NC BL 10/00/2010 Table: Knoxville, TN, Bulletin, May 2010
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
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........................................................... $19.12 7.5 36.5 $18.92 8.9 36.2 $20.34 6.7 38.3
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 33.43 11.2 37.9 36.60 13.2 38.2 24.71 3.5 37.2
Management, business, and financial............................... 37.44 14.2 40.4 38.72 16.2 41.7 31.34 12.5 35.2
Professional and related.......................................... 31.96 10.2 37.1 35.68 12.4 36.9 23.31 3.8 37.7
Service............................................................. 9.66 6.7 32.5 8.29 6.8 31.3 15.88 14.2 39.2
Sales and office.................................................... 13.84 3.7 36.5 13.86 3.9 36.3 13.54 14.8 39.6
Sales and related................................................. 14.78 8.4 34.1 14.78 8.4 34.1 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 13.35 3.2 37.9 13.32 3.0 37.7 13.54 14.8 39.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 18.10 8.1 39.4 17.70 9.5 39.3 20.48 7.0 39.7
Construction and extraction...................................... 16.67 12.4 40.0 15.49 15.6 40.0 � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 19.09 8.7 38.9 19.05 9.7 38.9 � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.87 4.4 38.7 15.85 4.5 38.7 � � �
Production........................................................ 15.42 3.8 38.8 15.42 3.8 38.8 � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.17 5.3 38.6 16.16 5.5 38.6 � � �
Full time........................................................... 20.02 8.0 40.2 19.95 9.6 40.3 20.39 6.8 39.6
Part time........................................................... 12.11 8.3 21.2 11.94 8.8 21.5 18.00 7.2 14.8
Union............................................................... 24.02 7.0 37.6 20.31 11.5 37.2 30.71 6.5 38.4
Nonunion............................................................ 18.84 8.1 36.5 18.86 9.3 36.2 18.74 7.6 38.2
Time................................................................ 18.92 8.1 36.1 18.66 9.7 35.7 20.34 6.7 38.3
Incentive........................................................... 22.34 9.0 44.8 22.34 9.0 44.8 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.59 6.4 39.3 (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.98 10.6 35.7 (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 16.45 12.4 34.4 16.29 12.6 34.4 � � �
100-499 workers..................................................... 22.56 11.5 38.5 22.71 12.7 38.7 20.89 15.0 37.2
500 workers or more................................................. 19.42 5.1 38.1 19.10 8.5 37.6 19.78 5.0 38.7
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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), Knoxville, TN, May 2010
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........................................................... $19.12 7.5 $20.02 8.0 $12.11 8.3
Management occupations.............................................. 43.02 18.8 42.97 18.9 � �
Level 12.................................................. 56.23 15.7 56.23 15.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.91 27.5 44.83 27.8 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 41.15 1.3 41.15 1.3 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.78 5.8 26.78 5.8 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.18 3.4 24.18 3.4 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.17 10.0 30.17 10.0 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 53.94 19.1 53.94 19.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.28 25.5 58.28 25.5 � �
Engineers......................................................... 59.84 19.2 59.84 19.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.73 24.9 63.73 24.9 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.34 16.6 17.34 16.6 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.60 7.1 25.75 7.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 14.71 2.0 � � 15.49 2.4
Level 9 .................................................. 30.80 3.5 30.76 3.4 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.65 .8 31.09 .3 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.84 2.8 29.79 2.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.84 2.8 29.79 2.7 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.56 2.3 29.50 2.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.56 2.3 29.50 2.2 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.28 1.6 29.20 1.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.28 1.6 29.20 1.3 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.95 2.6 11.95 2.6 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.49 8.1 23.49 8.1 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.54 11.9 30.69 10.5 38.65 20.4
Level 4 .................................................. 14.81 7.2 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.00 3.7 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 22.01 5.8 22.21 6.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 24.22 .7 24.02 1.0 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.05 13.0 40.05 13.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 50.59 10.6 48.52 12.9 � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 53.99 2.8 53.60 3.4 � �
Level 11.................................................. 54.20 3.7 53.73 5.1 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 34.98 28.2 33.79 25.8 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 24.22 .7 24.02 1.0 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.40 6.5 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.25 14.9 12.58 16.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.49 2.1 10.69 2.1 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 1.0 9.98 1.3 � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 1.0 9.98 1.3 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.17 13.4 17.52 13.9 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.72 8.4 7.32 5.2 5.30 18.0
Level 1 .................................................. 5.52 8.8 � � 5.66 19.5
Level 2 .................................................. 6.27 7.0 6.34 8.4 6.10 14.8
Level 3 .................................................. 4.94 30.0 5.67 24.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 9.41 16.6 10.99 7.3 � �
Cooks............................................................. 9.13 4.1 9.34 4.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 6.2 � � � �
Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.91 .4 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.77 10.2 � � 2.80 12.2
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.23 2.7 � � 2.39 3.6
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.18 6.9 8.69 10.3 7.37 2.6
Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 1.9 � � � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.18 7.0 8.69 10.3 7.33 2.8
Level 2 .................................................. 7.52 1.9 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.16 4.6 10.66 4.2 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.86 3.0 8.07 2.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.61 7.2 10.80 7.6 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.56 5.8 9.98 6.2 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 3.1 8.06 2.4 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 10.80 7.6 10.80 7.6 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.85 7.7 10.57 6.8 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.56 1.9 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 9.1 11.47 9.1 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.78 1.7 8.78 1.7 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.60 1.9 9.90 3.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. � � 9.85 3.0 � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.78 8.4 16.21 9.1 9.86 5.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.22 3.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.60 2.0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.95 7.0 � � � �
Level 6 .................................................. 23.98 17.1 23.98 17.1 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.22 17.8 17.22 17.8 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.84 3.9 10.09 3.6 9.34 6.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.22 3.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.60 2.0 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 3.9 8.17 7.6 8.17 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 3.9 8.17 7.6 8.17 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.50 4.1 11.95 5.5 10.74 3.7
