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Thursday, June 28, 2012
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Occupational Employment and Wages in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, May 2011
Workers in the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $18.94 in May 2011, about 13 percent below the nationwide average of $21.74, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that, after testing for statistical significance, wages in the local area were significantly lower than their respective averages in 17 of the 22 major occupational groups, including computer and mathematical, construction and extraction, and business and financial operations
When compared to the nationwide distribution, local employment was more highly concentrated in 3 of the 22 occupational groups, including production, and transportation and material moving. Conversely, 12 groups had employment shares significantly below their national representation, including education, training, and library; business and financial operations; and construction and extraction. (See table A and box note at end of release.)
One occupational group—production—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Greenville-Mauldin-Easley had 34,380 jobs in production, accounting for 11.6 percent of local area employment, significantly higher than the 6.5-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $15.67, compared to the national wage of $16.45.
With employment of 9,790, team assemblers was the largest occupation within the production group, followed by machinists (1,980) and first-line supervisors of production and operating workers (1,850). Among the higher paying jobs were first-line supervisors of production and operating workers, and machinists, with mean hourly wages of $27.07 and $20.06, respectively. At the lower end of the wage scale were helpers ($11.91) and team assemblers ($12.28). (Detailed occupational data for production are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/2011/may/oes_26620.htm.)
Major occupational group | Percent of total employment | Mean hourly wage | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | Greenville | United States | Greenville | Percent difference (1) | |
Total, all occupations |
100.0% | 100.0% | $21.74 | $18.94* | -13 |
Management |
4.8 | 4.4* | 51.64 | 47.70* | -8 |
Business and financial operations |
4.8 | 3.7* | 33.05 | 28.18* | -15 |
Computer and mathematical |
2.7 | 2.0* | 37.85 | 29.66* | -22 |
Architecture and engineering |
1.8 | 2.8* | 37.08 | 34.91* | -6 |
Life, physical, and social science |
0.8 | 0.5* | 32.44 | 24.90* | -23 |
Community and social services |
1.5 | 1.3 | 21.07 | 19.81 | -6 |
Legal |
0.8 | 0.6* | 47.30 | 42.87 | -9 |
Education, training, and library |
6.6 | 5.3* | 24.46 | 23.02 | -6 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media |
1.3 | 0.9* | 25.89 | 20.80* | -20 |
Healthcare practitioner and technical |
5.9 | 5.5* | 34.97 | 30.27* | -13 |
Healthcare support |
3.1 | 2.8* | 13.16 | 12.20* | -7 |
Protective service |
2.5 | 1.8* | 20.54 | 15.44* | -25 |
Food preparation and serving related |
8.7 | 8.7 | 10.30 | 9.18* | -11 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance |
3.3 | 3.2 | 12.29 | 10.77* | -12 |
Personal care and service |
2.8 | 2.3* | 11.84 | 10.77* | -9 |
Sales and related |
10.6 | 10.7 | 18.04 | 16.21* | -10 |
Office and administrative support |
16.7 | 16.7 | 16.40 | 14.90* | -9 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
0.3 | (2) | 11.68 | 12.56 | 8 |
Construction and extraction |
3.9 | 3.1* | 21.46 | 17.30* | -19 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
3.9 | 3.9 | 20.86 | 19.68* | -6 |
Production |
6.5 | 11.6* | 16.45 | 15.67 | -5 |
Transportation and material moving |
6.7 | 7.9* | 15.96 | 14.12* | -12 |
Footnotes: |
Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1 .) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area, above average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the production group. For instance, textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders were employed at 16.4 times the national rate in Greenville, and machinists, at 2.3 times the U.S. average. On the other hand, welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers had a location quotient of 1.1 in Greenville, indicating that this particular occupation's local and national employment shares were similar.
These statistics are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies, in this case, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce. The OES survey provides estimates of employment and hourly and annual wages for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and nearly 800 non-military detailed occupations for the nation, states, metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and nonmetropolitan areas.
OES wage and employment data for the 22 major occupational groups in the Greenville metropolitan statistical area were compared to their respective national averages based on statistical significance testing. Only those occupations with wages or employment shares above or below the national wage or share after testing for significance at the 90-percent confidence level meet the criteria. NOTE: A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that the difference has economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is concerned with the ability to make confident statements about a universe based on a sample. It is entirely possible that a large difference between two values is not significantly different statistically, while a small difference is, since both the size and heterogeneity of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested. |
Technical Note
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands also are surveyed, but their data are not included in this release. OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed to approximately 200,000 establishments in May and November of each year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate for the May 2011 survey was 77.3 percent based on establishments and 73.3 percent based on employment. May 2011 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period: May 2011, November 2010, May 2010, November 2009, May 2009, and November 2008. The sample in the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area included 2,627 establishments with a response rate of 78 percent. For more information about OES concepts and methodology, go to www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm.
