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Grand Rapids–Muskegon–Holland, MI National Compensation Survey April 2006 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner December 2006 Bulletin 3135–27 Preface D Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to ocltinfo@bls.gov. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file containing the published table formats. Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. Material in this bulletin is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. This information will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691–5200; Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339. ata shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS). The survey could not have been conducted without the cooperation of the many private establishments and government agencies that provided pay data included in this bulletin. The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation. Field economists of the Bureau of Labor Statistics collected and reviewed the survey data. The Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office, designed the survey, processed the data, and prepared the survey for publication. For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables: 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics.................................................................................................. 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers by work levels............................................................................................................................... 5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers ................................................................................................................... 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles................................................................................... 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ...................................................................... 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................... 9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles .................................................................... 11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................ 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments for major occupational groups ...................................................................................................... 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers .................... 17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................. 18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups .................... 19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers by major occupational group ........................................................................................................ 3 4 9 13 15 20 23 25 26 29 30 34 37 39 40 41 43 44 45 Appendixes: A. Technical Note............................................................................................................................... Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................ Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................ B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................ v A–1 A–5 A–6 B–1 Introduction T About the tables The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households). Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates. Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment. Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the work levels by combining them into broader groups within major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers. Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and part-time workers. Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar data for State and local government workers. Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational ag- he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Grand Rapids–Muskegon–Holland, MI, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September 2005 and October 2006; the average reference month is April 2006. Tabulations provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on the program, a technical note describing survey procedures, and an appendix with detailed information on occupational classifications. Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having different work schedules. NCS products The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the change in employer costs for wages and benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation measures employers’ average hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. Changes to the publications The locality wage publications have undergone a number of significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ: 1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker 3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations 4. Benchmarking of estimated employment 5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels 1 high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions within the private sector. Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of responding and nonresponding establishments. gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data for full-time employees in private establishments with fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with 100 workers or more. Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time and incentive workers in all and private establishments by 2 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Civilian workers Worker and establishment characteristics Private industry workers Hourly earnings Mean Relative error2 (percent) $17.87 3.3 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 ............. 28.40 29.81 27.86 11.43 15.94 18.51 14.91 State and local government workers Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 34.4 $17.11 3.8 2.6 5.1 3.7 3.4 6.2 17.5 3.8 35.8 40.5 34.3 26.1 34.9 33.2 35.6 26.79 28.67 25.97 10.19 15.87 18.51 14.72 18.37 18.79 17.87 3.5 4.2 4.1 37.3 39.2 35.1 15.28 15.76 13.95 6.9 7.2 8.4 Full time ............................................................ Part time ........................................................... 19.20 9.93 Union ................................................................ Nonunion .......................................................... Time .................................................................. Incentive ........................................................... Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) 34.4 $26.10 1.2 34.1 3.5 5.5 5.7 5.3 6.7 17.5 4.2 36.6 40.6 35.0 25.3 34.7 33.2 35.4 35.44 39.34 34.70 19.02 16.95 – 16.95 1.5 7.7 1.6 3.6 2.0 – 2.0 33.1 39.9 32.0 33.3 37.0 – 37.0 18.23 18.71 17.63 3.8 4.5 4.2 37.2 39.3 34.8 21.01 21.12 20.94 2.8 4.7 2.0 38.6 36.8 39.7 38.1 39.4 34.8 15.26 15.75 13.88 7.0 7.2 8.8 38.2 39.4 35.0 16.57 – 15.54 3.8 – 5.3 32.7 – 31.3 3.5 3.2 39.4 19.5 18.40 9.75 4.1 3.4 39.6 19.6 27.22 13.49 1.2 4.4 37.5 16.8 22.60 17.02 1.5 3.7 36.6 34.0 19.37 16.87 4.3 3.9 37.1 34.1 27.06 23.18 2.1 7.0 35.9 29.5 17.43 31.87 3.0 29.0 34.2 40.5 16.60 31.87 3.5 29.0 34.2 40.5 26.10 – 1.2 – 34.1 – Goods producing .............................................. Service providing .............................................. (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) – 15.59 – 5.8 – 32.1 (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers ..................................................... 100-499 workers ............................................... 500 workers or more ......................................... 16.59 16.62 20.98 6.3 5.9 3.9 32.9 34.6 36.5 16.59 15.78 19.54 6.3 7.0 4.6 32.9 34.8 36.9 – 24.50 26.98 – 5.2 2.0 – 32.9 34.9 All workers .......................................................... Worker characteristics4,5 Establishment characteristics 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 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. 3 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $17.87 3.3 $19.20 3.5 $9.93 3.2 Management occupations ................................................. Level 11 ............................................................ Not able to be leveled ....................................... Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 32.99 37.09 37.62 42.96 8.6 7.9 11.2 6.7 32.99 37.09 37.62 42.96 8.6 7.9 11.2 6.7 – – – – – – – – 46.37 7.3 46.37 7.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. 25.43 19.06 28.82 32.37 26.42 26.47 9.8 8.4 7.4 18.1 7.7 8.1 25.66 19.32 28.82 32.37 26.42 26.47 9.0 7.5 7.4 18.1 7.7 8.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 30.13 13.5 30.13 13.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Level 9 ............................................................. Engineers ......................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 28.04 29.69 31.88 29.69 22.21 6.8 1.0 2.3 1.0 10.5 28.18 29.69 31.88 – – 6.5 1.0 2.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 29.15 10.2 29.06 10.4 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Level 9 ............................................................. Social workers .................................................................. 19.14 29.24 23.34 22.3 14.4 11.7 21.64 29.24 23.21 17.4 14.4 14.1 – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Special education teachers .......................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. 32.91 13.57 12.66 14.28 15.72 41.15 38.19 39.04 41.87 4.3 5.5 5.7 5.9 26.1 9.5 10.0 11.6 16.9 34.73 14.03 – – – 41.53 38.20 40.86 – 3.4 6.0 – – – 9.2 10.0 12.4 – 16.80 – – – – – – – – 10.0 – – – – – – – – 36.85 40.52 38.08 30.52 35.93 39.80 36.92 6.8 9.3 9.9 15.0 5.8 12.7 7.5 38.11 – – – 37.48 40.24 36.92 5.4 – – – 2.8 12.2 7.5 18.24 – – – – – – 22.6 – – – – – – 35.93 39.29 37.74 4.8 12.5 7.4 37.70 39.82 37.74 1.7 11.8 7.4 – – – – – – 35.93 38.30 40.17 19.5 7.0 13.9 35.86 39.08 40.17 20.1 8.1 13.9 – – – – – – 37.72 39.40 47.14 49.54 19.94 13.61 13.57 12.70 7.2 15.7 9.5 3.0 13.0 2.3 5.5 6.0 38.53 39.40 47.14 49.54 – 14.09 14.03 – 8.6 15.7 9.5 3.0 – 2.7 6.0 – – – – – 16.64 11.72 – – – – – – 4.0 3.7 – – See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. $20.08 11.4 $21.62 12.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 7 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Therapists ......................................................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... Level 5 ............................................................. 23.60 19.39 19.56 22.76 26.34 27.69 25.39 26.41 23.46 18.30 16.66 3.4 6.0 6.3 9.4 2.0 2.9 5.5 2.1 8.6 7.2 3.1 23.62 20.06 20.18 22.62 26.47 28.79 – 26.61 23.35 18.84 – 2.8 8.7 7.4 10.3 2.3 4.0 – 2.2 8.8 7.7 – $23.51 – – – 25.98 25.06 – 25.82 – – – 8.3 – – – .5 1.6 – .3 – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Level 3 ............................................................. 14.20 11.42 15.01 12.05 11.01 12.14 11.01 8.1 2.7 2.7 .9 2.3 .6 2.3 14.71 11.78 – 12.63 11.52 12.79 11.52 7.5 1.0 – 2.4 .7 1.7 .7 11.52 – – 9.72 – 9.72 – 10.4 – – 4.4 – 4.4 – Protective service occupations ......................................... Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 21.35 21.92 23.82 19.68 23.56 24.21 23.56 24.21 9.60 3.8 1.7 2.8 .5 1.0 2.4 1.0 2.4 1.7 22.19 22.17 23.95 – 24.15 24.21 24.15 24.21 – 3.7 .8 2.7 – 1.0 2.4 1.0 2.4 – 11.41 – – – – – – – 9.60 3.2 – – – – – – – 1.7 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 8.36 7.37 6.17 7.60 11.89 11.83 9.49 4.90 4.70 6.77 6.40 5.3 13.1 7.5 12.8 10.6 8.1 4.9 22.8 24.4 2.6 2.2 11.36 – – 7.72 12.79 – 10.07 – – – – 6.3 – – 18.1 15.6 – 4.0 – – – – 6.31 6.90 4.91 7.40 – – – 5.15 4.96 6.64 6.40 1.4 11.3 6.0 6.5 – – – 16.4 18.0 2.7 2.2 6.74 6.33 3.0 2.7 – – – – 6.60 6.33 3.1 2.7 11.44 9.43 11.79 12.72 13.95 10.92 9.47 11.82 12.60 13.92 4.9 5.6 8.3 4.4 9.9 5.3 5.9 8.5 4.8 10.8 13.81 12.28 12.27 14.50 – 13.06 12.28 12.27 14.42 – 6.0 13.9 10.5 4.6 – 6.1 13.9 10.5 4.8 – 8.90 8.70 – – – 8.83 8.70 – – – 2.9 3.2 – – – 3.0 3.4 – – – 11.33 9.85 12.56 12.64 13.92 6.9 8.0 9.3 5.2 10.8 13.97 13.99 13.34 14.76 – 5.7 6.2 12.0 6.2 – 9.03 8.94 – – – 3.3 2.9 – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 5 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. $8.30 11.42 11.42 5.9 16.3 16.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 1 ............................................................. Child care workers ............................................................ 8.99 7.97 13.17 6.3 3.8 18.3 – – – – – – $8.31 7.46 – 6.9 3.2 – Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. 18.51 7.63 9.39 9.92 17.98 17.98 9.39 7.20 9.39 9.92 9.01 7.17 – 9.01 7.17 – 10.34 9.68 9.26 17.5 2.9 7.3 1.4 14.2 14.2 10.3 2.5 7.3 1.4 9.8 2.8 – 9.8 2.8 – 9.6 10.3 .1 $24.11 – – – 17.98 17.98 10.48 – – – 10.47 – – 10.47 – – – 9.94 – 20.2 – – – 14.2 14.2 11.7 – – – 12.7 – – 12.7 – – – 14.8 – 8.56 – – – – – 8.46 – – – 8.06 7.07 8.68 8.06 7.07 8.68 – 9.38 9.74 5.7 – – – – – 6.6 – – – 2.8 3.5 .4 2.8 3.5 .4 – 6.0 .6 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Tellers ........................................................................... Level 4 ............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 4 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. 14.91 7.90 10.91 11.84 14.60 15.82 19.37 20.52 14.53 3.8 6.0 4.4 6.6 2.3 2.1 6.4 3.3 7.3 15.33 – – – – – – – – 3.6 – – – – – – – – 11.79 – – – – – – – – 11.1 – – – – – – – – 20.88 15.08 10.54 13.76 16.11 17.96 14.20 13.98 15.81 13.94 15.77 17.83 11.58 11.82 14.96 12.80 19.22 11.47 12.24 14.91 15.78 17.78 16.15 13.86 15.91 12.77 12.57 13.59 4.5 2.7 2.6 3.6 4.3 6.2 2.5 3.0 4.6 3.1 5.6 7.3 .6 1.6 4.9 8.7 .8 6.5 15.7 7.3 3.9 3.7 3.2 10.7 6.2 8.0 6.8 5.8 20.96 14.97 – – – – 14.20 13.98 15.25 14.06 – – 11.62 – 14.99 – 19.22 11.47 13.25 14.95 15.80 17.78 16.15 13.91 15.91 14.66 13.91 14.12 4.6 2.0 – – – – 2.5 3.0 3.7 3.8 – – 5.6 – 4.9 – .8 6.5 14.2 7.3 3.9 3.7 3.2 10.9 6.2 5.7 7.4 6.9 – 15.56 – – – – – – 18.52 – – – 11.52 – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.52 – – – 13.0 – – – – – – 12.4 – – – 7.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.1 – – See footnotes at end of table. 6 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Level 5 ............................................................. $18.79 16.85 4.2 12.7 $18.83 16.85 4.1 12.7 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... Level 7 ............................................................. Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics ........................................