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Highlights of Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA
National Compensation Survey, October 2007

Workers in the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington Combined Statistical Area earned an average of $20.24 per hour in October 2007, 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 noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $25.08 for business and financial occupations and $15.76 for transportation and material moving. Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean hourly wage rate of $14.31 The NCS data available for the Cincinnati area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See bulletin table 2, link to the full bulletin is provided at the end of this release.)

Insurance underwriters, part of the business and financial occupational group, were paid $20.62 per hour. Within the transportation and material moving group, truck drivers, heavy and tractor trailer, averaged $19.36 per hour. Executive secretaries and administrative assistants, an occupation within office and administrative support, earned $19.63 per hour. (See table 2.)

Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $21.86 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $10.44. Union workers earned $22.51 and non-union workers, $19.83. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $18.38 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $17.47, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $26.36.

The occupational wage data available from NCS 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. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/.

The NCS data provided here covered 892 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 2,955,100 workers in the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which is comprised of Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties, in Ohio; Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton Counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn, Franklin, and Ohio Counties in Indiana.

Survey Availability

Complete survey results are contained in the Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN National Compensation Survey October 2007. The bulletin is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm

For additional information, please contact the Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Information Office in Chicago at (312) 353-1880 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.


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Last Modified Date: June 26, 2008