � �
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.47 2.0 40.47 2.0 � �
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.47 6.5 25.47 6.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.53 5.3 24.53 5.3 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.17 5.2 39.17 5.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.07 4.3 27.07 4.3 � �
Group III................................................. 40.74 3.6 40.74 3.6 � �
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.61 9.1 30.61 9.1 � �
Group III................................................. 30.71 10.6 30.71 10.6 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.43 1.2 33.43 1.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 28.52 3.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 37.74 4.6 � � � �
Architects, except naval.......................................... 28.05 6.1 28.05 6.1 � �
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 26.81 10.7 26.81 10.7 � �
Engineers......................................................... 38.08 3.7 38.08 3.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 30.15 6.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 40.15 3.9 � � � �
Civil engineers................................................. 41.84 3.8 41.84 3.8 � �
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.65 10.3 36.65 10.3 � �
Group III................................................. 39.87 6.8 � � � �
Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.95 12.3 34.95 12.3 � �
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.34 10.5 36.34 10.5 � �
Group III................................................. 36.29 10.5 36.29 10.5 � �
Drafters.......................................................... 26.56 8.5 26.56 8.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.56 8.5 � � � �
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.80 6.9 29.80 6.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 30.11 6.7 � � � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.92 12.6 29.39 13.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.55 4.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 37.11 7.8 � � � �
Physical scientists............................................... 42.13 13.3 42.13 13.3 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.63 7.6 21.90 8.0 19.48 12.1
Group II.................................................. 18.91 4.8 � � � �
Group III................................................. 27.39 10.8 � � � �
Counselors........................................................ 29.21 16.2 32.00 16.7 � �
Social workers.................................................... 23.51 6.6 23.35 6.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.48 6.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 30.99 20.8 � � � �
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 25.01 9.0 24.81 8.7 � �
Group III................................................. 31.47 28.8 � � � �
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.55 15.4 19.87 18.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.20 10.3 � � � �
Legal occupations................................................... 56.60 10.1 56.82 10.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 34.81 2.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 56.01 4.0 � � � �
Lawyers........................................................... 60.95 12.3 60.95 12.3 � �
Group III................................................. 56.01 4.0 56.01 4.0 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.12 15.3 40.99 7.8 15.08 11.3
Group I................................................... 11.82 7.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 35.42 11.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 46.39 5.3 � � � �
Group IV.................................................. 59.91 7.8 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 61.25 11.9 62.28 11.7 35.62 10.6
Group III................................................. 51.74 11.7 � � � �
Group IV.................................................. 59.91 7.8 � � � �
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 80.90 12.5 80.90 12.5 � �
Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 80.90 12.5 80.90 12.5 � �
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 58.51 16.6 58.51 16.6 � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 40.68 3.4 41.48 4.1 � �
Group III................................................. 40.35 10.2 � � � �
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.60 6.6 39.87 6.6 � �
Group III................................................. 41.49 8.7 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.35 5.2 45.48 3.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 41.82 10.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 44.37 6.3 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 45.85 2.1 46.78 1.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 47.68 1.7 � � � �
Group III................................................. 44.14 5.8 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.81 1.9 46.89 1.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 47.54 1.4 49.64 2.7 � �
Group III................................................. 43.66 6.0 43.66 6.0 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 46.11 3.1 46.11 3.1 � �
Group III................................................. 45.54 4.6 45.54 4.6 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 44.91 8.0 45.21 7.9 � �
Group III................................................. 45.30 9.1 � � � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 44.91 8.0 45.21 7.9 � �
Group III................................................. 45.30 9.1 45.40 9.1 � �
Special education teachers...................................... 42.61 10.3 42.61 10.3 � �
Group III................................................. 42.06 11.9 � � � �
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 39.90 16.3 39.90 16.3 � �
Group III................................................. 39.09 19.7 39.09 19.7 � �
Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 43.84 8.6 43.84 8.6 � �
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.82 23.5 � � 22.79 6.4
Group II.................................................. 28.09 24.5 � � � �
Librarians........................................................ 47.76 20.9 49.32 22.4 � �
Group III................................................. 54.05 17.1 54.05 17.1 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.85 6.7 12.68 6.0 � �
Group I................................................... 11.76 7.2 12.61 6.8 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.00 5.0 24.87 4.0 15.42 28.2
Group II.................................................. 23.49 5.3 � � � �
Group III................................................. 26.23 2.7 � � � �
Designers......................................................... 22.46 7.7 23.31 7.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.99 10.6 � � � �
Graphic designers............................................... 24.86 9.4 24.86 9.4 � �
Writers and editors............................................... 26.58 5.0 26.58 5.0 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.80 3.1 31.18 3.6 28.88 3.4
Group I................................................... 13.96 4.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 26.95 1.8 � � � �
Group III................................................. 35.81 3.1 � � � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 50.60 6.8 51.32 7.0 � �
Group III................................................. 53.72 2.2 � � � �
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.27 23.3 67.27 23.3 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 33.17 2.6 33.08 3.1 33.54 1.5
Group II.................................................. 29.61 3.5 29.41 4.1 30.82 1.6
Group III................................................. 34.55 2.4 34.54 2.9 34.56 3.0
Therapists........................................................ 29.43 10.1 29.90 11.0 26.18 6.1
Group II.................................................. 26.18 2.3 � � � �
Group III................................................. 32.90 13.6 � � � �
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 25.27 2.8 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 25.40 2.8 � � � �
Speech-language pathologists.................................... 35.53 23.6 35.53 23.6 � �
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.40 4.7 22.61 3.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.73 6.9 � � � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.51 5.2 21.78 4.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.39 8.0 23.56 8.4 � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.64 9.3 35.98 6.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 32.94 2.6 � � � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 30.61 5.5 31.09 5.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 29.12 .7 29.12 .7 � �
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 20.16 17.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.16 17.0 � � � �
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.95 8.5 16.61 13.2 � �
Group I................................................... 13.44 4.9 � � � �
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.90 11.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 13.45 6.3 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.11 4.1 24.10 5.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.11 4.1 24.10 5.8 � �
Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.95 18.8 17.67 20.0 � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.27 4.1 13.69 5.6 12.09 3.1
Group I................................................... 13.04 5.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 16.35 5.8 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.79 5.8 13.13 6.6 11.38 3.6
Group I................................................... 12.74 6.0 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.00 5.0 13.37 5.7 11.52 3.6
Group I................................................... 12.96 5.0 13.37 5.7 11.34 3.6
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.57 5.2 15.96 4.6 12.83 7.5
Group I................................................... 14.07 7.8 � � � �
Medical assistants.............................................. 17.48 6.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 23.86 9.0 24.80 10.1 12.66 7.8
Group I................................................... 12.05 6.8 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 28.77 3.2 � � � �
Fire fighters..................................................... 24.55 .7 26.63 4.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.55 .7 26.63 4.4 � �
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.54 7.0 23.54 7.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.20 8.8 � � � �
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.16 8.2 23.16 8.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.20 11.3 22.20 11.3 � �
Police officers................................................... 31.43 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.43 4.2 � � � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.43 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.43 4.2 31.55 4.3 � �
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.68 6.3 11.61 6.5 � �
Group I................................................... 11.68 6.3 � � � �
Security guards................................................. 11.68 6.3 11.61 6.5 � �
Group I................................................... 11.68 6.3 11.61 6.5 � �
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 13.70 7.8 � � 11.96 9.6
Group I................................................... 12.58 7.9 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.82 3.9 11.54 2.1 8.01 2.1
Group I................................................... 9.23 3.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 16.58 6.0 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.63 10.2 16.84 9.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.01 5.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.79 11.5 17.08 10.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.95 4.1 18.95 4.1 � �
Cooks............................................................. 11.21 4.2 11.95 1.8 9.74 6.1
Group I................................................... 11.05 4.4 � � � �
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.86 4.5 12.44 5.4 9.51 5.0
Group I................................................... 11.39 4.4 � � 9.51 5.0
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.33 8.4 12.15 9.6 9.93 9.0
Group I................................................... 11.33 8.4 12.15 9.6 9.93 9.0
Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.80 11.5 � � � �
Group I................................................... 11.80 11.5 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.90 7.5 7.98 24.1 6.51 5.7
Group I................................................... 6.88 7.7 � � � �
Bartenders...................................................... 7.45 13.2 � � 6.99 3.3
Group I................................................... 7.39 14.3 � � 6.89 3.9
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.02 2.9 5.61 17.8 6.16 7.6
Group I................................................... 6.02 2.9 5.61 17.8 6.16 7.6
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.38 7.1 � � 6.83 10.4
Group I................................................... 8.38 7.1 � � 6.83 10.4
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.75 6.1 10.95 7.3 8.60 2.8
Group I................................................... 9.57 4.8 � � � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 9.48 8.8 11.17 14.7 8.56 4.1
Group I................................................... 9.21 6.8 10.52 11.4 8.56 4.1
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.34 1.1 10.75 3.2 8.82 10.0
Group I................................................... 10.34 1.1 10.75 3.2 8.82 10.0
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.10 10.5 10.82 8.2 8.49 15.2
Group I................................................... 10.10 10.5 10.82 8.2 8.49 15.2
Dishwashers....................................................... 9.99 2.0 10.95 2.6 8.69 4.2
Group I................................................... 9.99 2.0 10.95 2.6 8.69 4.2
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 9.28 10.2 � � 8.65 4.2
Group I................................................... 8.60 3.0 � � 8.65 4.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.67 3.4 12.99 4.0 10.55 4.9
Group I................................................... 12.28 3.2 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.92 10.3 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.31 2.3 12.51 3.0 9.70 4.9
Group I................................................... 12.22 2.3 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.43 2.9 12.70 4.1 9.62 5.2
Group I................................................... 12.31 3.0 12.57 4.3 9.62 5.2
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.99 3.7 12.04 3.8 � �
Group I................................................... 11.99 3.7 12.04 3.8 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.05 9.5 14.40 7.7 10.75 6.6
Group I................................................... 12.58 8.9 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.04 5.1 13.13 5.8 10.75 6.6
Group I................................................... 11.74 5.5 12.71 8.7 10.75 6.6
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.28 5.7 15.76 9.0 9.61 6.0
Group I................................................... 11.59 4.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 26.05 11.5 � � � �
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 8.43 2.5 � � 8.43 2.5
Group I................................................... 8.43 2.5 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 9.77 4.1 � � 9.02 11.2
Group I................................................... 9.77 4.1 � � 9.02 11.2
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.46 20.9 � � 10.07 17.1
Group I................................................... 9.76 15.1 � � � �
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 17.47 25.9 � � 17.47 25.9
Recreation workers.............................................. 11.56 25.7 � � 8.28 12.1
Group I................................................... 8.28 12.1 � � 8.28 12.1
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.12 5.4 24.34 2.9 9.92 5.6
Group I................................................... 12.37 13.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 23.69 5.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 48.74 12.3 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.82 8.4 25.68 7.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.12 6.8 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.01 11.3 19.75 7.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.27 7.7 22.27 7.7 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 42.05 10.8 42.05 10.8 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.22 12.5 14.74 14.0 9.45 6.4
Group I................................................... 11.68 15.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 17.91 9.6 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.75 3.8 10.98 5.2 8.99 4.2
Group I................................................... 9.63 4.5 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.69 3.7 10.85 5.0 8.99 4.2
Group I................................................... 9.56 4.3 10.60 7.0 9.02 4.1
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.65 12.5 16.75 12.0 10.37 9.3
Group I................................................... 14.85 19.1 18.65 23.2 10.27 9.8
Group II.................................................. 17.08 7.3 17.08 7.6 � �
Insurance sales agents............................................ 24.61 12.1 24.61 12.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.88 3.8 27.88 3.8 � �
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.32 .2 50.87 1.3 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.20 15.6 34.20 15.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 28.38 15.3 � � � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 44.93 13.8 44.93 13.8 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 28.47 12.6 28.47 12.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.58 10.2 31.58 10.2 � �
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.42 7.6 � � 10.83 8.0
Group I................................................... 11.12 6.4 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.55 1.8 18.23 2.0 13.45 3.8
Group I................................................... 14.63 1.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.82 1.1 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.44 4.4 24.44 4.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.27 4.4 24.27 4.4 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.24 3.4 17.91 3.3 11.49 3.2
Group I................................................... 15.06 6.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.94 3.4 � � � �
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 21.03 5.8 21.35 6.4 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.11 4.1 19.67 3.6 12.84 8.6
Group I................................................... 16.81 7.8 17.24 7.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.86 4.9 21.57 3.6 � �
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.80 8.0 20.80 8.0 � �
Tellers......................................................... 12.43 5.1 12.80 5.5 10.45 1.4
Group I................................................... 12.37 5.0 12.76 5.5 10.45 1.4
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.66 3.9 18.76 4.2 11.56 11.7
Group I................................................... 14.63 5.3 16.02 3.2 10.20 4.0
Group II.................................................. 22.53 7.4 22.35 7.6 � �
File clerks....................................................... 12.48 11.2 � � � �
Group I................................................... 12.48 11.2 � � � �
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.13 4.0 � � � �
Group I................................................... 15.35 8.2 � � � �
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 13.74 6.5 15.17 3.4 12.19 6.3
Group I................................................... 13.44 8.2 15.17 3.4 11.36 6.2
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.53 10.6 17.53 10.6 � �
Order clerks...................................................... 21.64 4.1 � � � �
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 21.02 13.8 � � � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.39 4.2 13.88 4.9 11.78 5.5
Group I................................................... 13.42 4.2 13.94 4.9 11.78 5.5
Dispatchers....................................................... 22.90 3.3 22.90 3.3 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.13 7.1 14.29 8.2 � �
Group I................................................... 13.58 4.8 13.79 5.5 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.38 10.8 14.91 10.3 8.89 2.1
Group I................................................... 12.85 10.2 14.79 10.1 8.89 2.1
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.85 2.2 21.95 2.3 20.17 8.8
Group I................................................... 17.72 9.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 23.02 2.5 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.46 3.5 22.67 3.5 17.77 2.5
Group II.................................................. 22.68 3.5 22.94 3.4 � �
