NC BL 12/00/2004 Table: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, Bulletin 3125-35, April 2004 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 2004 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................................................................. $17.62 2.9 35.8 $16.59 3.4 36.1 $25.03 2.4 33.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 21.36 3.8 36.5 19.50 4.5 37.1 29.39 1.9 34.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.53 2.3 34.8 23.14 2.6 35.8 35.17 4.2 32.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.17 5.1 40.3 28.40 5.2 40.4 38.96 14.0 39.6 Sales............................................................. 18.25 21.1 34.2 18.25 21.1 34.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 13.98 2.3 37.7 13.65 2.5 38.3 15.68 3.9 34.8 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.83 4.0 38.6 15.78 4.2 38.7 17.62 1.7 36.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.50 2.6 40.0 20.56 2.8 40.1 19.64 1.4 39.8 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.57 3.8 39.5 14.57 3.8 39.5 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.88 6.1 40.6 16.91 6.6 41.3 16.40 5.6 33.3 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.44 10.7 32.5 11.39 11.1 32.6 12.93 11.7 31.2 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.26 4.8 27.7 10.69 6.8 26.5 17.46 2.7 32.3 Full time........................................................... 18.41 2.9 39.7 17.31 3.4 39.9 26.35 3.3 37.9 Part time........................................................... 9.78 2.6 18.3 9.42 2.4 18.6 12.32 8.6 16.5 Union............................................................... 21.21 2.0 36.7 18.58 2.7 37.3 25.65 3.2 35.7 Nonunion............................................................ 16.46 3.6 35.6 16.17 3.8 35.9 23.23 3.1 29.2 Time................................................................ 17.32 2.4 35.7 16.22 2.8 36.0 25.03 2.4 33.8 Incentive........................................................... 29.62 20.1 43.1 29.62 20.1 43.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 14.23 7.7 31.6 14.23 7.8 31.7 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.24 5.1 36.8 16.50 5.9 37.2 24.98 2.8 33.3 500 workers or more................................................. 19.26 3.5 36.8 17.80 3.8 37.5 25.09 2.6 34.2 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, 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 2004 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................................................................... $17.62 2.9 $16.59 3.4 $25.03 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.59 2.5 16.50 3.0 25.03 2.4 White collar........................................................ 21.36 3.8 19.50 4.5 29.39 1.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.76 3.3 19.70 3.8 29.39 1.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.53 2.3 23.14 2.6 35.17 4.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.63 3.5 24.43 3.9 36.26 4.8 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.86 6.7 28.86 6.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.81 9.3 31.81 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.85 10.9 25.74 13.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.22 4.6 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.25 5.7 24.38 6.5 28.46 9.7 Registered nurses........................................... 25.12 1.6 25.29 1.8 24.57 4.6 Physical therapists......................................... 25.16 14.7 25.16 14.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.92 8.1 – – 41.92 8.1 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.57 13.2 – – 40.93 6.8 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.23 12.9 – – 42.78 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.98 8.5 – – 41.38 7.6 Teachers, special education................................. 44.16 15.9 – – 44.16 15.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38.25 5.6 – – 38.25 5.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.81 11.0 – – 21.20 11.7 Social workers.............................................. 23.39 10.2 – – 23.41 10.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.06 10.3 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.58 5.5 20.61 5.9 20.21 6.5 Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.90 11.5 17.85 12.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.73 5.6 16.81 5.8 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 22.48 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.17 5.1 28.40 5.2 38.96 14.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.34 6.2 30.65 4.4 44.08 6.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 14.4 – – 47.01 3.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.87 7.1 29.50 5.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.31 11.3 25.29 12.9 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.33 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.25 21.1 18.25 21.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.64 1.3 10.64 1.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.98 2.3 13.65 2.5 15.68 3.9 Secretaries................................................. 14.18 5.2 13.91 5.8 15.30 5.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.75 4.1 12.17 4.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. $13.61 3.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.78 4.9 $12.61 7.3 $15.23 3.2 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.06 1.9 – – 13.06 1.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.69 8.9 15.59 11.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.83 4.0 15.78 4.2 17.62 1.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.50 2.6 20.56 2.8 19.64 1.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.50 2.7 22.63 2.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.18 5.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.77 7.6 21.77 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.50 2.9 25.50 2.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.57 3.8 14.57 3.8 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.06 12.9 14.06 12.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 19.30 20.0 19.30 20.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.34 2.7 11.34 2.7 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.91 8.8 14.91 8.