NC BL 12/00/2003 Table: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, Bulletin 3120-29, April 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $17.09 2.5 35.8 $16.07 3.0 36.1 $24.40 2.1 33.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.64 2.5 35.6 19.90 3.5 36.0 28.31 2.4 34.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.13 3.3 33.7 24.39 5.3 34.3 33.53 3.3 32.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.22 3.3 39.8 28.36 3.9 39.7 38.53 11.3 39.9 Sales............................................................. 18.25 22.9 32.7 18.25 22.9 32.7 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.61 2.0 37.0 13.25 2.5 37.5 15.29 2.7 34.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.34 1.6 38.6 15.27 1.6 38.7 17.60 2.6 36.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.86 4.4 40.1 18.82 4.5 40.1 19.60 1.7 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.16 1.8 39.6 14.15 1.8 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.13 5.9 39.7 14.00 6.0 40.3 16.00 6.7 32.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.33 3.3 30.9 11.20 3.2 30.8 13.93 14.4 31.9 Service occupations(5).............................................. 11.60 3.2 30.3 10.24 4.4 29.9 17.56 3.2 32.3 Full time........................................................... 17.85 2.3 39.6 16.73 2.6 39.9 25.62 1.8 37.6 Part time........................................................... 11.33 14.4 20.9 11.22 16.2 21.4 12.42 5.0 16.9 Union............................................................... 19.56 3.7 36.7 16.57 4.0 37.4 25.01 1.8 35.6 Nonunion............................................................ 16.26 3.4 35.5 15.96 3.5 35.9 22.77 11.2 29.7 Time................................................................ 16.88 2.4 35.8 15.81 2.7 36.1 24.40 2.1 33.8 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 12.86 6.6 32.6 12.85 6.6 32.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.15 5.6 37.0 16.58 5.6 37.5 23.25 19.5 32.3 500 workers or more................................................. 19.08 3.2 36.3 17.39 2.6 36.7 24.95 4.7 34.6 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, 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. 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.09 2.5 $16.07 3.0 $24.40 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.05 2.5 15.98 2.8 24.40 2.1 White collar........................................................ 21.64 2.5 19.90 3.5 28.31 2.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.01 3.3 20.14 4.3 28.31 2.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.13 3.3 24.39 5.3 33.53 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.53 4.8 26.50 7.7 34.45 4.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.35 11.7 28.36 11.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 14.5 30.42 14.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.51 16.3 34.47 16.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.04 15.3 36.28 15.1 – – Health related................................................ 24.63 2.3 24.49 2.2 25.75 11.2 Registered nurses........................................... 24.03 1.2 24.16 .9 23.22 5.6 Physical therapists......................................... 26.91 7.9 26.91 7.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.12 8.8 – – 40.12 8.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.02 10.4 – – 37.55 5.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.55 8.5 – – 40.57 2.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.59 7.4 – – 38.43 6.9 Teachers, special education................................. 43.57 13.2 – – 43.57 13.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.06 .0 – – 35.06 .0 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.40 7.5 – – 12.71 7.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.66 4.9 – – 19.66 4.9 Social workers.............................................. 21.97 6.2 – – 21.97 6.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.47 6.0 20.46 6.4 20.57 4.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.05 4.8 14.58 5.4 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.96 11.2 17.02 11.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.22 3.3 28.36 3.9 38.53 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.80 4.4 31.28 3.7 42.59 4.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.54 3.5 – – 44.54 3.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.25 6.9 30.26 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.25 6.0 24.07 6.9 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.65 10.8 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.73 8.1 24.22 8.7 – – Sales............................................................. 18.25 22.9 18.25 22.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.49 4.3 10.49 4.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.61 2.0 13.25 2.5 15.29 2.7 Secretaries................................................. 14.41 4.5 14.33 5.3 14.76 6.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.02 4.0 12.38 2.9 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.62 2.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... $13.29 5.4 $10.86 5.1 $15.13 3.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.71 5.6 – – 13.71 5.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.25 9.7 14.04 11.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.34 1.6 15.27 1.6 17.60 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.86 4.4 18.82 4.5 19.60 1.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.61 2.5 20.60 2.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 7.5 23.24 7.5 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 24.73 6.3 24.73 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.16 1.8 14.15 1.8 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.98 1.1 12.98 1.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.87 12.8 16.87 12.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.71 2.9 11.71 2.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.08 10.0 13.08 10.0 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.76 7.4 14.76 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.00 5.2 13.00 5.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.13 4.5 13.13 4.5 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 15.28 5.4 15.28 5.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.07 2.5 17.07 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.13 5.9 14.00 6.0 16.00 6.7 Bus drivers................................................. 