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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist (214) 767-6970 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/home.htm
United States Department of Labor Dallas, TX 75202
For Release: September 26, 2007
HIGHLIGHTS OF AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK, TX NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY MAY 2007 Workers in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area averaged $19.93 per hour during May 2007, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman reported average hourly earnings of $32.42 for management, professional, and related workers and $17.13 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Sales and office workers averaged $15.92 an hour; production, transportation, and material moving workers, $11.49; and service workers, $10.27. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.] In the Austin area, management, professional and related workers represented the largest occupational group in the survey at 32 percent. Sales and office workers accounted for 29 percent; service workers, 20 percent; and production, transportation, and material moving workers, 10 percent. Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at nine percent. The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 276 establishments representing 698,800 workers in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area which is comprised of Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties in Texas. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. In the Austin area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, computer software engineers averaged $42.39 per hour; paralegals and legal assistants, $25.25; and licensed practical and vocational nurses, $17.94. Receptionists and information clerks, part of the office and administrative support occupational group, earned $11.16. In the service occupations, cooks earned $10.07. (See table 2.)
The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Austin area with 1-99 workers averaged $15.93 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $19.98; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $25.13. Fulltime workers averaged $21.34 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $9.58. (See table 1.) The NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. In addition to the locality occupational earnings shown in this release, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs at the national and regional levels. Similarly, average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and details on benefits incidences and provisions are available from the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The occupational wage data may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
Survey Availability Complete survey results are contained in the Austin-Round Rock, TX National Compensation Survey May 2007 (Bulletin 3140-09). While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the Dallas Information Office by calling 214-767-6970. In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm. For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Dallas Information Office at 214-767-6970 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.
Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007
Civilian workers Worker and establishment characteristics Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Private industry workers Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 State and local government workers Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3
Mean
Relative error2 (percent) 3.5
Mean
Relative error2 (percent) 4.2
Mean
Relative error2 (percent) 4.6
All workers .......................................................... Worker characteristics4,5 Management, professional, and related ........... Management, business, and financial .......... Professional and related ............................... Service .............................................................. Sales and office ................................................ Sales and related .......................................... Office and administrative support ................. Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ................................................... Construction and extraction ......................... Installation, maintenance, and repair ............ Production, transportation, and material moving ............................................................ Production .................................................... Transportation and material moving ............. Full time ............................................................ Part time ........................................................... Union ................................................................ Nonunion .......................................................... Time .................................................................. Incentive ........................................................... Establishment characteristics Goods producing .............................................. Service providing .............................................. 1-99 workers ..................................................... 100-499 workers ............................................... 500 workers or more .........................................