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.14 9.8 26.22 11.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.99 11.0 � � � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 19.28 5.4 19.40 5.3 � �
Group I................................................... 19.32 12.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.23 6.1 19.23 6.1 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.39 4.1 18.26 4.4 � �
Group I................................................... 17.03 8.8 16.55 6.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.34 5.8 20.34 5.8 � �
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.44 8.0 14.53 8.1 � �
Group I................................................... 14.90 8.4 � � � �
Data entry keyers............................................... 14.40 8.1 14.40 8.1 � �
Group I................................................... 14.89 8.6 14.70 8.3 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.58 14.8 17.64 15.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.02 15.5 20.29 15.2 � �
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.92 12.3 13.92 12.3 � �
Group I................................................... 12.01 12.5 12.01 12.5 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 16.68 4.2 17.67 4.8 13.89 5.4
Group I................................................... 14.23 2.7 14.63 3.6 13.59 5.4
Group II.................................................. 21.49 6.7 21.65 6.9 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.15 3.2 32.17 3.3 � �
Group I................................................... 25.34 6.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 35.19 4.7 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 42.67 5.6 42.67 5.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 42.67 5.6 42.67 5.6 � �
Carpenters........................................................ 31.05 12.7 31.05 12.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 34.87 15.9 34.87 15.9 � �
Construction laborers............................................. 29.07 4.8 28.99 5.4 � �
Group I................................................... 30.06 5.4 30.13 6.2 � �
Electricians...................................................... 35.69 1.6 35.69 1.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 36.00 1.3 36.00 1.3 � �
Painters and paperhangers......................................... 24.63 15.9 24.63 15.9 � �
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 24.63 15.9 24.63 15.9 � �
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.61 14.7 30.61 14.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.62 13.7 � � � �
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.61 14.7 30.61 14.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.62 13.7 26.62 13.7 � �
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 24.81 19.7 24.81 19.7 � �
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 28.46 4.2 28.46 4.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 28.35 9.0 28.35 9.0 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.57 2.3 25.79 2.4 � �
Group I................................................... 14.42 7.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 28.09 2.9 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 31.11 4.7 31.11 4.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.11 4.7 31.11 4.7 � �
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.90 4.5 21.90 4.5 � �
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 21.90 4.5 21.90 4.5 � �
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 24.76 7.9 24.76 7.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.76 7.9 � � � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 27.93 20.3 29.40 17.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 30.91 19.1 � � � �
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.76 13.7 29.76 13.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 29.76 13.7 29.76 13.7 � �
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 30.02 .0 30.02 .0 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.41 7.2 25.41 7.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.62 7.1 � � � �
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 6.1 24.33 6.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.25 6.1 24.25 6.1 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.89 6.4 23.89 6.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 25.98 4.2 25.98 4.2 � �
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.99 9.1 18.69 9.9 � �
Group I................................................... 12.89 9.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 22.04 7.9 � � � �
Production occupations.............................................. 16.30 3.0 16.69 3.1 9.02 5.4
Group I................................................... 12.89 2.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 24.93 4.5 � � � �
Group III................................................. 42.64 11.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.19 5.1 27.19 5.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.38 4.4 26.38 4.4 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.07 17.9 15.07 17.9 � �
Group I................................................... 12.92 6.9 � � � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.31 6.5 15.30 8.2 � �
Group I................................................... 13.95 10.0 � � � �
Team assemblers................................................. 16.33 15.7 16.33 15.7 � �
Group I................................................... 15.98 20.7 15.98 20.7 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.11 3.0 15.11 3.0 � �
Group I................................................... 14.75 4.7 � � � �
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.12 8.4 14.12 8.4 � �
Group I................................................... 13.51 5.9 13.51 5.9 � �
Tool and die makers............................................... 24.62 20.9 24.62 20.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 25.18 18.9 25.18 18.9 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.91 5.5 16.91 5.5 � �
Group I................................................... 13.48 15.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.86 16.2 � � � �
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.22 5.4 15.22 5.4 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and
tenders........................................................ 22.08 19.0 22.08 19.0 � �
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 3.6 13.48 3.6 � �
Printers.......................................................... 22.08 19.1 22.08 19.1 � �
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.20 8.4 11.50 9.5 � �
Group I................................................... 11.20 8.4 11.50 9.5 � �
Cutting workers................................................... 12.43 19.2 12.43 19.2 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 16.3 17.83 16.3 � �
Group I................................................... 12.89 12.8 12.89 12.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.11 7.5 27.11 7.5 � �
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.04 11.0 15.04 11.0 � �
Group I................................................... 14.11 15.3 14.11 15.3 � �
Painting workers.................................................. 14.34 18.0 14.34 18.0 � �
Group I................................................... 12.03 8.9 � � � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.96 5.8 11.54 13.6 � �
Group I................................................... 10.11 5.3 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.65 4.0 17.95 3.9 10.95 6.4
Group I................................................... 13.90 4.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 22.50 6.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 20.86 10.3 23.69 11.2 � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 20.56 10.2 25.95 2.9 13.47 16.0
Group I................................................... 14.96 15.6 � � � �
Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.30 17.5 � � � �
Group I................................................... 14.30 17.5 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.09 7.1 20.73 7.0 12.24 12.0
Group I................................................... 19.91 7.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.75 7.1 � � � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.75 6.0 20.89 5.9 � �
Group I................................................... 21.61 6.0 21.80 5.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.75 7.1 19.87 6.9 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.74 16.5 21.03 15.9 � �
Group I................................................... 19.31 17.0 20.70 17.1 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.22 2.4 14.36 2.2 � �
Group I................................................... 14.24 2.5 14.39 2.3 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.50 5.1 12.21 6.1 9.65 5.8
Group I................................................... 11.44 4.4 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.90 7.3 14.66 7.8 10.28 7.5
Group I................................................... 12.68 6.9 14.43 7.1 10.28 7.6
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.97 29.8 12.97 29.8 � �
Group I................................................... 12.97 29.8 12.97 29.8 � �
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.02 5.6 10.11 6.2 9.12 6.1
Group I................................................... 10.06 6.6 10.17 7.6 9.12 6.1
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), Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.80 $12.00 $18.69 $29.81 $42.20
Management occupations.............................................. 24.32 31.25 43.27 60.10 74.08
General and operations managers................................... 22.87 23.94 31.25 56.73 60.09
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.84 35.27 47.12 60.58 69.91
Marketing managers.............................................. 28.69 32.58 43.45 55.64 64.54
Sales managers.................................................. 36.06 36.06 60.10 69.91 74.08
Public relations managers......................................... 27.52 28.46 28.51 43.27 50.18
Administrative services managers.................................. 26.40 27.40 32.21 35.87 51.92
Computer and information systems managers......................... 40.28 47.63 62.44 68.62 81.17
Financial managers................................................ 25.05 33.65 43.95 59.30 79.33
Human resources managers.......................................... 23.10 29.28 31.25 35.72 53.61
Industrial production managers.................................... 40.00 42.75 49.56 73.01 84.74
Construction managers............................................. 24.28 26.54 29.99 44.83 65.64
Education administrators.......................................... 25.43 33.79 49.00 60.82 75.34
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.59 42.64 51.35 65.96 78.17
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.43 23.51 30.77 42.05 53.42
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 23.20 25.15 32.60 36.29 44.23
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 25.17 32.60 36.29 42.62 48.19
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.40 24.01 25.15 25.98 33.29
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 14.73 15.27 15.27 25.48 38.40
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 14.73 15.27 15.27 25.48 38.40
Cost estimators................................................... 16.54 19.83 28.50 33.96 58.32
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.21 20.21 27.59 37.57 42.95
Management analysts............................................... 34.52 50.48 62.30 62.78 76.25
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.79 25.36 31.25 36.00 46.19
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.71 24.04 29.47 48.04 57.66
Financial analysts.............................................. 15.63 24.04 27.54 34.68 57.66
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 27.73 36.50 44.79 49.16 53.56
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 18.51 24.31 42.18 42.82 50.51
Loan officers................................................... 18.51 27.04 42.18 42.82 50.51
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.23 28.94 34.71 42.50 51.36
Computer programmers.............................................. 21.64 29.21 37.54 37.62 47.08
Computer software engineers....................................... 27.55 33.28 38.50 42.50 49.01
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 25.51 33.28 37.99 43.29 47.72
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.73 35.70 42.50 42.50 50.96
Computer support specialists...................................... 17.15 17.46 25.16 29.81 34.65
Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.66 30.87 37.98 45.12 53.87
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 26.44 26.44 28.94 33.65 35.19
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.89 26.19 31.33 39.66 47.74
Architects, except naval.......................................... 16.35 25.48 26.19 29.57 46.97
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 16.35 24.04 26.19 29.57 30.77
Engineers......................................................... 25.26 30.65 36.73 44.32 53.50
Civil engineers................................................. 32.60 39.24 39.24 46.94 51.27
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 25.26 25.26 37.23 40.77 50.22
Industrial engineers.......................................... 25.26 25.26 37.23 40.61 47.39
Mechanical engineers............................................ 29.02 29.02 32.20 44.32 48.56
Drafters.......................................................... 21.46 21.46 25.74 30.29 33.91
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.38 25.88 28.83 33.97 37.34
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.00 18.64 28.38 36.00 48.08
Physical scientists............................................... 21.83 30.77 43.42 52.16 65.51
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.53 15.49 17.24 24.00 37.73
Counselors........................................................ 19.11 20.72 21.82 37.26 49.42
Social workers.................................................... 14.42 15.73 19.26 30.16 35.73
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 14.42 15.86 19.47 33.99 43.71
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.00 13.53 16.69 23.28 37.73
Legal occupations................................................... 28.32 31.29 45.45 73.19 73.79
Lawyers........................................................... 31.23 31.29 50.25 73.19 154.95
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.25 13.35 32.42 48.13 62.36
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.63 40.82 45.38 66.78 132.34
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 40.61 45.38 47.77 150.95 150.95
Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 40.61 45.38 47.77 150.95 150.95
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 39.52 42.60 46.12 77.91 96.15
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 22.01 33.07 43.23 47.44 52.86
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.28 33.05 38.15 42.47 58.78
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.00 32.57 42.87 53.83 62.36
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.05 36.78 45.44 55.55 61.24
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.88 36.97 45.21 56.13 61.24
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 30.78 34.45 46.36 54.24 62.17
Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.64 32.82 42.38 56.24 69.36
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 23.64 32.82 42.38 56.24 69.36
Special education teachers...................................... 24.73 32.15 40.53 50.98 61.38
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 23.30 32.60 40.53 48.70 54.29
Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 32.15 32.15 37.67 51.40 62.58
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 20.00 21.84 22.00 28.61 56.57
Librarians........................................................ 19.77 23.03 60.34 71.77 71.77
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.63 10.00 11.47 12.98 15.85
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.26 17.92 22.77 31.25 34.19
Designers......................................................... 17.79 17.92 19.00 27.40 28.13
Graphic designers............................................... 17.79 19.00 26.54 28.13 30.49
Writers and editors............................................... 19.02 22.77 22.77 31.25 35.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.03 24.15 28.94 36.00 42.98
Pharmacists....................................................... 30.29 50.39 54.50 54.50 56.30
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 13.81 23.13 83.17 101.90 122.96
Registered nurses................................................. 25.39 28.07 32.00 36.82 42.02
Therapists........................................................ 23.28 24.39 27.33 29.79 39.20
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 22.84 23.28 24.39 27.98 29.98
Speech-language pathologists.................................... 24.57 24.57 27.33 44.80 59.87
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.51 19.75 21.13 25.85 29.01
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.46 19.47 20.73 22.79 27.54
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 11.67 24.61 30.99 39.60 50.04
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.08 27.92 30.71 33.91 41.88
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.21 14.26 15.00 29.32 32.08
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.00 12.75 16.72 18.66 25.28
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 11.00 11.00 14.00 17.20 22.51
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.00 22.56 24.15 24.98 27.00
Medical records and health information technicians................ 10.25 10.25 16.46 26.42 26.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.45 10.73 13.10 15.50 17.00
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.39 10.65 12.71 15.14 16.65
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.39 10.73 12.89 15.50 17.00
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.25 12.00 14.08 17.25 19.24
Medical assistants.............................................. 13.73 16.34 17.00 19.24 19.24
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.18 14.00 25.50 32.82 35.99
Fire fighters..................................................... 14.00 19.67 25.89 30.35 32.67
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.16 16.08 25.98 28.98 31.75
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.16 15.68 24.82 29.13 31.75
Police officers................................................... 22.71 29.30 32.82 35.15 36.45
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.71 29.30 32.82 35.15 36.45
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.78 9.82 10.50 12.75 16.56
Security guards................................................. 8.78 9.82 10.50 12.75 16.56
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 8.33 10.33 13.00 16.25 22.95
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.80 7.95 9.00 12.00 15.00
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 11.11 14.53 17.33 18.91 21.04
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 11.11 13.64 17.33 19.04 21.04
Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.42 10.50 13.34 15.43
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.36 10.00 11.73 13.52 14.11
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.60 10.10 13.26 15.43
Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.00 10.00 10.96 12.97 15.37
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.65 4.80 5.00 8.00 10.34
Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.00 8.00 8.50 10.34
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.50 4.80 4.80 5.75 8.21
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.80 4.80 8.00 9.31 14.10
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 11.22 13.01
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.75 8.00 8.42 10.00 12.91
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 8.50 9.95 13.01 13.01
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.55 8.00 8.70 13.47 15.37
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.50 7.96 8.90 11.20 14.35
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.75 8.00 8.50 10.83 13.51
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.31 9.60 12.00 14.60 17.84
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 9.34 12.00 14.60 17.02
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.34 11.90 14.60 18.10
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 10.00 12.65 14.50 14.60
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.50 10.25 12.09 16.00 17.50
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.50 10.04 11.25 14.78 16.94
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.75 9.28 13.38 32.30
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.50 10.00
Child care workers................................................ 7.25 7.78 9.27 11.05 13.39
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.55 8.25 9.28 19.16 22.18
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 8.25 10.81 14.00 23.11 30.00
Recreation workers.............................................. 4.55 8.25 9.00 17.72 22.18
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.29 13.99 24.43 41.49
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.00 13.77 20.56 31.62 45.94
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.00 13.77 18.55 22.48 31.62
