NC BL 12/00/2005 Table: Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, Bulletin 3130-29, April 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $18.52 3.4 36.2 $17.56 3.7 36.5 $25.84 1.8 33.9 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.63 4.3 36.4 20.97 5.3 36.9 30.36 1.2 34.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.76 3.1 34.8 25.76 4.4 35.6 37.40 3.5 32.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.53 6.5 40.5 31.30 8.1 40.6 39.30 14.4 39.9 Sales............................................................. 17.36 21.0 33.8 17.36 21.0 33.8 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.78 3.1 38.2 14.51 3.7 38.8 16.12 2.2 35.4 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 16.34 3.1 38.7 16.29 3.2 38.8 17.99 2.6 36.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 3.1 40.0 21.01 3.3 40.1 20.31 1.4 39.9 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 14.62 2.6 39.6 14.62 2.6 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.46 8.7 38.4 18.63 9.1 38.8 16.16 4.5 34.1 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 13.42 7.5 34.4 13.40 7.8 34.5 14.05 9.9 32.2 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.40 4.8 28.1 10.53 6.1 27.0 17.92 2.8 31.9 Full time........................................................... 19.26 3.3 39.5 18.23 3.5 39.9 26.92 2.0 37.3 Part time........................................................... 10.76 4.3 19.1 10.50 4.5 19.5 12.95 6.9 16.0 Union............................................................... 22.01 3.5 37.0 19.13 3.1 37.6 27.14 4.2 35.8 Nonunion............................................................ 17.42 4.4 35.9 17.22 4.6 36.3 22.13 8.1 29.3 Time................................................................ 18.29 2.8 36.2 17.27 3.0 36.5 25.84 1.8 33.9 Incentive........................................................... – – – – – – – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 19.56 4.8 39.8 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 15.32 6.6 33.4 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 15.81 10.3 34.9 15.81 10.3 35.0 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.24 3.7 36.4 16.51 4.2 36.7 24.75 8.6 33.0 500 workers or more................................................. 20.63 5.2 36.5 19.35 6.3 37.0 26.35 4.8 34.5 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, and 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.52 3.4 $17.56 3.7 $25.84 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.60 2.9 17.57 3.1 25.84 1.8 White collar........................................................ 22.63 4.3 20.97 5.3 30.36 1.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.48 3.2 21.69 3.9 30.36 1.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.76 3.1 25.76 4.4 37.40 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.00 3.6 27.59 5.0 38.59 4.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.28 7.0 31.29 7.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.00 11.1 33.00 11.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.51 6.3 28.49 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.35 4.2 30.47 4.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 24.45 5.0 24.27 5.3 26.21 9.9 Registered nurses........................................... 26.39 2.0 26.72 1.8 24.07 4.4 Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.25 5.0 – – 44.25 5.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.40 8.8 – – 42.10 5.0 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 32.11 23.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.76 8.2 25.93 .0 43.58 3.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.92 6.0 – – 42.62 5.5 Teachers, special education................................. 46.71 9.8 – – 46.71 9.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.48 6.4 – – 24.55 6.9 Social workers.............................................. 24.48 6.4 – – 24.55 6.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.30 14.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.93 7.0 20.95 7.6 20.66 6.4 Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.67 3.1 16.48 3.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.13 6.5 15.13 6.6 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.24 10.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.53 6.5 31.30 8.1 39.30 14.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.9 34.72 7.2 45.22 7.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.58 9.2 – – 47.27 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.97 12.2 30.83 11.7 – – Management related............................................ 28.65 13.5 28.80 15.0 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.92 5.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.74 12.1 21.73 12.5 – – Sales............................................................. 17.36 21.0 17.36 21.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.53 2.7 10.53 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.78 3.1 14.51 3.7 16.12 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 14.71 6.1 14.29 7.7 16.06 3.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. $13.93 4.0 $13.43 3.3 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 15.14 6.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.64 5.5 – – $16.21 2.3 Bank tellers................................................ 11.02 2.7 11.02 2.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.82 3.6 – – 14.08 3.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.22 10.4 14.97 13.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.34 3.1 16.29 3.2 17.99 2.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 3.1 21.01 3.3 20.31 1.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.99 5.3 21.99 5.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.70 10.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.53 7.6 24.53 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.45 5.1 25.45 5.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 2.6 14.62 2.6 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.66 10.2 14.66 10.2 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.22 7.8 13.22 7.8 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.14 16.5 13.14 16.5 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.04 10.2 14.04 10.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.05 5.3 14.05 5.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.70 5.2 14.70 5.2 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.60 8.8 16.60 8.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.46 8.7 18.63 9.1 16.16 4.5 Truck drivers............................................... 18.61 8.8 18.62 9.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.52 2.9 – – 15.93 1.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.68 10.4 16.68 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.42 7.5 13.40 7.8 14.05 9.9 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.13 6.5 10.91 7.0 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.21 18.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.40 4.8 10.53 6.1 17.92 2.8 Protective service............................................ 20.69 4.5 – – 20.69 4.5 Firefighting................................................ 18.34 1.4 – – 18.34 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.01 2.1 – – 23.01 2.1 Food service.................................................. 8.70 9.2 8.46 9.8 11.90 .5 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.32 16.3 3.32 16.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.76 8.0 9.57 8.7 11.90 .5 Cooks....................................................... 13.12 14.6 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.64 4.4 9.64 4.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.76 3.9 7.23 3.9 11.49 2.0 Health service................................................ 11.03 3.4 10.78 2.7 14.15 6.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.85 4.6 11.68 4.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.73 2.9 10.47 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. $14.40 4.2 $14.23 5.4 $15.00 3.9 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.00 4.0 13.67 5.3 15.00 3.9 Personal service.............................................. 9.90 4.0 9.78 5.1 10.69 13.0 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.17 8.1 – – – – 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.26 3.3 $18.23 3.5 $26.92 2.0 All excluding sales............................................... 19.22 2.8 18.13 2.9 26.92 2.0 White collar........................................................ 23.44 4.2 21.73 5.3 30.93 1.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.87 3.3 22.00 4.1 30.93 1.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.39 3.3 26.24 4.8 37.98 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.37 3.8 27.75 5.4 39.19 4.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.28 7.0 31.29 7.0 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.00 11.1 33.00 11.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.51 6.3 28.49 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.35 4.2 30.47 4.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.84 5.9 23.59 6.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 27.04 2.1 27.55 1.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.25 5.0 – – 44.25 5.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.83 8.1 – – 42.99 5.5 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.89 8.0 26.05 .0 43.58 3.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.97 5.9 – – 42.75 5.2 Teachers, special education................................. 46.71 9.8 – – 46.71 9.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.55 6.9 – – 24.55 6.9 Social workers.............................................. 24.55 6.9 – – 24.55 6.9 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.86 8.7 21.94 9.5 20.90 6.3 Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.24 10.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.84 5.9 31.63 7.3 39.30 14.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.9 34.72 7.2 45.22 7.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.58 9.2 – – 47.27 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.97 12.2 30.83 11.7 – – Management related............................................ 29.08 12.3 29.29 13.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.92 5.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.57 15.3 22.46 15.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.04 22.2 20.04 22.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.17 3.1 11.17 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.99 3.4 14.69 4.0 16.47 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 14.73 6.1 14.29 7.7 16.18 2.8 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 4.0 13.43 3.3 – – Billing clerks.............................................. 15.14 6.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 16.40 3.6 – – 16.63 4.3 Teachers' aides............................................. $14.21 3.2 – – $14.42 2.7 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.81 13.2 $15.53 15.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.58 2.9 16.52 3.0 18.69 2.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 3.1 21.01 3.3 20.31 1.4 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.99 5.3 21.99 5.7 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.70 10.