Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI
National Compensation Survey
July 1998
________________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Alexis M. Herman, Secretary
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner
July 1999
Bulletin 3095-22
Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Muskegon
Muskegon
Kent
Ottawa
Holland
Allegan
Grand
Rapids
Preface
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his bulletin provides results of a July 1998 survey of
occupational pay in the Grand Rapids-MuskegonHolland, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Data
shown in this bulletin were collected as part of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) new program known as the National Compensation Survey (NCS).
The survey could not have been conducted without the
cooperation of the many private firms and government jurisdictions that provided pay data included in this bulletin.
The Bureau thanks these respondents for their cooperation.
Survey data were collected and reviewed by Bureau of
Labor Statistics field economists under the direction of
Greg Philipaitis, Assistant Regional Commissioner for Operations of the Chicago Regional Office. The Office of
Compensation and Working Conditions, in cooperation
with the Office of Field Operations and the Office of Technology and Survey Processing in the BLS National Office,
designed the survey, processed the data, and analyzed the
survey results.
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
Wages in the Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI, MSA .................................................................
1
2
Tables:
A-1. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, all industries ...........................................
A-2. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, all workers, private industry and
State and local government...........................................................................................................
A-3. Hourly earnings for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers,
all industries .................................................................................................................................
A-4. Weekly and annual earnings and hours for selected occupations,
full-time workers only, all industries ............................................................................................
B-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and levels, all industries,
private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................
B-2. Mean hourly earnings for selected occupations and levels, all industries,
private industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers ............................
C-1. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and selected characteristics,
all industries .................................................................................................................................
C-2. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and industry division,
private industry, all workers .........................................................................................................
C-3. Mean hourly earnings by occupational group and establishment employment size,
private industry, all workers .........................................................................................................
C-4. Number of workers represented by occupational group ...............................................................
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7
10
13
15
18
21
22
23
24
Appendix A:
Technical Note .....................................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied and represented............................................
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors......................................................................................
Appendix table 3. Average work levels ...........................................................................................
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Introduction
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NCS more extensive than OCS
The wage data in this bulletin differ from those in previous
Occupational Compensation Surveys by providing broader
coverage of occupations and establishments within the survey area.
Occupations surveyed for this bulletin were selected
using probability techniques from a list of all those present
in each establishment. Previous OCS bulletins were limited to a preselected list of occupations, which represented
a small subset of all occupations in the economy. Information in the new bulletin is published for a variety of occupation-based data. This new approach includes data on
broad occupational classifications such as white-collar
workers, major occupational groups such as sales workers,
and individual occupations such as cashiers.
In tables containing work levels within occupational series, the work levels are derived from generic standards that
apply to all occupational groups. The job levels in the
OCS bulletins were based on narrowly-defined descriptions
that were not comparable across specific occupations.
Occupational data in this bulletin are also tabulated for
other classifications such as industry group, full-time versus part-time workers, union versus nonunion status, time
versus incentive status, and establishment employment size.
Not all of these series were generated by the OCS program.
The establishments surveyed for this bulletin were limited to those with 50 or more employees. Eventually, NCS
will be expanded to cover those now-excluded establishments. Then, virtually all workers in the civilian economy
will be surveyed, excluding only agriculture, private households, and employees of the Federal Government.
his survey of occupational pay was conducted in the
Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The MSA includes Allegan,
Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa Counties, MI.
This bulletin consists primarily of tables whose data are
analyzed in the initial textual section. Tabulations provide
information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at a wide range of work levels. Also contained in
this bulletin is information on the program, a technical note
describing survey procedures, and several appendixes with
detailed information on occupational classifications and the
generic leveling methodology.
NCS design and products
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) new National Compensation Survey (NCS) is designed to provide data on the
levels and rates of change of occupational wages and employee benefits for localities, broad geographic regions,
and the nation as a whole. One output of the NCS will be
the Employment Cost Index, a quarterly measure of the
change in employer costs for wages and benefits. This
bulletin is limited to data on wages and salaries. These
data are similar to those released under the Occupational
Compensation Survey (OCS), which has been discontinued.
Due to the limited amount of time available to initiate
this phase of the program, a number or companies were unable to provide complete data before the publication deadline. As a result, some surveys have a high nonresponse
rate for the all industries or the private industry iterations.
Such instances are noted in the bulletin table footnotes.
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Wages in the
Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI
Metropolitan Statistical Area
S
Survey results show that private industry workers in
Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI earned $13.93
per hour, while surveyed State and local government workers averaged $21.50. Table A-2 reports the average hourly
rate for white-collar occupations as $16.85 in private industry and $24.86 in State and local government. Bluecollar occupations showed an average hourly rate of $12.93
in private industry and $15.24 in State and local government. Service occupations within private industry averaged
$7.66 per hour while those found in State and local government averaged $14.97.
traight-time wages in the Grand Rapids—Muskegon—
Holland, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area averaged
$14.72 per hour during July 1998. White-collar workers
had an average wage of $18.11 per hour. Blue-collar
workers averaged $12.99 per hour, while service workers
had average earnings of $9.06 per hour. (All hourly rates
in this summary cover both full- and part-time workers,
unless otherwise noted.)
Chart 1. Average hourly wage rates by occupational
group, Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI,
July 1998
Dollars per hour
Chart 2. Average hourly rates for private industry and
State and local government, Grand Rapids—
Muskegon—Holland, MI, July 1998
$ 20
Dollars per hour
$
25
15
Private
industry
State and
local
government
20
10
15
5
10
0
5
Whitecollar
Bluecollar
Service
workers
0
White-collar
Within each of these occupational groups, average
hourly wages for individual occupations were estimated
For example, white-collar occupations included registered
nurses at $20.11 per hour, secretaries at $11.76, and general office clerks at $9.94. Among occupations in the bluecollar category, truck drivers averaged $12.69 per hour
while stock handlers and baggers averaged $8.07. Finally,
service occupations included janitors and cleaners at
$11.29 per hour and nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
at $9.54 per hour. Table A-1 presents earnings data for 72
detailed occupations; data for other detailed occupations
surveyed could not be reported separately due to concerns
about the confidentiality of survey respondents and the reliability of the data.
Blue-collar
Service
Table A-3 presents data for workers considered by the
survey respondents to be either full-time or part-time. Average wages for full-time workers, all occupations, were
$15.48 per hour, compared with an average of $9.31 per
hour for part-time workers.
Data for specific work levels within major occupational
groups are reported in table B-1. Occasionally, wage estimates for lower levels of work within major occupational
groups are greater than estimates for higher levels. This
can occur due to the mix of specific occupations (and industries) represented by the broad group as well as by the
variability of the estimate. Some levels within a group may
2
Table C-2 shows wage data for specific industry divisions within private industry. Hourly wages averaged
$17.61 in finance, insurance and real estate, and $11.83 in
services. Data for other industry divisions did not meet
publication criteria.
Table C-4 reports that a total of 341,446 workers were
represented by the Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland,
MI survey. White-collar occupations included 151,230
workers, or 44 percent, blue-collar occupations included
138,364 workers, or 41 percent; and service occupations
included 51,852 workers, or 15 percent.
not be published because no workers were identified at that
level or because there were not enough data to guarantee
confidentiality and reliability.