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.75 6.1 14.75 6.1 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.57 6.5 14.57 6.5 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.38 6.5 14.38 6.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.09 1.4 16.09 1.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.88 6.1 16.91 6.6 16.40 5.6 Truck drivers............................................... 17.74 7.6 17.74 7.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.92 4.1 – – 15.63 1.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.06 11.9 17.06 11.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 10.7 11.39 11.1 12.93 11.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.63 6.9 10.45 7.4 – – Service............................................................. 12.26 4.8 10.69 6.8 17.46 2.7 Protective service............................................ 20.50 5.6 – – 20.50 5.6 Firefighting................................................ 18.36 .4 – – 18.36 .4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.29 .9 – – 23.29 .9 Food service.................................................. 9.56 13.1 9.47 13.7 11.74 .2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.46 10.3 3.46 10.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 3.9 2.77 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 11.47 11.8 11.45 12.4 11.74 .2 Cooks....................................................... 11.48 9.0 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.69 3.3 9.69 3.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.05 2.4 7.66 2.9 11.22 4.1 Health service................................................ 10.57 3.4 10.29 2.4 13.24 5.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.23 4.0 10.75 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.33 3.1 10.15 2.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.89 6.3 13.41 6.9 15.40 6.4 Janitors and cleaners....................................... $13.04 7.1 $12.75 9.1 $13.99 2.8 Personal service.............................................. 10.59 2.7 10.55 2.4 10.77 12.0 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 2004 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................................................................... $18.41 2.9 $17.31 3.4 $26.35 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.31 2.4 17.14 2.9 26.35 3.3 White collar........................................................ 22.07 4.0 20.08 4.8 30.38 1.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.20 3.5 19.98 4.1 30.38 1.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.57 2.3 23.88 2.8 36.47 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.61 3.2 25.02 3.8 37.55 4.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.86 6.7 28.86 6.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.81 9.3 31.81 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.85 10.9 25.74 13.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.22 4.6 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.33 7.2 24.26 8.2 29.02 10.4 Registered nurses........................................... 25.32 2.1 25.64 2.4 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.92 8.1 – – 41.92 8.1 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.38 11.6 – – 42.04 6.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.23 12.9 – – 42.78 4.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.98 8.5 – – 41.38 7.6 Teachers, special education................................. 44.16 15.9 – – 44.16 15.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 23.41 10.7 – – 23.41 10.7 Social workers.............................................. 23.41 10.7 – – 23.41 10.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.06 10.3 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.51 5.6 21.57 6.1 20.82 5.9 Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.01 10.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.32 1.1 18.32 1.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 22.48 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.36 4.9 28.61 4.8 38.96 14.0 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.34 6.2 30.65 4.4 44.08 6.7 Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 14.4 – – 47.01 3.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.87 7.1 29.50 5.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.64 10.3 25.67 11.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.83 24.8 20.83 24.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.55 3.4 11.55 3.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 2.4 13.77 2.6 16.18 3.1 Secretaries................................................. 14.26 5.2 13.91 5.8 15.84 2.0 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.77 4.1 12.19 4.8 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.61 3.0 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.11 6.0 12.66 9.4 15.68 4.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.41 3.5 – – 13.41 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... $16.74 9.0 $16.77 11.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.16 3.9 16.09 4.0 $18.39 2.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.50 2.6 20.56 2.8 19.64 1.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.50 2.7 22.63 2.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.18 5.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.77 7.6 21.77 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.50 2.9 25.50 2.9 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.71 3.4 14.71 3.4 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.06 12.9 14.06 12.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 19.30 20.0 19.30 20.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.34 2.7 11.34 2.7 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.91 8.8 14.91 8.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 15.52 6.5 15.52 6.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.82 6.7 14.82 6.7 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.38 6.5 14.38 6.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.09 1.4 16.09 1.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.90 6.2 16.91 6.6 16.68 6.8 Truck drivers............................................... 17.77 7.6 17.74 7.8 – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.06 11.9 17.06 11.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.42 12.0 12.32 12.4 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.46 6.9 12.27 7.0 – – Service............................................................. 