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 INDIANAPOLIS-ANDERSON-COLUMBUS, IN
           NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY DECEMBER 2006
                                
     Workers in the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus metropolitan
area averaged $17.99 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 $27.87 for management, professional
and related workers and $18.06 for natural resources,
construction, and maintenance workers.  Production,
transportation, and material moving workers averaged $15.18 an
hour; sales and office workers, $13.26; and service workers,
$10.40.  [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 Indianapolis area, management, professional, and
related workers represented the largest occupational group in the
survey at 29 percent.  Sales and office workers accounted for 27
percent; service workers, 19 percent; and production,
transportation, and material moving workers, 18 percent.  Natural
resources, construction, and maintenance represented the smallest
group in the survey at 7 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 443
establishments representing 859,600 workers in the Indianapolis-
Anderson-Columbus Combined Statistical Area which is comprised of
Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry,
Jennings, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam,
and Shelby Counties in Indiana.  Agricultural establishments,
private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government
were excluded from the survey.

     In the Indianapolis area, average hourly wages were
published for full-time workers in a number of detailed
occupations.  Within the management, professional, and related
occupations, computer systems analysts averaged $33.20 per hour
and registered nurses, $28.66.  In the service occupations,
police officers earned $20.35.  Secretaries and administrative
assistants, part of the sales and office occupational group,
earned $16.34.  (See table 2 in bulletin.)

     The NCS also provides broad coverage of selected
occupational characteristics.  Establishments in the Indianapolis
area with 1-99 workers averaged $14.57 per hour and those in
establishments with 100-499 workers earned $17.68; workers in
establishments with 500 or more employees earned $23.28.  Full-
time workers averaged $19.11 per hour while their part-time
counterparts earned $10.90.  (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 Indianapolis-
Anderson-Columbus, IN National Compensation Survey December 2006
(Bulletin 3140-03).  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