Grand Rapids–Muskegon–Holland, MI
National Compensation Survey
April 2004
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
December 2004
Bulletin 3125–35
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
Tables:
1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
2–1. Mean hourly earnings, all workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
2–2. Mean hourly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
2–3. Mean hourly earnings, part-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
3–1. Mean weekly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
3–2. Mean annual earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings,
private industry and State and local government ..........................................................................
5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................
5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations,
all industries..................................................................................................................................
6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations,
private industry.............................................................................................................................
6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations,
State and local government...........................................................................................................
6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers: Selected occupations,
all industries..................................................................................................................................
6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers: Selected occupations,
all industries..................................................................................................................................
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note.................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group ............
B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................
C. Occupational Leveling Criteria ........................................................................................................
D. Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs ...........................................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
B–1
C–1
D–1
Introduction
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Table 1–1 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 major occupational group, full-time or part-time
status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay.
Establishment characteristics include goods and service
producing and size of establishment.
Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings,
and the relative standard errors associated with them, for
detailed occupations within all industries, private industry,
and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the
same type of information for full-time workers only. Table
2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime.
Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with
relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private
industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual
hours for full-time employees in specific occupations.
Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations.
Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for
full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for
workers designated as part-time.
Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational group.
The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time
designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive
pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions by occupational group; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents
mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment
sizes by major occupational group in the private sector.
Tables 6–1 through 6–5 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. These iterations correspond to those
presented in tables 2–1, 2–2, and 2–3.
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Grand Rapids–Muskegon–Holland, MI, metropolitan area. Data were collected between September 2003 and
October 2004; the average reference month is April 2004.
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 several
appendixes with detailed information on occupational classifications and the occupational leveling methodology.
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 firefighters, 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. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that
is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS product measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
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 480 detailed occupations 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.
1
Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Private industry
Hourly earnings
State and local government
Hourly earnings
Worker and establishment characteristics
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$17.62
2.9
35.8
$16.59
3.4
36.1
$25.03
2.4
33.8
White-collar occupations5 .......................................
Professional specialty and technical ...................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .........
Sales ...................................................................
Administrative support ........................................
Blue-collar occupations5 .........................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .........................................................
Transportation and material moving ...................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers,
and laborers ......................................................
Service occupations5 ..............................................
21.36
26.53
30.17
18.25
13.98
15.83
20.50
3.8
2.3
5.1
21.1
2.3
4.0
2.6
36.5
34.8
40.3
34.2
37.7
38.6
40.0
19.50
23.14
28.40
18.25
13.65
15.78
20.56
4.5
2.6
5.2
21.1
2.5
4.2
2.8
37.1
35.8
40.4
34.2
38.3
38.7
40.1
29.39
35.17
38.96
–
15.68
17.62
19.64
1.9
4.2
14.0
–
3.9
1.7
1.4
34.0
32.6
39.6
–
34.8
36.1
39.8
14.57
16.88
3.8
6.1
39.5
40.6
14.57
16.91
3.8
6.6
39.5
41.3
–
16.40
–
5.6
–
33.3
11.44
12.26
10.7
4.8
32.5
27.7
11.39
10.69
11.1
6.8
32.6
26.5
12.93
17.46
11.7
2.7
31.2
32.3
Full time ..................................................................
Part time .................................................................
18.41
9.78
2.9
2.6
39.7
18.3
17.31
9.42
3.4
2.4
39.9
18.6
26.35
12.32
3.3
8.6
37.9
16.5
Union ......................................................................
Nonunion ................................................................
21.21
16.46
2.0
3.6
36.7
35.6
18.58
16.17
2.7
3.8
37.3
35.9
25.65
23.23
3.2
3.1
35.7
29.2
Time ........................................................................
Incentive .................................................................
17.32
29.62
2.4
20.1
35.7
43.1
16.22
29.62
2.8
20.1
36.0
43.1
25.03
–
2.4
–
33.8
–
Goods producing ....................................................
Service producing ...................................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
50-99 workers7 .......................................................
100-499 workers .....................................................
500 workers or more ...............................................
14.23
17.24
19.26
7.7
5.1
3.5
31.6
36.8
36.8
14.23
16.50
17.80
7.8
5.9
3.8
31.7
37.2
37.5
–
24.98
25.09
–
2.8
2.6
–
33.3
34.2
Total ...........................................................................
Worker characteristics:4
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, and 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing
industries applies to private industry only.
7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with
fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
2
Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.62
17.59
2.9
2.5
$16.59
16.50
3.4
3.0
$25.03
25.03
2.4
2.4
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
21.36
21.76
3.8
3.3
19.50
19.70
4.5
3.8
29.39
29.39
1.9
1.9
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Physical therapists ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
26.53
28.63
28.86
31.81
25.85
28.22
–
25.25
25.12
25.16
41.92
34.57
36.23
37.98
44.16
38.25
–
–
19.81
23.39
2.3
3.5
6.7
9.3
10.9
4.6
–
5.7
1.6
14.7
8.1
13.2
12.9
8.5
15.9
5.6
–
–
11.0
10.2
23.14
24.43
28.86
31.81
25.74
–
–
24.38
25.29
25.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
3.9
6.8
9.3
13.1
–
–
6.5
1.8
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.17
36.26
–
–
–
–
–
28.46
24.57
–
41.92
40.93
42.78
41.38
44.16
38.25
–
–
21.20
23.41
4.2
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
4.6
–
8.1
6.8
4.2
7.6
15.9
5.6
–
–
11.7
10.7
17.06
20.58
17.90
16.73
22.48
10.3
5.5
11.5
5.6
10.6
–
20.61
17.85
16.81
–
–
5.9
12.0
5.8
–
–
20.21
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
30.17
33.34
38.82
31.87
25.31
23.33
5.1
6.2
14.4
7.1
11.3
11.2
28.40
30.65
–
29.50
25.29
–
5.2
4.4
–
5.6
12.9
–
38.96
44.08
47.01
–
–
–
14.0
6.7
3.5
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
18.25
10.64
21.1
1.3
18.25
10.64
21.1
1.3
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
13.98
14.18
12.75
13.61
13.78
13.06
15.69
2.3
5.2
4.1
3.0
4.9
1.9
8.9
13.65
13.91
12.17
–
12.61
–
15.59
2.5
5.8
4.8
–
7.3
–
11.3
15.68
15.30
–
–
15.23
13.06
–
3.9
5.5
–
–
3.2
1.9
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
15.83
4.0
15.78
4.2
17.62
1.7
