Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA,
June 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........................................................... $23.82 3.0 34.5 $22.63 3.5 34.1 $31.98 4.2 37.4
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related............................... 36.69 2.8 36.8 35.70 3.4 36.5 40.46 4.6 38.1
Management, business, and financial............................... 38.06 2.8 39.2 37.93 2.9 39.3 39.08 9.7 39.0
Professional and related.......................................... 36.01 3.9 35.8 34.39 5.0 35.1 40.78 5.4 37.9
Service............................................................. 13.71 3.7 28.5 12.01 2.5 27.6 23.49 5.9 34.9
Sales and office.................................................... 18.75 7.3 34.5 18.67 7.9 34.2 19.61 3.6 38.2
Sales and related................................................. 21.34 18.4 31.5 21.34 18.4 31.5 � � �
Office and administrative support................................. 17.46 2.3 36.3 17.15 2.6 36.0 19.61 3.6 38.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.18 8.7 39.9 24.05 9.7 39.8 25.33 7.4 40.0
Construction and extraction...................................... 26.05 16.7 39.4 26.13 17.9 39.4 � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 22.35 6.1 40.3 21.83 6.6 40.4 26.08 9.3 40.0
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.77 6.6 36.6 17.61 6.8 36.6 22.91 4.0 36.4
Production........................................................ 16.67 3.9 39.4 16.57 3.9 39.4 � � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 19.24 15.2 33.5 19.06 16.2 33.4 22.02 4.4 35.8
Full time........................................................... 26.13 3.1 39.8 24.95 3.6 39.9 33.02 4.2 39.5
Part time........................................................... 13.44 3.9 21.6 13.35 4.1 21.7 15.40 6.1 20.2
Union............................................................... 30.56 3.9 35.9 28.71 6.9 33.7 32.29 4.7 38.1
Nonunion............................................................ 21.99 3.8 34.2 21.82 3.9 34.2 29.88 10.0 33.0
Time................................................................ 23.43 2.8 34.4 22.13 3.2 34.0 31.98 4.2 37.4
Incentive........................................................... 33.68 25.0 37.8 33.68 25.0 37.8 � � �
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) � � � (6) (6) (6)
Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 21.96 4.3 33.0 (6) (6) (6)
1-99 workers........................................................ 20.23 5.8 32.7 20.07 5.9 32.7 26.07 10.3 32.2
100-499 workers..................................................... 21.06 4.4 35.4 20.28 4.8 35.2 30.67 4.2 38.8
500 workers or more................................................. 31.07 3.2 36.2 30.23 4.0 35.5 32.97 5.4 37.8
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and
dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are
those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those
whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Minneapolis-St. Paul-St.
Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $23.82 3.0 $26.13 3.1 $13.44 3.9
Management occupations.............................................. 46.47 4.6 46.60 4.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 19.89 16.1 � � � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.73 7.9 33.73 7.9 � �
Level 11.................................................. 46.34 2.6 46.02 2.2 � �
Level 12.................................................. 56.92 4.0 56.92 4.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.28 6.2 51.32 6.2 � �
General and operations managers................................... 38.78 11.5 38.78 11.5 � �
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.56 13.0 49.56 13.0 � �
Marketing managers.............................................. 52.08 18.4 52.08 18.4 � �
Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.50 4.5 56.50 4.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.63 4.8 56.63 4.8 � �
Financial managers................................................ 49.31 12.6 49.00 13.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.07 14.8 52.07 14.8 � �
Industrial production managers.................................... 53.85 23.6 53.85 23.6 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 42.82 12.3 42.82 12.3 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.69 2.0 49.69 2.0 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.53 .7 53.53 .7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.69 2.0 49.69 2.0 � �
Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.85 13.7 � � � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.76 4.0 32.07 4.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.62 7.1 21.62 7.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.42 19.0 26.74 19.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.80 4.6 27.78 4.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 28.94 3.8 29.82 3.3 � �
Level 11.................................................. 39.58 2.6 39.58 2.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.87 10.5 35.87 10.5 � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.53 13.3 27.53 13.3 � �
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.26 7.3 24.26 7.3 � �
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.99 7.9 23.99 7.9 � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.92 9.0 29.06 8.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.40 17.5 31.40 17.5 � �
Training and development specialists............................ 36.56 20.4 � � � �
Management analysts............................................... 33.97 14.9 33.97 14.9 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.59 5.0 30.32 4.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.51 6.6 26.76 7.8 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.50 5.4 34.50 5.4 � �
Financial analysts.............................................. 35.09 5.5 35.09 5.5 � �
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.55 13.3 38.55 13.3 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.41 4.2 35.41 4.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.63 4.2 25.63 4.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 33.42 5.6 33.42 5.6 � �
Level 11.................................................. 38.81 2.5 38.81 2.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.86 8.9 41.86 8.9 � �
Computer software engineers....................................... 39.23 8.7 39.23 8.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.54 1.8 34.54 1.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 38.96 2.7 38.96 2.7 � �
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.69 10.2 40.69 10.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.54 1.8 34.54 1.8 � �
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.53 11.2 35.53 11.2 � �
Computer support specialists...................................... 27.45 2.8 27.45 2.8 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.89 3.8 39.89 3.8 � �
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.60 8.3 32.60 8.3 � �
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.58 10.8 35.58 10.8 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.15 5.0 34.54 4.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 4.7 26.91 4.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 45.07 7.2 45.07 7.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.25 8.5 32.24 7.6 � �
Engineers......................................................... 41.12 4.3 41.12 4.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.52 8.9 37.52 8.9 � �
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.51 8.7 37.51 8.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.91 11.1 37.91 11.1 � �
Drafters.......................................................... 25.99 6.0 25.99 6.0 � �
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.39 3.4 27.02 4.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.22 5.6 23.32 7.1 � �
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.35 5.2 27.62 6.1 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.46 7.9 33.63 8.5 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 22.83 7.8 23.51 6.8 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.38 .8 25.38 .8 � �
Counselors........................................................ 21.34 5.2 21.22 5.9 � �
Social workers.................................................... 30.21 3.9 30.21 3.9 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 40.25 15.6 39.10 13.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... � � 50.61 28.5 � �
Lawyers........................................................... 55.24 14.4 52.82 11.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 64.23 12.2 59.72 9.3 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.47 9.6 45.33 9.8 16.81 12.9
Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 5.5 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 2.8 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 35.68 3.4 35.68 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.41 2.4 40.42 2.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 43.42 5.3 43.42 5.3 � �
Level 12.................................................. 58.83 1.7 58.83 1.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.64 8.5 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 63.90 21.7 64.38 21.8 � �
Level 11.................................................. 43.42 5.3 43.42 5.3 � �
Level 12.................................................. 58.83 1.7 58.83 1.7 � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 46.79 8.7 47.76 5.9 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.58 3.0 38.57 3.1 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 35.68 3.4 35.68 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.12 2.4 40.12 2.4 � �
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 35.60 7.9 35.60 7.9 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.96 2.2 39.96 2.2 � �
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 38.69 .7 38.69 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.96 2.2 39.96 2.2 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.57 3.5 38.57 3.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 37.31 3.1 37.31 3.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.52 3.0 39.52 3.0 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.30 4.2 38.30 4.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 38.96 4.2 38.96 4.2 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 39.37 2.8 39.37 2.8 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.34 4.4 40.34 4.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 41.26 3.4 41.26 3.4 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.34 4.4 40.34 4.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 41.26 3.4 41.26 3.4 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 14.65 4.0 15.15 2.3 14.13 6.6
Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 5.5 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.30 2.8 � � � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.00 8.2 28.68 8.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.55 14.7 31.86 15.1 � �
Designers......................................................... 20.16 9.9 20.16 9.9 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.63 6.0 37.26 10.0 32.14 5.2
Level 4 .................................................. 18.58 3.1 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.29 1.5 19.96 2.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.51 2.3 25.86 3.1 19.70 3.2
Level 7 .................................................. 28.20 2.1 27.63 2.0 29.08 5.2
Level 9 .................................................. 36.08 2.9 35.81 3.9 36.32 2.8
Level 11.................................................. 50.06 6.0 � � � �
Level 12.................................................. 80.61 1.4 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 36.90 2.9 36.74 2.9 37.07 3.9
Level 9 .................................................. 36.24 3.1 36.14 4.2 36.32 2.8
Level 11.................................................. 47.69 4.9 � � � �
Therapists........................................................ 38.39 6.3 38.85 5.8 � �
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.13 3.7 � � � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 22.04 13.5 � � � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.55 4.2 30.14 3.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.27 3.7 � � � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.32 5.1 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.62 2.7 20.95 2.7 19.75 2.7
Level 5 .................................................. 19.91 4.1 20.13 5.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.23 3.9 21.89 3.8 20.01 3.9
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.13 1.9 17.03 2.1 13.90 3.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.07 3.5 � � 11.34 4.9
Level 3 .................................................. 13.91 3.3 14.16 4.1 13.50 6.1
Level 4 .................................................. 18.59 5.8 18.88 5.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.02 8.7 18.99 6.3 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.78 5.7 14.14 8.7 13.10 3.4
Level 2 .................................................. 11.16 4.4 � � 11.66 6.0
Level 3 .................................................. 13.84 3.7 14.06 4.6 13.50 6.1
Home health aides............................................... 12.96 8.7 � � 12.63 5.1
Level 3 .................................................. 13.34 3.7 � � 13.46 4.0
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.34 3.4 15.11 5.9 13.28 4.8
Level 3 .................................................. 14.06 4.7 14.45 5.6 13.51 8.7
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.71 4.9 19.63 3.3 14.94 8.3
Level 4 .................................................. 19.21 5.1 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.02 8.7 18.99 6.3 � �
Medical assistants.............................................. 16.58 3.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 19.84 10.7 19.97 12.0 18.96 27.6
Level 3 .................................................. 12.48 2.3 � � � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.74 3.3 30.74 3.3 � �
Police officers................................................... 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.87 3.2 31.87 3.2 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.87 3.2 31.87 3.2 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.05 2.8 10.96 4.1 8.47 3.4
Level 1 .................................................. 7.95 4.9 7.75 6.4 7.97 5.0
Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 2.6 8.81 6.6 7.95 2.2
Level 3 .................................................. 11.52 4.4 12.38 6.1 10.90 4.8
Level 4 .................................................. 12.58 3.0 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.04 19.6 16.04 19.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.04 19.6 16.04 19.6 � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.57 6.8 12.68 4.2 9.68 10.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 4.2 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.01 3.8 13.02 7.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.50 4.6 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.63 2.1 11.54 2.4 11.69 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 1.4 � � � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.16 4.4 � � 9.65 7.7
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 2.1 7.63 5.1 7.63 2.4
Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 8.1 � � 7.76 8.9
Level 2 .................................................. 7.59 3.0 � � 7.47 2.7
Bartenders...................................................... 8.01 3.4 � � 7.83 2.1
Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 4.7 � � 7.64 4.3
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.30 3.1 � � 7.32 3.1
Level 1 .................................................. 7.31 7.0 � � 7.40 7.8
Level 2 .................................................. 7.29 .1 � � 7.26 .1
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.33 2.1 � � 8.46 2.4
Level 1 .................................................. 8.34 3.7 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.62 6.3 � � 8.59 7.2
Level 2 .................................................. 8.33 8.4 � � 8.30 9.7
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.82 9.4 � � 8.82 10.9
Level 2 .................................................. 8.34 8.8 � � 8.30 10.1
Dishwashers....................................................... 8.39 3.2 � � 8.21 4.0
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.79 3.5 � � 7.61 2.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.63 5.2 15.71 5.6 10.48 4.0
Level 1 .................................................. 11.80 3.5 12.83 4.5 10.29 7.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.95 4.8 12.35 5.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 16.40 7.6 17.12 5.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.07 7.1 17.07 7.1 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.00 4.4 14.97 4.7 10.64 3.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.94 3.4 12.83 4.5 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 12.02 4.9 12.35 5.2 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.68 8.5 16.50 5.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.18 4.7 18.18 4.7 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.06 6.2 16.07 4.8 11.03 2.8
Level 3 .................................................. 17.96 3.3 18.00 3.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.18 4.7 18.18 4.7 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.64 4.6 12.27 6.0 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.68 9.7 � � � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 18.24 12.6 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 18.24 12.6 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.43 6.4 13.13 10.7 9.73 5.9
Level 1 .................................................. 7.36 9.3 � � 7.36 9.3
Level 2 .................................................. 10.38 2.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.53 4.3 � � 10.23 6.1
Level 5 .................................................. 17.51 9.6 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 10.85 6.1 � � � �
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.98 1.9 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.98 2.1 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 11.68 12.7 � � 8.67 15.5
Recreation workers.............................................. 12.43 15.8 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.34 18.4 27.08 20.3 9.57 5.6
Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.5 � � 8.23 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 2.9 10.48 2.1 8.78 1.9
Level 3 .................................................. 12.77 13.9 13.70 13.1 11.11 13.9
Level 4 .................................................. 17.62 10.4 18.95 10.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.24 10.1 21.24 10.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 27.10 16.7 27.10 16.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.64 4.6 31.64 4.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.78 10.0 � � 10.30 8.0
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.26 13.7 22.26 13.7 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.99 13.4 14.54 14.9 9.43 5.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.5 � � 8.23 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.40 3.6 � � 8.78 1.9
Level 3 .................................................. 12.25 15.1 � � 11.11 13.9
Level 4 .................................................. � � 17.92 9.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.95 6.7 21.95 6.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.39 2.4 � � 9.24 1.9
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.72 2.2 11.06 7.1 8.76 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 3.6 � � 8.21 1.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.51 2.7 � � 8.89 .5
Cashiers...................................................... 9.72 2.2 11.06 7.1 8.76 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 3.6 � � 8.21 1.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.51 2.7 � � 8.89 .5
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.44 13.0 17.35 6.5 10.66 9.9
Level 3 .................................................. 13.77 6.9 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. � � 18.37 11.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.33 4.8 � � � �
Insurance sales agents............................................ 33.21 11.3 33.21 11.3 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.89 13.4 28.89 13.4 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 27.26 15.6 27.26 15.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.46 2.3 18.09 2.1 13.69 4.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.69 3.5 � � 8.84 4.4
Level 2 .................................................. 11.23 6.0 11.44 11.2 10.99 5.5
Level 3 .................................................. 13.83 2.9 14.14 2.9 12.93 2.7
Level 4 .................................................. 16.91 2.0 16.86 2.1 17.31 6.2
Level 5 .................................................. 18.55 2.3 18.73 2.2 16.85 7.4
Level 6 .................................................. 20.06 3.7 20.57 3.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.92 5.1 26.92 5.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.36 4.8 20.43 4.9 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.85 8.7 20.85 8.7 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.24 2.1 17.31 2.5 16.85 9.3
Level 4 .................................................. 16.45 4.5 16.23 3.0 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.76 4.4 18.13 4.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.56 1.8 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.83 7.2 17.83 7.2 � �
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.01 6.1 18.01 6.1 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.52 2.8 17.61 3.0 17.11 7.9
Level 4 .................................................. 16.25 3.2 16.19 3.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.02 5.2 18.74 5.0 � �
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.05 4.0 17.05 4.0 � �
Tellers......................................................... 11.63 6.3 � � � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.20 4.2 18.12 2.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.96 4.9 15.24 4.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.71 4.3 19.71 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.01 5.1 18.01 5.1 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.20 5.1 16.68 6.0 13.07 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 15.16 4.9 � � � �
Dispatchers....................................................... 21.33 16.7 21.33 16.7 � �
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.85 1.6 23.85 1.6 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.82 6.5 13.88 6.7 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.81 7.0 14.86 8.3 10.94 3.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 5.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.44 5.8 18.45 6.0 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.56 4.6 22.12 4.2 16.08 3.9
Level 4 .................................................. 16.72 1.0 16.85 1.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.85 6.7 19.98 7.7 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 20.77 8.2 22.91 2.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.51 4.8 23.51 4.8 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.96 6.6 23.01 6.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.04 9.8 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.80 11.0 23.80 11.0 � �
Legal secretaries............................................... 23.47 7.4 23.47 7.4 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 18.23 7.1 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.73 6.7 19.92 6.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.73 9.1 19.86 9.6 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.49 3.9 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.54 4.2 15.91 4.5 12.90 8.9
Level 2 .................................................. 10.66 5.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.36 3.6 14.35 3.9 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.43 7.9 17.76 8.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.58 5.0 17.86 4.7 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.05 16.7 26.22 17.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 17.4 19.33 17.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 34.61 8.6 34.61 8.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 37.94 5.5 37.94 5.5 � �
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 24.42 2.8 24.42 2.8 � �
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 24.42 2.8 24.42 2.8 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.35 6.1 22.35 6.1 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 16.25 13.7 16.25 13.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.66 8.4 19.66 8.4 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.60 2.1 26.60 2.1 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.08 8.8 28.08 8.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.05 12.2 26.05 12.2 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 28.33 12.1 28.33 12.1 � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.50 11.1 16.50 11.1 � �
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.50 2.9 24.50 2.9 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.12 8.8 22.12 8.8 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 22.04 14.8 22.04 14.8 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 3.9 16.94 2.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.29 4.1 10.59 3.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 2.7 11.71 2.6 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.41 2.6 14.41 2.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.13 2.1 17.13 2.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.08 1.6 19.08 1.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.70 6.6 24.70 6.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.99 11.3 16.99 11.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 29.66 8.9 29.66 8.9 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.75 16.2 15.75 16.2 � �
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.90 17.6 15.90 17.6 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.69 6.9 11.74 6.9 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.40 1.8 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.96 4.0 14.96 4.0 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.28 11.7 15.28 11.7 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.43 4.9 19.43 4.9 � �
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.70 12.7 18.70 12.7 � �
Printers.......................................................... 20.53 7.0 20.53 7.0 � �
Printing machine operators...................................... 22.16 6.3 22.16 6.3 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.16 .4 18.16 .4 � �
Painting workers.................................................. 16.26 3.8 16.26 3.8 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.88 7.2 13.43 5.5 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.13 5.5 10.63 3.7 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.24 15.2 22.38 18.2 10.57 5.6
Level 1 .................................................. 10.61 7.0 12.39 9.4 9.46 4.8
Level 2 .................................................. 12.57 9.5 13.10 10.9 10.91 6.3
Level 3 .................................................. 16.33 10.3 16.55 10.4 14.97 12.9
Level 4 .................................................. 22.49 4.8 22.49 4.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 22.96 8.8 22.96 8.8 � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 20.06 7.1 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.25 8.2 20.65 5.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 23.76 4.6 23.76 4.6 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.43 6.3 20.43 6.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 21.73 7.6 21.73 7.6 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.62 8.9 20.77 9.4 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.23 7.6 15.23 7.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.17 8.8 13.99 10.2 10.30 6.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.06 10.1 13.79 8.6 9.73 6.4
Level 2 .................................................. 10.91 7.2 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.37 22.6 16.24 23.0 � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.10 6.2 12.79 7.1 11.36 5.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.71 8.3 � � 11.19 7.2
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.66 15.4 14.42 18.6 10.00 9.7
Level 1 .................................................. 10.96 13.2 � � � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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), Minneapolis-St.
Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $22.63 3.5 $24.95 3.6 $13.35 4.1
Management occupations.............................................. 46.34 5.2 46.47 5.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 31.23 6.6 31.23 6.6 � �
Level 11.................................................. 44.66 3.4 43.99 3.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.56 6.5 51.58 6.6 � �
General and operations managers................................... 38.78 11.5 38.78 11.5 � �
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.56 13.0 49.56 13.0 � �
Marketing managers.............................................. 52.08 18.4 52.08 18.4 � �
Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.50 4.5 56.50 4.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 56.63 4.8 56.63 4.8 � �
Financial managers................................................ 48.59 13.8 48.22 14.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 52.07 14.8 52.07 14.8 � �
Industrial production managers.................................... 53.85 23.6 53.85 23.6 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.11 4.4 32.46 4.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.45 19.1 26.77 19.3 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 27.74 5.2 27.72 5.3 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 28.75 4.0 29.68 3.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 40.02 2.6 40.02 2.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.87 10.5 35.87 10.5 � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.53 13.3 27.53 13.3 � �
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.10 10.3 24.10 10.3 � �
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.64 11.4 23.64 11.4 � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.60 9.6 28.74 9.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.40 17.5 31.40 17.5 � �
Training and development specialists............................ 36.56 20.4 � � � �
Management analysts............................................... 33.83 15.7 33.83 15.7 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.09 5.6 30.94 4.7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 25.51 6.6 26.76 7.8 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.27 6.1 34.27 6.1 � �
Financial analysts.............................................. 34.88 6.5 34.88 6.5 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.81 4.9 35.81 4.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 25.63 4.2 25.63 4.2 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 34.01 7.7 34.01 7.7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 38.65 2.5 38.65 2.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.86 8.9 41.86 8.9 � �
Computer software engineers....................................... 39.52 9.0 39.52 9.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 38.96 2.7 38.96 2.7 � �
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.23 10.6 41.23 10.6 � �
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.53 11.2 35.53 11.2 � �
Computer support specialists...................................... 27.37 3.0 27.37 3.0 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.75 4.1 40.75 4.1 � �
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 34.26 5.9 34.26 5.9 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.42 5.4 34.84 5.0 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 27.04 4.8 27.04 4.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.25 8.5 32.24 7.6 � �
Engineers......................................................... 41.33 4.5 41.33 4.5 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.52 8.9 37.52 8.9 � �
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.51 8.7 37.51 8.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.91 11.1 37.91 11.1 � �
Drafters.......................................................... 25.99 6.0 25.99 6.0 � �
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.74 3.3 27.48 3.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.22 5.6 23.32 7.1 � �
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... � � 28.19 5.1 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.47 14.5 34.86 16.3 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.06 7.6 21.74 7.7 � �
Counselors........................................................ 20.00 1.7 19.66 2.1 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 39.10 17.9 37.80 15.7 � �
Lawyers........................................................... 57.45 15.5 54.69 12.2 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 64.23 12.2 59.72 9.3 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.19 13.9 34.35 15.1 � �
Level 12.................................................. 58.83 1.7 58.83 1.7 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.61 2.8 48.77 2.3 � �
Level 12.................................................. 58.83 1.7 58.83 1.7 � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 46.79 8.7 47.76 5.9 � �
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.01 8.2 28.70 8.9 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.55 14.7 31.86 15.1 � �
Designers......................................................... 20.16 9.9 20.16 9.9 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.80 6.4 37.43 10.9 32.55 5.3
Level 4 .................................................. 18.89 3.9 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 20.26 1.6 19.88 2.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.53 2.2 25.86 3.1 19.73 3.2
Level 7 .................................................. 28.31 2.1 27.78 1.9 29.08 5.2
Level 9 .................................................. 35.66 3.1 34.73 4.4 36.32 2.8
Level 11.................................................. 50.58 6.5 � � � �
Level 12.................................................. 80.61 1.4 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 36.84 3.2 36.56 3.6 37.07 3.9
Level 9 .................................................. 35.96 3.3 35.37 5.0 36.32 2.8
Level 11.................................................. 47.55 5.3 � � � �
Therapists........................................................ 35.21 7.6 � � � �
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.36 4.2 � � � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.07 3.5 30.95 2.2 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.27 3.7 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.68 2.8 20.99 2.7 19.82 2.9
Level 5 .................................................. 19.91 4.1 20.13 5.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.23 3.9 21.89 3.8 20.01 3.9
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.02 1.8 16.89 1.9 13.71 3.1
Level 2 .................................................. 11.05 3.5 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.86 3.3 14.09 4.1 13.50 6.1
Level 4 .................................................. 18.74 5.8 18.88 5.9 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.02 8.7 18.99 6.3 � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.76 5.8 14.09 8.8 13.13 3.5
Level 3 .................................................. 13.79 3.7 13.98 4.7 13.50 6.1
Home health aides............................................... 12.96 8.7 � � 12.63 5.1
Level 3 .................................................. 13.34 3.7 � � 13.46 4.0
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.33 3.5 15.05 6.1 13.32 4.9
Level 3 .................................................. 13.99 4.7 14.34 5.8 13.51 8.7
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.71 4.9 19.63 3.3 14.94 8.3
Level 4 .................................................. 19.21 5.1 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.02 8.7 18.99 6.3 � �
Medical assistants.............................................. 16.58 3.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 13.55 11.0 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.50 2.4 � � � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.95 2.8 10.96 4.1 8.32 3.4
Level 1 .................................................. 7.89 5.1 7.75 6.4 7.91 5.3
Level 2 .................................................. 7.93 2.6 8.81 6.6 7.69 1.4
Level 3 .................................................. 11.46 4.5 12.38 6.1 10.77 5.1
Level 4 .................................................. 12.58 3.0 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.04 19.6 16.04 19.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.04 19.6 16.04 19.6 � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.57 6.8 12.68 4.2 9.68 10.3
Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 4.2 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 12.01 3.8 13.02 7.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 12.50 4.6 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.63 2.1 11.54 2.4 11.69 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 11.47 1.4 � � � �
Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.58 3.2 � � � �
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 2.1 7.63 5.1 7.63 2.4
Level 1 .................................................. 7.61 8.1 � � 7.76 8.9
Level 2 .................................................. 7.59 3.0 � � 7.47 2.7
Bartenders...................................................... 8.01 3.4 � � 7.83 2.1
Level 2 .................................................. 7.92 4.7 � � 7.64 4.3
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.30 3.1 � � 7.32 3.1
Level 1 .................................................. 7.31 7.0 � � 7.40 7.8
Level 2 .................................................. 7.29 .1 � � 7.26 .1
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.33 2.1 � � 8.46 2.4
Level 1 .................................................. 8.34 3.7 � � � �
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.25 3.3 � � 8.15 4.0
Level 2 .................................................. 7.84 .0 � � 7.71 .1
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.38 5.1 � � 8.28 6.4
Level 2 .................................................. 7.84 .0 � � � �
Dishwashers....................................................... 8.39 3.2 � � 8.21 4.0
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.79 3.5 � � 7.61 2.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.65 3.5 13.47 4.2 10.56 4.0
Level 1 .................................................. 11.92 3.3 12.83 4.5 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 5.1 12.04 5.9 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.71 10.8 15.76 8.6 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.68 4.0 13.53 5.1 10.65 4.0
Level 1 .................................................. 11.99 3.4 12.83 4.5 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.73 5.2 12.04 5.9 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.71 10.8 15.76 8.6 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.41 6.7 14.44 6.9 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.65 4.8 12.29 6.3 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.33 6.9 13.13 11.8 9.61 6.2
Level 1 .................................................. 7.27 9.2 � � 7.27 9.2
Level 3 .................................................. 10.43 4.3 � � 10.05 6.4
Level 5 .................................................. 17.51 9.6 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 10.51 5.8 � � � �
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.98 1.9 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 10.98 2.1 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 11.41 15.7 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.34 18.4 27.08 20.3 9.57 5.6
Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.5 � � 8.23 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 2.9 10.48 2.1 8.78 1.9
Level 3 .................................................. 12.77 13.9 13.70 13.1 11.11 13.9
Level 4 .................................................. 17.62 10.4 18.95 10.7 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.24 10.1 21.24 10.1 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 27.10 16.7 27.10 16.7 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.64 4.6 31.64 4.6 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.78 10.0 � � 10.30 8.0
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.26 13.7 22.26 13.7 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.99 13.4 14.54 14.9 9.43 5.1
Level 1 .................................................. 8.62 3.5 � � 8.23 1.2
Level 2 .................................................. 9.40 3.6 � � 8.78 1.9
Level 3 .................................................. 12.25 15.1 � � 11.11 13.9
Level 4 .................................................. � � 17.92 9.3 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.95 6.7 21.95 6.7 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.39 2.4 � � 9.24 1.9
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.72 2.2 11.06 7.1 8.76 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 3.6 � � 8.21 1.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.51 2.7 � � 8.89 .5
Cashiers...................................................... 9.72 2.2 11.06 7.1 8.76 1.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 3.6 � � 8.21 1.7
Level 2 .................................................. 9.51 2.7 � � 8.89 .5
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.44 13.0 17.35 6.5 10.66 9.9
Level 3 .................................................. 13.77 6.9 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. � � 18.37 11.8 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.33 4.8 � � � �
Insurance sales agents............................................ 33.21 11.3 33.21 11.3 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.89 13.4 28.89 13.4 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 27.26 15.6 27.26 15.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.15 2.6 17.82 2.4 13.62 4.4
Level 1 .................................................. 8.69 3.5 � � 8.84 4.4
Level 2 .................................................. 11.18 6.3 11.35 12.0 11.01 5.5
Level 3 .................................................. 13.59 3.0 13.87 3.3 12.86 2.9
Level 4 .................................................. 16.30 1.9 16.13 1.6 17.39 6.7
Level 5 .................................................. 17.76 1.7 17.88 1.5 16.82 7.8
Level 6 .................................................. 19.71 3.6 20.22 2.9 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 26.92 5.1 26.92 5.1 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.38 5.0 20.45 5.1 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.70 9.2 20.70 9.2 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.82 2.6 16.81 3.1 16.85 9.3
Level 4 .................................................. 16.04 5.9 15.64 3.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.07 4.2 17.12 3.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 21.56 1.8 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.80 7.9 16.80 7.9 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.96 2.9 16.92 3.1 17.11 7.9
Level 4 .................................................. 15.97 3.9 15.88 4.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 17.23 5.3 � � � �
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.72 3.5 16.72 3.5 � �
Tellers......................................................... 11.63 6.3 � � � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.20 4.2 18.12 2.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 13.96 4.9 15.24 4.5 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.71 4.3 19.71 4.3 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 18.01 5.1 18.01 5.1 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.55 5.2 16.03 5.8 13.07 5.0
Level 3 .................................................. 14.83 6.7 � � � �
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.85 1.6 23.85 1.6 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.82 6.5 13.88 6.7 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.74 5.9 13.55 8.2 10.94 3.2
Level 1 .................................................. 8.89 5.6 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.49 5.8 � � � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.54 5.0 22.13 4.5 16.00 3.9
Level 4 .................................................. 16.83 .8 17.00 .6 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 18.74 6.6 18.68 7.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 19.96 8.5 � � � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.72 4.9 23.72 4.9 � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.57 7.3 22.69 7.0 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.80 11.0 23.80 11.0 � �
Legal secretaries............................................... 23.47 7.4 23.47 7.4 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 18.23 7.1 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.16 8.0 20.35 8.2 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.49 3.9 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.96 3.4 14.25 3.5 12.43 9.9
Level 3 .................................................. 13.73 2.7 13.72 3.0 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 14.53 5.3 � � � �
Level 5 .................................................. 15.81 4.5 16.10 4.1 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.13 17.9 26.32 18.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 35.06 8.5 35.06 8.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 37.94 5.5 37.94 5.5 � �
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 24.42 2.8 24.42 2.8 � �
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 24.42 2.8 24.42 2.8 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.83 6.6 21.83 6.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 15.57 15.4 15.57 15.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.38 9.2 19.38 9.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 26.30 2.5 26.30 2.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 28.29 9.3 28.29 9.3 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.05 12.2 26.05 12.2 � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.50 11.1 16.50 11.1 � �
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.50 3.3 24.50 3.3 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.75 9.9 21.75 9.9 � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.88 17.6 21.88 17.6 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 16.57 3.9 16.84 2.9 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.29 4.1 10.59 3.1 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.66 2.7 11.71 2.6 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.41 2.6 14.41 2.6 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 17.13 2.1 17.13 2.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 19.08 1.6 19.08 1.6 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 24.49 6.9 24.49 6.9 � �
Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.99 11.3 16.99 11.3 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 29.66 8.9 29.66 8.9 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.75 16.2 15.75 16.2 � �
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.90 17.6 15.90 17.6 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.69 6.9 11.74 6.9 � �
Level 2 .................................................. 11.40 1.8 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.96 4.0 14.96 4.0 � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.28 11.7 15.28 11.7 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.43 4.9 19.43 4.9 � �
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.70 12.7 18.70 12.7 � �
Printers.......................................................... 20.53 7.0 20.53 7.0 � �
Printing machine operators...................................... 22.16 6.3 22.16 6.3 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.16 .4 18.16 .4 � �
Painting workers.................................................. 16.26 3.8 16.26 3.8 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.88 7.2 13.43 5.5 � �
Level 1 .................................................. 10.13 5.5 10.63 3.7 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.06 16.2 22.33 19.4 10.27 5.1
Level 1 .................................................. 10.39 6.7 11.91 8.9 9.46 4.8
Level 2 .................................................. 12.25 10.2 12.74 11.7 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.48 9.8 15.68 9.8 14.06 14.3
Level 4 .................................................. 22.49 4.8 22.49 4.8 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 22.25 10.0 22.25 10.0 � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.20 8.4 20.64 5.5 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 23.76 4.6 23.76 4.6 � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.43 6.3 20.43 6.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 21.73 7.6 21.73 7.6 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.60 9.9 20.77 10.4 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.23 7.6 15.23 7.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.03 8.9 13.76 10.6 10.30 6.9