14.44 4.8 – – 15.32 .4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.01 7.3 16.01 7.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.33 3.3 11.20 3.2 13.93 14.4 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.64 4.9 9.23 3.5 – – Service............................................................. 11.60 3.2 10.24 4.4 17.56 3.2 Protective service............................................ 19.98 4.2 – – 19.98 4.2 Firefighting................................................ 18.24 1.6 – – 18.24 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.14 .5 – – 22.14 .5 Food service.................................................. 9.28 8.2 9.22 8.5 11.55 .6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.91 6.6 3.91 6.6 – – Other food service........................................... 10.62 7.4 10.59 7.7 11.55 .6 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.72 1.0 7.45 1.2 11.42 1.5 Health service................................................ 10.45 2.9 10.15 2.1 13.77 4.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.37 3.1 9.94 2.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.13 6.7 12.55 7.4 15.53 6.7 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.59 7.8 12.19 9.9 14.15 1.2 Personal service.............................................. 10.65 2.7 – – 10.47 11.2 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.71 6.3 – – – – 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. 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.85 2.3 $16.73 2.6 $25.62 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.74 2.3 16.56 2.4 25.62 1.8 White collar........................................................ 22.22 2.8 20.22 3.8 29.33 2.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.31 3.5 20.10 4.6 29.33 2.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.58 2.9 23.95 4.6 35.02 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.78 4.0 25.27 5.7 36.09 4.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.35 11.7 28.36 11.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 14.5 30.42 14.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.45 6.0 25.76 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.71 3.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 24.19 6.0 23.87 6.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.05 1.6 24.28 1.2 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.12 8.8 – – 40.12 8.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.39 9.2 – – 39.40 6.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.53 8.6 – – 40.61 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.59 7.6 – – 38.53 7.3 Teachers, special education................................. 43.57 13.2 – – 43.57 13.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.97 6.2 – – 21.97 6.2 Social workers.............................................. 21.97 6.2 – – 21.97 6.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.59 5.6 21.66 6.0 20.85 4.1 Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.72 3.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.42 3.2 28.57 3.7 38.53 11.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.80 4.4 31.28 3.7 42.59 4.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.54 3.5 – – 44.54 3.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.25 6.9 30.26 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.57 5.7 24.43 6.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.65 10.8 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.69 9.5 25.17 10.1 – – Sales............................................................. 21.27 23.8 21.27 23.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.36 2.5 11.36 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.91 2.0 13.50 2.5 15.76 2.3 Secretaries................................................. 14.58 4.6 14.42 5.6 15.29 4.1 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.28 3.8 12.52 3.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.62 2.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.12 6.6 – – 15.50 5.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 14.10 4.4 – – 14.10 4.4 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.37 10.0 14.11 11.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... $15.68 1.9 $15.60 1.9 $18.36 2.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.86 4.4 18.82 4.5 19.60 1.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.61 2.5 20.60 2.7 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 7.5 23.24 7.5 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 24.73 6.3 24.73 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.25 2.0 14.25 2.0 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.98 1.1 12.98 1.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.87 12.8 16.87 12.8 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.71 2.9 11.71 2.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.08 10.0 13.08 10.0 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.76 7.4 14.76 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.33 7.6 13.33 7.6 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.21 4.4 13.21 4.4 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 15.28 5.4 15.28 5.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.07 2.5 17.07 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.14 5.9 14.00 6.0 16.25 8.7 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.01 7.3 16.01 7.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.19 5.2 13.00 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 13.57 4.8 12.03 5.9 18.83 2.2 Protective service............................................ 20.76 3.1 – – 20.76 3.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.45 1.7 – – 22.45 1.7 Food service.................................................. 11.69 10.6 11.69 10.7 – – Other food service........................................... 11.69 10.6 11.69 10.7 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.57 4.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.21 1.8 10.82 1.8 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.25 3.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.20 2.6 10.84 1.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.98 5.7 13.47 6.6 15.90 4.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.56 6.9 13.29 9.0 14.47 3.6 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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. 