14.28 3.0 12.59 4.8 18.84 4.2 Protective service............................................ 21.39 4.5 – – 21.39 4.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.98 1.4 – – 23.98 1.4 Food service.................................................. 12.50 11.5 12.50 11.5 – – Other food service........................................... 12.50 11.5 12.50 11.5 – – Health service................................................ 11.43 2.4 11.05 1.9 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.67 4.9 11.13 5.4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.32 2.1 11.02 1.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.69 4.2 14.37 4.5 15.56 4.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.97 5.3 13.91 7.1 14.13 1.6 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 2004 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................................................................... $9.78 2.6 $9.42 2.4 $12.32 8.6 All excluding sales............................................... 9.92 3.0 9.53 2.7 12.32 8.6 White collar........................................................ 13.54 3.5 13.37 3.1 14.59 14.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 15.56 4.3 15.80 4.6 14.59 14.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 17.69 6.1 17.68 6.2 17.72 18.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 19.17 10.0 19.56 12.3 18.03 21.5 Health related................................................ 24.92 1.4 24.84 1.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.55 .8 24.39 .4 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.24 19.2 – – 19.20 19.0 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.91 4.1 14.91 4.3 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.62 1.6 8.62 1.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.48 1.6 8.48 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............... 7.47 1.4 7.47 .9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.27 1.8 7.27 1.8 – – Service............................................................. 7.33 5.3 6.78 8.5 10.81 3.3 Protective service............................................ 10.76 1.5 – – 10.76 1.5 Food service.................................................. 5.38 7.7 4.79 9.9 11.74 .2 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.46 10.3 3.46 10.3 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 3.9 2.77 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 8.00 6.2 7.06 8.4 11.74 .2 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.62 8.2 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.16 3.4 9.19 3.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 8.99 2.0 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.17 10.8 – – – – 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 2004 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................................................................... $730 2.9 39.7 $691 3.4 39.9 $998 2.6 37.9 All excluding sales............................................... 725 2.4 39.6 683 2.9 39.9 998 2.6 37.9 White collar........................................................ 864 4.0 39.1 799 5.0 39.8 1,117 1.4 36.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 865 3.4 39.0 792 4.2 39.6 1,117 1.4 36.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,044 2.2 37.9 930 2.9 39.0 1,294 2.6 35.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,113 3.1 37.6 979 4.1 39.1 1,323 3.1 35.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,171 5.4 40.6 1,171 5.4 40.6 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,272 9.3 40.0 1,272 9.3 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,034 10.9 40.0 1,030 13.1 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,129 4.6 40.0 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 961 8.1 37.9 912 9.3 37.6 1,137 9.4 39.2 Registered nurses........................................... 955 3.5 37.7 949 4.2 37.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,591 7.4 38.0 – – – 1,591 7.4 38.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,259 8.7 34.6 – – – 1,402 4.3 33.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,265 8.8 34.9 – – – 1,412 3.5 33.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,292 7.7 34.0 – – – 1,391 7.2 33.6 Teachers, special education................................. 1,433 8.2 32.5 – – – 1,433 8.2 32.5 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 920 9.2 39.3 – – – 920 9.2 39.3 Social workers.............................................. 920 9.2 39.3 – – – 920 9.2 39.3 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 680 10.3 39.8 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 832 5.9 38.7 832 6.3 38.6 825 7.1 39.6 Licensed practical nurses................................... 685 10.8 36.1 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 707 .2 38.6 707 .2 38.6 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 897 10.6 39.9 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,234 5.0 40.6 1,169 5.2 40.8 1,543 13.5 39.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,368 6.1 41.0 1,270 5.5 41.4 1,739 6.6 39.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,636 7.9 42.2 – – – 1,806 5.3 38.4 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,311 8.4 41.1 1,218 8.2 41.3 – – – Management related............................................ 1,026 10.3 40.0 1,027 11.8 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 850 25.3 40.8 850 25.3 40.8 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 462 3.4 40.0 462 3.4 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 558 2.5 39.5 547 2.6 39.7 616 5.3 38.0 Secretaries................................................. 564 5.0 39.5 553 5.7 39.8 611 1.5 38.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $511 4.1 40.0 $488 4.8 40.0 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 527 2.8 38.7 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 552 6.6 39.1 486 9.5 38.4 $627 4.8 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 417 9.8 31.1 – – – 417 9.8 31.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 665 9.1 39.7 671 11.4 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 648 3.9 40.1 646 4.0 40.1 722 2.2 39.