Level 1 .................................................. 10.76 9.7 13.08 9.1 9.73 6.4
Level 2 .................................................. 10.91 7.2 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.37 22.6 16.24 23.0 � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.10 6.2 12.79 7.1 11.36 5.9
Level 1 .................................................. 11.71 8.3 � � 11.19 7.2
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.66 15.4 14.42 18.6 10.00 9.7
Level 1 .................................................. 10.96 13.2 � � � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 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),
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $31.98 4.2 $33.02 4.2 $15.40 6.1
Management occupations.............................................. 47.19 9.0 47.24 9.0 � �
Level 11.................................................. 48.59 4.0 48.59 4.0 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 50.19 11.5 50.19 11.5 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.69 2.0 49.69 2.0 � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.53 .7 53.53 .7 � �
Level 11.................................................. 49.69 2.0 49.69 2.0 � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.15 9.2 28.15 9.2 � �
Level 6 .................................................. 22.78 2.0 22.78 2.0 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.74 6.8 32.74 6.8 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.42 8.1 30.42 8.1 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.41 5.5 32.41 5.5 � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 25.71 5.8 25.71 5.8 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 46.28 10.4 47.53 10.6 18.49 16.3
Level 3 .................................................. 14.55 2.6 � � � �
Level 8 .................................................. 35.68 3.4 35.68 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.96 2.1 40.97 2.2 � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 69.05 26.9 69.05 26.9 � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.72 2.5 39.72 2.5 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 35.68 3.4 35.68 3.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.64 2.1 40.66 2.2 � �
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 38.69 .7 38.69 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.96 2.2 39.96 2.2 � �
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 38.69 .7 38.69 .7 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 39.96 2.2 39.96 2.2 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.82 1.9 39.82 1.9 � �
Level 8 .................................................. 37.31 3.1 37.31 3.1 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.48 2.0 40.48 2.0 � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.59 2.5 39.59 2.5 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 40.19 2.6 40.19 2.6 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.50 1.5 40.50 1.5 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.34 4.4 40.34 4.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 41.26 3.4 41.26 3.4 � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.34 4.4 40.34 4.4 � �
Level 9 .................................................. 41.26 3.4 41.26 3.4 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 15.09 2.6 � � � �
Level 3 .................................................. 14.55 2.6 � � � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.49 9.3 35.61 8.2 � �
Registered nurses................................................. 37.51 3.5 37.51 3.5 � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 29.37 6.5 29.83 6.5 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 30.74 3.3 30.74 3.3 � �
Police officers................................................... 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.87 3.2 31.87 3.2 � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Level 7 .................................................. 31.87 3.2 31.87 3.2 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.54 6.0 � � 12.54 6.0
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 12.37 8.9 � � 12.37 8.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.83 3.2 19.23 4.6 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 18.16 4.2 � � � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.70 3.8 18.70 3.8 � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 17.68 2.4 17.89 2.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.70 3.8 18.70 3.8 � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 17.80 2.4 18.01 2.2 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.70 3.8 18.70 3.8 � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.81 7.1 � � � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.61 3.6 19.75 3.5 � �
Level 3 .................................................. 15.67 2.3 15.70 2.4 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 18.96 4.3 19.06 4.4 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 22.40 1.9 22.53 2.3 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 19.42 4.2 19.42 4.2 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.49 5.5 19.49 5.5 � �
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.74 8.9 21.97 10.0 � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 18.68 6.0 18.84 6.3 � �
Level 4 .................................................. 19.98 3.6 20.19 3.1 � �
Level 5 .................................................. 21.43 1.6 21.43 1.6 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.08 9.3 26.08 9.3 � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.02 4.4 23.06 2.7 � �
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment.
Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as
part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job
controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs.
Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the
occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Minneapolis-St.
Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $23.82 3.0 $26.13 3.1 $13.44 3.9
Management occupations.............................................. 46.47 4.6 46.60 4.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.06 12.2 � � � �
Group III................................................. 42.59 6.1 � � � �
General and operations managers................................... 38.78 11.5 38.78 11.5 � �
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.56 13.0 49.56 13.0 � �
Group III................................................. 46.56 5.2 � � � �
Marketing managers.............................................. 52.08 18.4 52.08 18.4 � �
Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.50 4.5 56.50 4.5 � �
Financial managers................................................ 49.31 12.6 49.00 13.1 � �
Industrial production managers.................................... 53.85 23.6 53.85 23.6 � �
Education administrators.......................................... 42.82 12.3 42.82 12.3 � �
Group III................................................. 49.47 7.2 � � � �
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.53 .7 53.53 .7 � �
Group III................................................. 53.67 .8 53.67 .8 � �
Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.85 13.7 � � � �
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.76 4.0 32.07 4.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 25.56 9.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 34.89 3.5 � � � �
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.53 13.3 27.53 13.3 � �
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.26 7.3 24.26 7.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.21 9.4 � � � �
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.99 7.9 23.99 7.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.21 9.4 22.21 9.4 � �
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.92 9.0 29.06 8.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.15 10.0 � � � �
Training and development specialists............................ 36.56 20.4 � � � �
Management analysts............................................... 33.97 14.9 33.97 14.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 24.51 6.9 24.51 6.9 � �
Group III................................................. 49.16 18.3 49.16 18.3 � �
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.59 5.0 30.32 4.4 � �
Group II.................................................. 23.03 7.4 23.18 7.9 � �
Group III................................................. 33.36 6.3 35.26 7.7 � �
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.50 5.4 34.50 5.4 � �
Group III................................................. 35.77 6.0 � � � �
Financial analysts.............................................. 35.09 5.5 35.09 5.5 � �
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.55 13.3 38.55 13.3 � �
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.41 4.2 35.41 4.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.07 7.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 37.56 4.0 � � � �
Computer software engineers....................................... 39.23 8.7 39.23 8.7 � �
Group III................................................. 37.75 3.0 � � � �
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.69 10.2 40.69 10.2 � �
Group III................................................. 36.71 3.1 36.71 3.1 � �
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.53 11.2 35.53 11.2 � �
Computer support specialists...................................... 27.45 2.8 27.45 2.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 25.86 2.8 25.86 2.8 � �
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.89 3.8 39.89 3.8 � �
Group III................................................. 41.00 4.5 41.00 4.5 � �
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.60 8.3 32.60 8.3 � �
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.58 10.8 35.58 10.8 � �
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.15 5.0 34.54 4.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.05 4.3 � � � �
Group III................................................. 39.80 3.4 � � � �
Engineers......................................................... 41.12 4.3 41.12 4.3 � �
Group III................................................. 40.77 4.0 � � � �
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.51 8.7 37.51 8.7 � �
Drafters.......................................................... 25.99 6.0 25.99 6.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.14 7.0 � � � �
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.39 3.4 27.02 4.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 27.27 4.6 � � � �
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.35 5.2 27.62 6.1 � �
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.46 7.9 33.63 8.5 � �
Group III................................................. 41.61 13.1 � � � �
Community and social services occupations........................... 22.83 7.8 23.51 6.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.97 9.8 � � � �
Group III................................................. 28.96 9.5 � � � �
Counselors........................................................ 21.34 5.2 21.22 5.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.04 13.6 � � � �
Social workers.................................................... 30.21 3.9 30.21 3.9 � �
Legal occupations................................................... 40.25 15.6 39.10 13.7 � �
Group III................................................. 39.88 11.7 � � � �
Lawyers........................................................... 55.24 14.4 52.82 11.3 � �
Group III................................................. 45.97 9.1 45.97 9.1 � �
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.47 9.6 45.33 9.8 16.81 12.9
Group I................................................... 14.40 3.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 32.25 4.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 41.68 2.1 � � � �
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 63.90 21.7 64.38 21.8 � �
Group III................................................. 45.39 4.4 � � � �
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 46.79 8.7 47.76 5.9 � �
Group III................................................. 47.76 5.9 � � � �
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.58 3.0 38.57 3.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 33.08 5.1 � � � �
Group III................................................. 40.12 2.4 � � � �
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 35.60 7.9 35.60 7.9 � �
Group III................................................. 39.96 2.2 � � � �
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 38.69 .7 38.69 .7 � �
Group III................................................. 39.96 2.2 39.96 2.2 � �
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.57 3.5 38.57 3.5 � �
Group II.................................................. 35.16 4.9 � � � �
Group III................................................. 39.52 3.0 � � � �
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.30 4.2 38.30 4.2 � �
Group II.................................................. 35.67 3.8 35.67 3.8 � �
Group III................................................. 38.96 4.2 38.96 4.2 � �
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 39.37 2.8 39.37 2.8 � �
Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.34 4.4 40.34 4.4 � �
Group III................................................. 41.26 3.4 � � � �
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.34 4.4 40.34 4.4 � �
Group III................................................. 41.26 3.4 41.26 3.4 � �
Teacher assistants................................................ 14.65 4.0 15.15 2.3 14.13 6.6
Group I................................................... 14.40 3.9 15.15 2.3 13.50 7.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.00 8.2 28.68 8.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.49 8.0 � � � �
Group III................................................. 29.91 11.9 � � � �
Designers......................................................... 20.16 9.9 20.16 9.9 � �
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.63 6.0 37.26 10.0 32.14 5.2
Group I................................................... 17.77 7.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 24.76 1.6 � � � �
Group III................................................. 46.99 6.8 � � � �
Registered nurses................................................. 36.90 2.9 36.74 2.9 37.07 3.9
Group II.................................................. 25.78 3.4 � � � �
Group III................................................. 38.11 3.6 38.47 4.1 37.79 3.8
Therapists........................................................ 38.39 6.3 38.85 5.8 � �
Group III................................................. 38.14 8.8 � � � �
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.13 3.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 25.62 1.7 � � � �
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 22.04 13.5 � � � �
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.55 4.2 30.14 3.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 28.90 4.9 � � � �
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.32 5.1 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 29.32 5.1 � � � �
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.62 2.7 20.95 2.7 19.75 2.7
Group II.................................................. 20.83 3.2 21.29 3.3 19.82 2.9
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.13 1.9 17.03 2.1 13.90 3.1
Group I................................................... 15.14 2.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.24 7.0 � � � �
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.78 5.7 14.14 8.7 13.10 3.4
Group I................................................... 13.60 5.1 � � � �
Home health aides............................................... 12.96 8.7 � � 12.63 5.1
Group I................................................... 12.96 8.7 � � 12.63 5.1
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.34 3.4 15.11 5.9 13.28 4.8
Group I................................................... 14.07 2.3 14.70 4.3 13.28 4.8
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.71 4.9 19.63 3.3 14.94 8.3
Group I................................................... 18.52 8.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 18.92 6.7 � � � �
Medical assistants.............................................. 16.58 3.0 � � � �
Protective service occupations...................................... 19.84 10.7 19.97 12.0 18.96 27.6
Group I................................................... 12.16 1.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 29.29 7.0 � � � �
Police officers................................................... 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.15 2.5 � � � �
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 31.15 2.5 31.64 2.6 � �
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.05 2.8 10.96 4.1 8.47 3.4
Group I................................................... 8.80 2.2 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.04 19.6 16.04 19.6 � �
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.04 19.6 16.04 19.6 � �
Cooks............................................................. 10.57 6.8 12.68 4.2 9.68 10.3
Group I................................................... 10.57 6.8 � � � �
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.63 2.1 11.54 2.4 11.69 5.0
Group I................................................... 11.63 2.1 11.54 2.4 11.69 5.0
Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.16 4.4 � � 9.65 7.7
Group I................................................... 9.16 4.4 � � 9.65 7.7
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 2.1 7.63 5.1 7.63 2.4
Group I................................................... 7.63 2.1 � � � �
Bartenders...................................................... 8.01 3.4 � � 7.83 2.1
Group I................................................... 8.01 3.4 � � 7.83 2.1
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.30 3.1 � � 7.32 3.1
Group I................................................... 7.30 3.1 � � 7.32 3.1
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.33 2.1 � � 8.46 2.4
Group I................................................... 8.33 2.1 � � 8.46 2.4
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.62 6.3 � � 8.59 7.2
Group I................................................... 8.62 6.3 � � � �
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 8.82 9.4 � � 8.82 10.9
Group I................................................... 8.82 9.4 � � 8.82 10.9
Dishwashers....................................................... 8.39 3.2 � � 8.21 4.0
Group I................................................... 8.21 4.0 � � 8.21 4.0
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.79 3.5 � � 7.61 2.4
Group I................................................... 7.79 3.5 � � 7.61 2.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.63 5.2 15.71 5.6 10.48 4.0
Group I................................................... 14.10 3.9 � � � �
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.00 4.4 14.97 4.7 10.64 3.9
Group I................................................... 13.95 4.5 � � � �
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.06 6.2 16.07 4.8 11.03 2.8
Group I................................................... 15.04 6.4 15.96 4.9 � �
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.64 4.6 12.27 6.0 � �
Group I................................................... 11.64 4.6 12.27 6.0 � �
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 18.24 12.6 � � � �
Group I................................................... 15.16 9.9 � � � �
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 18.24 12.6 � � � �
Group I................................................... 15.16 9.9 � � � �
Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.43 6.4 13.13 10.7 9.73 5.9
Group I................................................... 10.57 3.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 17.09 8.7 � � � �
Child care workers................................................ 10.85 6.1 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.85 6.1 � � � �
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.98 1.9 � � � �
Group I................................................... 10.98 1.9 � � � �
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 11.68 12.7 � � 8.67 15.5
Group I................................................... 9.77 14.7 � � � �
Recreation workers.............................................. 12.43 15.8 � � � �
Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.34 18.4 27.08 20.3 9.57 5.6
Group I................................................... 12.24 14.5 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 30.64 17.7 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.82 13.9 22.82 13.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.94 14.7 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.26 13.7 22.26 13.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 26.94 14.7 26.94 14.7 � �
Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.99 13.4 14.54 14.9 9.43 5.1
Group I................................................... 11.33 14.8 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.95 6.7 � � � �
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.72 2.2 11.06 7.1 8.76 1.2
Group I................................................... 9.65 1.9 � � � �
Cashiers...................................................... 9.72 2.2 11.06 7.1 8.76 1.2
Group I................................................... 9.65 1.9 11.03 9.0 8.72 .9
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.44 13.0 17.35 6.5 10.66 9.9
Group I................................................... 13.92 17.0 16.78 14.1 11.04 11.0
Insurance sales agents............................................ 33.21 11.3 33.21 11.3 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.89 13.4 28.89 13.4 � �
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 27.26 15.6 27.26 15.6 � �
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.46 2.3 18.09 2.1 13.69 4.2
Group I................................................... 14.66 2.2 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 20.13 3.1 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.85 8.7 20.85 8.7 � �
Group II.................................................. 20.56 8.8 20.56 8.8 � �
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.24 2.1 17.31 2.5 16.85 9.3
Group I................................................... 15.39 4.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 19.12 4.2 � � � �
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.01 6.1 18.01 6.1 � �
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.52 2.8 17.61 3.0 17.11 7.9
Group I................................................... 15.82 4.1 15.76 4.3 � �
Group II.................................................. 18.70 4.8 19.48 4.2 � �
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.05 4.0 17.05 4.0 � �
Tellers......................................................... 11.63 6.3 � � � �
Group I................................................... 11.63 6.3 � � � �
Customer service representatives.................................. 17.20 4.2 18.12 2.7 � �
Group I................................................... 14.65 4.7 15.82 3.6 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.55 3.4 19.55 3.4 � �
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.20 5.1 16.68 6.0 13.07 5.0
Group I................................................... 15.03 5.2 16.51 6.3 13.07 5.0
Dispatchers....................................................... 21.33 16.7 21.33 16.7 � �
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.85 1.6 23.85 1.6 � �
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.82 6.5 13.88 6.7 � �
Group I................................................... 13.65 8.2 13.72 8.8 � �
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.81 7.0 14.86 8.3 10.94 3.2
Group I................................................... 13.70 7.1 14.75 8.6 10.94 3.2
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.56 4.6 22.12 4.2 16.08 3.9
Group I................................................... 16.66 1.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 21.62 5.1 � � � �
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.96 6.6 23.01 6.1 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.85 7.1 23.64 4.2 � �
Legal secretaries............................................... 23.47 7.4 23.47 7.4 � �
Medical secretaries............................................. 18.23 7.1 � � � �
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.73 6.7 19.92 6.9 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.73 9.1 19.86 9.6 � �
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.49 3.9 � � � �
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.54 4.2 15.91 4.5 12.90 8.9
Group I................................................... 14.94 5.5 15.37 5.9 12.74 10.2
Group II.................................................. 17.60 4.8 17.87 4.5 � �
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.05 16.7 26.22 17.3 � �
Group I................................................... 17.26 14.7 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 29.40 20.7 � � � �
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 24.42 2.8 24.42 2.8 � �
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 24.42 2.8 24.42 2.8 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.35 6.1 22.35 6.1 � �
Group I................................................... 16.69 11.0 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 23.95 5.5 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 28.33 12.1 28.33 12.1 � �
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.50 11.1 16.50 11.1 � �
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.50 2.9 24.50 2.9 � �
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.12 8.8 22.12 8.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 21.37 11.5 � � � �
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 22.04 14.8 22.04 14.8 � �
Group II.................................................. 19.77 11.3 19.77 11.3 � �
Production occupations.............................................. 16.67 3.9 16.94 2.9 � �
Group I................................................... 13.28 4.3 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 22.58 1.4 � � � �
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 29.66 8.9 29.66 8.9 � �
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.75 16.2 15.75 16.2 � �
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.90 17.6 15.90 17.6 � �
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.69 6.9 11.74 6.9 � �
Group I................................................... 12.46 2.4 � � � �
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.28 11.7 15.28 11.7 � �
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.43 4.9 19.43 4.9 � �
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.70 12.7 18.70 12.7 � �
Printers.......................................................... 20.53 7.0 20.53 7.0 � �
Group II.................................................. 22.78 7.7 � � � �
Printing machine operators...................................... 22.16 6.3 22.16 6.3 � �
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.16 .4 18.16 .4 � �
Group I................................................... 16.66 14.8 16.66 14.8 � �
Painting workers.................................................. 16.26 3.8 16.26 3.8 � �
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.88 7.2 13.43 5.5 � �
Group I................................................... 12.05 6.3 � � � �
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.24 15.2 22.38 18.2 10.57 5.6
Group I................................................... 14.33 7.9 � � � �
Group II.................................................. 22.91 7.5 � � � �
Bus drivers....................................................... 20.06 7.1 � � � �
Group I................................................... 20.06 7.1 � � � �
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.25 8.2 20.65 5.3 � �
Group I................................................... 18.36 10.8 � � � �
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.43 6.3 20.43 6.3 � �
Group I................................................... 19.27 12.1 19.27 12.1 � �
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.62 8.9 20.77 9.4 � �
Group I................................................... 20.62 8.9 20.77 9.4 � �
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.23 7.6 15.23 7.6 � �
Group I................................................... 15.34 8.6 15.34 8.6 � �
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.17 8.8 13.99 10.2 10.30 6.9
Group I................................................... 12.22 9.2 � � � �
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.10 6.2 12.79 7.1 11.36 5.9
Group I................................................... 12.20 6.8 12.79 7.1 11.54 6.8
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.66 15.4 14.42 18.6 10.00 9.7
Group I................................................... 12.66 15.4 14.42 18.6 10.00 9.7
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), Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.46 $12.94 $19.19 $29.83 $41.83
Management occupations.............................................. 26.41 33.65 42.01 55.45 64.10
General and operations managers................................... 19.34 31.44 37.47 44.98 53.51
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.82 37.09 43.70 57.19 95.30
Marketing managers.............................................. 30.68 37.09 40.87 47.52 102.98
Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.48 52.26 53.16 61.30 66.67
Financial managers................................................ 25.71 35.57 52.02 59.34 77.63
Industrial production managers.................................... 25.96 31.99 37.40 52.70 146.79
Education administrators.......................................... 28.50 35.92 35.92 53.37 60.22
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.93 47.08 55.45 60.08 63.77
Medical and health services managers.............................. 30.02 30.02 46.36 47.00 47.13
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.73 22.50 29.02 36.65 45.56
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.73 18.73 24.90 30.53 39.25
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 16.82 20.46 22.03 29.13 31.42
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 16.69 20.46 22.03 29.13 31.44
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.53 21.59 26.15 32.93 47.77
Training and development specialists............................ 17.35 24.51 36.81 50.48 56.47
Management analysts............................................... 21.15 25.04 28.85 34.81 55.04
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.30 22.50 28.85 36.54 41.78
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.22 31.25 35.93 38.34 44.45
Financial analysts.............................................. 26.25 31.27 36.29 37.59 44.45
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 16.39 16.39 25.30 36.06 135.58
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.32 28.02 35.38 40.72 48.61
Computer software engineers....................................... 29.02 34.16 37.71 43.23 57.39
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.29 34.19 37.23 47.54 57.39
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 20.40 31.81 37.98 41.15 45.19
Computer support specialists...................................... 23.32 24.36 27.27 28.63 33.32
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.16 34.81 38.92 44.81 48.83
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 23.27 28.37 35.82 37.89 37.89
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 24.78 26.51 35.00 45.51 54.07
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.94 25.75 30.84 39.51 50.62
Engineers......................................................... 25.50 33.25 39.51 48.80 56.86
Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.00 30.84 36.00 45.49 49.22
Drafters.......................................................... 21.25 23.00 27.54 28.31 28.37
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.95 22.55 27.90 29.83 33.87
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 17.63 24.24 28.90 29.83 29.89
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.51 26.84 31.58 35.48 47.11
Community and social services occupations........................... 16.00 20.00 22.77 25.74 29.35
Counselors........................................................ 12.77 19.95 22.77 23.56 26.39
Social workers.................................................... 24.00 24.83 29.30 35.33 38.74
Legal occupations................................................... 17.98 23.52 33.72 56.12 66.11
Lawyers........................................................... 34.89 38.77 55.29 66.11 78.43
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 18.57 30.66 39.80 49.17 59.66
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.66 41.06 50.65 74.86 139.90
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.06 41.06 42.12 51.33 65.21
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.58 31.94 38.86 45.37 50.33
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.83 25.59 38.93 42.29 46.52
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.92 33.74 41.42 42.29 47.66
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.24 32.08 38.46 45.15 50.04
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.24 32.43 37.45 44.85 49.17
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 27.38 31.72 38.46 45.84 51.81
Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.56 34.06 39.65 47.28 51.93
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 28.56 34.06 39.65 47.28 51.93
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.09 12.58 14.94 16.16 18.12
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.02 20.40 24.04 36.68 40.73
Designers......................................................... 14.71 14.71 21.72 23.98 26.09
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.82 23.01 31.51 42.09 57.50
Registered nurses................................................. 26.62 30.00 36.36 43.48 46.47
Therapists........................................................ 28.30 30.07 36.82 45.72 52.75
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.51 19.51 23.50 29.20 31.81
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.52 17.73 21.96 23.53 30.54
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 20.12 25.08 32.00 34.43 35.55
Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.92 25.50 31.64 32.08 34.52
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.15 18.82 19.73 22.19 25.09
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 12.65 16.25 19.67 20.41
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.83 11.40 13.21 16.20 18.78
Home health aides............................................... 10.83 10.83 12.45 14.19 17.15
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.37 11.91 13.56 16.63 18.96
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.34 16.68 19.67 20.41 21.42
Medical assistants.............................................. 15.30 15.88 16.48 17.27 18.50
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.50 11.96 14.00 30.00 34.39
Police officers................................................... 26.30 29.31 31.61 34.34 34.97
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.30 29.31 31.61 34.34 34.97
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 10.00 12.62
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 12.47 13.46 13.46 16.17 25.49
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 12.47 13.46 13.46 16.17 25.49
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 8.00 10.71 12.50 14.50
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.25 10.75 12.00 12.50 13.50
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 7.50 8.82 9.50 12.62
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.75 7.25 7.25 7.58 9.00
Bartenders...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 9.00 9.52
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.67 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.58
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.25 7.50 8.50 8.62 9.78
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.20 11.95
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.50 12.51
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.50 9.00 9.50
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.81 8.84
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.78 11.40 13.47 17.51 20.55
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.78 10.75 13.22 16.62 19.45
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.50 12.16 14.41 17.90 19.80
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.15 9.91 11.44 13.46 13.76
Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.20 12.67 17.51 27.24 27.24
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.20 12.67 17.51 27.24 27.24
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.51 10.00 10.49 12.79 15.33
Child care workers................................................ 9.50 10.00 10.00 11.30 14.50
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.49 10.49 10.50 11.00 12.50
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.88 9.00 12.75 13.72 17.64
Recreation workers.............................................. 4.50 12.04 13.01 14.05 17.85
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 10.00 13.00 22.74 33.78
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.17 14.50 18.73 35.73 38.79
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.17 14.20 18.48 29.30 35.73
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.50 10.00 13.52 19.38
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.44 8.50 10.00 10.25 12.20
Cashiers...................................................... 7.44 8.50 10.00 10.25 12.20
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.61 12.62 17.80 22.74
Insurance sales agents............................................ 17.33 24.53 31.07 38.37 41.03
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.73 24.50 31.25 32.49 42.78
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 15.73 23.03 24.78 32.49 32.49
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.45 13.85 16.83 20.62 24.17
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 15.39 16.45 18.57 24.41 25.96
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.21 14.33 17.32 20.77 22.16
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.34 15.29 18.54 18.86 22.40
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.15 15.49 17.48 20.60 22.06
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 14.00 15.50 17.32 18.11 19.46
Tellers......................................................... 10.75 10.75 11.23 12.21 13.50
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.20 13.72 17.51 19.59 21.76
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.70 12.50 15.05 16.31 20.75
Dispatchers....................................................... 16.48 16.48 16.64 29.30 34.69
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 11.45 16.00 24.70 34.62 34.62
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.44 11.75 13.42 15.67 18.96
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 9.45 13.00 17.41 20.72
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.50 16.95 22.19 25.05 27.18
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.50 16.95 22.27 25.41 28.93
Legal secretaries............................................... 18.07 21.29 25.05 25.05 27.18
Medical secretaries............................................. 15.51 16.23 17.23 22.00 23.18
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.39 16.47 17.68 23.56 26.44
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.85 17.85 19.26 19.50 19.50
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.00 12.70 14.40 18.00 21.23
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.83 15.01 26.32 34.60 39.94
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 22.34 22.34 24.15 27.48 27.89
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 22.34 22.34 24.15 27.48 27.89
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 17.00 22.97 27.69 33.99
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 14.74 26.15 32.96 34.14 34.90
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.50 12.50 13.97 19.34 25.61
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.50 23.08 25.64 25.75 27.69
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.07 18.50 22.97 23.79 28.98
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.06 19.08 22.97 23.79 31.88
Production occupations.............................................. 9.10 11.75 15.00 20.82 26.00
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.50 18.99 30.85 31.20 39.38
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.09 11.60 14.89 16.56 25.43
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.09 11.09 14.89 17.13 25.43
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 9.00 11.26 13.90 16.03
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 9.10 9.10 15.69 19.35 21.45
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.60 15.00 19.72 21.71 22.85