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $11.33 14.4 $11.22 16.2 $12.42 5.0 All excluding sales............................................... 11.56 15.1 11.46 17.1 12.42 5.0 White collar........................................................ 17.51 14.1 17.88 15.2 14.71 10.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 19.60 12.3 20.42 12.6 14.71 10.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 24.82 20.0 26.16 21.2 17.46 17.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.27 20.3 30.93 20.5 17.57 17.7 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.57 5.6 25.67 5.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 23.99 2.1 24.02 2.2 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 15.59 21.5 – – 19.95 16.7 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.40 7.5 – – 12.71 7.5 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.35 4.8 14.35 4.9 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 14.02 .8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.53 3.6 8.53 3.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.09 5.2 8.09 5.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.77 2.9 11.00 2.6 9.28 9.4 Blue collar......................................................... 7.89 3.7 7.77 3.7 9.70 21.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.43 4.4 7.45 4.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 6.88 1.4 6.88 1.4 – – Service............................................................. 6.98 5.5 6.61 7.6 10.49 3.2 Protective service............................................ 10.40 1.3 – – 10.40 1.3 Food service.................................................. 5.54 6.8 5.33 8.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.91 6.6 3.91 6.6 – – Other food service........................................... 7.23 3.7 6.92 6.2 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 6.97 5.3 – – – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 7.73 6.2 – – – – Personal service.............................................. – – – – 10.08 8.8 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 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. 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $706 2.3 39.6 $667 2.6 39.9 $964 2.7 37.6 All excluding sales............................................... 701 2.2 39.5 660 2.3 39.8 964 2.7 37.6 White collar........................................................ 863 2.9 38.8 800 3.9 39.6 1,068 3.0 36.4 White collar excluding sales.................................... 864 3.5 38.7 794 4.5 39.5 1,068 3.0 36.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,033 2.9 37.4 928 4.4 38.8 1,227 2.4 35.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,100 3.8 36.9 978 5.7 38.7 1,253 3.2 34.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,148 10.6 40.5 1,149 10.7 40.5 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,217 14.5 40.0 1,217 14.5 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,018 6.0 40.0 1,030 6.8 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,068 3.4 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 925 7.0 38.2 909 7.8 38.1 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 907 2.7 37.7 902 2.9 37.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,506 7.7 37.5 – – – 1,506 7.7 37.5 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,187 7.6 33.5 – – – 1,295 5.0 32.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,209 7.5 33.1 – – – 1,316 4.1 32.4 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,193 6.3 33.5 – – – 1,256 6.7 32.6 Teachers, special education................................. 1,382 6.0 31.7 – – – 1,382 6.0 31.7 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 873 5.9 39.7 – – – 873 5.9 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 873 5.9 39.7 – – – 873 5.9 39.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 841 6.1 38.9 841 6.6 38.8 834 4.1 40.0 Licensed practical nurses................................... 571 4.3 36.3 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,220 3.2 40.1 1,147 3.6 40.2 1,537 11.2 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,351 4.4 40.0 1,251 3.7 40.0 1,697 4.7 39.9 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,771 3.1 39.8 – – – 1,771 3.1 39.8 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,250 6.9 40.0 1,211 6.1 40.0 – – – Management related............................................ 991 5.5 40.3 986 6.3 40.4 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 1,084 10.5 40.7 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,043 8.2 40.6 1,022 8.5 40.6 – – – Sales............................................................. 851 24.4 40.0 851 24.4 40.0 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 455 2.5 40.0 455 2.5 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 548 2.1 39.4 538 2.6 39.8 591 4.4 37.5 Secretaries................................................. 577 4.6 39.5 576 5.5 39.9 580 5.3 38.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 531 3.8 40.0 501 3.1 40.0 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 523 2.2 38.4 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... $561 6.8 39.8 – – – $620 5.6 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 454 1.7 32.2 – – – 454 1.7 32.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 575 10.0 40.0 $564 11.6 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 628 1.9 40.0 625 1.9 40.1 717 3.1 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 756 4.4 40.1 755 4.6 40.1 782 1.9 39.9 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 824 2.5 40.0 824 2.7 40.0 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 953 9.0 41.0 953 9.0 41.0 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 989 6.3 40.0 989 6.3 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 570 2.0 40.0 569 2.0 40.0 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 519 1.1 40.0 519 1.1 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 675 12.8 40.0 675 12.8 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 468 2.9 40.0 468 2.9 40.0 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 523 10.0 40.0 523 10.0 40.0 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 590 7.4 40.0 590 7.4 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 533 7.6 40.0 533 7.6 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 527 4.2 39.9 527 4.2 39.9 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 611 5.4 40.0 611 5.4 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 683 2.5 40.0 683 2.5 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 567 6.1 40.1 564 6.3 40.3 604 12.6 37.2 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 640 7.3 40.0 640 7.3 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 528 5.2 40.0 520 5.2 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 541 4.8 39.9 478 5.6 39.7 762 3.2 40.5 Protective service............................................ 