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.53 7.6 24.53 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.45 5.1 25.45 5.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.70 2.2 14.70 2.2 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.66 10.2 14.66 10.2 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.40 8.6 13.40 8.6 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.14 16.5 13.14 16.5 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.04 10.2 14.04 10.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.42 8.7 14.42 8.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.76 5.4 14.76 5.4 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.60 8.8 16.60 8.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.55 8.7 18.71 9.2 16.32 4.8 Truck drivers............................................... 18.70 8.8 18.69 9.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.54 2.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.68 10.4 16.68 10.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.34 7.0 14.26 7.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.93 6.4 12.70 6.6 – – Service............................................................. 14.38 3.2 12.17 3.2 19.39 3.7 Protective service............................................ 21.70 4.0 – – 21.70 4.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.70 2.0 – – 23.70 2.0 Food service.................................................. 10.97 8.8 10.87 9.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.53 10.7 11.46 11.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.71 2.0 11.39 1.7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.89 4.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.61 1.4 11.22 .5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.97 4.6 14.84 5.3 15.38 8.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.56 4.7 14.25 5.8 15.38 8.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 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 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. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.76 4.3 $10.50 4.5 $12.95 6.9 All excluding sales............................................... 10.97 6.3 10.68 6.9 12.95 6.9 White collar........................................................ 14.21 4.2 13.87 4.1 17.77 11.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.30 5.0 17.21 5.6 17.77 11.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.41 6.3 20.97 6.8 24.13 11.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.41 12.3 25.58 15.6 24.76 11.3 Health related................................................ 27.66 16.6 27.83 17.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.03 3.7 23.95 4.0 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.57 21.4 – – 24.69 14.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.99 4.1 14.99 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.76 9.0 9.76 9.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.52 1.5 8.52 1.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.17 2.6 11.34 3.3 10.38 2.6 Blue collar......................................................... 8.65 6.7 8.67 7.1 8.39 17.7 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.71 4.1 7.74 4.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.30 4.4 7.30 4.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.01 9.1 7.59 10.7 10.63 4.1 Protective service............................................ 10.57 2.8 – – 10.57 2.8 Food service.................................................. 6.33 7.3 5.89 7.2 11.36 3.3 Other food service........................................... 7.39 3.2 6.91 3.3 11.36 3.3 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.18 4.0 – – – – Health service................................................ 9.40 3.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.35 2.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.03 23.4 11.14 26.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.03 23.4 11.14 26.1 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.13 5.3 8.76 5.6 10.29 12.2 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 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. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $762 3.3 39.5 $727 3.6 39.9 $1,005 1.2 37.3 All excluding sales............................................... 759 2.7 39.5 722 2.9 39.8 1,005 1.2 37.3 White collar........................................................ 921 4.1 39.3 872 5.2 40.1 1,116 1.4 36.1 White collar excluding sales.................................... 934 3.1 39.1 880 3.9 40.0 1,116 1.4 36.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,118 3.1 38.0 1,036 4.7 39.5 1,313 2.1 34.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,186 3.6 37.8 1,102 5.5 39.7 1,343 2.3 34.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,279 7.1 40.9 1,279 7.1 40.9 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,351 12.6 40.9 1,351 12.6 40.9 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,144 6.3 40.1 1,144 6.8 40.1 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,219 4.3 40.1 1,224 4.5 40.2 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 920 5.5 38.6 908 5.6 38.5 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,039 3.8 38.4 1,052 4.0 38.2 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,669 3.8 37.7 – – – 1,669 3.8 37.7 Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,321 5.9 33.2 – – – 1,401 3.4 32.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,316 6.0 33.0 945 .0 36.3 1,404 2.6 32.2 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,356 4.6 33.1 – – – 1,401 4.1 32.8 Teachers, special education................................. 1,468 3.0 31.4 – – – 1,468 3.0 31.4 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 970 6.5 39.5 – – – 970 6.5 39.5 Social workers.............................................. 970 6.5 39.5 – – – 970 6.5 39.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 852 9.6 39.0 854 10.4 38.9 828 7.4 39.6 Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 926 10.9 39.9 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,345 6.6 41.0 1,302 8.1 41.2 1,567 14.2 39.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,544 6.3 41.6 1,466 7.9 42.2 1,799 7.5 39.8 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,748 6.5 41.1 – – – 1,874 3.8 39.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,344 12.3 40.8 1,259 12.0 40.8 – – – Management related............................................ 1,174 12.2 40.4 1,183 13.5 40.4 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 957 5.1 40.0 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 943 15.3 40.0 898 15.8 40.0 – – – Sales............................................................. 819 23.6 40.9 819 23.6 40.9 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 447 3.1 40.0 447 3.1 40.0 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 594 3.6 39.6 588 4.2 40.1 619 4.1 37.6 Secretaries................................................. $580 6.0 39.4 $566 7.6 39.6 $626 3.0 38.7 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 557 4.0 40.0 537 3.3 40.0 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 579 8.9 38.2 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 655 3.6 40.0 – – – 665 4.3 40.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 458 1.1 32.2 – – – 461 1.1 32.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 630 13.1 39.9 621 15.9 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 659 3.0 39.8 657 3.1 39.8 731 2.9 39.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 839 3.2 40.0 842 3.4 40.1 810 1.7 39.9 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 880 5.3 40.0 879 5.7 40.0 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 666 10.7 39.9 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 997 7.0 40.6 997 7.0 40.6 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 1,018 5.1 40.0 1,018 5.1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 584 2.2 39.7 584 2.2 39.7 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 586 10.2 40.0 586 10.2 40.0 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 536 8.6 40.0 536 8.6 40.0 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 482 13.2 36.7 482 13.2 36.7 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 562 10.2 40.0 562 10.2 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 577 8.7 40.0 577 8.7 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 590 5.3 40.0 590 5.3 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 630 11.1 37.9 630 11.1 37.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 733 9.3 39.5 742 9.8 39.7 611 9.1 37.5 Truck drivers............................................... 756 8.3 40.4 756 8.4 40.4 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 588 4.6 37.9 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 643 11.4 38.5 643 11.4 38.5 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 569 7.3 39.7 566 7.6 39.7 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 510 6.9 39.4 500 7.1 39.4 – – – Service............................................................. 567 3.2 39.4 474 3.8 39.0 787 3.5 40.6 Protective service............................................ 900 3.2 41.5 – – – 900 3.2 41.5 Police and detectives, public service....................... 948 2.0 40.0 – – – 948 2.0 40.0 Food service.................................................. 420 11.5 38.2 419 12.4 38.6 – – – Other food service........................................... 443 12.9 38.4 444 13.8 38.7 – – – Health service................................................ 456 1.6 38.9 442 1.8 38.8 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 476 4.8 40.0 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 445 1.2 38.4 429 3.1 38.2 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 589 4.5 39.4 581 5.4 39.2 615 8.0 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 580 4.6 39.9 567 5.7 39.8 615 8.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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 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. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $38,421 3.3 1,995 $37,306 3.6 2,046 $45,279 1.2 1,682 All excluding sales............................................... 38,230 2.7 1,989 37,021 2.9 2,042 45,279 1.2 1,682 White collar........................................................ 45,543 4.1 1,943 44,811 5.2 2,062 47,947 1.4 1,550 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,881 3.1 1,922 45,156 3.9 2,052 47,947 1.4 1,550 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 52,730 3.1 1,794 52,554 4.7 2,003 53,065 2.1 1,397 Professional specialty.......................................... 54,659 3.6 1,742 55,385 5.5 1,996 53,588 2.3 1,367 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 66,492 7.1 2,126 66,512 7.1 2,126 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 70,261 12.6 2,129 70,261 12.6 2,129 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 59,490 6.3 2,087 59,467 6.8 2,087 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 63,369 4.3 2,088 63,640 4.5 2,088 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 47,614 5.5 1,997 47,241 5.6 2,003 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 54,017 3.8 1,998 54,678 4.0 1,985 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 62,483 3.8 1,412 – – – 62,483 3.8 1,412 Teachers, except college and university....................... 