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.89 13.60 17.00 20.70 34.23
Printers.......................................................... 13.50 16.10 21.00 25.50 28.00
Printing machine operators...................................... 15.89 19.50 21.00 28.00 28.00
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.23 15.14 20.36 22.60 23.75
Painting workers.................................................. 14.16 14.66 16.50 16.98 19.00
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 10.25 12.50 13.89 16.09
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.30 13.76 19.68 28.05
Bus drivers....................................................... 14.68 18.00 20.37 24.19 24.19
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 13.50 18.50 23.58 30.00
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 17.81 19.28 23.58 29.72
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.50 13.50 18.34 29.62 30.08
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.58 13.76 14.16 16.77 23.79
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.75 11.00 13.25 20.01
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.10 9.47 11.50 13.25 15.60
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.00 9.00 10.13 14.03 22.53
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), Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $9.00 $12.21 $17.95 $27.95 $39.73
Management occupations.............................................. 25.96 32.51 40.62 55.35 68.22
General and operations managers................................... 19.34 31.44 37.47 44.98 53.51
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.82 37.09 43.70 57.19 95.30
Marketing managers.............................................. 30.68 37.09 40.87 47.52 102.98
Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.48 52.26 53.16 61.30 66.67
Financial managers................................................ 25.71 27.00 52.02 57.90 77.63
Industrial production managers.................................... 25.96 31.99 37.40 52.70 146.79
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.52 22.50 29.33 36.98 45.67
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.73 18.73 24.90 30.53 39.25
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 16.01 17.03 22.36 29.65 32.73
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 16.01 16.84 20.46 29.57 32.74
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.53 21.59 26.15 32.93 48.08
Training and development specialists............................ 17.35 24.51 36.81 50.48 56.47
Management analysts............................................... 21.15 24.95 28.72 32.86 55.65
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.00 22.50 29.81 39.62 41.78
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.22 26.44 35.93 41.19 44.45
Financial analysts.............................................. 26.25 31.27 36.29 38.34 44.45
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.32 28.02 35.40 41.39 49.01
Computer software engineers....................................... 28.94 34.16 37.96 45.18 57.39
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.29 34.19 37.71 47.54 57.39
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 20.40 31.81 37.98 41.15 45.19
Computer support specialists...................................... 23.32 24.27 26.96 28.39 33.32
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.97 35.40 39.42 46.62 49.30
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 26.10 28.85 37.71 37.89 37.89
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.20 26.47 31.08 39.51 50.97
Engineers......................................................... 25.26 32.73 39.51 48.80 58.14
Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.00 30.84 36.00 45.49 49.22
Drafters.......................................................... 21.25 23.00 27.54 28.31 28.37
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.95 23.37 28.90 29.89 33.87
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.79 26.84 32.15 39.31 56.53
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.02 17.00 22.77 23.76 27.46
Counselors........................................................ 11.73 13.39 22.77 23.56 23.56
Legal occupations................................................... 17.98 20.74 33.72 53.85 66.11
Lawyers........................................................... 34.89 38.77 56.12 66.11 78.43
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.05 17.00 28.00 41.06 55.31
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.92 38.11 47.69 55.31 64.41
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.06 41.06 42.12 51.33 65.21
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.02 20.40 24.04 36.68 40.73
Designers......................................................... 14.71 14.71 21.72 23.98 26.09
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.96 23.12 31.31 41.93 59.18
Registered nurses................................................. 26.94 29.84 35.93 43.40 46.42
Therapists........................................................ 28.03 29.04 33.57 36.86 42.55
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.59 19.87 23.53 30.40 32.01
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.92 26.79 32.00 34.43 35.66
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.17 18.96 19.73 22.28 25.09
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 12.65 15.88 19.67 20.41
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.83 11.40 13.21 16.08 18.79
Home health aides............................................... 10.83 10.83 12.45 14.19 17.15
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.37 11.95 13.48 16.60 18.96
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.34 16.68 19.67 20.41 21.42
Medical assistants.............................................. 15.30 15.88 16.48 17.27 18.50
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.08 11.00 12.10 13.57 15.50
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.84 9.60 12.50
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 12.47 13.46 13.46 16.17 25.49
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 12.47 13.46 13.46 16.17 25.49
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 8.00 10.71 12.50 14.50
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.25 10.75 12.00 12.50 13.50
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 7.50 8.82 9.50 9.50
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.75 7.25 7.25 7.58 9.00
Bartenders...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 9.00 9.52
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.67 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.58
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.25 7.50 8.50 8.62 9.78
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.65 8.92 10.00
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.80 9.05 10.59
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.50 9.00 9.50
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.25 7.25 7.50 8.81 8.84
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.63 10.50 12.67 13.72 17.50
Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.63 10.50 12.90 13.76 17.50
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.75 12.97 14.42 19.45
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.15 9.91 11.44 13.46 13.76
Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.51 10.00 10.49 12.06 15.17
Child care workers................................................ 9.50 10.00 10.00 10.85 11.95
Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.49 10.49 10.50 11.00 12.50
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.63 8.00 12.04 14.42 17.85
Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 10.00 13.00 22.74 33.78
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.17 14.50 18.73 35.73 38.79
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.17 14.20 18.48 29.30 35.73
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 8.50 10.00 13.52 19.38
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.44 8.50 10.00 10.25 12.20
Cashiers...................................................... 7.44 8.50 10.00 10.25 12.20
Retail salespersons............................................. 8.00 9.61 12.62 17.80 22.74
Insurance sales agents............................................ 17.33 24.53 31.07 38.37 41.03
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.73 24.50 31.25 32.49 42.78
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 15.73 23.03 24.78 32.49 32.49
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.00 13.27 16.59 19.76 24.05
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 15.39 16.45 18.57 24.41 28.31
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 14.19 16.75 19.89 22.16
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.15 14.55 16.83 19.23 20.85
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 14.00 15.50 16.96 18.11 19.46
Tellers......................................................... 10.75 10.75 11.23 12.21 13.50
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.20 13.70 17.51 19.59 21.76
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.70 12.50 14.00 16.00 19.18
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 11.45 16.00 24.70 34.62 34.62
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.44 11.75 13.42 15.67 18.96
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 8.76 11.94 17.10 18.30
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.50 16.95 22.19 25.05 27.01
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 15.50 16.95 21.82 24.39 29.06
Legal secretaries............................................... 18.07 21.29 25.05 25.05 27.18
Medical secretaries............................................. 15.51 16.23 17.23 22.00 23.18
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.39 16.55 17.69 25.49 27.01
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.85 17.85 19.26 19.50 19.50
Office clerks, general............................................ 11.00 12.50 13.44 16.00 18.00
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.00 15.01 27.48 36.52 39.94
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 22.34 22.34 24.15 27.48 27.89
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 22.34 22.34 24.15 27.48 27.89
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 15.58 21.50 26.15 32.34
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.50 12.50 13.97 19.34 25.61
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.37 22.33 25.69 25.75 27.69
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.85 18.50 21.17 23.79 28.98
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.06 18.67 19.35 23.79 31.88
Production occupations.............................................. 9.10 11.65 15.00 20.60 25.46
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.50 18.99 30.85 31.20 39.38
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.09 11.60 14.89 16.56 25.43
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.09 11.09 14.89 17.13 25.43
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 9.00 11.26 13.90 16.03
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 9.10 9.10 15.69 19.35 21.45
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.60 15.00 19.72 21.71 22.85
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.89 13.60 17.00 20.70 34.23
Printers.......................................................... 13.50 16.10 21.00 25.50 28.00
Printing machine operators...................................... 15.89 19.50 21.00 28.00 28.00
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.23 15.14 20.36 22.60 23.75
Painting workers.................................................. 14.16 14.66 16.50 16.98 19.00
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 10.25 12.50 13.89 16.09
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.38 10.15 13.73 19.35 28.05
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.25 13.50 18.50 23.58 30.00
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 17.81 19.28 23.58 29.72
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.50 13.50 18.34 29.62 30.08
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.58 13.76 14.16 16.77 23.79
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.69 10.95 13.25 18.00
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.10 9.47 11.50 13.25 15.60
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.00 9.00 10.13 14.03 22.53
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), Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $16.25 $20.59 $27.37 $38.65 $50.30
Management occupations.............................................. 33.32 38.89 47.00 55.60 61.18
Education administrators.......................................... 26.45 41.84 51.83 57.89 63.45
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.93 47.08 55.45 60.08 63.77
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.03 23.59 27.17 32.83 36.67
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.61 28.43 33.65 37.55 43.87
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.76 24.19 27.20 36.27 47.33
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.57 28.44 31.34 35.31 42.91
Community and social services occupations........................... 19.95 20.70 24.33 26.50 35.33
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.37 32.74 41.42 49.58 74.86
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.66 43.91 50.65 74.86 139.90
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.45 34.06 39.80 45.88 50.60
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 25.92 33.74 41.42 42.29 47.66
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.92 33.74 41.42 42.29 47.66
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.38 34.52 39.87 45.84 50.52
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.51 34.43 40.07 45.76 49.73
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 27.59 35.16 39.80 46.63 52.55
Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.56 34.06 39.65 47.28 51.93
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 28.56 34.06 39.65 47.28 51.93
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.90 13.07 15.21 16.97 18.57
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.24 20.12 35.40 43.52 49.59
Registered nurses................................................. 25.75 30.70 37.36 43.52 49.39
Protective service occupations...................................... 18.98 24.72 30.42 34.39 36.96
Police officers................................................... 26.30 29.31 31.61 34.34 34.97
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.30 29.31 31.61 34.34 34.97
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 11.91 12.55 14.02 14.97
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 11.91 12.55 14.58 14.97
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.28 16.60 17.76 21.73 27.24
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.11 15.89 17.35 19.23 21.73
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.33 15.95 17.42 19.23 21.73
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.00 12.75 13.01 14.05 16.25
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.56 16.31 19.65 22.16 24.27
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.09 18.17 18.92 22.12 22.84
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.80 17.13 19.27 22.16 22.84
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.39 15.76 23.03 25.84 28.45
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.99 16.08 19.53 21.33 22.05
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.48 20.48 23.45 30.56 34.90
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.00 20.78 21.86 24.19 27.46
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), Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Full-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $11.50 $14.97 $21.33 $31.79 $44.14
Management occupations.............................................. 26.41 33.65 42.01 55.58 64.52
General and operations managers................................... 19.34 31.44 37.47 44.98 53.51
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 30.82 37.09 43.70 57.19 95.30
Marketing managers.............................................. 30.68 37.09 40.87 47.52 102.98
Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.48 52.26 53.16 61.30 66.67
Financial managers................................................ 25.71 27.00 52.02 59.34 77.63
Industrial production managers.................................... 25.96 31.99 37.40 52.70 146.79
Education administrators.......................................... 28.50 35.92 35.92 53.37 60.22
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.93 47.08 55.45 60.08 63.77
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.73 22.73 29.64 36.65 45.67
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.73 18.73 24.90 30.53 39.25
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 16.82 20.46 22.03 29.13 31.42
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 16.69 20.46 22.03 29.13 31.44
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 17.53 21.59 26.15 32.93 47.80
Management analysts............................................... 21.15 25.04 28.85 34.81 55.04
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.30 22.50 29.81 39.62 41.78
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.22 31.25 35.93 38.34 44.45
Financial analysts.............................................. 26.25 31.27 36.29 37.59 44.45
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 16.39 16.39 25.30 36.06 135.58
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.32 28.02 35.38 40.72 48.61
Computer software engineers....................................... 29.02 34.16 37.71 43.23 57.39
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 30.29 34.19 37.23 47.54 57.39
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 20.40 31.81 37.98 41.15 45.19
Computer support specialists...................................... 23.32 24.36 27.27 28.63 33.32
Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.16 34.81 38.92 44.81 48.83
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 23.27 28.37 35.82 37.89 37.89
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 24.78 26.51 35.00 45.51 54.07
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.26 26.59 32.00 39.51 50.62
Engineers......................................................... 25.50 33.25 39.51 48.80 56.86
Mechanical engineers............................................ 25.00 30.84 36.00 45.49 49.22
Drafters.......................................................... 21.25 23.00 27.54 28.31 28.37
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 18.44 24.19 28.90 29.83 33.87
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 20.76 25.83 29.83 29.83 29.89
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.51 26.84 32.15 35.55 47.11
Community and social services occupations........................... 13.84 20.70 23.56 25.74 30.59
Counselors........................................................ 13.02 19.95 22.77 23.56 26.39
Social workers.................................................... 24.00 24.83 29.30 35.33 38.74
Legal occupations................................................... 17.98 23.52 33.72 56.12 66.11
Lawyers........................................................... 34.89 38.77 54.30 66.11 78.43
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.21 31.41 40.99 49.82 64.45
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.66 41.11 50.65 74.86 139.90
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.06 41.06 42.23 51.33 65.21
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.58 31.94 38.86 45.37 50.33
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.83 25.59 38.93 42.29 46.52
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.92 33.74 41.42 42.29 47.66
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.24 32.08 38.46 45.15 50.04
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.24 32.43 37.45 44.85 49.17
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 27.38 31.72 38.46 45.84 51.81
Secondary school teachers....................................... 28.56 34.06 39.65 47.28 51.93
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 28.56 34.06 39.65 47.28 51.93
Teacher assistants................................................ 12.58 13.93 14.97 16.06 17.92
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.02 20.40 25.83 36.68 40.73
Designers......................................................... 14.71 14.71 21.72 23.98 26.09
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 19.02 23.12 31.26 43.92 75.01
Registered nurses................................................. 26.40 28.78 36.74 43.92 47.58
Therapists........................................................ 28.30 30.85 36.82 45.81 52.76
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.92 26.37 32.00 34.43 35.48
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.80 19.02 20.61 22.80 25.36