Work levels for all major groups span several levels,
with professional specialty occupations and executive, administrative, and managerial occupations typically starting
and ending at higher work levels than the other groups.
Published data for administrative support occupations, including clerical, ranged from level 1 to level 7. As illustrated in chart 3, the average hourly rate was $7.18 for level
1, $11.19 for level 3, $12.56 for level 5, and $14.88 for
level 7.
Chart 4. Distribution of workers represented by
occupational group, Grand Rapids—Muskegon—
Holland, MI, July 1998
Chart 3. Average hourly rates by work level for
administrative support occupations, including clerical,
Grand Rapids—Muskegon—Holland, MI,
July 1998
Dollars per hour
$15
Percent
50
40
30
10
20
5
10
0
0
1
3
5
7
Level
Whitecollar
Bluecollar
Service
workers
Data are also presented in appendix table 1 on the number of establishments studied by industry group and employment size. The relative standard errors of published
mean hourly earnings for all industries, private industry,
and State and local government are available in appendix
table 2. The average work levels for published occupational groups and selected occupations are presented in appendix table 3.
Surveyed union workers had an average hourly rate of
$16.67, as reported in table C-1. Wages for nonunion
workers averaged $14.13. Time workers, whose wages
were based solely on an hourly rate or a salary, averaged
$14.59 per hour. Incentive workers, whose wages were at
least partially based on productivity payments, averaged
$16.88 per hour.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ....................................................................... $14.72
All occupations excluding sales ............................................ 14.75
$7.10
7.14
25
Median
50
$9.08 $12.74
9.12 12.88
75
90
$18.02
18.18
$23.96
23.90
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
18.11
18.66
8.50
8.75
10.48
10.80
15.16
16.40
22.69
23.37
31.13
31.79
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
22.48
24.70
25.73
26.90
25.25
21.90
21.42
–
21.07
20.11
35.71
28.93
14.47
31.86
32.80
37.34
23.50
9.95
–
–
17.26
18.13
12.33
13.72
19.23
21.97
19.04
16.66
15.94
–
16.31
16.15
26.49
10.00
8.45
14.09
16.87
26.94
11.22
9.09
–
–
11.47
12.71
15.82
18.63
21.97
23.56
19.17
18.99
18.99
–
18.63
18.21
29.92
15.71
8.75
22.70
23.75
30.33
15.08
10.00
–
–
13.79
14.72
21.00
23.01
25.62
26.66
23.89
20.19
20.19
–
20.81
20.81
36.70
28.67
10.00
33.33
30.41
36.83
21.46
10.00
–
–
17.20
18.12
26.44
29.09
29.30
29.54
28.46
26.37
26.37
–
22.38
22.16
40.24
40.63
13.83
41.66
40.94
44.41
29.57
10.00
–
–
20.96
20.96
36.70
40.39
32.73
32.86
34.59
26.46
26.44
–
26.12
22.50
45.31
44.77
31.16
44.73
50.38
49.34
42.34
10.27
–
–
21.35
22.22
18.66
17.13
13.16
12.74
18.46
20.27
26.32
30.45
37.79
8.00
11.12
11.39
10.37
11.94
13.75
16.40
17.48
22.69
10.13
13.18
12.59
11.03
12.76
18.75
18.52
21.63
26.77
19.81
16.50
13.18
12.76
21.41
21.00
24.04
27.43
32.45
25.44
21.00
13.52
14.46
22.02
21.00
30.85
35.17
46.15
25.44
22.02
14.13
14.69
22.02
27.71
38.46
46.15
52.88
26.67
36.97
29.41
20.90
18.57
17.48
19.97
17.07
14.01
14.57
18.55
34.70
21.54
17.31
17.31
21.63
40.93
25.97
19.87
17.31
38.46
41.93
30.85
24.31
19.87
38.46
44.43
35.85
27.33
24.04
18.60
21.62
25.23
14.34
25.82
9.00
11.28
11.76
8.71
10.90
10.42
13.46
10.03
9.94
10.91
12.56
9.49
19.24
19.32
6.87
11.50
6.50
8.00
9.00
7.52
8.50
8.93
10.35
7.50
7.75
8.30
8.00
11.28
19.81
22.52
8.55
13.78
7.00
9.00
10.28
8.00
9.00
9.62
10.35
8.70
8.50
9.98
9.15
16.65
21.75
24.31
12.70
22.73
7.92
10.50
11.70
8.83
10.00
10.17
11.79
9.88
9.05
11.00
12.69
22.97
24.38
26.90
16.44
32.67
11.15
13.57
13.20
9.00
12.44
11.18
16.45
10.65
11.49
11.76
15.59
24.04
24.42
33.42
26.65
40.05
13.00
15.70
15.03
10.00
14.42
13.91
18.23
12.59
12.94
13.10
16.88
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
12.99
17.05
26.64
17.50
7.41
10.79
15.52
11.60
9.26
13.59
15.89
13.26
12.34
16.72
21.48
15.48
15.99
20.00
41.65
20.76
20.09
23.39
41.65
28.27
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
25
Median
50
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Industrial machinery repairers .............................. $16.65 $11.75 $14.82 $16.60
Electricians ........................................................... 19.89 14.19 17.99 20.54
Supervisors, production occupations .................... 18.82 14.23 15.27 18.25
Tool and die makers ............................................. 20.39 14.95 18.02 20.99
Machinists ............................................................. 13.95 10.16 11.88 14.11
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. 12.33
7.84
9.37 11.60
Punching and stamping press operators .............. 12.42
8.90
9.83 12.60
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators .......................................... 11.30
7.35
8.14
9.22
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................ 13.93
8.91
9.60 12.07
Molding and casting machine operators ............... 10.24
6.63
7.51 10.20
Packaging and filling machine operators .............. 14.20 11.74 13.29 14.42
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ... 11.44
8.70 10.33 11.55
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ........... 11.34
7.25
9.25 11.48
Welders and cutters .............................................. 17.58
9.90 15.07 19.05
Assemblers ........................................................... 11.31
7.75
9.04 10.38
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners .. 12.38
6.87
8.42 11.15
Transportation and material moving occupations ............. 12.19
8.50 10.07 11.87
Truck drivers ......................................................... 12.69
9.61 10.44 12.33
Bus drivers ............................................................ 12.00
9.33 10.74 12.90
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators .. 11.65
7.50
9.15 10.89
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
9.87
5.50
6.50
8.73
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
9.16
6.11
6.50
7.28
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
8.07
5.40
5.50
7.50
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
9.89
6.25
8.15
8.65
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. ....... 11.10
7.50
8.56
9.17
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
9.39
7.00
7.35
8.11
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
8.75
6.00
6.50
8.50
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations .........................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
See footnotes at end of table.
