Category: Earnings

FLSA OT report for individuals working in truck transportation occupations

In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who work in Truck Transportation.

Many of the employees that work in these jobs are not exempt from FLSA overtime pay and earn 1.5 times pay for hours worked over 40 in a given week.

The tabulations below are based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing. Also, some companies may have the job title listed here as exempt from FLSA or state OT due to their specific job assignments. The BLS does not make a distinction as to if the job title is exempt or non-exempt from OT.

Occupational Group Title Percent of OT Workers Average Hours of OT 1 out of every 4 (25%) OT workers works at least:
Truck Transportation 47.28% 15 hours 60 hours

Source: BLS (CPS March)

FLSA OT report for Waste Management and Remediation Services

In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who work in Waste Management and Remediation Services.

Many of the employees that work in these jobs are not exempt from FLSA overtime pay and earn 1.5 times pay for hours worked over 40 in a given week.

The tabulations below are based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing. Also, some companies may have the job title listed here as exempt from FLSA or state OT due to their specific job assignments. The BLS does not make a distinction as to if the job title is exempt or non-exempt from OT.

Job Title Percent of OT Workers Average Hours of OT 1 out of every 4 (25%) OT workers works at least:
Waste Management and Remediation Services 30.57% 12 hours 56 hours

Source: BLS (CPS March)

Earnings report for Mathematics jobs

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In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the math field. The tabulation below is based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing.

Mathematics STEM Salaries

Job Title Average Salary
Actuaries  $     111,742.30
Computer and Information Research Scientists  $        95,027.50
Sales Engineers  $        92,428.57
Operations research analysts  $        82,702.66
Insurance Underwriters  $        81,976.74

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

FLSA OT report for Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing

In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who are in Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing.

Many of the employees that work in these jobs are not exempt from FLSA overtime pay and earn 1.5 times pay for hours worked over 40 in a given week.

The tabulations below are based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing. Also, some companies may have the job title listed here as exempt from FLSA or state OT due to their specific job assignments. The BLS does not make a distinction as to if the job title is exempt or non-exempt from OT.

Job Title Percent of OT Workers Average Hours of OT 1 out of every 4 (25%) OT workers works at least:
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing 28.57% 10.67 hours 55 hours

Source: BLS (CPS March)

FLSA OT report for Plastics Product Manufacturing

In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who are in Plastics Product Manufacturing.

Many of the employees that work in these jobs are not exempt from FLSA overtime pay and earn 1.5 times pay for hours worked over 40 in a given week.

The tabulations below are based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing. Also, some companies may have the job title listed here as exempt from FLSA or state OT due to their specific job assignments. The BLS does not make a distinction as to if the job title is exempt or non-exempt from OT.

Job Title Percent of OT Workers Average Hours of OT 1 out of every 4 (25%) OT workers works at least:
Plastics Product Manufacturing 27.72% 9.32 hours 53.5 hours

Source: BLS (CPS March)

Earnings report for Engineering jobs

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In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the engineering field. The tabulation below is based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing.

Engineering STEM Salaries

Job Title Average Salary
Computer Hardware Engineers  $     100,035.90
Aerospace Engineers  $        94,492.37
Chemical engineers  $        93,862.07
Electrical and electronic engineers  $        90,567.73
Civil Engineers  $        88,076.48

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

Earnings report for Technology jobs

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In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the technology field. The tabulation below is based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing.

Technology STEM Salaries

Job Title Average Salary
Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software  $        93,227.46
Computer Systems Analysts  $        83,334.38
Computer Programmers  $        82,647.55
Computer Occupations, All Other  $        65,948.52
Computer support Specialists  $        58,163.96

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

Earnings report for Science jobs

stemIn this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the science field. The tabulation below is based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing.

Science STEM Salaries

Job Title Average Salary
Physician Assistants  $     108,837.21
Pharmacists  $        96,866.57
Biological Scientists  $        67,490.59
Registered Nurses  $        62,350.85
Phlebotomists  $        31,295.76

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

Top 3 highest wage, sub-$100K STEM jobs in Texas

The top 3 STEM highest paying occupations in Texas are Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Engineers, all other, and Nurse Midwives and Nurse Practitioners.

Occupation Average Annual Wage
Electrical and Electronic Engineers $99,888.89
Engineers, all other $98,285.71
Nurse Midwives and Nurse Practitioners $97,333.34

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

The data was pulled from the CPS (Current Population Survey) March.

Source: BLS

Image Source: http://www.coursetalk.com/coursera/fundamentals-of-electrical-engineering

Dr. Sandra Black’s work on lifetime earnings and school starting age.

Dr. Sandra Black, UT-Austin economics professor, looks at the impact of school starting age and family background on work earnings.   From her work:

We find that if you enter the labor market later, as a result you have less experience and so you get paid less than the people who are the same age who started earlier, but by age 30 you’ve caught up. – Dr. Sandra Black