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
20.50
22.50
18.18
21.77
25.50
2.6
2.7
5.8
7.6
2.9
20.56
22.63
–
21.77
25.50
2.8
2.8
–
7.6
2.9
19.64
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
14.57
3.8
14.57
3.8
–
–
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
14.75
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.1
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
14.75
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government,
National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
$14.57
14.38
16.09
6.5
6.5
1.4
$14.57
14.38
16.09
6.5
6.5
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
16.88
17.74
14.92
17.06
6.1
7.6
4.1
11.9
16.91
17.74
–
17.06
6.6
7.8
–
11.9
$16.40
–
15.63
–
5.6
–
1.4
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
11.44
10.63
10.7
6.9
11.39
10.45
11.1
7.4
12.93
–
11.7
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
12.26
20.50
18.36
23.29
9.56
3.46
2.77
11.47
11.48
9.69
8.05
10.57
11.23
10.33
13.89
13.04
10.59
4.8
5.6
.4
.9
13.1
10.3
3.9
11.8
9.0
3.3
2.4
3.4
4.0
3.1
6.3
7.1
2.7
10.69
–
–
–
9.47
3.46
2.77
11.45
–
9.69
7.66
10.29
10.75
10.15
13.41
12.75
10.55
6.8
–
–
–
13.7
10.3
3.9
12.4
–
3.3
2.9
2.4
3.6
2.2
6.9
9.1
2.4
17.46
20.50
18.36
23.29
11.74
–
–
11.74
–
–
11.22
13.24
–
–
15.40
13.99
10.77
2.7
5.6
.4
.9
.2
–
–
.2
–
–
4.1
5.1
–
–
6.4
2.8
12.0
Blue collar –Continued
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.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
4
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$18.41
18.31
2.9
2.4
$17.31
17.14
3.4
2.9
$26.35
26.35
3.3
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
22.07
22.20
4.0
3.5
20.08
19.98
4.8
4.1
30.38
30.38
1.9
1.9
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
27.57
29.61
28.86
31.81
25.85
28.22
–
25.33
25.32
41.92
36.38
36.23
37.98
44.16
–
–
23.41
23.41
2.3
3.2
6.7
9.3
10.9
4.6
–
7.2
2.1
8.1
11.6
12.9
8.5
15.9
–
–
10.7
10.7
23.88
25.02
28.86
31.81
25.74
–
–
24.26
25.64
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
3.8
6.8
9.3
13.1
–
–
8.2
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.47
37.55
–
–
–
–
–
29.02
–
41.92
42.04
42.78
41.38
44.16
–
–
23.41
23.41
3.4
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
8.1
6.2
4.2
7.6
15.9
–
–
10.7
10.7
17.06
21.51
19.01
18.32
22.48
10.3
5.6
10.7
1.1
10.6
–
21.57
–
18.32
–
–
6.1
–
1.1
–
–
20.82
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
30.36
33.34
38.82
31.87
25.64
4.9
6.2
14.4
7.1
10.3
28.61
30.65
–
29.50
25.67
4.8
4.4
–
5.6
11.8
38.96
44.08
47.01
–
–
14.0
6.7
3.5
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
20.83
11.55
24.8
3.4
20.83
11.55
24.8
3.4
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
14.14
14.26
12.77
13.61
14.11
13.41
16.74
2.4
5.2
4.1
3.0
6.0
3.5
9.0
13.77
13.91
12.19
–
12.66
–
16.77
2.6
5.8
4.8
–
9.4
–
11.4
16.18
15.84
–
–
15.68
13.41
–
3.1
2.0
–
–
4.8
3.5
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
16.16
3.9
16.09
4.0
18.39
2.0
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
20.50
22.50
18.18
21.77
25.50
2.6
2.7
5.8
7.6
2.9
20.56
22.63
–
21.77
25.50
2.8
2.8
–
7.6
2.9
19.64
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
14.71
3.4
14.71
3.4
–
–
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
15.52
14.82
14.38
16.09
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.5
6.7
6.5
1.4
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
15.52
14.82
14.38
16.09
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.5
6.7
6.5
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
$16.90
17.77
17.06
6.2
7.6
11.9
$16.91
17.74
17.06
6.6
7.8
11.9
$16.68
–
–
6.8
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
12.42
12.46
12.0
6.9
12.32
12.27
12.4
7.0
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
14.28
21.39
23.98
12.50
12.50
11.43
11.67
11.32
14.69
13.97
–
3.0
4.5
1.4
11.5
11.5
2.4
4.9
2.1
4.2
5.3
–
12.59
–
–
12.50
12.50
11.05
11.13
11.02
14.37
13.91
–
4.8
–
–
11.5
11.5
1.9
5.4
1.0
4.5
7.1
–
18.84
21.39
23.98
–
–
–
–
–
15.56
14.13
–
4.2
4.5
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
1.6
–
Blue collar –Continued
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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
6
Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation3
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$9.78
9.92
2.6
3.0
$9.42
9.53
2.4
2.7
$12.32
12.32
8.6
8.6
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
13.54
15.56
3.5
4.3
13.37
15.80
3.1
4.6
14.59
14.59
14.1
14.1
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Technical ......................................................................
17.69
19.17
24.92
24.55
14.24
–
14.91
6.1
10.0
1.4
.8
19.2
–
4.1
17.68
19.56
24.84
24.39
–
–
14.91
6.2
12.3
1.5
.4
–
–
4.3
17.72
18.03
–
–
19.20
–
–
18.6
21.5
–
–
19.0
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.62
8.48
1.6
1.6
8.62
8.48
1.6
1.6
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
10.49
3.8
10.82
4.6
9.58
6.8
Blue collar ...........................................................................
8.09
3.3
7.96
3.3
9.94
20.7
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
7.47
7.27
1.4
1.8
7.47
7.27
.9
1.8
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
7.33
10.76
5.38
3.46
2.77
8.00
7.62
9.16
8.99
–
9.17
5.3
1.5
7.7
10.3
3.9
6.2
8.2
3.4
2.0
–
10.8
6.78
–
4.79
3.46
2.77
7.06
–
9.19
–
–
–
8.5
–
9.9
10.3
3.9
8.4
–
3.5
–
–
–
10.81
10.76
11.74
–
–
11.74
–
–
–
–
–
3.3
1.5
.2
–
–
.2
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
7
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$730
725
2.9
2.4
39.7
39.6
$691
683
3.4
2.9
39.9
39.9
$998
998
2.6
2.6
37.9
37.9
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
864
865
4.0
3.4
39.1
39.0
799
792
5.0
4.2
39.8
39.6
1,117
1,117
1.4
1.4
36.8
36.8
1,044
1,113
2.2
3.1
37.9
37.6
930
979
2.9
4.1
39.0
39.1
1,294
1,323
2.6
3.1
35.5
35.2
1,171
1,272
5.4
9.3
40.6
40.0
1,171
1,272
5.4
9.3
40.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,034
10.9
40.0
1,030
13.1
40.0
–
–
–
1,129
–
961
955
1,591
4.6
–
8.1
3.5
7.4
40.0
–
37.9
37.7
38.0
–
–
912
949
–
–
–
9.3
4.2
–
–
–
37.6
37.0
–
–
–
1,137
–
1,591
–
–
9.4
–
7.4
–
–
39.2
–
38.0
1,259
1,265
1,292
1,433
8.7
8.8
7.7
8.2
34.6
34.9
34.0
32.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,402
1,412
1,391
1,433
4.3
3.5
7.2
8.2
33.3
33.0
33.6
32.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
920
920
9.2
9.2
39.3
39.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
920
920
9.2
9.2
39.3
39.3
680
832
685
10.3
5.9
10.8
39.8
38.7
36.1
–
832
–
–
6.3
–
–
38.6
–
–
825
–
–
7.1
–
–
39.6
–
707
897
.2
10.6
38.6
39.9
707
–
.2
–
38.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,234
5.0
40.6
1,169
5.2
40.8
1,543
13.5
39.6
1,368
6.1
41.0
1,270
5.5
41.4
1,739
6.6
39.4
1,636
7.9
42.2
–
–
–
1,806
5.3
38.4
1,311
1,026
8.4
10.3
41.1
40.0
1,218
1,027
8.2
11.8
41.3
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
850
462
25.3
3.4
40.8
40.0
850
462
25.3
3.4
40.8
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
558
564
2.5
5.0
39.5
39.5
547
553
2.6
5.7
39.7
39.8
616
611
5.3
1.5
38.0
38.5
511
527
552
417
665
4.1
2.8
6.6
9.8
9.1
40.0
38.7
39.1
31.1
39.7
488
–
486
–
671
4.8
–
9.5
–
11.4
40.0
–
38.4
–
40.0
–
–
627
417
–
–
–
4.8
9.8
–
–
–
40.0
31.1
–
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical ........................................
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
Sales ..................................................
Cashiers .................................
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Secretaries .............................
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Billing clerks ............................
General office clerks ...............
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Weekly earnings
Mean
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Industrial machinery repairers
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Grinding, abrading, buffing,
and polishing machine
operators ..........................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Painting and paint spraying
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Food service ...............................
Other food service ....................
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Weekly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
weekly
hours5
$648
3.9
40.1
$646
4.0
40.1
$722
2.2
39.3
821
900
2.5
2.7
40.0
40.0
824
905
2.7
2.8
40.1
40.0
783
–
1.4
–
39.8
–
725
883
1,020
5.8
9.2
2.9
39.9
40.6
40.0
–
883
1,020
–
9.2
2.9
–
40.6
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
589
3.4
40.0
589
3.4
40.0
–
–
–
562
12.9
40.0
562
12.9
40.0
–
–
–
772
20.0
40.0
772
20.0
40.0
–
–
–
454
2.7
40.0
454
2.7
40.0
–
–
–
597
8.8
40.0
597
8.8
40.0
–
–
–
621
593
6.5
6.7
40.0
40.0
621
593
6.5
6.7
40.0
40.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
575
6.5
40.0
575
6.5
40.0
–
–
–
644
1.4
40.0
644
1.4
40.0
–
–
–
694
754
5.4
4.7
41.1
42.4
699
753
5.8
4.8
41.3
42.5
631
–
9.4
–
37.8
–
682
11.9
40.0
682
11.9
40.0
–
–
–
492
486
12.1
8.0
39.6
39.0
488
478
12.6
8.2
39.6
39.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
566
889
3.2
3.3
39.7
41.6
494
–
5.5
–
39.3
–
768
889
4.3
3.3
40.8
41.6
959
485
485
448
467
1.4
13.0
13.0
1.9
4.9
40.0
38.8
38.8
39.2
40.0
–
486
486
431
445
–
13.1
13.1
2.0
5.4
–
38.9
38.9
39.0
40.0
959
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
40.0
–
–
–
–
439
585
556
–
.8
4.1
5.3
–
38.8
39.9
39.8
–
426
572
553
–
2.3
4.4
7.1
–
38.7
39.8
39.7
–
–
623
565
–
–
4.9
1.6
–
–
40.0
40.0
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
9
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
All ...............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................