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9.06
16.70
14.85
18.84
8.66
6.33
3.45
8.12
7.29
6.81
6.89
3.00
8.15
10.72
14.76
6.00
2.65
2.65
6.00
5.15
4.90
5.31
6.00
14.23
13.52
17.29
7.50
3.64
2.65
7.00
6.25
5.50
5.95
8.01
17.13
16.38
19.74
8.15
6.30
2.70
8.00
7.65
6.39
6.65
75
90
$19.71
22.56
21.44
23.66
16.00
14.42
13.85
$20.24
23.57
23.95
23.66
17.30
19.04
14.56
13.22
19.22
12.12
14.67
13.64
13.18
20.40
13.00
16.93
13.69
15.53
13.25
13.34
13.00
11.74
9.35
13.48
16.13
13.00
10.29
18.56
20.29
14.39
17.11
13.85
14.90
20.92
16.26
20.09
15.98
15.97
13.25
16.08
16.59
15.21
13.00
13.85
17.62
13.16
13.36
11.42
20.40
16.73
20.89
11.00
8.00
3.35
9.00
7.65
7.90
7.10
15.86
21.84
16.73
21.84
12.33
9.95
6.24
10.00
10.35
9.20
8.98
Table A-1. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
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. The 10th,
25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in the
earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of
the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown,
and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or
less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn
the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th
percentiles follow the same logic.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual
$9.98
11.18
9.54
10.94
11.29
7.50
7.44
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$8.00
8.00
8.25
6.59
7.67
5.75
6.00
$8.46
8.25
8.46
8.21
8.97
6.25
6.64
$9.05
11.90
8.84
10.38
11.00
6.87
6.87
$11.42
12.37
10.46
13.50
13.50
8.33
7.83
$12.84
15.98
11.42
14.30
14.40
10.20
10.10
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS
SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES
AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY
STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS
SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected.
This
procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote
level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average change in mean
wages for the occupation.
6
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $13.93
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 13.90
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Industrial engineers ............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Natural scientists ....................................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, except college and university
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Substitute teachers .............................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Technical occupations ................................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Health technologists and technicians,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Financial managers ............................
Managers, marketing, advertising and
public relations ..............................
Administrators, education and related
fields .............................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
Management related occupations ..........
Accountants and auditors ...................
Personnel, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Sales occupations ..........................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ..........
Cashiers .............................................
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ......................................................
Secretaries .........................................
Receptionists ......................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................
Billing clerks ........................................
Production coordinators ......................
Stock and inventory clerks ..................
General office clerks ...........................
State and local government
$7.00
7.00
25
Median
50
$8.93 $12.34
8.97 12.26
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$17.31
17.31
$23.04
22.84
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$21.50 $10.44 $13.25 $17.22 $28.06 $41.26
21.50 10.44 13.25 17.22 28.06 41.26
16.85
17.30
8.25
8.50
10.00
10.30
14.37
15.10
21.54
22.01
27.43
27.43
24.86
24.86
11.03
11.03
14.77
14.77
20.96
20.96
35.75
35.75
43.25
43.25
19.65
21.21
25.78
26.90
22.11
–
21.06
20.24
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.80
13.00
19.23
21.97
16.66
–
16.31
16.15
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.37
17.42
21.97
23.56
18.99
–
18.63
18.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.95
21.49
25.96
26.66
20.19
–
20.81
20.81
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.38
25.44
29.30
29.54
26.37
–
22.38
22.22
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.57
29.09
32.73
32.86
27.21
–
26.12
22.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.79
30.77
–
–
–
–
21.19
19.26
36.69
34.16
36.53
35.53
37.34
26.64
9.94
–
–
18.46
20.13
15.71
15.76
–
–
–
–
15.93
16.00
26.93
19.58
25.11
23.35
26.94
15.36
9.09
–
–
7.00
15.57
19.76
21.26
–
–
–
–
17.74
17.74
30.03
26.94
28.95
27.54
30.33
15.71
10.00
–
–
16.05
17.07
28.50
29.31
–
–
–
–
19.71
19.32
37.37
35.46
38.27
34.72
36.83
25.86
10.00
–
–
18.44
19.31
40.47
41.05
–
–
–
–
21.27
21.27
44.07
42.54
42.69
42.64
44.41
32.45
10.00
–
–
20.96
21.26
44.77
45.15
–
–
–
–
29.13
21.55
49.89
45.97
45.59
51.79
49.34
42.40
10.27
–
–
22.33
22.33
18.57
17.08
12.91
8.00
11.03
11.39
10.06
12.92
12.59
20.46
15.43
13.18
25.44
21.00
13.37
25.44
22.66
13.72
–
17.77
–
–
14.24
–
–
16.46
–
–
18.00
–
–
19.81
–
–
21.63
–
12.71
18.46
10.37
11.94
11.03
12.76
12.75
21.41
14.46
22.02
14.69
22.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.43
13.65
18.75
21.00
21.00
27.92
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.57
15.38
18.16
23.44
29.48
36.16
32.21
17.54
21.16
34.36
40.93
42.79
29.41
38.55
17.48
22.69
21.54
32.45
26.49
32.45
32.45
46.15
46.15
52.88
36.29
–
22.36
–
30.85
–
36.12
–
41.36
–
44.43
–
26.67
17.48
18.55
21.63
38.46
38.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.83
21.00
18.49
–
17.07
13.92
14.57
–
21.15
17.31
17.31
–
25.97
20.19
17.31
–
30.23
24.31
19.87
–
33.65
27.51
24.04
40.95
–
19.37
–
34.95
–
16.03
–
40.11
–
17.47
–
41.26
–
18.52
–
41.93
–
21.16
–
46.03
–
27.33
–
18.60
9.49
11.28
16.65
22.97
24.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.62
19.24
19.81
21.75
24.38
24.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.46
14.34
25.82
9.00
19.48
6.87
11.50
6.50
22.52
8.55
13.78
7.00
24.31
12.70
22.73
7.92
26.27
16.44
32.67
11.15
33.42
26.65
40.05
13.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.00
11.53
8.71
8.00
9.00
7.52
8.78
10.05
8.00
10.17
11.50
8.83
12.88
12.84
9.00
15.60
14.73
10.00
13.03
12.45
–
9.89
9.97
–
11.06
10.86
–
12.94
12.36
–
14.96
13.57
–
17.03
15.57
–
10.49
10.35
13.46
10.03
9.17
8.50
8.93
10.35
7.50
7.00
9.00
9.62
10.35
8.70
8.20
10.00
10.17
11.79
9.88
9.00
11.50
11.18
16.45
10.65
9.85
14.42
13.91
18.23
12.59
11.82
14.79
–
–
–
11.87
12.37
–
–
–
8.60
12.41
–
–
–
10.24
14.82
–
–
–
12.60
15.99
–
–
–
13.25
18.03
–
–
–
15.41
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
Private industry
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Teachers’ aides ..................................
–
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... $12.24
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Electricians .........................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Tool and die makers ...........................
Machinists ...........................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Punching and stamping press
operators ......................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and
polishing machine operators .........
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Molding and casting machine
operators ......................................
Packaging and filling machine
operators ......................................
Painting and paint spraying machine
operators ......................................
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Welders and cutters ............................
Assemblers .........................................
Production inspectors, checkers and
examiners .....................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ..............................................
Truck drivers .......................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ......................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
Machine feeders and offbearers .........
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Hand packers and packagers .............
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Firefighting occupations ......................
Police and detectives, public service ..
Protective service occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Food service occupations .......................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ......