Level 3 .................................................. 10.97 1.7 � � � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.74 4.3 30.42 3.4 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.35 3.2 13.54 3.2 10.80 7.7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.53 3.2 10.98 3.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 11.53 5.9 11.52 6.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.05 4.2 13.11 4.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.29 5.5 17.47 5.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 14.18 12.1 14.18 12.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.91 4.5 13.03 5.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.76 5.4 19.76 5.4 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.27 7.5 13.43 7.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.41 8.4 13.66 7.8 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.94 6.5 15.10 6.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.80 9.4 14.80 9.4 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.73 5.4 12.73 5.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.40 7.4 12.40 7.4 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.19 3.0 11.54 2.3 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.31 8.5 17.62 8.8 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.07 3.0 12.75 3.6 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.29 11.6 21.71 9.7 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 6.3 15.53 6.3 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.76 5.9 12.74 6.3 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.67 12.4 16.67 12.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.93 8.1 19.93 8.1 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.09 8.7 19.11 9.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.69 6.1 17.66 6.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.27 9.2 22.27 9.2 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.63 8.8 18.63 8.8 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.71 5.3 16.71 5.3 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 15.42 3.8 15.53 3.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 4.3 14.73 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 19.16 7.3 19.16 7.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.13 4.3 18.13 4.3 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 .6 15.69 .6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.40 .0 14.40 .0 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.34 11.2 17.34 11.2 � �
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.55 4.8 14.55 4.8 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.17 5.3 17.07 4.7 12.10 12.9
Level 1 .................................................. 10.04 16.4 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 4.5 9.92 5.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.27 4.5 13.08 5.7 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.10 6.4 15.10 6.4 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.72 4.8 18.99 5.4 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.45 6.4 19.45 6.4 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.36 24.2 19.44 24.5 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.42 7.6 12.31 3.7 12.48 13.0
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.37 4.1 12.72 4.9 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may
include data for categories not shown separately
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Knoxville, TN, May
2010
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $18.92 8.9 $19.95 9.6 $11.94 8.8
Management occupations.............................................. 44.12 21.4 44.12 21.4 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.83 27.8 44.83 27.8 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.55 7.2 27.55 7.2 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.41 11.9 32.41 11.9 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 53.94 19.1 53.94 19.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.28 25.5 58.28 25.5 � �
Engineers......................................................... 59.84 19.2 59.84 19.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.73 24.9 63.73 24.9 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.07 17.1 17.07 17.1 � �
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.65 .8 31.09 .3 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.68 8.3 22.68 8.3 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.68 13.7 32.75 12.4 40.53 19.9
Level 7 .................................................. 23.02 5.6 23.25 6.2 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 24.21 .7 23.98 1.1 � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 55.24 1.5 55.35 2.3 � �
Registered nurses................................................. � � 34.95 28.2 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 24.21 .7 23.98 1.1 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.40 6.5 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.33 1.0 10.40 .4 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.07 1.0 10.00 1.4 � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.08 1.0 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.67 8.6 7.27 5.3 5.27 18.2
Level 1 .................................................. 4.91 8.1 � � 5.66 19.5
Level 2 .................................................. 6.23 6.9 6.31 8.5 6.06 15.0
Level 3 .................................................. 4.94 30.0 5.67 24.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 9.41 16.6 10.99 7.3 � �
Cooks............................................................. 9.13 4.1 9.34 4.2 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 8.43 6.2 � � � �
Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.91 .4 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.77 10.2 � � 2.80 12.2
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.23 2.7 � � 2.39 3.6
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.15 7.2 8.67 10.7 7.34 2.8
Level 2 .................................................. 7.46 1.9 � � � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.15 7.3 8.67 10.7 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 7.46 1.9 � � � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.67 4.8 10.25 3.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.86 3.0 8.07 2.2 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.92 6.3 9.34 7.1 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.85 3.1 8.06 2.4 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 10.3 9.83 11.1 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 7.56 1.9 � � � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.78 1.7 8.78 1.7 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.59 1.4 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.78 8.4 16.21 9.1 9.86 5.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.22 3.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.60 2.0 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.95 7.0 � � � �
Level 6 .................................................. 23.98 17.1 23.98 17.1 � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.22 17.8 17.22 17.8 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.84 3.9 10.09 3.6 9.34 6.3
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.22 3.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.60 2.0 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 3.9 8.17 7.6 8.17 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 3.9 8.17 7.6 8.17 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.50 4.1 11.95 5.5 10.74 3.7
Level 3 .................................................. 10.97 1.7 � � � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.74 4.3 30.42 3.4 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.32 3.0 13.54 2.9 10.80 7.7
Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 3.3 11.07 3.1 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.19 4.4 12.21 4.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.09 4.3 13.15 4.2 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 16.52 5.0 16.71 4.9 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.91 4.5 13.03 5.0 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.76 5.4 19.76 5.4 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.32 7.7 13.49 7.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.52 8.8 13.80 8.2 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.00 6.5 15.16 6.5 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.73 5.4 12.73 5.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.40 7.4 12.40 7.4 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.22 3.1 11.59 2.3 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.10 11.2 17.49 12.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 13.07 3.0 12.75 3.6 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.19 12.9 21.79 11.1 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 6.6 12.85 7.1 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.49 15.6 15.49 15.6 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.05 9.7 19.08 10.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.15 6.1 18.18 6.8 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.30 11.3 22.30 11.3 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.15 8.6 19.15 8.6 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.06 5.9 17.06 5.9 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 15.42 3.8 15.53 3.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 4.3 14.73 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 19.16 7.3 19.16 7.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.13 4.3 18.13 4.3 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 .6 15.69 .6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.40 .0 14.40 .0 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.34 11.2 17.34 11.2 � �
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.55 4.8 14.55 4.8 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.16 5.5 17.10 5.0 12.10 12.9
Level 1 .................................................. 10.04 16.4 � � � �
Level 2 .................................................. 9.81 4.5 9.92 5.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.93 4.2 12.55 4.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.10 6.4 15.10 6.4 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.88 5.4 19.17 6.1 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.06 27.4 20.16 27.7 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.42 7.6 12.31 3.7 12.48 13.0
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.37 4.1 12.72 4.9 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3),
Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Total Full-time workers Part-time workers
