NC BL 01/00/2009 Table: Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, Bulletin, April 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $18.91 2.5 34.0 $18.10 2.7 34.1 $28.68 3.7 33.8 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.09 3.5 34.9 27.02 3.7 35.5 44.45 8.0 31.3 Management, business, and financial............................... 28.62 5.9 39.8 28.62 5.9 39.8 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 29.27 4.4 33.5 26.34 5.2 33.9 44.45 8.0 31.3 Service............................................................. 12.91 7.0 26.2 10.93 5.8 24.6 20.46 8.3 34.2 Sales and office.................................................... 17.68 3.5 34.5 17.64 3.6 34.5 – – – Sales and related................................................. 23.30 7.9 33.8 23.30 7.9 33.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 15.43 3.1 34.8 15.30 3.2 34.9 – – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.19 3.6 37.1 18.74 3.7 36.8 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 20.09 6.5 39.3 19.45 6.6 39.2 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.49 3.3 35.5 18.20 3.6 35.2 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.03 6.9 38.3 15.85 7.0 38.3 – – – Production........................................................ 16.37 5.8 39.4 16.10 5.6 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.26 12.7 36.1 15.30 12.8 36.2 – – – Full time........................................................... 20.31 2.5 39.5 19.41 2.7 39.8 30.88 4.4 36.8 Part time........................................................... 10.87 3.7 19.0 10.77 3.8 18.9 12.48 8.5 21.0 Union............................................................... 24.78 2.4 35.0 19.47 2.8 36.6 29.57 3.3 33.6 Nonunion............................................................ 18.00 2.8 33.9 18.00 2.9 33.9 – – – Time................................................................ 18.19 2.5 33.8 17.26 2.8 33.8 28.68 3.7 33.8 Incentive........................................................... 29.28 13.8 37.9 29.28 13.8 37.9 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.72 3.5 39.2 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 16.97 4.7 32.2 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 17.81 4.5 32.2 17.81 4.5 32.2 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 17.59 5.8 35.5 16.49 7.4 35.5 29.44 13.9 35.2 500 workers or more................................................. 22.15 4.9 35.7 20.73 5.3 36.3 28.29 6.9 33.1 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.91 2.5 $20.31 2.5 $10.87 3.7 Management occupations.............................................. 31.32 10.3 31.32 10.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.74 9.1 25.13 9.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.51 7.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.11 18.4 32.11 18.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.00 13.8 24.00 13.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.56 12.3 29.56 12.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.05 2.2 31.05 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.54 21.2 30.54 21.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.64 6.6 33.64 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.05 2.2 31.05 2.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.34 3.2 39.82 3.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.95 3.0 44.95 3.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.49 5.1 42.72 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 44.18 4.8 44.18 4.8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.42 23.2 37.73 23.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.78 21.9 39.78 21.9 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.61 27.0 36.04 27.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.05 10.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.04 4.5 23.91 4.4 24.54 7.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.96 1.6 19.12 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.13 7.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 1.5 28.42 2.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.64 2.6 31.45 2.7 25.92 2.2 Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 1.7 28.44 2.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 23.91 8.2 23.80 8.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.52 5.9 18.71 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.45 1.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.28 8.3 14.70 7.9 11.97 11.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.93 3.2 12.33 1.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 1.9 12.59 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.42 3.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.34 .9 12.92 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.42 3.1 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.28 2.6 23.39 2.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.64 3.7 10.82 5.5 7.25 2.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 10.0 – – 7.66 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 7.66 4.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 8.04 17.9 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.28 8.4 11.76 10.9 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.90 4.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.35 30.0 – – 5.76 22.1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.29 32.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.45 .7 – – 7.41 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.30 1.3 – – 7.30 1.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.55 6.6 12.98 8.0 8.99 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.49 7.4 – – 8.66 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 11.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.31 6.5 12.46 6.5 8.91 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.52 8.0 – – 8.63 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 11.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.40 8.6 13.46 8.3 8.93 3.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.44 8.7 – – 8.62 4.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.91 6.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.35 9.4 – – 10.08 10.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.22 6.6 – – 7.75 2.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.30 7.9 30.16 9.3 8.99 5.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.09 2.8 – – 8.06 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.23 6.3 9.73 15.6 8.83 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.31 2.5 10.83 1.2 10.01 2.9 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.70 10.8 10.73 13.3 8.91 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.67 .7 – – 7.48 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.23 6.3 9.73 15.6 8.83 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 1.7 10.83 1.2 10.16 2.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 9.7 10.58 15.7 8.51 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.65 .7 – – 7.45 .6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 5.1 – – 9.18 2.9 Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 9.7 10.58 15.7 8.51 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.65 .7 – – 7.45 .6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 5.1 – – 9.18 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.80 8.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.08 10.9 10.22 15.1 9.93 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 .4 – – 10.33 1.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.43 3.1 16.15 3.0 10.71 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.87 1.4 – – 7.87 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.47 7.2 10.68 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.55 4.6 13.24 3.5 10.58 6.4 Level 4 .................................................. 14.23 2.5 14.31 2.6 12.75 3.3 Level 5 .................................................. 17.91 4.7 18.01 4.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.43 4.2 19.76 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.28 5.8 16.46 5.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.44 3.7 23.44 3.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.77 2.0 15.10 3.8 13.18 6.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.75 4.2 13.85 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.09 4.8 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.81 4.4 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.42 3.9 14.42 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.42 3.9 14.42 3.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.90 3.7 16.10 5.3 14.91 9.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.71 3.1 13.85 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.01 4.9 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.08 .6 12.36 3.2 11.49 1.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.40 1.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.52 6.2 15.35 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.36 3.6 14.36 3.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 8.7 13.84 8.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.45 8.6 – – 8.00 .5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.48 6.0 16.49 6.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.47 7.9 15.49 8.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 7.5 15.97 7.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.77 6.3 13.62 4.5 10.80 11.8 Level 4 .................................................. 13.26 4.1 13.34 4.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.09 6.5 20.13 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.27 11.9 17.27 11.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.49 3.3 19.33 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.59 5.8 17.13 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.05 11.4 21.05 11.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.61 2.7 22.80 2.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.83 8.7 21.92 4.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.94 2.6 23.94 2.6 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.28 3.7 23.28 3.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 5.8 16.44 5.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.41 3.2 10.35 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.11 5.3 13.11 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 2.1 14.28 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.06 1.3 18.06 1.