Salaries: National Compensation Survey

The U.S. Dept. of Labor has released its periodic National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the U.S., based on June 2006 data. Interestingly, the report says that hourly wages are lower for those in private industry ($18.56 per hour) than in state and local government ($23.99) because "high-paying professional and related occupations are relatively more common in state and local government than private industry."