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.83 13.28 17.15 20.41 21.42
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.83 11.45 13.40 16.27 19.14
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.08 12.77 14.56 16.94 19.14
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.88 18.89 20.41 20.41 21.42
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.50 12.00 14.00 28.78 34.97
Police officers................................................... 26.40 30.47 31.61 34.34 34.97
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.40 30.47 31.61 34.34 34.97
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.58 9.52 13.46 16.17
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 12.47 13.46 13.46 16.17 25.49
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 12.47 13.46 13.46 16.17 25.49
Cooks............................................................. 8.16 11.00 12.25 14.75 16.35
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.84 10.75 11.45 12.50 14.50
Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.67 6.80 7.25 7.58 9.52
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.44 12.90 14.25 17.90 21.73
Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.16 12.90 14.05 17.76 19.80
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.90 13.22 15.95 19.22 20.55
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.91 10.44 12.90 13.65 13.76
Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.00 10.00 11.95 14.42 17.85
Sales and related occupations....................................... 10.00 12.23 17.88 27.56 42.78
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 13.17 14.50 18.73 35.73 38.79
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 13.17 14.20 18.48 29.30 35.73
Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.00 10.00 12.43 17.80 22.13
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.56 14.36
Cashiers...................................................... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.56 14.36
Retail salespersons............................................. 10.25 12.43 16.35 20.94 22.74
Insurance sales agents............................................ 17.33 24.53 31.07 38.37 41.03
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 15.73 24.50 31.25 32.49 42.78
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 15.73 23.03 24.78 32.49 32.49
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.21 14.76 17.32 21.21 24.77
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 15.39 16.45 18.57 24.41 25.96
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.21 14.89 17.32 20.60 22.21
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.34 15.29 18.54 18.86 22.40
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.15 15.50 17.48 20.77 22.06
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 14.00 15.50 17.32 18.11 19.46
Customer service representatives.................................. 13.75 15.77 18.03 20.19 22.50
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.00 14.00 16.31 19.18 21.44
Dispatchers....................................................... 16.48 16.48 16.64 29.30 34.69
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 11.45 16.00 24.70 34.62 34.62
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.44 11.75 13.42 15.67 18.96
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.25 10.50 14.87 18.30 20.72
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.34 17.31 22.65 25.08 27.88
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.95 18.00 22.66 25.71 29.27
Legal secretaries............................................... 18.07 21.29 25.05 25.05 27.18
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.39 16.55 17.68 24.17 26.44
Office clerks, general............................................ 12.50 13.17 15.00 18.13 21.33
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 15.01 26.32 34.60 39.94
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 22.34 22.34 24.15 27.48 27.89
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 22.34 22.34 24.15 27.48 27.89
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.50 17.00 22.97 27.69 33.99
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 14.74 26.15 32.96 34.14 34.90
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 12.50 12.50 13.97 19.34 25.61
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.50 23.08 25.64 25.75 27.69
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.07 18.50 22.97 23.79 28.98
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 12.06 19.08 22.97 23.79 31.88
Production occupations.............................................. 9.53 12.06 15.25 21.00 26.15
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 18.50 18.99 30.85 31.20 39.38
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.09 11.60 14.89 16.56 25.43
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.09 11.09 14.89 17.13 25.43
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 8.69 12.06 14.00 16.03
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 9.10 9.10 15.69 19.35 21.45
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 13.60 15.00 19.72 21.71 22.85
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.89 13.60 17.00 20.70 34.23
Printers.......................................................... 13.50 16.10 21.00 25.50 28.00
Printing machine operators...................................... 15.89 19.50 21.00 28.00 28.00
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.23 15.14 20.36 22.60 23.75
Painting workers.................................................. 14.16 14.66 16.50 16.98 19.00
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.00 11.00 13.13 14.00 16.75
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.10 13.00 16.77 22.95 30.08
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.50 17.81 19.09 23.62 30.00
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 17.81 19.28 23.58 29.72
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.50 13.50 18.34 29.62 30.08
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.58 13.76 14.16 16.77 23.79
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.93 10.50 13.25 15.00 22.53
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.98 10.80 13.08 13.25 15.60
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.10 9.37 11.63 20.01 28.05
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), Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Part-time workers
Occupation(3)
10 25 Median 75 90
50
All workers........................................................... $7.25 $8.00 $10.46 $14.50 $22.91
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.09 12.00 14.94 18.44 28.00
Teacher assistants................................................ 11.00 11.60 13.43 16.16 18.44
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.31 22.91 31.51 38.99 43.92
Registered nurses................................................. 26.75 31.72 36.26 42.39 45.45
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.24 18.31 19.25 21.20 22.55
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.46 11.42 14.34 16.45 17.95
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.06 11.27 12.52 15.35 17.59
Home health aides............................................... 10.00 11.11 12.52 13.59 15.69
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.06 11.37 11.75 15.52 18.30
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.46 14.34 14.34 17.27 19.43
Protective service occupations...................................... 10.00 10.81 14.00 30.00 30.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.25 7.25 7.50 9.00 12.00
Cooks............................................................. 7.25 7.25 9.50 11.50 12.50
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.50 12.50
Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.00 8.82 12.62 13.43
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.31 8.75
Bartenders...................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.25 8.00 9.25
Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.25 8.00 8.50 8.62 10.25
Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.25 7.60 9.05 12.10
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast
food........................................................... 7.25 7.25 7.75 9.50 12.55
Dishwashers....................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.50 9.00 9.00
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.25 7.25 7.50 7.75 8.84
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.10 9.40 10.50 11.50 11.95
Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 9.78 10.50 11.60 12.05
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.93 10.50 10.75 11.70 12.30
Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.00 8.00 10.42 10.50 12.06
Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 4.50 5.88 9.00 10.00 12.06
Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 8.00 8.80 10.25 12.62
Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 8.00 8.80 10.25 12.62
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.00 10.40
Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.00 10.40
Retail salespersons............................................. 7.90 8.49 10.00 12.62 14.76
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.80 11.00 13.25 15.50 19.37
Financial clerks.................................................. 12.00 14.19 17.49 21.67 21.67
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.19 14.19 17.49 18.01 22.16
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.50 11.70 12.50 15.05 16.00
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.75 8.50 9.45 13.25 16.00
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.70 19.25
Office clerks, general............................................ 9.50 9.99 13.65 14.03 17.15
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.25 8.10 9.69 11.75 15.07
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 8.10 9.00 11.19 13.25
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.85 8.50 10.72 11.58 18.70
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.70 13.25
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, Minneapolis-St.
Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $26.13 $21.33 $1,041 $850 39.8 $52,976 $43,709 2,027
Management occupations.............................................. 46.60 42.01 1,858 1,680 39.9 95,773 85,010 2,055
General and operations managers................................... 38.78 37.47 1,553 1,452 40.0 80,739 75,492 2,082
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.56 43.70 1,983 1,748 40.0 103,092 90,900 2,080
Marketing managers.............................................. 52.08 40.87 2,083 1,635 40.0 108,323 84,999 2,080
Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.50 53.16 2,260 2,126 40.0 117,528 110,573 2,080
Financial managers................................................ 49.00 52.02 1,946 2,081 39.7 101,183 108,200 2,065
Industrial production managers.................................... 53.85 37.40 2,154 1,496 40.0 112,009 77,782 2,080
Education administrators.......................................... 42.82 35.92 1,692 1,437 39.5 83,950 74,703 1,960
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.53 55.45 2,083 2,135 38.9 102,998 104,771 1,924
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.07 29.64 1,288 1,183 40.2 66,994 61,499 2,089
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.53 24.90 1,088 923 39.5 56,595 47,986 2,055
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.26 22.03 967 881 39.9 50,278 45,824 2,073
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.99 22.03 958 881 39.9 49,804 45,824 2,076
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.06 26.15 1,158 1,046 39.8 60,206 54,400 2,072
Management analysts............................................... 33.97 28.85 1,359 1,154 40.0 70,657 60,008 2,080
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.32 29.81 1,239 1,192 40.9 64,429 62,001 2,125
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.50 35.93 1,380 1,437 40.0 71,755 74,734 2,080
Financial analysts.............................................. 35.09 36.29 1,404 1,452 40.0 72,995 75,483 2,080
Loan counselors and officers...................................... 38.55 25.30 1,542 1,012 40.0 80,184 52,624 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.41 35.38 1,413 1,415 39.9 73,156 73,424 2,066
Computer software engineers....................................... 39.23 37.71 1,569 1,508 40.0 81,596 78,441 2,080
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.69 37.23 1,628 1,489 40.0 84,635 77,447 2,080
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.53 37.98 1,421 1,519 40.0 73,903 79,003 2,080
Computer support specialists...................................... 27.45 27.27 1,098 1,091 40.0 57,089 56,717 2,080
Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.89 38.92 1,596 1,557 40.0 82,971 80,954 2,080
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.60 35.82 1,280 1,359 39.3 64,143 70,651 1,967
Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.58 35.00 1,423 1,400 40.0 73,999 72,800 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.54 32.00 1,372 1,240 39.7 71,013 64,139 2,056
Engineers......................................................... 41.12 39.51 1,632 1,580 39.7 84,884 82,177 2,064
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.51 36.00 1,500 1,440 40.0 78,017 74,880 2,080
Drafters.......................................................... 25.99 27.54 978 912 37.6 50,869 47,445 1,958
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.02 28.90 1,081 1,156 40.0 56,211 60,108 2,080
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 27.62 29.83 1,105 1,193 40.0 57,459 62,040 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.63 32.15 1,345 1,286 40.0 68,602 65,874 2,040
Community and social services occupations........................... 23.51 23.56 929 942 39.5 46,349 48,963 1,972
Counselors........................................................ 21.22 22.77 834 911 39.3 43,371 47,362 2,044
Social workers.................................................... 30.21 29.30 1,199 1,172 39.7 52,095 52,573 1,725
Legal occupations................................................... 39.10 33.72 1,594 1,517 40.8 82,879 78,893 2,119
Lawyers........................................................... 52.82 54.30 2,122 2,172 40.2 110,352 112,944 2,089
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 45.33 40.99 1,753 1,577 38.7 68,586 59,188 1,513
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 64.38 50.65 2,551 2,026 39.6 110,823 82,101 1,721
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 47.76 42.23 1,910 1,689 40.0 79,081 73,008 1,656
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.57 38.86 1,483 1,490 38.4 54,900 56,043 1,423
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 35.60 38.93 1,381 1,365 38.8 50,708 50,143 1,424
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 38.69 41.42 1,490 1,577 38.5 51,586 54,332 1,333
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 38.57 38.46 1,483 1,462 38.4 54,343 55,510 1,409
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 38.30 37.45 1,481 1,461 38.7 53,710 54,845 1,402
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 39.37 38.46 1,488 1,539 37.8 56,242 57,516 1,429
Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.34 39.65 1,543 1,569 38.3 57,799 58,274 1,433
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.34 39.65 1,543 1,569 38.3 57,799 58,274 1,433
Teacher assistants................................................ 15.15 14.97 549 563 36.2 22,550 19,525 1,488
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.68 25.83 1,147 1,033 40.0 59,664 53,733 2,080
Designers......................................................... 20.16 21.72 806 869 40.0 41,933 45,178 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.26 31.26 1,464 1,252 39.3 74,585 64,064 2,002
Registered nurses................................................. 36.74 36.74 1,460 1,470 39.7 73,652 73,632 2,005
Therapists........................................................ 38.85 36.82 1,533 1,473 39.5 67,953 68,167 1,749
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.14 32.00 1,205 1,280 40.0 62,685 66,560 2,080
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.95 20.61 811 782 38.7 42,186 40,685 2,013
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.03 17.15 681 686 40.0 35,413 35,672 2,080
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.14 13.40 565 536 40.0 29,406 27,872 2,080
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.11 14.56 605 582 40.0 31,435 30,285 2,080
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 19.63 20.41 785 816 40.0 40,830 42,444 2,080
Protective service occupations...................................... 19.97 14.00 808 560 40.5 42,009 29,120 2,103
Police officers................................................... 31.64 31.61 1,266 1,264 40.0 65,811 65,749 2,080
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.64 31.61 1,266 1,264 40.0 65,811 65,749 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.96 9.52 417 380 38.1 21,518 19,760 1,964
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.04 13.46 658 623 41.1 34,240 32,400 2,135
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.04 13.46 658 623 41.1 34,240 32,400 2,135
Cooks............................................................. 12.68 12.25 492 460 38.8 25,604 23,920 2,020
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.54 11.45 438 450 37.9 22,766 23,400 1,972
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 7.25 276 267 36.2 14,341 13,882 1,880
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.71 14.25 630 606 40.1 31,998 29,230 2,037
Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.97 14.05 594 562 39.7 30,510 28,610 2,038
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.07 15.95 636 636 39.6 32,490 32,490 2,021
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.27 12.90 491 516 40.0 25,523 26,832 2,080
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.13 11.95 515 460 39.2 26,388 23,920 2,010
Sales and related occupations....................................... 27.08 17.88 1,083 698 40.0 56,306 36,306 2,079
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.82 18.73 941 739 41.2 48,915 38,438 2,143
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.26 18.48 919 731 41.3 47,771 38,002 2,146
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.54 12.43 575 489 39.6 29,923 25,430 2,058
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.06 10.00 440 400 39.8 22,869 20,800 2,068
Cashiers...................................................... 11.06 10.00 440 400 39.8 22,869 20,800 2,068
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.35 16.35 682 654 39.3 35,482 34,008 2,045
Insurance sales agents............................................ 33.21 31.07 1,328 1,243 40.0 69,081 64,626 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.89 31.25 1,156 1,250 40.0 60,099 65,000 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 27.26 24.78 1,091 991 40.0 56,707 51,542 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.09 17.32 719 684 39.8 37,107 35,424 2,052
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.85 18.57 814 670 39.0 42,314 34,855 2,030
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.31 17.32 690 693 39.8 35,786 36,024 2,067
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.01 18.54 720 742 40.0 37,461 38,559 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.61 17.48 699 699 39.7 36,221 36,296 2,057
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.05 17.32 682 693 40.0 35,463 36,024 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.12 18.03 728 745 40.2 37,497 38,542 2,070
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.68 16.31 660 612 39.6 34,304 31,805 2,057
Dispatchers....................................................... 21.33 16.64 853 665 40.0 44,360 34,605 2,080
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.85 24.70 954 988 40.0 49,602 51,376 2,080
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.88 13.42 555 537 40.0 28,862 27,914 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.86 14.87 583 595 39.3 30,335 30,930 2,042
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.12 22.65 883 891 39.9 45,297 46,072 2,048
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.01 22.66 918 892 39.9 47,720 46,405 2,074
Legal secretaries............................................... 23.47 25.05 950 977 40.5 49,415 50,805 2,105
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.92 17.68 785 707 39.4 38,794 34,911 1,947
Office clerks, general............................................ 15.91 15.00 632 598 39.7 32,271 30,243 2,028
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.22 26.32 1,049 1,053 40.0 53,040 50,238 2,023