Occupation(4) and level
Relative Relative Relative
Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5)
(percent) (percent) (percent)
All workers........................................................... $20.34 6.7 $20.39 6.8 $18.00 7.2
Management occupations.............................................. 36.87 13.7 � � � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.46 6.3 24.60 6.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.91 2.8 29.86 2.6 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.84 2.8 29.79 2.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.84 2.8 29.79 2.7 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.56 2.3 29.50 2.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.56 2.3 29.50 2.2 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.28 1.6 29.20 1.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 29.28 1.6 29.20 1.3 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.95 2.6 11.95 2.6 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.99 15.2 23.13 15.4 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 18.44 17.7 18.88 17.1 � �
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.71 8.1 11.71 8.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 9.1 11.47 9.1 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.47 9.1 11.47 9.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 9.1 11.47 9.1 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.47 9.1 11.47 9.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.47 9.1 11.47 9.1 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.54 14.8 13.54 14.8 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Knoxville, TN,
May 2010
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........................................................... $19.12 7.5 $20.02 8.0 $12.11 8.3
Management occupations.............................................. 43.02 18.8 42.97 18.9 � �
Group III................................................. 47.18 16.1 � � � �
Education administrators.......................................... 41.15 1.3 41.15 1.3 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.78 5.8 26.78 5.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.62 3.5 � � � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.18 3.4 24.18 3.4 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.17 10.0 30.17 10.0 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 53.94 19.1 53.94 19.1 � �
Engineers......................................................... 59.84 19.2 59.84 19.2 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.34 16.6 17.34 16.6 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.60 7.1 25.75 7.6 � �
Group I................................................... 11.95 2.6 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 14.59 1.8 � � � �
Group III................................................. 30.82 3.5 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.65 .8 31.09 .3 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.84 2.8 29.79 2.7 � �
Group III................................................. 29.84 2.8 � � � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.56 2.3 29.50 2.2 � �
Group III................................................. 29.56 2.3 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.28 1.6 29.20 1.3 � �
Group III................................................. 29.28 1.6 29.20 1.3 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.95 2.6 11.95 2.6 � �
Group I................................................... 11.95 2.6 11.95 2.6 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.49 8.1 23.49 8.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 16.74 5.3 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.54 11.9 30.69 10.5 38.65 20.4
Group I................................................... 12.96 14.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.78 6.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 54.99 5.3 � � � �
Pharmacists....................................................... 53.99 2.8 53.60 3.4 � �
Group III................................................. 53.99 2.8 53.60 3.4 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 34.98 28.2 33.79 25.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.76 .8 23.59 .8 � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.40 6.5 � � � �
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.25 14.9 12.58 16.5 � �
Group I................................................... 10.29 1.0 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.05 1.0 9.98 1.3 � �
Group I................................................... 10.05 1.0 � � � �
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.05 1.0 9.98 1.3 � �
Group I................................................... 10.05 1.0 9.98 1.3 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.17 13.4 17.52 13.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.73 17.0 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.72 8.4 7.32 5.2 5.30 18.0
Group I................................................... 6.31 5.5 � � � �
Cooks............................................................. 9.13 4.1 9.34 4.2 � �
Group I................................................... 8.80 3.1 � � � �
Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.91 .4 � � � �
Group I................................................... 7.91 .4 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.77 10.2 � � 2.80 12.2
Group I................................................... 2.77 10.2 � � � �
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.23 2.7 � � 2.39 3.6
Group I................................................... 2.23 2.7 � � 2.39 3.6
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.18 6.9 8.69 10.3 7.37 2.6
Group I................................................... 8.18 6.9 � � � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.18 7.0 8.69 10.3 7.33 2.8
Group I................................................... 8.18 7.0 8.69 10.3 7.33 2.8
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.16 4.6 10.66 4.2 � �
Group I................................................... 9.90 4.8 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.56 5.8 9.98 6.2 � �
Group I................................................... 9.56 5.8 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.85 7.7 10.57 6.8 � �
Group I................................................... 9.85 7.7 10.57 6.8 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.78 1.7 8.78 1.7 � �
Group I................................................... 8.78 1.7 8.78 1.7 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.60 1.9 9.90 3.1 � �
Group I................................................... 9.60 1.9 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.78 8.4 16.21 9.1 9.86 5.3
Group I................................................... 9.81 2.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 25.25 10.1 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.22 17.8 17.22 17.8 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.84 3.9 10.09 3.6 9.34 6.3
Group I................................................... 9.35 2.7 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 3.9 8.17 7.6 8.17 1.2
Group I................................................... 8.04 2.4 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 3.9 8.17 7.6 8.17 1.2
Group I................................................... 8.04 2.4 � � 8.12 1.9
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.50 4.1 11.95 5.5 10.74 3.7
Group I................................................... 10.86 3.2 10.89 4.4 10.83 2.1
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.74 4.3 30.42 3.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 30.48 3.2 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.35 3.2 13.54 3.2 10.80 7.7
Group I................................................... 12.05 2.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 17.77 7.6 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.76 5.4 19.76 5.4 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.27 7.5 13.43 7.3 � �
Group I................................................... 13.21 7.6 � � � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.94 6.5 15.10 6.5 � �
Group I................................................... 14.77 7.6 14.94 7.7 � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.73 5.4 12.73 5.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.40 7.4 12.40 7.4 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.19 3.0 11.54 2.3 � �
Group I................................................... 11.19 3.0 11.54 2.3 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.31 8.5 17.62 8.8 � �
Group I................................................... 13.05 3.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.95 8.6 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.29 11.6 21.71 9.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.04 6.8 23.04 6.8 � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 6.3 15.53 6.3 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.76 5.9 12.74 6.3 � �
Group I................................................... 12.46 7.0 12.55 7.1 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.67 12.4 16.67 12.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.31 16.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.21 7.9 � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.09 8.7 19.11 9.1 � �
Group I................................................... 13.88 8.8 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.75 5.4 � � � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.63 8.8 18.63 8.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.47 6.4 � � � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.71 5.3 16.71 5.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 17.59 2.6 17.59 2.6 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 15.42 3.8 15.53 3.9 � �
Group I................................................... 13.02 7.2 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.04 4.6 � � � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 .6 15.69 .6 � �
Group I................................................... 14.40 .0 � � � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.34 11.2 17.34 11.2 � �
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.55 4.8 14.55 4.8 � �
Group I................................................... 14.55 4.8 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.17 5.3 17.07 4.7 12.10 12.9
Group I................................................... 12.51 5.2 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.72 4.8 18.99 5.4 � �
Group I................................................... 12.68 7.8 � � � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.45 6.4 19.45 6.4 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.36 24.2 19.44 24.5 � �
Group I................................................... 11.90 13.6 11.94 13.7 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.42 7.6 12.31 3.7 12.48 13.0
Group I................................................... 12.34 8.1 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.37 4.1 12.72 4.9 � �
Group I................................................... 13.41 4.7 12.72 4.9 � �
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), Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $8.00 $10.18 $14.50 $21.53 $35.83
Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 28.72 38.75 64.73 70.22
Education administrators.......................................... 33.38 35.81 42.60 45.18 47.46
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.73 20.91 23.53 32.98 39.08
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.27 19.96 21.57 26.74 33.03
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.08 20.79 26.35 38.46 40.05
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 34.18 50.00 75.48 88.00
Engineers......................................................... 24.04 46.50 59.23 77.31 88.00
Community and social services occupations........................... 10.00 11.46 18.89 22.48 25.50
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.17 14.70 27.26 33.39 37.02
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.25 25.25 27.98 37.66 37.66
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.24 25.66 29.11 33.56 35.76
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.24 25.57 28.84 32.27 35.76
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.22 25.28 28.84 31.90 35.11
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.62 10.46 12.13 13.54 14.04
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 14.84 21.06 28.75 47.60
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.78 18.04 24.76 45.03 62.62
Pharmacists....................................................... 48.99 53.35 55.00 57.25 57.25
Registered nurses................................................. 20.30 23.18 25.45 59.62 65.63
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.11 15.50 19.41 20.76 20.76
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 9.50 10.25 11.42 29.69
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.75 9.50 10.00 10.91 11.29
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.75 9.50 10.00 10.91 11.31
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.97 12.29 15.23 20.88 24.91
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.50 7.25 9.00 11.00
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.75 9.00 9.86 10.66
Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.90 7.25 7.75 8.75 9.10
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 4.06
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.22 2.52
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.91 7.18 7.50 8.50 9.80
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 6.91 7.18 7.50 8.50 9.80
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.58 9.47 12.50 14.24
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.46 9.00 11.42 12.97
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 9.00 12.50 12.97
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.46 8.00 8.96 9.50 9.73
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.47 8.96 8.96 10.07 11.30
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.45 9.00 10.84 16.66 31.25
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.84 10.84 15.00 17.22 43.30
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.40 7.75 10.00 10.60 13.75
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.40 7.60 8.75 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.40 7.60 8.75 10.00
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.78 9.87 11.08 13.75 13.75
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 24.04 27.04 29.18 32.00 39.69
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.50 10.67 12.24 15.06 18.16
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.16 18.16 18.16 21.42 21.42
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 11.37 11.93 15.50 17.30
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.93 12.67 15.06 17.30 17.30
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.25 11.00 12.25 13.51 16.49
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.00 11.23 12.00 13.15
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.97 13.76 15.56 21.40 28.69
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.60 14.18 21.30 26.57 28.69
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 14.14 15.75 16.37 18.94
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.83 10.83 12.56 14.00 14.50
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.90 12.50 17.00 21.27 24.22
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 15.75 16.75 23.19 25.00
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.89 15.39 18.10 24.00 25.00
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.07 14.86 16.32 18.10 24.00
Production occupations.............................................. 9.42 12.33 15.06 18.02 21.10
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.25 14.36 15.94 18.02 18.27
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.61 13.25 17.27 21.03 22.90
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.75 13.59 15.50 15.94 16.53
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 12.00 15.00 20.96 21.42
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.14 13.50 19.60 20.96 29.64
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 17.99 20.96 20.96 20.96
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.75 10.14 16.90 29.64 29.64
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.73 10.00 13.30 13.75 16.12
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.00 11.32 13.75 13.75 17.22
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), Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.72 $10.00 $13.87 $20.96 $36.65
Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 28.72 38.75 70.22 70.22
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 19.81 20.91 23.53 34.09 40.32
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.08 20.91 33.65 38.46 55.67
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 34.18 50.00 75.48 88.00
Engineers......................................................... 24.04 46.50 59.23 77.31 88.00
Community and social services occupations........................... 10.00 11.37 18.89 21.05 25.50
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.25 25.25 27.98 37.66 37.66
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 14.84 21.06 28.75 47.60
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 15.11 19.41 25.00 55.00 65.63
Pharmacists....................................................... 53.35 53.35 55.00 57.25 57.25
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.11 15.50 19.41 20.76 20.76
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 9.50 10.05 11.09 12.15
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.54 9.50 10.02 10.91 11.31
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.75 9.50 10.02 10.91 11.31
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.50 7.25 9.00 11.00
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.75 9.00 9.86 10.66
Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.90 7.25 7.75 8.75 9.10
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.33 4.06
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.22 2.52
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.91 7.18 7.50 8.50 9.80
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 6.91 7.18 7.50 8.47 9.80
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 7.25 8.50 10.63 12.97
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.65 12.50
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 7.25 7.50 12.50 12.97
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.46 8.00 8.96 9.50 9.73
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.15 8.96 9.00 10.28 11.15
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.45 9.00 10.84 16.66 31.25
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.84 10.84 15.00 17.22 43.30
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.40 7.75 10.00 10.60 13.75
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.40 7.60 8.75 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.40 7.60 8.75 10.00
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.78 9.87 11.08 13.75 13.75
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 24.04 27.04 29.18 32.00 39.69