861 2.4 41.4 – – – 861 2.4 41.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 898 1.7 40.0 – – – 898 1.7 40.0 Food service.................................................. 462 10.0 39.5 465 10.1 39.7 – – – Other food service........................................... 462 10.0 39.5 465 10.1 39.7 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 324 5.3 37.8 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 440 1.3 39.3 424 1.7 39.2 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 450 3.5 40.0 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 437 1.4 39.0 422 2.1 38.9 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 558 5.6 39.9 537 6.6 39.9 636 4.3 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 540 6.9 39.9 529 8.9 39.8 579 3.6 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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. 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $35,621 2.3 1,995 $34,215 2.6 2,045 $43,754 2.7 1,708 All excluding sales............................................... 35,348 2.2 1,993 33,841 2.3 2,044 43,754 2.7 1,708 White collar........................................................ 42,153 2.9 1,897 40,696 3.9 2,012 46,219 3.0 1,576 White collar excluding sales.................................... 41,976 3.5 1,882 40,275 4.5 2,004 46,219 3.0 1,576 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 47,330 2.9 1,716 45,722 4.4 1,909 49,781 2.4 1,421 Professional specialty.......................................... 48,397 3.8 1,625 46,769 5.7 1,851 50,103 3.2 1,388 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 59,721 10.6 2,107 59,750 10.7 2,106 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 63,277 14.5 2,080 63,277 14.5 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 52,936 6.0 2,080 53,572 6.8 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 55,555 3.4 2,080 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,674 7.0 1,971 47,268 7.8 1,980 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 47,183 2.7 1,962 46,926 2.9 1,933 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 58,287 7.7 1,453 – – – 58,287 7.7 1,453 Teachers, except college and university....................... 44,522 7.6 1,258 – – – 49,030 5.0 1,244 Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,205 7.5 1,237 – – – 49,597 4.1 1,221 Secondary school teachers................................... 44,514 6.3 1,251 – – – 47,207 6.7 1,225 Teachers, special education................................. 51,863 6.0 1,190 – – – 51,863 6.0 1,190 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 44,569 5.9 2,028 – – – 44,569 5.9 2,028 Social workers.............................................. 44,569 5.9 2,028 – – – 44,569 5.9 2,028 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 43,707 6.1 2,025 43,738 6.6 2,020 43,362 4.1 2,080 Licensed practical nurses................................... 29,693 4.3 1,889 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,638 3.2 2,059 59,549 3.6 2,084 75,407 11.2 1,957 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,953 4.4 2,040 64,974 3.7 2,077 81,828 4.7 1,921 Administrators, education and related fields................ 81,605 3.1 1,832 – – – 81,605 3.1 1,832 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 64,881 6.9 2,076 62,824 6.1 2,076 – – – Management related............................................ 51,430 5.5 2,093 51,178 6.3 2,095 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 56,344 10.5 2,114 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 53,904 8.2 2,098 52,829 8.5 2,099 – – – Sales............................................................. 44,266 24.4 2,081 44,266 24.4 2,081 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,637 2.5 2,080 23,637 2.5 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 27,599 2.1 1,984 27,641 2.6 2,047 27,436 4.4 1,741 Secretaries................................................. 28,381 4.6 1,946 28,822 5.5 1,998 26,668 5.3 1,744 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 27,552 3.8 2,074 25,954 3.1 2,073 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 27,203 2.2 1,997 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... $29,118 6.8 2,062 – – – $32,237 5.6 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 17,909 1.7 1,270 – – – 17,909 1.7 1,270 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,891 10.0 2,080 $29,349 11.6 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 32,348 1.9 2,063 32,225 1.9 2,065 36,429 3.1 1,984 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 39,323 4.4 2,085 39,254 4.6 2,085 40,646 1.9 2,074 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 42,864 2.5 2,080 42,840 2.7 2,080 – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 49,580 9.0 2,133 49,580 9.0 2,133 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 51,262 6.3 2,073 51,262 6.3 2,073 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 29,291 2.0 2,055 29,282 2.0 2,055 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 26,990 1.1 2,080 26,990 1.1 2,080 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 35,088 12.8 2,080 35,088 12.8 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 22,992 2.9 1,964 22,992 2.9 1,964 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 27,204 10.0 2,080 27,204 10.0 2,080 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 30,693 7.4 2,080 30,693 7.4 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 27,735 7.6 2,080 27,735 7.6 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 26,736 4.2 2,024 26,736 4.2 2,024 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 31,791 5.4 2,080 31,791 5.4 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 35,502 2.5 2,080 35,502 2.5 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,043 6.1 2,055 29,039 6.3 2,075 29,093 12.6 1,790 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 33,299 7.3 2,080 33,299 7.3 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,746 5.2 2,028 26,322 5.2 2,025 – – – Service............................................................. 