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 24.42 24.15 977 966 40.0 48,703 50,238 1,994
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 24.42 24.15 977 966 40.0 48,703 50,238 1,994
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.35 22.97 901 919 40.3 46,848 47,778 2,096
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................ 28.33 32.96 1,196 1,365 42.2 62,172 71,001 2,195
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.50 13.97 660 559 40.0 34,319 29,047 2,080
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.50 25.64 980 1,026 40.0 50,954 53,331 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.12 22.97 885 919 40.0 46,003 47,778 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 22.04 22.97 882 919 40.0 45,847 47,778 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.94 15.25 676 610 39.9 35,130 31,720 2,074
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 29.66 30.85 1,187 1,234 40.0 61,698 64,174 2,080
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.75 14.89 630 596 40.0 32,757 30,977 2,080
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.90 14.89 636 596 40.0 33,075 30,977 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.74 12.06 468 482 39.9 24,352 25,085 2,075
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.28 15.69 611 628 40.0 31,792 32,641 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.43 19.72 777 789 40.0 40,424 41,018 2,080
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.70 17.00 748 680 40.0 38,890 35,360 2,080
Printers.......................................................... 20.53 21.00 797 840 38.8 41,425 43,680 2,018
Printing machine operators...................................... 22.16 21.00 853 840 38.5 44,381 43,680 2,003
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.16 20.36 726 814 40.0 37,765 42,349 2,080
Painting workers.................................................. 16.26 16.50 650 660 40.0 33,821 34,320 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.43 13.13 537 525 40.0 27,943 27,310 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.38 16.77 896 630 40.0 46,572 32,760 2,081
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.65 19.09 847 746 41.0 44,058 38,792 2,134
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.43 19.28 853 764 41.8 44,379 39,711 2,172
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.77 18.34 831 734 40.0 43,205 38,147 2,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.23 14.16 609 566 40.0 31,674 29,453 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.99 13.25 550 526 39.3 28,595 27,340 2,044
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.79 13.08 504 523 39.4 26,232 27,206 2,050
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 14.42 11.63 571 465 39.6 29,689 24,190 2,059
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,
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $24.95 $20.00 $995 $796 39.9 $51,546 $41,224 2,066
Management occupations.............................................. 46.47 40.62 1,857 1,625 40.0 96,583 84,483 2,078
General and operations managers................................... 38.78 37.47 1,553 1,452 40.0 80,739 75,492 2,082
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.56 43.70 1,983 1,748 40.0 103,092 90,900 2,080
Marketing managers.............................................. 52.08 40.87 2,083 1,635 40.0 108,323 84,999 2,080
Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.50 53.16 2,260 2,126 40.0 117,528 110,573 2,080
Financial managers................................................ 48.22 52.02 1,914 2,081 39.7 99,514 108,200 2,064
Industrial production managers.................................... 53.85 37.40 2,154 1,496 40.0 112,009 77,782 2,080
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.46 29.81 1,305 1,192 40.2 67,840 62,001 2,090
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.53 24.90 1,088 923 39.5 56,595 47,986 2,055
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.10 22.36 959 894 39.8 49,855 46,509 2,068
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.64 20.46 943 819 39.9 49,022 42,565 2,074
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.74 26.15 1,145 1,046 39.8 59,539 54,400 2,072
Management analysts............................................... 33.83 28.72 1,353 1,149 40.0 70,359 59,738 2,080
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.94 29.96 1,267 1,198 40.9 65,877 62,321 2,129
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.27 35.93 1,371 1,437 40.0 71,273 74,734 2,080
Financial analysts.............................................. 34.88 36.29 1,395 1,452 40.0 72,550 75,483 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.81 35.40 1,430 1,416 39.9 74,352 73,622 2,076
Computer software engineers....................................... 39.52 37.96 1,581 1,518 40.0 82,198 78,957 2,080
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.23 37.71 1,649 1,508 40.0 85,766 78,441 2,080
Computer software engineers, systems software................... 35.53 37.98 1,421 1,519 40.0 73,903 79,003 2,080
Computer support specialists...................................... 27.37 26.96 1,095 1,078 40.0 56,923 56,077 2,080
Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.75 39.42 1,630 1,577 40.0 84,765 81,994 2,080
Network and computer systems administrators....................... 34.26 37.71 1,351 1,508 39.4 70,237 78,441 2,050
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.84 32.35 1,383 1,250 39.7 71,577 64,626 2,054
Engineers......................................................... 41.33 39.51 1,640 1,580 39.7 85,290 82,177 2,064
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.51 36.00 1,500 1,440 40.0 78,017 74,880 2,080
Drafters.......................................................... 25.99 27.54 978 912 37.6 50,869 47,445 1,958
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.48 29.00 1,099 1,160 40.0 57,167 60,320 2,080
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 28.19 29.83 1,127 1,193 40.0 58,628 62,040 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.86 32.15 1,394 1,286 40.0 72,498 66,880 2,080
Community and social services occupations........................... 21.74 23.54 853 942 39.2 44,340 48,963 2,040
Counselors........................................................ 19.66 22.77 763 911 38.8 39,698 47,362 2,019
Legal occupations................................................... 37.80 33.72 1,544 1,517 40.8 80,293 78,893 2,124
Lawyers........................................................... 54.69 56.12 2,199 2,245 40.2 114,343 116,725 2,091
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.35 31.31 1,369 1,252 39.8 59,869 50,716 1,743
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.77 47.69 1,951 1,907 40.0 85,065 80,059 1,744
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 47.76 42.23 1,910 1,689 40.0 79,081 73,008 1,656
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.70 25.83 1,148 1,033 40.0 59,695 53,733 2,080
Designers......................................................... 20.16 21.72 806 869 40.0 41,933 45,178 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.43 31.14 1,473 1,246 39.4 76,612 64,771 2,047
Registered nurses................................................. 36.56 35.74 1,462 1,430 40.0 76,049 74,339 2,080
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.95 32.00 1,238 1,280 40.0 64,373 66,560 2,080
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.99 20.64 812 782 38.7 42,242 40,685 2,012
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.89 17.00 675 680 40.0 35,122 35,360 2,080
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.09 13.28 564 531 40.0 29,313 27,629 2,080
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 15.05 14.20 602 568 40.0 31,307 29,536 2,080
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 19.63 20.41 785 816 40.0 40,830 42,444 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.96 9.52 417 380 38.1 21,518 19,760 1,964
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers.......................................................... 16.04 13.46 658 623 41.1 34,240 32,400 2,135
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving
workers........................................................ 16.04 13.46 658 623 41.1 34,240 32,400 2,135
Cooks............................................................. 12.68 12.25 492 460 38.8 25,604 23,920 2,020
Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.54 11.45 438 450 37.9 22,766 23,400 1,972
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 7.25 276 267 36.2 14,341 13,882 1,880
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.47 13.17 542 539 40.2 27,547 26,978 2,045
Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.53 13.22 535 529 39.5 27,825 27,498 2,056
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.44 13.51 567 539 39.2 29,459 28,018 2,040
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.29 12.90 491 516 40.0 25,557 26,832 2,080
Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.13 11.30 519 452 39.5 26,978 23,504 2,055
Sales and related occupations....................................... 27.08 17.88 1,083 698 40.0 56,308 36,306 2,079
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.82 18.73 941 739 41.2 48,921 38,438 2,143
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.26 18.48 919 731 41.3 47,776 38,002 2,146
Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.54 12.43 575 489 39.6 29,923 25,430 2,058
Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.06 10.00 440 400 39.8 22,869 20,800 2,068
Cashiers...................................................... 11.06 10.00 440 400 39.8 22,869 20,800 2,068
Retail salespersons............................................. 17.35 16.35 682 654 39.3 35,482 34,008 2,045
Insurance sales agents............................................ 33.21 31.07 1,328 1,243 40.0 69,081 64,626 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.89 31.25 1,156 1,250 40.0 60,099 65,000 2,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products.............................. 27.26 24.78 1,091 991 40.0 56,707 51,542 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.82 17.03 709 677 39.8 36,768 35,100 2,063
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.70 18.57 807 658 39.0 41,949 34,212 2,027
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.81 16.73 669 669 39.8 34,803 34,800 2,070
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.92 16.81 670 670 39.6 34,859 34,840 2,061
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.72 16.96 669 678 40.0 34,785 35,277 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.12 18.03 729 745 40.2 37,500 38,563 2,070
Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.03 15.11 641 604 40.0 33,335 31,429 2,080
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.85 24.70 954 988 40.0 49,602 51,376 2,080
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.88 13.42 555 537 40.0 28,862 27,914 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.55 13.00 530 481 39.1 27,542 25,012 2,033
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.13 22.33 886 891 40.0 46,048 46,322 2,081
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.69 22.31 904 891 39.9 47,030 46,322 2,073
Legal secretaries............................................... 23.47 25.05 950 977 40.5 49,415 50,805 2,105
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.35 17.79 808 712 39.7 42,019 36,999 2,065
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.25 13.44 566 538 39.7 29,020 27,961 2,036
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.32 27.48 1,053 1,099 40.0 53,133 50,238 2,019
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 24.42 24.15 977 966 40.0 48,703 50,238 1,994
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 24.42 24.15 977 966 40.0 48,703 50,238 1,994
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.83 21.50 881 860 40.4 45,810 44,720 2,098
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.50 13.97 660 559 40.0 34,319 29,047 2,080
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 24.50 25.69 980 1,028 40.0 50,950 53,435 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.75 21.17 870 847 40.0 45,232 44,034 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.88 19.35 875 774 40.0 45,506 40,248 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.84 15.25 672 610 39.9 34,930 31,720 2,074
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers.......................................................... 29.66 30.85 1,187 1,234 40.0 61,698 64,174 2,080
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.75 14.89 630 596 40.0 32,757 30,977 2,080
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.90 14.89 636 596 40.0 33,075 30,977 2,080
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.74 12.06 468 482 39.9 24,352 25,085 2,075
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.28 15.69 611 628 40.0 31,792 32,641 2,080
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.43 19.72 777 789 40.0 40,424 41,018 2,080
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.70 17.00 748 680 40.0 38,890 35,360 2,080
Printers.......................................................... 20.53 21.00 797 840 38.8 41,425 43,680 2,018
Printing machine operators...................................... 22.16 21.00 853 840 38.5 44,381 43,680 2,003
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.16 20.36 726 814 40.0 37,765 42,349 2,080
Painting workers.................................................. 16.26 16.50 650 660 40.0 33,821 34,320 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.43 13.13 537 525 40.0 27,943 27,310 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 22.33 15.50 894 619 40.0 46,475 32,182 2,082
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.64 18.65 848 740 41.1 44,082 38,486 2,135
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.43 19.28 853 764 41.8 44,379 39,711 2,172
Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.77 18.34 831 734 40.0 43,193 38,147 2,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.23 14.16 609 566 40.0 31,674 29,453 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.76 13.08 541 523 39.3 28,108 27,206 2,043
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.79 13.08 504 523 39.4 26,232 27,206 2,050
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 14.42 11.63 571 465 39.6 29,689 24,190 2,059
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,
Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $33.02 $28.76 $1,305 $1,159 39.5 $60,364 $53,726 1,828
Management occupations.............................................. 47.24 47.00 1,863 1,880 39.4 91,802 95,243 1,943
Education administrators.......................................... 50.19 51.83 1,958 2,070 39.0 92,824 99,805 1,850
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.53 55.45 2,083 2,135 38.9 102,998 104,771 1,924
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.15 27.17 1,126 1,087 40.0 58,559 56,514 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.74 33.65 1,303 1,346 39.8 65,486 69,368 2,000
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.42 27.20 1,217 1,088 40.0 63,265 56,576 2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.41 31.34 1,296 1,254 40.0 64,851 64,917 2,001
Community and social services occupations........................... 25.71 24.33 1,025 973 39.9 48,663 47,549 1,893
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 47.53 42.13 1,828 1,623 38.5 70,065 60,004 1,474
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 69.05 50.65 2,728 2,026 39.5 118,404 82,722 1,715
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 39.72 39.80 1,521 1,545 38.3 55,778 57,017 1,404
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 38.69 41.42 1,490 1,577 38.5 51,586 54,332 1,333
Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 38.69 41.42 1,490 1,577 38.5 51,586 54,332 1,333
Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 39.82 39.87 1,523 1,539 38.2 55,556 56,968 1,395
Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 39.59 40.07 1,524 1,534 38.5 54,893 56,968 1,387
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.50 39.80 1,522 1,539 37.6 57,482 59,199 1,419
Secondary school teachers....................................... 40.34 39.65 1,543 1,569 38.3 57,799 58,274 1,433
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education.................................................... 40.34 39.65 1,543 1,569 38.3 57,799 58,274 1,433
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.61 37.36 1,383 1,494 38.8 59,234 62,106 1,663
Registered nurses................................................. 37.51 37.36 1,449 1,494 38.6 65,114 68,182 1,736
Protective service occupations...................................... 29.83 30.47 1,227 1,264 41.1 63,812 65,749 2,139
Police officers................................................... 31.64 31.61 1,266 1,264 40.0 65,811 65,749 2,080
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 31.64 31.61 1,266 1,264 40.0 65,811 65,749 2,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 19.23 17.76 769 710 40.0 38,951 36,932 2,025
Building cleaning workers......................................... 17.89 17.42 715 697 40.0 35,808 36,088 2,002
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 18.01 17.76 721 710 40.0 36,033 36,088 2,000
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.75 20.20 782 799 39.6 39,124 39,187 1,981
Financial clerks.................................................. 19.42 18.92 777 757 40.0 39,911 39,291 2,055
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.49 19.27 780 771 40.0 39,908 39,749 2,048
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.97 23.44 860 902 39.2 39,673 34,911 1,806
Office clerks, general............................................ 18.84 20.40 750 795 39.8 37,925 40,498 2,013
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.08 23.45 1,043 938 40.0 54,248 48,776 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.06 22.95 922 918 40.0 47,956 47,736 2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another
firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard
pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all
workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half
of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry
establishments for major occupational groups, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA,
June 2010
1-99 100-499 500
Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers
or more
All workers.................................. $22.63 $20.07 $20.28 $30.23
Management, professional, and related...... 35.70 33.27 34.37 38.06
Management, business, and financial...... 37.93 32.98 40.13 40.34
Professional and related................. 34.39 33.48 31.08 36.87
Service.................................... 12.01 11.10 12.41 14.39
Sales and office........................... 18.67 20.17 16.19 19.74
Sales and related........................ 21.34 24.67 16.07 20.41
Office and administrative support........ 17.15 16.70 16.26 19.64
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance............................... 24.05 21.27 27.87 32.64
Construction and extraction............. 26.13 22.30 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 21.83 20.16 25.40 24.87
Production, transportation, and material
moving.................................... 17.61 15.78 15.79 24.84
Production............................... 16.57 17.22 15.70 17.49
Transportation and material moving....... 19.06 14.19 16.00 �
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........................................................... 3.5 5.9 4.8 4.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.4 9.8 5.1 2.9
Management, business, and financial............................... 2.9 4.8 7.5 5.1
Professional and related.......................................... 5.0 16.7 5.3 3.8
Service............................................................. 2.5 6.0 2.8 8.7
Sales and office.................................................... 7.9 15.4 3.2 3.5
Sales and related................................................. 18.4 29.8 9.2 12.7
Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 3.1 4.1 3.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.7 6.9 7.8 12.0
Construction and extraction...................................... 17.9 13.6 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.6 7.9 13.6 5.3
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.8 5.9 7.7 25.2
Production........................................................ 3.9 8.9 6.3 9.9
Transportation and material moving................................ 16.2 5.6 17.8 �
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 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $22.98 $18.50 $916 $740 39.9 $47,248 $38,418 2,056
Management occupations.............................................. 36.73 33.95 1,477 1,358 40.2 76,818 70,616 2,092