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.14 7.2 19.14 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.23 3.3 20.23 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.20 3.9 25.20 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.03 17.6 13.13 17.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.91 5.1 32.91 5.1 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.69 2.6 14.69 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.21 7.7 17.21 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.47 4.2 14.47 4.2 – – Team assemblers................................................. 12.76 11.7 12.76 11.7 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.30 31.3 14.57 30.7 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.16 46.1 14.56 46.0 – – Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 13.62 6.1 14.39 4.4 – – Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.05 8.7 13.84 .0 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 24.36 4.1 24.36 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.20 4.9 26.20 4.9 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.72 2.1 12.72 2.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.52 4.9 13.52 4.9 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.51 10.8 14.51 10.8 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.21 10.7 15.21 10.7 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.43 16.3 18.43 16.3 – – Painting workers.................................................. 14.32 13.1 14.32 13.1 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 16.0 12.90 16.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.56 3.8 13.56 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.26 12.7 15.66 13.0 10.19 13.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 2.7 9.75 4.5 7.82 1.6 Level 2 .................................................. 13.17 5.5 13.39 4.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.91 5.8 11.14 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.50 3.7 19.54 3.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.94 3.6 19.12 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.69 1.9 19.74 1.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.50 5.4 18.51 5.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.74 8.3 13.74 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.54 21.5 18.54 21.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.76 11.7 11.16 14.3 8.28 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 2.7 9.75 4.5 7.82 1.6 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.28 13.3 13.25 15.0 8.49 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 5.1 10.01 6.1 7.93 2.2 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.46 2.8 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.10 2.7 $19.41 2.7 $10.77 3.8 Management occupations.............................................. 31.32 10.3 31.32 10.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.74 9.1 25.13 9.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.51 7.4 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.11 18.4 32.11 18.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.00 13.8 24.00 13.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.56 12.3 29.56 12.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.05 2.2 31.05 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.54 21.2 30.54 21.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 33.64 6.6 33.64 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.05 2.2 31.05 2.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.64 14.2 19.45 16.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.16 21.6 19.13 22.3 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.16 21.6 19.13 22.3 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.05 10.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.04 4.5 23.91 4.4 24.54 7.6 Level 5 .................................................. 18.96 1.6 19.12 2.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.13 7.0 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 1.5 28.42 2.2 – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.64 2.6 31.45 2.7 25.92 2.2 Level 9 .................................................. 28.07 1.7 28.44 2.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 23.91 8.2 23.80 8.3 – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.52 5.9 18.71 6.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.45 1.0 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.28 8.3 14.70 7.9 11.97 11.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.93 3.2 12.33 1.1 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 1.9 12.59 3.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.42 3.1 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.34 .9 12.92 2.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.42 3.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.54 3.9 10.90 6.1 7.16 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.07 10.0 – – 7.66 8.5 Level 3 .................................................. 7.57 18.0 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.56 10.4 12.23 14.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.72 5.2 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.35 30.0 – – 5.76 22.1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.29 32.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.45 .7 – – 7.41 1.4 Level 1 .................................................. 7.30 1.3 – – 7.30 1.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.61 7.2 12.98 8.0 8.87 3.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.49 7.4 – – 8.66 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 11.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.35 7.0 12.46 6.5 8.77 3.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.52 8.0 – – 8.63 4.5 Level 2 .................................................. 11.10 11.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.46 9.6 13.46 8.3 8.77 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.44 8.7 – – 8.62 4.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.91 6.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.93 3.7 – – 8.89 8.4 Level 1 .................................................. 9.22 6.6 – – 7.75 2.2 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.30 7.9 30.16 9.3 8.99 5.2 Level 1 .................................................. 8.09 2.8 – – 8.06 3.6 Level 2 .................................................. 9.23 6.3 9.73 15.6 8.83 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.31 2.5 10.83 1.2 10.01 2.9 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.70 10.8 10.73 13.3 8.91 6.1 Level 1 .................................................. 7.67 .7 – – 7.48 1.0 Level 2 .................................................. 9.23 6.3 9.73 15.6 8.83 3.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 1.7 10.83 1.2 10.16 2.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 9.7 10.58 15.7 8.51 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.65 .7 – – 7.45 .6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 5.1 – – 9.18 2.9 Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 9.7 10.58 15.7 8.51 1.6 Level 1 .................................................. 7.65 .7 – – 7.45 .6 Level 2 .................................................. 10.15 5.1 – – 9.18 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.80 8.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.08 10.9 10.22 15.1 9.93 6.4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.79 .4 – – 10.33 1.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.30 3.2 16.03 3.1 10.68 4.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.87 1.4 – – 7.87 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.47 7.2 10.68 8.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.55 4.7 13.24 3.5 10.48 6.4 Level 4 .................................................. 14.23 2.5 14.31 2.6 12.75 3.3 Level 5 .................................................. 17.46 5.1 17.56 4.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.43 4.2 19.76 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.91 6.8 16.07 6.9 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.44 3.7 23.44 3.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.58 1.3 14.87 3.3 13.18 6.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.75 4.2 13.85 4.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.09 4.8 – – – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.81 4.4 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.42 3.9 14.42 3.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.42 3.9 14.42 3.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.60 3.2 15.75 5.1 14.91 9.2 Level 4 .................................................. 13.71 3.1 13.85 3.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.01 4.9 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 12.08 .6 12.36 3.2 11.49 1.5 Level 4 .................................................. 12.40 1.8 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 14.52 6.2 15.35 5.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.36 3.6 14.36 3.6 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 8.7 13.84 8.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.45 8.6 – – 8.00 .5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.01 5.7 16.01 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.47 7.9 15.49 8.0 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.19 6.0 15.19 6.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.33 6.1 13.10 4.1 10.69 12.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.26 4.1 13.34 4.6 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.45 6.6 19.50 6.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.20 3.6 19.08 3.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.08 6.5 16.60 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.05 11.4 21.05 11.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.68 3.4 22.92 3.6 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.35 9.7 21.81 5.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.68 1.7 24.68 1.7 – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.28 3.7 23.28 3.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.10 5.6 16.17 5.4 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.41 3.2 10.35 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.11 5.3 13.11 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 2.1 14.28 1.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.06 1.3 18.06 1.