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Highlights of Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH
National Compensation Survey, January 2008

 

Workers in the Cleveland-Akron-Elyria Combined Statistical Area earned an average of $19.23 per hour in January 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 $41.34 for management occupations and $15.82 for office and administrative support occupations.  Another occupational group, transportation and material moving, had a mean hourly wage rate of $14.38.  The NCS data available for the Cleveland area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups.  (See table 1.)


Industrial production managers, part of the management occupational group, were paid $44.69 per hour.  Within the office and administrative support group, payroll and timekeeping clerks averaged $16.36 per hour.  Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, an occupation within transportation and material moving, earned $11.41 per hour.

 
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area.  Full-time workers averaged $20.50 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $11.47.  Union workers earned $24.41 and non-union workers, $18.32.  Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $17.43 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $18.52, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $24.07.


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 562 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 1,360,500 workers in the Cleveland–Akron–Elyria Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which is comprised of Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit Counties in Ohio.


Survey Availability


Complete survey results are contained in Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH National Compensation Survey January 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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Table 1. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings (1) for full-time and part-time workers (2), Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH CSA, January 2008
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

 $19.23 2.7 $20.50 2.6 $11.47 5.4

Management occupations

 41.34 8.5 41.34 8.5 – –

Marketing and sales managers

 47.38 16.3 47.38 16.3 – –

Sales managers

 46.72 16.6 46.72 16.6 – –

Financial managers

 35.78 18.9 35.78 18.9 – –

Industrial production managers

 44.69 5.3 44.69 5.3 – –

Education administrators

 41.62 7.1 41.62 7.1 – –

Business and financial operations occupations

 26.73 5.8 26.77 5.6 – –

Buyers and purchasing agents

 27.66 8.6 27.66 8.6 – –

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

 25.18 13.2 25.18 13.2 – –

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists

 33.37 16.1 37.03 13.7 – –

Accountants and auditors

 27.01 11.1 27.08 11.3 – –

Computer and mathematical science occupations

 30.59 6.1 30.63 6.1 – –

Computer support specialists

 19.01 7.5 19.01 7.5 – –

Computer systems analysts

 35.35 10.4 35.60 10.6 – –

Network and computer systems administrators

 31.05 7.5 31.05 7.5 – –

Architecture and engineering occupations

 30.31 7.8 30.01 8.0 – –

Engineers

 34.08 11.9 34.08 11.9 – –

Engineering technicians, except drafters

 21.49 4.8 21.49 4.8 – –

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 32.68 4.8 33.05 4.8 – –

Physical scientists

 39.10 5.3 39.10 5.3 – –

Chemists and materials scientists

 37.89 7.2 37.89 7.2 – –

Chemists

 34.58 7.7 34.58 7.7 – –

Community and social services occupations

 19.52 7.0 19.66 7.7 – –

Counselors

 27.15 26.6 27.15 26.6 – –

Social workers

 18.68 7.4 18.58 8.7 – –

Child, family, and school social workers

 22.55 5.1 – – – –

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists

 18.58 8.0 19.12 8.3 – –

Legal occupations

 35.01 22.7 34.08 25.8 – –

Education, training, and library occupations

 37.26 3.2 38.06 3.5 22.24 11.1

Postsecondary teachers

 49.16 12.3 49.40 12.6 – –

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

 41.51 1.7 41.51 1.7 – –

Elementary and middle school teachers

 42.14 1.3 42.15 1.3 – –

Elementary school teachers, except special education

 40.72 1.9 40.72 1.9 – –

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

 44.83 0.4 44.97 0.1 – –

Secondary school teachers

 39.31 4.2 39.31 4.2 – –

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

 39.31 4.2 39.31 4.2 – –

Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school

 45.59 0.3 45.59 0.3 – –

Special education teachers

 45.53 1.9 45.53 1.9 – –

Other teachers and instructors

 29.65 16.6 – – – –

Teacher assistants

 14.16 10.7 13.02 14.2 – –

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 20.87 9.7 22.59 7.0 – –

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

 25.58 8.4 26.25 8.6 23.44 11.8

Registered nurses

 27.32 1.8 27.21 2.3 27.74 0.4

Therapists

 33.07 16.7 33.26 17.6 – –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

 17.56 4.2 – – – –

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians

 37.19 9.6 – – – –

Radiologic technologists and technicians

 24.82 11.6 – – – –

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

 19.68 6.2 20.95 3.0 17.58 7.1

Healthcare support occupations

 12.06 4.3 12.21 5.5 11.16 8.2

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

 11.57 1.7 11.56 1.8 11.58 7.2

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

 11.24 2.5 11.31 2.1 10.69 5.5

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations

 13.20 13.8 13.88 19.4 – –

Protective service occupations

 16.39 18.0 17.53 18.5 9.25 3.4

Fire fighters

 21.19 3.9 – – – –

Police officers

 25.03 0.7 25.84 3.5 – –

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

 25.03 0.7 25.84 3.5 – –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers

 10.17 9.4 10.46 11.9 – –

Security guards

 10.17 9.4 10.46 11.9 – –

Miscellaneous protective service workers

 13.34 23.3 – – 8.01 1.6

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 8.80 3.0 10.78 1.6 7.46 6.6