50,012 5.9 1,256 – – – 53,291 3.4 1,240 Elementary school teachers.................................. 49,790 6.0 1,248 35,298 .0 1,355 53,280 2.6 1,222 Secondary school teachers................................... 50,968 4.6 1,244 – – – 52,913 4.1 1,238 Teachers, special education................................. 54,999 3.0 1,178 – – – 54,999 3.0 1,178 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 49,001 6.5 1,996 – – – 49,001 6.5 1,996 Social workers.............................................. 49,001 6.5 1,996 – – – 49,001 6.5 1,996 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 44,218 9.6 2,023 44,410 10.4 2,024 42,168 7.4 2,017 Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 47,808 10.9 2,057 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 69,163 6.6 2,106 67,320 8.1 2,128 78,397 14.2 1,995 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 78,521 6.3 2,117 75,317 7.9 2,169 88,424 7.5 1,955 Administrators, education and related fields................ 81,262 6.5 1,908 – – – 88,996 3.8 1,883 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 69,699 12.3 2,114 65,267 12.0 2,117 – – – Management related............................................ 60,977 12.2 2,097 61,458 13.5 2,099 – – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 49,750 5.1 2,080 – – – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 48,832 15.3 2,072 46,511 15.8 2,071 – – – Sales............................................................. 42,578 23.6 2,125 42,578 23.6 2,125 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 23,241 3.1 2,080 23,241 3.1 2,080 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,064 3.6 2,006 30,425 4.2 2,071 28,565 4.1 1,734 Secretaries................................................. $28,759 6.0 1,952 $28,686 7.6 2,008 $28,972 3.0 1,791 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,942 4.0 2,077 27,890 3.3 2,077 – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 30,100 8.9 1,988 – – – – – – General office clerks....................................... 33,974 3.6 2,072 – – – 34,600 4.3 2,080 Teachers' aides............................................. 18,051 1.1 1,270 – – – 17,929 1.1 1,243 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 32,484 13.1 2,055 32,297 15.9 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,785 3.0 2,038 33,690 3.1 2,040 37,037 2.9 1,982 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 43,630 3.2 2,081 43,741 3.4 2,082 42,129 1.7 2,074 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 45,735 5.3 2,080 45,730 5.7 2,080 – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 34,612 10.7 2,073 – – – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 51,834 7.0 2,113 51,834 7.0 2,113 – – – Tool and die makers......................................... 52,854 5.1 2,077 52,854 5.1 2,077 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 30,364 2.2 2,066 30,364 2.2 2,066 – – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 30,405 10.2 2,075 30,405 10.2 2,075 – – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 27,865 8.6 2,080 27,865 8.6 2,080 – – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 25,065 13.2 1,908 25,065 13.2 1,908 – – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 29,210 10.2 2,080 29,210 10.2 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 29,989 8.7 2,080 29,989 8.7 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 30,673 5.3 2,078 30,673 5.3 2,078 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 32,736 11.1 1,972 32,736 11.1 1,972 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 36,276 9.3 1,955 36,804 9.8 1,967 29,296 9.1 1,796 Truck drivers............................................... 39,326 8.3 2,103 39,307 8.4 2,103 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 26,385 4.6 1,698 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 33,415 11.4 2,003 33,415 11.4 2,003 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 27,867 7.3 1,944 27,662 7.6 1,940 – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 26,497 6.9 2,050 26,008 7.1 2,048 – – – Service............................................................. 28,963 3.2 2,014 24,436 3.8 2,007 39,362 3.5 2,030 Protective service............................................ 45,168 3.2 2,082 – – – 45,168 3.2 2,082 Police and detectives, public service....................... 45,863 2.0 1,936 – – – 45,863 2.0 1,936 Food service.................................................. 21,457 11.5 1,956 21,791 12.4 2,005 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,622 12.9 1,962 23,089 13.8 2,015 – – – Health service................................................ 23,714 1.6 2,025 23,007 1.8 2,020 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 24,727 4.8 2,080 – – – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 23,165 1.2 1,996 22,309 3.1 1,989 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 30,652 4.5 2,047 30,227 5.4 2,037 31,997 8.0 2,080 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 30,182 4.6 2,073 29,499 5.7 2,070 31,997 8.0 2,080 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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 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. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $18.52 3.4 $17.56 3.7 $25.84 1.8 All excluding sales............................................... 18.60 2.9 17.57 3.1 25.84 1.8 White collar........................................................ 22.63 4.3 20.97 5.3 30.36 1.2 1....................................................... 9.95 4.4 10.03 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.95 9.2 9.37 8.5 – – 3....................................................... 11.45 1.4 11.20 .8 13.40 5.6 4....................................................... 14.36 3.7 13.76 3.9 16.77 1.8 5....................................................... 16.02 1.9 15.94 2.1 16.63 4.1 6....................................................... 17.69 2.4 17.58 2.5 18.40 7.7 7....................................................... 22.47 6.0 21.97 7.5 25.00 2.5 8....................................................... 31.56 11.6 26.79 13.4 40.18 8.0 9....................................................... 31.54 5.9 27.12 1.9 40.48 10.0 10........................................................ 35.25 16.4 35.01 16.8 – – 11........................................................ 36.96 2.2 36.01 1.1 40.89 7.6 12........................................................ 44.15 7.1 43.88 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.91 13.8 24.95 14.4 40.85 13.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.48 3.2 21.69 3.9 30.36 1.2 3....................................................... 11.80 1.9 11.43 .8 13.40 5.6 4....................................................... 14.42 3.8 13.82 4.0 16.77 1.8 5....................................................... 16.02 1.9 15.94 2.1 16.63 4.1 6....................................................... 17.69 2.4 17.58 2.5 18.40 7.7 7....................................................... 21.47 5.2 20.63 6.6 25.00 2.5 8....................................................... 29.84 12.8 23.00 2.6 40.18 8.0 9....................................................... 31.53 6.3 26.74 1.4 40.48 10.0 10........................................................ 30.39 4.2 30.00 3.9 – – 11........................................................ 36.96 2.2 36.01 1.1 40.89 7.6 12........................................................ 44.15 7.1 43.88 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.81 13.4 25.84 14.3 40.85 13.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 28.76 3.1 25.76 4.4 37.40 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.00 3.6 27.59 5.0 38.59 4.0 5....................................................... 16.91 3.5 – – 16.17 6.1 6....................................................... 16.93 7.8 16.89 8.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.72 12.7 – – 26.13 4.0 8....................................................... 36.25 12.2 24.08 3.4 42.31 4.4 9....................................................... 32.21 7.4 26.34 1.9 41.99 8.9 10........................................................ 29.59 4.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.39 3.2 36.20 3.5 – – 12........................................................ 43.27 8.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.58 9.7 30.40 9.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.28 7.0 31.29 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.65 2.8 26.64 2.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.00 11.1 33.00 11.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.51 6.3 28.49 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.35 4.2 30.47 4.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ $24.45 5.0 $24.27 5.3 $26.21 9.9 7....................................................... 17.39 14.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.71 2.1 25.93 2.1 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.39 2.0 26.72 1.8 24.07 4.4 7....................................................... 22.88 8.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.53 2.4 25.77 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.25 5.0 – – 44.25 5.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 38.40 8.8 – – 42.10 5.0 5....................................................... 16.17 6.1 – – 16.17 6.1 8....................................................... 39.91 8.0 – – 42.18 3.3 9....................................................... 42.20 11.7 – – 47.54 5.0 Prekindergarten and kindergarten............................ 32.11 23.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.76 8.2 25.93 .0 43.58 3.1 8....................................................... 38.80 11.9 – – 42.02 5.9 9....................................................... 41.84 11.7 – – 47.38 3.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.92 6.0 – – 42.62 5.5 8....................................................... 43.87 .4 – – 43.87 .4 9....................................................... 44.33 10.3 – – 49.37 4.2 Teachers, special education................................. 46.71 9.8 – – 46.71 9.8 9....................................................... 48.74 4.8 – – 48.74 4.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.48 6.4 – – 24.55 6.9 9....................................................... 25.47 6.0 – – 25.47 6.0 Social workers.............................................. 24.48 6.4 – – 24.55 6.9 9....................................................... 25.47 6.0 – – 25.47 6.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 20.30 14.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 20.93 7.0 20.95 7.6 20.66 6.4 5....................................................... 15.59 1.2 15.58 1.1 – – 6....................................................... 16.87 3.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.46 5.9 22.66 6.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.67 3.1 16.48 3.6 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 15.13 6.5 15.13 6.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.80 4.9 – – – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.24 10.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.53 6.5 31.30 8.1 39.30 14.4 9....................................................... 