27,758 4.8 2,046 24,628 5.6 2,047 38,483 3.2 2,044 Protective service............................................ 43,404 2.4 2,090 – – – 43,404 2.4 2,090 Police and detectives, public service....................... 43,947 1.7 1,957 – – – 43,947 1.7 1,957 Food service.................................................. 23,903 10.0 2,045 24,160 10.1 2,066 – – – Other food service........................................... 23,903 10.0 2,045 24,160 10.1 2,066 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 16,515 5.3 1,927 – – – – – – Health service................................................ 22,898 1.3 2,043 22,050 1.7 2,038 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 23,394 3.5 2,080 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,725 1.4 2,029 21,944 2.1 2,025 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 28,991 5.6 2,074 27,921 6.6 2,073 33,064 4.3 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 28,096 6.9 2,072 27,523 8.9 2,070 30,094 3.6 2,080 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 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. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.09 2.5 $16.07 3.0 $24.40 2.1 All excluding sales............................................... 17.05 2.5 15.98 2.8 24.40 2.1 White collar........................................................ 21.64 2.5 19.90 3.5 28.31 2.4 2....................................................... 9.98 6.3 9.47 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.48 3.0 11.14 3.1 13.48 6.6 4....................................................... 14.05 3.6 13.65 4.2 15.52 5.2 5....................................................... 15.24 2.8 15.18 3.3 15.52 3.4 6....................................................... 16.13 10.0 14.25 9.4 20.40 9.3 7....................................................... 24.42 14.0 24.67 17.4 23.46 2.3 8....................................................... 28.45 13.8 22.09 7.5 37.81 10.0 9....................................................... 29.57 4.2 26.42 2.1 37.83 8.9 10........................................................ 34.87 4.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.25 10.8 36.79 13.4 45.14 2.3 12........................................................ 39.31 7.3 39.29 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.07 15.0 17.07 15.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.01 3.3 20.14 4.3 28.31 2.4 2....................................................... 10.03 7.4 9.12 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.73 3.1 11.39 3.3 13.48 6.6 4....................................................... 14.07 3.7 13.67 4.3 15.52 5.2 5....................................................... 15.18 2.9 15.12 3.5 15.52 3.4 6....................................................... 16.12 10.5 14.05 10.0 20.40 9.3 7....................................................... 24.42 14.0 24.67 17.4 23.46 2.3 8....................................................... 28.45 13.8 22.09 7.5 37.81 10.0 9....................................................... 29.40 4.4 25.94 1.5 37.83 8.9 10........................................................ 34.87 4.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.73 4.9 32.26 3.5 45.14 2.3 12........................................................ 39.31 7.3 39.29 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.63 15.9 19.63 15.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.13 3.3 24.39 5.3 33.53 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.53 4.8 26.50 7.7 34.45 4.2 5....................................................... 14.97 3.8 – – 14.96 4.6 6....................................................... 14.80 17.7 12.01 8.2 21.99 13.1 7....................................................... 33.00 16.2 37.61 15.9 25.08 2.6 8....................................................... 34.75 10.8 – – 40.03 5.5 9....................................................... 30.53 6.1 25.75 2.5 39.58 8.0 11........................................................ 37.36 6.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.35 11.7 28.36 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 7.8 26.57 7.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 14.5 30.42 14.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.51 16.3 34.47 16.5 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 35.04 15.3 36.28 15.1 – – Health related................................................ 24.63 2.3 24.49 2.2 25.75 11.2 7....................................................... 23.74 5.8 – – 23.10 7.0 9....................................................... 24.74 2.1 24.29 .7 – – Registered nurses........................................... $24.03 1.2 $24.16 0.9 $23.22 5.6 7....................................................... 24.34 5.0 – – 23.10 7.0 9....................................................... 23.81 2.2 23.81 2.3 – – Physical therapists......................................... 26.91 7.9 26.91 7.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 40.12 8.8 – – 40.12 8.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 33.02 10.4 – – 37.55 5.9 5....................................................... 14.48 3.1 – – 14.48 3.1 8....................................................... 41.00 1.2 – – 41.00 1.2 9....................................................... 36.33 13.6 – – 42.82 7.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.55 8.5 – – 40.57 2.4 8....................................................... 43.27 .0 – – 43.27 .0 9....................................................... 36.80 11.7 – – 42.59 3.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.59 7.4 – – 38.43 6.9 9....................................................... 37.73 14.0 – – – – Teachers, special education................................. 43.57 13.2 – – 43.57 13.2 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 35.06 .0 – – 35.06 .0 Substitute teachers......................................... 11.40 7.5 – – 12.71 7.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.66 4.9 – – 19.66 4.9 Social workers.............................................. 21.97 6.2 – – 21.97 6.