First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers

 17.28 1.1 17.28 1.1 – –

Cooks

 8.56 3.6 9.38 5.0 7.93 1.1

Cooks, fast food

 7.43 3.3 – – – –

Cooks, restaurant

 10.05 5.8 – – – –

Food service, tipped

 6.46 19.0 – – 6.53 19.5

Waiters and waitresses

 5.08 19.5 – – 5.28 18.4

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

 8.33 9.8 – – 8.46 16.4

Fast food and counter workers

 8.60 7.0 10.27 6.1 7.67 3.1

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

 8.62 7.9 10.36 7.1 7.64 3.6

Dishwashers

 7.51 4.6 – – – –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 10.86 3.7 11.51 5.8 8.56 5.0

Building cleaning workers

 10.92 6.1 11.76 5.0 8.50 5.3

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

 11.58 7.3 12.85 6.5 – –

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

 9.13 4.1 9.35 3.6 – –

Personal care and service occupations

 10.86 5.7 11.15 8.6 10.40 7.5

Child care workers

 9.92 5.1 – – 9.74 9.1

Sales and related occupations

 15.95 9.8 18.44 7.3 9.10 7.8

First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers

 22.78 17.7 22.78 17.7 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

 21.78 20.0 21.78 20.0 – –

Retail sales workers

 10.35 13.3 11.41 14.2 9.11 8.0

Cashiers, all workers

 9.21 14.3 10.25 13.2 8.12 7.3

Cashiers

 9.21 14.3 10.25 13.2 8.12 7.3

Retail salespersons

 11.09 10.1 12.25 14.1 9.78 3.0

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

 26.11 3.1 26.11 3.1 – –

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

 25.15 6.5 25.15 6.5 – –

Office and administrative support occupations

 15.82 1.8 16.20 1.8 11.54 3.4

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers

 24.55 8.9 24.55 8.9 – –

Financial clerks

 14.95 3.9 15.09 4.1 – –

Bill and account collectors

 14.58 6.5 14.58 6.5 – –

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators

 13.13 6.9 12.77 8.6 – –

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

 15.97 6.2 16.08 6.2 – –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

 16.36 1.6 17.20 7.6 – –

Tellers

 11.86 4.2 11.94 4.0 – –

Customer service representatives

 16.72 6.3 16.72 6.3 – –

Receptionists and information clerks

 12.30 4.6 12.27 4.8 – –

Dispatchers

 19.84 5.9 20.28 7.2 – –

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

 16.02 8.1 16.02 8.1 – –

Stock clerks and order fillers

 14.42 11.4 15.78 8.1 – –

Secretaries and administrative assistants

 17.40 4.5 17.57 4.7 14.10 3.7

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants

 20.75 7.2 21.15 7.2 – –

Medical secretaries

 16.37 4.4 16.57 4.9 – –

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive

 14.64 6.3 14.71 6.4 – –

Data entry and information processing workers

 15.73 7.6 – – – –

Office clerks, general

 14.87 6.9 15.38 7.0 11.86 7.9

Construction and extraction occupations

 19.34 8.9 19.34 8.9 – –

Carpenters

 20.83 15.7 20.83 15.7 – –

Electricians

 18.51 7.3 18.51 7.3 – –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 20.85 8.9 22.13 8.7 – –

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers

 28.07 18.5 29.53 18.9 – –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

 19.33 31.6 19.33 31.6 – –

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers

 17.46 2.9 17.46 2.9 – –

Industrial machinery mechanics

 20.82 8.1 20.82 8.1 – –

Maintenance and repair workers, general

 15.17 4.7 15.17 4.7 – –

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers

 14.68 23.4 – – – –

Production occupations

 15.43 3.3 15.59 3.4 10.85 10.8

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

 22.41 7.6 22.41 7.6 – –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

 12.57 7.8 12.73 8.6 – –

Computer control programmers and operators

 17.08 14.3 17.08 14.3 – –

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic

 16.75 16.1 16.75 16.1 – –

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 15.63 6.3 16.47 3.1 – –

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 14.41 8.3 15.30 4.5 – –

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 16.88 2.7 16.88 2.7 – –

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 18.56 2.4 18.56 2.4 – –

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 14.59 0.0 14.59 0.0 – –

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

 13.76 11.9 13.76 11.9 – –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers

 16.82 7.1 16.97 7.1 – –

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

 16.72 7.0 16.90 6.9 – –

Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers

 19.21 2.7 19.21 2.7 – –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

 17.07 9.3 17.07 9.3 – –

Miscellaneous production workers

 12.60 4.6 12.60 4.6 – –

Helpers--production workers

 12.21 4.5 12.21 4.5 – –

Transportation and material moving occupations

 14.38 11.0 15.38 12.4 9.83 4.0

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers

 15.42 15.7 17.37 13.1 – –

Driver/sales workers

 11.90 16.9 – – – –

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

 20.17 13.0 20.17 13.0 – –

Industrial truck and tractor operators

 13.84 8.9 13.80 9.4 – –

Laborers and material movers, hand

 11.54 4.5 12.28 6.0 9.29 2.0

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 11.41 5.2 12.36 8.5 9.23 1.9

Packers and packagers, hand

 11.04 6.4 11.16 8.5 – –

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: October 23, 2008