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.14 7.2 19.14 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.23 3.3 20.23 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.17 4.6 25.17 4.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 13.03 17.6 13.13 17.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.52 6.4 32.52 6.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.69 2.6 14.69 2.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 17.21 7.7 17.21 7.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.47 4.2 14.47 4.2 – – Team assemblers................................................. 12.76 11.7 12.76 11.7 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.30 31.3 14.57 30.7 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.16 46.1 14.56 46.0 – – Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 13.62 6.1 14.39 4.4 – – Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.05 8.7 13.84 .0 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 24.36 4.1 24.36 4.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.20 4.9 26.20 4.9 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.72 2.1 12.72 2.1 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.52 4.9 13.52 4.9 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.51 10.8 14.51 10.8 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.21 10.7 15.21 10.7 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.43 16.3 18.43 16.3 – – Painting workers.................................................. 14.32 13.1 14.32 13.1 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 16.0 12.90 16.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.56 3.8 13.56 3.8 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.30 12.8 15.71 13.1 10.19 13.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 2.7 9.75 4.5 7.82 1.6 Level 2 .................................................. 13.36 5.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.91 5.8 11.14 7.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.50 3.7 19.54 3.7 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.94 3.6 19.12 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.69 1.9 19.74 1.7 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.50 5.4 18.51 5.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.74 8.3 13.74 8.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.54 21.5 18.54 21.5 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.76 11.7 11.16 14.3 8.28 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 2.7 9.75 4.5 7.82 1.6 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.28 13.3 13.25 15.0 8.49 5.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.35 5.1 10.01 6.1 7.93 2.2 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.46 2.8 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $28.68 3.7 $30.88 4.4 $12.48 8.5 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 44.45 8.0 47.96 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 50.44 2.6 50.44 2.6 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 50.01 1.6 50.01 1.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 50.01 1.6 50.01 1.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.21 2.1 24.36 2.2 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 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 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. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $18.91 2.5 $20.31 2.5 $10.87 3.7 Management occupations.............................................. 31.32 10.3 31.32 10.3 – – Group II.................................................. 25.61 15.3 – – – – Group III................................................. 34.70 12.7 – – – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.74 9.1 25.13 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.35 4.3 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.00 13.8 24.00 13.8 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.56 12.3 29.56 12.3 – – Group III................................................. 33.39 1.2 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 33.64 6.6 33.64 6.6 – – Group III................................................. 33.39 1.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.34 3.2 39.82 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 19.11 8.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 44.08 3.6 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.49 5.1 42.72 4.8 – – Group III................................................. 44.18 4.8 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.42 23.2 37.73 23.0 – – Group III................................................. 39.78 21.9 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.61 27.0 36.04 27.1 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.05 10.0 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.04 4.5 23.91 4.4 24.54 7.6 Group II.................................................. 20.08 1.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.94 1.0 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 29.64 2.6 31.45 2.7 25.92 2.2 Group III................................................. 30.59 2.4 31.45 2.7 – – Therapists........................................................ 23.91 8.2 23.80 8.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.77 3.7 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.52 5.9 18.71 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 18.52 5.9 18.71 6.4 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.28 8.3 14.70 7.9 11.97 11.5 Group I................................................... 12.40 4.3 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.15 1.9 12.59 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.46 .9 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.34 .9 12.92 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.58 1.8 12.20 1.1 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations Group I................................................... 13.96 .7 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 23.28 2.6 23.39 2.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.36 2.2 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.64 3.7 10.82 5.5 7.25 2.3 Group I................................................... 8.19 6.1 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 11.28 8.4 11.76 10.9 – – Group I................................................... 10.57 4.8 – – – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.90 4.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.90 4.7 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.35 30.0 – – 5.76 22.1 Group I................................................... 5.35 30.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.29 32.5 – – – – Group I................................................... 5.29 32.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.45 .7 – – 7.41 1.4 Group I................................................... 7.45 .7 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.55 6.6 12.98 8.0 8.99 3.4 Group I................................................... 10.34 6.7 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.31 6.5 12.46 6.5 8.91 3.4 Group I................................................... 10.35 7.0 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.40 8.6 13.46 8.3 8.93 3.4 Group I................................................... 10.46 9.6 13.46 8.3 8.77 3.3 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.91 6.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.91 6.6 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.35 9.4 – – 10.08 10.3 Group I................................................... 9.53 4.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.30 7.9 30.16 9.3 8.99 5.2 Group I................................................... 12.76 21.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 33.82 24.1 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.70 10.8 10.73 13.3 8.91 6.1 Group I................................................... 9.30 7.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 9.7 10.58 15.7 8.51 1.6 Group I................................................... 9.09 8.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 9.7 10.58 15.7 8.51 1.6 Group I................................................... 9.09 8.1 10.34 16.3 8.51 1.6 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 10.80 8.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.80 8.6 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 10.08 10.9 10.22 15.1 9.93 6.4 Group I................................................... 9.02 8.3 7.82 7.7 9.93 6.4 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.43 3.1 16.15 3.0 10.71 4.6 Group I................................................... 12.92 2.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.72 2.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.44 3.7 23.44 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 23.44 3.9 23.44 3.9 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 14.77 2.0 15.10 3.8 13.18 6.9 Group I................................................... 13.35 3.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.58 2.5 – – – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.42 3.9 14.42 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.42 3.9 14.42 3.9 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.90 3.7 16.10 5.3 14.91 9.2 Group I................................................... 13.71 3.1 13.85 3.4 – – Group II.................................................. 16.73 3.2 17.17 4.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.08 .6 12.36 3.2 11.49 1.5 Group I................................................... 11.89 3.1 12.10 1.8 11.49 1.5 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.52 6.2 15.35 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.19 6.2 14.19 2.8 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 8.7 13.84 8.7 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.45 8.6 – – 8.00 .5 Group I................................................... 10.28 9.3 – – 8.00 .5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.48 6.0 16.49 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 14.95 5.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.77 5.2 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 7.5 15.97 7.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.98 6.5 14.98 6.