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 13.11 28.65 40.87 61.90 61.90
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.99 8.25 9.96 12.29 17.04
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.72 13.02
Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.70 12.65
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.00 11.76 15.75 23.54
Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.19 16.00 28.25 29.32 31.69
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 16.83 23.23 37.67 58.82 72.12
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.52 20.60 29.16 51.10 58.01
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 23.63 26.10 58.01 58.01 58.01
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 17.72 20.60 26.26 33.18 51.10
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.59 9.29 12.00 17.52 19.50
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.25 12.80 16.69 21.36 26.04
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.12 20.19 24.74 26.53 30.70
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 12.45 16.27 20.58 25.67
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.60 19.23 19.50 22.15 25.65
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 15.25 18.71 22.16 26.18
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.30 17.06 19.23 24.83 26.44
Tellers......................................................... 9.99 10.32 12.24 13.86 15.98
Customer service representatives.................................. 11.00 14.22 16.27 20.26 27.10
File clerks....................................................... 10.50 10.50 10.55 15.60 16.50
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.80 13.76 14.44 16.44 18.19
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 9.29 10.29 13.91 16.14 20.27
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.54 14.60 18.77 21.12 23.56
Order clerks...................................................... 16.35 18.42 22.00 25.29 25.72
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.07 16.40 20.05 28.16 28.16
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 10.00 12.83 15.84 18.08
Dispatchers....................................................... 21.01 21.01 21.44 23.75 27.50
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.35 10.20 13.09 16.81 18.67
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 8.75 11.00 20.50 21.11
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.67 18.43 20.80 24.28 30.84
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.08 18.83 21.52 25.00 30.29
Legal secretaries............................................... 15.47 19.28 24.80 35.82 35.82
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.55 17.00 19.73 20.80 23.86
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.90 14.97 18.51 21.96 23.68
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.79 11.30 13.00 18.02 19.51
Data entry keyers............................................... 9.79 11.00 13.06 16.83 20.26
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.80 13.13 16.31 22.05 24.52
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.56 10.62 12.06 19.60 19.60
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.54 12.60 15.35 20.00 26.38
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.49 24.94 34.48 40.77 43.40
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 35.00 42.00 43.40 46.43 46.43
Carpenters........................................................ 15.00 16.31 40.77 40.77 44.88
Construction laborers............................................. 20.88 24.94 30.66 34.75 35.20
Electricians...................................................... 23.98 29.92 37.49 39.85 40.40
Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.86 16.49 21.78 39.00 41.68
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.86 16.49 21.78 39.00 41.68
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.08 22.91 27.12 43.00 43.15
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.08 22.91 27.12 43.00 43.15
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.75 16.00 22.63 35.20 35.20
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 22.56 24.79 31.75 32.42 32.62
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.66 18.50 25.81 31.45 36.98
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 25.91 28.34 30.68 33.33 36.98
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 13.66 14.59 19.06 32.39 32.39
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 13.66 14.59 19.06 32.39 32.39
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 11.00 22.91 25.81 28.00 31.26
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.57 17.57 26.68 34.00 49.37
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.50 21.64 29.81 30.92 51.06
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 12.00 17.00 35.00 41.68 43.15
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.26 19.06 26.65 29.84 40.22
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.08 20.39 22.91 27.98 31.05
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.48 19.05 26.80 29.81 30.00
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 10.50 12.00 18.18 25.25 25.53
Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 10.00 13.66 20.39 28.13
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 16.70 19.96 27.69 35.00 36.69
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.00 11.15 13.38 17.97 23.18
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 9.00 12.78 16.01 28.13
Team assemblers................................................. 9.95 11.35 14.58 18.64 28.48
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 10.48 12.50 13.66 19.05 20.60
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.01 12.18 13.66 13.66 19.65
Tool and die makers............................................... 15.71 20.15 24.49 32.84 33.66
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.07 11.00 13.36 25.23 28.23
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.07 11.00 13.11 21.01 25.23
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and
tenders........................................................ 8.90 10.87 26.23 28.23 28.23
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 8.50 10.04 12.27 16.63 20.29
Printers.......................................................... 15.00 15.00 23.62 25.55 32.88
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.34 9.00 11.22 14.08 14.17
Cutting workers................................................... 8.50 8.50 8.75 15.69 20.72
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 12.00 15.00 23.16 29.97
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.00 11.50 17.83 17.83 18.43
Painting workers.................................................. 9.38 9.86 12.00 15.10 34.01
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.00 8.00 12.57 18.09
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 10.00 14.10 19.61 27.68
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 14.62 15.31 17.40 25.47 28.50
Bus drivers....................................................... 9.90 14.00 22.23 27.68 27.68
Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.30 9.90 13.90 17.26 22.23
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.64 16.66 19.49 23.52 29.28
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.32 17.15 19.55 23.29 28.36
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.00 14.28 17.53 28.91 29.28
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.00 11.50 13.75 16.85 18.78
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 8.00 10.00 13.64 18.80
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 8.50 11.36 17.05 21.25
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.64 9.64 10.54 12.79 28.20
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.75 8.00 8.80 11.25 13.75
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), Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.50 $17.60 $28.28 $40.56
Management occupations.............................................. 24.28 30.79 43.08 60.10 73.97
General and operations managers................................... 22.87 23.94 30.79 38.79 60.09
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.84 35.27 47.12 60.58 69.91
Marketing managers.............................................. 28.69 32.58 43.45 55.64 64.54
Sales managers.................................................. 36.06 36.06 60.10 69.91 74.08
Public relations managers......................................... 27.52 28.46 28.51 43.27 50.18
Administrative services managers.................................. 26.40 27.40 32.21 35.87 51.92
Computer and information systems managers......................... 40.28 47.63 62.44 68.62 81.17
Financial managers................................................ 22.40 33.65 40.79 54.19 72.12
Human resources managers.......................................... 23.10 29.28 31.25 35.72 53.61
Industrial production managers.................................... 40.00 42.75 49.56 73.01 84.74
Construction managers............................................. 24.28 26.54 29.99 44.83 65.64
Education administrators.......................................... 18.96 25.43 26.73 26.73 27.40
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.43 23.51 31.03 42.18 53.85
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 19.40 25.17 32.60 36.99 44.23
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 25.17 32.60 36.29 42.62 48.19
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 14.73 15.27 15.27 25.48 38.40
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 14.73 15.27 15.27 25.48 38.40
Cost estimators................................................... 16.54 19.83 28.50 33.96 58.32
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.21 20.21 27.59 37.57 42.95
Management analysts............................................... 34.52 50.59 62.69 62.78 76.25
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.79 25.36 31.06 36.00 46.19
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.71 24.04 29.47 48.04 57.66
Financial analysts.............................................. 15.63 24.04 27.54 34.68 57.66
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 27.73 36.50 44.79 49.16 53.56
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 18.51 24.31 42.18 42.82 50.51
Loan officers................................................... 18.51 27.04 42.18 42.82 50.51
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.00 29.14 35.03 42.50 51.36
Computer programmers.............................................. 21.64 29.21 37.54 37.62 47.08
Computer software engineers....................................... 27.55 33.28 38.50 42.50 49.01
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 25.51 33.28 37.99 43.29 47.72
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.73 35.70 42.50 42.50 50.96
Computer support specialists...................................... 17.40 17.46 29.33 30.05 34.65
Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.66 30.87 37.60 45.12 53.48
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.08 26.19 31.18 39.24 47.39
Architects, except naval.......................................... 16.35 25.48 26.19 29.57 46.97
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 16.35 24.04 26.19 29.57 30.77
Engineers......................................................... 25.26 31.00 37.23 44.32 53.50
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 25.26 25.26 37.23 40.77 50.22
Industrial engineers.......................................... 25.26 25.26 37.23 40.61 47.39
Mechanical engineers............................................ 29.02 29.02 32.20 44.32 48.56
Drafters.......................................................... 21.46 21.46 25.74 30.29 33.91
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.38 26.44 29.46 34.08 37.40
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.02 18.64 24.86 34.74 46.34
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.51 14.42 16.69 19.71 28.85
Counselors........................................................ 16.00 20.36 21.74 24.00 37.26
Social workers.................................................... 14.09 14.90 16.90 19.26 24.93
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.50 13.53 15.27 19.71 38.56
Legal occupations................................................... 31.25 31.29 45.45 73.19 73.79
Lawyers........................................................... 31.29 31.29 50.25 73.19 154.95
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.82 40.89 45.72 93.81 150.95
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 21.16 22.01 36.26 44.56 51.32
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 24.14 31.87 33.05 38.36 55.22
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 13.26 17.92 22.77 31.25 34.19
Designers......................................................... 17.74 17.92 19.00 27.40 28.13
Graphic designers............................................... 17.79 19.00 26.54 28.13 30.49
Writers and editors............................................... 19.02 22.77 22.77 31.25 35.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.03 24.15 28.65 35.22 41.72
Pharmacists....................................................... 30.29 50.39 54.50 54.50 56.30
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 12.80 23.13 64.50 101.90 122.96
Registered nurses................................................. 25.50 28.03 32.00 36.66 40.97
Therapists........................................................ 23.28 24.39 26.54 28.80 29.98
Respiratory therapists.......................................... 22.30 23.28 24.39 27.42 29.98
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.51 19.75 20.96 25.85 29.40
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.46 18.06 20.73 22.79 27.54
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 10.00 23.70 29.77 38.54 50.89
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.00 27.50 28.61 30.99 33.40
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.00 12.60 15.27 18.50 25.83
Pharmacy technicians............................................ 11.00 11.00 12.50 17.00 17.00
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.00 22.56 24.15 24.98 27.00
Medical records and health information technicians................ 10.25 10.25 16.46 26.42 26.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.40 10.73 13.00 15.50 17.00
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.39 10.55 12.58 15.00 16.60
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.39 10.73 12.89 15.50 17.00
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.25 12.00 14.49 17.27 19.24
Medical assistants.............................................. 13.73 16.34 17.00 19.24 19.24
Protective service occupations...................................... 8.33 9.78 10.50 12.75 16.56
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.78 9.78 10.50 12.00 15.25
Security guards................................................. 8.78 9.78 10.50 12.00 15.25
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.80 7.87 9.00 12.00 15.00
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 11.11 14.53 17.00 19.04 21.04
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 11.11 13.64 17.33 19.04 21.04
Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.42 10.50 13.34 15.43
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.36 10.00 11.70 13.52 14.00
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 9.75 10.50 13.26 15.63
Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.00 10.00 10.96 15.37 15.37
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.65 4.80 5.00 8.00 10.34
Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.00 8.00 8.50 10.34
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.50 4.80 4.80 5.75 8.21
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.80 4.80 8.00 9.31 14.10
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 11.10 13.01
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.75 8.00 8.42 10.00 12.91
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 8.50 9.95 13.01 13.01
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.55 8.00 8.70 13.47 15.37
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.50 7.96 8.90 11.20 14.35
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.75 8.00 8.50 10.83 13.51
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.20 9.34 11.40 14.25 15.00
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.07 9.26 10.95 13.22 14.60
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.25 9.25 10.74 12.50 14.60
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 10.00 12.65 14.50 14.60
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.80 10.36 13.06 16.00 17.50
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.60 10.36 11.53 14.78 16.50
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.75 9.00 12.36 32.30
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.50 10.00
Child care workers................................................ 7.25 7.75 8.75 10.68 11.93
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.55 8.25 9.00 19.16 22.18
Recreation workers.............................................. 4.55 8.25 9.00 17.72 22.18
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.29 13.99 24.82 41.50
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.00 13.77 20.56 31.62 45.94
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 10.00 13.77 18.55 22.48 31.62
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 13.11 28.65 40.87 61.90 61.90
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.99 8.25 9.97 12.29 16.88
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.65 12.65
Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 8.00 8.95 10.50 12.37
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.00 11.76 15.75 23.54
Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.19 16.00 28.25 29.32 31.69
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 16.83 23.23 37.67 58.82 72.12
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.52 20.60 29.16 51.10 58.01
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 23.63 26.10 58.01 58.01 58.01
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 17.72 20.60 26.26 33.18 51.10
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.59 9.29 12.00 17.52 19.50
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.05 12.60 16.28 21.04 25.72
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.72 20.19 24.74 26.53 30.70
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 12.39 16.00 20.35 25.38
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.85 19.23 19.50 22.01 29.28
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 15.25 18.71 21.63 26.18
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.30 17.06 19.23 24.83 26.44
Tellers......................................................... 9.99 10.32 12.24 13.86 15.98
Customer service representatives.................................. 11.15 14.30 16.27 20.26 27.10
File clerks....................................................... 10.50 10.50 10.50 15.00 16.50
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.80 13.76 14.44 16.44 18.19
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.54 14.60 18.77 21.12 23.56
Order clerks...................................................... 16.35 18.42 22.00 25.29 25.72
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.07 16.40 20.05 28.16 28.16
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 10.00 12.83 15.84 18.08
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.35 10.20 13.09 16.81 18.67
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 8.75 11.00 18.00 21.11
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.85 18.55 20.93 24.80 32.57
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.08 18.83 21.52 24.71 30.01
Legal secretaries............................................... 15.47 19.28 24.80 35.82 35.82
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.55 17.00 19.73 20.80 23.86
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.00 14.67 17.00 23.68 23.68
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 9.79 10.75 12.62 16.83 18.25
Data entry keyers............................................... 9.79 10.75 12.62 16.83 18.25
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.80 13.13 16.31 22.05 24.52
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.56 10.62 12.06 19.60 19.60
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.54 12.00 15.01 17.55 25.92
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.31 23.98 34.48 40.77 43.40
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 36.74 43.40 43.40 46.43 46.43
Carpenters........................................................ 15.00 16.31 40.77 40.77 44.88
Construction laborers............................................. 20.88 24.94 29.66 30.66 35.20
Electricians...................................................... 23.98 28.86 37.49 39.85 40.40
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.66 18.32 25.70 31.45 39.17
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 25.91 27.33 29.89 33.33 36.98
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 13.66 14.59 19.06 32.39 32.39
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 13.66 14.59 19.06 32.39 32.39
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 11.00 22.75 22.91 25.81 28.00
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.57 17.57 24.86 34.00 49.37
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.50 21.64 29.81 30.92 51.06
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 12.00 17.00 35.00 41.68 43.15
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.00 19.06 26.65 29.85 40.22
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.08 20.39 22.91 27.98 31.05
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 17.75 27.20 29.84 30.00