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 821 2.5 40.0 824 2.7 40.1 783 1.4 39.8 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 900 2.7 40.0 905 2.8 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 725 5.8 39.9 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 883 9.2 40.6 883 9.2 40.6 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 1,020 2.9 40.0 1,020 2.9 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 589 3.4 40.0 589 3.4 40.0 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 562 12.9 40.0 562 12.9 40.0 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 772 20.0 40.0 772 20.0 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 454 2.7 40.0 454 2.7 40.0 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 597 8.8 40.0 597 8.8 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 621 6.5 40.0 621 6.5 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 593 6.7 40.0 593 6.7 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 575 6.5 40.0 575 6.5 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 644 1.4 40.0 644 1.4 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 694 5.4 41.1 699 5.8 41.3 631 9.4 37.8 Truck drivers............................................... 754 4.7 42.4 753 4.8 42.5 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 682 11.9 40.0 682 11.9 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 492 12.1 39.6 488 12.6 39.6 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 486 8.0 39.0 478 8.2 39.0 – – – Service............................................................. 566 3.2 39.7 494 5.5 39.3 768 4.3 40.8 Protective service............................................ 889 3.3 41.6 – – – 889 3.3 41.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 959 1.4 40.0 – – – 959 1.4 40.0 Food service.................................................. 485 13.0 38.8 486 13.1 38.9 – – – Other food service........................................... 485 13.0 38.8 486 13.1 38.9 – – – Health service................................................ 448 1.9 39.2 431 2.0 39.0 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 467 4.9 40.0 445 5.4 40.0 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 439 .8 38.8 426 2.3 38.7 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 585 4.1 39.9 572 4.4 39.8 623 4.9 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 556 5.3 39.8 553 7.1 39.7 565 1.6 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 2004 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................................................................... $36,900 2.9 2,004 $35,482 3.4 2,050 $45,491 2.6 1,727 All excluding sales............................................... 36,610 2.4 1,999 35,076 2.9 2,046 45,491 2.6 1,727 White collar........................................................ 42,449 4.0 1,924 40,669 5.0 2,025 48,317 1.4 1,590 White collar excluding sales.................................... 42,281 3.4 1,905 40,211 4.2 2,012 48,317 1.4 1,590 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 48,567 2.2 1,762 46,145 2.9 1,932 52,960 2.6 1,452 Professional specialty.......................................... 50,092 3.1 1,692 47,474 4.1 1,897 53,495 3.1 1,425 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 60,909 5.4 2,110 60,910 5.4 2,110 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 66,161 9.3 2,080 66,161 9.3 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 53,777 10.9 2,080 53,538 13.1 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 58,691 4.6 2,080 – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 48,890 8.1 1,930 47,422 9.3 1,955 53,664 9.4 1,849 Registered nurses........................................... 49,684 3.5 1,962 49,351 4.2 1,925 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 60,868 7.4 1,452 – – – 60,868 7.4 1,452 Teachers, except college and university....................... 47,487 8.7 1,305 – – – 53,407 4.3 1,270 Elementary school teachers.................................. 47,776 8.8 1,319 – – – 53,790 3.5 1,257 Secondary school teachers................................... 48,305 7.7 1,272 – – – 52,486 7.2 1,268 Teachers, special education................................. 53,509 8.2 1,212 – – – 53,509 8.2 1,212 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 45,775 9.2 1,955 – – – 45,775 9.2 1,955 Social workers.............................................. 45,775 9.2 1,955 – – – 45,775 9.2 1,955 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 35,350 10.3 2,072 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 43,184 5.9 2,008 43,279 6.3 2,007 42,007 7.1 2,017 Licensed practical nurses................................... 35,634 10.8 1,875 – – – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 36,782 .2 2,007 36,782 .2 2,007 – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 46,367 10.6 2,063 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 62,735 5.0 2,066 60,306 5.2 2,108 73,378 13.5 1,884 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,661 6.1 2,059 65,292 5.5 2,130 80,160 6.6 1,818 Administrators, education and related fields................ 71,716 7.9 1,848 – – – 80,821 5.3 1,719 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 66,657 8.4 2,092 63,247 8.2 2,144 – – – Management related............................................ 53,249 10.3 2,077 53,289 11.8 2,076 – – – Sales............................................................. 44,180 25.3 2,121 44,180 25.3 2,121 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 24,022 3.4 2,080 24,022 3.4 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 28,245 2.5 1,997 28,145 2.6 2,044 28,717 5.3 1,775 Secretaries................................................. 