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... Level 7 ............................................................. 17.87 14.86 18.00 21.82 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.4 18.47 – – – 3.1 – – – – – – – – – – – 26.13 16.90 18.77 16.0 3.9 2.0 30.34 16.97 18.97 6.1 4.1 1.8 – – – – – – 15.95 13.7 15.95 13.7 – – 18.93 23.96 22.21 24.54 8.8 1.5 4.2 2.8 20.95 23.96 22.21 24.54 3.6 1.5 4.2 2.8 – – – – – – – – 15.76 10.75 13.20 14.33 16.79 17.37 20.26 23.71 12.53 7.2 2.2 2.6 3.2 .8 4.0 2.6 4.9 17.3 15.85 – – – – – – – – 7.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 29.63 1.1 29.63 1.1 – – 14.77 14.45 15.93 14.07 13.01 17.97 17.8 1.8 3.9 3.8 7.4 .0 14.77 14.49 15.93 14.07 13.01 17.97 17.8 1.6 3.9 3.8 7.4 .0 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.67 13.5 12.67 13.5 – – 15.81 16.14 30.4 26.0 16.02 16.96 29.8 22.1 – – – – 15.31 39.1 15.65 38.8 – – 13.14 21.1 13.14 21.1 – – 13.30 4.6 13.82 4.9 – – 13.16 24.50 25.94 13.22 13.52 13.59 4.5 .0 5.2 1.3 4.7 8.3 13.69 24.50 25.94 13.22 13.52 13.59 4.2 .0 5.2 1.3 4.7 8.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.02 17.63 16.28 14.37 16.82 8.4 11.8 6.6 11.0 2.3 14.02 17.63 16.28 14.37 16.82 8.4 11.8 6.6 11.0 2.3 – – – – – – – – – – 13.67 13.21 12.5 2.4 13.67 13.32 12.5 2.8 – – – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Team assemblers ......................................................... Computer control programmers and operators ................ Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .................................................................. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Tool and die makers ......................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ........................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... Painting workers ............................................................... Level 5 ............................................................. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ........................................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... See footnotes at end of table. 7 Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Bus drivers ........................................................................ Level 3 ............................................................. Bus drivers, school ....................................................... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Level 4 ............................................................. Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $13.95 9.03 14.22 13.45 18.78 15.58 15.51 14.86 17.26 19.35 17.08 15.54 11.74 18.08 10.38 9.04 8.4 2.2 13.6 9.6 7.0 5.1 6.7 6.2 7.1 3.6 3.8 15.8 15.8 19.5 9.1 2.1 $14.40 – – – – – – – 17.21 – 16.70 15.54 11.74 18.08 11.00 9.69 9.4 – – – – – – – 8.1 – 5.5 15.8 15.8 19.5 11.6 4.0 $10.18 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.54 7.03 17.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.3 2.9 10.89 8.44 9.17 13.2 3.6 10.5 12.38 9.39 9.31 15.1 5.8 12.1 7.64 7.09 – 2.6 3.6 – 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 8 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $17.11 3.8 $18.40 4.1 $9.75 3.4 Management occupations ................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... 31.30 35.47 9.2 13.2 31.30 35.47 9.2 13.2 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 25.29 19.01 32.37 26.42 10.8 8.7 18.1 7.7 25.53 – 32.37 26.42 9.8 – 18.1 7.7 – – – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 30.17 13.9 30.17 13.9 – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Level 9 ............................................................. Engineers ......................................................................... Level 9 ............................................................. 28.05 29.69 31.89 29.69 6.9 1.0 2.3 1.0 28.19 29.69 31.89 29.69 6.5 1.0 2.3 1.0 – – – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ 20.84 12.0 21.77 16.3 15.34 21.2 21.60 20.59 13.4 17.0 22.86 22.21 16.7 22.0 – – – – 19.77 18.0 – – – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 19.35 12.4 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ Level 9 ............................................................. Therapists ......................................................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... Level 5 ............................................................. 23.34 19.39 19.57 20.88 26.50 28.12 26.59 22.22 18.32 16.59 3.6 6.1 6.5 8.5 2.2 3.1 2.2 7.2 7.5 3.2 23.28 20.07 20.16 – 26.69 29.63 26.88 22.05 18.88 – 2.9 8.9 7.6 – 2.3 4.2 2.0 7.3 8.0 – 23.56 – – – 25.98 25.01 25.82 – – – 8.7 – – – .5 1.7 .3 – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Level 3 ............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Level 3 ............................................................. 14.18 11.42 11.89 11.01 11.97 11.01 8.5 2.7 1.9 2.3 1.5 2.3 14.68 11.77 12.42 11.52 12.57 11.52 7.9 1.0 3.9 .7 3.3 .7 11.59 – – – – – 10.8 – – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. 8.22 7.35 6.09 7.21 11.70 9.36 4.90 4.70 6.67 6.38 5.7 13.2 7.4 13.3 10.7 5.5 22.8 24.4 1.4 1.8 11.23 – – – 12.61 – – – – – 6.6 – – – 16.1 – – – – – 6.19 6.87 4.86 – – – 5.15 4.96 6.53 6.38 1.7 11.2 5.2 – – – 16.4 18.0 1.3 1.8 6.63 6.31 1.7 2.3 – – – – 6.48 6.31 1.7 2.3 10.62 9.41 11.46 11.52 10.27 9.46 4.0 5.6 8.0 7.7 5.2 6.0 12.71 12.29 – – 12.21 12.29 6.6 14.1 – – 7.6 14.1 8.88 8.68 – – 8.82 8.68 3.0 3.4 – – 3.1 3.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 1 ............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 9 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $11.46 11.52 8.0 7.7 – – – – – – – – 10.64 9.84 12.25 8.28 6.9 8.0 9.1 5.9 $13.26 13.99 – – 7.6 6.2 – – $9.02 8.92 – – 3.4 3.0 – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Level 1 ............................................................. 8.78 7.95 4.8 4.0 – – – – 8.33 7.40 7.9 3.2 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers Retail sales workers ......................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. 18.51 7.63 9.39 9.92 17.98 17.98 9.39 7.20 9.39 9.92 9.01 7.17 – 9.01 7.17 – 10.34 9.68 9.26 17.5 2.9 7.3 1.4 14.2 14.2 10.3 2.5 7.3 1.4 9.8 2.8 – 9.8 2.8 – 9.6 10.3 .1 24.11 – 10.18 10.31 17.98 17.98 10.48 – 10.18 10.31 10.47 – – 10.47 – – – 9.94 – 20.2 – 11.4 .5 14.2 14.2 11.7 – 11.4 .5 12.7 – – 12.7 – – – 14.8 – 8.56 7.68 8.29 9.67 – – 8.46 7.11 8.29 9.67 8.06 7.07 8.68 8.06 7.07 8.68 – 9.38 9.74 5.7 3.4 2.2 1.5 – – 6.6 3.1 2.2 1.5 2.8 3.5 .4 2.8 3.5 .4 – 6.0 .6 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Tellers ........................................................................... Level 4 ............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 4 ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 4 ............................................................. 14.72 10.67 11.55 14.22 15.52 19.37 14.51 4.2 4.7 6.8 2.5 2.5 6.8 7.5 15.13 11.15 11.70 14.39 15.56 19.16 14.79 4.0 5.0 7.8 2.4 2.6 7.6 6.8 11.86 – 10.64 12.16 – – – 11.4 – 1.8 3.2 – – – 21.12 14.93 10.54 13.41 16.04 17.96 14.09 13.86 15.66 13.32 17.83 11.58 11.82 14.99 12.80 19.22 11.47 11.88 14.68 15.72 16.09 13.15 16.00 12.10 12.81 5.1 2.9 2.6 4.0 4.3 6.2 2.6 3.4 4.9 2.8 7.3 .6 1.6 4.9 8.7 .8 6.5 15.2 8.8 5.0 3.5 13.6 9.3 9.8 5.0 21.21 14.79 – 13.53 16.16 – 14.09 13.86 15.03 13.43 – 11.62 – 14.99 – 19.22 11.47 – 14.68 15.74 16.09 13.15 16.00 14.10 13.22 5.2 2.0 – 3.9 5.8 – 2.6 3.4 3.7 2.6 – 5.6 – 4.9 – .8 6.5 – 8.9 5.0 3.5 13.6 9.3 8.3 6.1 – 15.56 – – – – – – 18.52 – – 11.52 – – – – – – – – – – – 9.47 – – 13.0 – – – – – – 12.4 – – 7.1 – – – – – – – – – – – 9.4 – Building cleaning workers –Continued Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Construction and extraction occupations ....................... $18.71 4.5 $18.74 4.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... Level 7 ............................................................. 17.63 14.83 18.05 22.11 4.2 3.7 4.0 4.5 18.26 14.83 18.05 22.21 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.6 – – – – – – – – 18.96 24.12 22.21 24.54 9.0 1.3 4.2 2.8 21.05 24.12 22.21 24.54 3.9 1.3 4.2 2.8 – – – – – – – – 15.75 10.75 13.20 14.33 16.79 17.35 20.25 23.79 12.53 7.2 2.2 2.6 3.2 .8 4.0 2.7 4.8 17.3 15.83 10.72 13.32 14.39 16.79 17.35 20.25 23.79 12.61 7.1 2.2 3.7 2.9 .8 4.0 2.7 4.8 17.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 29.63 1.1 29.63 1.1 – – 14.77 14.45 15.93 14.07 13.01 17.97 17.8 1.8 3.9 3.8 7.4 .0 14.77 14.49 15.93 14.07 13.01 17.97 17.8 1.6 3.9 3.8 7.4 .0 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.67 13.5 12.67 13.5 – – 15.81 16.14 30.4 26.0 16.02 16.96 29.8 22.1 – – – – 15.31 39.1 15.65 38.8 – – 13.14 21.1 13.14 21.1 – – 13.30 4.6 13.82 4.9 – – 13.16 24.50 25.94 13.13 13.41 13.59 4.5 .0 5.2 1.1 4.5 8.3 13.69 24.50 25.94 13.13 13.41 13.59 4.2 .0 5.2 1.1 4.5 8.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.02 17.63 16.28 14.37 16.82 8.4 11.8 6.6 11.0 2.3 14.02 17.63 16.28 14.37 16.82 8.4 11.8 6.6 11.0 2.3 – – – – – – – – – – 13.67 13.21 12.5 2.4 13.67 13.32 12.5 2.8 – – – – 13.88 9.07 14.27 12.98 18.79 17.25 19.35 8.8 2.1 14.7 10.0 7.1 7.2 3.6 14.31 9.69 14.69 13.05 18.61 17.17 – 9.8 4.0 17.7 10.5 7.9 8.3 – $10.14 7.06 – – – – – 18.9 2.7 – – – – – Production occupations .................................................... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Team assemblers ......................................................... Computer control programmers and operators ................ Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .................................................................. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Tool and die makers ......................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ........................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... Painting workers ............................................................... Level 5 ............................................................. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ........................................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Level 1 ............................................................. Level 2 ............................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Level 4 ............................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 11 Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Level 1 ............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $17.03 15.54 11.74 18.08 10.42 9.08 3.7 15.8 15.8 19.5 9.2 2.1 $16.63 15.54 11.74 18.08 11.00 9.69 5.6 15.8 15.8 19.5 11.6 4.0 – – – – $7.61 7.07 – – – – 3.0 2.8 10.98 8.51 9.17 13.3 3.4 10.5 12.38 9.39 9.31 15.1 5.8 12.1 7.72 7.14 – 2.0 3.7 – 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. 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. 12 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $26.10 1.2 $27.22 1.2 $13.49 4.4 Management occupations ................................................. Not able to be leveled ....................................... Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 43.99 46.22 47.45 9.9 5.6 2.8 43.99 46.22 47.45 9.9 5.6 2.8 – – – – – – 49.14 3.7 49.14 3.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. 27.31 9.0 27.31 9.0 – – Community and social services occupations .................. Level 9 ............................................................. Social workers .................................................................. 26.31 29.24 23.21 13.7 14.4 14.1 26.31 29.24 23.21 13.7 14.4 14.1 – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Level 8 ............................................................. Level 9 ............................................................. Secondary school teachers .......................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Special education teachers .......................................... Level 9 ............................................................. Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... Level 3 ............................................................. 37.93 13.57 15.07 43.57 47.62 47.45 1.0 5.5 6.3 4.9 2.9 2.4 39.77 14.03 – 43.71 47.69 47.45 1.2 6.0 – 4.9 3.0 2.4 17.85 – – – – – 4.8 – – – – – 43.64 43.08 47.75 43.88 43.17 47.40 1.4 4.4 2.5 .1 7.0 2.2 44.22 43.12 47.82 44.25 43.26 47.40 2.6 4.7 2.6 .8 7.2 2.2 26.89 – – – – – 12.6 – – – – – 43.76 42.46 47.52 41.68 47.85 .4 8.0 1.9 1.2 2.6 44.12 42.46 47.52 42.86 47.85 1.2 8.0 1.9 3.6 2.6 – – – – – – – – – – 41.29 48.36 47.14 49.54 19.94 13.90 13.57 1.1 2.6 9.5 3.0 13.0 1.3 5.5 42.57 48.36 47.14 49.54 – 14.39 14.03 4.0 2.6 9.5 3.0 – 1.2 6.0 – – – – 16.64 11.79 – – – – – 4.0 4.4 – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Level 7 ............................................................. Registered nurses ............................................................ 26.89 30.06 25.17 7.6 12.9 4.6 27.52 – – 8.1 – – 22.49 – – 7.2 – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 14.72 7.1 – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Level 6 ............................................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Level 7 ............................................................. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Level 7 ............................................................. Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 21.99 21.92 23.82 19.68 23.56 24.21 23.56 24.21 9.60 3.4 1.7 2.8 .5 1.0 2.4 1.0 2.4 1.7 22.94 22.17 23.95 – 24.15 24.21 24.15 24.21 – 2.9 .8 2.7 – 1.0 2.4 1.0 2.4 – 11.41 – – – – – – – 9.60 3.2 – – – – – – – 1.7 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 13.02 6.4 – – 11.40 4.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Level 3 ............................................................. 16.88 15.06 15.37 14.98 6.3 3.1 2.5 3.2 17.32 15.06 15.65 14.98 4.6 3.1 4.7 3.2 – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Level 3 ............................................................. $15.37 14.98 2.5 3.2 $15.66 14.98 4.8 3.2 – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... 10.72 31.6 – – $8.14 4.7 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Level 3 ............................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Level 5 ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Level 4 ............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Level 4 ............................................................. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Level 4 ............