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.73 10.83 12.26 15.00 18.03
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.16 18.16 18.16 21.42 21.42
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.50 11.37 11.93 15.50 17.30
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.93 12.78 15.06 17.30 17.30
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.25 11.00 12.25 13.51 16.49
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 10.18 11.23 12.00 13.15
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.34 13.60 14.18 21.40 28.69
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.60 14.18 18.26 28.17 28.69
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.83 10.83 12.70 14.00 14.54
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.90 10.75 15.47 17.91 22.41
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 15.75 16.75 23.19 25.00
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.89 16.32 18.10 25.00 25.00
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 10.30 14.86 18.10 18.10 24.00
Production occupations.............................................. 9.42 12.33 15.06 18.02 21.10
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.25 14.36 15.94 18.02 18.27
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.61 13.25 17.27 21.03 22.90
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.75 13.59 15.50 15.94 16.53
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.50 11.95 15.00 20.96 26.87
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 13.50 20.96 20.96 29.64
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.50 10.14 29.64 29.64 29.64
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.73 10.00 13.30 13.75 16.12
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.00 11.32 13.75 13.75 17.22
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), Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.50 $13.17 $18.04 $26.74 $34.04
Management occupations.............................................. 28.75 28.75 35.81 42.81 45.85
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.96 14.70 26.10 31.87 34.88
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.24 25.66 29.11 33.56 35.76
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.24 25.57 28.84 32.27 35.76
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.22 25.28 28.84 31.90 35.11
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.62 10.46 12.13 13.54 14.04
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.56 15.00 19.17 27.00 35.07
Protective service occupations...................................... 11.45 14.13 15.23 22.81 27.65
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 9.75 11.73 13.30 14.24
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.50 11.42 13.59 14.57
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.50 9.50 11.42 13.59 14.57
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.22 9.41 11.42 16.36 21.33
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), Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.00 $10.84 $15.40 $23.19 $36.65
Management occupations.............................................. 19.23 28.72 38.75 64.73 70.22
Education administrators.......................................... 33.38 35.81 42.60 45.18 47.46
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.73 20.91 23.53 32.98 39.08
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 18.27 19.96 21.57 26.74 33.03
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 19.08 20.79 26.35 38.46 40.05
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.04 34.18 50.00 75.48 88.00
Engineers......................................................... 24.04 46.50 59.23 77.31 88.00
Community and social services occupations........................... 10.00 11.46 18.89 22.48 25.50
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.17 14.70 27.40 33.39 37.02
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.25 27.14 28.10 37.66 37.66
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.24 25.57 28.96 33.56 35.76
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.24 25.57 28.84 32.27 35.76
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.04 25.21 28.84 31.87 35.33
Teacher assistants................................................ 9.62 10.46 12.13 13.54 14.04
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 14.84 21.06 28.75 47.60
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.43 17.67 24.48 35.83 62.62
Pharmacists....................................................... 47.08 53.35 53.35 57.25 57.25
Registered nurses................................................. 20.00 22.78 25.45 30.96 64.42
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.75 9.50 10.50 11.42 29.69
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 8.54 9.28 9.93 10.86 11.15
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.75 9.28 9.93 10.86 11.15
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.97 12.29 15.23 21.28 25.57
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.50 8.00 9.80 12.17
Cooks............................................................. 7.45 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.05
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.18 7.18 8.00 8.57 13.20
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.18 7.18 8.00 8.57 13.20
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.25 8.00 9.75 12.92 14.38
Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.25 8.00 9.50 12.25 12.97
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.25 8.38 10.30 12.71 13.59
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.46 8.00 8.96 9.50 9.73
Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.25 8.75 9.80 10.50 11.99
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 10.00 11.39 17.96 31.95
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 10.84 10.84 15.00 17.22 43.30
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.40 8.15 10.00 11.08 13.75
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.40 7.50 9.00 9.88
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.40 7.50 9.00 9.88
Retail salespersons............................................. 9.30 10.19 11.39 13.75 13.75
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 24.04 27.32 29.18 32.61 39.69
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.56 10.83 12.26 15.50 18.16
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 18.16 18.16 18.16 21.42 21.42
Financial clerks.................................................. 10.76 11.37 12.00 15.50 17.30
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.00 13.87 15.33 17.30 17.30
Customer service representatives.................................. 10.25 11.00 12.25 13.51 16.49
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.99 11.23 11.23 12.00 13.15
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 11.67 13.60 15.75 21.40 28.69
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 13.60 15.84 22.34 28.69 28.69
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 14.14 15.75 16.37 18.94
Office clerks, general............................................ 10.83 10.83 12.25 14.00 14.54
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.90 12.50 17.00 21.27 24.22
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.75 15.39 16.75 23.27 25.00
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.89 15.39 18.10 24.00 25.00
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.07 14.86 16.32 18.10 24.00
Production occupations.............................................. 9.63 12.50 15.08 18.02 21.10
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.25 14.36 15.94 18.02 18.27
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.61 13.25 17.27 21.03 22.90
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.75 13.59 15.50 15.94 16.53
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 12.50 16.40 20.96 26.87
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.14 13.50 20.96 20.96 29.64
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.50 17.99 20.96 20.96 20.96
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 8.75 10.14 16.90 29.64 29.64
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.75 10.29 11.50 13.38 15.00
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.50 10.29 12.80 14.50 16.53
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), Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $4.06 $7.25 $8.96 $13.75 $18.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.00 21.35 25.00 55.00 79.81
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 2.50 6.86 7.25 8.42
Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.22 4.06 4.06
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.22 2.52 2.52
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.91 6.91 7.25 7.50 8.25
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 6.91 6.91 7.25 7.45 8.25
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.73 8.74 10.50 13.30
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.68 8.60 10.35 12.40
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.49 10.00
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 8.49 10.00
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 8.82 10.25 11.50 13.65
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.40 9.00 10.00 12.75 14.18
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.50 7.90 13.75 13.75 16.12
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.65 9.50 13.75 13.75 16.12
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each
establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the
hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are
paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime,
vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for
more information.
