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/. 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. # # # Bulletin tables - PDF format - text format
Last Modified Date: October 31, 2007