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Health aides, except nursing ..............
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
State and local government
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
–
–
–
–
–
$10.91
$8.30
$15.91
$17.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.00
$9.11 $11.77
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.98 $11.00 $11.76 $13.10
12.93
7.41
9.25
12.22
15.95
20.09
15.24
10.85
13.03
15.48
17.33
19.98
17.07
16.55
19.99
18.82
20.39
13.95
10.48
11.75
14.19
14.23
14.95
10.16
13.46
14.82
19.33
15.27
18.02
11.88
16.72
16.08
20.54
18.25
20.99
14.11
20.24
19.71
22.56
21.44
23.66
16.00
23.57
20.24
23.57
23.95
23.66
17.30
16.65
–
–
–
–
–
14.71
–
–
–
–
–
15.48
–
–
–
–
–
16.72
–
–
–
–
–
17.78
–
–
–
–
–
19.30
–
–
–
–
–
12.33
7.84
9.37
11.60
14.42
19.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.42
8.90
9.83
12.60
13.85
14.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.30
7.35
8.14
9.22
13.22
18.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.93
8.91
9.60
12.07
19.22
20.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.24
6.63
7.51
10.20
12.12
14.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.20
11.74
13.29
14.42
14.67
17.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.44
8.70
10.33
11.55
13.64
13.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.34
17.62
11.31
7.25
9.90
7.75
9.25
13.44
9.04
11.48
19.10
10.38
13.18
20.40
13.00
14.90
20.92
16.26
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.38
6.87
8.42
11.15
16.93
20.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.11
12.65
–
8.50
9.61
–
10.00
10.39
–
11.82
12.31
–
13.73
15.53
–
15.98
15.95
–
13.37
–
12.56
9.61
–
11.04
12.03
–
12.03
13.23
–
13.01
13.43
–
13.25
16.43
–
13.25
11.65
7.50
9.15
10.89
13.34
16.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.75
8.07
9.89
5.50
5.40
6.25
6.50
5.50
8.15
8.70
7.50
8.65
13.00
9.35
13.48
16.35
13.00
13.85
14.72
–
–
5.15
–
–
6.75
–
–
15.21
–
–
23.14
–
–
23.14
–
–
11.10
9.39
9.34
7.50
7.00
6.00
8.56
7.35
6.50
9.17
8.11
8.50
16.13
13.00
10.73
17.62
13.16
13.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.66
–
–
–
2.70
–
–
–
5.50
–
–
–
7.30
–
–
–
9.50
–
–
–
12.00
–
–
–
14.97
17.45
14.85
18.84
8.69
11.78
10.72
14.76
11.44
14.76
13.52
17.29
14.30
17.52
16.38
19.74
17.63
20.79
16.73
20.89
21.14
21.84
16.73
21.84
–
6.18
3.45
7.85
6.81
6.57
9.72
11.06
–
2.65
2.65
6.00
4.90
5.31
8.00
8.00
–
3.35
2.65
6.75
5.50
5.79
8.46
8.00
–
6.25
2.70
8.00
6.39
6.50
8.84
11.90
–
7.79
3.35
8.82
7.90
7.10
11.16
12.08
–
9.88
6.24
9.40
9.20
8.00
11.90
15.98
8.66
10.57
–
–
–
10.47
12.19
–
6.00
7.59
–
–
–
9.09
6.84
–
7.50
9.32
–
–
–
9.59
11.42
–
8.15
10.37
–
–
–
10.34
11.42
–
11.00
11.42
–
–
–
11.27
14.68
–
12.33
14.48
–
–
–
11.62
14.68
–
9.19
8.25
8.46
8.78
9.95
11.16
12.01
6.59
11.42
11.42
14.68
14.68
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table A-2. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, all workers2, private industry and State and local government, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
Private industry
State and local government
Percentiles
Occupation3
Mean
Service occupations (-Continued)
Cleaning and building service
occupations ...................................... $10.20
Janitors and cleaners ......................... 10.79
Personal service occupations .................
6.99
Percentiles
Mean
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$6.40
7.50
5.75
$7.75
8.25
6.23
$9.75
10.10
6.87
$12.97
13.50
7.25
$13.90
13.90
8.75
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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive
the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than
the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.53 $10.74 $12.09 $13.14 $14.13 $15.11
12.78 10.63 12.09 13.00 13.93 15.11
9.48
6.25
6.87
9.27 11.18 13.14
all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine
major occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY,
USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
9
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
All occupations ..................................................... $15.48
All occupations excluding sales .......................... 15.48
White-collar occupations .................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .......
Professional specialty and technical
occupations ..............................................
Professional specialty occupations .............
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .....
Industrial engineers ............................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...............................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...
Computer systems analysts and
scientists .......................................
Natural scientists ....................................
Health related occupations .....................
Registered nurses ..............................
Teachers, college and university ............
Teachers, except college and university
Elementary school teachers ...............
Secondary school teachers ................
Teachers, special education ...............
Teachers, N.E.C. ................................
Substitute teachers .............................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .........
Social scientists and urban planners ......
Social, recreation, and religious workers
Social workers ....................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes,
and professionals, N.E.C. .................
Technical occupations ................................
Licensed practical nurses ...................
Technical and related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial
occupations ..............................................
Executives, administrators, and
managers ..........................................
Financial managers ............................
Managers, marketing, advertising and
public relations ..............................
Administrators, education and related
fields .............................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C.
Management related occupations ..........
Accountants and auditors ...................
Purchasing agents and buyers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Management related occupations,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Sales occupations ..........................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ..........
Cashiers .............................................
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical ......................................................
Secretaries .........................................
Receptionists ......................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing
clerks ............................................
Billing clerks ........................................
Production coordinators ......................
Stock and inventory clerks ..................
General office clerks ...........................