27,771 5.0 1,948 27,746 5.7 1,994 27,871 1.5 1,759 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $26,514 4.1 2,077 $25,317 4.8 2,076 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 27,428 2.8 2,015 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,657 6.6 2,031 25,166 9.5 1,988 $32,621 4.8 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,461 9.8 1,153 – – – 15,461 9.8 1,153 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 34,090 9.1 2,036 34,875 11.4 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,446 3.9 2,070 33,357 4.0 2,073 36,353 2.2 1,977 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,664 2.5 2,081 42,810 2.7 2,082 40,693 1.4 2,072 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 46,810 2.7 2,080 47,071 2.8 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 37,690 5.8 2,073 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 45,929 9.2 2,110 45,929 9.2 2,110 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 52,918 2.9 2,075 52,918 2.9 2,075 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,295 3.4 2,059 30,295 3.4 2,059 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 29,130 12.9 2,072 29,130 12.9 2,072 – – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 40,141 20.0 2,080 40,141 20.0 2,080 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 22,718 2.7 2,003 22,718 2.7 2,003 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 31,021 8.8 2,080 31,021 8.8 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 32,275 6.5 2,080 32,275 6.5 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 30,124 6.7 2,033 30,124 6.7 2,033 – – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 29,916 6.5 2,080 29,916 6.5 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 33,476 1.4 2,080 33,476 1.4 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 35,532 5.4 2,103 36,034 5.8 2,131 29,575 9.4 1,773 Truck drivers............................................... 39,184 4.7 2,206 39,162 4.8 2,208 – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 35,486 11.9 2,080 35,486 11.9 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,584 12.1 2,060 25,362 12.6 2,059 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 25,298 8.0 2,030 24,871 8.2 2,028 – – – Service............................................................. 29,194 3.2 2,044 25,468 5.5 2,023 39,651 4.3 2,104 Protective service............................................ 46,243 3.3 2,162 – – – 46,243 3.3 2,162 Police and detectives, public service....................... 49,872 1.4 2,080 – – – 49,872 1.4 2,080 Food service.................................................. 25,119 13.0 2,010 25,270 13.1 2,021 – – – Other food service........................................... 25,119 13.0 2,010 25,270 13.1 2,021 – – – Health service................................................ 23,278 1.9 2,036 22,414 2.0 2,029 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,276 4.9 2,080 23,154 5.4 2,080 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,820 .8 2,016 22,158 2.3 2,011 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 30,446 4.1 2,073 29,751 4.4 2,070 32,371 4.9 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 28,923 5.3 2,070 28,757 7.1 2,067 29,394 1.6 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 2004 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................................................................... $17.62 2.9 $16.59 3.4 $25.03 2.4 All excluding sales............................................... 17.59 2.5 16.50 3.0 25.03 2.4 White collar........................................................ 21.36 3.8 19.50 4.5 29.39 1.9 2....................................................... 10.24 3.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.42 2.3 11.24 2.3 13.05 6.4 4....................................................... 13.86 3.9 13.23 3.7 15.86 4.2 5....................................................... 15.05 2.3 14.93 2.6 15.88 3.3 6....................................................... 17.30 6.9 16.63 7.7 20.46 10.6 7....................................................... 22.70 4.7 21.36 6.3 26.46 5.5 8....................................................... 34.71 3.5 25.46 5.9 41.59 4.2 9....................................................... 28.16 4.9 25.94 2.1 37.55 12.4 10........................................................ 43.88 12.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.36 5.0 38.06 6.4 46.91 2.8 12........................................................ 43.10 4.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.49 10.4 18.49 10.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 21.76 3.3 19.70 3.8 29.39 1.9 2....................................................... 10.96 10.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.65 2.7 11.47 2.8 13.05 6.4 4....................................................... 13.88 3.9 13.25 3.8 15.86 4.2 5....................................................... 15.08 2.4 14.96 2.7 15.88 3.3 6....................................................... 17.30 7.4 16.57 8.5 20.46 10.6 7....................................................... 22.71 4.6 21.36 6.4 26.46 5.5 8....................................................... 35.41 3.3 24.39 6.6 41.59 4.2 9....................................................... 28.15 5.2 25.77 1.9 37.55 12.4 10........................................................ 36.59 10.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.50 5.3 36.90 6.8 46.91 2.8 12........................................................ 43.10 4.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.77 10.8 18.77 10.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 26.53 2.3 23.14 2.6 35.17 4.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 28.63 3.5 24.43 3.9 36.26 4.8 5....................................................... 15.48 3.9 – – 15.09 5.4 6....................................................... 15.30 14.6 13.42 11.4 22.82 16.9 7....................................................... 24.85 6.6 22.01 8.0 27.74 7.4 8....................................................... 38.93 3.4 26.49 5.6 42.60 3.9 9....................................................... 28.93 6.7 25.76 2.0 40.10 11.1 11........................................................ 36.91 5.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.86 6.7 28.86 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.99 4.0 26.98 4.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.81 9.3 31.81 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.85 10.9 25.74 13.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.22 4.6 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.25 5.7 24.38 6.5 28.46 9.7 7....................................................... 26.10 8.0 23.30 4.7 27.93 13.1 9....................................................... $25.23 2.3 $24.83 1.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.12 1.6 25.29 1.8 $24.57 4.6 7....................................................... 24.58 3.3 – – 24.60 5.1 9....................................................... 24.63 .4 24.64 .4 – – Physical therapists......................................... 25.16 14.7 25.16 14.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.92 8.1 – – 41.92 8.1 Teachers, except college and university....................... 