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Level 4 ............................................................. 16.95 15.64 17.17 18.29 18.26 18.13 18.07 16.11 16.02 16.00 15.73 15.62 17.50 2.0 7.7 1.3 3.3 1.8 2.1 2.7 4.3 1.3 5.3 .9 2.8 3.4 17.33 – 17.20 18.55 18.26 18.13 18.07 16.42 16.02 16.35 15.73 16.12 – 1.4 – 1.1 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.7 3.1 1.3 3.9 .9 1.2 – 9.70 – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 21.12 4.7 21.40 3.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Level 7 ............................................................. 20.94 20.68 2.0 2.4 20.94 20.68 2.0 2.4 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Bus drivers ........................................................................ Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 15.54 16.23 15.90 5.3 2.5 3.7 16.84 – – 4.5 – – – – – – – – 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 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 14 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All workers .............................................................................. $17.87 3.3 $19.20 3.5 $9.93 3.2 Management occupations ................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Education administrators .................................................. Group III ............................................................ Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 32.99 26.19 34.02 42.96 38.96 8.6 20.0 9.0 6.7 6.9 32.99 – – 42.96 – 8.6 – – 6.7 – – – – – – – – – – – 46.37 7.3 46.37 7.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations ............. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. 25.43 20.19 29.27 26.42 26.47 9.8 3.4 5.0 7.7 8.1 25.66 – – 26.42 26.47 9.0 – – 7.7 8.1 – – – – – – – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... Group III ............................................................ 30.13 41.92 13.5 13.2 30.13 – 13.5 – – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Engineers ......................................................................... Group III ............................................................ Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 28.04 23.92 31.47 31.88 31.47 22.21 6.8 8.1 1.9 2.3 1.9 10.5 28.18 – – 31.88 – – 6.5 – – 2.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... Group II ............................................................. 29.15 22.40 10.2 5.5 29.06 – 10.4 – – – – – Community and social services occupations .................. Group III ............................................................ Social workers .................................................................. 19.14 28.63 23.34 22.3 13.1 11.7 21.64 – 23.21 17.4 – 14.1 – – – – – – Education, training, and library occupations .................. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Group III ............................................................ Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Special education teachers .......................................... Group III ............................................................ Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Group II ............................................................. Teacher assistants ........................................................... 32.91 13.35 31.90 37.97 39.04 35.55 41.87 4.3 4.8 15.1 9.4 11.6 15.1 16.9 34.73 – – – 40.86 – – 3.4 – – – 12.4 – – 16.80 – – – – – – 10.0 – – – – – – 36.85 34.91 38.08 30.52 35.93 34.51 36.92 6.8 16.0 9.9 15.0 5.8 19.6 7.5 38.11 – – – 37.48 – – 5.4 – – – 2.8 – – 18.24 – – – – – – 22.6 – – – – – – 35.93 33.00 37.74 4.8 19.8 7.4 37.70 37.61 37.74 1.7 11.5 7.4 – – – – – – 35.93 38.30 35.79 40.17 19.5 7.0 8.6 13.9 35.86 39.08 – – 20.1 8.1 – – – – – – – – – – 37.72 35.79 39.40 47.14 49.54 19.94 17.05 13.61 7.2 8.6 15.7 9.5 3.0 13.0 4.7 2.3 38.53 – 39.40 47.14 – – – 14.09 8.6 – 15.7 9.5 – – – 2.7 – – – – – 16.64 – 11.72 – – – – – 4.0 – 3.7 See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Teacher assistants –Continued Group I .............................................................. $13.37 4.8 $13.82 5.5 $11.72 3.7 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 20.08 11.4 21.62 12.8 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Registered nurses ............................................................ Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Group III ............................................................ Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... Group II ............................................................. 23.60 20.53 29.68 27.69 24.54 28.74 23.46 19.45 35.68 18.30 18.38 3.4 2.5 2.5 2.9 5.1 3.5 8.6 8.2 2.4 7.2 7.2 23.62 – – 28.79 – 29.42 23.35 – – 18.84 18.93 2.8 – – 4.0 – 4.5 8.8 – – 7.7 7.7 23.51 – – 25.06 23.36 25.91 – – – – – 8.3 – – 1.6 5.1 .5 – – – – – Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Group I .............................................................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Group I .............................................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... Group I .............................................................. Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations Group I .............................................................. 14.20 12.34 12.05 11.52 12.14 11.52 8.1 3.9 .9 2.4 .6 2.4 14.71 – 12.63 – 12.79 12.28 7.5 – 2.4 – 1.7 .6 11.52 – 9.72 – 9.72 9.72 10.4 – 4.4 – 4.4 4.4 13.39 1.4 – – – – Protective service occupations ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Group II ............................................................. Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ Group I .............................................................. 21.35 10.79 21.94 19.68 23.56 23.33 23.56 23.33 9.60 9.60 3.8 4.9 4.8 .5 1.0 2.5 1.0 2.5 1.7 1.7 22.19 – – – 24.15 – 24.15 23.65 – – 3.7 – – – 1.0 – 1.0 1.3 – – 11.41 – – – – – – – 9.60 – 3.2 – – – – – – – 1.7 – Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Group I .............................................................. Cooks ............................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Group I .............................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Group I .............................................................. Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Group I .............................................................. Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... Group I .............................................................. 8.36 7.49 11.89 10.62 11.83 9.49 9.49 4.90 4.90 4.70 4.70 6.77 6.77 5.3 9.1 10.6 7.5 8.1 4.9 4.9 22.8 22.8 24.4 24.4 2.6 2.6 11.36 – 12.79 – – 10.07 10.07 – – – – – – 6.3 – 15.6 – – 4.0 4.0 – – – – – – 6.31 – – – – – – 5.15 – 4.96 4.96 6.64 – 1.4 – – – – – – 16.4 – 18.0 18.0 2.7 – 6.74 6.74 3.0 3.0 – – – – 6.60 6.60 3.1 3.1 11.44 10.91 10.92 10.92 4.9 5.1 5.3 5.3 13.81 – 13.06 – 6.0 – 6.1 – 8.90 – 8.83 – 2.9 – 3.0 – 11.33 11.33 8.30 8.30 11.42 6.9 6.9 5.9 5.9 16.3 13.97 13.97 – – – 5.7 5.7 – – – 9.03 9.03 – – – 3.3 3.3 – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Group I .............................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Group I .............................................................. Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Group I .............................................................. Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... See footnotes at end of table. 16 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. $11.42 16.3 – – – – Personal care and service occupations ........................... Group I .............................................................. Child care workers ............................................................ Group I .............................................................. 8.99 8.43 13.17 8.75 6.3 4.3 18.3 5.6 – – – – – – – – $8.31 – – – 6.9 – – – Sales and related occupations .......................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers Retail sales workers ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Cashiers ................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Group I .............................................................. Retail salespersons ...................................................... Group I .............................................................. 18.51 9.33 25.56 17.98 17.98 9.39 9.08 9.01 8.94 9.01 8.94 10.34 10.34 9.68 8.84 17.5 7.4 14.8 14.2 14.2 10.3 8.2 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.6 9.6 10.3 7.8 $24.11 – – 17.98 17.98 10.48 – 10.47 – 10.47 10.35 – – 9.94 8.27 20.2 – – 14.2 14.2 11.7 – 12.7 – 12.7 13.2 – – 14.8 8.4 8.56 – – – – 8.46 – 8.06 – 8.06 8.06 – – 9.38 9.38 5.7 – – – – 6.6 – 2.8 – 2.8 2.8 – – 6.0 6.0 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Group II ............................................................. Financial clerks ................................................................. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ Group I .............................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Tellers ........................................................................... Group I .............................................................. Customer service representatives .................................... Group I .............................................................. Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Group I .............................................................. Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Group I .............................................................. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Office clerks, general ........................................................ Group I .............................................................. 14.91 13.10 18.63 3.8 3.6 4.0 15.33 – – 3.6 – – 11.79 – – 11.1 – – 20.88 21.01 15.08 13.32 17.47 14.20 13.98 15.81 13.60 17.35 11.58 11.35 14.96 13.79 12.80 12.80 19.22 11.47 12.24 12.33 14.91 14.11 17.47 16.15 13.86 13.37 17.62 12.77 12.24 4.5 5.2 2.7 3.0 4.2 2.5 3.0 4.6 3.0 5.1 .6 3.8 4.9 1.9 8.7 8.7 .8 6.5 15.7 16.8 7.3 8.5 2.5 3.2 10.7 11.7 6.2 8.0 7.7 20.96 21.01 14.97 – – 14.20 13.98 15.25 13.76 16.53 11.62 11.20 14.99 13.83 – – 19.22 11.47 13.25 – 14.95 – – 16.15 13.91 13.42 17.80 14.66 14.14 4.6 5.2 2.0 – – 2.5 3.0 3.7 3.2 3.3 5.6 1.9 4.9 1.9 – – .8 6.5 14.2 – 7.3 – – 3.2 10.9 11.9 5.5 5.7 3.0 – – 15.56 – – – – 18.52 – – 11.52 11.52 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.52 9.43 – – 13.0 – – – – 12.4 – – 7.1 7.1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9.1 10.1 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. 18.79 14.59 20.99 4.2 1.5 6.6 18.83 – – 4.1 – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... 17.87 18.75 4.1 2.4 18.47 – 3.1 – – – – – 26.13 16.90 16.0 3.9 30.34 16.97 6.1 4.1 – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists –Continued Group II ............................................................. Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics ........................................................... Group II ............................................................. Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Group II ............................................................. Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... Group II ............................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $16.90 3.9 $16.97 4.1 – – 15.95 15.95 13.7 13.7 15.95 – 13.7 – – – – – 18.93 22.00 22.21 23.35 8.8 2.8 4.2 1.5 20.95 – 22.21 23.35 3.6 – 4.2 1.5 – – – – – – – – 15.76 14.09 20.46 7.2 4.3 4.4 15.85 – – 7.0 – – – – – – – – 29.63 28.97 1.1 2.9 29.63 28.97 1.1 2.9 – – – – 14.77 14.45 13.99 13.01 17.97 17.8 1.8 3.7 7.4 .0 14.77 14.49 – 13.01 17.97 17.8 1.6 – 7.4 .0 – – – – – – – – – – 12.67 13.5 12.67 13.5 – – 15.81 15.21 18.24 30.4 37.4 1.3 16.02 – – 29.8 – – – – – – – – Production occupations .................................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Group II ............................................................. Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Group I .............................................................. Team assemblers ......................................................... Computer control programmers and operators ................ Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .................................................................. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......................................................... Group I .............................................................. Group II ............................................................. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Group I .............................................................. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Tool and die makers ......................................................... Group II ............................................................. Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Group I .............................................................. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... Group I .............................................................. Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ........................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Group I .............................................................. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... Painting workers ............................................................... Group II ............................................................. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ........................................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Group I .............................................................. 15.31 14.31 39.1 49.3 15.65 – 38.8 – – – – – 13.14 21.1 13.14 21.1 – – 13.30 4.6 13.82 4.9 – – 13.16 24.50 24.50 13.22 12.72 13.52 13.59 12.73 4.5 .0 .0 1.3 2.9 4.7 8.3 3.5 13.69 24.50 24.50 13.22 – 13.52 13.59 – 4.2 .0 .0 1.3 – 4.7 8.3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14.02 17.63 17.66 16.28 14.37 17.03 8.4 11.8 7.8 6.6 11.0 2.0 14.02 17.63 17.66 16.28 14.37 – 8.4 11.8 7.8 6.6 11.0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.67 13.21 13.07 12.5 2.4 6.1 13.67 13.32 – 12.5 2.8 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Group I .............................................................. Bus drivers ........................................................................ Group I .............................................................. Bus drivers, school ....................................................... Group I .............................................................. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Group I .............................................................. 13.95 14.00 15.58 15.58 14.86 14.86 17.26 17.47 8.4 8.1 5.1 5.1 6.2 6.2 7.1 9.4 14.40 – – – – – 17.21 – 9.4 – – – – – 8.1 – $10.18 – – – – – – – 17.3 – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 18 Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Total Occupation4 and level Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... Group I .............................................................. Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Group I .............................................................. Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Group I .............................................................. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Group I .............................................................. Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... Group I .............................................................. Full-time workers Part-time workers Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $17.08 16.92 15.54 15.54 10.38 10.85 3.8 5.8 15.8 15.8 9.1 8.1 $16.70 16.18 15.54 15.54 11.00 – 5.5 8.6 15.8 15.8 11.6 – – – – – $7.54 – – – – – 3.3 – 10.89 11.14 9.17 10.02 13.2 13.9 10.5 8.6 12.38 13.03 9.31 10.31 15.1 14.9 12.1 10.1 7.64 7.64 – – 2.6 2.6 – – 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. 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. 19 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $8.39 $11.05 $15.67 $21.03 $29.20 Management occupations ................................................. Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 16.89 26.89 24.00 38.46 30.89 45.18 42.01 50.24 48.05 51.39 30.39 45.18 49.25 50.82 51.54 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. 16.75 21.81 19.03 18.51 22.50 22.49 22.71 24.52 26.86 29.91 29.91 28.17 43.27 29.91 35.92 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 12.02 20.19 27.37 50.37 50.37 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... Engineering technicians, except drafters .......................... 19.70 26.68 19.21 25.00 27.86 19.70 27.86 30.29 19.70 31.39 35.95 28.86 37.86 40.42 28.86 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 20.17 24.90 30.04 30.04 32.89 Community and social services occupations .................. Social workers .................................................................. 7.90 16.54 12.81 17.19 17.37 21.94 23.76 23.76 26.76 35.30 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Postsecondary teachers ................................................... Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ........................ Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Preschool and kindergarten teachers ........................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Special education teachers .......................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 12.67 25.00 25.00 19.33 25.30 25.00 30.27 35.62 47.44 47.36 50.32 50.38 51.81 58.07 58.07 18.29 25.57 14.41 25.57 25.57 24.70 40.33 25.57 39.46 47.36 29.38 47.36 52.45 49.42 51.19 13.44 24.91 40.31 47.36 50.92 21.66 20.09 24.70 28.92 34.47 41.94 47.45 48.23 51.38 53.50 19.95 33.95 12.24 10.68 28.92 44.18 12.67 11.45 41.94 46.57 19.23 13.24 48.23 52.45 26.16 15.00 52.01 57.53 34.67 18.11 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 10.00 14.30 15.00 31.96 31.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 15.82 22.34 17.00 15.82 17.30 24.40 17.06 15.99 23.22 27.05 17.70 17.30 27.40 29.98 28.14 20.05 34.01 37.00 37.87 23.29 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.26 9.33 9.33 11.46 10.55 10.70 13.00 11.44 11.45 16.76 12.70 12.82 19.87 16.16 16.16 Protective service occupations ......................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 11.48 17.09 19.17 19.17 8.31 19.12 17.38 19.17 19.17 8.51 21.95 20.72 24.85 24.85 9.90 25.82 21.95 26.62 26.62 10.20 26.62 21.95 26.62 26.62 10.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Cooks, institution and cafeteria .................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 2.85 7.25 9.67 7.50 2.65 2.65 5.25 5.70 9.67 9.67 9.00 2.65 2.65 5.75 7.50 11.78 11.78 9.55 2.85 2.85 6.50 10.50 12.76 13.50 10.80 7.25 9.00 7.58 12.76 16.97 13.90 10.90 10.00 10.00 8.50 5.25 5.75 6.50 7.50 8.50 See footnotes at end of table. 20 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $7.57 7.57 $8.50 8.50 $10.00 10.00 $13.30 13.19 $16.27 16.27 8.00 6.25 8.20 8.20 8.75 7.18 8.85 8.85 10.50 8.00 8.85 8.85 13.30 8.87 14.19 14.19 16.27 12.06 17.02 17.02 Personal care and service occupations ........................... Child care workers ............................................................ 6.50 7.25 7.51 8.46 8.78 14.63 9.00 17.64 11.60 18.85 Sales and related occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................................................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.00 12.18 8.00 15.92 10.62 15.92 16.00 17.00 33.11 31.02 12.18 6.87 7.00 7.00 7.75 6.87 15.92 7.45 7.00 7.00 7.95 6.87 15.92 8.65 8.25 8.25 9.25 9.00 17.00 10.50 9.90 9.90 11.49 10.50 31.02 13.50 12.50 12.50 15.58 13.83 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 9.50 11.85 14.15 17.90 20.45 17.25 11.00 11.63 12.08 10.10 10.73 8.00 13.60 8.50 7.00 9.11 13.00 9.11 7.75 19.26 12.37 13.06 13.91 10.11 13.18 11.87 17.75 8.50 9.00 11.93 14.42 9.11 10.94 20.01 14.25 13.82 14.32 11.44 14.11 12.32 19.04 11.36 11.00 14.42 17.74 13.52 12.00 22.00 17.68 14.25 17.68 12.46 15.67 14.00 20.90 13.60 15.90 18.00 17.90 17.19 14.40 25.83 19.99 16.75 20.00 14.13 20.50 17.00 23.40 15.95 17.60 19.75 18.02 19.75 17.02 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.46 15.00 19.75 21.03 27.20 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics ........................................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 11.00 13.39 16.90 20.10 24.48 9.40 12.95 16.03 15.04 26.62 15.45 36.46 19.49 39.03 21.08 13.00 13.00 13.00 18.25 22.35 11.00 18.42 15.00 18.42 18.42 20.52 21.62 24.48 24.48 27.40 9.00 11.33 14.98 17.95 24.36 21.10 26.46 30.81 33.77 36.13 10.35 9.25 8.75 16.15 10.40 12.13 11.57 17.00 11.76 14.98 13.15 17.48 12.83 16.59 15.30 18.55 25.40 17.47 16.65 21.41 8.19 8.19 14.60 16.14 16.20 8.00 9.00 12.16 21.27 28.44 8.00 9.00 11.67 19.13 28.44 8.00 9.00 12.00 17.67 21.27 Occupation2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... Grounds maintenance workers ......................................... Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .................. Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Team assemblers ......................................................... Computer control programmers and operators ................ Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .................................................................. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......................................................... Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. See footnotes at end of table. 21 Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $8.80 $10.60 $12.75 $17.14 $17.74 8.80 20.00 10.50 11.50 10.50 10.55 22.68 12.00 12.00 11.44 12.75 23.83 12.89 13.00 13.01 17.00 24.21 15.00 15.00 15.25 17.74 32.58 15.46 15.46 18.50 10.50 9.25 15.15 8.60 12.62 13.20 16.01 11.25 13.01 17.00 16.17 15.51 16.00 23.00 16.17 17.30 18.80 26.25 17.24 17.50 8.60 9.00 8.60 10.25 14.79 13.00 17.23 15.24 17.30 18.92 7.38 11.56 10.82 10.75 13.50 9.00 6.89 9.00 15.66 13.78 14.00 14.33 11.00 7.38 13.25 16.25 15.95 17.56 16.50 13.84 8.73 18.62 16.98 16.25 21.82 19.59 19.03 11.14 21.82 16.98 16.79 21.82 22.86 25.43 17.48 6.00 7.38 7.25 7.38 9.25 8.73 12.35 9.00 21.82 12.52 Occupation2 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Tool and die makers ......................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ........................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... Painting workers ............................................................... Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ........................................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Bus drivers ........................................................................ Bus drivers, school ....................................................... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 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. 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. 22 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $8.25 $10.75 $15.00 $20.19 $28.28 Management occupations ................................................. 16.89 24.00 30.15 40.83 44.90 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... 16.00 21.81 18.13 22.50 22.50 24.52 29.91 29.91 44.66 29.91 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 12.02 20.19 27.37 50.37 50.37 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... 19.70 26.68 25.00 27.86 27.86 30.29 31.56 35.95 37.97 40.42 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Elementary and middle school teachers ....................... Elementary school teachers, except special education ............................................................ 11.39 13.18 22.30 25.57 28.74 10.24 10.24 15.07 13.44 23.06 22.02 25.57 25.74 29.32 29.32 10.24 12.46 21.55 25.23 28.54 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 10.00 14.30 15.00 19.98 31.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 15.82 22.34 17.00 15.82 17.25 24.70 17.06 15.99 23.04 27.35 17.39 17.30 27.25 31.12 23.83 19.20 32.70 37.00 36.26 23.29 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 10.30 9.33 9.33 11.46 10.55 10.65 12.70 11.44 11.44 16.26 12.64 12.70 19.87 16.16 16.16 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 2.85 7.25 7.50 2.65 2.65 5.25 5.53 9.67 9.00 2.65 2.65 5.75 7.50 11.78 9.55 2.85 2.85 6.50 10.00 12.76 10.80 7.25 9.00 7.50 12.76 16.97 10.90 10.00 10.00 8.50 5.25 5.75 6.50 7.21 8.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............................... 7.57 7.57 8.25 8.15 10.00 9.73 12.83 12.06 16.27 14.70 7.57 6.25 8.50 7.18 10.00 8.00 12.19 8.87 16.27 12.06 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 6.31 7.51 8.87 8.95 10.92 Sales and related occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................................................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.00 12.18 8.00 15.92 10.62 15.92 16.00 17.00 33.11 31.02 12.18 6.87 7.00 7.00 7.75 6.87 15.92 7.45 7.00 7.00 7.95 6.87 15.92 8.65 8.25 8.25 9.25 9.00 17.00 10.50 9.90 9.90 11.49 10.50 31.02 13.50 12.50 12.50 15.58 13.83 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Receptionists and information clerks ................................ Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... 9.45 11.50 14.00 17.81 20.45 18.50 10.92 11.63 12.00 10.10 10.73 8.00 13.60 19.26 12.24 13.06 13.91 10.11 13.18 11.87 17.75 20.01 14.15 13.82 14.25 11.44 14.11 12.32 19.04 23.05 17.68 14.25 17.68 12.46 15.67 14.00 20.90 25.83 19.99 16.75 20.00 14.13 20.50 17.00 23.40 See footnotes at end of table. 23 Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ $8.50 7.00 9.11 13.00 9.11 7.75 $8.50 9.00 10.56 14.42 9.11 10.00 $11.36 11.00 14.42 17.81 11.93 12.00 $13.60 12.75 18.00 17.90 17.19 12.50 $15.95 17.60 19.75 18.00 19.75 15.78 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.46 14.80 18.75 21.03 27.20 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 11.00 13.39 16.29 19.80 24.48 11.00 18.42 15.00 18.42 18.42 20.52 21.62 24.48 24.48 27.40 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Team assemblers ......................................................... Computer control programmers and operators ................ Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .................................................................. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......................................................... Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Tool and die makers ......................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ........................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... Painting workers ............................................................... Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ........................................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... 9.00 11.25 14.95 17.95 24.40 21.10 26.46 30.81 33.77 36.13 10.35 9.25 8.75 16.15 10.40 12.13 11.57 17.00 11.76 14.98 13.15 17.48 12.83 16.59 15.30 18.55 25.40 17.47 16.65 21.41 8.19 8.19 14.60 16.14 16.20 8.00 9.00 12.16 21.27 28.44 8.00 9.00 11.67 19.13 28.44 8.00 9.00 12.00 17.67 21.27 8.80 10.60 12.75 17.14 17.74 8.80 20.00 10.50 11.50 10.50 10.55 22.68 12.00 12.00 11.44 12.75 23.83 12.85 13.00 13.01 17.00 24.21 15.00 15.00 15.25 17.74 32.58 15.46 15.46 18.50 10.50 9.25 15.15 8.60 12.62 13.20 16.01 11.25 13.01 17.00 16.17 15.51 16.00 23.00 16.17 17.30 18.80 26.25 17.24 17.50 8.60 9.00 8.60 10.25 14.79 13.00 17.23 15.24 17.30 18.92 7.38 10.75 13.50 9.00 7.00 9.00 14.00 14.30 11.00 7.38 12.83 16.69 16.50 13.84 8.75 18.72 21.82 19.51 19.03 11.14 21.82 21.82 22.86 25.43 17.48 6.00 7.38 7.25 7.38 9.25 8.73 12.35 9.00 21.82 12.52 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 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. 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. 24 Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Occupation2 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $13.29 $16.54 $21.13 $33.96 $47.36 Management occupations ................................................. Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 26.49 43.75 35.50 45.18 45.18 49.25 50.24 50.68 51.53 51.53 45.18 47.03 50.24 51.39 51.54 Business and financial operations occupations ............. 20.33 21.34 25.96 30.56 42.46 Community and social services occupations .................. Social workers .................................................................. 16.95 16.54 19.98 16.95 23.76 20.87 26.76 22.24 47.63 36.98 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 ............................................................ Secondary school teachers .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Special education teachers .......................