Part-time
$7.85
7.85
25
Median
50
$9.87 $13.46
9.85 13.56
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$18.71
18.75
$24.93
24.69
10
25
$9.31
9.45
$5.15
5.15
$6.25
6.25
Median
50
75
90
$8.25 $10.00 $16.31
8.40 10.27 16.65
19.24
19.78
9.03
9.20
11.82
12.00
16.71
17.31
24.04
24.38
32.48
33.13
11.71
12.34
6.84
8.00
8.25
8.50
9.25
10.00
14.00
14.69
21.00
21.00
23.07
25.39
25.73
26.90
25.25
21.90
12.43
14.13
19.23
21.97
19.04
16.66
16.05
18.99
21.97
23.56
19.17
18.99
21.41
23.38
25.62
26.66
23.89
20.19
27.29
30.12
29.30
29.54
28.46
26.37
38.66
41.24
32.73
32.86
34.59
26.46
18.45
19.30
–
–
–
–
10.00
10.00
–
–
–
–
14.69
16.00
–
–
–
–
19.78
20.11
–
–
–
–
21.63
22.38
–
–
–
–
23.44
25.00
–
–
–
–
21.42
–
21.41
20.18
35.71
29.77
31.89
32.98
37.34
23.78
–
–
–
18.13
18.13
15.94
–
16.63
16.53
26.49
11.99
14.07
17.00
26.94
11.22
–
–
–
12.71
12.71
18.99
–
18.63
18.40
29.92
17.77
22.70
23.75
30.33
15.08
–
–
–
14.72
14.72
20.19
–
20.81
20.81
36.70
29.21
33.66
30.41
36.83
21.46
–
–
–
18.12
18.12
26.37
–
22.50
21.64
40.24
41.24
41.72
41.72
44.41
30.90
–
–
–
20.96
20.96
26.44
–
29.09
22.77
45.31
44.84
44.77
50.38
49.34
42.34
–
–
–
22.22
22.22
–
–
20.52
20.02
–
17.86
–
–
–
–
9.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.96
15.55
–
10.00
–
–
–
–
9.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.10
18.17
–
10.00
–
–
–
–
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.19
20.63
–
10.27
–
–
–
–
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.38
22.22
–
26.26
–
–
–
–
10.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
24.36
22.38
–
34.12
–
–
–
–
10.27
–
–
–
–
18.68
17.14
13.12
8.00
11.64
11.38
10.13
13.18
12.63
19.81
16.16
13.18
25.44
20.75
13.52
25.44
24.38
13.72
–
17.03
–
–
9.00
–
–
13.92
–
–
19.17
–
–
21.00
–
–
21.00
–
19.94
13.39
14.24
18.75
24.80
28.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.33
16.25
18.55
24.04
30.85
38.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.38
37.79
17.48
22.69
21.63
26.77
27.43
32.45
35.17
46.15
46.15
52.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.67
17.48
18.55
21.63
38.46
38.46
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.61
29.41
20.97
18.57
19.97
17.07
13.92
14.57
34.36
21.54
17.31
17.31
40.11
25.97
20.19
17.31
41.46
30.85
24.31
19.87
46.03
35.85
27.49
24.04
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.62
19.24
19.81
21.75
24.38
24.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.23
15.55
27.19
–
19.32
7.56
12.78
–
22.52
10.21
13.78
–
24.31
12.70
22.73
–
26.90
17.79
32.67
–
33.42
27.93
40.05
–
–
7.36
–
7.29
–
5.51
–
5.69
–
6.03
–
6.15
–
7.10
–
7.10
–
8.55
–
7.25
–
9.87
–
11.15
11.89
12.36
8.71
8.18
10.08
7.36
9.36
11.02
7.89
11.39
12.06
8.83
14.42
13.61
9.43
16.56
15.18
10.40
9.40
–
–
7.50
–
–
8.25
–
–
9.00
–
–
10.00
–
–
12.00
–
–
12.24
10.42
13.46
10.03
10.84
8.76
8.93
10.35
7.50
8.20
10.10
9.62
10.35
8.70
9.00
12.41
10.17
11.79
9.88
10.86
14.42
11.18
16.45
10.65
12.60
14.82
13.91
18.23
12.59
13.88
–
–
–
–
8.70
–
–
–
–
7.00
–
–
–
–
8.00
–
–
–
–
8.50
–
–
–
–
9.00
–
–
–
–
11.20
See footnotes at end of table.
10
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Percentiles
Mean
10
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Administrative support occupations, including
clerical (-Continued)
Teachers’ aides .................................. $11.31
Administrative support occupations,
N.E.C. ........................................... 12.61
Blue-collar occupations ...................................
Precision production, craft, and repair
occupations ..............................................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers
Automobile mechanics .......................
Industrial machinery repairers ............
Electricians .........................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..
Tool and die makers ...........................
Machinists ...........................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and
inspectors .................................................
Punching and stamping press
operators ......................................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and
polishing machine operators .........
Fabricating machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Molding and casting machine
operators ......................................
Packaging and filling machine
operators ......................................
Painting and paint spraying machine
operators ......................................
Miscellaneous machine operators,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Welders and cutters ............................
Assemblers .........................................
Production inspectors, checkers and
examiners .....................................
Transportation and material moving
occupations ..............................................
Truck drivers .......................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment
operators ......................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and
laborers .....................................................
Stock handlers and baggers ...............
Machine feeders and offbearers .........
Freight, stock, and material handlers,
N.E.C. ...........................................
Hand packers and packagers .............
Laborers except construction, N.E.C.
Service occupations .........................................
Protective service occupations ...............
Police and detectives, public service ..
Food service occupations .......................
Waiters and waitresses ......................
Cooks .................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C.
Health service occupations .....................
Health aides, except nursing ..............
Nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants .....................................
Part-time
25
Median
50
$8.82 $10.38 $11.47
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
10
$12.50
$13.47
$10.10
$8.12
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.59 $10.57 $10.94 $11.59
8.00
9.15
12.69
15.59
16.88
–
–
–
–
–
13.30
7.75
9.60
12.66
16.31
20.21
7.47
5.27
5.52
6.90
9.00
17.07
26.64
17.50
16.65
19.89
18.82
20.39
13.95
10.80
15.52
11.60
11.75
14.19
14.23
14.95
10.16
13.64
15.89
13.26
14.82
17.99
15.27
18.02
11.88
16.72
21.48
15.48
16.60
20.54
18.25
20.99
14.11
20.00
41.65
20.76
19.71
22.56
21.44
23.66
16.00
23.39
41.65
28.27
20.24
23.57
23.95
23.66
17.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.46
8.00
9.52
11.74
14.42
19.10
7.71
5.25
6.50
8.00
9.00
9.40
12.42
8.90
9.83
12.60
13.85
14.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.30
7.35
8.14
9.22
13.22
18.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.93
8.91
9.60
12.07
19.22
20.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.24
6.63
7.51
10.20
12.12
14.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.20
11.74
13.29
14.42
14.67
17.11
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.44
8.70
10.33
11.55
13.64
13.85
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.65
17.58
11.53
7.25
9.90
8.00
9.95
15.07
9.45
11.87
19.05
10.50
13.27
20.40
13.44
15.25
20.92
16.83
–
–
7.44
–
–
5.25
–
–
6.00
–
–
7.75
–
–
8.50
–
–
9.00
12.38
6.87
8.42
11.15
16.93
20.09
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.27
12.83
8.75
9.80
10.07
10.39
11.87
12.41
13.93
15.53
15.98
15.98
10.63
–
6.00
–
8.00
–
11.82
–
12.33
–
13.81
–
11.65
7.50
9.15
10.89
13.34
16.08
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.59
8.73
10.14
5.50
5.50
7.64
7.73
6.00
8.15
9.30
8.00
8.70
13.85
9.54
13.48
16.92
14.14
13.85
6.85
–
–
5.25
–
–
5.35
–
–
6.11
–
–
7.50
–
–
9.20
–
–
12.01
9.56
–
7.50
7.25
–
8.56
7.35
–
9.36
8.25
–
17.05
13.00
–
17.92
13.16
–
–
–
7.33
–
–
5.15
–
–
5.15
–
–
7.25
–
–
8.78
–
–
10.73
10.18
17.98
19.21
7.03
–
8.22
7.01
9.88
10.92
5.17
13.48
15.86
2.70
–
6.25
5.25
8.00
8.00
7.05
16.16
17.63
5.25
–
7.25
6.25
8.46
8.00
9.10
17.39
19.81
7.10
–
8.01
7.10
9.00
11.90
12.87
20.59
20.89
9.02
–
9.02
7.10
11.26
11.95
17.00
21.84
21.84
11.25
–
9.95
9.02
12.08
13.28
5.99
7.75
–
5.19
3.83
–
6.67
10.67
–
2.65
6.50
–
2.65
2.65
–
5.40
7.59
–
3.42
6.64
–
3.00
2.65
–
5.65
8.31
–
6.00
6.64
–
5.31
3.00
–
6.00
9.99
–
7.35
8.15
–
6.75
3.64
–
7.25
11.66
–
8.98
10.69
–
8.00
7.45
–
8.70
15.98
–
9.58
8.25
8.46
8.84
10.60
11.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
–
10.73
Table A-3. Hourly earnings1 for selected occupations, full-time and part-time workers2, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Full-time
Occupation3
Part-time
Percentiles
Mean
10
Service occupations (-Continued)
Cleaning and building service
occupations ...................................... $11.41
Janitors and cleaners ......................... 11.70
Personal service occupations .................