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 10.50 11.50 18.18 25.25 25.53
Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 10.00 13.66 20.19 28.13
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 16.70 19.96 27.69 35.00 36.69
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.00 11.15 13.38 17.97 23.18
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 9.00 12.78 16.01 28.13
Team assemblers................................................. 9.95 11.35 14.58 18.64 28.48
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 10.48 12.50 13.66 19.05 20.60
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.01 12.18 13.66 13.66 19.65
Tool and die makers............................................... 15.71 20.15 24.49 32.84 33.66
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.07 11.00 13.36 21.78 26.10
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.07 11.00 13.11 21.01 25.23
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 8.50 10.04 12.27 16.63 20.29
Printers.......................................................... 15.00 15.00 23.62 25.55 32.88
Cutting workers................................................... 8.50 8.50 8.75 15.69 20.72
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 12.00 15.00 23.16 29.97
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.00 11.50 17.83 17.83 18.43
Painting workers.................................................. 9.38 9.86 12.00 15.10 34.01
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.00 8.00 12.57 18.09
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 9.75 13.71 19.37 24.74
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 14.62 15.31 17.40 24.81 27.40
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 12.64 16.66 19.49 23.29 28.91
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.32 17.15 19.50 23.29 24.13
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.00 14.28 17.53 28.91 29.28
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.00 11.50 13.75 16.85 18.78
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 8.00 10.00 13.64 18.80
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 8.50 11.36 17.05 21.25
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.64 9.64 10.54 12.79 28.20
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.75 8.00 8.80 11.25 13.75
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), Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA,
October 2009
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $12.98 $18.69 $29.22 $40.39 $54.37
Management occupations.............................................. 33.79 38.73 50.96 60.82 80.58
Education administrators.......................................... 39.59 42.64 51.35 65.96 78.17
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.59 42.64 51.35 65.96 78.17
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.17 23.20 29.96 35.28 42.96
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.15 17.21 28.94 38.17 39.97
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.06 21.89 32.60 46.94 51.27
Engineers......................................................... 21.06 21.89 32.60 46.94 51.27
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.71 39.37 46.94 54.37 55.87
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.65 27.13 33.99 37.73 51.32
Social workers.................................................... 20.65 27.13 33.99 38.29 50.74
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 23.44 29.65 33.99 40.54 50.74
Legal occupations................................................... 24.04 28.93 28.93 44.06 47.25
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.87 29.01 41.93 53.58 62.36
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.04 40.82 44.91 58.78 73.84
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.14 37.61 40.82 58.78 58.78
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.47 36.78 45.43 56.31 63.61
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.05 36.78 45.44 55.55 61.24
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.88 36.97 45.21 56.13 61.24
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 30.78 34.45 46.36 54.24 62.17
Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.64 37.40 46.20 59.43 71.49
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 31.64 37.40 46.20 59.43 71.49
Special education teachers...................................... 24.73 34.59 42.77 51.63 61.44
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 23.30 32.60 40.53 48.70 54.29
Librarians........................................................ 19.77 19.92 25.57 33.58 70.33
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.40 11.05 13.26 15.50 17.56
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.67 26.99 34.06 43.37 59.07
Registered nurses................................................. 21.83 28.56 34.48 40.32 47.14
Therapists........................................................ 32.82 39.20 47.83 59.87 62.36
Protective service occupations...................................... 15.50 21.26 29.32 33.97 36.66
Fire fighters..................................................... 14.00 19.67 25.89 30.35 32.67
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.16 16.08 25.98 28.98 31.75
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.16 15.68 24.82 29.13 31.75
Police officers................................................... 22.71 29.30 32.82 35.15 36.45
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.71 29.30 32.82 35.15 36.45
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 9.80 10.93 13.25 17.63 22.95
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.75 8.73 11.41 16.47 18.91
Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.53 11.14 14.26 17.95
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.53 10.04 12.13 14.35 17.95
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.04 11.90 15.54 18.36 20.87
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.90 13.07 15.95 18.36 21.94
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.90 13.07 15.95 18.36 21.94
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.31 8.75 10.25 11.54 20.16
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.31 8.75 10.25 11.25 20.16
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.90 10.50 13.56 22.76 24.93
Child care workers................................................ 8.50 10.91 13.38 14.49 16.32
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 21.44 21.66
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.00 9.00 21.44 21.66
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.00 17.32 21.66 21.66
Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.00 17.32 21.66 21.66
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.18 15.99 19.36 23.02 27.98
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.12 18.77 23.22 26.14 28.41
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.07 17.46 19.24 28.79 31.18
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.98 15.35 17.75 30.14 31.18
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 8.50 10.09 12.46 14.86 17.18
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 12.98 17.59 20.51 22.57 26.04
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.46 19.18 22.37 30.29 31.73
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.61 15.99 19.74 21.76 23.03
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.28 12.28 17.19 19.51 24.73
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.80 16.66 18.69 23.31 28.77
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.17 26.17 32.62 35.20 40.77
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 22.56 24.79 31.75 32.42 32.62
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.68 23.52 28.77 30.68 33.61
Production occupations.............................................. 8.54 12.70 23.50 28.23 36.22
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.68 27.68 27.68 29.86 32.95
Bus drivers....................................................... 16.99 22.14 27.68 27.68 27.68
Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.19 17.08 18.50 22.23 25.12
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 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October
2009
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.66 $20.72 $31.45 $44.00
Management occupations.............................................. 24.39 31.25 43.27 60.20 74.08
General and operations managers................................... 22.87 23.94 31.25 56.73 60.09
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.84 35.27 47.12 60.58 69.91
Marketing managers.............................................. 28.69 32.58 43.45 55.64 64.54
Sales managers.................................................. 36.06 36.06 60.10 69.91 74.08
Public relations managers......................................... 27.52 28.46 28.51 43.27 50.18
Administrative services managers.................................. 26.40 27.40 32.21 35.87 51.92
Computer and information systems managers......................... 40.28 47.63 62.44 68.62 81.17
Financial managers................................................ 26.63 33.65 43.95 60.58 79.33
Human resources managers.......................................... 23.10 29.28 31.25 35.72 53.61
Industrial production managers.................................... 40.00 42.75 49.56 73.01 84.74
Construction managers............................................. 24.28 26.54 29.99 44.83 65.64
Education administrators.......................................... 25.43 33.79 49.00 60.82 75.34
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.59 42.64 51.35 65.96 78.17
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.43 23.51 30.49 42.18 52.68
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 23.20 25.15 32.60 36.29 44.23
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 25.17 32.60 36.29 42.62 48.19
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.40 24.01 25.15 25.98 33.29
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 14.73 15.27 15.27 25.48 38.40
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 14.73 15.27 15.27 25.48 38.40
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.21 20.21 27.59 37.57 42.95
Management analysts............................................... 34.52 50.48 62.30 62.78 76.25
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 19.01 24.66 29.81 37.31 46.19
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 19.71 24.04 29.47 48.04 57.66
Financial analysts.............................................. 15.63 24.04 26.44 34.68 57.66
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 27.73 36.50 44.79 49.16 53.56
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 18.51 27.04 42.18 42.82 50.51
Loan officers................................................... 18.51 28.25 42.18 42.82 73.87
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.23 28.94 34.71 42.50 51.36
Computer programmers.............................................. 21.64 29.21 37.54 37.62 47.08
Computer software engineers....................................... 27.55 33.28 38.50 42.50 49.01
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 25.51 33.28 37.99 43.29 47.72
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.73 35.70 42.50 42.50 50.96
Computer support specialists...................................... 17.15 17.46 25.16 29.81 34.65
Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.66 30.87 37.98 45.12 53.87
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 26.44 26.44 28.94 33.65 35.19
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.89 26.19 31.33 39.66 47.74
Architects, except naval.......................................... 16.35 25.48 26.19 29.57 46.97
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 16.35 24.04 26.19 29.57 30.77
Engineers......................................................... 25.26 30.65 36.73 44.32 53.50
Civil engineers................................................. 32.60 39.24 39.24 46.94 51.27
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 25.26 25.26 37.23 40.77 50.22
Industrial engineers.......................................... 25.26 25.26 37.23 40.61 47.39
Mechanical engineers............................................ 29.02 29.02 32.20 44.32 48.56
Drafters.......................................................... 21.46 21.46 25.74 30.29 33.91
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.38 25.88 28.83 33.97 37.34
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 16.86 18.64 23.45 36.54 48.08
Physical scientists............................................... 21.83 30.77 43.42 52.16 65.51
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.74 15.73 17.24 25.89 37.73
Counselors........................................................ 19.89 21.46 22.64 40.66 52.71
Social workers.................................................... 14.42 15.73 19.05 30.16 33.99
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 14.42 15.86 19.47 32.68 43.71
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.00 13.70 15.49 23.28 38.56
Legal occupations................................................... 28.32 31.29 45.45 73.19 73.79
Lawyers........................................................... 31.23 31.29 50.25 73.19 154.95
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.78 21.84 40.41 52.97 66.36
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.05 40.82 46.12 69.42 138.84
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 40.61 45.38 47.77 150.95 150.95
Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 40.61 45.38 47.77 150.95 150.95
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 39.52 42.60 46.12 77.91 96.15
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 22.01 36.17 43.59 47.44 52.86
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 24.14 33.05 38.15 43.63 58.78
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.99 35.04 44.30 55.37 62.81
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.74 37.32 46.01 56.14 61.24
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.22 37.38 45.78 56.76 61.24
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 30.78 34.45 46.36 54.24 62.17
Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.39 33.01 42.53 56.50 69.54
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 24.39 33.01 42.53 56.50 69.54
Special education teachers...................................... 24.73 32.15 40.53 50.98 61.38
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 23.30 32.60 40.53 48.70 54.29
Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 32.15 32.15 37.67 51.40 62.58
Librarians........................................................ 19.92 23.03 60.34 71.77 71.77
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.42 10.00 12.98 14.19 17.31
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.85 17.92 22.77 31.25 34.19
Designers......................................................... 17.79 17.92 23.98 27.40 30.49
Graphic designers............................................... 17.79 19.00 26.54 28.13 30.49
Writers and editors............................................... 19.02 22.77 22.77 31.25 35.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.80 24.40 28.63 35.95 44.69
Pharmacists....................................................... 30.29 50.64 54.50 54.50 56.30
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 13.81 23.13 83.17 101.90 122.96
Registered nurses................................................. 25.00 27.87 31.75 36.81 42.11
Therapists........................................................ 23.97 24.57 27.33 29.56 42.98
Speech-language pathologists.................................... 24.57 24.57 27.33 44.80 59.87
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 14.75 19.82 21.23 25.85 28.92
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.51 19.75 20.73 23.13 27.98
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.60 27.92 32.75 40.59 50.89
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.05 27.92 30.71 33.66 41.88
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 11.00 13.42 16.27 18.66 24.59
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.00 21.00 24.98 26.00 30.27
Medical records and health information technicians................ 10.25 10.25 16.46 26.42 26.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.69 11.21 13.62 15.75 17.13
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.40 10.75 13.07 15.50 17.00
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.65 11.15 13.48 15.50 17.00
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.25 13.74 17.00 18.25 19.24
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.25 15.68 26.60 32.82 36.45
Fire fighters..................................................... 18.97 23.35 27.25 30.35 32.67
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.16 16.08 25.98 28.98 31.75
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.16 15.68 24.82 29.13 31.75
Police officers................................................... 23.60 29.61 32.82 35.15 36.45
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.60 29.61 32.82 35.15 36.45
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.78 9.85 10.75 12.75 16.56
Security guards................................................. 8.78 9.85 10.75 12.75 16.56
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.70 8.90 11.00 14.00 16.36
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 11.11 14.65 17.33 19.04 21.04
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 11.11 13.70 17.33 20.02 21.04
Cooks............................................................. 9.00 10.00 11.46 13.94 15.63
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.00 10.50 12.93 13.65 14.18
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.50 10.00 11.00 15.43 16.15
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.65 5.75 7.70 10.34 14.10
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.52 4.80 5.75 7.09 7.70
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 8.50 10.18 13.01 16.00
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.00 8.50 9.65 12.91 16.83
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 9.00 11.22 13.01 13.01
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.55 8.00 10.05 13.47 15.37
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.50 7.75 10.74 14.00 14.35
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.80 12.42 14.80 18.10
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 9.60 12.00 14.60 17.02
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.75 9.54 12.00 14.80 18.20
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 9.78 12.65 14.50 14.60
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.80 11.54 14.81 17.00 19.00
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.60 10.25 12.09 15.50 17.00
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 8.45 10.25 19.16 32.30
Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.85 12.10 19.53 28.75 51.10
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.26 14.72 20.56 31.62 45.94
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 11.05 13.77 18.67 23.53 31.62
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 13.11 28.65 40.87 61.90 61.90
Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.50 9.98 12.04 15.19 23.54
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.50 10.69 12.10 13.29
Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.50 10.60 12.10 13.29
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.00 11.03 12.29 16.68 28.75
Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.19 16.00 28.25 29.32 31.69
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 16.83 22.84 39.08 60.10 72.12
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.52 20.60 29.16 51.10 58.01
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 23.63 26.10 58.01 58.01 58.01
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 17.72 20.60 26.26 33.18 51.10
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.07 13.70 17.55 21.63 26.36
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.12 20.19 24.74 26.53 30.70
Financial clerks.................................................. 11.05 13.44 17.46 21.49 26.18
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.39 19.26 19.50 22.83 29.28
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.25 15.71 18.71 22.62 26.18
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.30 17.06 19.23 24.83 26.44
Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.95 12.99 14.69 15.98
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.50 14.90 17.90 20.80 27.77
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.17 13.70 13.93 17.18 20.27
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.54 14.60 18.77 21.12 23.56
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.75 10.00 12.98 16.83 19.94
Dispatchers....................................................... 21.01 21.01 21.44 23.75 27.50
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.40 10.45 13.09 16.81 18.67
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.85 9.61 13.24 21.01 21.13
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.67 18.55 20.86 24.17 31.72
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.52 18.83 21.54 25.00 30.58
Legal secretaries............................................... 14.85 19.28 23.56 35.82 35.82
Medical secretaries............................................. 13.75 17.48 19.73 20.80 23.86
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.20 14.67 18.51 21.71 23.68
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.00 11.30 13.06 18.25 19.51
Data entry keyers............................................... 10.00 11.30 13.06 16.83 18.31
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 11.80 13.13 16.31 22.05 24.52