The May 2011 OES estimates mark the first set of estimates based in part on data collected using the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Nearly all the occupations in this release are 2010 SOC occupations; however, some are not. The May 2012 OES data will reflect the full set of detailed occupations in the 2010 SOC. For a list of all occupations, including 2010 SOC occupations, and how data collected on two structures were combined, see the OES Frequently Asked Questions online at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm#Ques41.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1 (800) 877-8339.
Area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
The Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, S.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Greenville, Laurens and Pickens Counties.
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Table 1. Employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey, by occupation, Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area, May 2011
Occupation (1)
Employment
Mean wages
Level (2)
Location quotient (3)
Hourly Annual (4)
Production Occupations
34,380 1.8 $15.67 $32,590 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
1,850 1.4 27.07 56,300 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
640 1.5 13.93 28,980 Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
130 0.8 17.79 36,990 Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
(5) (5) 14.23 29,610 Team Assemblers
9,790 4.5 12.28 25,530 Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
410 0.7 11.36 23,620 Bakers
250 0.7 10.41 21,650 Butchers and Meat Cutters
280 0.9 12.55 26,100 Food Batchmakers
40 0.2 13.36 27,780 Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic
170 0.6 17.18 35,740 Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic
(5) (5) 22.60 47,020 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
570 1.4 18.94 39,400 Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
90 1.8 25.58 53,200 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
130 0.8 16.26 33,810 Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
160 1.8 17.39 36,180 Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
40 0.7 18.52 38,520 Machinists
1,980 2.3 20.06 41,710 Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
500 1.8 16.12 33,530 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
130 0.7 14.98 31,150 Tool and Die Makers
(5) (5) 24.69 51,360 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
800 1.1 20.52 42,680 Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
90 1.0 17.86 37,150 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
(5) (5) 15.69 32,630 Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
(5) (5) 14.41 29,960 Prepress Technicians and Workers
190 1.9 14.48 30,120 Printing Press Operators
570 1.4 16.28 33,870 Print Binding and Finishing Workers
70 0.6 14.46 30,080 Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
380 0.8 11.50 23,920 Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
(5) (5) 8.75 18,210 Sewing Machine Operators
530 1.6 10.83 22,520 Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
(5) (5) 10.74 22,330 Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
180 6.4 12.16 25,300 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
80 2.1 13.56 28,210 Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
800 16.4 14.86 30,910 Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
300 4.7 13.49 28,060 Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
380 2.1 13.95 29,020 Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
60 0.7 11.19 23,280 Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
100 0.7 9.60 19,970 Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
50 0.6 29.43 61,200 Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
150 0.6 18.36 38,180 Chemical Plant and System Operators
240 2.6 21.35 44,400 Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
210 1.9 17.27 35,920 Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
40 0.6 13.32 27,700 Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
580 2.1 17.25 35,870 Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
40 1.1 11.68 24,300 Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
170 1.3 19.63 40,830 Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
430 2.8 13.94 28,990 Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
40 1.0 18.63 38,750 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
1,680 1.7 15.43 32,090 Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
(5) (5) 18.78 39,070 Dental Laboratory Technicians
40 0.4 15.13 31,470 Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
(5) (5) 14.65 30,480 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
1,370 1.7 13.95 29,020 Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
150 0.9 17.41 36,220 Painters, Transportation Equipment
120 1.2 22.29 46,350 Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
90 2.0 10.25 21,320 Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
100 0.8 10.66 22,170 Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
70 1.8 18.45 38,380 Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
100 1.4 13.15 27,350 Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
240 1.1 13.92 28,960 Helpers--Production Workers
1,670 1.7 11.91 24,770 Production Workers, All Other
600 1.1 11.79 24,520 Footnotes:
(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC, see www.bls.gov/oes/2011/may/oes_26620.htm.
(2) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
(4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(5) Estimate not released.
Last Modified Date: June 28, 2012
Technical Note
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands also are surveyed, but their data are not included in this release. OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed to approximately 200,000 establishments in May and November of each year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate for the May 2011 survey was 77.3 percent based on establishments and 73.3 percent based on employment. May 2011 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period: May 2011, November 2010, May 2010, November 2009, May 2009, and November 2008. The sample in the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area included 2,627 establishments with a response rate of 78 percent. For more information about OES concepts and methodology, go to www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm.
The May 2011 OES estimates mark the first set of estimates based in part on data collected using the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Nearly all the occupations in this release are 2010 SOC occupations; however, some are not. The May 2012 OES data will reflect the full set of detailed occupations in the 2010 SOC. For a list of all occupations, including 2010 SOC occupations, and how data collected on two structures were combined, see the OES Frequently Asked Questions online at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm#Ques41.