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.47 6.0 20.46 6.4 20.57 4.5 5....................................................... 15.06 2.4 15.02 2.4 – – 7....................................................... 21.42 7.8 21.48 9.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.05 4.8 14.58 5.4 – – 5....................................................... 15.36 4.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.96 11.2 17.02 11.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.39 2.9 14.40 2.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.22 3.3 28.36 3.9 38.53 11.3 9....................................................... 25.75 4.8 25.46 7.0 26.85 7.8 11........................................................ 34.30 5.7 31.51 4.3 45.87 2.4 12........................................................ 38.91 8.2 39.29 9.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.80 4.4 31.28 3.7 42.59 4.8 9....................................................... 25.85 8.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.32 5.9 31.26 4.1 45.87 2.4 12........................................................ 41.31 6.5 42.10 7.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.54 3.5 – – 44.54 3.5 11........................................................ 45.87 2.4 – – 45.87 2.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.25 6.9 30.26 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.25 6.0 24.07 6.9 – – 9....................................................... 25.68 10.5 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.65 10.8 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 24.73 8.1 24.22 8.7 – – Sales............................................................. $18.25 22.9 $18.25 22.9 – – 3....................................................... 9.59 4.8 9.59 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.21 1.4 12.21 1.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.49 4.3 10.49 4.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.59 4.8 9.59 4.8 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.61 2.0 13.25 2.5 $15.29 2.7 2....................................................... 10.03 7.4 9.12 2.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.73 3.1 11.39 3.4 13.48 6.6 4....................................................... 14.20 3.8 13.73 4.6 15.94 2.9 5....................................................... 14.62 5.8 14.36 6.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.07 5.8 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 14.41 4.5 14.33 5.3 14.76 6.9 4....................................................... 14.73 4.0 14.67 5.0 14.97 2.9 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.02 4.0 12.38 2.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.35 8.4 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.62 2.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.29 5.4 10.86 5.1 15.13 3.7 3....................................................... 11.57 3.7 11.31 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 16.83 4.4 – – 16.83 4.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.71 5.6 – – 13.71 5.6 3....................................................... 13.33 10.2 – – 13.33 10.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.25 9.7 14.04 11.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.34 1.6 15.27 1.6 17.60 2.6 1....................................................... 9.44 3.9 9.47 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.57 3.4 12.57 3.5 – – 3....................................................... 15.10 7.3 15.07 7.8 15.77 2.2 4....................................................... 14.63 4.8 14.63 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.35 4.4 15.30 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.58 5.0 18.60 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.94 5.5 21.06 6.3 19.79 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.12 8.6 14.12 8.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.86 4.4 18.82 4.5 19.60 1.7 5....................................................... 15.11 7.4 15.09 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.69 3.7 19.76 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.21 6.0 21.40 6.8 19.46 2.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.61 2.5 20.60 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.60 2.4 22.76 2.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 7.5 23.24 7.5 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 24.73 6.3 24.73 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.16 1.8 14.15 1.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.94 8.1 9.94 8.1 – – 2....................................................... $12.82 2.8 $12.82 2.8 – – 3....................................................... 14.82 7.3 14.82 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.43 2.1 15.43 2.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.59 4.0 15.57 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 17.83 .4 17.83 .4 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.98 1.1 12.98 1.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.87 12.8 16.87 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.84 20.5 15.84 20.5 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.71 2.9 11.71 2.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.08 10.0 13.08 10.0 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.76 7.4 14.76 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.00 5.2 13.00 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.36 2.0 14.36 2.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.13 4.5 13.13 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 14.57 8.6 14.57 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 13.24 5.8 13.24 5.8 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 15.28 5.4 15.28 5.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 17.07 2.5 17.07 2.5 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.13 5.9 14.00 6.0 $16.00 6.7 2....................................................... 11.16 7.8 11.02 8.3 – – 3....................................................... 17.18 3.6 17.82 4.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.44 4.8 – – 15.32 .4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.01 7.3 16.01 7.3 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.33 3.3 11.20 3.2 13.93 14.4 1....................................................... 