$19.93
36.5
$19.05
36.2
$23.54
37.8
32.42 34.33 31.52 10.27 15.92 18.43 14.62 17.13 17.00 17.16 11.49 12.75 9.70 21.34 9.58 25.22 19.86 19.10 34.03
3.2 4.6 3.7 9.8 9.4 22.2 2.4 3.4 10.0 5.0 4.9 5.3 4.4 3.7 3.7 9.8 3.5 3.3 10.2
38.5 40.7 37.5 33.6 35.6 33.7 36.6 40.9 40.4 41.0 35.3 38.8 31.3 40.0 22.4 40.0 36.5 36.4 39.6
35.07 35.99 34.63 8.94 15.92 18.43 14.28 17.17 17.25 17.15 11.39 12.60 9.67 20.67 9.02 22.67 19.01 17.93 34.03
4.1 5.9 4.9 7.6 10.9 22.2 2.9 3.6 10.3 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.4 4.6 3.0 2.1 4.2 3.7 10.2
39.5 41.1 38.8 32.6 35.1 33.7 36.0 40.9 40.5 41.1 35.3 38.7 31.3 40.0 22.9 40.0 36.2 36.0 39.6
27.94 31.50 26.26 17.47 15.94 – 15.94 – – – – – – 23.79 17.46 – 23.36 23.54 –
5.1 8.7 4.6 20.6 4.5 – 4.5 – – – – – – 4.8 15.5 – 4.6 4.6 –
36.8 40.0 35.5 39.9 39.1 – 39.1 – – – – – – 39.9 16.7 – 37.7 37.8 –
(6) (6) 15.93 19.98 25.13
(6) (6) 7.8 8.7 3.7
(6) (6) 36.6 35.2 37.5
25.37 17.55 15.92 20.30 25.42
1.7 4.5 8.0 9.3 6.2
40.1 35.4 36.6 34.8 37.3
(6) (6) 16.64 16.52 24.83
(6) (6) 15.6 16.0 4.3
(6) (6) 35.2 40.0 37.7
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. For more information see Bulletin 3140-09. 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 see Bulletin 3140-09. 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. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 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. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007
Hourly earnings3 Occupation2 Mean Median Mean Median Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5
Mean weekly hours 40.0 41.3 40.0 40.0
Mean
Median
Mean annual hours 2,044 2,119 2,080 2,080
All workers ................................................ Management occupations ................... Financial managers ............................ Engineering managers ....................... Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ...................... Management analysts ........................ Accountants and auditors ................... Financial analysts and advisors .......... Financial analysts ........................... Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Computer software engineers ............ Computer software engineers, applications ............................... Computer software engineers, systems software ...................... Computer support specialists ............. Computer systems analysts ............... Network and computer systems administrators ............................... Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... Computer hardware engineers ....... Electrical and electronics engineers .................................. Engineering technicians, except drafters ......................................... Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ............ Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................... Community and social services occupations .................................... Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ......................... Legal occupations ................................ Lawyers .............................................. Paralegals and legal assistants .......... Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Postsecondary teachers ..................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ...... Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Secondary school teachers ............
See footnotes at end of table.
$21.34 43.38 48.42 92.57
$16.83 31.66 50.24 65.57
$853 1,793 1,937 3,704
$660 1,363 2,010 2,623
$43,604 91,941 100,716 192,601
$34,726 73,002 104,499 136,384
25.96 25.28 25.93 26.62 25.56 25.98
25.26 25.31 25.13 26.23 27.89 27.93
1,042 1,011 1,037 1,065 1,020 1,039
1,010 1,012 1,005 1,049 1,115 1,117
40.2 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0
54,124 52,582 53,938 55,372 53,053 54,047
52,401 52,643 52,277 54,558 58,001 58,094
2,085 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,076 2,080
35.56 42.39 45.02 41.48 23.86 37.51 31.79
35.17 43.95 45.24 39.42 17.55 35.36 30.93
1,429 1,703 1,833 1,659 979 1,501 1,271
1,407 1,750 1,807 1,577 702 1,415 1,237
40.2 40.2 40.7 40.0 41.0 40.0 40.0
74,296 88,564 95,317 86,271 50,898 78,027 66,113