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.77 6.3 13.62 4.5 10.80 11.8 Group I................................................... 12.19 6.3 13.02 4.0 10.55 12.9 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.09 6.5 20.13 6.4 – – Group II.................................................. 21.08 9.4 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.49 3.3 19.33 3.3 – – Group II.................................................. 19.45 2.0 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.83 8.7 21.92 4.0 – – Group II.................................................. 23.06 3.8 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.28 3.7 23.28 3.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 5.8 16.44 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 14.22 4.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 21.94 4.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.91 5.1 32.91 5.1 – – Group II.................................................. 32.90 6.4 32.90 6.4 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.69 2.6 14.69 2.6 – – Group I................................................... 14.46 5.9 – – – – Team assemblers................................................. 12.76 11.7 12.76 11.7 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.30 31.3 14.57 30.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.56 39.0 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.16 46.1 14.56 46.0 – – Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 13.62 6.1 14.39 4.4 – – Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.05 8.7 13.84 .0 – – Tool and die makers............................................... 24.36 4.1 24.36 4.1 – – Group II.................................................. 24.36 4.1 24.36 4.1 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.72 2.1 12.72 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 12.12 .7 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.52 4.9 13.52 4.9 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.51 10.8 14.51 10.8 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.21 10.7 15.21 10.7 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.43 16.3 18.43 16.3 – – Group I................................................... 17.46 5.6 17.46 5.6 – – Painting workers.................................................. 14.32 13.1 14.32 13.1 – – Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 16.0 12.90 16.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.56 3.8 13.56 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.18 7.6 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.26 12.7 15.66 13.0 10.19 13.6 Group I................................................... 15.72 10.8 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.94 3.6 19.12 3.2 – – Group I................................................... 19.45 3.0 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.50 5.4 18.51 5.5 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.74 8.3 13.74 8.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.74 8.3 13.74 8.3 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.76 11.7 11.16 14.3 8.28 4.2 Group I................................................... 11.39 11.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.28 13.3 13.25 15.0 8.49 5.5 Group I................................................... 12.78 14.5 14.26 15.7 8.49 5.5 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.46 2.8 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 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. 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 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. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.59 $11.50 $16.25 $22.32 $29.74 Management occupations.............................................. 17.50 24.53 26.00 42.02 49.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.00 18.50 23.00 26.20 44.88 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 12.02 17.81 25.00 26.44 31.85 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.05 20.54 29.15 36.05 43.21 Engineers......................................................... 26.91 29.15 32.62 43.21 43.21 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.64 18.42 41.41 53.53 57.76 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.82 30.72 48.27 53.53 58.55 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 14.09 19.99 40.03 53.07 58.89 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.51 15.72 35.16 53.60 58.94 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 16.31 16.88 18.00 33.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.72 17.79 22.33 28.11 36.43 Registered nurses................................................. 22.80 25.77 28.31 32.68 37.25 Therapists........................................................ 16.93 17.79 18.05 25.41 41.67 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.61 16.80 17.89 18.90 24.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.30 11.75 12.83 16.85 20.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.63 10.70 11.75 12.83 16.60 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.63 11.00 11.78 12.83 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.50 21.92 22.69 27.42 28.64 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.50 7.23 7.80 10.00 12.10 Cooks............................................................. 8.56 9.94 10.25 12.28 14.61 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.30 11.11 11.31 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.65 2.87 3.15 9.00 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.65 2.87 3.15 9.00 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.15 7.22 7.33 7.60 8.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 9.50 12.00 14.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.50 12.00 14.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.50 9.50 12.00 14.75 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.65 9.12 9.12 12.00 12.81 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.80 8.50 11.09 14.75 16.86 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.40 8.60 12.35 18.96 51.44 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.83 8.84 10.95 13.43 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.60 8.50 10.20 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.60 8.50 10.20 12.00 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.00 8.25 10.70 13.09 14.28 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 7.15 8.84 11.50 14.32 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 12.50 14.32 19.05 21.90 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.03 20.03 23.97 25.96 25.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 12.64 14.34 16.10 19.25 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.52 13.44 14.31 14.75 16.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.50 14.25 15.00 17.99 20.00 Tellers......................................................... 10.40 10.64 12.26 13.26 13.97 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.69 12.00 14.49 15.89 20.84 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 11.05 13.25 16.30 19.87 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.30 8.00 9.75 9.90 17.94 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.49 14.00 15.00 19.22 22.43 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.00 14.00 14.00 19.16 22.77 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.75 12.50 12.69 14.00 15.21 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.04 15.55 22.02 23.75 24.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.67 14.61 17.25 21.25 24.97 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 16.00 19.56 22.73 24.97 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 19.12 21.95 24.97 33.83 Production occupations.............................................. 8.75 11.42 15.41 19.36 25.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.34 31.77 34.27 35.92 39.60 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.00 11.45 15.29 17.21 17.54 Team assemblers................................................. 8.35 8.85 13.50 15.61 17.28 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.50 8.50 10.61 18.77 29.57 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.50 8.50 10.61 18.50 29.57 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 9.00 11.02 12.57 17.11 18.87 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 9.00 11.02 12.57 15.18 18.87 Tool and die makers............................................... 19.00 22.98 24.16 24.57 33.91 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.92 10.30 12.25 15.00 16.39 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 11.50 13.50 16.00 16.39 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.81 11.42 13.83 14.90 19.50 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 10.71 11.42 13.87 18.05 23.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.25 14.25 21.00 22.00 24.74 Painting workers.................................................. 8.59 8.59 15.44 17.75 18.67 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 8.59 8.59 13.15 17.23 18.34 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 11.60 13.40 15.45 17.35 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.35 9.35 14.97 20.20 22.32 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.09 16.25 19.00 22.32 22.86 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.09 16.00 18.00 21.21 23.12 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 11.35 16.19 20.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.51 7.75 9.00 11.25 20.20 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.50 10.30 14.01 22.32 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.62 7.62 8.35 9.00 9.25 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $11.20 $15.75 $21.90 $28.31 Management occupations.............................................. 17.50 24.53 26.00 42.02 49.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.00 18.50 23.00 26.20 44.88 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 12.02 17.81 25.00 26.44 31.85 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.05 20.54 29.15 36.05 43.21 Engineers......................................................... 26.91 29.15 32.62 43.21 43.21 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.37 14.01 17.29 26.53 29.33 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.44 14.09 17.29 22.05 28.98 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 13.44 14.09 17.29 22.05 28.98 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 16.31 16.88 18.00 33.26 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.72 17.79 22.33 28.11 36.43 Registered nurses................................................. 