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 13.24 34.77 28.56 38.31 43.85 49.59 47.44 55.63 54.09 58.07 28.92 28.56 38.58 39.72 45.58 45.59 48.84 47.36 54.79 54.19 28.56 28.92 39.76 31.78 45.59 42.97 47.36 48.84 54.73 53.76 28.92 33.95 12.24 10.68 28.92 44.18 12.67 11.80 42.97 46.57 19.23 13.29 48.84 52.45 26.16 15.00 53.50 57.53 34.67 18.11 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ 19.33 22.34 22.34 22.69 23.22 23.22 29.98 28.10 44.33 29.98 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... 9.91 13.46 16.17 17.70 17.70 Protective service occupations ......................................... Fire fighters ....................................................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 14.35 17.09 19.17 19.17 8.31 19.17 17.38 19.17 19.17 8.51 22.36 20.72 24.85 24.85 9.90 25.82 21.95 26.62 26.62 10.20 26.62 21.95 26.62 26.62 10.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ 10.13 11.89 12.76 13.71 16.80 13.30 13.46 14.24 14.24 14.74 14.74 17.20 16.85 19.66 18.77 13.46 14.24 14.74 16.79 18.77 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 7.27 7.27 8.44 14.63 18.85 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 13.15 15.38 15.00 12.52 12.52 10.94 15.44 17.98 17.98 14.21 14.06 14.06 17.06 18.81 18.53 15.95 16.10 16.21 18.95 18.95 18.81 18.04 17.06 17.02 20.62 19.60 18.95 20.75 20.75 19.56 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 15.60 19.77 20.91 23.51 25.13 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... 18.45 18.73 20.30 22.73 23.97 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Bus drivers ........................................................................ Bus drivers, school ....................................................... 9.46 14.98 13.78 14.98 15.86 15.86 16.31 16.31 16.16 16.98 16.98 16.70 19.92 16.98 16.79 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 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. 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. 25 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $9.55 $12.55 $16.80 $21.82 $30.20 Management occupations ................................................. Education administrators .................................................. Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..................................................................... 16.89 26.89 24.00 38.46 30.89 45.18 42.01 50.24 48.05 51.39 30.39 45.18 49.25 50.82 51.54 Business and financial operations occupations ............. Buyers and purchasing agents ......................................... Accountants and auditors ................................................. 17.12 21.81 19.03 18.97 22.50 22.49 22.76 24.52 26.86 29.91 29.91 28.17 44.66 29.91 35.92 Computer and mathematical science occupations ......... 12.02 20.19 27.37 50.37 50.37 Architecture and engineering occupations ..................... Engineers ......................................................................... 19.70 26.68 25.00 27.86 27.86 30.29 31.56 35.95 37.97 40.42 Life, physical, and social science occupations ............... 20.17 24.47 30.04 30.04 30.29 Community and social services occupations .................. Social workers .................................................................. 12.81 16.54 13.46 16.95 17.99 20.87 25.65 22.24 36.25 36.98 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 .......................................... Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education ........................................... Special education teachers .......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 13.24 25.30 23.06 28.28 34.67 39.11 47.36 50.38 52.45 58.07 21.55 20.80 27.72 27.55 41.94 41.92 47.36 47.36 52.67 51.56 20.80 27.72 43.67 47.36 51.73 21.66 21.87 24.70 28.92 34.47 41.94 47.45 48.23 51.38 53.76 21.87 33.95 10.99 28.92 44.18 11.80 41.94 46.57 13.29 48.23 52.45 15.00 52.67 57.53 18.11 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................................. 14.28 15.00 16.50 31.96 31.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ Therapists ......................................................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ........... 15.82 22.34 17.00 15.82 17.28 24.40 17.06 16.85 23.22 27.46 17.39 17.93 27.46 31.26 25.74 23.29 36.26 37.00 37.87 23.29 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 11.30 10.40 10.58 11.72 11.40 11.44 13.46 11.58 11.75 18.42 14.02 14.15 20.02 16.16 16.16 Protective service occupations ......................................... Police officers ................................................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ................................. 14.35 19.17 19.17 19.17 22.14 22.14 22.40 25.36 25.36 25.82 26.62 26.62 26.62 26.62 26.62 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Cooks ............................................................................... Food preparation workers ................................................. 5.31 9.67 9.00 9.00 10.00 9.10 10.80 12.00 10.50 12.76 12.76 10.80 17.48 16.97 10.90 8.87 7.75 10.77 10.77 13.19 13.19 16.27 15.81 17.89 17.13 10.77 12.19 13.87 16.27 17.32 7.50 12.18 10.20 15.92 15.41 15.92 20.70 17.00 45.15 31.02 12.18 6.87 15.92 7.50 15.92 9.90 17.00 12.43 31.02 15.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... Sales and related occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ............... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................................................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 26 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Full-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... $7.50 7.50 6.87 $7.50 7.50 6.87 $10.29 10.29 7.51 $12.37 12.37 11.31 $13.95 13.95 16.52 Office and administrative support occupations .............. First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers ................................... Financial clerks ................................................................. Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ........ Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Customer service representatives .................................... Production, planning, and expediting clerks ..................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................... Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................ Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................ Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........ Office clerks, general ........................................................ 10.11 12.24 14.42 18.02 20.45 18.01 11.63 11.63 12.24 10.11 10.73 13.60 8.50 9.00 9.11 13.00 9.11 12.00 19.26 13.06 13.06 13.91 10.11 13.18 17.75 8.50 10.75 11.93 14.42 9.11 12.00 20.07 14.25 13.82 14.25 11.44 14.11 19.04 11.36 12.00 14.42 17.74 13.52 13.58 22.00 17.68 14.25 17.68 12.12 15.67 20.90 13.60 16.99 18.02 17.90 17.19 16.21 25.83 18.81 16.75 18.81 14.03 20.50 23.40 15.95 19.90 19.75 18.02 19.75 19.56 Construction and extraction occupations ....................... 12.46 15.50 19.75 21.03 27.20 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ......... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers .............................................................. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ... Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics ........................................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................................................... Industrial machinery mechanics ................................... 13.00 14.00 17.61 20.52 24.48 16.03 12.95 26.62 15.04 27.38 15.45 37.64 19.49 41.13 21.08 13.00 13.00 13.00 18.25 22.35 16.79 18.42 18.42 18.42 20.10 20.52 24.48 24.48 24.48 27.40 9.00 11.46 15.00 18.00 24.40 21.10 26.46 30.81 33.77 36.13 10.35 9.25 8.75 16.15 10.40 12.30 11.57 17.00 11.76 14.98 13.15 17.48 12.83 16.59 15.30 18.55 25.40 17.49 16.65 21.41 8.19 8.19 14.60 16.14 16.20 8.00 9.00 13.20 21.27 28.44 8.50 9.00 11.67 20.50 28.44 8.00 9.00 12.00 17.67 21.27 10.25 11.25 13.12 17.50 17.81 10.13 20.00 10.50 11.50 10.50 11.22 22.68 12.00 12.00 11.44 12.75 23.83 12.89 13.00 13.01 17.44 24.21 15.00 15.00 15.25 17.81 32.58 15.46 15.46 18.50 10.50 9.25 15.15 8.60 12.62 13.20 16.01 11.25 13.01 17.00 16.17 15.51 16.00 23.00 16.17 17.30 18.80 26.25 17.24 17.50 8.60 9.06 8.60 10.25 14.79 13.25 17.23 15.24 17.30 18.92 8.50 10.50 9.00 14.25 13.67 16.69 19.03 21.82 21.82 21.82 Production occupations .................................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ....................................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................................. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ....................... Team assemblers ......................................................... Computer control programmers and operators ................ Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .................................................................. Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......................................................... Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .. Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .............. Tool and die makers ......................................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers .......................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ........................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....... Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ...... Painting workers ............................................................... Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ........................................... Miscellaneous production workers ................................... Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................. See footnotes at end of table. 27 Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Full-time workers Occupation3 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ......................... Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................ Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ...................................... 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $13.50 9.00 7.38 $14.25 11.00 8.50 $16.07 13.84 9.00 $19.05 19.03 12.50 $22.86 25.43 19.90 7.25 7.38 9.00 7.38 9.55 8.73 15.90 9.30 21.82 12.52 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. 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. 28 Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Part-time workers Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All workers .............................................................................. $5.75 $7.00 $8.65 $10.92 $15.16 Education, training, and library occupations .................. Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ...................................................................... Other teachers and instructors ......................................... Teacher assistants ........................................................... 10.24 10.26 12.67 24.36 28.41 10.24 11.67 10.51 10.24 12.24 10.68 10.26 12.67 11.63 23.54 26.16 12.99 36.84 26.16 13.52 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........ Registered nurses ............................................................ 15.99 21.30 18.11 24.24 23.00 25.47 25.91 26.67 28.10 27.96 Healthcare support occupations ....................................... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .................... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ...................... 8.65 8.55 8.55 9.33 8.65 8.65 11.30 9.33 9.33 12.70 10.62 10.62 15.57 11.65 11.65 Protective service occupations ......................................... Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................ 8.31 8.31 9.40 8.51 10.20 9.90 12.12 10.20 18.27 10.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........ Food service, tipped ......................................................... Waiters and waitresses ................................................ Fast food and counter workers ......................................... Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................................... 2.85 2.65 2.65 5.25 5.25 2.65 2.65 5.75 6.50 2.85 2.85 6.50 7.50 9.00 9.00 7.50 9.00 10.00 10.00 8.50 5.25 5.75 6.50 7.00 8.50 6.83 6.75 8.00 8.00 8.75 8.75 10.00 10.00 10.50 10.50 7.57 8.15 9.00 10.00 10.50 Personal care and service occupations ........................... 6.31 7.00 7.51 8.46 11.35 Sales and related occupations .......................................... Retail sales workers ......................................................... Cashiers, all workers .................................................... Cashiers ................................................................... Retail salespersons ...................................................... 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 6.55 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.44 8.30 8.05 8.00 8.00 9.50 9.50 9.50 9.35 9.35 10.50 10.50 10.50 9.50 9.50 11.50 Office and administrative support occupations .............. Financial clerks ................................................................. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ............. Tellers ........................................................................... Office clerks, general ........................................................ 7.50 10.10 11.00 9.90 7.75 8.00 10.81 11.50 10.10 7.75 10.67 14.13 20.00 10.24 9.65 12.62 23.00 23.00 12.62 11.22 23.00 23.00 23.00 14.13 11.25 Transportation and material moving occupations .......... Laborers and material movers, hand ................................ Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ........................................................................ 6.00 5.60 6.00 6.00 8.00 6.85 12.00 8.50 20.50 11.05 5.60 6.00 6.95 9.25 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations .................................................................. Building cleaning workers ................................................. Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ........................................... 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. 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. 