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Workers in the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe Combined Statistical Area earned an average of $20.02 per hour in April 2008, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Jay A. Mousa noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $28.83 for business and financial operations occupations and $14.97 for office and administrative support occupations. Another occupational group, food preparation and serving related, had a mean hourly wage rate of $8.40. The NCS data available for the Columbus area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators, part of the business and financial operations occupational group, were paid $25.07 per hour. Within the office and administrative support occupational group, customer service representatives earned $14.45 per hour. Combined food preparation and serving workers (including fast food), an occupation within the food preparation and serving related occupational group, averaged $7.83 per hour.
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $20.87 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $14.67. Union workers earned $23.54 and non-union workers, $19.31. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $16.37 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $20.60, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $24.21.
The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
The NCS data provided here covered 340 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 956,800 workers in the Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which is comprised of Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Knox, Licking, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Pickaway, Ross, and Union Counties in Ohio.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH National Compensation Survey April 2008. The bulletin is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For additional information, please contact the Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Information Office in Chicago at (312) 353-1880 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.
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Bulletin tables - PDF format
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| Occupation (3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | |
All workers |
20.02 | 4.1 | 20.87 | 2.8 | 14.67 | 26.0 |
Management occupations |
41.67 | 11.0 | 42.69 | 11.2 | – | – |
Financial managers |
37.80 | 16.2 | 37.80 | 16.2 | – | – |
Education administrators |
36.64 | 10.7 | – | – | – | – |
Business and financial operations occupations |
28.83 | 8.2 | 28.82 | 8.4 | – | – |
Buyers and purchasing agents |
35.02 | 20.6 | 35.02 | 20.6 | – | – |
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators |
25.07 | 6.2 | 25.07 | 6.2 | – | – |
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
25.07 | 6.2 | 25.07 | 6.2 | – | – |
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists |
30.93 | 8.2 | 30.93 | 8.2 | – | – |
Accountants and auditors |
20.19 | 6.5 | 20.19 | 6.5 | – | – |
Loan counselors and officers |
35.10 | 8.9 | 35.10 | 8.9 | – | – |
Loan officers |
35.10 | 8.9 | 35.10 | 8.9 | – | – |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
28.36 | 7.3 | 28.36 | 7.3 | – | – |
Network and computer systems administrators |
28.67 | 6.5 | 28.67 | 6.5 | – | – |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
29.78 | 9.0 | 29.78 | 9.0 | – | – |
Engineers |
32.01 | 10.6 | 32.01 | 10.6 | – | – |
Electrical and electronics engineers |
29.96 | 13.6 | 29.96 | 13.6 | – | – |
Electrical engineers |
30.40 | 15.8 | 30.40 | 15.8 | – | – |
Engineering technicians, except drafters |
19.53 | 10.8 | 19.53 | 10.8 | – | – |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
30.57 | 12.5 | 29.73 | 14.8 | – | – |
Community and social services occupations |
16.93 | 4.2 | 17.09 | 4.0 | – | – |
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists |
16.13 | 18.9 | – | – | – | – |
Legal occupations |
23.73 | 11.7 | – | – | – | – |
Education, training, and library occupations |
41.00 | 7.9 | 41.67 | 7.3 | 25.16 | 9.1 |
Postsecondary teachers |
59.99 | 10.4 | 60.94 | 10.0 | – | – |
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary |
38.06 | 7.1 | 38.06 | 7.1 | – | – |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
38.98 | 4.2 | 39.51 | 2.8 | – | – |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
40.76 | 1.7 | 40.72 | 1.7 | – | – |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
40.26 | 0.2 | 40.19 | 0.2 | – | – |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
41.70 | 4.0 | 41.70 | 4.0 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers |
36.12 | 11.0 | 38.48 | 4.7 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
36.98 | 3.6 | 36.98 | 3.6 | – | – |
Special education teachers |
36.39 | 3.2 | 35.68 | 3.5 | – | – |
Other teachers and instructors |
34.26 | 26.8 | – | – | – | – |
Teacher assistants |
13.92 | 5.2 | 13.92 | 5.2 | – | – |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
15.84 | 6.8 | 16.84 | 6.6 | – | – |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