8.93 1.9 8.98 1.9 – – 2....................................................... 14.74 6.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.66 15.8 14.20 19.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.64 4.9 9.23 3.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.85 1.4 8.85 1.4 – – Service............................................................. 11.60 3.2 10.24 4.4 17.56 3.2 1....................................................... 7.35 3.2 7.25 3.4 11.03 6.3 2....................................................... 10.37 6.1 10.15 7.0 11.78 12.2 3....................................................... 11.05 8.1 10.74 9.0 13.23 2.9 4....................................................... 12.48 4.2 – – 13.51 1.4 5....................................................... 13.70 6.6 12.80 2.8 16.80 7.0 6....................................................... 17.76 3.8 – – 20.13 2.0 7....................................................... 17.27 12.0 – – 22.20 1.0 9....................................................... 25.29 9.0 – – 25.29 9.0 Protective service............................................ 19.98 4.2 – – 19.98 4.2 6....................................................... 20.13 2.0 – – 20.13 2.0 7....................................................... 22.20 1.0 – – 22.20 1.0 9....................................................... 22.78 2.3 – – 22.78 2.3 Firefighting................................................ 18.24 1.6 – – 18.24 1.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... $22.14 0.5 – – $22.14 0.5 Food service.................................................. 9.28 8.2 $9.22 8.5 11.55 .6 1....................................................... 6.78 4.5 6.77 4.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.58 10.9 8.30 11.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.91 6.6 3.91 6.6 – – Other food service........................................... 10.62 7.4 10.59 7.7 11.55 .6 1....................................................... 8.12 6.3 8.11 6.4 – – 3....................................................... 9.45 3.7 9.18 3.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.72 1.0 7.45 1.2 11.42 1.5 1....................................................... 7.46 1.2 7.45 1.2 – – Health service................................................ 10.45 2.9 10.15 2.1 13.77 4.9 Health aides, except nursing................................ 10.37 3.1 9.94 2.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.13 6.7 12.55 7.4 15.53 6.7 1....................................................... 10.33 13.6 10.03 14.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.59 10.3 13.42 12.9 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.59 7.8 12.19 9.9 14.15 1.2 1....................................................... 10.33 13.6 10.03 14.3 – – 3....................................................... 13.87 12.4 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 10.65 2.7 – – 10.47 11.2 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 9.71 6.3 – – – – 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. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) 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 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $17.85 2.3 $16.73 2.6 $25.62 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 17.74 2.3 16.56 2.4 25.62 1.8 White collar........................................................ 22.22 2.8 20.22 3.8 29.33 2.2 2....................................................... 10.80 5.9 10.05 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.70 3.2 11.32 3.4 14.05 6.5 4....................................................... 14.46 3.6 13.99 4.6 16.01 2.9 5....................................................... 15.58 3.7 15.32 4.2 17.53 2.7 6....................................................... 17.04 10.3 15.10 9.9 20.92 11.0 7....................................................... 20.70 6.6 19.77 9.6 23.46 2.4 8....................................................... 28.46 14.3 22.07 7.9 37.88 10.4 9....................................................... 29.79 4.4 26.55 2.3 37.77 8.9 10........................................................ 35.56 6.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.25 10.8 36.79 13.4 45.14 2.3 12........................................................ 39.31 7.3 39.29 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.09 14.5 17.09 14.5 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.31 3.5 20.10 4.6 29.33 2.2 2....................................................... 10.65 7.9 9.32 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.88 3.3 11.48 3.5 14.05 6.5 4....................................................... 14.46 3.6 13.99 4.6 16.01 2.9 5....................................................... 15.53 4.0 15.25 4.6 17.53 2.7 6....................................................... 17.08 10.9 14.95 10.8 20.92 11.0 7....................................................... 20.70 6.6 19.77 9.6 23.46 2.4 8....................................................... 28.46 14.3 22.07 7.9 37.88 10.4 9....................................................... 29.62 4.6 26.03 1.7 37.77 8.9 10........................................................ 35.56 6.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.73 4.9 32.26 3.5 45.14 2.3 12........................................................ 39.31 7.3 39.29 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.99 17.2 18.99 17.2 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.58 2.9 23.95 4.6 35.02 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.78 4.0 25.27 5.7 36.09 4.6 6....................................................... 16.27 21.4 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.65 3.0 – – – – 8....................................................... 34.70 11.1 – – 40.23 5.5 9....................................................... 30.93 6.6 25.87 3.0 39.54 8.1 11........................................................ 37.36 6.2 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.35 11.7 28.36 11.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.57 7.8 26.57 7.9 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 30.42 14.5 30.42 14.5 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.45 6.0 25.76 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 26.71 3.4 – – – – Health related................................................ 