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.56 10.62 12.06 19.60 19.60
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.59 12.93 16.23 21.47 26.48
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.31 24.25 34.48 40.77 43.40
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 35.00 42.00 43.40 46.43 46.43
Carpenters........................................................ 15.00 16.31 40.77 40.77 44.88
Construction laborers............................................. 20.88 24.94 30.66 34.75 35.20
Electricians...................................................... 23.98 29.92 37.49 39.85 40.40
Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.86 16.49 21.78 39.00 41.68
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.86 16.49 21.78 39.00 41.68
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.08 22.91 27.12 43.00 43.15
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.08 22.91 27.12 43.00 43.15
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.75 16.00 22.63 35.20 35.20
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 22.56 24.79 31.75 32.42 32.62
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.00 19.05 25.91 31.45 38.90
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 25.91 28.34 30.68 33.33 36.98
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 13.66 14.59 19.06 32.39 32.39
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 13.66 14.59 19.06 32.39 32.39
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 11.00 22.91 25.81 28.00 31.26
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.57 18.50 27.67 34.00 49.37
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.50 21.64 29.81 30.92 51.06
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 12.00 17.00 35.00 41.68 43.15
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.26 19.06 26.65 29.84 40.22
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 18.08 20.39 22.91 27.98 31.05
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.48 19.05 26.80 29.81 30.00
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 10.50 14.00 18.32 25.53 25.53
Production occupations.............................................. 8.50 10.50 14.00 21.05 28.13
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 16.70 19.96 27.69 35.00 36.69
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.00 11.15 13.38 17.97 23.18
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.00 9.55 12.90 17.10 28.13
Team assemblers................................................. 9.95 11.35 14.58 18.64 28.48
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 10.48 12.50 13.66 19.05 20.60
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.01 12.18 13.66 13.66 19.65
Tool and die makers............................................... 15.71 20.15 24.49 32.84 33.66
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.07 11.00 13.36 25.23 28.23
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.07 11.00 13.11 21.01 25.23
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and
tenders........................................................ 8.90 10.87 26.23 28.23 28.23
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 8.50 10.04 12.27 16.63 20.29
Printers.......................................................... 15.00 15.00 23.62 25.55 32.88
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.00 9.00 11.22 14.17 14.17
Cutting workers................................................... 8.50 8.50 8.75 15.69 20.72
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 10.00 12.00 15.00 23.16 29.97
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.00 11.50 17.83 17.83 18.43
Painting workers.................................................. 9.38 9.86 12.00 15.10 34.01
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 8.00 9.00 13.68 18.09
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 10.75 15.00 21.46 28.36
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 17.40 17.40 24.04 27.17 34.62
Bus drivers....................................................... 20.76 27.68 27.68 27.68 27.68
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.45 17.15 19.55 23.78 29.28
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.65 17.15 19.55 23.29 28.36
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.00 15.00 21.35 28.91 29.66
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.00 11.50 13.75 16.85 19.50
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.75 8.25 10.75 14.55 19.61
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.00 11.00 14.55 17.70 21.46
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.64 9.64 10.54 12.79 28.20
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.75 8.00 9.00 11.20 13.77
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), Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October
2009
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.71 $8.00 $10.00 $13.95 $24.00
Management occupations.............................................. 10.00 10.00 28.33 28.33 33.38
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.34 24.31 31.43 35.00 62.70
Community and social services occupations........................... 12.10 12.10 19.71 20.72 28.85
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 10.25 11.83 22.00 23.00
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.16 23.67 41.65 41.65 41.65
Other teachers and instructors.................................... 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 28.61
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.50 8.90 11.53 13.90 43.27
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 12.75 23.28 29.98 36.03 38.25
Registered nurses................................................. 26.78 30.38 33.85 36.82 39.05
Therapists........................................................ 23.28 23.28 24.00 29.98 29.98
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.67 10.13 12.00 13.40 16.13
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.38 10.00 11.00 12.99 13.98
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.38 10.00 11.23 13.16 13.98
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.67 10.75 12.50 15.00 16.34
Protective service occupations...................................... 8.33 9.59 12.00 14.50 18.16
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 8.33 8.33 10.93 14.50 18.16
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.80 5.50 8.00 9.00 11.13
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 8.25 9.60 10.87 13.00
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.25 8.25 9.65 10.00 11.14
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.25 8.51 9.75 11.50 13.34
Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.65 4.80 4.80 8.00 9.28
Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.00 8.00 8.00 8.50
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.50 4.80 4.80 4.80 12.00
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.80 4.80 7.75 9.00 9.12
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.43 8.00 8.00 8.73 10.00
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.00 8.50 10.00
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.43 7.43 8.50 9.06 12.20
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 4.80 8.00 8.14 8.73 14.41
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 7.96 8.50 9.00 11.20
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.75 8.00 8.32 10.00 10.83
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.25 9.00 10.30 11.53 14.00
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.25 8.45 9.00 10.11 12.38
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.25 8.45 9.00 10.00 12.38
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.31 10.04 10.36 11.53 14.78
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.31 10.04 10.36 11.53 14.78
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.61 7.71 8.00 9.50 13.56
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.61 8.00 8.00 8.50 10.00
Child care workers................................................ 6.40 7.75 8.00 10.74 13.56
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.55 8.25 9.00 9.28 15.95
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 8.25 10.81 14.00 23.11 30.00
Recreation workers.............................................. 4.00 8.25 9.00 9.25 9.28
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.75 8.00 8.68 10.00 13.72
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.00 8.50 9.71 12.37
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.75 8.00 8.25 9.46 10.82
Cashiers...................................................... 7.75 8.00 8.25 9.46 10.82
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.89 8.00 8.62 10.74 15.24
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.50 9.29 9.29 11.85 18.05
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 9.80 12.00 15.15 20.61
Financial clerks.................................................. 9.11 9.54 10.00 12.24 17.13
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.00 10.00 11.27 12.50 17.14
Tellers......................................................... 8.50 9.11 10.32 11.79 12.24
Customer service representatives.................................. 7.50 9.12 10.82 11.94 14.90
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 7.76 9.73 10.29 14.64 16.29
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.25 10.00 12.00 13.00 13.30
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.83 8.00 8.25 9.12 11.00
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.69 17.08 18.46 25.00 26.16
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.08 17.08 18.00 18.46 18.54
Office clerks, general............................................ 9.89 12.60 13.00 16.50 18.69
Production occupations.............................................. 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.35 10.82
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.00 8.00 9.30 13.90 16.66
Bus drivers....................................................... 9.30 9.90 13.90 15.30 18.50
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 9.50 12.75 14.28 16.66
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.25 8.00 8.21 10.50 14.74
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 8.00 8.50 11.00 16.00
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.75 8.00 8.00 11.25 12.00
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,
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $25.23 $20.72 $992 $811 39.3 $50,324 $41,999 1,995
Management occupations.............................................. 49.16 43.27 1,979 1,731 40.3 102,434 89,478 2,083
General and operations managers................................... 39.99 31.25 1,696 1,269 42.4 88,211 66,000 2,206
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.42 47.12 1,910 1,826 39.5 99,330 94,953 2,051
Marketing managers.............................................. 44.38 43.45 1,726 1,684 38.9 89,732 87,550 2,022
Sales managers.................................................. 54.50 60.10 2,199 2,404 40.3 114,325 125,014 2,098
Public relations managers......................................... 36.13 28.51 1,397 1,141 38.7 72,663 59,307 2,011
Administrative services managers.................................. 34.81 32.21 1,446 1,288 41.5 75,191 67,001 2,160
Computer and information systems managers......................... 63.86 62.44 2,557 2,498 40.0 132,953 129,875 2,082
Financial managers................................................ 48.71 43.95 1,981 1,978 40.7 103,018 102,831 2,115
Human resources managers.......................................... 38.49 31.25 1,540 1,250 40.0 80,062 65,000 2,080
Industrial production managers.................................... 56.36 49.56 2,304 1,982 40.9 119,821 103,089 2,126
Construction managers............................................. 37.51 29.99 1,498 1,200 39.9 75,974 62,171 2,025
Education administrators.......................................... 48.96 49.00 1,969 1,881 40.2 94,626 97,500 1,933
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 54.92 51.35 2,203 2,044 40.1 103,761 105,593 1,889
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.57 30.49 1,397 1,231 40.4 72,659 64,000 2,102
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.86 32.60 1,271 1,304 39.9 66,109 67,816 2,075
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 36.68 36.29 1,461 1,452 39.8 75,964 75,479 2,071
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.36 25.15 1,014 1,006 40.0 52,743 52,302 2,080
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.33 15.27 821 573 38.5 42,670 29,780 2,000
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.33 15.27 821 573 38.5 42,670 29,780 2,000
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.92 27.59 1,184 1,104 39.6 61,585 57,385 2,058
Management analysts............................................... 56.72 62.30 2,269 2,492 40.0 117,968 129,584 2,080
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.69 29.81 1,305 1,231 41.2 67,867 64,000 2,141
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.00 29.47 1,465 1,301 41.9 76,194 67,634 2,177
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.00 26.44 1,484 1,179 45.0 77,181 61,287 2,339
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 42.12 44.79 1,626 1,712 38.6 84,536 88,999 2,007
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 42.13 42.18 1,685 1,687 40.0 87,637 87,732 2,080
Loan officers................................................... 42.82 42.18 1,713 1,687 40.0 89,073 87,732 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.96 34.71 1,504 1,415 40.7 78,195 73,603 2,116
Computer programmers.............................................. 34.70 37.54 1,359 1,484 39.2 70,649 77,177 2,036
Computer software engineers....................................... 38.52 38.50 1,660 1,700 43.1 86,333 88,394 2,241
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.15 37.99 1,616 1,638 43.5 84,049 85,161 2,263
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.47 42.50 1,721 1,700 42.5 89,497 88,394 2,211
Computer support specialists...................................... 25.47 25.16 1,015 944 39.8 52,759 49,068 2,071
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.17 37.98 1,565 1,519 39.9 81,367 79,000 2,077
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.61 28.94 1,229 1,157 40.1 63,890 60,187 2,087
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.43 31.33 1,373 1,304 41.1 71,378 67,804 2,135
Architects, except naval.......................................... 28.05 26.19 1,217 1,257 43.4 63,282 65,368 2,256
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 26.81 26.19 1,160 1,231 43.3 60,340 64,000 2,251
Engineers......................................................... 38.08 36.73 1,542 1,469 40.5 80,205 76,396 2,106
Civil engineers................................................. 41.84 39.24 1,669 1,765 39.9 86,805 91,801 2,074
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.65 37.23 1,471 1,489 40.1 76,472 77,443 2,087
Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.95 37.23 1,404 1,489 40.2 72,993 77,443 2,089
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.34 32.20 1,468 1,409 40.4 76,348 73,250 2,101
Drafters.......................................................... 26.56 25.74 1,063 1,030 40.0 55,252 53,541 2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.80 28.83 1,207 1,207 40.5 62,752 62,782 2,105
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.39 23.45 1,173 961 39.9 58,497 49,974 1,990
Physical scientists............................................... 42.13 43.42 1,665 1,643 39.5 77,870 78,324 1,848
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.90 17.24 859 702 39.2 43,579 36,500 1,990
Counselors........................................................ 32.00 22.64 1,218 877 38.1 58,371 47,138 1,824
Social workers.................................................... 23.35 19.05 915 770 39.2 45,670 40,498 1,956
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.81 19.47 968 779 39.0 47,542 40,795 1,916
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.87 15.49 775 626 39.0 40,323 32,546 2,029
Legal occupations................................................... 56.82 45.45 2,372 1,837 41.8 123,359 95,509 2,171
Lawyers........................................................... 60.95 50.25 2,623 1,914 43.0 136,400 99,513 2,238
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.99 40.41 1,475 1,410 36.0 58,878 55,241 1,436
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 62.28 46.12 2,485 1,911 39.9 99,807 73,309 1,603
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 80.90 47.77 3,510 2,042 43.4 142,721 79,642 1,764
Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 80.90 47.77 3,510 2,042 43.4 142,721 79,642 1,764
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 58.51 46.12 2,339 1,910 40.0 90,649 73,115 1,549
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.48 43.59 1,633 1,671 39.4 62,192 65,683 1,499
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.87 38.15 1,461 1,344 36.6 57,130 57,475 1,433
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 45.48 44.30 1,580 1,542 34.7 59,719 57,816 1,313
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 46.78 46.01 1,563 1,551 33.4 59,200 58,270 1,266
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 46.89 45.78 1,556 1,547 33.2 59,205 58,046 1,263
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 46.11 46.36 1,608 1,624 34.9 59,171 59,496 1,283
Secondary school teachers....................................... 45.21 42.53 1,664 1,561 36.8 61,532 58,155 1,361
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 45.21 42.53 1,664 1,561 36.8 61,532 58,155 1,361
Special education teachers...................................... 42.61 40.53 1,566 1,419 36.7 60,459 57,816 1,419
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 39.90 40.53 1,389 1,419 34.8 52,934 51,072 1,327
Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 43.84 37.67 1,713 1,456 39.1 67,724 61,736 1,545
Librarians........................................................ 49.32 60.34 1,805 2,491 36.6 89,420 92,179 1,813
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.68 12.98 468 466 36.9 20,520 20,030 1,618
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.87 22.77 977 865 39.3 50,797 45,001 2,042
Designers......................................................... 23.31 23.98 925 899 39.7 48,101 46,761 2,064
Graphic designers............................................... 24.86 26.54 985 1,062 39.6 51,200 55,199 2,059
Writers and editors............................................... 26.58 22.77 1,032 856 38.8 53,640 44,495 2,018
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.18 28.63 1,226 1,122 39.3 63,214 58,311 2,027
Pharmacists....................................................... 51.32 54.50 2,053 2,180 40.0 106,746 113,362 2,080
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 67.27 83.17 2,960 3,461 44.0 153,916 179,982 2,288
Registered nurses................................................. 33.08 31.75 1,295 1,237 39.2 67,246 64,308 2,033
Therapists........................................................ 29.90 27.33 1,136 1,025 38.0 55,933 53,294 1,871
Speech-language pathologists.................................... 35.53 27.33 1,261 1,025 35.5 57,153 53,294 1,609
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.61 21.23 905 849 40.0 47,037 44,158 2,080
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.78 20.73 871 829 40.0 45,300 43,118 2,080
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.98 32.75 1,433 1,310 39.8 74,527 68,120 2,071
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 31.09 30.71 1,234 1,228 39.7 64,149 63,868 2,063
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.61 16.27 650 651 39.1 33,804 33,842 2,035
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.10 24.98 944 972 39.2 49,106 50,544 2,038
Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.67 16.46 707 658 40.0 36,759 34,237 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.69 13.62 544 545 39.8 28,240 28,328 2,063
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.13 13.07 524 530 39.9 27,177 27,040 2,070
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.37 13.48 533 540 39.9 27,644 28,079 2,068
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.96 17.00 626 621 39.2 32,536 32,266 2,038
Protective service occupations...................................... 24.80 26.60 1,014 1,104 40.9 52,223 56,888 2,106
Fire fighters..................................................... 26.63 27.25 1,306 1,363 49.0 67,893 70,882 2,549
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.54 25.98 927 1,039 39.4 48,180 54,038 2,046
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.16 24.82 909 988 39.2 47,243 51,361 2,040
Police officers................................................... 31.55 32.82 1,261 1,313 40.0 65,594 68,264 2,079
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.55 32.82 1,261 1,313 40.0 65,594 68,264 2,079
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.61 10.75 459 426 39.5 23,375 22,354 2,014
Security guards................................................. 11.61 10.75 459 426 39.5 23,375 22,354 2,014
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.54 11.00 440 420 38.2 22,590 21,507 1,957
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.84 17.33 680 693 40.4 34,660 36,036 2,058
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 17.08 17.33 692 701 40.5 35,049 36,036 2,052
Cooks............................................................. 11.95 11.46 455 431 38.1 23,401 22,222 1,959
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.44 12.93 454 427 36.5 22,984 21,840 1,848