22.80 25.77 28.31 32.68 37.25 Therapists........................................................ 16.93 17.79 18.05 25.41 41.67 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.61 16.80 17.89 18.90 24.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.30 11.75 12.83 16.85 20.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.63 10.70 11.75 12.83 16.60 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.63 11.00 11.78 12.83 16.60 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.50 7.22 7.65 10.00 11.54 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.94 10.25 12.28 19.23 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.10 11.11 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.65 2.87 3.15 9.00 10.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.65 2.87 3.15 9.00 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.15 7.22 7.33 7.60 8.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 9.20 12.00 14.75 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.12 12.00 14.75 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.39 9.20 12.00 14.75 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.65 9.12 9.12 12.00 12.81 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.50 7.80 9.49 11.09 11.64 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.40 8.60 12.35 18.96 51.44 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.83 8.84 10.95 13.43 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.60 8.50 10.20 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.60 8.50 10.20 12.00 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.00 8.25 10.70 13.09 14.28 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 7.15 8.84 11.50 14.32 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.75 12.42 14.25 18.75 21.51 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.03 20.03 23.97 25.96 25.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.00 12.52 14.31 16.10 18.75 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.52 13.44 14.31 14.75 16.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.50 14.00 15.00 17.99 20.00 Tellers......................................................... 10.40 10.64 12.26 13.26 13.97 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.69 12.00 14.49 15.89 20.84 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 11.05 13.25 16.30 19.87 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.30 8.00 9.75 9.90 17.94 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.49 14.00 14.54 18.88 20.38 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.89 14.00 14.00 16.24 20.38 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.75 12.50 12.69 13.80 15.21 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.04 14.75 22.02 22.02 24.25 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.67 14.30 16.80 21.25 24.97 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 15.50 19.12 22.18 24.97 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 19.12 21.95 24.97 33.83 Production occupations.............................................. 8.59 11.36 15.29 19.10 24.17 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 23.11 31.77 31.77 37.29 40.33 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.00 11.45 15.29 17.21 17.54 Team assemblers................................................. 8.35 8.85 13.50 15.61 17.28 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.50 8.50 10.61 18.77 29.57 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.50 8.50 10.61 18.50 29.57 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 9.00 11.02 12.57 17.11 18.87 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 9.00 11.02 12.57 15.18 18.87 Tool and die makers............................................... 19.00 22.98 24.16 24.57 33.91 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.92 10.30 12.25 15.00 16.39 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 11.50 13.50 16.00 16.39 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.81 11.42 13.83 14.90 19.50 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 10.71 11.42 13.87 18.05 23.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.25 14.25 21.00 22.00 24.74 Painting workers.................................................. 8.59 8.59 15.44 17.75 18.67 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 8.59 8.59 13.15 17.23 18.34 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 11.60 13.40 15.45 17.35 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 9.29 15.00 20.20 22.32 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.09 16.25 19.00 22.32 22.86 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.09 16.00 18.00 21.21 23.12 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 11.35 16.19 20.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.51 7.75 9.00 11.25 20.20 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.50 8.50 10.30 14.01 22.32 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.62 7.62 8.35 9.00 9.25 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.04 $19.25 $23.78 $34.27 $53.53 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.99 37.30 51.69 54.27 59.45 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.52 45.94 53.53 55.00 59.45 Protective service occupations...................................... 21.78 22.42 23.78 27.42 28.64 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 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.04 $17.50 $23.62 $32.07 Management occupations.............................................. 17.50 24.53 26.00 42.02 49.52 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.00 18.50 22.00 26.34 46.86 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 12.02 17.81 25.00 26.44 31.85 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.05 20.54 29.15 36.05 43.21 Engineers......................................................... 26.91 29.15 32.62 43.21 43.21 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.51 26.50 46.08 53.53 58.55 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.82 30.72 48.29 53.53 58.55 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 14.09 20.09 40.87 53.60 58.90 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 13.44 15.72 37.30 54.10 59.07 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.74 17.79 22.33 28.31 37.25 Registered nurses................................................. 24.70 28.08 31.14 36.35 37.63 Therapists........................................................ 16.93 17.79 18.05 24.00 41.67 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.74 16.80 18.19 18.90 24.03 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.96 11.78 13.08 16.85 20.46 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.47 11.35 11.78 13.08 16.60 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.93 11.75 12.10 13.39 16.60 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.50 22.42 22.69 27.42 28.64 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.50 9.00 10.30 11.30 18.46 Cooks............................................................. 9.94 10.00 11.14 12.28 14.61 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.12 9.12 12.81 14.75 16.60 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.12 9.12 12.00 14.75 16.36 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.00 12.00 13.74 14.75 16.60 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.90 11.54 16.89 28.70 59.24 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.90 10.32 12.35 15.10 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.90 8.50 10.78 11.63 14.80 Cashiers...................................................... 7.90 8.50 10.78 11.63 14.80 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.15 7.15 7.83 12.11 18.78 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.00 13.00 15.00 19.44 22.77 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 20.03 20.03 23.97 25.96 25.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.26 13.26 14.75 16.75 19.25 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.52 13.44 14.31 14.75 16.75 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.00 14.32 15.00 18.75 19.25 Tellers......................................................... 10.48 10.50 12.64 13.26 13.26 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.15 12.64 14.75 16.64 20.84 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 8.50 11.05 13.25 16.30 19.87 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.49 14.00 15.00 19.22 22.43 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.00 14.00 14.00 19.16 22.77 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.00 12.50 13.00 15.21 15.75 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.04 15.55 22.02 23.75 24.75 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 15.06 18.79 21.96 26.85 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.74 19.12 21.96 22.73 24.97 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.12 19.12 21.95 24.97 33.83 Production occupations.............................................. 8.85 11.44 15.43 19.50 25.00 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 24.34 31.77 34.27 35.92 39.60 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.00 11.45 15.29 17.21 17.54 Team assemblers................................................. 8.35 8.85 13.50 15.61 17.28 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.50 8.50 11.20 18.81 29.57 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 8.50 8.50 10.61 18.55 29.57 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 11.02 11.02 13.05 18.33 18.89 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 11.02 11.02 12.57 15.83 18.89 Tool and die makers............................................... 19.00 22.98 24.16 24.57 33.91 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.92 10.30 12.25 15.00 16.39 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 10.50 11.50 13.50 16.00 16.39 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.81 11.42 13.83 14.90 19.50 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 10.71 11.42 13.87 18.05 23.00 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 9.25 14.25 21.00 22.00 24.74 Painting workers.................................................. 8.59 8.59 15.44 17.75 18.67 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 8.59 8.59 13.15 17.23 18.34 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.25 11.60 13.40 15.45 17.35 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.75 10.00 15.63 20.59 22.32 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.09 16.25 19.36 22.32 22.86 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.09 16.00 17.80 21.33 23.12 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 9.00 10.00 11.35 16.19 20.