$36,900
36,610
2.9
2.4
2,004
1,999
$35,482
35,076
3.4
2.9
2,050
2,046
$45,491
45,491
2.6
2.6
1,727
1,727
White collar ...........................................
White collar excluding sales ...........
42,449
42,281
4.0
3.4
1,924
1,905
40,669
40,211
5.0
4.2
2,025
2,012
48,317
48,317
1.4
1.4
1,590
1,590
48,567
50,092
2.2
3.1
1,762
1,692
46,145
47,474
2.9
4.1
1,932
1,897
52,960
53,495
2.6
3.1
1,452
1,425
60,909
66,161
5.4
9.3
2,110
2,080
60,910
66,161
5.4
9.3
2,110
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
53,777
10.9
2,080
53,538
13.1
2,080
–
–
–
58,691
–
48,890
49,684
60,868
4.6
–
8.1
3.5
7.4
2,080
–
1,930
1,962
1,452
–
–
47,422
49,351
–
–
–
9.3
4.2
–
–
–
1,955
1,925
–
–
–
53,664
–
60,868
–
–
9.4
–
7.4
–
–
1,849
–
1,452
47,487
47,776
48,305
53,509
8.7
8.8
7.7
8.2
1,305
1,319
1,272
1,212
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
53,407
53,790
52,486
53,509
4.3
3.5
7.2
8.2
1,270
1,257
1,268
1,212
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
45,775
45,775
9.2
9.2
1,955
1,955
–
–
–
–
–
–
45,775
45,775
9.2
9.2
1,955
1,955
35,350
43,184
35,634
10.3
5.9
10.8
2,072
2,008
1,875
–
43,279
–
–
6.3
–
–
2,007
–
–
42,007
–
–
7.1
–
–
2,017
–
36,782
46,367
.2
10.6
2,007
2,063
36,782
–
.2
–
2,007
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
62,735
5.0
2,066
60,306
5.2
2,108
73,378
13.5
1,884
68,661
6.1
2,059
65,292
5.5
2,130
80,160
6.6
1,818
–
–
80,821
5.3
1,719
Professional specialty and
technical ......................................
Professional specialty .....................
Engineers, architects, and
surveyors ..............................
Engineers, n.e.c. .....................
Mathematical and computer
scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts
and scientists ....................
Natural scientists ........................
Health related .............................
Registered nurses ..................
Teachers, college and university
Teachers, except college and
university ..............................
Elementary school teachers ...
Secondary school teachers ....
Teachers, special education ...
Librarians, archivists, and
curators .................................
Social scientists and urban
planners ................................
Social, recreation, and religious
workers .................................
Social workers ........................
Writers, authors, entertainers,
athletes, and professionals,
n.e.c. .....................................
Technical ........................................
Licensed practical nurses .......
Health technologists and
technicians, n.e.c. .............
Technical and related, n.e.c. ..
Executive, administrative, and
managerial ...................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..............................
Administrators, education and
related fields .....................
Managers and administrators,
n.e.c. .................................
Management related ...................
71,716
7.9
1,848
–
66,657
53,249
8.4
10.3
2,092
2,077
63,247
53,289
8.2
11.8
2,144
2,076
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ..................................................
Cashiers .................................
44,180
24,022
25.3
3.4
2,121
2,080
44,180
24,022
25.3
3.4
2,121
2,080
–
–
–
–
–
–
28,245
27,771
2.5
5.0
1,997
1,948
28,145
27,746
2.6
5.7
2,044
1,994
28,717
27,871
5.3
1.5
1,775
1,759
26,514
27,428
28,657
15,461
34,090
4.1
2.8
6.6
9.8
9.1
2,077
2,015
2,031
1,153
2,036
25,317
–
25,166
–
34,875
4.8
–
9.5
–
11.4
2,076
–
1,988
–
2,080
–
–
32,621
15,461
–
–
–
4.8
9.8
–
–
–
2,080
1,153
–
Administrative support, including
clerical .........................................
Secretaries .............................
Bookkeepers, accounting and
auditing clerks ...................
Billing clerks ............................
General office clerks ...............
Teachers’ aides ......................
Administrative support, n.e.c.
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local
government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation3
Annual earnings
Mean
Blue collar .............................................
Precision production, craft, and
repair ............................................
Industrial machinery repairers
Mechanics and repairers,
n.e.c. .................................
Supervisors, production ..........
Tool and die makers ...............
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors ............................
Grinding, abrading, buffing,
and polishing machine
operators ..........................
Fabricating machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Molding and casting machine
operators ..........................
Painting and paint spraying
machine operators ............
Miscellaneous machine
operators, n.e.c. ................
Assemblers .............................
Miscellaneous hand working,
n.e.c. .................................
Production inspectors,
checkers and examiners ...
Transportation and material
moving .........................................
Truck drivers ...........................
Industrial truck and tractor
equipment operators .........
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers, and laborers .................
Stock handlers and baggers ...
Service ...................................................
Protective service .......................
Police and detectives, public
service ..............................
Food service ...............................
Other food service ....................
Health service .............................
Health aides, except nursing ..
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service .....
Janitors and cleaners .............
Personal service .........................
Relative
error4
(percent)
State and local
government
Private industry
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Annual earnings
Mean
annual
hours5
Mean
Relative
error4
(percent)
Mean
annual
hours5
$33,446
3.9
2,070
$33,357
4.0
2,073
$36,353
2.2
1,977
42,664
46,810
2.5
2.7
2,081
2,080
42,810
47,071
2.7
2.8
2,082
2,080
40,693
–
1.4
–
2,072
–
37,690
45,929
52,918
5.8
9.2
2.9
2,073
2,110
2,075
–
45,929
52,918
–
9.2
2.9
–
2,110
2,075
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30,295
3.4
2,059
30,295
3.4
2,059
–
–
–
29,130
12.9
2,072
29,130
12.9
2,072
–
–
–
40,141
20.0
2,080
40,141
20.0
2,080
–
–
–
22,718
2.7
2,003
22,718
2.7
2,003
–
–
–
31,021
8.8
2,080
31,021
8.8
2,080
–
–
–
32,275
30,124
6.5
6.7
2,080
2,033
32,275
30,124
6.5
6.7
2,080
2,033
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,916
6.5
2,080
29,916
6.5
2,080
–
–
–
33,476
1.4
2,080
33,476
1.4
2,080
–
–
–
35,532
39,184
5.4
4.7
2,103
2,206
36,034
39,162
5.8
4.8
2,131
2,208
29,575
–
9.4
–
1,773
–
35,486
11.9
2,080
35,486
11.9
2,080
–
–
–
25,584
25,298
12.1
8.0
2,060
2,030
25,362
24,871
12.6
8.2
2,059
2,028
–
–
–
–
–
–
29,194
46,243
3.2
3.3
2,044
2,162
25,468
–
5.5
–
2,023
–
39,651
46,243
4.3
3.3
2,104
2,162
49,872
25,119
25,119
23,278
24,276
1.4
13.0
13.0
1.9
4.9
2,080
2,010
2,010
2,036
2,080
–
25,270
25,270
22,414
23,154
–
13.1
13.1
2.0
5.4
–
2,021
2,021
2,029
2,080
49,872
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
–
–
2,080
–
–
–
–
22,820
30,446
28,923
–
.8
4.1
5.3
–
2,016
2,073
2,070
–
22,158
29,751
28,757
–
2.3
4.4
7.1
–
2,011
2,070
2,067
–
–
32,371
29,394
–
–
4.9
1.6
–
–
2,080
2,080
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to
cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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.