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.15 11.00 475 440 39.1 24,710 22,880 2,034
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.98 7.70 302 300 37.9 15,708 15,600 1,969
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.61 5.75 205 198 36.4 10,637 10,296 1,894
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.95 10.18 406 388 37.0 20,511 19,573 1,872
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 11.17 9.65 399 360 35.7 19,633 17,056 1,758
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.75 11.22 413 403 38.4 21,481 20,930 1,998
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.82 10.05 424 375 39.2 22,069 19,516 2,041
Dishwashers....................................................... 10.95 10.74 438 429 40.0 22,778 22,333 2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.99 12.42 507 488 39.1 25,449 25,151 1,959
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.51 12.00 486 480 38.9 24,657 24,960 1,971
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.70 12.00 493 480 38.8 24,753 23,478 1,950
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.04 12.65 469 506 39.0 24,412 26,304 2,027
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.40 14.81 583 600 40.5 27,082 27,165 1,881
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.13 12.09 535 484 40.7 23,709 25,151 1,805
Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.76 10.25 479 424 30.4 24,828 21,759 1,576
Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.34 19.53 970 780 39.9 50,453 40,539 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.68 20.56 1,046 823 40.7 54,376 42,771 2,118
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.75 18.67 796 742 40.3 41,380 38,605 2,095
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 42.05 40.87 1,764 1,790 41.9 91,709 93,101 2,181
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.74 12.04 583 477 39.6 30,339 24,794 2,058
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.98 10.69 429 420 39.1 22,314 21,840 2,032
Cashiers...................................................... 10.85 10.60 428 420 39.4 22,237 21,819 2,050
Retail salespersons............................................. 16.75 12.29 668 492 39.9 34,718 25,561 2,073
Insurance sales agents............................................ 24.61 28.25 970 1,059 39.4 50,446 55,088 2,050
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.87 39.08 2,066 1,538 40.6 107,435 79,997 2,112
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.20 29.16 1,369 1,214 40.0 71,203 63,124 2,082
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 44.93 58.01 1,797 2,320 40.0 93,457 120,661 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 28.47 26.26 1,140 940 40.0 59,299 48,870 2,083
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.23 17.55 713 684 39.1 36,908 35,360 2,024
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.44 24.74 980 990 40.1 50,942 51,459 2,085
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.91 17.46 694 682 38.8 36,101 35,487 2,016
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 21.35 19.50 839 781 39.3 43,610 40,600 2,043
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.67 18.71 739 748 37.6 38,422 38,906 1,953
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.80 19.23 830 769 39.9 43,141 39,996 2,074
Tellers......................................................... 12.80 12.99 512 520 40.0 26,632 27,028 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.76 17.90 728 690 38.8 37,880 35,880 2,020
Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.17 13.93 561 522 37.0 27,403 27,066 1,806
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.53 18.77 701 751 40.0 36,467 39,042 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.88 12.98 550 519 39.7 28,625 27,000 2,062
Dispatchers....................................................... 22.90 21.44 916 858 40.0 47,624 44,599 2,080
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.29 13.09 572 523 40.0 29,720 27,219 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.91 13.24 588 530 39.4 30,552 27,541 2,049
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.95 20.86 853 795 38.9 44,127 41,038 2,010
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.67 21.54 890 837 39.3 45,997 43,543 2,029
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.22 23.56 975 955 37.2 50,677 49,679 1,933
Medical secretaries............................................. 19.40 19.73 757 789 39.0 39,359 41,038 2,029
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.26 18.51 712 710 39.0 36,681 35,360 2,009
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.53 13.06 580 522 39.9 30,170 27,165 2,077
Data entry keyers............................................... 14.40 13.06 575 522 39.9 29,898 27,165 2,077
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.64 16.31 705 653 40.0 36,664 33,931 2,078
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.92 12.06 547 483 39.3 28,434 25,110 2,042
Office clerks, general............................................ 17.67 16.23 681 625 38.5 34,395 31,928 1,947
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.17 34.48 1,269 1,379 39.4 63,977 63,781 1,989
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 42.67 43.40 1,712 1,736 40.1 87,518 90,272 2,051
Carpenters........................................................ 31.05 40.77 1,232 1,389 39.7 61,195 72,251 1,971
Construction laborers............................................. 28.99 30.66 1,160 1,227 40.0 60,161 63,781 2,075
Electricians...................................................... 35.69 37.49 1,428 1,500 40.0 74,244 77,979 2,080
Painters and paperhangers......................................... 24.63 21.78 985 871 40.0 51,221 45,302 2,080
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 24.63 21.78 985 871 40.0 51,221 45,302 2,080
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.61 27.12 1,205 916 39.4 62,680 47,653 2,048
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.61 27.12 1,205 916 39.4 62,680 47,653 2,048
Helpers, construction trades...................................... 24.81 22.63 992 905 40.0 46,083 40,768 1,858
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 28.46 31.75 1,094 1,191 38.5 56,912 61,907 2,000
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.79 25.91 1,022 1,036 39.6 53,147 53,893 2,061
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 31.11 30.68 1,239 1,227 39.8 64,402 63,819 2,070
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.90 19.06 876 763 40.0 45,553 39,653 2,080
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 21.90 19.06 876 763 40.0 45,553 39,653 2,080
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 24.76 25.81 980 932 39.6 50,943 48,447 2,058
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 29.40 27.67 1,176 1,107 40.0 61,154 57,552 2,080
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.76 29.81 1,191 1,193 40.0 61,908 62,013 2,080
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 30.02 35.00 1,060 1,093 35.3 55,115 56,839 1,836
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.41 26.65 1,014 1,066 39.9 52,728 55,432 2,075
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 22.91 973 916 40.0 50,611 47,653 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.89 26.80 949 1,055 39.7 49,368 54,850 2,066
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.69 18.32 748 733 40.0 38,884 38,099 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.69 14.00 664 551 39.8 34,538 28,671 2,069
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.19 27.69 1,096 1,107 40.3 57,008 57,587 2,097
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.07 13.38 603 535 40.0 31,352 27,828 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.30 12.90 612 516 40.0 31,819 26,832 2,080
Team assemblers................................................. 16.33 14.58 653 583 40.0 33,957 30,326 2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.11 13.66 604 546 40.0 31,424 28,411 2,080
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.12 13.66 565 546 40.0 29,365 28,411 2,080
Tool and die makers............................................... 24.62 24.49 985 980 40.0 51,219 50,939 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.91 13.36 676 534 40.0 35,173 27,789 2,080
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.22 13.11 609 524 40.0 31,653 27,269 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and
tenders........................................................ 22.08 26.23 883 1,049 40.0 45,929 54,558 2,080
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 12.27 526 487 39.0 27,350 25,314 2,028
Printers.......................................................... 22.08 23.62 866 945 39.2 45,011 49,128 2,039
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.50 11.22 459 449 39.9 23,843 23,329 2,074
Cutting workers................................................... 12.43 8.75 497 350 40.0 25,856 18,200 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 15.00 713 600 40.0 37,079 31,200 2,080
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.04 17.83 602 713 40.0 31,279 37,086 2,080
Painting workers.................................................. 14.34 12.00 574 480 40.0 29,835 24,960 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.54 9.00 448 320 38.8 23,314 16,640 2,020
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.95 15.00 712 600 39.7 36,700 31,013 2,045
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 23.69 24.04 942 962 39.8 48,980 49,999 2,067
Bus drivers....................................................... 25.95 27.68 978 1,107 37.7 47,144 57,564 1,817
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.73 19.55 831 782 40.1 43,213 40,664 2,085
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.89 19.55 839 782 40.2 43,628 40,664 2,089
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 21.03 21.35 838 854 39.8 43,574 44,408 2,072
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.36 13.75 574 550 40.0 29,058 28,080 2,023
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.21 10.75 487 426 39.9 25,314 22,152 2,074
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.66 14.55 584 582 39.8 30,344 30,264 2,069
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.97 10.54 519 422 40.0 26,969 21,923 2,080
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 9.00 404 360 39.9 20,998 18,720 2,077
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,
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $24.19 $19.53 $957 $769 39.5 $49,396 $39,886 2,042
Management occupations.............................................. 48.89 43.08 1,971 1,702 40.3 102,308 88,507 2,093
General and operations managers................................... 37.60 30.79 1,622 1,250 43.1 84,352 65,000 2,243
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.42 47.12 1,910 1,826 39.5 99,330 94,953 2,051
Marketing managers.............................................. 44.38 43.45 1,726 1,684 38.9 89,732 87,550 2,022
Sales managers.................................................. 54.50 60.10 2,199 2,404 40.3 114,325 125,014 2,098
Public relations managers......................................... 36.13 28.51 1,397 1,141 38.7 72,663 59,307 2,011
Administrative services managers.................................. 34.81 32.21 1,446 1,288 41.5 75,191 67,001 2,160
Computer and information systems managers......................... 64.20 62.44 2,579 2,498 40.2 134,105 129,875 2,089
Financial managers................................................ 47.82 40.79 1,943 1,788 40.6 101,035 92,999 2,113
Human resources managers.......................................... 38.49 31.25 1,540 1,250 40.0 80,062 65,000 2,080
Industrial production managers.................................... 56.36 49.56 2,304 1,982 40.9 119,821 103,089 2,126
Construction managers............................................. 37.51 29.99 1,498 1,200 39.9 75,974 62,171 2,025
Education administrators.......................................... 26.81 26.73 1,090 1,069 40.7 56,687 55,598 2,114
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.72 30.51 1,406 1,236 40.5 73,117 64,295 2,106
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 32.55 32.60 1,299 1,304 39.9 67,524 67,816 2,074
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 36.68 36.29 1,461 1,452 39.8 75,964 75,479 2,071
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.33 15.27 821 573 38.5 42,670 29,780 2,000
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.33 15.27 821 573 38.5 42,670 29,780 2,000
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.92 27.59 1,184 1,104 39.6 61,585 57,385 2,058
Management analysts............................................... 58.60 62.69 2,344 2,508 40.0 121,897 130,391 2,080
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.69 29.81 1,309 1,231 41.3 68,060 64,000 2,148
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.00 29.47 1,465 1,301 41.9 76,194 67,634 2,177
Financial analysts.............................................. 33.00 26.44 1,484 1,179 45.0 77,181 61,287 2,339
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 42.12 44.79 1,626 1,712 38.6 84,536 88,999 2,007
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 42.13 42.18 1,685 1,687 40.0 87,637 87,732 2,080
Loan officers................................................... 42.82 42.18 1,713 1,687 40.0 89,073 87,732 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.34 35.03 1,521 1,437 40.7 79,080 74,711 2,118
Computer programmers.............................................. 34.70 37.54 1,359 1,484 39.2 70,649 77,177 2,036
Computer software engineers....................................... 38.52 38.50 1,660 1,700 43.1 86,333 88,394 2,241
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.15 37.99 1,616 1,638 43.5 84,049 85,161 2,263
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.47 42.50 1,721 1,700 42.5 89,497 88,394 2,211
Computer support specialists...................................... 26.29 29.33 1,047 1,173 39.8 54,435 61,006 2,071
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.01 37.60 1,560 1,504 40.0 81,145 78,200 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.40 31.18 1,377 1,296 41.2 71,624 67,413 2,145
Architects, except naval.......................................... 28.05 26.19 1,217 1,257 43.4 63,282 65,368 2,256
Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 26.81 26.19 1,160 1,231 43.3 60,340 64,000 2,251
Engineers......................................................... 38.34 37.23 1,565 1,489 40.8 81,355 77,443 2,122
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.65 37.23 1,471 1,489 40.1 76,472 77,443 2,087
Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.95 37.23 1,404 1,489 40.2 72,993 77,443 2,089
Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.34 32.20 1,468 1,409 40.4 76,348 73,250 2,101
Drafters.......................................................... 26.56 25.74 1,063 1,030 40.0 55,252 53,541 2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.97 29.46 1,214 1,207 40.5 63,114 62,782 2,106
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.49 21.83 1,142 901 40.1 57,245 46,849 2,009
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.46 16.52 731 651 39.6 38,029 33,827 2,060
Social workers.................................................... 18.05 16.90 720 681 39.9 37,439 35,402 2,075
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.13 14.39 710 578 39.2 36,921 30,077 2,036
Legal occupations................................................... 59.38 45.45 2,500 1,884 42.1 130,026 97,988 2,190
Lawyers........................................................... 63.32 50.25 2,749 2,423 43.4 142,971 125,999 2,258
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.71 19.63 1,434 736 39.1 66,177 32,806 1,803
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 71.72 47.35 2,909 2,042 40.6 122,303 79,642 1,705
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 36.86 40.85 1,430 1,450 38.8 50,284 53,290 1,364
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 36.91 33.05 1,337 1,167 36.2 55,838 56,625 1,513
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.27 12.98 479 519 39.0 24,133 25,571 1,967
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.98 22.77 982 865 39.3 51,083 45,001 2,045
Designers......................................................... 23.37 26.54 929 1,062 39.8 48,314 55,199 2,067
Graphic designers............................................... 25.00 26.54 992 1,062 39.7 51,597 55,199 2,064
Writers and editors............................................... 26.58 22.77 1,032 856 38.8 53,640 44,495 2,018
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.48 28.03 1,200 1,117 39.4 62,414 58,067 2,048
Pharmacists....................................................... 51.32 54.50 2,053 2,180 40.0 106,746 113,362 2,080
Physicians and surgeons........................................... 62.42 64.50 2,787 2,580 44.7 144,942 134,152 2,322
Registered nurses................................................. 32.80 31.71 1,284 1,234 39.1 66,744 64,152 2,035
Therapists........................................................ 26.59 26.54 1,036 1,025 39.0 53,855 53,294 2,026
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.53 20.96 901 838 40.0 46,868 43,597 2,080
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.62 20.73 865 829 40.0 44,976 43,118 2,080
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.72 30.99 1,422 1,240 39.8 73,934 64,459 2,070
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.12 28.85 1,153 1,141 39.6 59,948 59,322 2,059
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.87 13.42 618 537 39.0 32,148 27,920 2,026
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.10 24.98 944 972 39.2 49,106 50,544 2,038
Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.67 16.46 707 658 40.0 36,759 34,237 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.62 13.62 542 541 39.8 28,183 28,142 2,069
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.03 12.95 520 520 39.9 27,062 27,040 2,077
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.26 13.14 530 537 39.9 27,534 27,924 2,076
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.96 17.00 626 621 39.2 32,536 32,266 2,038
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.68 10.65 463 422 39.7 24,084 21,944 2,063
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.12 10.50 441 420 39.7 22,932 21,840 2,062
Security guards................................................. 11.12 10.50 441 420 39.7 22,932 21,840 2,062
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.45 11.00 437 414 38.2 22,507 21,507 1,965
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.72 17.33 675 693 40.4 34,385 36,036 2,057
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 17.08 17.33 692 701 40.5 35,049 36,036 2,052
Cooks............................................................. 11.84 11.12 452 427 38.2 23,528 22,222 1,987
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.15 11.00 475 440 39.1 24,710 22,880 2,034
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.98 7.70 302 300 37.9 15,708 15,600 1,969
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.61 5.75 205 198 36.4 10,637 10,296 1,894
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.95 10.18 406 388 37.0 20,511 19,573 1,872
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 11.17 9.65 399 360 35.7 19,633 17,056 1,758
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.75 11.22 413 403 38.4 21,481 20,930 1,998
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.82 10.05 424 375 39.2 22,069 19,516 2,041
Dishwashers....................................................... 10.95 10.74 438 429 40.0 22,778 22,333 2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.16 12.00 478 473 39.3 23,955 23,816 1,969
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.53 11.17 452 440 39.2 22,777 22,764 1,976
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.25 10.87 442 430 39.3 21,924 21,840 1,949
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.04 12.65 469 506 39.0 24,412 26,304 2,027
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.69 15.00 598 620 40.7 28,513 31,200 1,941
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.38 13.06 549 522 41.1 25,029 25,979 1,870
Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.50 10.25 468 410 30.2 24,353 21,314 1,571
Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.35 19.53 971 778 39.9 50,476 40,475 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.68 20.56 1,046 823 40.7 54,376 42,771 2,118
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.75 18.67 796 742 40.3 41,380 38,605 2,095
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 42.05 40.87 1,764 1,790 41.9 91,709 93,101 2,181
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.67 12.04 580 473 39.6 30,183 24,570 2,058
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.66 10.50 417 419 39.1 21,658 21,798 2,031
Cashiers...................................................... 10.52 10.50 415 411 39.4 21,560 21,353 2,049
Retail salespersons............................................. 16.75 12.29 668 492 39.9 34,718 25,561 2,073
Insurance sales agents............................................ 24.61 28.25 970 1,059 39.4 50,446 55,088 2,050
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.87 39.08 2,066 1,538 40.6 107,435 79,997 2,112
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.20 29.16 1,369 1,214 40.0 71,203 63,124 2,082
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products........................................ 44.93 58.01 1,797 2,320 40.0 93,457 120,661 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 28.47 26.26 1,140 940 40.0 59,299 48,870 2,083