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.62 8.50 9.25 12.30 20.20 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.95 9.00 10.63 20.20 22.32 1 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. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.15 $7.60 $9.00 $12.29 $17.71 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.16 17.89 22.57 26.72 30.58 Registered nurses................................................. 21.91 23.67 25.77 27.93 30.18 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.10 9.63 11.25 13.92 16.43 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.25 7.15 7.33 7.80 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.87 3.15 3.15 9.00 10.20 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.15 7.22 7.33 7.55 7.86 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.39 8.85 9.82 10.40 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.39 8.50 9.82 10.12 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.39 8.85 9.82 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.25 7.80 8.50 14.63 15.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.15 7.50 8.50 9.84 11.50 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.15 7.40 8.40 9.84 11.50 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.15 7.40 8.00 9.84 10.15 Cashiers...................................................... 7.15 7.40 8.00 9.84 10.15 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.81 8.84 9.50 11.50 13.03 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.47 10.33 12.50 14.25 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.23 11.00 11.50 14.25 20.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.50 11.50 14.25 15.00 20.00 Tellers......................................................... 10.23 10.64 11.00 11.04 14.12 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.25 6.30 8.00 9.26 9.26 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.75 7.75 12.43 12.59 13.80 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.15 7.45 8.44 11.50 18.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.15 7.25 7.50 8.50 10.70 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.20 7.25 7.70 9.00 13.40 1 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. 2 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. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.31 $17.50 $803 $681 39.5 $40,743 $35,360 2,006 Management occupations.............................................. 31.32 26.00 1,333 1,300 42.5 69,097 67,600 2,206 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.13 22.00 1,005 880 40.0 52,274 45,760 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.00 25.00 1,011 1,125 42.1 52,574 58,500 2,191 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.56 29.15 1,187 1,166 40.2 61,719 60,622 2,088 Engineers......................................................... 33.64 32.62 1,346 1,305 40.0 69,966 67,841 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.82 46.08 1,344 1,493 33.7 50,925 56,909 1,279 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.72 48.29 1,434 1,608 33.6 53,419 60,236 1,251 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.73 40.87 1,322 1,431 35.0 49,337 52,849 1,308 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.04 37.30 1,258 1,370 34.9 47,156 50,501 1,309 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.91 22.33 906 769 37.9 47,091 39,967 1,969 Registered nurses................................................. 31.45 31.14 1,214 1,144 38.6 63,143 59,492 2,008 Therapists........................................................ 23.80 18.05 921 722 38.7 47,882 37,542 2,012 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.71 18.19 696 672 37.2 36,205 34,944 1,936 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.70 13.08 507 512 34.4 26,340 26,601 1,791 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.59 11.78 459 436 36.5 23,885 22,695 1,897 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.92 12.10 473 459 36.6 24,571 23,853 1,901 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.39 22.69 971 951 41.5 50,511 49,462 2,159 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.82 10.30 394 387 36.4 19,190 18,637 1,774 Cooks............................................................. 11.76 11.14 424 398 36.0 19,414 20,134 1,650 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.98 12.81 518 512 39.9 23,589 24,960 1,817 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.46 12.00 497 480 39.9 22,478 24,960 1,804 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.46 13.74 538 550 40.0 22,873 28,579 1,699 Sales and related occupations....................................... 30.16 16.89 1,239 720 41.1 64,439 37,440 2,137 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.73 10.32 429 413 40.0 22,325 21,466 2,080 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.58 10.78 423 431 40.0 22,006 22,414 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.58 10.78 423 431 40.0 22,006 22,414 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.22 7.83 409 313 40.0 21,251 16,293 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.15 15.00 636 582 39.4 33,012 30,243 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.44 23.97 892 930 38.0 46,370 48,381 1,978 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.10 14.75 596 581 39.5 30,971 30,225 2,052 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.42 14.31 520 536 36.0 27,018 27,872 1,874 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.10 15.00 650 600 40.4 33,810 31,200 2,101 Tellers......................................................... 12.36 12.64 494 506 40.0 25,708 26,291 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.35 14.75 617 600 40.2 32,094 31,221 2,091 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 13.25 550 530 39.8 28,613 27,566 2,067 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.49 15.00 632 572 38.3 32,611 29,640 1,978 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.97 14.00 633 560 39.6 32,506 29,120 2,036 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.62 13.00 532 520 39.0 27,647 27,040 2,029 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.13 22.02 801 881 39.8 39,114 39,600 1,943 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.33 18.79 777 752 40.2 40,365 39,083 2,088 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.92 21.96 877 878 40.0 45,600 45,677 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.28 21.95 931 878 40.0 48,426 45,656 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.44 15.43 655 616 39.8 34,036 32,053 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.91 34.27 1,317 1,371 40.0 68,462 71,282 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.69 15.29 585 611 39.8 30,397 31,793 2,069 Team assemblers................................................. 12.76 13.50 505 536 39.6 26,254 27,893 2,057 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.57 11.20 583 448 40.0 30,301 23,296 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.56 10.61 583 424 40.0 30,293 22,069 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 14.39 13.05 565 522 39.3 29,389 27,144 2,042 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.84 12.57 542 488 39.2 28,180 25,376 2,036 Tool and die makers............................................... 24.36 24.16 974 966 40.0 50,594 50,255 2,077 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.72 12.25 509 490 40.0 26,453 25,480 2,079 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.52 13.50 541 540 40.0 28,095 28,080 2,079 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.51 13.83 581 553 40.0 30,189 28,764 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.21 13.87 608 555 40.0 31,637 28,850 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.43 21.00 725 820 39.4 37,673 42,640 2,045 Painting workers.................................................. 14.32 15.44 573 617 40.0 29,721 32,105 2,075 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 13.15 516 526 40.0 26,740 27,352 2,073 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.56 13.40 542 536 40.0 28,195 27,872 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.66 15.63 626 640 40.0 32,224 33,280 2,057 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.12 19.36 784 781 41.0 40,761 40,602 2,132 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.51 17.80 763 736 41.2 39,642 38,283 2,142 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.74 11.35 542 447 39.5 28,188 23,268 2,052 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 9.25 434 351 38.9 22,397 18,158 2,006 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.25 10.63 506 412 38.2 26,317 21,424 1,986 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $19.41 $16.88 $772 $658 39.8 $39,769 $34,112 2,049 Management occupations.............................................. 31.32 26.00 1,333 1,300 42.5 69,097 67,600 2,206 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.13 22.00 1,005 880 40.0 52,274 45,760 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.00 25.00 1,011 1,125 42.1 52,574 58,500 2,191 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.56 29.15 1,187 1,166 40.2 61,719 60,622 2,088 Engineers......................................................... 33.64 32.62 1,346 1,305 40.0 69,966 67,841 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.45 16.76 747 673 38.4 30,090 29,141 1,547 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.13 16.92 729 678 38.1 27,682 26,495 1,447 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 19.13 16.92 729 678 38.1 27,682 26,495 1,447 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.91 22.33 906 769 37.9 47,091 39,967 1,969 Registered nurses................................................. 31.45 31.14 1,214 1,144 38.6 63,143 59,492 2,008 Therapists........................................................ 23.80 18.05 921 722 38.7 47,882 37,542 2,012 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.71 18.19 696 672 37.2 36,205 34,944 1,936 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.70 13.08 507 512 34.4 26,340 26,601 1,791 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.59 11.78 459 436 36.5 23,885 22,695 1,897 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.92 12.10 473 459 36.6 24,571 23,853 1,901 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.90 10.30 414 398 38.0 21,530 20,684 1,974 Cooks............................................................. 