5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,
exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
11
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$17.62
17.59
2.9
2.5
$16.59
16.50
3.4
3.0
$25.03
25.03
2.4
2.4
White collar .........................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
21.36
10.24
11.42
13.86
15.05
17.30
22.70
34.71
28.16
43.88
39.36
43.10
18.49
21.76
10.96
11.65
13.88
15.08
17.30
22.71
35.41
28.15
36.59
38.50
43.10
18.77
3.8
3.5
2.3
3.9
2.3
6.9
4.7
3.5
4.9
12.8
5.0
4.5
10.4
3.3
10.7
2.7
3.9
2.4
7.4
4.6
3.3
5.2
10.0
5.3
4.5
10.8
19.50
–
11.24
13.23
14.93
16.63
21.36
25.46
25.94
–
38.06
–
18.49
19.70
–
11.47
13.25
14.96
16.57
21.36
24.39
25.77
–
36.90
–
18.77
4.5
–
2.3
3.7
2.6
7.7
6.3
5.9
2.1
–
6.4
–
10.4
3.8
–
2.8
3.8
2.7
8.5
6.4
6.6
1.9
–
6.8
–
10.8
29.39
–
13.05
15.86
15.88
20.46
26.46
41.59
37.55
–
46.91
–
–
29.39
–
13.05
15.86
15.88
20.46
26.46
41.59
37.55
–
46.91
–
–
1.9
–
6.4
4.2
3.3
10.6
5.5
4.2
12.4
–
2.8
–
–
1.9
–
6.4
4.2
3.3
10.6
5.5
4.2
12.4
–
2.8
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Physical therapists ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
26.53
28.63
15.48
15.30
24.85
38.93
28.93
36.91
28.86
26.99
31.81
25.85
28.22
–
25.25
26.10
25.23
25.12
24.58
24.63
25.16
41.92
34.57
43.32
32.99
36.23
43.66
30.25
37.98
44.16
38.25
–
–
19.81
23.39
2.3
3.5
3.9
14.6
6.6
3.4
6.7
5.9
6.7
4.0
9.3
10.9
4.6
–
5.7
8.0
2.3
1.6
3.3
.4
14.7
8.1
13.2
5.0
21.5
12.9
4.3
24.3
8.5
15.9
5.6
–
–
11.0
10.2
23.14
24.43
–
13.42
22.01
26.49
25.76
–
28.86
26.98
31.81
25.74
–
–
24.38
23.30
24.83
25.29
–
24.64
25.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.6
3.9
–
11.4
8.0
5.6
2.0
–
6.8
4.1
9.3
13.1
–
–
6.5
4.7
1.6
1.8
–
.4
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.17
36.26
15.09
22.82
27.74
42.60
40.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.46
27.93
–
24.57
24.60
–
–
41.92
40.93
43.32
47.10
42.78
43.66
46.78
41.38
44.16
38.25
–
–
21.20
23.41
4.2
4.8
5.4
16.9
7.4
3.9
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
13.1
–
4.6
5.1
–
–
8.1
6.8
5.0
6.4
4.2
4.3
2.3
7.6
15.9
5.6
–
–
11.7
10.7
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Professional specialty –Continued
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
5 ......................................................................
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
$17.06
20.58
15.22
20.87
23.31
17.90
16.73
15.14
22.48
10.3
5.5
3.1
5.7
9.1
11.5
5.6
3.5
10.6
–
$20.61
15.17
–
23.69
17.85
16.81
15.14
–
–
5.9
3.2
–
10.2
12.0
5.8
3.5
–
–
$20.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
9 ......................................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
30.17
25.20
39.32
43.14
26.83
33.34
24.39
40.01
43.14
38.82
31.87
25.31
26.09
23.33
5.1
3.8
9.0
5.4
13.0
6.2
3.7
7.5
5.4
14.4
7.1
11.3
5.4
11.2
28.40
24.50
37.30
–
26.83
30.65
–
–
–
–
29.50
25.29
–
–
5.2
1.0
12.9
–
13.0
4.4
–
–
–
–
5.6
12.9
–
–
38.96
27.88
–
–
–
44.08
–
–
–
47.01
–
–
–
–
14.0
10.1
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
3 ......................................................................
18.25
10.09
10.64
9.90
21.1
3.4
1.3
4.9
18.25
10.09
10.64
9.90
21.1
3.4
1.3
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................
3 ......................................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
3 ......................................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
13.98
10.96
11.65
14.00
14.78
17.43
13.41
14.18
14.50
12.75
13.16
13.61
13.31
13.78
13.09
13.06
11.35
15.69
2.3
10.7
2.7
4.2
6.5
5.6
5.4
5.2
5.4
4.1
15.3
3.0
3.3
4.9
6.3
1.9
3.3
8.9
13.65
–
11.47
13.27
14.54
16.90
13.41
13.91
14.18
12.17
–
–
–
12.61
–
–
–
15.59
2.5
–
2.8
4.1
6.9
6.7
5.4
5.8
6.5
4.8
–
–
–
7.3
–
–
–
11.3
15.68
–
13.05
16.29
–
–
–
15.30
15.58
–
–
–
–
15.23
–
13.06
11.35
–
3.9
–
6.4
2.1
–
–
–
5.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
1.9
3.3
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
15.83
10.02
12.32
15.11
17.14
16.30
18.09
22.87
12.74
4.0
4.9
4.3
7.5
5.2
2.6
4.8
2.1
16.9
15.78
10.06
12.28
15.07
17.14
16.27
18.12
23.28
12.74
4.2
4.8
4.4
8.1
5.2
2.7
5.0
2.6
16.9
17.62
–
–
15.79
–
–
–
19.57
–
1.7
–
–
2.5
–
–
–
2.3
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
20.50
2.6
20.56
2.8
19.64
1.4
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.61
18.57
23.21
22.50
23.75
18.18
21.77
25.50
26.28
6.7
8.4
2.8
2.7
2.6
5.8
7.6
2.9
8.7
$16.59
18.64
23.73
22.63
24.01
–
21.77
25.50
26.28
6.8
8.6
3.6
2.8
2.5
–
7.6
2.9
8.7
–
–
$19.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
2 ......................................................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
14.57
10.70
12.75
14.98
16.45
15.87
18.55
10.84
3.8
8.7
6.2
7.9
5.3
1.7
1.3
14.3
14.57
10.70
12.75
14.98
16.45
15.87
18.55
10.84
3.8
8.7
6.2
7.9
5.3
1.7
1.3
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
14.75
11.83
14.57
15.87
14.48
14.38
16.09
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.1
17.3
6.5
9.7
8.3
6.5
1.4
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
14.75
11.83
14.57
15.87
14.48
14.38
16.09
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.1
17.3
6.5
9.7
8.3
6.5
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
16.88
11.47
16.48
19.74
16.10
17.74
14.92
17.06
6.1
11.4
6.3
6.1
13.3
7.6
4.1
11.9
16.91
–
–
19.74
16.10
17.74
–
17.06
6.6
–
–
6.1
13.3
7.8
–
11.9
16.40
–
–
–
–
–
15.63
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
11.44
9.67
14.62
10.63
9.68
10.7
8.3
17.0
6.9
8.1
11.39
9.73
14.06
10.45
9.68
11.1
8.2
24.7
7.4
8.1
12.93
–
–
–
–
11.7
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
12.26
8.09
9.23
11.31
11.78
14.77
18.44
20.41
26.74
20.50
21.16
22.98
23.67
18.36
23.29
9.56
4.8
6.3
17.1
7.6
4.7
5.1
4.4
9.1
11.2
5.6
2.6
2.8
3.4
.4
.9
13.1
10.69
7.84
8.62
10.89
10.71
14.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.47
6.8
6.7
22.3
8.2
4.8
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.7
17.46
11.96
12.37
13.23
–
16.24
21.16
22.98
26.74
20.50
21.16
22.98
23.67
18.36
23.29
11.74
2.7
8.7
12.3
5.3
–
6.7
2.6
2.8
11.2
5.6
2.6
2.8
3.4
.4
.9
.2
Blue collar –Continued
Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
7 ......................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$6.62
8.62
3.46
3.53
2.77
11.47
8.23
9.97
11.48
9.69
8.05
7.76
10.57
11.23
10.33
13.89
11.76
15.56
13.04
11.76
10.59
5.3
15.3
10.3
10.8
3.9
11.8
3.8
6.1
9.0
3.3
2.4
2.8
3.4
4.0
3.1
6.3
10.4
5.7
7.1
10.4
2.7
$6.55
7.83
3.46
3.53
2.77
11.45
8.18
–
–
9.69
7.66
7.66
10.29
10.75
10.15
13.41
11.39
–
12.75
11.39
10.55
5.5
15.4
10.3
10.8
3.9
12.4
4.0
–
–
3.3
2.9
2.9
2.4
3.6
2.2
6.9
11.7
–
9.1
11.7
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
$11.74
–
–
–
–
11.22
–
13.24
–
–
15.40
–
–
13.99
–
10.77
–
–
–
–
–
0.2
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
5.1
–
–
6.4
–
–
2.8
–
12.0
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D for more information.