29.02 5.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.85 6.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.41 10.0 35.27 12.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.9 34.72 7.2 45.22 7.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.67 8.0 33.44 10.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.58 9.2 – – 47.27 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... $32.97 12.2 $30.83 11.7 – – Management related............................................ 28.65 13.5 28.80 15.0 – – 9....................................................... 28.89 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.50 22.1 37.50 22.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.92 5.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 22.74 12.1 21.73 12.5 – – Sales............................................................. 17.36 21.0 17.36 21.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.03 4.7 10.03 4.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.38 8.7 9.38 8.7 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.53 2.7 10.53 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.78 3.1 14.51 3.7 $16.12 2.2 3....................................................... 11.83 1.9 11.46 .8 13.40 5.6 4....................................................... 14.44 3.9 13.82 4.1 16.77 1.8 5....................................................... 16.19 4.9 16.03 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.94 4.0 17.79 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.56 3.7 11.44 4.1 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.71 6.1 14.29 7.7 16.06 3.4 4....................................................... 14.60 6.8 14.11 8.8 16.01 1.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 4.0 13.43 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.74 7.9 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 15.14 6.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 14.64 5.5 – – 16.21 2.3 4....................................................... 15.32 10.2 – – – – Bank tellers................................................ 11.02 2.7 11.02 2.7 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 13.82 3.6 – – 14.08 3.2 3....................................................... 13.41 8.4 – – 13.41 8.4 4....................................................... 13.70 5.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.22 10.4 14.97 13.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.34 3.1 16.29 3.2 17.99 2.6 1....................................................... 12.16 10.1 12.21 10.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.51 3.2 12.48 3.3 – – 3....................................................... 14.94 4.8 14.87 5.1 16.18 2.5 4....................................................... 17.77 3.1 17.77 3.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.51 2.5 17.48 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 22.37 7.7 22.48 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.29 2.5 23.69 2.9 20.04 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.54 9.2 12.52 9.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 3.1 21.01 3.3 20.31 1.4 4....................................................... 16.96 6.0 16.96 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.61 8.2 17.58 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.16 3.9 20.25 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.45 3.1 23.87 3.6 20.04 2.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. $21.99 5.3 $21.99 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.10 4.4 23.20 4.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.70 10.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.53 7.6 24.53 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.45 5.1 25.45 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.43 2.4 26.43 2.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 2.6 14.62 2.6 – – 1....................................................... 12.01 5.9 12.01 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.97 4.4 12.97 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.00 6.8 14.00 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.18 3.8 17.18 3.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.50 1.0 17.50 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.85 9.2 11.85 9.2 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.66 10.2 14.66 10.2 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.22 7.8 13.22 7.8 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... 13.14 16.5 13.14 16.5 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.04 10.2 14.04 10.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.05 5.3 14.05 5.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.70 5.2 14.70 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 14.57 12.2 14.57 12.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.90 8.8 14.90 8.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.60 8.8 16.60 8.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.46 8.7 18.63 9.1 $16.16 4.5 2....................................................... 11.74 11.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 16.56 6.6 16.69 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 19.36 7.6 19.39 7.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.61 8.8 18.62 9.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.52 2.9 – – 15.93 1.6 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.68 10.4 16.68 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.70 15.4 17.70 15.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.42 7.5 13.40 7.8 14.05 9.9 1....................................................... 12.25 13.9 12.32 13.8 – – 3....................................................... 17.18 8.7 17.31 9.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.13 6.5 10.91 7.0 – – 1....................................................... 10.05 7.8 10.05 7.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 15.21 18.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 12.40 4.8 10.53 6.1 17.92 2.8 1....................................................... 8.35 8.9 8.27 9.4 10.04 7.8 2....................................................... 10.91 10.2 10.58 10.7 13.17 13.5 3....................................................... 11.38 4.2 10.92 4.1 13.62 2.7 4....................................................... 12.21 6.8 – – 14.19 5.0 5....................................................... 14.78 5.8 14.11 6.5 16.23 7.3 6....................................................... $20.00 3.1 – – $21.29 0.4 7....................................................... 23.89 1.4 – – 23.89 1.4 Protective service............................................ 20.69 4.5 – – 20.69 4.5 6....................................................... 21.29 .4 – – 21.29 .4 7....................................................... 23.89 1.4 – – 23.89 1.4 Firefighting................................................ 18.34 1.4 – – 18.34 1.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.01 2.1 – – 23.01 2.1 Food service.................................................. 8.70 9.2 $8.46 9.8 11.90 .5 1....................................................... 7.04 5.6 6.98 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 8.33 3.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.62 27.1 6.66 31.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.32 16.3 3.32 16.3 – – Other food service........................................... 9.76 8.0 9.57 8.7 11.90 .5 1....................................................... 8.12 8.2 8.07 8.6 – – 2....................................................... 8.33 3.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.69 2.2 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 13.12 14.6 – – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.64 4.4 9.64 4.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.76 3.9 7.23 3.9 11.49 2.0 1....................................................... 7.62 3.1 7.53 3.2 – – Health service................................................ 11.03 3.4 10.78 2.7 14.15 6.1 Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.85 4.6 11.68 4.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 10.73 2.9 10.47 1.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.40 4.2 14.23 5.4 15.00 3.9 1....................................................... 13.23 8.9 13.31 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 13.92 7.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.09 7.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.00 4.0 13.67 5.3 15.00 3.9 1....................................................... 13.23 8.9 13.31 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 13.92 7.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 14.19 8.0 – – – – Personal service.............................................. 9.90 4.0 9.78 5.1 10.69 13.0 1....................................................... 8.11 8.6 – – – – Early childhood teachers' assistants........................ 10.17 8.1 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 5 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $19.26 3.3 $18.23 3.5 $26.92 2.0 All excluding sales............................................... 19.22 2.8 18.13 2.9 26.92 2.0 White collar........................................................ 23.44 4.2 21.73 5.3 30.93 1.3 2....................................................... 10.54 10.4 9.82 9.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.53 2.6 11.18 1.6 14.00 6.6 4....................................................... 14.49 3.9 13.88 4.1 16.80 1.8 5....................................................... 16.41 2.7 16.21 2.8 18.19 1.6 6....................................................... 17.99 2.4 17.89 2.4 18.59 7.4 7....................................................... 22.64 6.2 22.17 7.7 24.99 2.5 8....................................................... 31.63 12.1 26.86 13.9 40.20 8.5 9....................................................... 31.79 6.0 27.28 2.0 40.39 9.9 10........................................................ 35.55 16.9 35.31 17.3 – – 11........................................................ 37.20 2.3 36.28 1.1 40.89 7.6 12........................................................ 44.15 7.1 43.88 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.89 14.7 24.89 15.4 41.00 14.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.87 3.3 22.00 4.1 30.93 1.3 3....................................................... 11.97 2.4 11.52 1.0 14.00 6.6 4....................................................... 14.54 4.0 13.93 4.3 16.80 1.8 5....................................................... 16.41 2.7 16.21 2.8 18.19 1.6 6....................................................... 17.99 2.4 17.89 2.4 18.59 7.4 7....................................................... 21.61 5.6 20.80 7.0 24.99 2.5 8....................................................... 29.86 13.4 22.91 2.8 40.20 8.5 9....................................................... 31.78 6.3 26.88 1.4 40.39 9.9 10........................................................ 30.59 4.6 30.19 4.3 – – 11........................................................ 37.20 2.3 36.28 1.1 40.89 7.6 12........................................................ 44.15 7.1 43.88 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.82 14.4 25.81 15.2 41.00 14.