34.57 13.2 – – 40.93 6.8 8....................................................... 43.32 5.0 – – 43.32 5.0 9....................................................... 32.99 21.5 – – 47.10 6.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.23 12.9 – – 42.78 4.2 8....................................................... 43.66 4.3 – – 43.66 4.3 9....................................................... 30.25 24.3 – – 46.78 2.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.98 8.5 – – 41.38 7.6 Teachers, special education................................. 44.16 15.9 – – 44.16 15.9 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 38.25 5.6 – – 38.25 5.6 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 19.81 11.0 – – 21.20 11.7 Social workers.............................................. 23.39 10.2 – – 23.41 10.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.06 10.3 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.58 5.5 20.61 5.9 20.21 6.5 5....................................................... 15.22 3.1 15.17 3.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.87 5.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.31 9.1 23.69 10.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 17.90 11.5 17.85 12.0 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.73 5.6 16.81 5.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.14 3.5 15.14 3.5 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 22.48 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.17 5.1 28.40 5.2 38.96 14.0 9....................................................... 25.20 3.8 24.50 1.0 27.88 10.1 11........................................................ 39.32 9.0 37.30 12.9 – – 12........................................................ 43.14 5.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.83 13.0 26.83 13.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.34 6.2 30.65 4.4 44.08 6.7 9....................................................... 24.39 3.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.01 7.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.14 5.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 14.4 – – 47.01 3.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.87 7.1 29.50 5.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.31 11.3 25.29 12.9 – – 9....................................................... 26.09 5.4 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.33 11.2 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.25 21.1 18.25 21.1 – – 3....................................................... $10.09 3.4 $10.09 3.4 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.64 1.3 10.64 1.3 – – 3....................................................... 9.90 4.9 9.90 4.9 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 13.98 2.3 13.65 2.5 $15.68 3.9 2....................................................... 10.96 10.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.65 2.7 11.47 2.8 13.05 6.4 4....................................................... 14.00 4.2 13.27 4.1 16.29 2.1 5....................................................... 14.78 6.5 14.54 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.43 5.6 16.90 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.41 5.4 13.41 5.4 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.18 5.2 13.91 5.8 15.30 5.5 4....................................................... 14.50 5.4 14.18 6.5 15.58 1.5 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.75 4.1 12.17 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 15.3 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.61 3.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.31 3.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 13.78 4.9 12.61 7.3 15.23 3.2 3....................................................... 13.09 6.3 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.06 1.9 – – 13.06 1.9 3....................................................... 11.35 3.3 – – 11.35 3.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.69 8.9 15.59 11.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.83 4.0 15.78 4.2 17.62 1.7 1....................................................... 10.02 4.9 10.06 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.32 4.3 12.28 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 15.11 7.5 15.07 8.1 15.79 2.5 4....................................................... 17.14 5.2 17.14 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.30 2.6 16.27 2.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.09 4.8 18.12 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.87 2.1 23.28 2.6 19.57 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.74 16.9 12.74 16.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.50 2.6 20.56 2.8 19.64 1.4 5....................................................... 16.61 6.7 16.59 6.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.57 8.4 18.64 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.21 2.8 23.73 3.6 19.25 2.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.50 2.7 22.63 2.8 – – 7....................................................... 23.75 2.6 24.01 2.5 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 18.18 5.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 21.77 7.6 21.77 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.50 2.9 25.50 2.9 – – 7....................................................... 26.28 8.7 26.28 8.7 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.57 3.8 14.57 3.8 – – 1....................................................... 10.70 8.7 10.70 8.7 – – 2....................................................... $12.75 6.2 $12.75 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.98 7.9 14.98 7.9 – – 4....................................................... 16.45 5.3 16.45 5.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.87 1.7 15.87 1.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.55 1.3 18.55 1.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 10.84 14.3 10.84 14.3 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.06 12.9 14.06 12.9 – – Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c........................ 19.30 20.0 19.30 20.0 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 11.34 2.7 11.34 2.7 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.91 8.8 14.91 8.8 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.75 6.1 14.75 6.