3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
4 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$18.41
18.31
2.9
2.4
$17.31
17.14
3.4
2.9
$26.35
26.35
3.3
3.3
White collar .........................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
10 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
22.07
10.84
11.56
13.98
15.31
17.86
22.70
34.90
28.25
43.88
39.36
43.10
18.83
22.20
11.70
14.00
15.35
17.90
22.72
35.64
28.25
36.59
38.50
43.10
19.15
4.0
4.2
2.7
4.0
3.3
6.9
5.2
3.6
5.1
12.8
5.0
4.5
11.4
3.5
3.0
4.1
3.4
7.3
5.2
3.4
5.4
10.0
5.3
4.5
11.8
20.08
–
11.34
13.26
15.04
17.18
21.35
25.54
26.00
–
38.06
–
18.83
19.98
11.47
13.29
15.08
17.17
21.35
24.41
25.81
–
36.90
–
19.15
4.8
–
2.6
3.9
3.5
7.5
6.9
6.2
2.3
–
6.4
–
11.4
4.1
3.1
4.0
3.6
8.2
7.0
7.1
2.1
–
6.8
–
11.8
30.38
–
13.66
16.34
17.41
21.00
26.56
41.61
37.47
–
46.91
–
–
30.38
13.66
16.34
17.41
21.00
26.56
41.61
37.47
–
46.91
–
–
1.9
–
6.6
2.1
4.2
10.6
5.8
4.2
12.4
–
2.8
–
–
1.9
6.6
2.1
4.2
10.6
5.8
4.2
12.4
–
2.8
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
9 ......................................................................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
9 ......................................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Elementary school teachers .................................
8 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
27.57
29.61
16.46
24.82
39.11
29.12
36.91
28.86
26.99
31.81
25.85
28.22
–
25.33
26.43
25.32
25.32
24.77
41.92
36.38
43.35
32.89
36.23
43.66
30.25
37.98
44.16
–
–
23.41
23.41
2.3
3.2
17.1
7.5
3.1
7.1
5.9
6.7
4.0
9.3
10.9
4.6
–
7.2
10.3
3.5
2.1
.3
8.1
11.6
5.0
21.5
12.9
4.3
24.3
8.5
15.9
–
–
10.7
10.7
23.88
25.02
–
21.51
26.61
25.83
–
28.86
26.98
31.81
25.74
–
–
24.26
–
24.80
25.64
24.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
3.8
–
8.8
5.7
2.3
–
6.8
4.1
9.3
13.1
–
–
8.2
–
2.8
2.4
.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.47
37.55
–
28.03
42.63
40.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.02
–
–
–
–
41.92
42.04
43.35
47.16
42.78
43.66
46.78
41.38
44.16
–
–
23.41
23.41
3.4
4.3
–
7.8
3.9
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.4
–
–
–
–
8.1
6.2
5.0
6.6
4.2
4.3
2.3
7.6
15.9
–
–
10.7
10.7
17.06
21.51
15.49
23.31
10.3
5.6
5.0
9.1
–
21.57
15.43
23.69
–
6.1
5.1
10.2
–
20.82
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Professional specialty and technical –Continued
Technical –Continued
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
$19.01
18.32
22.48
10.7
1.1
10.6
–
$18.32
–
–
1.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
9 ......................................................................
11 ......................................................................
12 ......................................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
9 ......................................................................
30.36
25.20
39.32
43.14
26.83
33.34
24.39
40.01
43.14
38.82
31.87
25.64
26.09
4.9
3.8
9.0
5.4
13.0
6.2
3.7
7.5
5.4
14.4
7.1
10.3
5.4
28.61
24.50
37.30
–
26.83
30.65
–
–
–
–
29.50
25.67
–
4.8
1.0
12.9
–
13.0
4.4
–
–
–
–
5.6
11.8
–
$38.96
27.88
–
–
–
44.08
–
–
–
47.01
–
–
–
14.0
10.1
–
–
–
6.7
–
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
20.83
11.55
24.8
3.4
20.83
11.55
24.8
3.4
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Secretaries ...........................................................
4 ......................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
4 ......................................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
4 ......................................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
14.14
11.70
14.03
14.87
17.43
13.65
14.26
14.50
12.77
13.16
13.61
13.31
14.11
13.41
16.74
2.4
3.0
4.2
6.4
5.6
5.1
5.2
5.4
4.1
15.3
3.0
3.3
6.0
3.5
9.0
13.77
11.47
13.29
14.63
16.90
13.65
13.91
14.18
12.19
–
–
–
12.66
–
16.77
2.6
3.1
4.1
6.9
6.7
5.1
5.8
6.5
4.8
–
–
–
9.4
–
11.4
16.18
13.66
16.39
–
–
–
15.84
15.62
–
–
–
–
15.68
13.41
–
3.1
6.6
2.3
–
–
–
2.0
1.3
–
–
–
–
4.8
3.5
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
16.16
10.97
12.68
15.12
17.14
16.30
18.09
22.87
12.74
3.9
3.5
5.2
7.6
5.2
2.6
4.8
2.1
16.9
16.09
10.97
12.64
15.07
17.14
16.27
18.12
23.28
12.74
4.0
3.5
5.3
8.1
5.2
2.7
5.0
2.6
16.9
18.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.57
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
–
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
7 ......................................................................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
7 ......................................................................
20.50
16.61
18.57
23.21
22.50
23.75
18.18
21.77
25.50
26.28
2.6
6.7
8.4
2.8
2.7
2.6
5.8
7.6
2.9
8.7
20.56
16.59
18.64
23.73
22.63
24.01
–
21.77
25.50
26.28
2.8
6.8
8.6
3.6
2.8
2.5
–
7.6
2.9
8.7
19.64
–
–
19.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.4
–
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
1 ......................................................................
14.71
11.03
3.4
8.7
14.71
11.03
3.4
8.7
–
–
–
–
White collar –Continued
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$13.20
14.98
16.45
15.87
18.55
10.84
7.6
7.9
5.3
1.7
1.3
14.3
$13.20
14.98
16.45
15.87
18.55
10.84
7.6
7.9
5.3
1.7
1.3
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
15.52
14.82
15.87
14.48
14.38
16.09
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.5
6.7
9.7
8.3
6.5
1.4
14.06
19.30
11.34
14.91
15.52
14.82
15.87
14.48
14.38
16.09
12.9
20.0
2.7
8.8
6.5
6.7
9.7
8.3
6.5
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
16.90
11.49
16.57
19.74
16.10
17.77
17.06
6.2
11.5
7.2
6.1
13.3
7.6
11.9
16.91
–
–
19.74
16.10
17.74
17.06
6.6
–
–
6.1
13.3
7.8
11.9
$16.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
12.42
10.93
14.66
12.46
12.0
6.9
17.4
6.9
12.32
10.93
14.06
12.27
12.4
6.9
24.7
7.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
6 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
Other food service ..................................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
3 ......................................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
1 ......................................................................
14.28
10.56
10.59
12.62
11.84
14.86
18.59
20.44
26.74
21.39
21.77
23.09
23.67
23.98
12.50
8.81
12.50
8.81
11.43
11.28
11.67
11.32
11.36
14.69
14.10
15.56
13.97
14.10
3.0
6.7
9.3
6.2
5.5
5.4
4.9
9.3
11.2
4.5
1.8
3.1
3.4
1.4
11.5
8.5
11.5
8.5
2.4
2.3
4.9
2.1
2.5
4.2
1.8
5.7
5.3
1.8
12.59
10.31
–
12.21
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.50
8.81
12.50
8.81
11.05
10.94
11.13
11.02
11.04
14.37
–
–
13.91
–
4.8
7.1
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
8.5
11.5
8.5
1.9
2.0
5.4
1.0
1.3
4.5
–
–
7.1
–
18.84
–
–
14.46
–
–
21.77
23.09
26.74
21.39
21.77
23.09
23.67
23.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.56
–
–
14.13
–
4.2
–
–
2.5
–
–
1.8
3.1
11.2
4.5
1.8
3.1
3.4
1.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
1.6
–
Blue collar –Continued
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
–Continued
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
6 ......................................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
19
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Total
Occupation and level
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$9.78
9.92
2.6
3.0
$9.42
9.53
2.4
2.7
$12.32
12.32
8.6
8.6
White collar .........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
3 ......................................................................
4 ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
13.54
8.68
8.54
10.44
10.55
14.07
22.60
25.96
15.56
11.21
10.55
14.07
22.60
25.96
3.5
2.8
2.3
4.1
10.6
3.1
9.0
4.2
4.3
4.1
10.6
3.1
9.0
4.2
13.37
–
–
10.44
–
14.50
–
24.94
15.80
11.44
–
14.50
–
24.94
3.1
–
–
4.9
–
2.0
–
2.4
4.6
4.7
–
2.0
–
2.4
14.59
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.59
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.1
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Health related ...........................................................