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, Knoxville, TN, May
2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $20.02 $15.40 $805 $606 40.2 $41,171 $31,491 2,056
Management occupations.............................................. 42.97 38.75 1,782 1,633 41.5 91,614 76,391 2,132
General and operations managers................................... � � 1,850 1,206 45.2 96,216 62,733 2,348
Education administrators.......................................... 41.15 42.60 1,654 1,669 40.2 76,255 74,774 1,853
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.78 23.53 1,092 1,000 40.8 56,795 51,999 2,121
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.18 21.57 953 864 39.4 49,572 44,907 2,050
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.17 26.35 1,216 990 40.3 63,252 51,497 2,096
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 53.94 50.00 2,259 2,500 41.9 117,446 130,000 2,177
Engineers......................................................... 59.84 59.23 2,650 2,962 44.3 137,820 153,998 2,303
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.34 18.89 692 737 39.9 35,759 38,474 2,062
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.75 27.40 991 1,056 38.5 41,775 42,306 1,622
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.09 28.10 1,243 1,124 40.0 59,271 58,192 1,907
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.79 28.96 1,141 1,108 38.3 45,585 44,321 1,530
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.50 28.84 1,127 1,082 38.2 45,038 43,263 1,527
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.20 28.84 1,117 1,082 38.2 44,664 43,263 1,529
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.95 12.13 442 450 37.0 17,032 17,151 1,426
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.49 21.06 880 842 37.5 45,444 43,794 1,934
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.69 24.48 1,215 979 39.6 62,479 47,965 2,036
Pharmacists....................................................... 53.60 53.35 2,144 2,134 40.0 111,495 110,960 2,080
Registered nurses................................................. 33.79 25.45 1,351 1,018 40.0 69,946 52,936 2,070
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.58 10.50 488 404 38.8 24,497 21,320 1,947
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.98 9.93 387 381 38.8 20,134 19,822 2,018
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.98 9.93 387 381 38.8 20,138 19,822 2,018
Protective service occupations...................................... 17.52 15.23 757 749 43.2 39,377 38,942 2,248
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.32 8.00 276 259 37.7 14,217 13,445 1,942
Cooks............................................................. 9.34 9.00 343 347 36.7 17,823 18,034 1,908
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.69 8.00 308 259 35.4 15,696 13,445 1,807
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.69 8.00 308 259 35.4 15,696 13,445 1,807
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.66 9.75 416 389 39.0 21,468 20,238 2,014
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.98 9.50 387 370 38.8 20,093 19,240 2,014
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.57 10.30 413 400 39.0 21,416 20,800 2,026
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.78 8.96 336 324 38.3 17,474 16,835 1,990
Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.90 9.80 440 398 44.5 21,720 20,155 2,195
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.21 11.39 645 533 39.8 33,561 27,716 2,071
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.22 15.00 742 600 43.1 38,574 31,200 2,241
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.09 10.00 399 400 39.5 20,745 20,800 2,055
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 7.50 320 300 39.2 16,645 15,600 2,037
Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 7.50 320 300 39.2 16,645 15,600 2,037
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.95 11.39 472 455 39.5 24,560 23,685 2,056
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.42 29.18 1,229 1,250 40.4 63,906 65,000 2,101
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.54 12.26 540 490 39.9 28,045 25,495 2,071
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.76 18.16 790 726 40.0 41,104 37,773 2,080
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.43 12.00 537 480 40.0 27,915 24,960 2,079
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.10 15.33 603 613 40.0 31,372 31,886 2,077
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.73 12.25 509 490 40.0 26,478 25,480 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.54 11.23 462 449 40.0 23,998 23,350 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.62 15.75 699 630 39.7 36,374 32,760 2,065
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.71 22.34 866 894 39.9 45,050 46,469 2,075
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 15.75 612 630 39.4 31,834 32,760 2,049
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.74 12.25 510 490 40.0 26,498 25,480 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.67 17.00 667 680 40.0 33,427 33,280 2,005
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.11 16.75 763 670 39.9 39,673 34,840 2,076
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.63 18.10 744 724 39.9 38,678 37,648 2,076
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.71 16.32 667 653 39.9 34,673 33,946 2,075
Production occupations.............................................. 15.53 15.08 621 603 40.0 32,303 31,366 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 15.94 628 638 40.0 32,637 33,155 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.34 17.27 694 691 40.0 36,062 35,922 2,080
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.55 15.50 582 620 40.0 30,255 32,240 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.07 16.40 747 627 43.8 38,122 32,629 2,233
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.99 20.96 869 784 45.7 43,872 38,407 2,310
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.45 20.96 980 1,079 50.4 48,439 55,898 2,490
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 19.44 16.90 777 676 40.0 40,425 35,152 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.31 11.50 492 460 40.0 25,606 23,920 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.72 12.80 509 512 40.0 26,454 26,624 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Knoxville,
TN, May 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $19.95 $15.00 $805 $594 40.3 $41,626 $30,575 2,087
Management occupations.............................................. 44.12 38.75 1,848 1,744 41.9 96,079 90,682 2,178
General and operations managers................................... � � 1,850 1,206 45.2 96,216 62,733 2,348
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.55 23.53 1,140 1,000 41.4 59,286 51,999 2,152
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.41 33.65 1,313 1,401 40.5 68,290 72,853 2,107
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 53.94 50.00 2,259 2,500 41.9 117,446 130,000 2,177
Engineers......................................................... 59.84 59.23 2,650 2,962 44.3 137,820 153,998 2,303
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.07 18.89 683 737 40.0 35,506 38,311 2,080
Education, training, and library occupations
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.09 28.10 1,243 1,124 40.0 59,271 58,192 1,907
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.68 21.06 847 842 37.4 44,059 43,794 1,943
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.75 24.97 1,310 999 40.0 68,115 51,938 2,080
Pharmacists....................................................... 55.35 57.25 2,214 2,290 40.0 115,130 119,082 2,080
Registered nurses................................................. 34.95 25.22 1,398 1,009 40.0 72,697 52,458 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.40 10.10 404 391 38.9 21,024 20,339 2,021
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 9.94 387 381 38.7 20,112 19,822 2,012
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.27 7.75 274 259 37.7 14,145 13,445 1,946
Cooks............................................................. 9.34 9.00 343 347 36.7 17,823 18,034 1,908
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.67 7.50 309 259 35.6 15,901 13,445 1,833
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.67 7.50 309 259 35.6 15,901 13,445 1,833
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.25 9.50 396 370 38.6 20,420 19,240 1,993
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.34 9.00 357 356 38.3 18,587 18,525 1,991
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.83 9.00 377 380 38.3 19,588 19,760 1,992
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.78 8.96 336 324 38.3 17,474 16,835 1,990
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.21 11.39 645 533 39.8 33,561 27,716 2,071
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.22 15.00 742 600 43.1 38,574 31,200 2,241
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.09 10.00 399 400 39.5 20,745 20,800 2,055
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.17 7.50 320 300 39.2 16,645 15,600 2,037
Cashiers...................................................... 8.17 7.50 320 300 39.2 16,645 15,600 2,037
Retail salespersons............................................. 11.95 11.39 472 455 39.5 24,560 23,685 2,056
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.42 29.18 1,229 1,250 40.4 63,906 65,000 2,101