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.83 17.3 11.83 17.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.57 6.5 14.57 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 15.87 9.7 15.87 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 14.48 8.3 14.48 8.3 – – Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c........................... 14.38 6.5 14.38 6.5 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.09 1.4 16.09 1.4 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.88 6.1 16.91 6.6 $16.40 5.6 2....................................................... 11.47 11.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 16.48 6.3 – – – – 4....................................................... 19.74 6.1 19.74 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.10 13.3 16.10 13.3 – – Truck drivers............................................... 17.74 7.6 17.74 7.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 14.92 4.1 – – 15.63 1.4 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 17.06 11.9 17.06 11.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.44 10.7 11.39 11.1 12.93 11.7 1....................................................... 9.67 8.3 9.73 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.62 17.0 14.06 24.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.63 6.9 10.45 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 9.68 8.1 9.68 8.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.26 4.8 10.69 6.8 17.46 2.7 1....................................................... 8.09 6.3 7.84 6.7 11.96 8.7 2....................................................... 9.23 17.1 8.62 22.3 12.37 12.3 3....................................................... 11.31 7.6 10.89 8.2 13.23 5.3 4....................................................... 11.78 4.7 10.71 4.8 – – 5....................................................... 14.77 5.1 14.15 5.0 16.24 6.7 6....................................................... 18.44 4.4 – – 21.16 2.6 7....................................................... 20.41 9.1 – – 22.98 2.8 9....................................................... 26.74 11.2 – – 26.74 11.2 Protective service............................................ 20.50 5.6 – – 20.50 5.6 6....................................................... 21.16 2.6 – – 21.16 2.6 7....................................................... 22.98 2.8 – – 22.98 2.8 9....................................................... 23.67 3.4 – – 23.67 3.4 Firefighting................................................ $18.36 0.4 – – $18.36 0.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.29 .9 – – 23.29 .9 Food service.................................................. 9.56 13.1 $9.47 13.7 11.74 .2 1....................................................... 6.62 5.3 6.55 5.5 – – 3....................................................... 8.62 15.3 7.83 15.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.46 10.3 3.46 10.3 – – 1....................................................... 3.53 10.8 3.53 10.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.77 3.9 2.77 3.9 – – Other food service........................................... 11.47 11.8 11.45 12.4 11.74 .2 1....................................................... 8.23 3.8 8.18 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 9.97 6.1 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 11.48 9.0 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.69 3.3 9.69 3.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.05 2.4 7.66 2.9 11.22 4.1 1....................................................... 7.76 2.8 7.66 2.9 – – Health service................................................ 10.57 3.4 10.29 2.4 13.24 5.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.23 4.0 10.75 3.6 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.33 3.1 10.15 2.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 13.89 6.3 13.41 6.9 15.40 6.4 1....................................................... 11.76 10.4 11.39 11.7 – – 3....................................................... 15.56 5.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 13.04 7.1 12.75 9.1 13.99 2.8 1....................................................... 11.76 10.4 11.39 11.7 – – Personal service.............................................. 10.59 2.7 10.55 2.4 10.77 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. 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 2004 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................................................................... $18.41 2.9 $17.31 3.4 $26.35 3.3 All excluding sales............................................... 18.31 2.4 17.14 2.9 26.35 3.3 White collar........................................................ 22.07 4.0 20.08 4.8 30.38 1.9 2....................................................... 10.84 4.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.56 2.7 11.34 2.6 13.66 6.6 4....................................................... 13.98 4.0 13.26 3.9 16.34 2.1 5....................................................... 15.31 3.3 15.04 3.5 17.41 4.2 6....................................................... 17.86 6.9 17.18 7.5 21.00 10.6 7....................................................... 22.70 5.2 21.35 6.9 26.56 5.8 8....................................................... 34.90 3.6 25.54 6.2 41.61 4.2 9....................................................... 28.25 5.1 26.00 2.3 37.47 12.4 10........................................................ 43.88 12.8 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.36 5.0 38.06 6.4 46.91 2.8 12........................................................ 43.10 4.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.83 11.4 18.83 11.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 22.20 3.5 19.98 4.1 30.38 1.9 3....................................................... 11.70 3.0 11.47 3.1 13.66 6.6 4....................................................... 14.00 4.1 13.29 4.0 16.34 2.1 5....................................................... 15.35 3.4 15.08 3.6 17.41 4.2 6....................................................... 17.90 7.3 17.17 8.2 21.00 10.6 7....................................................... 22.72 5.2 21.35 7.0 26.56 5.8 8....................................................... 