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.76 29.81 1,290 1,192 40.6 67,098 62,001 2,113
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.09 31.75 1,341 1,270 41.8 69,756 66,040 2,174
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.21 28.02 1,158 1,121 39.6 60,195 58,273 2,060
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.68 28.90 1,068 1,151 38.6 54,309 59,010 1,962
Legal occupations................................................... 31.75 23.52 1,263 933 39.8 65,658 48,500 2,068
Lawyers........................................................... 47.10 41.13 1,900 1,645 40.3 98,800 85,550 2,098
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 51.92 32.35 1,965 1,750 37.8 102,167 91,001 1,968
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.23 9.20 387 360 37.8 19,904 17,200 1,946
Cooks............................................................. 12.31 12.00 471 438 38.3 24,497 22,750 1,990
Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.63 7.25 276 267 36.2 14,341 13,882 1,880
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.27 12.67 519 539 42.3 24,879 24,067 2,027
Sales and related occupations....................................... 31.26 21.35 1,262 854 40.4 65,648 44,400 2,100
Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.09 11.89 605 475 40.1 31,436 24,725 2,084
Retail salespersons............................................. 20.66 21.35 831 854 40.2 43,198 44,400 2,091
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.54 16.64 696 664 39.7 35,953 34,507 2,050
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers.................................................. 20.07 18.57 780 658 38.9 40,581 34,212 2,022
Financial clerks.................................................. 17.48 16.73 692 669 39.6 35,969 34,800 2,057
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.25 15.50 637 620 39.2 33,142 32,240 2,039
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.42 17.97 752 769 40.8 37,581 39,998 2,041
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.42 22.05 833 850 38.9 43,319 44,181 2,022
Office clerks, general............................................ 13.90 12.70 548 508 39.4 27,868 26,416 2,005
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.51 17.11 900 684 40.0 44,821 35,587 1,991
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.16 19.35 817 796 40.5 42,484 41,393 2,107
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.50 13.97 660 559 40.0 34,319 29,047 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 17.22 16.10 688 644 39.9 35,758 33,488 2,077
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic.......................................................... 15.22 15.69 609 628 40.0 31,650 32,641 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.12 13.76 604 550 39.9 31,389 28,600 2,076
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.91 18.34 676 734 40.0 35,165 38,147 2,080
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.67 13.25 582 530 39.6 30,245 27,552 2,061
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 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........................................................... $26.31 $21.56 $1,050 $851 39.9 $54,530 $44,346 2,072
Management occupations.............................................. 50.13 42.91 1,999 1,716 39.9 103,924 89,251 2,073
General and operations managers................................... 39.96 43.27 1,598 1,731 40.0 83,117 90,002 2,080
Marketing and sales managers...................................... 49.19 42.31 1,968 1,692 40.0 102,325 88,005 2,080
Marketing managers.............................................. 53.83 47.52 2,153 1,901 40.0 111,972 98,833 2,080
Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.50 53.16 2,260 2,126 40.0 117,528 110,573 2,080
Financial managers................................................ 55.63 57.21 2,199 2,154 39.5 114,336 112,008 2,055
Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.81 29.96 1,311 1,198 40.0 68,192 62,321 2,079
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 22.99 20.46 920 819 40.0 47,828 42,565 2,080
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 22.99 20.46 920 819 40.0 47,828 42,565 2,080
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.33 26.15 1,088 1,046 39.8 56,556 54,400 2,070
Management analysts............................................... 33.83 28.72 1,353 1,149 40.0 70,359 59,738 2,080
Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.65 29.05 1,186 1,162 40.0 61,670 60,424 2,080
Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.72 36.65 1,389 1,466 40.0 72,228 76,230 2,080
Financial analysts.............................................. 35.69 36.65 1,428 1,466 40.0 74,243 76,230 2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.39 36.78 1,495 1,471 40.0 77,765 76,502 2,080
Computer software engineers....................................... 40.96 37.98 1,638 1,519 40.0 85,200 79,003 2,080
Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.23 37.71 1,649 1,508 40.0 85,766 78,441 2,080
Computer support specialists...................................... 26.73 26.66 1,069 1,066 40.0 55,608 55,447 2,080
Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.75 39.42 1,630 1,577 40.0 84,765 81,994 2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.70 33.93 1,468 1,357 40.0 76,342 70,579 2,080
Engineers......................................................... 42.31 39.51 1,693 1,580 40.0 88,015 82,177 2,080
Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.51 36.00 1,500 1,440 40.0 78,017 74,880 2,080
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.70 26.59 1,068 1,064 40.0 55,529 55,311 2,080
Community and social services occupations........................... 20.89 22.51 811 900 38.8 42,148 46,819 2,017
Legal occupations................................................... 45.77 33.72 1,940 1,517 42.4 100,866 78,893 2,204
Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.05 35.28 1,482 1,411 40.0 68,968 65,701 1,862
Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.77 47.69 1,951 1,907 40.0 85,065 80,059 1,744
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 47.76 42.23 1,910 1,689 40.0 79,081 73,008 1,656
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.55 25.83 1,142 1,033 40.0 59,382 53,733 2,080
Designers......................................................... 22.23 21.72 889 869 40.0 46,239 45,178 2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.18 27.96 1,285 1,118 39.9 66,831 58,157 2,077
Registered nurses................................................. 36.56 35.74 1,462 1,430 40.0 76,049 74,339 2,080
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.95 32.00 1,238 1,280 40.0 64,373 66,560 2,080
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.16 20.81 841 798 39.7 43,739 41,517 2,067
Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.90 14.19 596 568 40.0 30,985 29,517 2,080
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.00 13.28 560 531 40.0 29,126 27,629 2,080
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.95 13.99 598 560 40.0 31,097 29,099 2,080
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.08 18.25 723 730 40.0 37,610 37,960 2,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.40 12.47 522 499 39.0 27,153 25,938 2,027
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.92 13.48 549 539 39.4 28,564 28,018 2,051
Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.94 13.22 549 529 39.4 28,565 27,498 2,050
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.45 13.32 566 529 39.2 29,419 27,498 2,036
Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.65 14.42 612 576 39.1 31,809 29,928 2,032
Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.31 16.49 799 651 39.3 41,550 33,862 2,046
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.46 16.70 738 668 40.0 38,387 34,736 2,080
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.09 16.42 683 657 40.0 35,537 34,154 2,080
Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.63 13.21 528 509 38.8 27,466 26,458 2,015
Retail salespersons............................................. 14.70 14.25 568 567 38.6 29,528 29,474 2,009
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.88 33.78 1,395 1,351 40.0 72,553 70,264 2,080
Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.01 17.31 718 683 39.9 37,324 35,506 2,072
Financial clerks.................................................. 16.30 16.75 652 670 40.0 33,914 34,840 2,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.51 17.48 700 699 40.0 36,415 36,358 2,080
Customer service representatives.................................. 18.01 18.31 721 732 40.0 37,471 38,085 2,080
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.73 12.00 509 480 40.0 26,477 24,960 2,080
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.39 13.00 559 483 38.8 29,072 25,106 2,020
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.32 22.46 900 893 40.3 46,786 46,451 2,096
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.89 22.28 916 891 40.0 47,607 46,336 2,080
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.02 17.99 801 720 40.0 41,640 37,419 2,080
Office clerks, general............................................ 14.72 14.24 589 570 40.0 30,620 29,619 2,080
Construction and extraction occupations............................. 34.47 34.60 1,379 1,384 40.0 71,704 71,968 2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.23 23.79 1,009 952 40.0 52,481 49,483 2,080
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.65 22.97 866 919 40.0 45,028 47,784 2,080
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.26 19.31 811 772 40.0 42,150 40,165 2,080
Production occupations.............................................. 16.60 14.16 662 564 39.9 34,398 29,307 2,072
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.40 11.12 455 445 39.9 23,641 23,130 2,074
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 21.31 21.11 852 844 40.0 44,316 43,909 2,080
Printers.......................................................... 21.37 21.00 809 860 37.9 42,069 44,720 1,969
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.04 19.00 722 760 40.0 37,530 39,520 2,080
Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.90 13.00 516 520 40.0 26,823 27,040 2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 30.45 19.68 1,223 787 40.2 63,582 40,934 2,088
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 25.14 26.15 1,067 1,036 42.4 55,474 53,872 2,206
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.60 23.58 1,022 943 43.3 53,124 49,038 2,251
Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.96 11.63 505 456 39.0 26,268 23,712 2,028
Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.94 10.01 478 401 40.0 24,837 20,829 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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI
CSA, June 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........................................................... $30.56 $28.71 $32.29 $21.99 $21.82 $29.88
Management, professional, and related............................... 38.15 33.78 40.35 36.13 35.95 41.31
Management, business, and financial............................... 36.09 � 35.53 38.23 37.90 43.77
Professional and related.......................................... 38.36 33.57 41.01 34.59 34.57 35.64
Service............................................................. 20.42 14.81 24.27 11.82 11.69 17.60
Sales and office.................................................... 19.38 18.87 19.60 18.68 18.67 19.62
Sales and related................................................. � � � 21.43 21.43 �
Office and administrative support................................. 19.67 19.84 19.60 17.10 17.03 19.62
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 31.26 32.46 25.58 19.18 18.92 �
Construction and extraction...................................... 34.40 35.29 � 16.84 16.40 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 26.12 25.80 � 20.76 20.62 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 29.96 31.17 23.23 14.86 14.86 �
Production........................................................ 23.27 22.91 � 15.86 15.86 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 33.15 35.62 22.37 13.18 13.18 �
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........................................................... 3.9 6.9 4.7 3.8 3.9 10.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 3.8 5.4 4.8 3.7 3.8 5.7
Management, business, and financial............................... 10.9 � 11.4 2.7 2.8 8.9
Professional and related.......................................... 4.3 4.8 5.6 6.1 6.2 12.1
Service............................................................. 7.5 5.2 6.6 2.8 2.8 26.1
Sales and office.................................................... 3.8 9.3 3.8 8.0 8.2 5.3
Sales and related................................................. � � � 18.6 18.6 �
Office and administrative support................................. 3.8 9.4 3.8 2.6 2.7 5.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 5.8 6.0 10.4 5.1 5.1 �
Construction and extraction...................................... 5.8 5.2 � 8.2 8.0 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.3 7.6 � 6.9 7.2 �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.3 18.1 3.8 5.4 5.4 �
Production........................................................ 8.1 9.0 � 5.5 5.5 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 20.9 22.7 4.1 9.1 9.2 �
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by
totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a
"confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Minneapolis-St.
Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Time Incentive
Occupational group(3)
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
All workers........................................................... $23.43 $22.13 $33.68 $33.68
Management, professional, and related............................... 36.53 35.49 51.95 51.95
Management, business, and financial............................... 37.69 37.50 � �
Professional and related.......................................... 35.96 34.30 � �
Service............................................................. 13.66 11.93 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 16.62 16.32 � �
Sales and related................................................. 14.41 14.40 � �
Office and administrative support................................. 17.46 17.16 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 25.45 25.46 15.29 15.29
Construction and extraction...................................... � 26.68 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.16 23.81 15.71 15.71
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 17.80 17.64 � �
Production........................................................ 16.67 16.57 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 19.35 19.18 � �
Time Incentive
Civilian Private Civilian Private
workers industry workers industry
workers workers
Relative error(4)
(percent)
Relative error(4) (percent)
All workers........................................................... 2.8 3.2 25.0 25.0
Management, professional, and related............................... 2.9 3.5 29.2 29.2
Management, business, and financial............................... 2.8 2.8 � �
Professional and related.......................................... 4.0 5.2 � �
Service............................................................. 3.9 3.1 � �
Sales and office.................................................... 2.8 3.0 � �
Sales and related................................................. 9.7 9.7 � �
Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 2.6 � �
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 9.2 10.3 8.3 8.3
Construction and extraction...................................... � 17.9 � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 4.5 5.0 10.6 10.6
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.8 6.9 � �
Production........................................................ 3.9 3.9 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ 15.6 16.7 � �
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June
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........................................................... � � $20.07 � $31.07 $23.09 $23.59 $9.37 $19.64
Management, professional, and related............................... � � 45.88 � 35.60 33.99 33.44 24.44 37.71
Management, business, and financial............................... � � 49.24 � 34.26 34.58 35.46 � �
Professional and related.......................................... � � 39.23 � 39.21 33.58 33.21 � �
Service............................................................. � � 11.15 � � 12.63 14.22 8.80 �
Sales and office.................................................... � � 14.78 � 27.10 19.42 16.81 9.04 17.00
Sales and related................................................. � � 14.03 � � � � 8.70 �
Office and administrative support................................. � � 16.21 � 16.60 17.73 16.84 � 17.00
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � 21.81 � � � 27.92 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � 24.23 � � � 27.92 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � � 21.35 � � 9.42 13.31 8.74 11.01
Production........................................................ � � 16.34 � � 9.21 13.03 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � 22.28 � � � � � �
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........................................................... � � 8.0 � 13.3 12.5 4.3 4.3 10.2
Management, professional, and related............................... � � 12.0 � 4.4 11.0 8.2 9.4 17.3
Management, business, and financial............................... � � 15.9 � 5.1 5.4 2.1 � �
Professional and related.......................................... � � 10.2 � 3.8 15.6 9.1 � �
Service............................................................. � � 9.8 � � 2.6 2.3 1.8 �
Sales and office.................................................... � � 6.9 � 27.2 7.3 2.9 4.1 9.1
Sales and related................................................. � � 11.1 � � � � 7.9 �
Office and administrative support................................. � � 2.5 � 1.2 9.4 2.9 � 9.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... � � 9.3 � � � 19.6 � �
Construction and extraction...................................... � � � � � � � � �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. � � 5.3 � � � 19.6 � �
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... � � 16.6 � � 5.5 6.6 17.6 1.8
Production........................................................ � � 18.6 � � 3.0 6.1 � �
Transportation and material moving................................ � � 23.9 � � � � � �
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a
sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI
CSA, June 2010
Private State and
Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local
workers workers government
workers
All workers........................................................... 1,681,800 1,461,400 220,300
Management, professional, and related............................... 522,100 399,800 122,300
Management, business, and financial............................... 156,300 136,300 20,000
Professional and related.......................................... 365,900 263,600 102,300
Service............................................................. 381,800 333,300 48,500
Sales and office.................................................... 419,300 386,800 32,500
Sales and related................................................. 152,900 152,900 �
Office and administrative support................................. 266,400 233,900 32,500
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 84,100 76,100 8,000
Construction and extraction...................................... 43,300 40,600 �
Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 40,400 35,500 5,000
Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 274,300 265,400 8,900
Production........................................................ 144,500 143,300 �
Transportation and material moving................................ 129,800 122,200 7,700
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, Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA, June 2010
Private State and
Establishments Total industry local
government
Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 52,053 49,703 2,350
Total in sample....................................................... 557 504 53
Responding........................................................ 372 324 48
Refused or unable to provide data................................. 119 114 5
Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 66 66 0
1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.