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.54 12.40 541 496 40.0 28,071 25,495 2,073
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 19.76 18.16 790 726 40.0 41,104 37,773 2,080
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.49 12.00 540 480 40.0 28,060 24,960 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.16 15.50 607 620 40.0 31,539 32,240 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.73 12.25 509 490 40.0 26,478 25,480 2,080
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.59 11.23 464 449 40.0 24,106 23,350 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.49 14.42 694 577 39.7 36,066 29,994 2,062
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.79 21.40 872 856 40.0 45,330 44,512 2,080
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.85 12.36 514 494 40.0 26,722 25,709 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.49 15.47 619 619 40.0 30,770 31,200 1,987
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.08 16.75 763 670 40.0 39,695 34,840 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.15 18.10 766 724 40.0 39,835 37,648 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.06 18.10 682 724 40.0 35,486 37,648 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 15.53 15.08 621 603 40.0 32,303 31,366 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 15.94 628 638 40.0 32,637 33,155 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.34 17.27 694 691 40.0 36,062 35,922 2,080
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.55 15.50 582 620 40.0 30,255 32,240 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.10 16.40 752 627 44.0 38,328 32,629 2,241
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.17 20.96 886 1,075 46.2 44,662 55,898 2,329
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.16 29.64 806 1,186 40.0 41,930 61,651 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.31 11.50 492 460 40.0 25,606 23,920 2,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.72 12.80 509 512 40.0 26,454 26,624 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours,
Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $20.39 $18.18 $808 $764 39.6 $39,000 $38,834 1,912
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.60 26.10 943 1,004 38.3 38,992 40,455 1,585
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.79 28.96 1,141 1,108 38.3 45,585 44,321 1,530
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.50 28.84 1,127 1,082 38.2 45,038 43,263 1,527
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.20 28.84 1,117 1,082 38.2 44,664 43,263 1,529
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.95 12.13 442 450 37.0 17,032 17,151 1,426
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.13 18.30 882 767 38.1 43,650 39,874 1,887
Protective service occupations...................................... 18.88 15.23 841 853 44.6 43,749 44,350 2,318
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.71 11.73 468 469 40.0 24,246 23,837 2,071
Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.47 11.42 459 457 40.0 23,753 23,254 2,070
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.47 11.42 459 457 40.0 23,753 23,254 2,070
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.54 11.42 536 457 39.6 27,870 23,754 2,058
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, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $18.92 $16.29 $22.71 $19.10
Management, professional, and related...... 36.60 35.59 40.31 30.31
Management, business, and financial...... 38.72 26.10 51.28 �
Professional and related................. 35.68 41.82 36.40 26.97
Service.................................... 8.29 7.61 9.37 8.63
Sales and office........................... 13.86 13.80 14.28 12.97
Sales and related........................ 14.78 14.79 14.73 �
Office and administrative support........ 13.32 12.88 14.08 12.97
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 17.70 16.41 20.24 �
Construction and extraction............. 15.49 14.82 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 19.05 17.56 21.80 �
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 15.85 14.44 17.01 18.93
Production............................... 15.42 13.07 15.20 19.16
Transportation and material moving....... 16.16 15.06 � �
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........................................................... 8.9 12.6 12.7 8.5
Management, professional, and related............................... 13.2 15.3 18.7 4.5
Management, business, and financial............................... 16.2 14.0 23.7 �
Professional and related.......................................... 12.4 13.0 16.7 6.9
Service............................................................. 6.8 8.1 3.3 23.2
Sales and office.................................................... 3.9 7.8 6.6 2.8
Sales and related................................................. 8.4 13.9 16.0 �
Office and administrative support................................. 3.0 3.6 6.4 2.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.5 12.2 7.0 �
Construction and extraction...................................... 15.6 20.0 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 9.7 11.9 7.4 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.5 10.7 9.1 6.1
Production........................................................ 3.8 8.0 7.6 5.3
Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 13.3 � �
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, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5)
Occupation(2)
Mean Mean
Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual
hours hours
All workers........................................................... $17.40 $13.50 $692 $533 39.8 $35,865 $27,560 2,061
Management occupations.............................................. 27.52 28.72 1,173 1,149 42.6 60,979 59,746 2,216
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.39 8.00 279 255 37.7 14,496 13,260 1,963
Cooks............................................................. 9.25 9.00 341 342 36.8 17,711 17,784 1,914
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.61 9.50 401 360 37.8 20,854 18,720 1,965
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.18 9.00 342 333 37.3 17,797 17,290 1,938
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.12 11.39 641 533 39.8 33,347 27,716 2,069
Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.80 10.00 390 400 39.8 20,291 20,800 2,070
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.72 29.30 1,242 1,259 40.4 64,570 65,447 2,102
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.08 12.00 522 480 39.9 27,152 24,960 2,076
Financial clerks.................................................. 13.97 15.00 559 600 40.0 29,048 31,200 2,080
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.88 11.00 475 440 40.0 24,714 22,880 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.82 12.99 593 520 40.0 30,356 27,017 2,048
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.54 16.00 702 640 40.0 36,489 33,280 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 13.25 12.75 530 510 40.0 27,569 26,520 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.17 13.50 645 540 39.9 32,975 26,624 2,040
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.31 16.40 729 656 39.8 36,893 31,200 2,015
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.16 29.64 806 1,186 40.0 41,930 61,651 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.05 12.80 522 512 40.0 27,135 26,624 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, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
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........................................................... $22.26 $16.77 $911 $655 40.9 $46,970 $33,800 2,110
Management occupations.............................................. 59.61 70.22 2,460 2,809 41.3 127,798 146,047 2,144
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.20 28.33 1,269 1,077 42.0 65,966 56,000 2,184
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.15 33.65 1,393 1,401 40.8 72,420 72,853 2,121
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 50.79 46.50 2,047 1,860 40.3 106,446 96,714 2,096
Engineers......................................................... 51.78 46.50 2,088 1,860 40.3 108,566 96,714 2,097
Community and social services occupations........................... 17.09 18.89 684 737 40.0 35,551 38,311 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.25 24.86 1,290 994 40.0 67,086 51,709 2,080
Registered nurses................................................. 36.74 25.45 1,470 1,018 40.0 76,422 52,936 2,080
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.40 10.10 404 391 38.9 21,024 20,339 2,021
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 9.94 387 381 38.7 20,112 19,822 2,012
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.03 7.25 264 259 37.6 13,469 13,445 1,916
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.67 9.65 387 386 40.0 19,709 20,072 2,038
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.57 9.25 383 370 40.0 19,909 19,240 2,080
Sales and related occupations....................................... 16.50 11.08 659 443 39.9 34,283 23,046 2,077
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.79 10.00 420 400 38.9 21,815 20,800 2,021
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.92 12.55 557 502 40.0 28,837 26,104 2,071