29 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $656 39.4 $38,399 $33,634 2,000 1,373 1,711 1,300 1,807 41.6 39.8 70,368 79,163 67,600 80,599 2,133 1,843 49.25 1,840 1,916 39.7 82,336 86,409 1,776 25.66 26.42 26.47 22.76 24.52 26.86 1,018 1,085 1,077 908 981 1,074 39.7 41.1 40.7 52,887 56,445 55,990 47,235 51,010 55,869 2,061 2,136 2,115 Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... 30.13 27.37 1,282 1,095 42.5 66,647 56,923 2,212 Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... 28.18 31.88 27.86 30.29 1,136 1,283 1,132 1,254 40.3 40.2 59,047 66,697 58,856 65,185 2,095 2,092 Life, physical, and social science occupations .................................... 29.06 30.04 1,255 1,352 43.2 65,260 70,301 2,245 Community and social services occupations .................................... Social workers .................................... 21.64 23.21 17.99 20.87 856 907 750 835 39.6 39.1 43,438 44,550 39,146 43,410 2,008 1,919 34.73 40.86 34.67 39.11 1,174 1,569 1,283 1,532 33.8 38.4 44,945 59,324 48,103 57,167 1,294 1,452 38.11 41.94 1,269 1,369 33.3 47,868 52,794 1,256 37.48 41.92 1,254 1,401 33.5 47,489 52,794 1,267 37.70 43.67 1,254 1,421 33.3 47,378 52,794 1,257 35.86 39.08 34.47 41.94 1,253 1,297 1,283 1,363 35.0 33.2 48,357 48,771 48,225 50,924 1,349 1,248 38.53 47.14 14.09 41.94 46.57 13.29 1,273 1,482 465 1,347 1,428 437 33.0 31.4 33.0 47,880 55,594 18,651 49,669 54,104 16,965 1,243 1,179 1,324 21.62 16.50 806 639 37.3 41,893 33,248 1,937 23.62 28.79 23.35 23.22 27.46 17.39 890 1,117 902 838 1,094 690 37.7 38.8 38.7 46,027 58,108 45,871 43,593 56,867 36,816 1,949 2,018 1,965 18.84 17.93 678 642 36.0 35,274 33,359 1,872 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $19.20 $16.80 $757 Management occupations ................... Education administrators .................... Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ....................................... 32.99 42.96 30.89 45.18 46.37 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ........... Accountants and auditors ................... 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 ............ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Special education teachers ............ Teacher assistants ............................. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................. Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Therapists ........................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. 14.71 13.46 502 532 34.1 26,120 27,685 1,776 12.63 11.58 465 446 36.8 24,158 23,212 1,913 12.79 11.75 471 446 36.8 24,509 23,212 1,916 Protective service occupations ........... Police officers ..................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 22.19 24.15 24.15 22.40 25.36 25.36 916 966 966 953 1,014 1,014 41.3 40.0 40.0 45,831 45,989 45,989 49,566 51,126 51,126 2,065 1,905 1,905 See footnotes at end of table. 30 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. Food preparation workers ................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Sales and related occupations ............ First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................... 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 ................................... Billing and posting clerks and machine operators .................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Tellers ............................................. Customer service representatives ...... Production, planning, and expediting clerks ............................................ Shipping, receiving, and traffic 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 .................................... First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers ....................................... Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ......................... Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics .................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ......................................... Industrial machinery mechanics ..... Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $387 471 400 37.9 39.5 39.2 $22,164 26,002 20,350 $20,107 24,502 20,820 1,952 2,033 2,021 552 521 528 528 39.9 39.9 26,435 24,643 27,144 27,144 1,915 1,888 13.87 559 555 40.0 25,849 27,435 1,850 24.11 15.41 982 615 40.7 51,081 31,990 2,119 17.98 15.92 766 680 42.6 39,851 35,360 2,216 17.98 10.48 10.47 10.47 9.94 15.92 9.90 10.29 10.29 7.51 766 419 419 419 398 680 396 412 412 300 42.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39,851 21,795 21,783 21,783 20,678 35,360 20,592 21,403 21,403 15,621 2,216 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 15.33 14.42 604 564 39.4 31,130 28,933 2,030 20.96 14.97 20.07 14.25 775 591 784 543 37.0 39.4 39,746 30,703 40,394 28,210 1,896 2,050 14.20 13.82 546 536 38.5 28,405 27,872 2,001 15.25 11.62 14.99 14.25 11.44 14.11 603 465 604 543 458 564 39.6 40.0 40.3 31,345 24,172 31,428 28,210 23,795 29,349 2,056 2,080 2,097 19.22 19.04 781 762 40.6 40,629 39,599 2,114 11.47 13.25 11.36 12.00 453 530 454 480 39.5 40.0 23,581 27,570 23,629 24,960 2,056 2,080 14.95 14.42 576 577 38.5 29,066 28,650 1,944 16.15 17.74 644 710 39.9 33,141 36,908 2,052 13.91 14.66 13.52 13.58 549 565 541 500 39.5 38.6 27,201 29,329 24,814 26,000 1,955 2,001 18.83 19.75 749 765 39.8 36,357 39,796 1,930 18.47 17.61 739 700 40.0 38,375 36,400 2,077 30.34 27.38 1,209 1,095 39.8 62,849 56,950 2,071 16.97 15.45 679 618 40.0 35,301 32,136 2,080 15.95 13.00 616 488 38.6 31,820 25,350 1,995 20.95 22.21 20.10 20.52 837 888 804 821 40.0 40.0 43,529 46,196 41,810 42,682 2,078 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median $11.36 12.79 10.07 $10.80 12.00 10.50 $430 505 395 13.81 13.06 13.19 13.19 13.97 See footnotes at end of table. 31 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Production occupations ...................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ......................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... Team assemblers ........................... Computer control programmers and operators ...................................... Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ...... Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......... Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......... Tool and die makers ........................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......................................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ................. Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ...................................... Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ................................ Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................. Painting workers ................................. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ...................................... Miscellaneous production workers ..... Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $599 39.9 $32,834 $31,160 2,072 1,203 1,232 40.6 62,571 64,089 2,112 11.76 591 470 40.0 30,717 24,461 2,080 14.49 13.01 14.98 13.15 577 517 599 526 39.8 39.7 30,025 26,885 31,160 27,352 2,072 2,066 17.97 17.48 719 699 40.0 37,275 36,358 2,074 12.67 14.60 489 516 38.6 25,440 26,849 2,008 16.02 13.20 641 528 40.0 33,322 27,456 2,080 15.65 11.67 626 467 40.0 32,560 24,267 2,080 13.14 12.00 525 480 40.0 27,321 24,960 2,080 13.82 13.12 543 510 39.3 28,243 26,520 2,044 13.69 24.50 12.75 23.83 538 980 510 953 39.3 40.0 27,958 50,867 26,520 49,566 2,042 2,076 13.22 12.89 529 516 40.0 27,468 26,728 2,078 13.52 13.00 541 520 40.0 28,095 27,040 2,078 13.59 13.01 544 520 40.0 28,267 27,061 2,080 14.02 13.01 561 520 40.0 29,158 27,061 2,080 17.63 17.00 694 680 39.4 36,064 35,360 2,046 16.28 14.37 16.17 15.51 651 575 647 620 40.0 40.0 33,854 29,806 33,634 32,261 2,080 2,075 13.67 13.32 14.79 13.25 547 533 592 530 40.0 40.0 28,337 27,714 29,580 27,560 2,073 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median $15.85 $15.00 $632 29.63 30.81 14.77 See footnotes at end of table. 32 Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................... Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............................. Industrial truck and tractor operators .. Laborers and material movers, hand .. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .............. Packers and packagers, hand ........ Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $538 39.7 $29,520 $27,997 2,049 715 760 41.6 37,103 39,520 2,157 16.07 13.84 9.00 709 604 427 660 538 346 42.4 38.9 38.8 36,725 31,405 22,068 34,320 27,997 17,986 2,199 2,021 2,006 9.55 8.73 468 367 370 339 37.8 39.4 24,352 19,054 19,240 17,606 1,967 2,046 Mean Median Mean Median $14.40 $13.67 $572 17.21 16.69 16.70 15.54 11.00 12.38 9.31 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 33 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $632 39.6 $37,442 $32,219 2,035 1,312 1,300 41.9 68,086 67,600 2,175 22.63 24.52 1,012 1,085 900 981 39.6 41.1 52,584 56,445 46,800 51,010 2,060 2,136 30.17 27.37 1,286 1,095 42.6 66,864 56,923 2,216 28.19 31.89 27.86 30.29 1,136 1,283 1,132 1,254 40.3 40.2 59,074 66,709 58,856 65,185 2,095 2,092 21.77 23.06 803 838 36.9 31,154 31,915 1,431 22.86 23.46 829 865 36.3 30,820 31,915 1,348 22.21 23.06 818 821 36.8 30,615 31,469 1,378 23.28 29.63 22.05 23.09 28.48 17.39 874 1,142 855 818 1,098 690 37.5 38.6 38.8 45,431 59,399 44,479 42,536 57,115 35,880 1,952 2,005 2,017 18.88 17.93 676 642 35.8 35,154 33,359 1,862 14.68 13.31 498 532 33.9 25,911 27,685 1,765 12.42 11.46 455 446 36.6 23,663 23,212 1,906 12.57 11.58 461 446 36.7 23,982 23,212 1,909 11.23 12.61 10.80 11.78 427 498 387 471 38.0 39.5 22,218 25,880 20,107 24,502 1,978 2,052 12.71 12.21 12.83 12.19 508 487 513 488 39.9 39.9 23,747 22,375 25,364 25,364 1,868 1,832 13.26 13.05 531 522 40.0 23,450 27,144 1,768 24.11 15.41 982 615 40.7 51,081 31,990 2,119 17.98 15.92 766 680 42.6 39,851 35,360 2,216 17.98 10.48 10.47 10.47 9.94 15.92 9.90 10.29 10.29 7.51 766 419 419 419 398 680 396 412 412 300 42.6 40.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 39,851 21,795 21,783 21,783 20,678 35,360 20,592 21,403 21,403 15,621 2,216 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,080 15.13 14.25 595 552 39.4 30,830 28,721 2,038 21.21 14.79 20.01 14.25 781 583 777 543 36.8 39.4 40,604 30,299 40,394 28,210 1,914 2,049 14.09 13.82 541 536 38.4 28,158 27,872 1,999 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $18.40 $16.27 $729 Management occupations ................... 31.30 30.15 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Buyers and purchasing agents ........... 25.53 26.42 Computer and mathematical science occupations .................................... Architecture and engineering occupations .................................... Engineers ........................................... Education, training, and library occupations .................................... Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ............ Elementary and middle school teachers .................................... Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... Registered nurses .............................. Therapists ........................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .......................... Healthcare support occupations ......... Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ............................................. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ................................. Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................... Cooks ................................................. Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Sales and related occupations ............ First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ......................................... First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ................... 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 ................................... Billing and posting clerks and machine operators .................... Annual earnings5 See footnotes at end of table. 34 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Tellers ............................................. Customer service representatives ...... Production, planning, and expediting clerks ............................................ Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ............................................ 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 .................................... Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ......................................... Industrial machinery mechanics ..... Production occupations ...................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ......................................... Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ..................................... Team assemblers ........................... Computer control programmers and operators ...................................... Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ...... Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......... Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ................................ Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ......... Tool and die makers ........................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ......................................... Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ...................................... Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ................. Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ...................................... Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $543 458 564 39.5 40.0 40.3 $30,859 24,172 31,428 $28,210 23,795 29,349 2,054 2,080 2,097 781 762 40.6 40,629 39,599 2,114 11.36 453 454 39.5 23,581 23,629 2,056 14.68 14.42 565 551 38.5 28,863 28,650 1,966 16.09 17.81 641 710 39.9 33,333 36,908 2,072 13.15 14.10 11.93 12.50 523 537 477 489 39.8 38.1 26,258 27,810 21,963 25,427 1,997 1,973 18.74 18.75 745 736 39.8 36,075 38,293 1,925 18.26 17.50 731 680 40.0 37,955 35,360 2,078 21.05 22.21 20.10 20.52 842 888 804 821 40.0 40.0 43,776 46,196 41,810 42,682 2,080 2,080 15.83 15.00 631 598 39.9 32,795 31,100 2,072 29.63 30.81 1,203 1,232 40.6 62,571 64,089 2,112 14.77 11.76 591 470 40.0 30,717 24,461 2,080 14.49 13.01 14.98 13.15 577 517 599 526 39.8 39.7 30,025 26,885 31,160 27,352 2,072 2,066 17.97 17.48 719 699 40.0 37,275 36,358 2,074 12.67 14.60 489 516 38.6 25,440 26,849 2,008 16.02 13.20 641 528 40.0 33,322 27,456 2,080 15.65 11.67 626 467 40.0 32,560 24,267 2,080 13.14 12.00 525 480 40.0 27,321 24,960 2,080 13.82 13.12 543 510 39.3 28,243 26,520 2,044 13.69 24.50 12.75 23.83 538 980 510 953 39.3 40.0 27,958 50,867 26,520 49,566 2,042 2,076 13.13 12.85 525 514 40.0 27,299 26,707 2,078 13.41 13.00 537 520 40.0 27,872 27,040 2,078 13.59 13.01 544 520 40.0 28,267 27,061 2,080 14.02 13.01 561 520 40.0 29,158 27,061 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median $15.03 11.62 14.99 $14.25 11.44 14.11 $594 465 604 19.22 19.04 11.47 See footnotes at end of table. 