–
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..
–
$7.22
8.21
–
–
25
Median
50
$9.10 $11.52
9.75 12.00
–
–
–
–
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. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles designate position in
the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive
the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers earn the same as or less
than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than
the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
Percentiles
Mean
75
90
$13.50
13.75
–
–
$15.11
15.11
–
–
$7.41
7.56
6.95
7.64
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$5.50
5.50
5.65
6.85
$6.59
6.68
5.75
6.87
$7.40
7.92
6.87
6.87
$8.00
8.00
6.87
7.25
$8.40
9.41
9.27
10.20
all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine
major occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY,
USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
12
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
39.6
39.5
$613
612
$538
539
2,017
2,010
$31,231
31,116
$27,955
28,038
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
39.4
39.1
758
774
664
692
1,964
1,940
37,784
38,375
34,039
35,006
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
37.9
37.7
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.3
–
37.8
36.9
38.9
35.0
34.7
33.9
32.1
36.9
–
–
39.8
39.8
874
956
1,029
1,076
1,010
881
862
–
809
744
1,388
1,040
1,105
1,118
1,200
877
–
–
721
721
850
925
1,025
1,066
956
808
808
–
773
754
1,397
1,027
1,151
1,042
1,216
762
–
–
725
725
1,781
1,708
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,092
2,094
–
1,941
1,918
1,406
1,366
1,319
1,282
1,197
1,418
–
–
2,038
2,038
41,088
43,350
53,528
55,945
52,530
45,815
44,845
–
41,550
38,705
50,216
40,668
42,051
42,286
44,707
33,724
–
–
36,935
36,935
40,934
43,706
53,290
55,453
49,691
41,995
41,995
–
40,186
39,187
52,774
39,009
42,220
39,524
44,978
28,189
–
–
37,690
37,690
40.0
38.5
37.8
40.0
40.4
40.6
40.0
747
660
497
798
1,064
1,233
1,512
792
588
527
750
972
1,097
1,298
2,080
2,002
1,968
2,080
2,083
2,079
2,080
38,854
34,316
25,825
41,480
54,848
63,165
78,603
41,199
30,570
27,421
39,000
50,565
57,061
67,496
43.1
39.2
40.7
40.2
40.2
40.0
40.5
41.2
43.8
39.5
39.0
37.9
40.0
38.8
40.0
40.0
39.5
31.8
39.9
1,148
1,434
1,197
843
747
865
1,021
641
1,191
470
482
330
490
405
538
401
428
359
503
961
1,604
1,058
808
692
870
972
508
1,137
440
471
353
496
400
472
395
417
346
507
2,239
1,798
2,116
2,088
2,092
2,080
2,100
2,145
2,277
2,014
1,914
1,972
2,080
2,020
2,080
2,080
2,055
1,105
2,074
59,721
65,851
62,236
43,791
38,850
44,972
52,975
33,356
61,928
23,937
23,663
17,185
25,463
21,045
27,989
20,852
22,272
12,501
26,147
49,993
70,594
54,990
41,995
36,005
45,247
50,565
26,416
59,098
21,996
23,795
18,366
25,813
20,800
24,523
20,550
21,658
12,517
26,386
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.6
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
532
684
1,066
705
666
796
765
816
558
498
497
506
669
859
619
664
822
744
840
564
470
504
2,075
2,083
2,080
2,096
2,080
2,080
2,114
2,080
2,080
2,078
2,080
27,600
35,556
55,406
36,667
34,628
41,379
39,786
42,412
29,008
25,897
25,834
26,208
34,778
44,678
32,198
34,528
42,731
38,709
43,659
29,348
24,419
26,208
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table A-4. Weekly and annual earnings1 and hours for selected occupations, full-time workers only2, all industries,
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All industries
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours4
Weekly earnings
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Annual earnings
Mean
Median
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
(-Continued)
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.8
40.0
39.9
40.3
40.0
39.9
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
$452
557
410
568
458
466
703
459
495
490
517
466
423
348
405
480
382
$369
483
408
577
462
475
762
420
446
475
504
436
367
320
348
374
330
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,069
2,080
2,052
2,094
2,080
2,072
2,073
2,080
2,080
2,080
$23,506
28,980
21,308
29,530
23,796
24,241
36,563
23,868
25,743
25,179
26,861
24,226
21,943
18,089
21,086
24,973
19,886
$19,177
25,108
21,216
29,994
24,024
24,690
39,624
21,840
23,190
24,648
26,208
22,651
19,067
16,640
18,096
19,459
17,160
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Food service occupations .........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
38.7
41.1
40.0
38.5
36.8
38.3
35.6
40.0
34.5
39.5
39.6
–
394
740
768
270
302
269
352
437
330
451
463
–
330
718
792
268
288
271
320
476
301
451
480
–
1,986
2,139
2,080
1,988
1,913
1,953
1,850
2,080
1,793
2,053
2,060
–
20,214
38,457
39,960
13,984
15,724
13,692
18,288
22,715
17,181
23,430
24,096
–
17,153
37,336
41,205
13,923
14,988
13,832
16,640
24,752
15,654
23,469
24,960
–
1 Earnings 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, 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.
The median designates
position--one-half of the workers receive the same as or more, and one-half
receive the same as or less than the rate shown.
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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used
to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified
into one of nine major occupational groups.
4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a
week, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere
classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey.