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.84 11.71 514 468 40.0 26,716 24,346 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 12.19 11.81 488 472 40.0 25,364 24,565 2,080
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.74 16.37 749 655 40.0 38,972 34,050 2,080
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.79 21.40 872 856 40.0 45,330 44,512 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.86 23.19 874 928 40.0 45,471 48,231 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 17.01 16.12 680 645 40.0 35,371 33,530 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 15.94 628 638 40.0 32,637 33,155 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Union Nonunion
Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and
Civilian industry local Civilian industry local
workers workers government workers workers government
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $24.02 $20.31 $30.71 $18.84 $18.86 $18.74
Management, professional, and related............................... 30.43 � 30.71 33.67 36.67 22.58
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 37.22 38.72 28.44
Professional and related.......................................... 28.64 � 28.83 32.29 35.77 21.19
Service............................................................. � � � 9.66 8.29 15.88
Sales and office.................................................... � � � 13.84 13.86 13.54
Sales and related................................................. � � � 14.78 14.78 �
Office and administrative support................................. � � � 13.35 13.32 13.54
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � � 18.09 17.66 20.48
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � 16.53 15.27 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � � 19.22 19.20 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.39 20.39 � 14.92 14.87 �
Production........................................................ 19.74 19.74 � 14.47 14.47 �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � � 15.21 15.15 �
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........................................................... 7.0 11.5 6.5 8.1 9.3 7.6
Management, professional, and related............................... 6.2 � 6.5 12.0 13.2 4.5
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � 14.9 16.2 7.0
Professional and related.......................................... .9 � 1.0 11.1 12.5 6.1
Service............................................................. � � � 6.7 6.8 14.2
Sales and office.................................................... � � � 3.7 3.9 14.8
Sales and related................................................. � � � 8.4 8.4 �
Office and administrative support................................. � � � 3.2 3.0 14.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � � 8.6 10.2 7.0
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � 13.1 16.6 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � � 9.4 10.6 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 12.6 12.6 � 8.3 8.6 �
Production........................................................ 12.1 12.1 � 7.0 7.0 �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � � 11.6 12.4 �
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Knoxville, TN, May
2010
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $18.92 $18.66 $22.34 $22.34
Management, professional, and related............................... 33.43 36.63 � �
Management, business, and financial............................... 37.55 38.91 � �
Professional and related.......................................... 31.96 35.68 � �
Service............................................................. 9.66 8.29 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 12.76 12.68 22.29 22.29
Sales and related................................................. 11.10 11.10 26.82 26.82
Office and administrative support................................. 13.45 13.44 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.79 17.32 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 15.49 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.58 18.49 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.18 15.15 � �
Production........................................................ 15.42 15.42 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 14.97 14.89 � �
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 8.1 9.7 9.0 9.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 11.3 13.3 � �
Management, business, and financial............................... 14.6 16.6 � �
Professional and related.......................................... 10.2 12.4 � �
Service............................................................. 6.7 6.8 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 3.0 2.9 17.3 17.3
Sales and related................................................. 6.6 6.6 14.6 14.6
Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 3.0 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 7.9 9.4 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � 15.6 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 7.9 8.9 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.4 6.5 � �
Production........................................................ 3.8 3.8 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 10.0 10.6 � �
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, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
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........................................................... $13.83 $20.31 � � � $27.67 $19.41 � �
Management, professional, and related............................... � 33.86 � � � 46.13 28.11 � �
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � � � 43.32 � � �
Professional and related.......................................... � � � � � 48.31 29.36 � �
Service............................................................. � � � � � 11.14 9.89 � �
Sales and office.................................................... � 19.07 � � � 13.61 11.97 � �
Sales and related................................................. � � � � � � � � �
Office and administrative support................................. � 15.06 � � � 13.61 12.31 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 13.58 19.30 � � � � � � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � 21.35 � � � � � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � 15.43 � � � � � � �
Production........................................................ � 16.10 � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � 12.18 � � � � � � �
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........................................................... 12.0 4.7 � � � 24.6 12.4 � �
Management, professional, and related............................... � 14.6 � � � 18.3 15.2 � �
Management, business, and financial............................... � � � � � 22.0 � � �
Professional and related.......................................... � � � � � 16.2 13.2 � �
Service............................................................. � � � � � 15.3 1.0 � �
Sales and office.................................................... � 5.8 � � � 7.6 5.6 � �
Sales and related................................................. � � � � � � � � �
Office and administrative support................................. � 8.5 � � � 7.6 5.4 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 16.0 7.1 � � � � � � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � 20.4 � � � � � � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � .9 � � � � � � �
Production........................................................ � .0 � � � � � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � 1.3 � � � � � � �
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, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 290,800 248,100 42,700
Management, professional, and related............................... 79,500 55,900 23,600
Management, business, and financial............................... 19,400 15,400 4,000
Professional and related.......................................... 60,100 40,400 19,600
Service............................................................. 64,600 54,900 9,700
Sales and office.................................................... 83,100 77,100 6,000
Sales and related................................................. 30,700 30,700 �
Office and administrative support................................. 52,300 46,400 6,000
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17,200 14,800 2,400
Construction and extraction...................................... 7,100 5,700 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 10,200 9,100 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 46,400 45,400 �
Production........................................................ 18,600 18,600 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 27,800 26,800 �
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, Knoxville, TN, May 2010
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 11,037 10,888 149
Total in sample....................................................... 235 216 19
Responding........................................................ 142 125 17
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 61 59 2
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 32 32 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.
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