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.39 3.3 26.24 4.8 37.98 3.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.37 3.8 27.75 5.4 39.19 4.3 6....................................................... 18.04 5.3 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.80 13.6 – – 26.19 4.2 8....................................................... 36.51 12.6 23.94 4.1 42.39 4.8 9....................................................... 32.57 7.6 26.49 2.0 41.91 8.9 10........................................................ 29.82 4.5 – – – – 11........................................................ 36.77 3.0 36.61 3.3 – – 12........................................................ 43.27 8.5 – – – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 31.28 7.0 31.29 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.65 2.8 26.64 2.8 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 33.00 11.1 33.00 11.1 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.51 6.3 28.49 6.8 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 30.35 4.2 30.47 4.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 23.84 5.9 23.59 6.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.03 1.9 26.36 1.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... $27.04 2.1 $27.55 1.8 – – 9....................................................... 25.83 2.4 26.22 2.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 44.25 5.0 – – $44.25 5.0 Teachers, except college and university....................... 39.83 8.1 – – 42.99 5.5 8....................................................... 40.23 7.9 – – 42.28 3.7 9....................................................... 42.16 11.8 – – 47.52 5.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 39.89 8.0 26.05 .0 43.58 3.1 8....................................................... 39.20 11.1 – – 42.02 5.9 9....................................................... 41.84 11.7 – – 47.38 3.1 Secondary school teachers................................... 40.97 5.9 – – 42.75 5.2 9....................................................... 44.33 10.3 – – 49.37 4.2 Teachers, special education................................. 46.71 9.8 – – 46.71 9.8 9....................................................... 48.74 4.8 – – 48.74 4.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 24.55 6.9 – – 24.55 6.9 9....................................................... 25.47 6.0 – – 25.47 6.0 Social workers.............................................. 24.55 6.9 – – 24.55 6.9 9....................................................... 25.47 6.0 – – 25.47 6.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 21.86 8.7 21.94 9.5 20.90 6.3 5....................................................... 16.08 3.0 16.10 3.2 – – 7....................................................... 22.46 5.9 22.66 6.7 – – Technical and related, n.e.c................................ 23.24 10.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.84 5.9 31.63 7.3 39.30 14.4 9....................................................... 29.02 5.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 37.85 6.2 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.41 10.0 35.27 12.0 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.09 5.9 34.72 7.2 45.22 7.5 Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.67 8.0 33.44 10.0 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 42.58 9.2 – – 47.27 3.7 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 32.97 12.2 30.83 11.7 – – Management related............................................ 29.08 12.3 29.29 13.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.89 6.0 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.50 22.1 37.50 22.1 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.92 5.1 – – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.57 15.3 22.46 15.8 – – Sales............................................................. 20.04 22.2 20.04 22.2 – – 2....................................................... 9.84 10.1 9.84 10.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.17 3.1 11.17 3.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.99 3.4 14.69 4.0 16.47 2.1 3....................................................... $11.97 2.4 $11.52 1.0 $14.00 6.6 4....................................................... 14.56 4.1 13.94 4.4 16.80 1.8 5....................................................... 16.24 5.0 16.03 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 17.94 4.0 17.79 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.58 4.0 11.45 4.3 – – Secretaries................................................. 14.73 6.1 14.29 7.7 16.18 2.8 4....................................................... 14.60 6.8 14.11 8.8 16.01 1.4 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.93 4.0 13.43 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.74 7.9 – – – – Billing clerks.............................................. 15.14 6.8 – – – – General office clerks....................................... 16.40 3.6 – – 16.63 4.3 Teachers' aides............................................. 14.21 3.2 – – 14.42 2.7 3....................................................... 13.83 8.5 – – 13.83 8.5 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.81 13.2 15.53 15.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.58 2.9 16.52 3.0 18.69 2.2 1....................................................... 12.95 9.6 12.95 9.6 – – 2....................................................... 12.87 3.0 12.84 3.0 – – 3....................................................... 14.95 4.8 14.87 5.1 – – 4....................................................... 17.78 3.1 17.78 3.1 – – 5....................................................... 17.51 2.5 17.48 2.6 – – 6....................................................... 22.37 7.7 22.48 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.29 2.5 23.69 2.9 20.04 2.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.58 9.0 12.56 9.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 3.1 21.01 3.3 20.31 1.4 4....................................................... 16.96 6.0 16.96 6.0 – – 5....................................................... 17.61 8.2 17.58 8.4 – – 6....................................................... 20.16 3.9 20.25 4.0 – – 7....................................................... 23.45 3.1 23.87 3.6 20.04 2.5 Industrial machinery repairers.............................. 21.99 5.3 21.99 5.7 – – 7....................................................... 23.10 4.4 23.20 4.8 – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 16.70 10.8 – – – – Supervisors, production..................................... 24.53 7.6 24.53 7.6 – – Tool and die makers......................................... 25.45 5.1 25.45 5.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.43 2.4 26.43 2.4 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.70 2.2 14.70 2.2 – – 1....................................................... 12.01 5.9 12.01 5.9 – – 2....................................................... 13.39 4.1 13.39 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 14.00 6.8 14.00 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 17.18 3.8 17.18 3.8 – – 5....................................................... 17.50 1.0 17.50 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 11.89 9.0 11.89 9.0 – – Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators 14.66 10.2 14.66 10.2 – – Molding and casting machine operators....................... 13.40 8.6 13.40 8.6 – – Extruding and forming machine operators..................... $13.14 16.5 $13.14 16.5 – – Painting and paint spraying machine operators............... 14.04 10.2 14.04 10.2 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 14.42 8.7 14.42 8.7 – – Assemblers.................................................. 14.76 5.4 14.76 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 14.57 12.2 14.57 12.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.90 8.8 14.90 8.8 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 16.60 8.8 16.60 8.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.55 8.7 18.71 9.2 $16.32 4.8 2....................................................... 11.77 11.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 16.58 6.7 16.69 8.1 – – 4....................................................... 19.44 7.5 19.48 7.6 – – Truck drivers............................................... 18.70 8.8 18.69 9.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.54 2.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 16.68 10.4 16.68 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.70 15.4 17.70 15.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.34 7.0 14.26 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 13.42 12.5 13.42 12.5 – – 3....................................................... 17.20 8.6 17.31 9.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.93 6.4 12.70 6.6 – – 1....................................................... 11.74 3.1 11.74 3.1 – – Service............................................................. 14.38 3.2 12.17 3.2 19.39 3.7 1....................................................... 11.21 9.2 11.21 9.2 – – 2....................................................... 13.19 9.2 12.91 9.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.81 5.3 11.23 6.8 14.89 4.9 4....................................................... 13.41 7.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.29 5.3 – – – – 6....................................................... 20.27 3.4 – – 21.75 .5 7....................................................... 24.06 1.2 – – 24.06 1.2 Protective service............................................ 21.70 4.0 – – 21.70 4.0 6....................................................... 21.75 .5 – – 21.75 .5 7....................................................... 24.06 1.2 – – 24.06 1.2 Police and detectives, public service....................... 23.70 2.0 – – 23.70 2.0 Food service.................................................. 10.97 8.8 10.87 9.4 – – Other food service........................................... 11.53 10.7 11.46 11.3 – – Health service................................................ 11.71 2.0 11.39 1.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.65 2.3 11.24 1.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 11.89 4.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.61 1.4 11.22 .5 – – 3....................................................... 11.73 2.3 11.30 .2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 14.97 4.6 14.84 5.3 15.38 8.0 3....................................................... 13.69 6.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 14.56 4.7 14.25 5.8 15.38 8.0 Personal service.............................................. – – – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.76 4.3 $10.50 4.5 $12.95 6.9 All excluding sales............................................... 10.97 6.3 10.68 6.9 12.95 6.9 White collar........................................................ 14.21 4.2 13.87 4.1 17.77 11.2 1....................................................... 8.81 5.3 8.90 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.30 3.9 8.21 3.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.20 5.6 11.26 5.8 – – 4....................................................... 11.62 3.4 11.59 3.4 – – 5....................................................... 