General Information: (312) 353-1880      For Immediate Release:
Media Contact: Paul LaPorte              Wednesday, October 31, 2007
              (312) 353-1138
http://www.bls.gov/ro5


            HIGHLIGHTS OF CLEVELAND-AKRON-ELYRIA, OH
           NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY DECEMBER 2006
                                
     Workers in the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria metropolitan area
averaged $18.98 per hour during December 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 Jay A. Mousa reported
average hourly earnings of $29.03 for management, professional,
and related workers and $19.41 for natural resources,
construction, and maintenance workers.  Sales and office workers
averaged $15.97 an hour; production, transportation, and material
moving workers, $15.17; and service workers, $10.88.  
[See bulletin table 1,link to the full bulletin is provided at the
end of this release. Note: Occupational aggregations are now based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.]

     In the Cleveland area, management, professional, and related
workers represented the largest occupational group in the survey
at 29 percent.  Sales and office workers accounted for 24
percent; service workers, 21 percent; and production,
transportation, and material moving workers, 19 percent.  Natural
resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest
group in the survey at 8 percent.

     The NCS provides straight-time earnings for occupations in
establishments with one or more workers in private industry and
State and local governments.  This NCS survey covered 612
establishments representing 1,374,600 workers in the Cleveland-
Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area which is comprised of
Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and
Summit Counties in Ohio.  Agricultural establishments, private
households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were
excluded from the survey.

     In the Cleveland area, average hourly wages were published
for full-time workers in a number of detailed occupations.
Within the management, professional, and related occupations,
industrial production managers averaged $47.22, mechanical
engineers earned $37.18, and registered nurses, $26.63.  In the
production occupations, metal and plastic extruding and drawing
machine setters, operators and tenders averaged $14.55 an hour.
Secretaries and administrative assistants, part of the sales and
office occupational group, earned $17.54.  (See table 2 in bulletin.)

     The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected
occupational characteristics.  Establishments in the Cleveland
area with 1-99 workers averaged $16.55 and those in
establishments with 100-499 workers earned $19.42; workers in
establishments with 500 or more employees earned $23.35.  Full-
time workers averaged $20.40 per hour while their part-time
counterparts earned $10.84.  (See table 1 in bulletin.)

     The NCS provides comprehensive measures of occupational
earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and
detailed plan provisions.  In addition to the locality
occupational earnings shown in this release, the Employment Cost
Index (ECI) component measures changes in labor costs at the
national and regional levels.  Similarly, average employer costs
for employee compensation are available from the Employer Cost
for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and 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 Cleveland-Akron-
Elyria, OH National Compensation Survey December 2006 (Bulletin
3140-13).  While supplies last, single copies of the bulletin are
available from the Chicago Information Office by calling 312-353-
1880.  In addition, data contained in the bulletin are available
on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.

     For personal assistance or further information on the
National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau programs,
contact the Chicago Information Office at 312- 353-1880 from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Last Modified Date: October 31, 2007