A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages
were collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the
quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the
prior survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
14
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI,
July 1998
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$14.72
14.75
$13.93
13.90
$21.50
21.50
$15.48
15.48
$9.31
9.45
White-collar occupations ...................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
18.11
7.23
8.80
11.04
11.08
14.19
14.78
19.58
23.92
25.55
28.51
29.70
36.01
18.49
18.66
7.18
8.37
11.20
11.03
13.25
14.94
19.77
23.83
25.22
28.51
29.50
36.01
18.49
16.85
7.18
8.74
10.97
10.74
14.29
14.37
17.95
20.17
24.11
26.98
26.75
36.05
18.60
17.30
7.09
8.22
11.14
10.58
13.27
14.41
18.06
19.90
23.55
26.98
26.24
36.05
18.60
24.86
–
9.79
11.67
13.04
13.10
16.86
26.27
33.14
31.07
–
39.66
–
–
24.86
–
9.79
11.67
13.04
13.10
16.86
26.27
33.14
31.07
–
39.66
–
–
19.24
–
9.11
11.44
11.79
14.45
14.84
19.49
23.97
25.98
28.97
29.63
36.01
18.80
19.78
–
8.40
11.56
11.81
13.37
15.04
19.69
23.87
25.65
28.97
29.42
36.01
18.80
11.71
7.11
7.90
9.31
–
12.59
13.13
20.35
–
21.32
–
–
–
–
12.34
6.97
8.28
9.62
–
12.59
13.13
20.35
–
21.32
–
–
–
–
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, religious, and recreation workers ..................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
22.48
24.70
12.15
12.44
24.38
27.18
25.58
29.61
28.04
33.48
25.73
25.67
21.90
–
21.07
20.71
21.37
35.71
28.93
10.27
13.98
32.09
30.40
36.69
–
–
17.26
19.95
19.65
21.21
–
–
19.49
19.75
22.48
–
27.02
–
25.78
25.70
22.11
–
21.06
–
21.16
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.79
30.77
12.62
16.17
29.08
35.37
32.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.19
20.74
–
36.69
34.16
11.59
–
–
37.12
36.69
–
–
18.46
–
23.07
25.39
12.60
12.41
24.76
27.22
26.44
31.22
28.58
33.48
25.73
25.67
21.90
–
21.41
20.91
22.18
35.71
29.77
–
–
32.09
30.45
36.82
–
–
18.13
19.95
18.45
19.30
9.83
12.58
20.52
–
21.32
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.52
20.30
20.42
–
17.86
–
12.58
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.66
17.13
13.12
14.89
18.57
17.08
13.08
14.23
–
17.77
–
–
18.68
17.14
13.00
14.99
–
17.03
–
–
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI,
July 1998 — Continued
All workers 4
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
White-collar occupations (-Continued)
Technical occupations (-Continued)
Level 7 ..............................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Management related occupations ............................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Sales occupations ............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
$19.35
26.32
18.19
21.41
24.58
29.96
36.48
30.45
21.42
25.62
30.40
37.90
20.90
18.42
21.39
22.98
14.34
9.72
11.29
30.05
11.28
7.18
8.37
11.19
11.08
12.56
15.71
14.88
$19.37
25.57
18.29
21.13
24.59
25.95
36.58
29.41
20.47
25.41
25.06
38.13
21.00
18.48
–
23.23
14.34
9.72
11.29
30.05
11.00
7.09
8.22
11.13
10.59
12.49
–
14.63
–
$32.21
–
–
–
40.45
–
36.29
–
–
40.45
–
19.37
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.03
–
9.79
11.67
13.24
–
–
–
$18.82
26.33
18.30
21.41
24.58
29.68
36.48
30.38
21.42
25.62
30.05
37.90
20.97
18.58
21.39
22.98
15.55
–
11.71
30.05
11.89
–
8.40
11.51
11.87
12.50
15.71
14.88
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.36
–
–
–
9.40
6.97
8.28
9.66
–
–
–
–
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
12.99
7.61
10.64
13.19
13.37
13.62
16.18
18.75
19.04
17.05
13.68
13.97
18.20
19.01
19.04
12.33
8.20
11.02
13.18
13.67
13.06
14.15
12.19
9.83
13.08
12.95
9.87
7.20
10.60
13.36
12.93
7.62
10.64
13.20
13.38
13.57
16.21
18.91
–
17.07
13.68
13.93
18.32
19.23
–
12.33
8.20
11.02
13.18
13.67
13.05
14.15
12.11
9.79
13.17
12.95
9.75
7.22
10.64
13.34
15.24
–
–
12.73
–
–
–
16.92
–
16.65
–
–
–
16.63
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.37
–
–
–
14.72
–
–
–
13.30
7.89
10.78
13.22
13.52
13.64
16.18
18.75
19.04
17.07
13.68
13.97
18.20
19.01
19.04
12.46
8.34
11.22
13.18
13.74
13.06
14.15
12.27
9.89
13.08
12.98
10.59
7.51
10.81
13.57
7.47
6.61
7.84
11.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.63
–
–
–
6.85
6.47
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
9.06
6.01
7.66
5.95
14.97
8.77
10.18
6.51
5.99
5.15
Occupational group3 and level
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table B-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and levels2, all industries, private industry,
State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI,
July 1998 — Continued
All workers 4
Occupational group3 and level
Service occupations (-Continued)
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Level 5 ..............................................................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Protective service occupations ...............................
Level 6 ..............................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Food service occupations ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Health service occupations .....................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations ............
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an
establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for
more information.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$6.60
9.63
12.88
12.76
14.65
15.95
19.79
16.70
16.92
20.12
18.28
6.33
5.22
5.42
8.10
9.98
9.60
10.94
8.62
9.10
12.92
12.58
7.50
6.31
7.79
$6.32
9.20
13.61
12.38
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.18
5.20
5.35
7.90
9.72
9.19
10.20
8.54
–
12.76
–
6.99
–
–
$10.68
11.59
11.92
13.27
16.92
20.61
19.79
17.45
16.92
20.61
18.28
10.57
–
–
–
12.19
–
13.53
–
–
13.26
–
9.48
–
–
$7.57
10.26
13.38
12.82
14.74
15.96
19.79
17.98
17.37
20.23
18.28
7.03
5.47
6.56
8.16
9.88
9.61
11.41
8.88
–
13.33
–
–
–
–
$5.26
7.50
9.96
–
–
–
–
7.75
–
–
–
5.19
4.87
4.56
7.95
10.67
–
7.41
–
–
–
–
6.95
5.97
–
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD
INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
17
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
White-collar occupations:
Professional specialty and technical occupations:
Professional specialty occupations:
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Registered nurses ................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Social workers ......................................................
Level 9 ..............................................................
Technical occupations:
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Level 5 ..............................................................
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations:
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Level 11 ............................................................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Level 8 ..............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations:
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical:
Secretaries ...........................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Level 4 ..............................................................