14.49 3.5 14.73 3.9 13.49 5.4 9....................................................... 26.55 7.5 24.86 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.55 41.9 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.30 5.0 17.21 5.6 17.77 11.2 3....................................................... 10.84 1.6 10.92 2.0 – – 4....................................................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – 5....................................................... 14.49 3.5 14.73 3.9 13.49 5.4 9....................................................... 26.55 7.5 24.86 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.55 41.9 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 21.41 6.3 20.97 6.8 24.13 11.6 Professional specialty.......................................... 25.41 12.3 25.58 15.6 24.76 11.3 9....................................................... 26.55 7.5 24.86 1.0 – – Health related................................................ 27.66 16.6 27.83 17.7 – – 9....................................................... 24.77 .7 24.77 .7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 24.03 3.7 23.95 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.76 .8 24.76 .8 – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 19.57 21.4 – – 24.69 14.1 Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 14.99 4.1 14.99 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 14.74 3.8 14.73 3.9 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 9.76 9.0 9.76 9.0 – – 1....................................................... 8.90 5.1 8.90 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.21 3.9 8.21 3.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.52 1.5 8.52 1.5 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.17 2.6 11.34 3.3 10.38 2.6 3....................................................... 10.98 1.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 11.65 3.6 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 8.65 6.7 8.67 7.1 8.39 17.7 1....................................................... 6.99 2.0 7.03 1.0 – – 2....................................................... $9.90 1.8 $9.93 2.2 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.71 4.1 7.74 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 7.00 2.1 7.05 1.1 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.30 4.4 7.30 4.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.93 1.4 6.93 1.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.01 9.1 7.59 10.7 $10.63 4.1 1....................................................... 6.50 9.7 6.23 10.3 9.96 8.5 2....................................................... 7.63 9.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.19 6.2 – – 10.92 10.0 Protective service............................................ 10.57 2.8 – – 10.57 2.8 Food service.................................................. 6.33 7.3 5.89 7.2 11.36 3.3 1....................................................... 5.72 14.5 5.56 15.3 – – Other food service........................................... 7.39 3.2 6.91 3.3 11.36 3.3 1....................................................... 7.01 3.5 6.83 4.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 7.18 4.0 – – – – 1....................................................... 7.03 3.5 6.85 4.5 – – Health service................................................ 9.40 3.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 9.35 2.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.03 23.4 11.14 26.1 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.03 23.4 11.14 26.1 – – Personal service.............................................. 9.13 5.3 8.76 5.6 10.29 12.2 1....................................................... 8.11 8.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.26 $10.76 $22.01 $17.42 $18.29 – All excluding sales............................................. 19.22 10.97 22.19 17.39 18.57 – White collar........................................................ 23.44 14.21 28.71 21.35 22.28 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.87 17.30 29.77 22.00 23.48 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.39 21.41 36.16 25.91 28.76 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.37 25.41 38.86 27.64 31.00 – Technical....................................................... 21.86 14.99 22.39 20.55 20.93 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.84 – – 32.66 32.53 – Sales............................................................. 20.04 9.76 – 17.78 12.12 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.99 11.17 16.57 14.48 14.78 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.58 8.65 19.73 14.98 16.28 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.96 – 23.38 19.81 20.81 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.70 – 19.41 13.31 14.62 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.55 – 20.69 16.96 18.46 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.34 7.71 14.74 12.59 13.42 – Service............................................................. 14.38 8.01 16.61 10.63 12.40 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.3 4.3 3.5 4.4 2.8 – All excluding sales............................................. 2.8 6.3 3.5 3.7 2.9 – White collar........................................................ 4.2 4.2 3.5 5.3 3.4 – White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.3 5.0 3.4 3.9 3.2 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.3 6.3 3.8 4.5 3.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 3.8 12.3 3.6 4.9 3.6 – Technical....................................................... 8.7 4.1 10.5 9.9 7.0 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.9 – – 6.8 6.5 – Sales............................................................. 22.2 9.0 – 22.4 11.3 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.4 2.6 3.7 3.4 3.1 – Blue collar......................................................... 2.9 6.7 3.5 4.1 3.0 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.1 – 7.6 5.0 2.9 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.2 – 8.7 2.9 2.6 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.7 – 3.7 14.3 8.7 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.0 4.1 8.6 13.3 7.5 – Service............................................................. 3.2 9.1 5.4 6.5 4.8 – 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.56 $19.56 – - $19.49 $15.32 $22.86 $13.85 - $15.38 All excluding sales............................................. 17.57 19.34 – - 19.26 15.30 22.86 13.25 - 15.37 White collar........................................................ 20.97 26.09 – - 26.09 18.03 22.83 15.67 - 20.44 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.69 25.43 – - 25.43 18.90 22.83 16.11 - 20.85 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.76 28.80 – - 28.80 23.18 – – - 22.93 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.59 30.32 – - 30.32 24.68 – – - 24.65 Technical....................................................... 20.95 22.09 – - 22.09 20.44 – – - 19.47 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.30 32.66 – - 32.66 29.19 – 29.87 - 33.73 Sales............................................................. 17.36 – – - – 15.41 – 15.37 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.51 16.50 – - 16.50 13.50 19.97 12.80 - 13.48 Blue collar......................................................... 16.29 17.17 – - 16.88 13.84 – 13.86 - 9.39 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.01 21.36 – - 21.53 19.85 – 17.01 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 15.60 – - 15.60 9.44 – – - 8.98 Transportation and material moving................................ 18.63 19.67 – - 16.54 17.74 – 15.36 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.40 15.42 – - 14.26 11.04 – 10.71 - – Service............................................................. 10.53 16.18 – - 16.18 9.98 – 8.58 - 10.75 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.7 4.8 – - 5.0 6.6 9.0 11.0 - 9.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 3.8 – - 3.9 6.2 9.0 8.0 - 9.3 White collar........................................................ 5.3 7.0 – - 7.0 7.6 8.2 13.8 - 8.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 4.8 – - 4.8 6.1 8.2 9.0 - 7.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 5.4 – - 5.4 4.3 – – - 4.7 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 5.2 – - 5.2 4.5 – – - 4.5 Technical....................................................... 7.6 4.6 – - 4.6 11.1 – – - 13.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 10.4 – - 10.4 10.8 – 21.2 - 17.4 Sales............................................................. 21.0 – – - – 21.5 – 21.2 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 5.6 – - 5.6 5.1 3.5 3.3 - 9.2 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 2.3 – - 1.6 12.3 – 9.2 - 6.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 1.8 – - 1.8 15.1 – 16.9 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 2.4 – - 2.4 7.1 – – - 5.0 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 14.4 – - 12.0 10.0 – 11.2 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.8 5.8 – - 5.6 11.9 – 13.5 - – Service............................................................. 6.1 .4 – - .4 7.0 – 9.0 - 7.4 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $17.56 $15.81 $17.95 $16.51 $19.35 All excluding sales............................................. 17.57 15.34 18.09 16.68 19.31 White collar........................................................ 20.97 20.59 21.03 18.44 22.94 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 21.69 19.65 22.05 20.15 23.00 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 25.76 23.13 25.92 23.03 27.23 Professional specialty.......................................... 27.59 26.29 27.67 23.25 29.98 Technical....................................................... 20.95 – 21.31 22.18 21.04 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31.30 31.67 31.21 28.47 32.57 Sales............................................................. 17.36 – 16.12 15.31 21.45 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.51 15.26 14.29 14.39 14.24 Blue collar......................................................... 16.29 16.27 16.30 15.86 16.84 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.01 18.25 21.69 20.71 23.62 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 14.62 13.01 14.80 13.79 15.79 Transportation and material moving................................ 18.63 17.94 19.10 19.85 18.31 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 13.40 – 13.23 13.38 12.97 Service............................................................. 10.53 9.92 11.21 9.78 12.12 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.7 10.3 3.8 4.2 6.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.1 8.2 3.5 4.3 6.3 White collar........................................................ 5.3 13.2 5.4 8.6 6.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 3.9 11.6 4.4 6.6 6.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 4.4 11.4 5.1 4.1 6.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 5.0 2.5 5.3 4.7 4.7 Technical....................................................... 7.6 – 8.0 9.2 10.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.1 3.2 9.6 12.5 12.6 Sales............................................................. 