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.01 17.20 707 674 39.2 36,728 35,006 2,040
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.57 24.74 1,003 1,000 40.8 52,144 52,004 2,123
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.77 17.06 692 680 39.0 35,995 35,360 2,026
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 21.22 19.50 835 780 39.3 43,415 40,560 2,046
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.58 18.71 742 748 37.9 38,586 38,906 1,970
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.56 19.23 822 769 40.0 42,759 39,996 2,080
Tellers......................................................... 12.80 12.99 512 520 40.0 26,632 27,028 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.83 17.90 732 690 38.9 38,050 35,880 2,020
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.53 18.77 701 751 40.0 36,467 39,042 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.88 12.98 550 519 39.7 28,625 27,000 2,062
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.29 13.09 572 523 40.0 29,720 27,219 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.74 13.24 580 520 39.4 30,184 27,040 2,048
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.19 20.93 863 794 38.9 44,729 41,199 2,016
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.52 21.54 885 837 39.3 45,792 43,543 2,033
Legal secretaries............................................... 26.22 23.56 975 955 37.2 50,677 49,679 1,933
Medical secretaries............................................. 19.40 19.73 757 789 39.0 39,359 41,038 2,029
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.71 17.00 693 680 39.1 36,046 35,360 2,035
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.16 12.62 566 505 40.0 29,454 26,254 2,080
Data entry keyers............................................... 14.16 12.62 566 505 40.0 29,454 26,254 2,080
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.64 16.31 705 653 40.0 36,664 33,931 2,078
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.92 12.06 547 483 39.3 28,434 25,110 2,042
Office clerks, general............................................ 16.82 15.38 656 600 39.0 34,098 31,200 2,027
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.24 35.19 1,274 1,379 39.5 63,875 63,781 1,981
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers............................................... 43.45 43.40 1,744 1,736 40.1 89,028 90,272 2,049
Carpenters........................................................ 30.97 40.77 1,229 1,389 39.7 61,026 72,251 1,970
Construction laborers............................................. 28.02 30.66 1,121 1,227 40.0 58,128 63,781 2,074
Electricians...................................................... 35.26 37.49 1,410 1,500 40.0 73,345 77,979 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.67 25.88 1,017 1,032 39.6 52,897 53,685 2,060
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 30.72 29.89 1,225 1,195 39.9 63,705 62,163 2,074
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.90 19.06 876 763 40.0 45,553 39,653 2,080
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except
line installers................................................ 21.90 19.06 876 763 40.0 45,553 39,653 2,080
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers........................................ 23.35 22.91 922 916 39.5 47,933 47,653 2,053
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 29.40 26.68 1,176 1,067 40.0 61,142 55,486 2,080
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.69 29.81 1,188 1,193 40.0 61,765 62,013 2,080
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 30.02 35.00 1,060 1,093 35.3 55,115 56,839 1,836
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.39 26.65 1,013 1,066 39.9 52,675 55,432 2,075
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 22.91 973 916 40.0 50,611 47,653 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.52 27.20 933 1,077 39.7 48,533 56,014 2,064
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.60 18.32 744 733 40.0 38,693 38,099 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.63 13.83 662 551 39.8 34,402 28,671 2,069
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.19 27.69 1,096 1,107 40.3 57,008 57,587 2,097
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.07 13.38 603 535 40.0 31,352 27,828 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.30 12.90 612 516 40.0 31,819 26,832 2,080
Team assemblers................................................. 16.33 14.58 653 583 40.0 33,957 30,326 2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.11 13.66 604 546 40.0 31,424 28,411 2,080
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.12 13.66 565 546 40.0 29,365 28,411 2,080
Tool and die makers............................................... 24.62 24.49 985 980 40.0 51,219 50,939 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.14 13.36 645 534 40.0 33,563 27,789 2,080
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.22 13.11 609 524 40.0 31,653 27,269 2,080
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.48 12.27 526 487 39.0 27,350 25,314 2,028
Printers.......................................................... 22.08 23.62 866 945 39.2 45,011 49,128 2,039
Cutting workers................................................... 12.43 8.75 497 350 40.0 25,856 18,200 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.83 15.00 713 600 40.0 37,079 31,200 2,080
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.04 17.83 602 713 40.0 31,279 37,086 2,080
Painting workers.................................................. 14.34 12.00 574 480 40.0 29,835 24,960 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.54 9.00 448 320 38.8 23,314 16,640 2,020
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.39 14.64 691 586 39.7 35,662 30,264 2,051
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand..................................................... 23.16 24.04 921 962 39.7 47,873 49,999 2,067
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.36 19.55 817 782 40.1 42,471 40,664 2,086
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.38 19.55 820 782 40.2 42,621 40,664 2,092
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 21.03 21.35 838 854 39.8 43,574 44,408 2,072
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.36 13.75 574 550 40.0 29,058 28,080 2,023
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.21 10.75 487 426 39.9 25,314 22,152 2,074
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.66 14.55 584 582 39.8 30,344 30,264 2,069
Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.97 10.54 519 422 40.0 26,969 21,923 2,080
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.11 9.00 404 360 39.9 20,998 18,720 2,077
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,
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $33.21 $30.70 $1,248 $1,198 37.6 $56,253 $56,202 1,694
Management occupations.............................................. 52.23 50.96 2,071 2,031 39.7 103,751 104,728 1,986
Education administrators.......................................... 54.92 51.35 2,203 2,044 40.1 103,761 105,593 1,889
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 54.92 51.35 2,203 2,044 40.1 103,761 105,593 1,889
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.73 30.49 1,178 1,117 38.3 61,275 58,096 1,994
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.82 28.94 1,191 1,157 40.0 61,942 60,187 2,077
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.08 32.60 1,286 1,304 37.7 66,866 67,804 1,962
Engineers......................................................... 35.17 32.60 1,320 1,304 37.5 68,637 67,804 1,952
Community and social services occupations........................... 34.61 33.99 1,310 1,275 37.8 61,215 63,468 1,768
Social workers.................................................... 34.06 33.99 1,287 1,275 37.8 59,722 62,962 1,754
Child, family, and school social workers........................ 36.04 33.99 1,357 1,275 37.7 62,094 64,834 1,723
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.74 43.16 1,490 1,504 34.9 56,680 57,152 1,326
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.94 44.91 1,993 1,796 39.1 76,121 68,131 1,494
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 42.71 40.82 1,582 1,633 37.0 58,244 57,475 1,364
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 47.19 45.79 1,626 1,570 34.4 61,151 59,006 1,296
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 46.78 46.01 1,563 1,551 33.4 59,200 58,270 1,266
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 46.89 45.78 1,556 1,547 33.2 59,205 58,046 1,263
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 46.11 46.36 1,608 1,624 34.9 59,171 59,496 1,283
Secondary school teachers....................................... 49.33 46.50 1,808 1,690 36.6 66,846 62,431 1,355
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 49.33 46.50 1,808 1,690 36.6 66,846 62,431 1,355
Special education teachers...................................... 44.34 42.77 1,608 1,513 36.3 60,309 56,005 1,360
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school............................................ 39.90 40.53 1,389 1,419 34.8 52,934 51,072 1,327
Librarians........................................................ 33.46 25.57 1,266 964 37.8 60,497 51,846 1,808
Teacher assistants................................................ 13.41 13.31 452 448 33.7 16,540 16,238 1,234
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.08 34.06 1,478 1,379 38.8 70,301 65,458 1,846
Registered nurses................................................. 37.30 37.56 1,473 1,494 39.5 74,557 78,125 1,999
Therapists........................................................ 48.29 47.83 1,609 1,589 33.3 63,403 60,840 1,313
Protective service occupations...................................... 28.87 30.19 1,192 1,308 41.3 61,202 67,989 2,120
Fire fighters..................................................... 26.63 27.25 1,306 1,363 49.0 67,893 70,882 2,549
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 23.54 25.98 927 1,039 39.4 48,180 54,038 2,046
Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.16 24.82 909 988 39.2 47,243 51,361 2,040
Police officers................................................... 31.55 32.82 1,261 1,313 40.0 65,594 68,264 2,079
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.55 32.82 1,261 1,313 40.0 65,594 68,264 2,079
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.53 17.02 627 624 37.9 31,666 32,317 1,916
Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.92 17.02 635 634 37.5 32,990 32,942 1,950
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.92 17.02 635 634 37.5 32,990 32,942 1,950
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.81 20.68 784 775 37.7 38,779 37,393 1,864
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 23.96 23.22 901 871 37.6 46,871 45,279 1,956
Financial clerks.................................................. 21.84 17.75 743 710 34.0 38,649 36,920 1,770
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.86 17.75 700 698 33.6 36,421 36,317 1,746
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.53 20.65 797 811 38.8 40,626 40,171 1,979
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.50 22.37 950 895 38.8 48,416 43,393 1,976
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.89 20.24 733 769 38.8 37,385 40,000 1,980
Office clerks, general............................................ 20.98 20.99 775 751 36.9 35,368 34,154 1,686
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 31.79 32.62 1,242 1,216 39.1 64,594 63,227 2,032
Highway maintenance workers....................................... 28.46 31.75 1,094 1,191 38.5 56,912 61,907 2,000
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.22 28.77 1,125 1,151 39.9 58,483 59,842 2,072
Production occupations.............................................. 22.59 23.50 893 940 39.5 46,442 48,880 2,056
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 27.97 29.79 1,078 1,153 38.5 54,299 57,564 1,941
Bus drivers....................................................... 25.95 27.68 978 1,107 37.7 47,144 57,564 1,817
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, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI
CSA, October 2009
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $22.33 $20.45 $19.94 $28.10
Management, professional, and related...... 35.08 29.95 34.63 39.95
Management, business, and financial...... 40.76 38.91 41.45 42.72
Professional and related................. 31.55 22.94 28.82 38.81
Service.................................... 11.28 10.19 11.19 13.14
Sales and office........................... 18.37 18.16 16.86 20.95
Sales and related........................ 20.17 19.77 17.54 26.86
Office and administrative support........ 17.35 16.99 16.53 19.09
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 28.55 29.08 28.03 27.50
Construction and extraction............. 32.20 31.85 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 25.45 25.53 25.06 26.12
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 16.18 14.86 15.31 19.78
Production............................... 16.23 15.41 15.26 19.69
Transportation and material moving....... 16.14 14.23 15.37 19.85
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........................................................... 2.3 5.7 3.8 2.7
Management, professional, and related............................... 4.3 9.8 5.9 2.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 3.5 6.8 7.6 3.8
Professional and related.......................................... 6.2 13.5 6.9 3.3
Service............................................................. 2.6 5.6 2.3 4.1
Sales and office.................................................... 1.9 4.5 4.9 3.6
Sales and related................................................. 5.4 9.9 11.0 13.0
Office and administrative support................................. 1.9 2.1 4.4 2.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.3 7.1 7.0 2.5
Construction and extraction...................................... 3.5 8.3 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.4 5.6 5.1 4.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.8 3.9 4.9 4.5
Production........................................................ 3.0 4.0 8.2 6.5
Transportation and material moving................................ 4.2 7.4 4.4 5.3
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay,
cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 2009
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $22.65 $18.83 $899 $748 39.7 $46,408 $38,792 2,049
Management occupations.............................................. 40.84 36.06 1,662 1,443 40.7 86,053 75,013 2,107
General and operations managers................................... 33.54 23.94 1,508 1,232 45.0 78,429 64,049 2,338
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 44.77 36.06 1,751 1,443 39.1 91,036 75,013 2,033
Marketing managers.............................................. 38.47 32.58 1,465 1,207 38.1 76,196 62,766 1,981
Financial managers................................................ 45.46 47.69 1,877 2,029 41.3 97,594 105,500 2,147
Construction managers............................................. 40.49 44.00 1,600 1,760 39.5 80,283 62,381 1,983
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 38.40 33.35 1,601 1,401 41.7 83,237 72,872 2,168
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.72 29.81 1,344 1,213 42.4 69,912 63,095 2,204
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.56 26.15 1,564 1,802 44.0 81,306 93,678 2,287
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.14 28.77 1,435 1,079 38.6 74,619 56,102 2,009
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.04 27.40 1,197 1,231 42.7 62,246 64,000 2,220
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.88 16.69 748 689 39.6 38,878 35,851 2,059
Legal occupations................................................... 35.22 31.29 1,557 1,565 44.2 80,951 81,362 2,299
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.62 12.98 531 519 39.0 26,456 25,571 1,942
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.34 19.00 804 760 39.5 41,800 39,520 2,055
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.62 26.42 1,073 995 38.9 55,805 51,753 2,021
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.81 15.50 603 620 40.7 31,356 32,240 2,118
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.42 10.00 389 380 37.3 19,589 19,363 1,879
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 15.70 15.00 639 600 40.7 32,121 31,200 2,045
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.25 5.75 220 230 35.2 11,447 11,960 1,831
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.36 8.52 317 300 33.9 15,048 15,600 1,608
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.48 12.20 522 488 38.7 25,979 25,382 1,927
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.48 10.87 393 380 37.5 20,447 19,782 1,950
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.61 10.87 400 380 37.7 20,822 19,782 1,962
Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.75 11.12 442 301 34.7 23,004 15,666 1,804
Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.62 20.60 942 823 39.9 48,960 42,771 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.82 20.56 844 823 40.5 43,863 42,771 2,107
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.62 20.56 797 823 40.6 41,438 42,771 2,112
Retail sales workers.............................................. 16.10 12.09 644 484 40.0 33,492 25,143 2,080
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.16 9.58 394 383 38.8 20,487 19,933 2,016
Cashiers...................................................... 9.94 9.38 390 360 39.3 20,291 18,720 2,042
Retail salespersons............................................. 19.65 12.29 803 554 40.9 41,753 28,795 2,125
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.17 30.35 1,399 1,214 39.8 72,763 63,124 2,069
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 29.03 26.26 1,152 1,050 39.7 59,927 54,625 2,065
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.67 17.06 694 680 39.3 36,059 35,100 2,041
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.52 24.74 1,002 990 40.9 52,117 51,459 2,126
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.47 17.87 678 682 38.8 35,230 35,487 2,017
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.81 18.71 704 748 37.4 36,612 38,906 1,947
Tellers......................................................... 13.14 13.09 526 524 40.0 27,327 27,227 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 19.35 17.90 751 713 38.8 39,055 37,050 2,018
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.09 12.16 519 480 39.6 26,984 24,960 2,061
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 17.94 15.57 718 623 40.0 37,319 32,386 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.06 18.83 786 753 39.2 40,523 39,162 2,020
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.23 18.83 881 753 39.6 45,158 39,175 2,031
Office clerks, general............................................ 17.75 15.85 691 600 38.9 35,918 31,200 2,024
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 31.88 34.48 1,252 1,379 39.3 63,286 63,781 1,985
Carpenters........................................................ 29.90 30.61 1,186 1,224 39.7 58,165 63,663 1,945
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.74 25.53 1,011 1,021 39.3 52,556 53,102 2,042
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers....................................................... 30.02 35.00 1,060 1,093 35.3 55,115 56,839 1,836
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 26.88 27.32 1,071 1,093 39.8 55,672 56,828 2,071
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.29 20.39 932 815 40.0 48,454 42,401 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.20 21.00 835 840 39.4 43,423 43,680 2,049
Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 13.36 615 530 39.7 31,969 27,560 2,066
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 26.48 23.00 1,059 920 40.0 55,073 47,840 2,080
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.85 11.15 554 446 40.0 28,808 23,192 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.82 14.00 593 560 40.0 30,823 29,120 2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 13.59 13.66 544 546 40.0 28,276 28,411 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.38 11.25 535 450 40.0 27,826 23,406 2,080
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.38 11.25 535 450 40.0 27,826 23,406 2,080
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.08 11.25 469 436 38.8 24,378 22,672 2,019
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.36 14.00 654 560 40.0 34,032 29,120 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.38 14.00 616 560 40.1 31,423 28,600 2,043
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.86 19.55 793 782 39.9 41,233 40,664 2,076
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.94 19.55 838 782 40.0 43,559 40,664 2,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.14 13.50 566 540 40.0 27,586 25,792 1,951
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.37 10.10 415 404 40.0 21,574 21,008 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.78 10.15 431 406 40.0 22,424 21,106 2,080
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.86 9.50 394 380 40.0 20,510 19,760 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for
full-time(1) private industry workers, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $25.34 $20.24 $999 $792 39.4 $51,600 $41,001 2,037
