Media Contact: Walter Marshall For release: Thursday, September 6, 2007 (617) 565-2324
HIGHLIGHTS OF SPRINGFIELD, MA NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY, SEPTEMBER 2006
Workers in the Springfield metropolitan area averaged $21.03 per hour during September 2006, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Denis McSweeney reported average hourly earnings of $37.19 for management, professional, and related workers and $21.49 for natural resources, construction, and maintenance workers. Production, transportation, and material moving workers averaged $16.93 an hour; sales and office workers, $16.16; and service workers, $12.97. [See table 1. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.]
In the Springfield metropolitan area, service workers made up the largest occupational group accounting for 28 percent of the workforce, followed by sales and office workers (26 percent); management, professional and related workers (24 percent); and production, transportation, and material moving workers (15 percent). Natural resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest group in the survey at seven percent.
The NCS provides straight-time earnings data for a variety of occupations in private establishments employing 1 or more employees and 50 employees or more for State and local governments. This NCS survey covered 153 establishments representing 243,500 workers in the Springfield metropolitan area which is comprised of one town in Franklin County, the cities of Agawam, Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield, and Westfield, and 11 towns in Hampden County, the city of Northampton, and 11 towns in Hampshire County. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey.
In the Springfield area, average hourly wages were published for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations. Within the management, professional, and related occupations, accountants and auditors averaged $35.23 and registered nurses, $27.94. In the
service occupations, police officers earned $21.81. Secretaries and administrative assistants, part of the sales and office occupational group, earned $17.44. (See table 2.)
The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics. Establishments in the Springfield area with 1-99 workers averaged $18.31 and those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $20.03; workers in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $26.85. Full-time workers averaged $23.50 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $10.73. (See tables 1 and 2.)
The NCS is a comprehensive survey that measures occupational earnings, occupational levels based on duties and responsibilities, compensation cost trends, and benefit incidences. The Employment Cost Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs. Average employer costs for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series. Details on benefits incidences and provisions are available from the Employee Benefits Survey (EBS). The occupational wage data may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. Details on the NCS are available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Springfield, MA National Compensation Survey September 2006 (Bulletin 3135-71). While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are available from the New England Information Office by calling 617-565-2327. In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at http:www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the New England Information Office at 617-565-2327 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Springfield, MA, September 2006
Worker and establishment characteristics
Civilian workers
Private industry workers
State and local government workers
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative error (2) percent
Mean weekly hours (3)
Mean
Relative error (2) percent
Mean weekly hours (3)
Mean
Relative error (2) percent
Mean weekly hours (3)
All workers
$21.03
3.3
32.9
$19.99
4.1
32.4
$26.30
1.4
35.5
Worker characteristics(4)(5)
Management, professional, and related
37.19
5.3
35.1
37.24
7.2
35.8
37.07
5.4
33.6
Management, business, and financial
37.26
9.9
38.2
37.82
10.4
38.9
29.87
16.8
30.8
Professional and related
37.16
6.0
33.9
36.84
9.6
34.0
37.64
4.5
33.8
Service
12.97
12.4
26.6
11.51
18.5
24.6
17.82
8.9
36.4
Sales and office
16.16
7.9
32.7
16.07
8.6
32.3
17.09
3.2
37.3
Sales and related
16.45
18.5
30.6
16.45
18.5
30.6
–
–
–
Office and administrative support
15.94
3.2
34.4
15.74
3.9
34.0
17.09
3.2
37.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
21.49
1.9
39.3
21.83
1.8
39.2
19.86
7.7
40.0
Construction and extraction
22.52
2.1
39.0
23.23
2.9
38.8
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair
19.30
5.7
39.9
18.70
5.2
39.9
21.77
16.2
40.0
Production, transportation, and material moving
16.93
7.8
38.6
16.81
8.2
38.6
22.13
18.1
35.9
Production
15.51
9.9
39.4
15.32
10.3
39.3
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving
18.77
10.8
37.6
18.75
11.2
37.7
–
–
–
Full time
23.50
4.2
39.2
22.68
5.3
39.6
26.84
1.3
37.5
Part time
10.73
4.6
19.7
10.67
4.7
19.9
12.45
8.7
15.1
Union
23.06
1.5
36.2
19.62
4.3
35.7
26.64
1.6
36.9
Nonunion
20.14
4.8
31.6
20.08
4.9
31.8
22.86
15.7
26.1
Time
20.86
3.4
32.7
19.77
4.2
32.1
26.30
1.4
35.5
Incentive
28.17
14.1
46.5
28.17
14.1
46.5
–
–
–
Establishment characteristics
Goods producing
-6
-6
-6
-
-
-
-6
-6
-6
Service providing
-6
-6
-6
20.11
5.2
30.7
-6
-6
-6
1-99 workers
18.31
8.6
31.7
18.25
8.8
31.7
–
–
–
100-499 workers
20.03
6.1
32.4
19.24
7.0
32.0
25.25
11.4
35.9
500 workers or more
26.85
3.3
35.8
27.02
5.7
35.8
26.66
2.8
35.8
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 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.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.