7 ......................................................................
9 ......................................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
7 ......................................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Technical ......................................................................
5 ......................................................................
17.69
19.17
25.07
25.96
24.92
25.07
24.94
24.55
25.07
14.24
–
14.91
14.69
6.1
10.0
1.1
4.2
1.4
1.1
2.4
.8
1.1
19.2
–
4.1
3.1
17.68
19.56
–
24.94
24.84
–
24.94
24.39
–
–
–
14.91
–
6.2
12.3
–
2.4
1.5
–
2.4
.4
–
–
–
4.3
–
17.72
18.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.20
–
–
–
18.6
21.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.0
–
–
–
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.62
8.48
1.6
1.6
8.62
8.48
1.6
1.6
–
–
–
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
3 ......................................................................
10.49
11.21
3.8
4.1
10.82
11.44
4.6
4.7
9.58
–
6.8
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
1 ......................................................................
2 ......................................................................
8.09
7.28
9.49
3.3
3.4
2.7
7.96
7.32
9.53
3.3
3.3
3.2
9.94
–
–
20.7
–
–
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
1 ......................................................................
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
1 ......................................................................
7.47
7.03
7.27
6.99
1.4
2.2
1.8
2.0
7.47
7.07
7.27
6.99
.9
2.0
1.8
2.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
1 ......................................................................
3 ......................................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
1 ......................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
7.33
6.11
8.79
10.76
5.38
5.00
7.64
3.46
3.53
2.77
8.00
5.3
7.4
6.3
1.5
7.7
11.7
21.2
10.3
10.8
3.9
6.2
6.78
5.81
–
–
4.79
4.83
–
3.46
3.53
2.77
7.06
8.5
8.1
–
–
9.9
12.8
–
10.3
10.8
3.9
8.4
10.81
10.05
10.86
10.76
11.74
–
–
–
–
–
11.74
3.3
11.7
7.4
1.5
.2
–
–
–
–
–
.2
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and
State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 —
Continued
Total
Occupation and level
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
1 ......................................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
1 ......................................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
Private industry
State and local
government
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.17
7.62
7.09
9.16
8.99
–
9.17
8.5
8.2
9.3
3.4
2.0
–
10.8
$6.93
–
–
9.19
–
–
–
9.9
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more
information.
2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work
environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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 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.
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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall
occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
21
Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National
Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Private industry and State and local government
Occupational group
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$18.41
18.31
$9.78
9.92
$21.21
21.50
$16.46
16.30
$17.32
17.56
$29.62
–
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
22.07
22.20
13.54
15.56
27.22
28.87
20.00
20.07
20.83
21.76
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
27.57
29.61
21.51
30.36
20.83
14.14
17.69
19.17
14.91
–
8.62
10.49
34.36
37.07
22.89
–
–
16.27
23.09
24.40
19.92
30.24
19.49
13.63
26.53
28.63
20.58
30.17
10.88
13.98
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
16.16
20.50
14.71
16.90
12.42
8.09
–
–
–
7.47
19.22
22.16
19.22
19.90
12.38
14.50
19.53
13.42
14.65
11.01
15.71
20.30
14.57
16.78
11.44
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
14.28
7.33
15.74
10.85
12.26
–
Relative error6 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
2.9
2.4
2.6
3.0
2.0
2.2
3.6
2.9
2.4
2.5
20.1
–
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
4.0
3.5
3.5
4.3
1.1
1.8
4.6
3.8
3.3
3.3
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.3
3.2
5.6
4.9
24.8
2.4
6.1
10.0
4.1
–
1.6
3.8
3.8
3.6
12.2
–
–
4.2
2.6
3.8
5.5
5.1
24.4
2.2
2.3
3.5
5.5
5.1
3.4
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
3.9
2.6
3.4
6.2
12.0
3.3
–
–
–
1.4
3.1
6.5
8.6
4.5
12.5
5.0
5.2
5.3
6.3
11.1
4.0
2.6
3.8
7.6
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
Service .................................................................................
3.0
5.3
4.6
7.7
4.8
–
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.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an 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.
6 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.
22
Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation
Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Full-time and part-time workers
Goods-producing industries3
Occupational group
All private
industries
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Service-producing industries4
Total
TransportFinance,
Wholesale
ation and
insurance,
and retail
public utiland real
trade
ities
estate
Services
Mean
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
$16.59
16.50
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$22.11
22.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
19.50
19.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.09
23.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
23.14
24.43
20.61
28.40
18.25
13.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
15.78
20.56
14.57
16.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
10.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error5 (percent)
All occupations .............................................................
All excluding sales ..............................................
3.4
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.3
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
White collar ...............................................................
White-collar excluding sales ...............................
4.5
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical .......................
Professional specialty .........................................
Technical ............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .............
Sales .......................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ................
2.6
3.9
5.9
5.2
21.1
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Blue collar .................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ....
Transportation and material moving .......................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .............................................................
4.2
2.8
3.8
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service .......................................................................
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information.
3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
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.
23
Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Full-time and part-time workers
100 workers or more
Occupational group
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
Mean
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
$16.59
16.50
$14.23
14.26
$17.13
17.04
$16.50
16.06
$17.80
18.00
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
19.50
19.70
16.91
17.09
20.00
20.28
19.83
19.54
20.18
20.91
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
23.14
24.43
20.61
28.40
18.25
13.65
18.00
19.53
–
–
12.08
13.10
23.69
25.01
21.19
28.03
18.51
13.83
21.54
22.04
20.45
27.12
20.72
13.74
25.53
27.79
21.71
29.07
11.20
13.89
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
15.78
20.56
14.57
16.91
11.39
14.96
15.81
12.46
17.74
–
15.91
21.70
14.80
16.46
11.46
15.07
20.81
13.86
–
10.55
16.79
23.02
15.60
17.74
12.91
Service .................................................................................
10.69
10.42
10.94
9.96
12.13
Relative error4 (percent)
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
3.4
3.0
7.8
7.8
3.9
3.3
5.9
5.7
3.8
4.0
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
4.5
3.8
9.9
10.2
4.8
4.2
6.9
5.3
6.1
6.9
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
2.6
3.9
5.9
5.2
21.1
2.5
10.3
10.1
–
–
19.6
6.3
3.0
3.7
6.3
6.4
21.8
3.2
5.7
5.2
13.7
6.4
27.7
6.8
3.5
6.3
6.1
11.1
3.1
3.7
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
4.2
2.8
3.8
6.6
11.1
8.3
11.5
9.8
11.7
–
4.9
2.5
5.0
7.9
11.3
8.6
4.6
8.9
–
12.7
3.5
3.2
5.1
11.7
9.9
Service .................................................................................
6.8
16.1
7.5
14.0
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.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See
appendix B for more information.
3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain
establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between
survey sampling and collection.
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.
24
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$9.00
9.00
$11.50
11.73
$15.60
15.86
$20.87
20.87
$27.61
27.60
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.25
10.96
12.88
13.60
17.55
18.14
26.44
26.78
39.66
40.42
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Physical therapists ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
14.40
15.30
22.42
26.54
17.52
25.32
–
18.65
20.56
17.25
30.75
15.39
19.61
23.37
27.57
18.22
–
–
14.19
15.83
18.17
20.99
24.26
27.51
21.65
26.22
–
21.25
22.45
17.25
34.96
22.25
26.50
27.73
34.60
32.08
–
–
15.30
18.87
24.88
26.50
27.51
28.53
26.78
27.72
–
25.12
25.61
26.42
45.19
33.24
34.67
37.02
45.58
37.79
–
–
18.57
22.41
31.11
34.40
32.06
36.43
28.89
29.35
–
27.46
26.78
32.06
50.43
47.07
47.58
47.41
51.89
50.24
–
–
23.94
24.72
43.76
46.75
37.25
41.48
33.12
33.38
–
32.50
28.44
33.31
53.91
53.55
54.65
55.82
57.79
51.97
–
–
24.72
31.16
9.84
13.41
13.66
13.37
12.75
13.46
14.67
14.90
13.60
14.42
15.38
19.60
16.44
14.53
25.56
17.81
26.86
22.18
17.15
28.17
30.44
28.31
22.18
23.52
29.00
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
Management related, n.e.c. ..................................