35.64 3.4 24.41 7.1 41.61 4.2 9....................................................... 28.25 5.4 25.81 2.1 37.47 12.4 10........................................................ 36.59 10.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.50 5.3 36.90 6.8 46.91 2.8 12........................................................ 43.10 4.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.15 11.8 19.15 11.8 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 27.57 2.3 23.88 2.8 36.47 3.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 29.61 3.2 25.02 3.8 37.55 4.3 6....................................................... 16.46 17.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 24.82 7.5 21.51 8.8 28.03 7.8 8....................................................... 39.11 3.1 26.61 5.7 42.63 3.9 9....................................................... 29.12 7.1 25.83 2.3 40.04 11.1 11........................................................ 36.91 5.9 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 28.86 6.7 28.86 6.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.99 4.0 26.98 4.1 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 31.81 9.3 31.81 9.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 25.85 10.9 25.74 13.1 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.22 4.6 – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 25.33 7.2 24.26 8.2 29.02 10.4 7....................................................... 26.43 10.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.32 3.5 24.80 2.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.32 2.1 25.64 2.4 – – 9....................................................... $24.77 0.3 $24.80 0.3 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 41.92 8.1 – – $41.92 8.1 Teachers, except college and university....................... 36.38 11.6 – – 42.04 6.2 8....................................................... 43.35 5.0 – – 43.35 5.0 9....................................................... 32.89 21.5 – – 47.16 6.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 36.23 12.9 – – 42.78 4.2 8....................................................... 43.66 4.3 – – 43.66 4.3 9....................................................... 30.25 24.3 – – 46.78 2.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 37.98 8.5 – – 41.38 7.6 Teachers, special education................................. 44.16 15.9 – – 44.16 15.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 23.41 10.7 – – 23.41 10.7 Social workers.............................................. 23.41 10.7 – – 23.41 10.7 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 17.06 10.3 – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.51 5.6 21.57 6.1 20.82 5.9 5....................................................... 15.49 5.0 15.43 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 23.31 9.1 23.69 10.2 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.01 10.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 18.32 1.1 18.32 1.1 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 22.48 10.6 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 30.36 4.9 28.61 4.8 38.96 14.0 9....................................................... 25.20 3.8 24.50 1.0 27.88 10.1 11........................................................ 39.32 9.0 37.30 12.9 – – 12........................................................ 43.14 5.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.83 13.0 26.83 13.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 33.34 6.2 30.65 4.4 44.08 6.7 9....................................................... 24.39 3.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.01 7.5 – – – – 12........................................................ 43.14 5.4 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 38.82 14.4 – – 47.01 3.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 31.87 7.1 29.50 5.6 – – Management related............................................ 25.64 10.3 25.67 11.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.09 5.4 – – – – Sales............................................................. 20.83 24.8 20.83 24.8 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.55 3.4 11.55 3.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.14 2.4 13.77 2.6 16.18 3.1 3....................................................... 11.70 3.0 11.47 3.1 13.66 6.6 4....................................................... 14.03 4.2 13.29 4.1 16.39 2.3 5....................................................... 14.87 6.4 14.63 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 17.43 5.6 16.90 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.65 5.1 13.65 5.1 – – Secretaries................................................. $14.26 5.2 $13.91 5.8 $15.84 2.0 4....................................................... 14.50 5.4 14.18 6.5 15.62 1.3 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 12.77 4.1 12.19 4.8 – – 4....................................................... 13.16 15.3 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 13.61 3.0 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.31 3.3 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.11 6.0 12.66 9.4 15.68 4.8 Teachers' aides............................................. 13.41 3.5 – – 13.41 3.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 16.74 9.0 16.77 11.4 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.16 3.9 16.09 4.0 18.39 2.0 1....................................................... 10.97 3.5 10.97 3.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.68 5.2 12.64 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 15.12 7.6 15.07 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.14 5.2 17.14 5.2 – – 5....................................................... 16.30 2.6 16.27 2.7 – – 6....................................................... 18.09 4.8 18.12 5.0 – – 7....................................................... 22.87 2.1 23.28 2.6 19.57 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.74 16.9 12.74 16.9 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.50 2.6 20.56 2.8 19.64 1.4 5....................................................... 16.61 6.7 16.59 6.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.57 8.4 18.64 8.6 – – 7....................................................... 23.21 2.8 23.73 3.6 19.25 2.0 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 22.50 2.7 22.63