73,147 91,000 93,976 82,000 36,500 73,555 64,326
2,089 2,089 2,117 2,080 2,133 2,080 2,080
30.19 41.69 49.32 32.65 23.38 24.15
24.00 38.20 41.53 34.28 19.56 19.56
1,223 1,716 2,014 1,400 935 966
1,038 1,569 1,734 1,371 782 782
40.5 41.2 40.8 42.9 40.0 40.0
63,617 89,227 104,711 72,789 48,638 50,230
53,997 81,596 90,147 71,294 40,687 40,687
2,107 2,140 2,123 2,229 2,080 2,080
24.84
24.16
946
955
38.1
49,213
49,651
1,981
17.96 15.76 43.76 53.62 25.25
17.67 15.89 32.33 47.12 25.82
716 628 1,905 2,449 1,010
707 636 1,411 2,235 1,033
39.9 39.8 43.5 45.7 40.0
36,228 32,647 99,049 127,367 52,514
36,749 33,051 73,351 116,214 53,706
2,017 2,071 2,263 2,375 2,080
28.89 45.14 28.49 29.06 28.93
27.59 46.16 27.93 27.93 27.74
1,147 1,796 1,129 1,155 1,149
1,093 1,841 1,104 1,104 1,103
39.7 39.8 39.6 39.7 39.7
45,836 72,655 42,831 43,243 43,026
42,376 72,185 41,514 41,514 41,455
1,586 1,610 1,503 1,488 1,487
29.28 30.43
28.05 29.54
1,164 1,203
1,104 1,155
39.8 39.5
43,615 44,877
41,888 43,269
1,490 1,475
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3 Occupation2 Mean Median Mean Median Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5
Mean weekly hours
Mean
Median
Mean annual hours
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................. Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. Protective service occupations ........... Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. Food service, tipped ........................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Personal care and service occupations .................................... Sales and related occupations ............ Retail sales workers ........................... Cashiers, all workers ...................... Cashiers ..................................... Retail salespersons ........................ Office and administrative support occupations .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ......................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Receptionists and information clerks .. Stock clerks and order fillers .............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .......... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... Construction and extraction occupations .................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... Automotive technicians and repairers .......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
$23.71
$20.01
$956
$800
40.3
$49,695
$41,617
2,096
32.90 25.28 17.94 11.32 9.02 11.09 16.40
24.86 24.28 17.51 9.44 8.75 10.70 11.94
1,269 976 718 439 361 443 656
989 958 700 398 350 428 477
38.6 38.6 40.0 38.8 40.0 40.0 40.0
64,996 50,744 37,325 22,656 18,763 23,057 34,109
50,047 49,801 36,421 20,800 18,200 22,256 24,827
1,975 2,008 2,080 2,002 2,080 2,080 2,080
7.98 10.07 3.21
8.74 9.79 2.24
288 391 107
312 392 73
36.1 38.8 33.4
14,927 20,108 5,577
16,120 20,367 3,777
1,871 1,998 1,737
9.74 8.70
8.85 8.28
392 348
348 331
40.2 40.0
20,364 18,085
18,117 17,224
2,091 2,078
8.62
8.28
344
331
39.9
17,912
17,224
2,077
11.34 21.36 12.06 8.72 8.72 13.76
11.00 13.70 8.50 8.10 8.10 11.20
439 862 492 343 343 578
440 548 332 324 324 392
38.7 40.4 40.8 39.3 39.3 42.0
22,215 44,824 25,600 17,820 17,820 30,047
22,516 28,496 17,264 16,848 16,848 20,399
1,958 2,098 2,123 2,043 2,043 2,184
15.17
14.50
602
566
39.7
31,180
29,349
2,056
22.21 15.05 14.45 11.16 11.22 18.53 19.48 18.02 13.26
20.67 15.00 14.42 10.39 11.30 18.38 19.00 18.38 12.68
875 591 573 446 449 741 779 721 529
827 577 579 415 452 735 760 735 507
39.4 39.3 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.9
45,519 30,747 29,812 23,215 23,337 37,866 40,037 36,361 27,323
42,985 29,994 30,098 21,601 23,504 38,222 38,488 38,222 26,370
2,050 2,043 2,063 2,080 2,080 2,043 2,055 2,017 2,061
17.00
15.00
688
582
40.4
35,764
30,285
2,103
17.16 15.45
16.50 14.40
704 655
660 648
41.0 42.4
36,610 34,050
34,320 33,696
2,133 2,204
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3 Occupation2 Mean Median Mean Median Weekly earnings4 Annual earnings5
Mean weekly hours
Mean
Median
Mean annual hours
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ................................ Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ......................................... Production occupations ...................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Laborers and material movers, hand ..
$15.23
$13.20
$649
$563
42.6
$33,729
$29,250
2,215
17.52 12.98 11.57
16.94 12.39 12.38
694 515 463
677 495 495
39.6 39.7 40.0
36,062 26,790 24,056
35,229 25,746 25,746
2,058 2,064 2,080
10.44 10.15
10.68 9.00
415 406
420 360
39.7 40.0
20,785 20,223
21,112 18,512
1,990 1,992
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. 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 Bulletin 3140-09 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.