40.89 | 30.9 | 30.77 | 10.8 | – | – |
Registered nurses |
34.36 | 18.2 | 35.20 | 20.4 | 29.71 | 3.8 |
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians |
20.34 | 6.2 | – | – | – | – |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
21.13 | 2.5 | 21.52 | 2.5 | – | – |
Healthcare support occupations |
11.80 | 5.4 | 11.86 | 5.4 | 11.43 | 6.9 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
11.49 | 7.0 | 11.53 | 7.2 | 11.25 | 7.1 |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
11.44 | 2.3 | 11.51 | 2.9 | 11.15 | 0.7 |
Protective service occupations |
19.17 | 5.1 | 19.57 | 4.6 | – | – |
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers |
17.37 | 3.2 | 17.37 | 3.2 | – | – |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
8.40 | 2.2 | 10.36 | 5.4 | 7.08 | 4.8 |
Cooks |
12.14 | 10.3 | 12.84 | 10.7 | – | – |
Food service, tipped |
4.95 | 23.7 | – | – | 5.64 | 25.2 |
Waiters and waitresses |
3.97 | 21.2 | – | – | 4.34 | 32.6 |
Fast food and counter workers |
7.83 | 6.6 | 9.54 | 3.2 | 7.40 | 2.6 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7.83 | 6.6 | 9.54 | 3.2 | 7.40 | 2.6 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11.49 | 4.3 | 12.14 | 5.5 | 9.25 | 6.4 |
Building cleaning workers |
11.12 | 6.3 | 11.73 | 7.6 | 8.81 | 5.6 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
12.04 | 7.1 | 12.64 | 8.1 | – | – |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9.26 | 5.8 | 9.59 | 9.9 | – | – |
Personal care and service occupations |
11.76 | 11.5 | 14.31 | 9.3 | 9.06 | 14.0 |
Sales and related occupations |
15.82 | 8.3 | 20.43 | 7.0 | 8.10 | 3.2 |
Retail sales workers |
11.38 | 11.5 | 14.63 | 13.7 | 8.18 | 5.1 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.15 | 3.1 | – | – | 8.52 | 2.2 |
Cashiers |
9.23 | 3.2 | – | – | 8.61 | 2.5 |
Retail salespersons |
11.52 | 17.2 | 16.18 | 18.8 | 7.80 | 2.9 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing |
29.06 | 16.2 | 29.06 | 16.2 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
29.06 | 16.2 | 29.06 | 16.2 | – | – |
Office and administrative support occupations |
14.97 | 2.5 | 15.26 | 2.5 | 10.85 | 5.8 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
20.87 | 7.2 | 20.87 | 7.2 | – | – |
Financial clerks |
14.30 | 6.5 | 14.55 | 6.3 | – | – |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
16.18 | 9.8 | 16.71 | 9.2 | – | – |
Tellers |
10.84 | 2.8 | 10.85 | 3.2 | – | – |
Customer service representatives |
14.45 | 3.3 | 14.64 | 3.4 | – | – |
Order clerks |
14.33 | 5.9 | – | – | – | – |
Receptionists and information clerks |
11.53 | 4.8 | – | – | – | – |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
12.11 | 7.2 | 12.11 | 7.2 | – | – |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
12.22 | 2.7 | 12.63 | 3.1 | – | – |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
18.11 | 3.2 | 18.13 | 3.2 | – | – |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
21.02 | 4.6 | 21.02 | 4.6 | – | – |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
16.78 | 3.0 | 16.80 | 2.9 | – | – |
Data entry and information processing workers |
12.04 | 8.0 | 12.04 | 8.0 | – | – |
Data entry keyers |
12.39 | 10.8 | 12.39 | 10.8 | – | – |
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
15.32 | 5.6 | – | – | – | – |
Office clerks, general |
14.09 | 6.6 | 14.13 | 6.8 | – | – |
Construction and extraction occupations |
21.05 | 10.4 | 21.06 | 10.5 | – | – |
Carpenters |
19.11 | 3.7 | 19.11 | 3.7 | – | – |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
19.77 | 5.7 | 19.76 | 6.0 | – | – |
Automotive technicians and repairers |
20.39 | 10.5 | 20.39 | 10.5 | – | – |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
20.39 | 10.5 | 20.39 | 10.5 | – | – |
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
17.22 | 6.1 | 17.33 | 6.1 | – | – |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
19.73 | 10.3 | 19.73 | 10.3 | – | – |
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
18.03 | 16.1 | 18.03 | 16.1 | – | – |
Production occupations |
15.98 | 7.2 | 16.08 | 7.4 | – | – |
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators |
16.18 | 15.0 | 16.18 | 15.0 | – | – |
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
11.43 | 7.5 | 11.43 | 7.5 | – | – |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
12.85 | 5.2 | 12.85 | 5.2 | – | – |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
14.29 | 6.2 | 15.04 | 8.2 | 10.71 | 9.3 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
17.89 | 12.3 | 18.24 | 12.0 | – | – |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
14.73 | 5.9 | 14.73 | 5.9 | – | – |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
11.57 | 4.3 | 12.08 | 5.5 | 10.39 | 9.4 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
12.04 | 4.4 | 13.06 | 7.1 | 10.47 | 9.8 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
11.40 | 5.8 | – | – | – | – |
Footnotes:
(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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
(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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Last Modified Date: December 10, 2008