Management occupations.............................................. 55.02 48.72 2,203 1,949 40.0 114,549 101,346 2,082
General and operations managers................................... 42.09 32.41 1,738 1,423 41.3 90,379 74,000 2,147
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.76 50.64 2,104 1,977 39.9 109,412 102,785 2,074
Marketing managers.............................................. 48.59 48.56 1,917 1,942 39.5 99,705 101,005 2,052
Computer and information systems managers......................... 67.72 62.44 2,726 2,498 40.2 141,747 129,875 2,093
Financial managers................................................ 50.40 40.58 2,013 1,623 39.9 104,673 84,408 2,077
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.25 29.25 1,282 1,142 39.7 66,663 59,364 2,067
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 34.29 35.45 1,366 1,418 39.8 71,049 73,736 2,072
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.33 15.27 821 573 38.5 42,670 29,780 2,000
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.33 15.27 821 573 38.5 42,670 29,780 2,000
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.68 28.29 1,173 1,107 39.5 60,985 57,547 2,055
Management analysts............................................... 54.66 62.30 2,186 2,492 40.0 113,697 129,584 2,080
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.66 30.19 1,266 1,231 40.0 65,820 64,000 2,079
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.37 29.47 1,366 1,179 39.7 71,044 61,287 2,067
Financial analysts.............................................. 35.21 29.47 1,399 1,179 39.7 72,729 61,287 2,066
Insurance underwriters.......................................... 36.14 37.21 1,436 1,490 39.7 74,651 77,501 2,065
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 27.59 27.04 1,104 1,082 40.0 57,398 56,249 2,080
Loan officers................................................... 28.13 27.04 1,125 1,082 40.0 58,507 56,249 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.38 36.66 1,540 1,501 41.2 80,083 78,073 2,142
Computer programmers.............................................. 36.79 37.54 1,514 1,501 41.2 78,740 78,073 2,140
Computer software engineers....................................... 38.00 37.99 1,643 1,700 43.2 85,440 88,394 2,248
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.14 36.30 1,582 1,611 43.8 82,284 83,749 2,277
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.47 42.50 1,721 1,700 42.5 89,497 88,394 2,211
Computer support specialists...................................... 28.17 30.05 1,127 1,202 40.0 58,596 62,504 2,080
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.01 37.60 1,560 1,504 40.0 81,145 78,200 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.82 33.97 1,455 1,382 40.6 75,658 71,864 2,112
Engineers......................................................... 39.05 39.24 1,598 1,586 40.9 83,089 82,493 2,128
Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.65 37.23 1,471 1,489 40.1 76,472 77,443 2,087
Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.95 37.23 1,404 1,489 40.2 72,993 77,443 2,089
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.47 32.43 1,519 1,409 40.5 78,967 73,250 2,107
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.23 31.19 1,214 1,248 40.2 63,138 64,875 2,089
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.16 28.45 1,251 1,138 40.1 62,139 51,713 1,994
Community and social services occupations........................... 18.13 15.86 719 634 39.6 37,363 32,989 2,060
Social workers.................................................... 18.40 17.01 734 698 39.9 38,158 36,317 2,074
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 54.18 44.44 2,120 1,696 39.1 92,624 64,645 1,710
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 72.06 47.35 2,923 2,042 40.6 123,346 79,642 1,712
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 36.18 36.26 1,398 1,431 38.6 49,823 51,800 1,377
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 36.91 33.05 1,337 1,167 36.2 55,838 56,625 1,513
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.72 31.77 1,163 1,250 39.1 60,456 65,000 2,034
Writers and editors............................................... 26.58 22.77 1,032 856 38.8 53,640 44,495 2,018
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.29 29.58 1,237 1,168 39.5 64,310 60,715 2,056
Registered nurses................................................. 33.27 31.96 1,304 1,270 39.2 67,785 66,048 2,037
Therapists........................................................ 26.74 26.23 1,066 1,049 39.9 55,432 54,558 2,073
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.07 25.01 963 1,000 40.0 50,072 52,021 2,080
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 22.88 22.47 915 899 40.0 47,584 46,738 2,080
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 36.89 31.36 1,468 1,254 39.8 76,325 65,229 2,069
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.12 28.85 1,153 1,141 39.6 59,948 59,322 2,059
Medical records and health information technicians................ 14.44 13.35 577 534 40.0 30,029 27,758 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.24 12.96 523 506 39.5 27,192 26,312 2,053
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.49 12.25 492 482 39.4 25,563 25,064 2,047
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.70 12.27 498 483 39.2 25,915 25,136 2,041
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.54 16.87 662 675 40.0 34,406 35,090 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.57 10.56 459 420 39.7 23,872 21,840 2,063
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.12 10.50 441 420 39.7 22,932 21,840 2,062
Security guards................................................. 11.12 10.50 441 420 39.7 22,932 21,840 2,062
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.92 12.00 460 458 38.6 23,928 23,816 2,007
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 18.51 17.69 740 708 40.0 38,458 36,795 2,078
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 18.85 17.69 753 721 40.0 39,164 37,500 2,077
Cooks............................................................. 12.88 13.50 483 500 37.5 25,131 26,000 1,951
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 13.68 15.43 525 511 38.4 27,326 26,553 1,998
Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.21 8.00 368 320 40.0 19,155 16,640 2,080
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.56 11.50 444 420 38.4 23,068 21,840 1,996
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 12.05 10.75 466 400 38.7 24,220 20,775 2,011
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.82 10.05 424 375 39.2 22,069 19,516 2,041
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.74 11.30 464 450 39.5 23,278 22,971 1,983
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.72 11.25 463 447 39.5 23,215 22,776 1,981
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.43 10.74 455 430 39.8 22,248 22,339 1,946
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.13 12.70 475 506 39.1 24,683 26,304 2,035
Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.26 10.22 474 434 29.2 24,667 22,556 1,517
Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.71 17.62 1,025 697 39.9 53,289 36,234 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 29.27 23.53 1,197 941 40.9 62,222 48,940 2,126
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.87 18.54 795 742 40.0 41,325 38,563 2,080
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 47.16 45.94 2,012 1,837 42.7 104,613 95,547 2,218
Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.26 11.59 477 448 38.9 24,785 23,296 2,022
Retail salespersons............................................. 12.53 11.65 482 448 38.5 25,084 23,275 2,003
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 56.24 38.94 2,250 1,558 40.0 116,983 80,999 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.38 23.63 1,213 945 41.3 63,091 49,148 2,147
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.33 17.25 718 673 39.2 37,361 34,985 2,038
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 24.63 25.00 1,004 1,004 40.7 52,183 52,208 2,118
Financial clerks.................................................. 18.36 16.27 722 660 39.3 37,547 34,320 2,045
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 21.56 21.04 843 818 39.1 43,813 42,540 2,032
Tellers......................................................... 12.36 11.97 494 479 40.0 25,709 24,898 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.52 16.84 720 648 38.9 37,443 33,690 2,022
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.59 14.45 619 578 39.7 32,168 30,056 2,064
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 12.42 515 497 40.0 26,786 25,834 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.33 12.22 563 482 39.3 29,269 25,060 2,042
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 23.57 22.16 913 882 38.7 47,451 45,864 2,013
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.69 21.54 888 861 39.1 46,172 44,753 2,035
Medical secretaries............................................. 19.25 20.80 759 832 39.4 39,447 43,260 2,049
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.05 20.19 793 799 39.6 41,250 41,538 2,057
Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.45 12.62 578 505 40.0 30,054 26,254 2,080
Data entry keyers............................................... 14.45 12.62 578 505 40.0 30,054 26,254 2,080
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.62 15.05 610 576 39.1 31,717 29,952 2,031
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 32.97 35.20 1,318 1,408 40.0 65,077 73,216 1,974
Carpenters........................................................ 34.71 40.77 1,378 1,631 39.7 71,631 84,802 2,064
Electricians...................................................... 32.06 37.49 1,282 1,500 40.0 66,683 77,979 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.62 25.91 1,023 1,036 39.9 53,204 53,893 2,077
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 30.80 29.89 1,225 1,195 39.8 63,719 62,163 2,069
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 35.46 30.91 1,418 1,236 40.0 73,754 64,293 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.09 26.37 963 1,055 40.0 50,060 54,850 2,078
Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.98 26.65 999 1,066 40.0 51,965 55,432 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 25.06 29.33 1,000 1,173 39.9 51,979 61,006 2,074
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.39 18.32 696 733 40.0 36,179 38,099 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 17.62 16.15 702 646 39.8 36,507 33,584 2,072
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 27.88 27.69 1,133 1,107 40.6 58,914 57,587 2,113
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.53 12.90 621 516 40.0 32,295 26,832 2,080
Team assemblers................................................. 16.33 14.58 653 583 40.0 33,957 30,326 2,080
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 17.85 19.05 714 762 40.0 37,132 39,624 2,080
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 16.81 15.61 672 624 40.0 34,955 32,469 2,080
Tool and die makers............................................... 24.62 24.49 985 980 40.0 51,219 50,939 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.40 21.78 816 871 40.0 42,422 45,302 2,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.17 18.75 807 750 40.0 41,947 39,000 2,080
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 16.11 17.83 645 713 40.0 33,517 37,086 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.07 8.00 432 320 39.1 22,484 16,640 2,032
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.62 15.00 736 600 39.5 38,278 31,200 2,056
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.01 18.97 848 759 40.4 44,122 39,464 2,100
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.46 17.15 790 686 40.6 41,073 35,664 2,111
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.52 14.15 580 566 39.9 30,147 29,432 2,076
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.98 11.71 517 460 39.8 26,890 23,920 2,071
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.41 17.05 652 682 39.7 33,887 35,464 2,064
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.20 8.25 407 330 39.9 21,163 17,160 2,075
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, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City,
IL-IN-WI CSA, October 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........................................................... $28.73 $25.22 $34.25 $22.01 $21.89 $24.76
Management, professional, and related............................... 41.97 23.78 42.93 35.07 35.17 33.41
Management, business, and financial............................... 36.82 � 41.23 41.05 40.83 45.53
Professional and related.......................................... 42.19 � 42.98 31.40 31.64 27.75
Service............................................................. 20.84 15.13 25.81 11.14 10.75 16.21
Sales and office.................................................... 20.66 20.47 20.83 18.29 18.30 17.73
Sales and related................................................. 20.43 � � 20.11 20.17 8.07
Office and administrative support................................. 20.68 20.52 20.81 17.25 17.20 18.42
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 32.49 32.50 32.41 22.94 22.76 25.99
Construction and extraction...................................... 33.90 34.05 33.04 25.17 25.07 25.93
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 30.14 30.17 29.72 22.17 22.05 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.51 22.00 27.51 14.37 14.33 20.74
Production........................................................ 19.89 19.84 � 15.34 15.30 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 24.25 23.60 28.53 13.30 13.25 18.35
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........................................................... 2.8 4.6 1.7 2.5 2.6 6.6
Management, professional, and related............................... 1.5 28.5 .6 4.2 4.5 7.1
Management, business, and financial............................... 24.5 � 22.9 3.4 3.5 10.1
Professional and related.......................................... 1.3 � .3 6.1 6.5 8.3
Service............................................................. 4.1 3.8 2.2 4.0 3.9 10.2
Sales and office.................................................... 2.6 4.5 2.7 2.0 2.0 4.1
Sales and related................................................. 17.3 � � 5.5 5.5 6.6
Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 4.7 2.8 1.9 2.0 4.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.1 1.2 4.6 5.2 5.5 10.5
Construction and extraction...................................... 1.7 2.0 4.3 17.3 19.7 15.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.5 2.6 8.1 3.9 4.0 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.4 6.8 4.6 3.3 3.3 7.1
Production........................................................ 7.3 7.5 � 3.7 3.7 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 6.2 6.8 2.9 5.5 5.5 5.2
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,
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA, October 2009
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $22.91 $21.83 $30.02 $30.02
Management, professional, and related............................... 35.75 34.77 41.28 41.28
Management, business, and financial............................... 40.87 40.61 41.93 41.93
Professional and related.......................................... 33.41 31.52 35.49 35.49
Service............................................................. 13.24 11.26 12.22 12.22
Sales and office.................................................... 16.98 16.81 28.68 28.68
Sales and related................................................. 15.27 15.28 31.46 31.46
Office and administrative support................................. 17.63 17.43 15.14 15.14
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 28.73 28.50 29.54 29.54
Construction and extraction...................................... � 32.22 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 25.20 25.04 29.51 29.51
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.42 16.12 19.82 19.82
Production........................................................ 16.22 16.15 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.61 16.09 � �
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 2.2 2.6 5.0 5.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.6 4.4 7.6 7.6
Management, business, and financial............................... 3.5 3.7 7.7 7.7
Professional and related.......................................... 4.8 6.2 9.9 9.9
Service............................................................. 2.2 2.6 12.4 12.4
Sales and office.................................................... 1.7 1.9 6.3 6.3
Sales and related................................................. 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4
Office and administrative support................................. 1.8 2.0 5.4 5.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.3 3.7 26.2 26.2
Construction and extraction...................................... � 3.5 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 2.6 2.7 28.1 28.1
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 2.7 2.8 10.5 10.5
Production........................................................ 3.0 3.0 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 4.0 4.2 � �
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, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA,
October 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........................................................... � � � $27.99 � � $22.37 $10.56 $20.15
Management, professional, and related............................... � � � 46.32 � � 28.27 22.20 26.35
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 56.79 � � 31.33 24.18 32.74
Professional and related.......................................... � � � � � � 27.99 � 22.19
Service............................................................. � � � � � � 12.39 9.76 12.27
Sales and office.................................................... � � � 21.58 � � 15.63 13.46 17.14
Sales and related................................................. � � � � � � � 11.02 17.17
Office and administrative support................................. � � � 20.53 � � 15.66 16.75 17.14
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � � 26.12 � � 22.67 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � � 26.12 � � 23.50 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � � � � � � 15.29 10.10 �
Production........................................................ � � � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � � � � � 15.59 � 8.44
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........................................................... � � � 4.3 � � 7.2 6.5 6.9
Management, professional, and related............................... � � � 19.6 � � 10.1 13.3 13.3
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 4.8 � � 9.9 11.2 2.0
Professional and related.......................................... � � � � � � 10.6 � 23.9
Service............................................................. � � � � � � 3.4 4.2 6.2
Sales and office.................................................... � � � 5.1 � � 1.7 10.3 5.8
Sales and related................................................. � � � � � � � 18.5 13.9
Office and administrative support................................. � � � 2.1 � � 1.8 9.3 4.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � � 1.4 � � 7.3 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � � 1.4 � � 11.8 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � � � � � � 5.7 2.9 �
Production........................................................ � � � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � � � � � 8.2 � 28.2
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, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City,
IL-IN-WI CSA, October 2009
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 4,026,700 3,518,800 507,900
Management, professional, and related............................... 1,191,400 929,700 261,700
Management, business, and financial............................... 346,600 324,600 22,000
Professional and related.......................................... 844,800 605,000 239,700
Service............................................................. 772,200 643,700 128,500
Sales and office.................................................... 1,075,400 1,005,400 70,000
Sales and related................................................. 398,900 391,700 7,200
Office and administrative support................................. 676,500 613,600 62,800
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 308,000 280,500 27,500
Construction and extraction...................................... 156,100 135,200 20,800
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 151,100 144,500 6,600
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 679,800 659,600 20,200
Production........................................................ 311,900 308,700 3,300
Transportation and material moving................................ 367,900 350,900 17,000
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, Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA,
October 2009
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 142,913 140,011 2,902
Total in sample....................................................... 1,170 1,059 111
Responding........................................................ 693 591 102
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 314 305 9
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 163 163 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.