12.23 11.20 483 480 39.5 25,142 24,960 2,056 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.98 12.81 518 512 39.9 23,589 24,960 1,817 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.46 12.00 497 480 39.9 22,478 24,960 1,804 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.46 13.74 538 550 40.0 22,873 28,579 1,699 Sales and related occupations....................................... 30.16 16.89 1,239 720 41.1 64,439 37,440 2,137 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.73 10.32 429 413 40.0 22,325 21,466 2,080 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.58 10.78 423 431 40.0 22,006 22,414 2,080 Cashiers...................................................... 10.58 10.78 423 431 40.0 22,006 22,414 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.22 7.83 409 313 40.0 21,251 16,293 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.03 15.00 630 581 39.3 32,729 30,202 2,042 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.44 23.97 892 930 38.0 46,370 48,381 1,978 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.87 14.62 586 573 39.4 30,493 29,786 2,050 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.42 14.31 520 536 36.0 27,018 27,872 1,874 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.75 15.00 637 582 40.4 33,113 30,254 2,103 Tellers......................................................... 12.36 12.64 494 506 40.0 25,708 26,291 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.35 14.75 617 600 40.2 32,094 31,221 2,091 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 13.25 550 530 39.8 28,613 27,566 2,067 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.01 14.54 612 567 38.2 31,551 29,234 1,970 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.19 14.00 601 560 39.6 30,858 29,120 2,031 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.10 13.00 509 520 38.9 26,486 27,040 2,022 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.50 22.02 775 881 39.8 37,585 38,792 1,928 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.08 17.74 767 710 40.2 39,854 36,899 2,089 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.81 20.69 872 828 40.0 45,368 43,039 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.28 21.95 931 878 40.0 48,426 45,656 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.17 15.33 644 611 39.8 33,468 31,793 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.52 31.77 1,301 1,271 40.0 67,643 66,090 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.69 15.29 585 611 39.8 30,397 31,793 2,069 Team assemblers................................................. 12.76 13.50 505 536 39.6 26,254 27,893 2,057 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 14.57 11.20 583 448 40.0 30,301 23,296 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.56 10.61 583 424 40.0 30,293 22,069 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 14.39 13.05 565 522 39.3 29,389 27,144 2,042 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.84 12.57 542 488 39.2 28,180 25,376 2,036 Tool and die makers............................................... 24.36 24.16 974 966 40.0 50,594 50,255 2,077 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.72 12.25 509 490 40.0 26,453 25,480 2,079 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 13.52 13.50 541 540 40.0 28,095 28,080 2,079 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.51 13.83 581 553 40.0 30,189 28,764 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 15.21 13.87 608 555 40.0 31,637 28,850 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.43 21.00 725 820 39.4 37,673 42,640 2,045 Painting workers.................................................. 14.32 15.44 573 617 40.0 29,721 32,105 2,075 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 13.15 516 526 40.0 26,740 27,352 2,073 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.56 13.40 542 536 40.0 28,195 27,872 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.71 15.73 630 642 40.1 32,635 33,363 2,077 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.12 19.36 784 781 41.0 40,761 40,602 2,132 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.51 17.80 763 736 41.2 39,642 38,283 2,142 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.74 11.35 542 447 39.5 28,188 23,268 2,052 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.16 9.25 434 351 38.9 22,397 18,158 2,006 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.25 10.63 506 412 38.2 26,317 21,424 1,986 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $30.88 $23.78 $1,137 $1,097 36.8 $49,684 $53,269 1,609 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 47.96 53.07 1,543 1,673 32.2 57,361 60,894 1,196 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 50.01 53.53 1,619 1,673 32.4 60,019 60,894 1,200 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.36 23.78 1,021 1,051 41.9 53,085 54,644 2,179 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $18.10 $17.81 $16.49 $20.73 Management, professional, and related...... 27.02 25.34 25.35 29.70 Management, business, and financial...... 28.62 24.93 29.79 33.29 Professional and related................. 26.34 25.55 22.74 28.69 Service.................................... 10.93 10.32 11.55 12.45 Sales and office........................... 17.64 19.09 15.05 16.12 Sales and related........................ 23.30 26.45 15.90 – Office and administrative support........ 15.30 15.35 14.58 15.85 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 18.74 18.26 18.24 23.47 Construction and extraction............. 19.45 20.32 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 18.20 16.42 20.82 23.47 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.85 15.46 15.26 17.31 Production............................... 16.10 15.65 15.14 17.97 Transportation and material moving....... 15.30 15.29 15.60 14.55 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.7 4.5 7.4 5.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.7 6.1 5.0 4.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 5.9 12.2 11.8 8.4 Professional and related.......................................... 5.2 9.6 4.4 6.8 Service............................................................. 5.8 8.8 15.9 4.8 Sales and office.................................................... 3.6 4.4 13.0 4.1 Sales and related................................................. 7.9 7.9 31.1 – Office and administrative support................................. 3.2 5.5 5.1 3.2 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.7 5.4 15.2 3.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 6.6 4.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.6 4.3 19.4 3.0 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 7.0 6.6 11.5 8.5 Production........................................................ 5.6 6.2 10.2 5.9 Transportation and material moving................................ 12.8 12.4 20.1 21.8 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $20.14 $17.25 $806 $670 40.0 $41,168 $34,255 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 26.80 24.75 1,164 990 43.4 60,528 51,480 2,258 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.11 19.69 844 787 40.0 43,898 40,947 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.07 11.11 492 480 40.8 25,573 24,960 2,120 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.86 13.74 514 550 40.0 21,457 24,960 1,668 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.86 13.74 514 550 40.0 21,457 24,960 1,668 Sales and related occupations....................................... 34.61 18.16 1,440 772 41.6 74,856 40,121 2,163 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.23 8.50 449 340 40.0 23,353 17,680 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.47 15.17 641 581 38.9 33,231 30,225 2,018 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.48 15.00 606 581 39.1 31,501 30,225 2,034 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.47 15.45 669 618 40.6 34,767 32,136 2,111 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.94 15.17 686 615 40.5 35,654 32,001 2,105 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.38 14.00 612 560 37.4 31,344 29,120 1,914 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.99 13.00 508 520 39.1 26,423 27,040 2,034 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.38 22.02 810 881 39.7 38,669 39,600 1,897 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.16 16.80 692 672 40.3 35,926 34,946 2,094 Production occupations.............................................. 15.75 15.50 620 600 39.4 32,218 31,200 2,045 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.73 14.09 646 564 41.1 33,541 29,313 2,132 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.41 19.21 780 893 42.4 40,493 46,426 2,200 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.22 15.00 711 631 43.8 36,858 32,829 2,273 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. 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 Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $18.86 $16.60 $747 $655 39.6 $38,727 $33,904 2,053 Management occupations.............................................. 35.93 36.37 1,498 1,637 41.7 77,436 85,106 2,155 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.90 24.07 1,116 963 40.0 58,040 50,066 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.81 30.44 1,152 1,218 40.0 59,922 63,315 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.61 29.15 1,190 1,166 40.2 61,886 60,622 2,090 Engineers......................................................... 33.64 32.62 1,346 1,305 40.0 69,966 67,841 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.30 28.34 1,335 1,134 41.3 69,416 58,945 2,149 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.82 18.98 782 759 39.4 33,867 31,312 1,708 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.75 24.03 943 865 38.1 49,020 44,984 1,981 Registered nurses................................................. 31.45 31.14 1,214 1,144 38.6 63,143 59,492 2,008 Therapists........................................................ 