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HIGHLIGHTS OF GREAT FALLS, MT
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY, NOVEMBER 2008 (PDF)
Workers in the Great Falls metropolitan area earned an average of $16.31 per hour in November 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 Stanley W. Suchman noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $12.40 for office and administrative support occupations and $9.81 for building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. Another occupational group, food preparation and serving related, had a mean hourly wage rate of $7.99. The NCS data available for the Great Falls area include earnings for 18 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
General office clerks, part of the office and administrative support occupational group, earned $12.35 per hour and receptionists and information clerks, $11.25. Within the building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupational group, janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners, averaged $9.35 per hour. Food preparation workers, an occupation within the food preparation and serving related group, registered an average hourly rate of $8.14, and waiters and waitresses earned $7.06 per hour. (See table 1.)
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from the NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $17.26 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $9.59. Union workers earned $19.15 and non-union workers, $15.75. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $14.68 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $18.76, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $18.27.
The occupational wage data available from the NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/.
The NCS data reported here covered 191 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 32,800 workers in the Great Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which is comprised of Cascade County in Montana.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Great Falls, MT National Compensation Survey November 2008 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Kansas City Information Office by calling (816) 285-7000 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.
| Occupation(3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
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| Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$16.31 | 3.8 | $17.26 | 3.6 | $9.59 | 9.9 |
Management occupations |
30.92 | 13.7 | 30.92 | 13.7 | -- | -- |
Business and financial operations occupations |
30.92 | 15.8 | 30.92 | 15.8 | -- | -- |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
30.84 | 15.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Community and social services occupations |
14.29 | 8.7 | 13.85 | 10.7 | -- | -- |
Education, training, and library occupations |
28.36 | 7.8 | 29.00 | 7.4 | 10.63 | 5.5 |
Postsecondary teachers |
37.79 | 15.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
27.49 | 16.9 | 27.50 | 16.9 | -- | -- |
Other teachers and instructors |
27.98 | 20.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
15.14 | 12.9 | 15.20 | 13.2 | -- | -- |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
26.08 | 2.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Healthcare support occupations |
10.16 | 2.5 | 10.26 | 2.6 | -- | -- |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
10.36 | 1.1 | 10.41 | 1.2 | -- | -- |
Protective service occupations |
24.48 | 15.0 | 24.70 | 14.9 | -- | -- |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
7.99 | 2.7 | 8.54 | 4.0 | 7.13 | 1.9 |
Cooks |
8.12 | 1.3 | 8.60 | 5.6 | -- | -- |
Food preparation workers |
8.14 | 6.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Food service, tipped |
7.12 | 1.7 | 7.25 | 0.6 | 6.92 | 2.8 |
Waiters and waitresses |
7.06 | 3.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Fast food and counter workers |
7.92 | 2.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9.81 | 5.6 | 10.28 | 6.6 | 8.36 | 6.5 |
Building cleaning workers |
9.34 | 4.5 | 9.71 | 5.1 | 8.30 | 6.8 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9.35 | 6.7 | 9.64 | 9.1 | 8.56 | 7.4 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9.31 | 9.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Personal care and service occupations |
8.57 | 4.9 | -- | -- | 7.35 | 1.2 |
Sales and related occupations |
13.69 | 10.2 | 15.03 | 7.6 | 7.75 | 1.1 |
Retail sales workers |
10.58 | 10.6 | 11.65 | 7.3 | 7.75 | 1.1 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.09 | 1.9 | 9.73 | 5.4 | 7.96 | 2.3 |
Cashiers |
9.09 | 1.9 | 9.73 | 5.4 | 7.96 | 2.3 |
Retail salespersons |
11.47 | 17.7 | 12.58 | 12.4 | -- | -- |
Office and administrative support occupations |
12.40 | 3.1 | 12.55 | 3.0 | 10.31 | 14.5 |
Financial clerks |
12.13 | 7.1 | 12.50 | 7.0 | 9.52 | 15.0 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
12.11 | 8.3 | 12.60 | 8.3 | -- | -- |
Receptionists and information clerks |
11.25 | 6.6 | 11.30 | 6.7 | -- | -- |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
11.65 | 8.4 | 11.65 | 8.4 | -- | -- |
Office clerks, general |
12.35 | 6.2 | 13.00 | 6.3 | -- | -- |
Construction and extraction occupations |
20.02 | 9.2 | 20.02 | 9.2 | -- | -- |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
20.81 | 13.0 | 20.81 | 13.0 | -- | -- |
Production occupations |
16.89 | 12.1 | 17.93 | 12.3 | -- | -- |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
13.59 | 10.9 | 14.27 | 10.9 | 10.35 | 9.7 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
17.03 | 20.5 | 17.03 | 20.5 | -- | -- |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
9.80 | 4.4 | 10.13 | 5.0 | -- | -- |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
9.74 | 4.9 | 10.13 | 6.5 | -- | -- |
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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. |
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Last Modified Date: March 23, 2009