21.0 – 21.2 25.0 21.5 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 3.7 9.3 4.4 5.3 6.1 Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 8.7 3.2 6.1 4.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 3.3 12.4 2.8 6.1 4.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 2.6 7.5 2.7 5.8 5.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.1 11.5 12.0 18.5 14.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 7.8 – 8.8 12.7 12.2 Service............................................................. 6.1 9.1 6.5 13.1 7.2 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 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. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.25 $11.96 $16.27 $22.06 $29.91 All excluding sales........................... 9.44 12.35 16.54 22.06 29.71 White collar.................................... 10.53 13.50 19.08 28.73 40.38 White collar excluding sales................ 11.50 14.44 19.90 28.76 41.35 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.21 20.59 27.13 33.67 47.54 Professional specialty...................... 17.67 23.21 28.12 37.02 48.87 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.21 26.50 29.35 35.16 42.24 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.88 27.19 31.23 38.94 45.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.28 23.56 28.69 33.25 39.25 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.65 26.71 29.23 34.04 39.32 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 14.50 19.03 25.21 27.78 30.35 Registered nurses....................... 21.47 24.18 27.13 28.00 30.07 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.50 36.29 45.49 52.26 56.37 Teachers, except college and university... 21.48 27.72 38.35 49.83 56.10 Prekindergarten and kindergarten........ 22.92 22.92 22.92 46.22 56.00 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.77 29.82 39.91 49.83 56.10 Secondary school teachers............... 25.10 31.40 41.30 50.76 57.05 Teachers, special education............. 30.35 38.03 49.08 55.15 58.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.96 21.38 24.66 25.98 25.98 Social workers.......................... 18.96 21.38 24.66 25.98 25.98 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.00 14.30 17.67 19.95 25.16 Technical................................... 13.60 15.75 19.30 25.46 29.23 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.27 16.19 16.78 17.30 18.10 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.60 13.60 14.88 15.19 18.04 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 13.15 15.00 27.73 29.23 29.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.51 21.87 29.91 41.25 50.52 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 29.92 36.76 45.80 50.48 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 26.91 29.92 48.38 49.30 50.25 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 22.22 30.79 43.12 45.80 Management related........................ 17.71 19.45 25.26 31.25 55.28 Accountants and auditors................ 20.43 20.43 25.68 26.08 26.33 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.01 17.71 18.51 31.25 33.65 Sales......................................... 7.61 9.26 10.64 22.12 33.65 Cashiers................................ 7.90 8.95 10.64 11.35 13.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.36 11.54 14.13 17.30 20.30 Secretaries............................. 11.54 11.54 14.08 17.46 19.25 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.75 11.75 14.04 14.44 17.65 Billing clerks.......................... 12.07 12.67 15.50 17.09 17.82 General office clerks................... $11.25 $11.25 $15.74 $16.06 $18.99 Bank tellers............................ 9.22 9.64 10.61 11.92 13.81 Teachers' aides......................... 10.30 11.10 14.08 15.94 18.86 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.67 10.41 15.48 18.34 22.06 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 12.25 15.95 20.29 24.48 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.95 17.41 20.49 24.48 30.27 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.37 18.00 21.50 24.48 26.18 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.00 14.00 15.18 20.49 20.49 Supervisors, production................. 16.73 20.94 23.56 28.22 31.70 Tool and die makers..................... 21.20 22.48 24.99 30.62 31.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.36 14.06 16.75 20.98 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 8.00 11.80 14.95 17.07 21.27 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.70 11.11 12.50 15.60 16.94 Extruding and forming machine operators. 8.00 8.00 15.25 15.82 16.75 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.00 11.02 14.85 16.81 17.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.45 12.39 13.60 14.96 20.97 Assemblers.............................. 10.20 11.99 14.28 16.58 17.96 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 11.00 13.80 21.45 26.61 Transportation and material moving............ 12.25 14.25 18.05 20.87 25.99 Truck drivers........................... 13.75 15.15 20.87 20.87 20.87 Bus drivers............................. 14.19 14.19 16.16 16.55 16.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.00 13.20 15.59 19.40 24.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 9.00 12.85 17.03 20.72 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.06 7.73 11.80 12.85 17.05 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.15 12.00 19.40 19.40 19.40 Service......................................... 6.35 9.00 11.34 15.89 20.32 Protective service........................ 13.51 18.14 20.95 24.57 25.85 Firefighting............................ 14.38 16.71 20.11 20.11 20.42 Police and detectives, public service... 17.70 20.19 24.57 25.85 25.85 Food service.............................. 2.65 6.00 8.90 10.70 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.65 2.65 2.65 2.65 6.00 Other food service....................... 5.85 7.00 9.25 11.00 15.96 Cooks................................... 9.03 11.00 11.78 13.55 15.96 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.06 9.00 9.95 10.55 10.70 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.03 7.50 9.25 10.45 Health service............................ 8.80 9.63 10.71 12.24 13.16 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.84 10.71 11.33 13.01 13.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.55 9.25 10.51 11.50 13.10 Cleaning and building service............. 9.36 12.65 14.30 16.27 19.06 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.36 12.65 13.59 16.27 17.07 Personal service.......................... $7.70 $8.20 $9.21 $12.43 $13.06 Early childhood teachers' assistants.... 8.01 8.21 9.65 11.60 13.69 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.01 $11.54 $15.78 $21.00 $28.61 All excluding sales........................... 9.25 11.90 16.10 21.00 27.66 White collar.................................... 10.30 12.48 17.94 27.34 34.87 White collar excluding sales................ 11.15 13.91 19.23 27.48 34.87 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.80 18.87 25.97 29.36 36.77 Professional specialty...................... 16.86 21.89 27.13 31.25 39.25 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.21 26.50 29.46 35.16 42.24 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.88 27.19 31.23 38.94 45.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 17.70 21.65 28.69 34.04 39.32 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.65 26.51 29.23 34.11 39.32 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.50 18.87 25.58 27.78 30.35 Registered nurses....................... 21.65 25.20 27.30 28.60 30.35 Teachers, except college and university... - - - - - Elementary school teachers.............. 20.78 22.74 24.92 28.78 32.53 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.60 15.31 19.03 27.61 29.23 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.27 16.05 16.75 17.30 17.96 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 13.60 13.60 14.88 15.19 18.08 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.51 20.43 29.91 40.28 50.52 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 26.91 36.76 43.12 50.48 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 22.22 30.79 43.12 45.80 Management related........................ 17.71 19.23 25.49 31.25 55.28 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.01 17.71 18.51 24.00 33.65 Sales......................................... 7.61 9.26 10.64 22.12 33.65 Cashiers................................ 7.90 8.95 10.64 11.35 13.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.25 11.35 13.75 17.09 20.86 Secretaries............................. 11.18 11.54 12.72 17.33 19.25 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.75 11.69 13.91 14.44 16.87 Bank tellers............................ 9.22 9.64 10.61 11.92 13.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 9.67 10.40 14.46 20.98 22.06 Blue collar..................................... 9.25 12.10 15.75 20.29 24.48 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.95 16.99 20.49 24.48 30.52 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.20 18.00 21.50 24.48 26.83 Supervisors, production................. 16.73 20.94 23.56 28.22 31.70 Tool and die makers..................... $21.20 $22.48 $24.99 $30.62 $31.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.36 14.06 16.75 20.98 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 8.00 11.80 14.95 17.07 21.27 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.70 11.11 12.50 15.60 16.94 Extruding and forming machine operators. 8.00 8.00 15.25 15.82 16.75 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.00 11.02 14.85 16.81 17.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 9.45 12.39 13.60 14.96 20.97 Assemblers.............................. 10.20 11.99 14.28 16.58 17.96 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 11.00 13.80 21.45 26.61 Transportation and material moving............ 12.25 14.19 19.35 20.87 26.20 Truck drivers........................... 13.75 15.15 20.87 20.87 20.87 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.00 13.20 15.59 19.40 24.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 9.00 12.80 17.03 20.72 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.05 7.61 11.70 12.60 15.35 Service......................................... 5.95 8.21 10.30 12.65 16.27 Food service.............................. 2.65 6.00 8.50 10.50 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.65 2.65 2.65 2.65 6.00 Other food service....................... 5.75 6.70 9.00 10.70 15.96 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.06 9.00 9.95 10.55 10.70 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 6.00 6.75 8.60 9.25 Health service............................ 8.80 9.60 10.71 11.62 13.10 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.84 10.71 11.33 12.92 13.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.55 9.20 10.30 11.50 12.40 Cleaning and building service............. 9.36 12.65 12.90 16.27 19.07 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.36 12.65 12.65 16.27 16.83 Personal service.......................... 7.70 8.00 9.16 12.43 13.06 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $13.05 $16.26 $20.32 $31.57 $49.31 All excluding sales........................... 13.05 16.26 20.32 31.57 49.31 White collar.................................... 