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1 (800) 877-8339.
Area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
The Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, S.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Greenville, Laurens and Pickens Counties.
Occupation (1) | Employment | Mean wages | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Level (2) | Location quotient (3) | Hourly | Annual (4) | |
Production Occupations | 34,380 | 1.8 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | 1,850 | 1.4 | 27.07 | 56,300 |
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | 640 | 1.5 | 13.93 | 28,980 |
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters | 130 | 0.8 | 17.79 | 36,990 |
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators | (5) | (5) | 14.23 | 29,610 |
Team Assemblers | 9,790 | 4.5 | 12.28 | 25,530 |
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 410 | 0.7 | 11.36 | 23,620 |
Bakers | 250 | 0.7 | 10.41 | 21,650 |
Butchers and Meat Cutters | 280 | 0.9 | 12.55 | 26,100 |
Food Batchmakers | 40 | 0.2 | 13.36 | 27,780 |
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic | 170 | 0.6 | 17.18 | 35,740 |
Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic | (5) | (5) | 22.60 | 47,020 |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 570 | 1.4 | 18.94 | 39,400 |
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 90 | 1.8 | 25.58 | 53,200 |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 130 | 0.8 | 16.26 | 33,810 |
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 160 | 1.8 | 17.39 | 36,180 |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 40 | 0.7 | 18.52 | 38,520 |
Machinists | 1,980 | 2.3 | 20.06 | 41,710 |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 500 | 1.8 | 16.12 | 33,530 |
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 130 | 0.7 | 14.98 | 31,150 |
Tool and Die Makers | (5) | (5) | 24.69 | 51,360 |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 800 | 1.1 | 20.52 | 42,680 |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 90 | 1.0 | 17.86 | 37,150 |
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | (5) | (5) | 15.69 | 32,630 |
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | (5) | (5) | 14.41 | 29,960 |
Prepress Technicians and Workers | 190 | 1.9 | 14.48 | 30,120 |
Printing Press Operators | 570 | 1.4 | 16.28 | 33,870 |
Print Binding and Finishing Workers | 70 | 0.6 | 14.46 | 30,080 |
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | 380 | 0.8 | 11.50 | 23,920 |
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | (5) | (5) | 8.75 | 18,210 |
Sewing Machine Operators | 530 | 1.6 | 10.83 | 22,520 |
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | (5) | (5) | 10.74 | 22,330 |
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders | 180 | 6.4 | 12.16 | 25,300 |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 80 | 2.1 | 13.56 | 28,210 |
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 800 | 16.4 | 14.86 | 30,910 |
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 300 | 4.7 | 13.49 | 28,060 |
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | 380 | 2.1 | 13.95 | 29,020 |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood | 60 | 0.7 | 11.19 | 23,280 |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing | 100 | 0.7 | 9.60 | 19,970 |
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators | 50 | 0.6 | 29.43 | 61,200 |
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators | 150 | 0.6 | 18.36 | 38,180 |
Chemical Plant and System Operators | 240 | 2.6 | 21.35 | 44,400 |
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders | 210 | 1.9 | 17.27 | 35,920 |
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | 40 | 0.6 | 13.32 | 27,700 |
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 580 | 2.1 | 17.25 | 35,870 |
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand | 40 | 1.1 | 11.68 | 24,300 |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 170 | 1.3 | 19.63 | 40,830 |
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 430 | 2.8 | 13.94 | 28,990 |
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders | 40 | 1.0 | 18.63 | 38,750 |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 1,680 | 1.7 | 15.43 | 32,090 |
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers | (5) | (5) | 18.78 | 39,070 |
Dental Laboratory Technicians | 40 | 0.4 | 15.13 | 31,470 |
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | (5) | (5) | 14.65 | 30,480 |
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 1,370 | 1.7 | 13.95 | 29,020 |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 150 | 0.9 | 17.41 | 36,220 |
Painters, Transportation Equipment | 120 | 1.2 | 22.29 | 46,350 |
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 90 | 2.0 | 10.25 | 21,320 |
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 100 | 0.8 | 10.66 | 22,170 |
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders | 70 | 1.8 | 18.45 | 38,380 |
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic | 100 | 1.4 | 13.15 | 27,350 |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 240 | 1.1 | 13.92 | 28,960 |
Helpers--Production Workers | 1,670 | 1.7 | 11.91 | 24,770 |
Production Workers, All Other | 600 | 1.1 | 11.79 | 24,520 |
Footnotes: |
Last Modified Date: June 28, 2012
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