24.19 6.0 23.87 6.6 – – 9....................................................... 24.71 4.1 24.00 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.05 1.6 24.28 1.2 – – 9....................................................... 23.59 1.8 23.57 2.0 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. $40.12 8.8 – – $40.12 8.8 Teachers, except college and university....................... 35.39 9.2 – – 39.40 6.3 8....................................................... 41.35 .4 – – 41.35 .4 9....................................................... 36.26 13.7 – – 42.85 7.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.53 8.6 – – 40.61 2.6 8....................................................... 43.27 .0 – – 43.27 .0 9....................................................... 36.78 11.9 – – 42.68 3.7 Secondary school teachers................................... 35.59 7.6 – – 38.53 7.3 9....................................................... 37.73 14.0 – – – – Teachers, special education................................. 43.57 13.2 – – 43.57 13.2 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 21.97 6.2 – – 21.97 6.2 Social workers.............................................. 21.97 6.2 – – 21.97 6.2 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.59 5.6 $21.66 6.0 20.85 4.1 5....................................................... 15.46 3.4 15.40 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.42 7.8 21.48 9.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 15.72 3.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.42 3.2 28.57 3.7 38.53 11.3 9....................................................... 25.75 4.8 25.46 7.0 26.85 7.8 11........................................................ 34.30 5.7 31.51 4.3 45.87 2.4 12........................................................ 38.91 8.2 39.29 9.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.80 4.4 31.28 3.7 42.59 4.8 9....................................................... 25.85 8.4 – – – – 11........................................................ 34.32 5.9 31.26 4.1 45.87 2.4 12........................................................ 41.31 6.5 42.10 7.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 44.54 3.5 – – 44.54 3.5 11........................................................ 45.87 2.4 – – 45.87 2.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.25 6.9 30.26 6.1 – – Management related............................................ 24.57 5.7 24.43 6.6 – – 9....................................................... 25.68 10.5 – – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 26.65 10.8 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.69 9.5 25.17 10.1 – – Sales............................................................. 21.27 23.8 21.27 23.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.03 2.3 13.03 2.3 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.36 2.5 11.36 2.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.91 2.0 13.50 2.5 15.76 2.3 2....................................................... 10.65 7.9 9.32 2.2 – – 3....................................................... 11.88 3.3 11.48 3.5 14.05 6.5 4....................................................... 14.49 3.7 14.02 4.7 16.01 2.9 5....................................................... 14.51 6.0 14.24 6.5 – – 6....................................................... 18.07 5.8 – – – – Secretaries................................................. $14.58 4.6 $14.42 5.6 $15.29 4.1 4....................................................... 14.86 4.1 14.82 5.1 15.03 2.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.28 3.8 12.52 3.1 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.62 2.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.12 6.6 – – 15.50 5.6 Teachers' aides............................................. 14.10 4.4 – – 14.10 4.4 3....................................................... 13.79 9.6 – – 13.79 9.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.37 10.0 14.11 11.6 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.68 1.9 15.60 1.9 18.36 2.4 1....................................................... 10.35 6.8 10.35 6.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.73 3.7 12.71 3.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.11 7.4 15.07 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 5.0 14.85 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.35 4.4 15.30 4.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.58 5.0 18.60 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 20.94 5.5 21.06 6.3 19.79 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.12 8.6 14.12 8.6 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 18.86 4.4 18.82 4.5 19.60 1.7 5....................................................... 15.11 7.4 15.09 7.5 – – 6....................................................... 19.69 3.7 19.76 3.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.21 6.0 21.40 6.8 19.46 2.7 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 20.61 2.5 20.60 2.7 – – 7....................................................... 22.60 2.4 22.76 2.4 – – Supervisors, production..................................... 23.24 7.5 23.24 7.5 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 24.73 6.3 24.73 6.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.25 2.0 14.25 2.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.03 8.9 10.03 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 13.05 3.3 13.05 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 14.82 7.3 14.82 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.43 2.1 15.43 2.1 – – 5....................................................... 15.59 4.0 15.57 4.0 – – 6....................................................... 17.83 .4 17.83 .4 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 12.98 1.1 12.98 1.1 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 16.87 12.8 16.87 12.8 – – 3....................................................... 15.84 20.5 15.84 20.5 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.71 2.9 11.71 2.9 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.08 10.0 13.08 10.0 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.76 7.4 14.76 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 13.33 7.6 13.33 7.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.36 2.0 14.36 2.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 13.21 4.4 13.21 4.4 – – 3............