23.80 18.05 921 722 38.7 47,882 37,542 2,012 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.16 12.83 484 459 36.7 25,151 23,853 1,911 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.71 11.78 458 436 36.0 23,804 22,695 1,873 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.13 12.83 473 459 36.0 24,582 23,853 1,872 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.22 9.00 319 355 34.5 16,565 18,463 1,796 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.09 11.98 804 479 40.0 41,786 24,918 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.38 10.68 415 427 40.0 21,598 22,214 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.54 14.50 619 580 39.8 32,163 30,139 2,070 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.74 13.39 550 536 40.0 28,574 27,851 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.02 13.20 561 528 40.0 29,152 27,456 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 13.25 550 530 39.8 28,613 27,566 2,067 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.57 15.00 612 600 39.3 31,824 31,200 2,045 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.75 21.96 910 878 40.0 47,325 45,677 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.76 21.96 911 878 40.0 47,346 45,677 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.25 15.30 649 611 39.9 33,714 31,793 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 32.52 31.77 1,301 1,271 40.0 67,643 66,090 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.69 15.29 585 611 39.8 30,397 31,793 2,069 Team assemblers................................................. 12.76 13.50 505 536 39.6 26,254 27,893 2,057 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 18.95 18.57 758 743 40.0 39,414 38,626 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 14.39 13.05 565 522 39.3 29,389 27,144 2,042 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.84 12.57 542 488 39.2 28,180 25,376 2,036 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.24 24.16 1,010 966 40.0 52,503 50,255 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.49 11.33 500 453 40.0 25,981 23,566 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.76 21.00 746 840 39.8 38,734 43,680 2,065 Painting workers.................................................. 13.64 14.83 546 593 40.0 28,295 29,660 2,074 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................ 12.90 13.15 516 526 40.0 26,740 27,352 2,073 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.65 13.80 546 552 40.0 28,384 28,704 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.70 16.60 619 652 39.4 32,050 33,904 2,041 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 19.44 18.72 777 749 40.0 40,429 38,938 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.24 9.00 396 349 38.7 20,383 18,158 1,991 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.58 10.30 436 400 37.6 22,668 20,800 1,957 1 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 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. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. 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. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.78 $19.47 $29.57 $18.00 $18.00 – Management, professional, and related............................... 42.20 25.44 44.45 27.05 27.05 – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 28.62 28.62 – Professional and related.......................................... 42.20 25.44 44.45 26.36 26.36 – Service............................................................. 20.08 – 20.90 11.13 10.91 – Sales and office.................................................... 15.52 – – 17.76 17.75 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 23.63 23.63 – Office and administrative support................................. 16.44 – – 15.38 15.35 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 24.78 28.71 – 18.46 18.46 – Construction and extraction...................................... 25.93 – – 19.36 19.36 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 23.93 28.50 – 17.76 17.76 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 20.44 19.90 – 14.99 14.99 – Production........................................................ 21.72 20.69 – 15.24 15.24 – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.25 18.62 – 14.36 14.36 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.4 2.8 3.3 2.8 2.9 – Management, professional, and related............................... 5.8 10.3 8.0 3.8 3.8 – Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 5.9 5.9 – Professional and related.......................................... 5.8 10.3 8.0 5.4 5.4 – Service............................................................. 6.3 – 5.2 5.7 6.0 – Sales and office.................................................... 11.5 – – 3.6 3.6 – Sales and related................................................. – – – 8.3 8.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 14.6 – – 3.0 3.1 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 11.2 12.5 – 3.9 3.9 – Construction and extraction...................................... 22.2 – – 6.7 6.7 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.8 14.1 – 3.4 3.4 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.9 4.2 – 8.8 8.8 – Production........................................................ 5.1 3.0 – 6.5 6.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 12.7 12.5 – 17.2 17.2 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $18.19 $17.26 $29.28 $29.28 Management, professional, and related............................... 29.09 27.02 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 28.62 28.62 – – Professional and related.......................................... 29.27 26.34 – – Service............................................................. 12.93 10.92 – – Sales and office.................................................... 14.58 14.45 38.60 38.60 Sales and related................................................. 12.34 12.34 46.48 46.48 Office and administrative support................................. 15.22 15.08 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.28 18.79 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 19.45 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 18.53 18.18 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.73 15.53 – – Production........................................................ 16.35 16.08 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.94 13.98 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 2.5 2.8 13.8 13.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.5 3.7 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 5.9 5.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... 4.4 5.2 – – Service............................................................. 7.1 5.9 – – Sales and office.................................................... 2.5 2.6 23.0 23.0 Sales and related................................................. 8.6 8.6 21.8 21.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.1 2.2 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.8 4.0 – – Construction and extraction...................................... – 6.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.5 3.7 – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.2 6.2 – – Production........................................................ 5.8 5.6 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.1 11.3 – – 1 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. 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $20.87 $15.63 – $24.08 – $19.09 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 32.63 27.39 – 19.60 – 25.21 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 33.24 – – 19.62 – 39.04 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 32.32 15.23 – – – 24.14 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 13.24 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 22.67 14.27 – 26.94 – 15.46 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 13.94 – 54.82 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 17.90 14.61 – 15.97 – 15.69 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 22.74 15.51 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 24.62 15.53 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.93 15.61 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 17.04 16.48 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 15.19 15.34 – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 4.2 8.9 – 8.8 – 4.9 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 7.4 8.5 – 7.6 – 3.3 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – .3 – – 6.4 – 17.9 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 11.2 25.6 – – – 2.4 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 8.8 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 20.6 9.3 – 14.7 – 8.4 – – Sales and related................................................. – – 16.5 – 21.6 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 4.1 10.1 – 4.6 – 2.7 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 1.0 8.0 – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – 10.0 9.1 – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 5.7 8.2 – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 5.8 8.3 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 6.2 11.2 – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 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. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 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. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 359,200 327,200 32,000 Management, professional, and related............................... 73,200 60,600 12,600 Management, business, and financial............................... 16,000 16,000 – Professional and related.......................................... 57,100 44,600 12,600 Service............................................................. 76,300 63,300 12,900 Sales and office.................................................... 92,300 89,800 – Sales and related................................................. 27,100 27,100 – Office and administrative support................................. 65,200 62,700 – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 28,300 26,000 – Construction and extraction...................................... 12,100 10,900 – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16,200 15,100 – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 89,200 87,400 – Production........................................................ 59,400 58,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,700 29,200 – 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. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI, April 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 13,193 12,849 344 Total in sample....................................................... 251 243 8 Responding........................................................ 163 156 7 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 55 54 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 33 33 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.