Table 2. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Springfield, MA, September 2006
Occupation (2)
Hourly earnings (3)
Weekly earnings (4)
Mean weekly hours
Annual earnings (5)
Mean annual hours
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers
$23.50
$19.48
$920
$748
39.2
$46,273
$38,911
1,969
Management occupations
35.83
27.88
1,381
1,102
38.5
71,789
57,325
2,004
Education administrators
33.14
31.25
1,255
1,298
37.9
65,256
67,502
1,969
Education administrators, postsecondary
32.39
29.23
1,218
1,250
37.6
63,341
65,000
1,955
Business and financial operations occupations
40.55
33.99
1,608
1,530
39.6
83,600
79,537
2,062
Accountants and auditors
35.23
43.75
1,380
1,750
39.2
71,758
91,000
2,037
Computer and mathematical science occupations
35.03
36.20
1,390
1,448
39.7
72,268
75,286
2,063
Architecture and engineering occupations
29.33
29.73
1,201
1,189
41.0
62,471
61,830
2,130
Engineers
32.47
31.83
1,369
1,298
42.2
71,197
67,519
2,193
Community and social services occupations
24.01
22.27
932
891
38.8
45,750
46,320
1,906
Education, training, and library occupations
43.39
43.48
1,492
1,446
34.4
56,726
52,651
1,307
Postsecondary teachers
65.85
61.70
2,386
2,451
36.2
92,864
94,488
1,410
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary
61.78
55.85
2,102
1,955
34.0
82,073
76,260
1,328
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers
41.14
43.39
1,400
1,446
34.0
51,878
52,651
1,261
Elementary and middle school teachers
41.76
43.97
1,406
1,446
33.7
52,045
52,651
1,246
Elementary school teachers, except special education
41.66
43.97
1,402
1,446
33.7
51,931
52,651
1,247
Secondary school teachers
40.55
41.94
1,393
1,422
34.4
51,811
53,070
1,278
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
40.55
41.94
1,393
1,422
34.4
51,811
53,070
1,278
Teacher assistants
13.76
12.55
428
411
31.1
16,077
14,909
1,168
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
39.51
29.56
1,497
1,108
37.9
77,482
57,621
1,961
Registered nurses
27.94
28.20
1,050
987
37.6
54,014
49,899
1,933
Healthcare support occupations
13.79
13.98
524
544
38.0
27,057
28,288
1,962
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
13.32
13.38
505
506
37.9
26,254
26,320
1,972
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
11.83
12.00
433
432
36.6
22,491
22,445
1,902
Psychiatric aides
14.50
15.19
567
571
39.1
29,459
29,707
2,031
Protective service occupations
20.10
19.66
800
806
39.8
41,621
41,889
2,071
Police officers
21.81
23.20
840
901
38.5
43,662
46,853
2,002
Police and sheriff's patrol officers
21.81
23.20
840
901
38.5
43,662
46,853
2,002
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
14.62
14.26
583
570
39.9
30,306
29,661
2,073
Security guards
14.62
14.26
583
570
39.9
30,306
29,661
2,073
Food preparation and serving related occupations
9.16
8.75
364
350
39.7
18,511
18,546
2,021
Cooks
15.52
14.76
617
580
39.7
29,765
29,474
1,917
Cooks, institution and cafeteria
15.52
14.76
617
580
39.7
29,765
29,474
1,917
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
18.57
21.40
740
856
39.8
38,460
44,512
2,071
Building cleaning workers
11.70
10.75
464
429
39.7
24,118
22,318
2,062
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
12.23
11.73
489
469
40.0
25,428
24,398
2,080
Sales and related occupations
20.73
15.00
825
600
39.8
42,888
31,200
2,068
Office and administrative support occupations
16.91
16.50
662
640
39.2
34,212
33,280
2,024
Financial clerks
15.38
15.72
590
600
38.4
30,692
31,181
1,996
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
15.62
16.50
596
637
38.1
30,975
33,111
1,983
Customer service representatives
17.76
16.64
700
660
39.4
36,392
34,320
2,049
Secretaries and administrative assistants
17.44
16.23
678
653
38.9
35,045
34,008
2,009
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
18.18
17.18
698
699
38.4
36,273
36,338
1,996
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
18.06
15.55
697
614
38.6
35,805
32,885
1,983
Office clerks, general
17.07
17.50
670
700
39.2
34,571
36,400
2,025
Construction and extraction occupations
22.68
21.51
907
860
40.0
47,173
44,741
2,080
Electricians
22.34
23.88
894
955
40.0
46,477
49,670
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
19.30
18.53
771
741
39.9
40,067
38,542
2,076
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers
17.28
16.00
677
640
39.2
35,227
33,280
2,038
Production occupations
15.70
14.74
624
580
39.7
32,425
30,160
2,065
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
11.96
12.67
478
507
40.0
24,872
26,354
2,080
Miscellaneous production workers
15.12
15.04
566
584
37.5
29,454
30,372
1,948
Transportation and material moving occupations
19.92
21.55
836
862
42.0
43,482
44,820
2,183
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
20.74
23.02
924
1,021
44.5
48,034
53,102
2,316
Laborers and material movers, hand
13.51
13.79
540
552
40.0
28,101
28,683
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
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