17.07
17.42
25.62
17.07
16.75
16.50
20.80
23.64
25.62
21.89
18.59
16.51
26.44
30.79
44.07
29.81
22.00
18.02
43.12
44.23
48.38
43.25
29.29
31.25
45.13
47.94
50.91
45.13
43.25
39.53
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.16
7.65
9.40
8.60
11.32
10.70
22.86
12.49
28.75
14.65
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.00
10.25
9.00
11.87
9.88
10.02
9.00
11.25
11.20
10.86
12.41
12.39
11.33
10.42
13.55
15.00
11.88
13.21
13.95
13.35
16.64
16.18
16.50
15.00
14.28
15.42
14.36
17.85
19.22
18.11
16.38
16.25
18.08
16.45
22.06
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.00
11.80
15.30
18.70
24.47
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
13.60
16.56
13.85
14.95
20.00
16.62
19.45
15.68
17.43
22.51
19.72
24.48
17.83
19.95
24.95
24.48
24.48
21.02
24.04
29.75
29.65
25.44
21.02
30.79
30.62
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
9.00
11.12
14.25
17.02
19.19
10.00
11.74
8.85
8.25
9.50
9.51
10.90
10.55
10.36
14.36
9.00
12.50
11.99
11.95
11.25
12.19
12.60
18.98
10.87
14.50
14.24
14.25
12.89
13.45
16.57
25.48
12.15
17.64
18.55
16.44
16.21
17.65
21.27
26.26
16.44
19.19
19.19
19.65
17.74
25.99
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
$12.00
12.59
13.58
12.21
$13.50
14.07
13.84
13.34
$16.49
19.30
15.85
17.07
$20.87
20.87
15.97
18.50
$21.24
21.24
15.97
25.63
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
6.80
6.05
7.43
7.73
11.15
11.00
13.45
12.25
18.50
15.00
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
6.00
13.63
15.11
19.43
2.65
2.65
2.65
6.00
7.75
8.21
5.15
8.51
8.51
8.45
9.00
8.25
7.06
8.96
18.07
16.71
22.28
5.15
2.65
2.65
8.75
10.30
9.49
7.30
9.05
9.35
8.90
11.08
9.33
8.13
11.53
20.97
19.72
24.57
9.00
2.65
2.65
10.45
11.55
10.20
8.45
10.30
11.25
10.29
14.26
13.53
10.48
16.07
24.57
19.72
25.34
13.04
3.76
2.65
16.88
13.02
10.45
9.00
11.91
12.58
11.50
16.27
16.15
12.71
19.72
25.34
20.42
25.34
16.88
6.00
2.75
16.97
14.65
10.66
9.00
12.58
13.05
12.52
16.81
16.33
13.57
Occupation3
Blue collar –Continued
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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
26
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Private industry
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$9.00
9.00
$11.20
11.36
$15.01
15.10
$19.65
19.61
$26.33
26.26
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.19
10.56
12.20
12.89
16.50
17.12
24.26
24.38
30.79
30.88
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Physical therapists ................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
13.60
14.16
22.42
26.54
16.42
–
17.25
20.85
17.25
–
–
16.77
18.65
24.26
27.51
21.09
–
21.15
22.50
17.25
–
–
22.42
24.26
27.51
28.53
27.34
–
24.44
25.55
26.42
–
–
27.61
28.64
32.06
36.43
29.35
–
26.80
26.85
32.06
–
–
32.35
34.67
37.25
41.48
33.38
–
30.06
29.18
33.31
–
–
–
13.37
13.66
13.37
–
14.53
14.84
13.60
–
19.04
16.44
14.53
–
26.86
22.18
17.15
–
28.38
22.18
23.52
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
16.79
17.25
16.48
16.70
19.56
21.89
21.89
18.02
24.76
26.44
26.44
21.55
40.25
43.12
43.12
31.25
44.23
45.13
44.23
43.25
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
8.16
7.65
9.40
8.60
11.32
10.70
22.86
12.49
28.75
14.65
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
General office clerks .............................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
9.84
10.25
9.00
8.00
9.00
11.20
11.20
10.72
12.08
10.42
13.10
13.20
11.47
12.75
16.64
15.45
16.55
13.77
14.15
20.98
19.25
18.11
15.45
15.42
22.06
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.00
11.73
15.19
18.66
24.48
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
13.00
16.30
14.95
20.00
16.30
19.17
17.43
22.51
19.88
24.48
19.95
24.95
24.48
24.48
24.04
29.75
29.67
25.44
30.79
30.62
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
9.00
11.12
14.25
17.02
19.19
10.00
11.74
8.85
8.25
9.50
9.51
10.90
10.55
10.36
14.36
9.00
12.50
11.99
11.95
11.25
12.19
12.60
18.98
10.87
14.50
14.24
14.25
12.89
13.45
16.57
25.48
12.15
17.64
18.55
16.44
16.21
17.65
21.27
26.26
16.44
19.19
19.19
19.65
17.74
25.99
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
12.00
12.59
12.21
13.34
14.07
13.34
16.86
19.15
17.07
20.87
20.87
18.50
21.24
21.24
25.63
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
6.85
6.00
7.25
7.51
11.00
11.00
13.45
12.25
18.50
15.00
Service .................................................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
5.15
2.65
2.65
2.65
5.50
8.21
8.45
5.15
2.65
2.65
8.65
9.49
10.30
9.00
2.65
2.65
10.25
10.20
13.07
14.65
3.76
2.65
16.88
10.45
16.88
16.88
6.00
2.75
16.97
10.66
See footnotes at end of table.
27
Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
Private industry
Occupation3
Service –Continued
Food service –Continued
Other food service –Continued
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.15
8.50
8.37
8.50
8.25
8.15
7.06
$6.00
8.90
9.16
8.90
9.33
9.18
8.18
$8.30
10.30
10.78
10.00
13.90
12.50
10.13
$9.00
11.48
11.78
11.09
16.27
16.27
12.71
$9.00
12.25
13.05
12.10
18.31
16.33
13.57
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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
28
Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and
local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
State and local
government
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$12.58
12.58
$15.72
15.72
$19.86
19.86
$31.61
31.61
$47.48
47.48
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
14.07
14.07
16.74
16.74
24.72
24.72
42.01
42.01
50.82
50.82
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, n.e.c. ....................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
19.30
19.37
–
–
20.28
20.28
30.75
25.89
30.12
26.81
27.57
18.22
–
–
7.00
15.83
24.04
25.85
–
–
24.15
21.60
34.96
32.29
34.40
31.76
34.60
32.08
–
–
15.83
18.57
33.49
34.86
–
–
26.70
25.85
45.19
41.73
43.49
39.91
45.58
37.79
–
–
21.51
22.41
47.12
47.58
–
–
27.55
26.70
50.43
50.49
50.68
51.12
51.89
50.24
–
–
24.72
24.72
53.55
54.39
–
–
42.01
27.55
53.91
56.19
56.22
57.51
57.79
51.97
–
–
24.72
31.16
–
16.52
–
19.35
–
20.18
–
23.91
–
23.93
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Management related .................................................
23.23
29.11
42.42
–
27.44
36.45
45.41
–
40.70
45.00
48.38
–
45.41
48.24
49.99
–
49.99
51.39
51.70
–
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
11.34
13.20
11.04
10.02
14.44
14.60
14.07
11.33
15.91
15.91
15.71
13.35
17.55
15.95
17.38
14.36
19.22
17.53
18.08
16.45
Blue collar ...........................................................................
13.58
15.97
17.83
19.57
22.26
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
17.26
17.83
19.04
21.01
22.84
Transportation and material moving ............................
Bus drivers ............................................................
13.58
14.69
15.32
15.63
15.97
15.97
16.07
15.97
19.57
16.07
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
5.15
8.75
15.64
16.81
16.81
11.57
13.63
15.11
19.43
9.72
9.72
8.96
10.59
12.26
12.15
7.96
13.02
18.07
16.71
22.28
10.49
10.49
10.03
12.58
13.53
13.13
7.96
15.59
20.97
19.72
24.57
12.42
12.42
11.65
12.58
14.26
13.59
10.92
22.28
24.57
19.72
25.34
12.95
12.95
12.63
16.19
14.76
14.90
12.31
24.87
25.34
20.42
25.34
13.02
13.02
12.63
16.52
15.72
15.59
14.25
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Firefighting ............................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
29
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$10.00
10.05
$12.26
12.45
$16.17
16.27
$21.45
21.25
$28.75
28.25
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
10.81
11.20
13.40
13.97
18.14
18.91
26.91
27.44
41.43
41.51
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Engineers, n.e.c. ...................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, n.e.c. ............................................
Technical ......................................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. ........
Technical and related, n.e.c. ................................
