OC BL 10/01/93 TABLE: MERIDIAN, MS Table 1. Weekly hours and earnings of professional, administrative, technical, and clerical occupations, Meridian, MS, October 1993 Weekly earnings Percent of workers receiving straight-time weekly earnings Average (in dollars)(2) (in dollars) ofÐ Number weekly Occupation and level of hours(- workers 1) 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 (stan- Mean Median Middle range and - - - - - - - - - dard) under 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 250 Clerical Occupations Clerks, Accounting II.............................. 23 40.0 $311 ± ± ± ± 4 ± 30 35 9 17 4 ± ± ± III............................. 19 40.0 401 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 5 32 11 32 ± 21 1 Standard hours reflect the workweek for which employees receive their regular straight-time salaries (exclusive of pay for overtime at regular and/or premium rates), and the earnings correspond to these weekly hours. 2 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Scope and Method of Survey for definitions and methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges. Table 2. Hourly earnings of maintenance, toolroom, material movement, and custodial occupations, Meridian, MS, October 1993 Hourly earnings Percent of workers receiving straight-time hourly earnings (in dollars) ofÐ (in dollars)(1) Number Occupation and level of workers 4.25 4.50 5.00 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 Mean Median Middle range and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - under 5.00 5.50 6.00 6.50 7.00 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 4.50 Maintenance and Toolroom Occupations Maintenance Electricians.......... 38 $17.32 $19.60 $12.55 ± $21.15 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 5 ± 3 24 3 5 ± ± 8 3 ± ± 50 Maintenance Mechanics, Machinery.. 84 16.01 13.18 10.73 ± 21.15 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 17 11 4 18 2 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 49 Material Movement and Custodial Occupations Forklift Operators................ 73 9.07 8.79 7.91 ± 10.00 4 ± 7 ± ± 3 1 18 16 21 4 16 1 ± ± ± ± ± 8 ± ± ± ± Guards I............................... 108 4.99 4.25 4.25 ± 6.00 58 2 12 ± 13 11 1 ± 3 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Shipping/Receiving Clerks......... 17 8.04 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 12 35 24 12 ± ± 18 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± Warehouse Specialists............. 58 7.08 6.50 5.25 ± 8.61 ± 16 16 16 ± 5 ± 7 16 16 ± 9 ± 2 ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 1 Excludes premium pay for overtime and for work on weekends, holidays, and late shifts. Also excluded are performance bonuses and lump-sum payments of the type negotiated in the auto and aerospace industries, as well as profit-sharing payments, attendance bonuses, Christmas or year-end bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. Pay increases, but not bonuses, under cost-of-living clauses, and incentive payments, however, are included. See Scope and Method of Survey for definitions and methods used to compute means, medians, and middle ranges.