35 Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ................................ Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................. Painting workers ................................. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ...................................... Miscellaneous production workers ..... Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................... Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............................. Industrial truck and tractor operators .. Laborers and material movers, hand .. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .............. Packers and packagers, hand ........ Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $680 39.4 $36,064 $35,360 2,046 651 575 647 620 40.0 40.0 33,854 29,806 33,634 32,261 2,080 2,075 14.79 13.25 547 533 592 530 40.0 40.0 28,337 27,714 29,580 27,560 2,073 2,080 14.31 13.50 569 538 39.8 29,482 27,768 2,060 17.17 16.69 714 760 41.6 37,046 39,520 2,158 16.63 15.54 11.00 16.01 13.84 9.00 707 604 427 660 538 346 42.5 38.9 38.8 36,627 31,405 22,068 34,320 27,997 17,986 2,202 2,021 2,006 12.38 9.31 9.55 8.73 468 367 370 339 37.8 39.4 24,352 19,054 19,240 17,606 1,967 2,046 Mean Median Mean Median $17.63 $17.00 $694 16.28 14.37 16.17 15.51 13.67 13.32 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 36 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $909 37.5 $46,403 $45,154 1,705 1,753 1,887 1,807 1,916 39.9 39.8 83,332 84,963 80,599 84,522 1,894 1,790 50.24 1,948 2,010 39.6 87,073 87,409 1,772 27.31 25.96 1,092 1,038 40.0 56,802 53,997 2,080 26.31 23.21 23.76 20.87 1,034 907 971 835 39.3 39.1 51,660 44,550 46,259 43,410 1,963 1,919 39.77 47.45 43.85 49.59 1,302 1,788 1,421 1,761 32.7 37.7 49,617 66,045 54,839 66,926 1,248 1,392 44.22 45.59 1,425 1,421 32.2 54,052 54,839 1,222 44.25 45.59 1,423 1,421 32.2 54,134 54,839 1,223 44.12 42.86 45.59 42.97 1,416 1,405 1,421 1,447 32.1 32.8 53,751 53,167 54,839 55,853 1,218 1,241 42.57 47.14 14.39 42.97 46.57 14.04 1,386 1,482 471 1,447 1,428 449 32.6 31.4 32.7 52,486 55,594 18,438 54,425 54,104 16,693 1,233 1,179 1,282 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations .................................... 27.52 23.22 1,084 929 39.4 52,676 54,101 1,914 Protective service occupations ........... Police officers ..................................... Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ... 22.94 24.15 24.15 23.09 25.36 25.36 950 966 966 955 1,014 1,014 41.4 40.0 40.0 47,368 45,989 45,989 49,566 51,126 51,126 2,064 1,905 1,905 17.32 15.65 14.97 14.74 693 626 599 590 40.0 40.0 36,033 32,558 31,138 30,665 2,080 2,080 15.66 14.74 627 590 40.0 32,579 30,665 2,080 17.33 18.26 17.22 18.81 682 731 683 752 39.4 40.0 33,893 37,990 35,491 39,125 1,956 2,080 18.07 18.53 723 741 40.0 37,594 38,534 2,080 16.42 16.26 636 624 38.8 30,112 28,455 1,834 16.35 16.12 16.26 16.28 631 645 610 651 38.6 40.0 29,977 33,535 29,124 33,862 1,834 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations .................................... 21.40 20.91 859 836 40.2 44,683 43,493 2,088 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .................................... 20.94 20.30 832 812 39.7 43,262 42,224 2,065 Mean Median Mean Median All workers ................................................ $27.22 $21.97 $1,021 Management occupations ................... Education administrators .................... Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ....................................... 43.99 47.45 45.18 49.25 49.14 Business and financial operations occupations .................................... Community and social services occupations .................................... Social workers .................................... 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 ...... Secondary school teachers ............ Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education .............................. Special education teachers ............ Teacher assistants ............................. Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ............. Building cleaning workers ................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .................................... Office and administrative support occupations .................................... Financial clerks ................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................... Secretaries and administrative assistants ...................................... Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........................... Office clerks, general .......................... See footnotes at end of table. 37 Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Transportation and material moving occupations .................................... Mean Median Mean Median $16.84 $16.79 $631 $626 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 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours 37.5 $30,356 $31,158 1,803 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 38 Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Occupational group2 Total 1-99 workers 100-499 workers 500 workers or more All workers .................................................................... $17.11 $16.59 $15.78 $19.54 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 ....................... 26.79 28.67 25.97 10.19 15.87 18.51 14.72 18.23 18.71 17.63 15.26 15.75 13.88 25.76 25.29 26.01 10.00 16.75 21.04 14.64 17.52 18.85 15.61 14.70 14.34 15.13 25.97 31.24 23.18 9.22 14.68 14.31 14.92 19.31 – 26.37 14.35 15.15 10.81 28.26 31.15 27.34 12.13 14.97 19.73 14.68 22.37 – 21.06 16.81 17.19 15.35 Relative error3 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 3.8 6.3 7.0 4.6 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 ....................... 3.5 5.5 5.7 5.3 6.7 17.5 4.2 3.8 4.5 4.2 7.0 7.2 8.8 9.9 12.1 14.8 8.0 10.5 23.6 7.0 5.8 4.5 4.8 7.1 8.2 12.6 4.2 8.1 4.9 9.5 7.5 19.9 5.2 18.7 – 15.7 9.4 10.5 12.4 4.4 7.9 6.6 5.7 5.4 21.6 5.9 10.3 – 1.9 7.7 4.9 18.8 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 39 Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $618 39.6 $37,378 $31,590 2,003 1,138 1,135 42.0 59,126 59,015 2,183 22.50 842 761 38.1 43,717 39,591 1,977 12.82 11.78 523 471 40.8 27,196 24,502 2,121 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ........................................................ Building cleaning workers ....................................... 11.34 11.34 12.19 12.19 454 454 488 488 40.0 40.0 18,593 18,593 25,364 25,364 1,640 1,640 Sales and related occupations ................................ Retail sales workers ............................................... 29.21 10.62 16.00 7.51 1,209 425 740 300 41.4 40.0 62,862 22,084 38,490 15,621 2,152 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations .... Financial clerks ....................................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... Customer service representatives .......................... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ...................................................... Office clerks, general .............................................. 15.25 15.32 15.39 15.99 13.68 14.25 14.25 14.25 14.40 13.02 595 600 606 649 516 551 543 543 576 521 39.0 39.1 39.4 40.6 37.7 30,708 31,157 31,488 33,733 26,049 28,387 28,210 28,210 29,952 24,814 2,013 2,034 2,046 2,109 1,904 11.84 12.77 9.11 12.00 472 485 364 480 39.9 38.0 23,344 25,120 18,949 24,960 1,972 1,967 Construction and extraction occupations ............. 18.89 21.03 750 841 39.7 35,820 42,066 1,896 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ 16.05 15.79 642 632 40.0 33,337 32,843 2,077 Production occupations .......................................... 14.39 14.25 569 520 39.5 29,494 27,040 2,050 Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ................... Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ............... 15.69 18.11 16.13 14.56 19.00 15.22 637 765 703 580 873 611 40.6 42.3 43.6 33,007 39,669 36,369 30,160 45,386 31,774 2,104 2,191 2,255 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $18.66 $16.45 $739 Management occupations ....................................... 27.08 25.22 Business and financial operations occupations ... 22.11 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................................ 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 40 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $640 39.6 $37,490 $33,280 2,059 1,476 1,557 41.8 76,500 80,987 2,167 24.02 1,114 960 40.6 57,904 49,920 2,109 29.06 29.55 1,165 1,182 40.1 60,601 61,466 2,085 Architecture and engineering occupations ........... Engineers ............................................................... 28.54 32.11 28.33 31.23 1,147 1,284 1,133 1,249 40.2 40.0 59,659 66,781 58,922 64,948 2,091 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations ..... 30.94 27.60 1,281 1,106 41.4 66,635 57,500 2,154 Education, training, and library occupations ........ 19.69 20.40 778 816 39.5 34,423 34,026 1,748 23.01 29.63 22.05 22.17 28.48 17.39 879 1,142 855 818 1,098 690 38.2 38.6 38.8 45,722 59,399 44,479 42,536 57,115 35,880 1,987 2,005 2,017 18.88 17.93 676 642 35.8 35,154 33,359 1,862 Healthcare support occupations ............................. Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides .......... Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............ 12.90 12.52 12.71 12.05 11.50 11.60 476 453 460 446 446 446 36.9 36.2 36.2 24,730 23,557 23,914 23,212 23,212 23,212 1,916 1,881 1,881 Food preparation and serving related occupations ........................................................ 9.00 9.00 313 338 34.8 16,278 17,555 1,808 13.69 13.07 12.83 12.06 546 521 513 482 39.9 39.8 28,386 27,069 26,693 25,085 2,074 2,071 14.79 16.27 592 651 40.0 30,766 33,842 2,080 Sales and related occupations ................................ Retail sales workers ............................................... 17.38 10.38 12.03 10.08 694 415 485 403 39.9 40.0 36,086 21,593 25,230 20,966 2,077 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations .... Financial clerks ....................................................... Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ... Customer service representatives .......................... Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ..................... Secretaries and administrative assistants .............. Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ...................................................... Office clerks, general .............................................. 14.99 13.70 13.74 13.67 11.47 16.18 14.23 13.06 13.91 13.03 11.36 17.77 596 548 550 547 453 643 564 522 556 521 454 710 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 39.5 39.7 30,969 28,496 28,589 28,431 23,581 33,427 29,328 27,165 28,933 27,102 23,629 36,908 2,066 2,080 2,080 2,080 2,056 2,066 16.34 17.38 17.19 13.58 647 665 688 514 39.6 38.2 33,618 34,561 35,759 26,740 2,058 1,988 23.55 22.03 942 881 40.0 48,990 45,822 2,080 21.71 22.75 21.53 22.75 868 910 861 910 40.0 40.0 45,148 47,312 44,782 47,320 2,080 2,080 16.13 15.18 644 606 39.9 33,497 31,512 2,077 30.62 30.81 1,245 1,232 40.7 64,730 64,089 2,114 14.77 14.49 13.01 11.76 14.98 13.15 591 577 517 470 599 526 40.0 39.8 39.7 30,717 30,025 26,885 24,461 31,160 27,352 2,080 2,072 2,066 21.96 21.27 878 851 40.0 45,680 44,242 2,080 Mean Median Mean Median All workers .................................................................... $18.21 $16.17 $722 Management occupations ....................................... 35.30 37.51 Business and financial operations occupations ... 27.46 Computer and mathematical science occupations ........................................................ Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........................................................ Registered nurses .................................................. Therapists ............................................................... Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ............................................................... Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ........................................................ Building cleaning workers ....................................... Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ................................. Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................................................ Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers ....................................... Industrial machinery mechanics ......................... Production occupations .......................................... First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ............................................. Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ....................................................... Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ............. Team assemblers ............................................... Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ................................. See footnotes at end of table. 41 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 — Continued Hourly earnings3 Weekly earnings4 Occupation2 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .... Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic .......................... Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ........................................................... Tool and die makers ............................................... Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ................ Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders .............................................................. Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing ................................. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ........................................................... Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .............................................................. Painting workers ..................................................... Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders ................................. Miscellaneous production workers ......................... Transportation and material moving occupations ........................................................ Industrial truck and tractor operators ...................... Laborers and material movers, hand ...................... Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ................................................ Packers and packagers, hand ............................ Annual earnings5 Mean weekly hours Mean Median Mean annual hours $820 40.0 $46,219 $42,640 2,080 543 510 39.3 28,243 26,520 2,044 12.75 24.21 12.95 538 1,026 535 510 969 518 39.3 40.0 40.0 27,958 53,339 27,822 26,520 50,363 26,936 2,042 2,080 2,080 13.59 13.01 544 520 40.0 28,267 27,061 2,080 14.02 13.01 561 520 40.0 29,158 27,061 2,080 18.10 17.00 721 680 39.8 37,468 35,360 2,070 16.28 13.62 16.17 14.85 651 545 647 594 40.0 40.0 33,854 28,325 33,634 30,888 2,080 2,080 13.60 13.08 15.15 13.25 544 523 606 530 40.0 40.0 28,282 27,207 31,512 27,560 2,080 2,080 13.25 18.51 10.40 11.00 18.29 9.00 519 741 401 420 732 339 39.2 40.0 38.6 26,874 38,509 20,710 21,840 38,043 17,606 2,028 2,080 1,992 10.94 9.14 9.55 8.73 407 360 361 339 37.2 39.4 21,151 18,726 18,764 17,606 1,934 2,049 Mean Median Mean Median $22.22 $20.50 $889 13.82 13.12 13.69 25.64 13.38 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 42 Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Union Nonunion Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers Civilian workers Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... $22.60 $19.37 $27.06 $17.02 $16.87 $23.18 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 ....................... 34.91 34.67 34.93 18.46 15.69 – 16.36 24.22 – 23.63 19.22 20.04 17.81 25.71 – 25.71 12.58 – – 14.99 26.21 27.10 25.57 19.31 20.03 17.93 36.81 34.67 36.96 19.90 17.00 – 17.00 21.31 – 21.00 17.54 – 16.66 27.08 29.64 25.86 10.33 15.96 18.78 14.77 17.76 – 17.04 14.10 14.70 12.14 26.83 28.67 25.98 10.12 15.94 18.78 14.71 17.72 18.31 16.96 14.10 14.70 12.14 31.26 41.53 23.20 15.97 16.82 – 16.82 20.16 – – 13.24 – – Occupational group3 Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 1.5 4.3 2.1 3.7 3.9 7.0 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 ....................... 2.5 17.4 2.4 4.7 5.6 – 6.0 2.2 – 5.2 5.4 5.2 10.5 9.2 – 9.2 17.2 – – 19.2 2.4 1.4 6.0 5.6 5.3 11.5 2.1 17.4 1.6 2.7 1.8 – 1.8 3.7 – 4.2 3.5 – 3.4 3.4 5.2 5.9 5.1 6.7 18.0 4.0 4.4 – 4.1 6.8 7.1 8.1 3.7 5.5 6.0 5.5 6.9 18.0 4.1 4.6 5.7 4.1 6.8 7.1 8.2 5.4 7.4 10.5 16.2 2.9 – 2.9 3.6 – – 22.1 – – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 43 Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Time Occupational group3 Incentive Civilian workers Private industry workers Civilian workers Private industry workers All workers .................................................................... $17.43 $16.60 $31.87 $31.87 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 ....................... 28.40 29.81 27.86 11.43 13.88 11.38 14.66 18.43 – 17.96 15.23 15.76 13.66 26.79 28.67 25.97 10.19 13.66 11.38 14.44 18.28 18.71 17.71 15.21 15.74 13.58 – – – – 39.50 41.73 – – – – – – – – – – – 39.50 41.73 – – – – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers .................................................................... 3.0 3.5 29.0 29.0 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 ....................... 2.6 5.1 3.7 3.4 2.7 6.3 3.2 3.4 – 4.1 7.0 7.2 8.9 3.5 5.5 5.7 5.3 3.0 6.3 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.3 7.1 7.3 9.4 – – – – 33.6 39.5 – – – – – – – – – – – 33.6 39.5 – – – – – – – 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 44 Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Goods producing Occupational group3 All workers ................................................ 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 ..................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair .. Production, transportation, and material moving .............................................. Production .......................................... Transportation and material moving ... Service providing Construction Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities Information Financial activities Professional and business services Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services – $19.85 $14.67 – $22.30 – $17.22 $8.52 – – 30.57 27.59 – 19.11 – 23.03 – – – – – – – – 31.62 29.84 16.21 18.65 – 16.23 – – 8.47 13.23 11.53 15.16 – – – – – – 18.95 – – 25.33 53.52 14.17 – – – – – – 37.95 22.09 13.10 13.98 – 14.50 – – 7.82 12.00 – 13.31 – – – – – – – – 22.02 23.01 14.81 14.60 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16.53 16.56 16.17 14.56 15.33 14.35 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Relative error4 (percent) All workers ................................................ 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 ..................................... Installation, maintenance, and repair .. Production, transportation, and material moving .............................................. Production .......................................... Transportation and material moving ... – 6.1 7.5 – 20.3 – 5.7 7.3 – – 3.4 6.4 – 8.0 – 5.3 – – – – – – – – 3.2 8.3 .9 16.0 – 3.5 – – .5 6.7 10.3 11.9 – – – – – – 5.7 – – 29.1 37.4 2.5 – – – – – – 15.4 4.5 8.4 12.2 – 6.6 – – 6.3 22.1 – 22.8 – – – – – – – – 4.3 10.7 6.9 8.6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8.4 8.0 13.3 9.3 10.6 11.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 45 Appendix A: Technical Note T Sample design The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment. his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the data. Although this section answers some questions commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description of all of the steps required to produce the data. Planning for the survey The overall design of the National Compensation Survey (NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection. Survey scope This survey covered establishments employing one worker or more in private goods-producing industries (mining, construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information, financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other services); State governments; and local governments employing 50 or more workers. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government agency within the sampled area. The Grand Rapids–Muskegon–Holland, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Allegan, Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa Counties. Data collection The collection of data from survey respondents required detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data, working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were used to clarify and update data. Occupational selection and classification Identification of the occupations for which wage data were to be collected was a multistep process: 1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs 2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time or part-time, union or nonunion, and time or incentive 4. Determination of the level of work of each job Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year. For each occupation, wage data were collected for those workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria A-1 identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level could not be determined, wages were still collected. In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list of employees was used for sampling, with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the selection of a job was based on probability proportional to its size in the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of selection. The number of jobs for which data were collected in each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this schedule: Number of employees Number of selected jobs 1–49 50–249 250 or more Up to 4 6 8 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800 occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist. When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong. In step three, certain other job characteristics of the chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of terms” section on the following page for more detail. Occupational leveling In the last step before wage data were collected, the work level of each selected job was determined using a “point factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled to determine the overall work level for the job. A-2 The NCS program is in the process of converting from a nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system. The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample replenishment groups and will require several years for full implementation. The four occupational leveling factors are: • • • • Knowledge Job controls and complexity Contacts (nature and purpose) Physical environment Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for all occupational categories and contain a definition of each point level within each factor. The description within each factor best matching the job is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels. Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is used for professional and administrative supervisors when they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based on the work level of the highest position reporting to them. For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf. Combined work levels This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad groups. The groups were determined by combinations of knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be comparable across different occupations. The broad groups and the combined work levels are: Group designation Levels combined Group I Group II Group III Group IV Levels 1–4 Levels 5–8 Levels 9–12 Levels 13–15 Collection period Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60 metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample units. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are solely tied to an hourly rate or salary. Earnings Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings: Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: • • • • • Incentive pay, including commissions, production bonuses, and piece rates Cost-of-living allowances Hazard pay Payments of income deferred due to participation in a salary reduction plan Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight or passengers The following forms of payments were not considered part of straight-time earnings: • • • • • • • Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for working a schedule that varies from the norm, such as night or weekend work Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses) Uniform and tool allowances Free or subsidized room and board Payments made by third parties (for example, tips) On-call pay To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical number of hours actually worked was collected. Definition of terms Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time. Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. A-3 Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied, at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales. Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage. • • • A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position. Processing and analyzing the data Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection. Weighting and nonresponse Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to supply information. If data were not provided by a sample member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group. If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a sample member during the update interview, then missing average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model that takes into account available establishment characteris- tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average hourly earnings. Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights changed to zero. Estimation The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors. The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse. The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor, postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in this publication. Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication. Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment. Estimates of the number of workers represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number of workers obtained from the sample of establishments serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied. Percentiles The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within A-4 each published occupation. 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. Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples would differ from each other. A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables. The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $16.46 to $18.04 ($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible samples were selected to estimate the population value, the interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time. Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the extensive training of the field economists who gathered the survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data review. Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 Civilian workers Occupational group2 Private industry workers State and local government workers All workers .................................................................... 532,300 481,100 51,200 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 ....................... 108,800 25,100 83,700 110,200 129,700 39,000 90,800 47,200 25,200 22,000 136,300 95,700 40,600 82,800 22,200 60,600 97,500 121,900 39,000 83,000 44,900 24,300 20,600 133,900 95,400 38,500 26,000 2,900 23,100 12,600 7,800 – 7,800 2,300 900 1,400 2,500 – 2,100 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. A-5 Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2006 State and local government Establishments Total Private industry Total in sampling frame1 ................................................ 15,401 15,301 101 Total in sample ............................................................... Responding ............................................................ Refused or unable to provide data ......................... Out of business or not in survey scope .................. 317 213 71 33 274 176 66 32 43 37 5 1 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 2002 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. A-6
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