14.46 17.65 25.98 43.62 52.26 White collar excluding sales................ 14.46 17.65 25.98 43.62 52.26 Professional specialty and technical.......... 20.28 25.21 36.13 49.39 56.00 Professional specialty...................... 21.51 27.08 38.14 49.64 56.10 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Health related............................ 21.32 21.89 24.72 27.27 37.60 Registered nurses....................... 20.47 21.84 23.02 26.42 28.12 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.50 36.29 45.49 52.26 56.37 Teachers, except college and university... 26.67 32.61 43.60 51.75 57.19 Elementary school teachers.............. 29.82 35.18 44.28 51.74 57.36 Secondary school teachers............... 27.09 31.86 44.09 51.96 57.69 Teachers, special education............. 30.35 38.03 49.08 55.15 58.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.96 21.38 24.66 25.98 25.98 Social workers.......................... 18.96 21.38 24.66 25.98 25.98 Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 17.76 18.62 20.63 24.34 24.34 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 24.40 26.98 37.29 48.38 50.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 29.81 34.48 47.59 49.31 51.70 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 43.99 47.59 48.38 49.67 50.91 Management related........................ - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 12.11 14.33 16.26 18.26 19.76 Secretaries............................. 13.53 14.44 15.86 17.46 20.20 General office clerks................... 12.46 15.74 16.06 18.99 18.99 Teachers' aides......................... 10.36 11.79 14.22 16.78 18.86 Blue collar..................................... 13.78 16.55 18.45 20.11 22.84 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 17.87 18.45 20.11 22.07 22.93 Transportation and material moving............ 12.25 15.24 16.40 16.55 19.57 Bus drivers............................. 14.42 15.79 16.39 16.55 16.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.15 9.00 16.83 17.05 17.05 Service......................................... $10.68 $13.53 $17.84 $23.13 $25.45 Protective service........................ 13.51 18.14 20.95 24.57 25.85 Firefighting............................ 14.38 16.71 20.11 20.11 20.42 Police and detectives, public service... 17.70 20.19 24.57 25.85 25.85 Food service.............................. 9.57 10.94 12.11 12.93 13.55 Other food service....................... 9.57 10.94 12.11 12.93 13.55 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 9.02 10.59 12.11 12.63 12.93 Health service............................ 9.47 11.94 15.89 17.02 17.02 Cleaning and building service............. 12.77 13.53 14.46 16.05 19.06 Janitors and cleaners................... 12.77 13.53 14.46 16.05 19.06 Personal service.......................... 8.20 8.20 10.78 12.94 13.79 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.35 $12.65 $16.71 $22.53 $30.62 All excluding sales........................... 10.40 12.92 16.81 22.42 30.35 White collar.................................... 10.87 14.04 19.71 28.98 41.81 White collar excluding sales................ 11.54 14.72 20.41 29.25 42.20 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.44 21.65 27.61 34.25 48.12 Professional specialty...................... 18.56 23.77 28.73 37.60 48.89 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.21 26.50 29.35 35.16 42.24 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.88 27.19 31.23 38.94 45.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.28 23.56 28.69 33.25 39.25 Computer systems analysts and scientists 21.65 26.71 29.23 34.04 39.32 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 14.50 18.87 25.20 27.78 30.35 Registered nurses....................... 21.89 25.20 27.66 28.73 30.35 Teachers, college and university.......... 32.50 36.29 45.49 52.26 56.37 Teachers, except college and university... 22.92 29.87 39.66 50.32 56.55 Elementary school teachers.............. 23.77 29.98 39.98 49.98 56.10 Secondary school teachers............... 25.05 31.40 40.96 51.24 57.20 Teachers, special education............. 30.35 38.03 49.08 55.15 58.99 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.96 21.38 24.66 25.98 25.98 Social workers.......................... 18.96 21.38 24.66 25.98 25.98 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.60 16.75 21.42 27.61 29.28 Technical and related, n.e.c............ 13.15 15.00 27.73 29.23 29.44 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.99 22.22 29.91 41.46 50.52 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 29.92 36.76 45.80 50.48 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 26.91 29.92 48.38 49.30 50.25 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 19.23 22.22 30.79 43.12 45.80 Management related........................ 18.51 20.16 25.68 31.25 55.28 Accountants and auditors................ 20.43 20.43 25.68 26.08 26.33 Management related, n.e.c............... 17.71 17.71 18.51 31.25 33.66 Sales......................................... 8.90 10.64 11.82 28.98 38.29 Cashiers................................ 9.18 10.34 10.64 11.71 13.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.50 11.58 14.44 17.46 20.30 Secretaries............................. 11.54 11.54 14.13 17.46 19.25 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.75 11.75 14.04 14.44 17.65 Billing clerks.......................... 12.07 12.67 15.50 17.09 17.82 General office clerks................... 14.78 15.74 15.78 18.26 18.99 Teachers' aides......................... 10.87 11.78 14.22 16.78 18.86 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 10.18 10.41 16.34 19.07 22.06 Blue collar..................................... $10.00 $12.50 $16.16 $20.49 $24.48 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 13.95 17.41 20.49 24.48 30.27 Industrial machinery repairers.......... 17.37 18.00 21.50 24.48 26.18 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 13.00 14.00 15.18 20.49 20.49 Supervisors, production................. 16.73 20.94 23.56 28.22 31.70 Tool and die makers..................... 21.20 22.48 24.99 30.62 31.15 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 9.00 11.52 14.37 16.81 20.98 Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.......... 8.00 11.80 14.95 17.07 21.27 Molding and casting machine operators... 9.90 11.50 12.50 15.65 16.94 Extruding and forming machine operators. 8.00 8.00 15.25 15.82 16.75 Painting and paint spraying machine operators............................ 8.00 11.02 14.85 16.81 17.99 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 10.09 12.83 13.70 14.96 20.97 Assemblers.............................. 10.42 11.99 14.37 16.58 18.00 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 9.00 11.00 13.80 21.45 26.61 Transportation and material moving............ 12.25 14.25 18.05 20.87 26.14 Truck drivers........................... 13.75 15.22 20.87 20.87 20.87 Bus drivers............................. 14.19 14.19 16.16 16.55 16.55 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 12.00 13.20 15.59 19.40 24.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.35 11.05 13.75 19.39 20.72 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 9.00 11.40 12.50 13.75 19.40 Service......................................... 9.25 10.66 12.92 16.97 23.13 Protective service........................ 15.42 19.48 21.54 24.60 25.85 Police and detectives, public service... 19.48 21.71 24.58 25.85 25.85 Food service.............................. 7.14 9.25 10.50 12.11 16.97 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 9.00 9.25 10.66 12.70 16.97 Health service............................ 10.23 10.50 11.26 12.92 13.60 Health aides, except nursing............ 9.84 10.71 11.33 13.01 13.75 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.30 10.30 11.09 12.40 13.10 Cleaning and building service............. 12.65 12.65 14.46 16.27 19.06 Janitors and cleaners................... 12.65 12.65 14.30 16.27 16.83 Personal service.......................... - - - - - 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $5.95 $7.50 $9.20 $11.77 $17.01 All excluding sales........................... 5.60 7.00 9.25 12.19 18.00 White collar.................................... 7.90 9.25 11.25 15.69 24.34 White collar excluding sales................ 9.90 11.25 14.20 20.00 26.52 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.50 14.88 16.78 25.30 28.54 Professional specialty...................... 10.88 17.86 23.75 27.05 45.97 Health related............................ 18.25 21.90 25.50 27.27 34.00 Registered nurses....................... 18.19 21.25 25.00 26.60 27.72 Teachers, except college and university... 10.88 10.88 12.50 23.49 46.22 Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 11.50 14.15 15.19 15.95 16.78 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 8.04 9.09 10.53 13.91 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.65 8.35 8.95 10.51 Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.25 10.18 11.25 12.00 13.84 Blue collar..................................... 5.85 6.30 8.70 9.75 12.25 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.60 6.00 6.90 9.25 12.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.60 6.00 6.65 8.70 9.25 Service......................................... 2.73 6.23 8.00 9.36 11.50 Protective service........................ 8.50 9.40 10.20 11.49 13.05 Food service.............................. 2.65 5.17 6.30 7.95 9.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 5.50 6.00 6.75 8.50 9.30 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 5.50 5.93 6.57 7.95 9.05 Health service............................ 8.16 8.55 9.20 9.90 11.50 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 8.16 8.55 9.20 9.60 11.50 Cleaning and building service............. 7.65 7.90 9.36 12.43 18.00 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.65 7.90 9.36 12.43 18.00 Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.70 8.20 10.83 12.31 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 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. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, April 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 275,900 236,900 39,000 All excluding sales............................................. 259,300 220,400 39,000 White collar........................................................ 116,900 91,500 25,400 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 100,400 74,900 25,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 48,500 32,900 15,600 Professional specialty.......................................... 38,300 23,500 14,800 Technical....................................................... 10,200 9,400 800 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 12,500 10,500 2,000 Sales............................................................. 16,600 16,600 – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 39,300 31,500 7,800 Blue collar......................................................... 118,100 114,400 3,800 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 24,900 23,200 1,700 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 57,600 57,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15,700 14,500 1,200 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 19,900 19,000 900 Service............................................................. 40,800 31,100 9,700 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.