15.00
16.97
22.42
26.54
17.52
25.32
–
17.25
20.46
30.75
20.81
19.61
23.37
27.57
–
–
15.83
15.83
19.61
22.00
24.26
27.51
21.65
26.22
–
21.15
22.26
34.96
25.04
26.50
27.73
34.60
–
–
18.57
18.57
26.22
27.20
27.51
28.53
26.78
27.72
–
25.00
25.85
45.19
34.65
34.67
37.02
45.58
–
–
22.41
22.41
32.08
36.02
32.06
36.43
28.89
29.35
–
27.55
27.55
50.43
47.64
47.58
47.41
51.89
–
–
24.72
24.72
44.71
47.48
37.25
41.48
33.12
33.38
–
33.31
29.18
53.91
54.65
54.65
55.82
57.79
–
–
31.16
31.16
9.84
13.65
14.59
13.60
12.75
13.46
16.01
16.25
13.60
14.42
15.38
22.18
19.69
16.36
25.56
17.81
26.99
22.18
19.40
28.17
30.44
28.57
22.18
30.16
29.00
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ....................
Management related .................................................
17.25
17.42
25.62
17.07
16.79
21.45
23.64
25.62
21.89
18.59
26.44
30.79
44.07
29.81
22.95
43.12
44.23
48.38
43.25
31.25
45.13
47.94
50.91
45.13
43.25
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
9.29
8.86
10.70
10.45
13.15
11.00
25.07
13.15
28.75
14.65
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
Secretaries ...........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support, n.e.c. ...............................
10.19
10.25
9.00
11.87
9.88
10.67
10.15
11.34
11.20
10.86
12.41
12.72
11.34
14.71
13.77
15.04
11.88
13.21
14.93
13.55
16.74
16.38
16.55
15.00
14.28
15.71
15.19
20.98
19.23
18.11
16.38
16.25
18.08
16.45
22.06
Blue collar ...........................................................................
9.32
12.09
15.75
18.98
24.48
Precision production, craft, and repair ........................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ...........................
Supervisors, production ........................................
Tool and die makers .............................................
13.60
16.56
13.85
14.95
20.00
16.62
19.45
15.68
17.43
22.51
19.72
24.48
17.83
19.95
24.95
24.48
24.48
21.02
24.04
29.75
29.65
25.44
21.02
30.79
30.62
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ..................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. .............
Assemblers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ......................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
9.00
11.40
14.48
17.11
19.19
10.00
11.74
8.85
8.25
11.99
10.35
10.90
10.55
10.36
14.36
9.00
12.50
13.60
11.99
11.25
12.19
12.60
18.98
10.87
14.50
14.96
14.39
12.89
13.45
16.57
25.48
12.15
17.64
19.19
16.65
16.21
17.65
21.27
26.26
16.44
19.19
19.19
19.65
17.74
25.99
Transportation and material moving ............................
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
12.00
12.59
12.21
13.50
14.50
13.34
16.53
19.30
17.07
20.87
20.87
18.50
21.24
21.24
25.63
See footnotes at end of table.
30
Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
$7.00
9.00
$8.80
11.00
$12.00
12.00
$15.04
13.45
$18.50
17.25
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service .............................................................
Other food service ..................................................
Health service ...........................................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service .......................................................
9.00
15.17
21.07
8.75
8.75
9.50
9.27
9.50
9.33
9.33
–
10.45
19.72
22.90
9.00
9.00
10.30
10.39
10.30
12.26
12.09
–
13.39
22.03
24.59
11.55
11.55
11.04
11.76
10.70
14.38
14.60
–
16.88
24.59
25.34
16.88
16.88
12.35
12.58
12.10
16.27
16.27
–
20.91
25.34
25.34
16.97
16.97
13.05
13.33
12.80
18.31
16.33
–
Occupation3
Blue collar –Continued
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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
31
Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all
industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All .............................................................................................
All excluding sales ............................................................
$5.00
3.65
$7.00
6.80
$8.85
8.90
$11.00
11.78
$15.30
15.30
White collar .........................................................................
White collar excluding sales .........................................
7.45
9.18
9.27
10.56
11.39
13.80
15.30
17.33
24.85
25.85
Professional specialty and technical ............................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Health related ...........................................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Technical ......................................................................
10.56
10.56
20.99
20.96
10.56
–
12.00
12.59
11.54
22.75
22.74
10.56
–
13.37
15.30
19.80
25.30
25.19
10.56
–
14.53
23.98
25.48
26.55
26.35
12.00
–
15.97
26.50
26.90
27.50
27.14
25.11
–
16.64
Executive, administrative, and managerial ..................
Management related .................................................
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales ................................................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................
6.68
6.65
7.65
7.45
8.49
8.11
9.40
9.44
10.45
11.00
Administrative support, including clerical ...................
8.85
9.18
10.42
11.90
12.75
Blue collar ...........................................................................
5.85
6.30
8.00
9.00
10.92
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving ............................
–
–
–
–
–
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
5.75
5.75
6.00
6.00
6.80
6.80
8.75
8.00
9.90
9.00
Service .................................................................................
Protective service .....................................................
Food service .............................................................
Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ......................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Other food service ..................................................
Food preparation, n.e.c. .......................................
Health service ...........................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service ...................................
Personal service .......................................................
2.65
9.60
2.65
2.65
2.65
5.15
5.15
8.00
8.00
–
6.50
5.15
9.60
2.65
2.65
2.65
5.15
5.15
8.45
8.50
–
7.06
8.00
9.90
5.15
2.65
2.65
8.00
7.74
8.90
8.90
–
8.88
9.10
12.12
7.70
3.76
2.65
8.75
8.45
9.18
9.10
–
10.92
10.86
12.76
8.75
6.00
2.75
12.60
11.57
10.83
10.70
–
12.55
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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations
is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for
more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified."
Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown
separately.
32
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 the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the survey includes questions of
scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing 50 workers
or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries
(transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance,
and real estate; and services industries); and State and local
governments. Agriculture, 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 entity.
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 Regional Office and visiting each establishment surveyed. Other contact methods, such as mail
and telephone, were used to follow-up 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
Census of Population system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. 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. The sampling
frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business
and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and
other information were updated. Approximately one-fifth
of the sample is reselected each year.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
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In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. 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. Prior to 2002, the number of jobs selected
ranged from 8 to 20. Beginning in 2002, the number of
jobs selected followed this schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
50–249
250 and over
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8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator.
For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two or more
census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage
level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOGs:
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•
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•
•
•
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support, including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual
occupations, classified by the MOG 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
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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 an “occupational leveling” process. Occupational leveling ranks
and compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10 leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the U.S.
Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor
Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
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Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels, and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
the written description that best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for nine factors (supervisory
duties was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total
determines the overall level of the occupation. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar General Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a job
with its associated leveling factors, and a guide to help data
users evaluate jobs in their firms
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the occupational leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 occupational
leveling factors (and levels within those factors). The
analysis showed that several of the occupational leveling
factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received,
had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the
levels within a given factor increased, the wages also increased.
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.
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:
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•
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:
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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 room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips,
bonuses given by manufacturers to department
store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
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, 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 that the employer considers to be full time.
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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.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis
for more details on the leveling process.)
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.)
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part time.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
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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
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s 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, 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 and job
level.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the
response was treated as a refusal.
Survey response
Establishments
Total in sampling frame
Total in sample
Responding
Out of business or not in survey scope
Unable or refused to provide data
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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.
1,710
256
157
19
80
In this survey, the nonresponse rates for all industries
and private industry exceeded regular survey standards.
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.
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 6–1 through 6–5 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.
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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 $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $12.03 to $13.55
($12.79 minus and plus $0.76, where $0.76 is the product
of 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). 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 by personal visit, computer edits of the data,
and detailed data review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2
National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2004
Full-time and part-time workers
Occupational group
State and local
government
Total
Private industry
All occupations .......................................................................
All excluding sales ........................................................
277,300
264,200
237,000
223,800
40,400
40,400
White collar .........................................................................
White-collar excluding sales .........................................
114,800
101,700
88,600
75,500
26,200
26,200
Professional specialty and technical .................................
Professional specialty ...................................................
Technical ......................................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial .......................
Sales .................................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical ..........................
47,200
36,100
11,100
13,700
13,100
40,800
31,200
21,000
10,200
11,200
13,100
33,100
16,000
15,100
900
2,500
–
7,700
Blue collar ...........................................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ..............................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving .................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
113,900
25,900
56,500
13,100
18,300
110,000
24,100
56,500
11,800
17,500
3,900
1,800
–
1,300
800
Service .................................................................................
48,600
38,400
10,200
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. Both full-time and part-time workers were
included in the survey.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
See appendix B for more information.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
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