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
Blue-collar occupations:
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
18
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$26.90
25.25
21.42
20.11
19.99
20.12
14.47
31.86
29.14
35.80
32.80
33.66
37.34
23.50
9.95
18.13
19.95
$26.90
–
–
20.24
–
20.10
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$19.26
19.15
–
–
36.53
38.31
35.80
35.53
37.78
37.34
26.64
9.94
20.13
–
$26.90
25.25
21.42
20.18
–
–
–
31.89
29.14
36.05
32.98
34.03
37.34
23.78
–
18.13
19.95
–
–
–
$20.02
20.30
19.69
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.95
–
–
13.16
12.74
12.82
18.46
20.27
12.91
12.71
12.82
18.46
20.43
–
–
–
–
–
13.12
–
–
–
19.94
–
–
–
–
–
37.79
38.55
–
37.79
–
26.67
36.97
40.45
29.41
21.47
24.79
18.57
26.67
–
–
28.83
21.47
24.79
18.49
26.67
36.61
40.25
29.41
21.47
24.79
18.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.60
21.62
25.23
18.60
21.62
25.46
–
–
–
–
21.62
25.23
–
–
–
25.82
9.00
25.82
9.00
–
–
27.19
–
–
7.29
11.76
7.79
11.80
8.71
10.90
–
10.42
13.46
10.03
9.94
9.52
11.11
10.91
10.19
12.56
11.53
–
11.47
8.71
10.49
–
10.35
13.46
10.03
9.17
9.11
9.58
–
–
12.24
12.36
–
12.37
8.71
12.24
11.85
10.42
13.46
10.03
10.84
–
11.35
11.31
–
12.61
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.70
–
–
10.10
–
–
26.64
17.50
16.65
–
–
16.55
–
40.95
40.45
–
–
–
–
12.45
–
12.57
–
14.79
–
–
–
–
11.87
–
–
10.91
10.19
–
–
–
–
26.64
17.50
16.65
–
–
–
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Blue-collar occupations: (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations:
(-Continued)
Industrial machinery repairers (-Continued)
Level 7 ..............................................................
Electricians ...........................................................
Level 7 ..............................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors:
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Level 3 ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations:
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers:
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Level 1 ..............................................................
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
Service occupations:
Protective service occupations:
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations:
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Level 1 ..............................................................
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
Level 1 ..............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
19
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$17.58
19.89
19.99
18.82
20.39
13.95
$17.54
19.99
20.13
18.82
20.39
13.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
$17.58
19.89
19.99
18.82
20.39
13.95
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.42
12.42
–
12.42
–
11.30
13.93
13.26
10.24
14.20
11.44
11.34
8.14
11.45
12.40
12.84
17.58
11.31
8.26
11.31
12.88
11.14
12.38
13.73
11.30
13.93
13.26
10.24
14.20
11.44
11.34
8.14
11.45
12.40
12.84
17.62
11.31
8.26
11.31
12.88
11.14
12.38
13.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.30
13.93
13.26
10.24
14.20
11.44
11.65
–
12.14
12.40
12.84
17.58
11.53
8.46
11.45
12.88
11.14
12.38
13.73
12.69
12.00
11.65
9.67
13.36
12.65
–
11.65
9.67
13.36
–
$12.56
–
–
–
12.83
–
11.65
9.67
13.36
–
–
–
–
–
9.16
8.07
6.72
9.89
11.10
8.58
9.39
8.75
–
8.07
6.72
9.89
11.10
8.58
9.39
9.34
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.73
7.16
10.14
12.01
–
9.56
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.33
–
–
–
14.85
18.84
8.66
3.45
3.42
8.12
8.06
7.29
7.29
6.81
6.23
6.89
6.47
–
–
–
14.85
18.84
8.66
–
19.21
–
3.45
3.42
7.85
8.02
–
–
6.81
6.23
6.57
6.42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.47
–
–
–
8.22
–
–
–
–
–
7.01
6.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$7.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.83
3.86
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.67
6.24
Table B-2. Mean hourly earnings1 for selected occupations and levels2, all industries, private
industry, State and local government, full-time and part-time workers, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
All workers4
Occupation3 and level
Service occupations: (-Continued)
Health service occupations:
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Level 3 ..............................................................
Cleaning and building service occupations:
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 ..............................................................
Level 2 ..............................................................
Level 3 ..............................................................
Level 4 ..............................................................
Personal service occupations:
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 Each occupation for which wage data are collected in an
establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge,
complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s ranking within each factor. The points are summed to
determine the overall level of the occupation. See technical note for
more information.
3 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
4 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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
All industries
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Full-time
workers
Part-time
workers
$11.18
9.54
9.45
$11.06
9.19
9.02
–
$12.01
–
$10.92
9.58
9.45
–
–
–
11.29
9.27
9.49
13.33
12.58
10.79
9.20
–
13.38
–
12.78
–
–
13.26
–
11.70
9.77
–
13.33
–
7.44
–
–
–
$7.56
–
–
–
–
7.64
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD
INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
20
Table C-1. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and selected characteristics, all industries, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
Occupational group2
Full-time
workers3
Part-time
workers3
Union4
Nonunion4
Time5
Incentive5
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$15.48
15.48
$9.31
9.45
$16.67
16.95
$14.13
14.06
$14.59
14.69
$16.88
15.72
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
19.24
19.78
11.71
12.34
22.38
24.32
17.29
17.59
17.95
18.61
22.88
–
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
23.07
25.39
17.14
26.33
15.55
11.89
18.45
19.30
17.03
–
7.36
9.40
28.31
31.12
17.33
28.13
–
13.71
19.90
21.31
17.07
26.25
15.21
10.99
22.48
24.70
17.13
26.33
12.58
11.26
–
–
–
–
22.57
–
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
13.30
17.07
12.46
12.27
10.59
7.47
–
7.71
10.63
6.85
14.38
16.75
14.91
13.82
–
12.36
17.16
11.04
11.67
9.50
12.75
16.64
12.10
11.78
9.59
15.12
25.15
14.49
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
10.18
5.99
13.55
7.67
9.07
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is
used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are
classified into one of nine major occupational groups.
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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an 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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not
elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR
ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS
SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN
MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update
survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics
where averages were collected. This procedure compares current locality
survey data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior survey.
Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by the average change in
mean wages for the occupation.
21
Table C-2. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and industry division, private industry, all workers2, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
Goods-producing industries4
Occupational group3
All private
industries
Service-producing industries5
Total
Mining
Construction
Manufacturing
Total
TransWholeportsale
ation
and
and
retail
public
trade
utilities
Finance,
insurance,
and
real
estate
Services
All occupations ...........................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ................................................
$13.93
13.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
White-collar occupations .......................................................
White-collar excluding sales .................................................
16.85
17.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.73
18.02
13.67
13.73
Professional specialty and technical occupations ................
Professional specialty occupations ...................................
Technical occupations ......................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .......
Sales occupations ................................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .........
19.65
21.21
17.08
25.57
14.34
11.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.48
17.63
19.13
14.66
23.30
–
9.63
Blue-collar occupations .........................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..............
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..................
Transportation and material moving occupations .................
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .........
12.93
17.07
12.33
12.11
9.75
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.39
–
7.57
–
7.35
Service occupations ...............................................................
7.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.32
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover
all workers in the civilian economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of nine
major occupational groups.
4 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing.
5 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale
$17.61 $11.83
17.88 11.82
and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria. Overall occupational groups and occupational levels may include data for
categories not shown separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY
EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY,
USERS SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this update survey. A
procedure was put into place to "move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with
the same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
22
Table C-3. Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group and establishment employment size, private
industry, all workers2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
100 workers or more
All private
industry
workers
50 - 99
workers
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
$13.93
13.90
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
Occupational group3
Total
100 - 499
workers
500
workers or
more
$11.43
11.40
$14.36
14.33
$13.20
12.87
$15.77
16.05
16.85
17.30
16.10
16.92
16.96
17.36
15.55
15.21
18.67
19.69
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support, including clerical occupations .....
19.65
21.21
17.08
25.57
14.34
11.00
16.62
18.08
–
26.43
11.81
9.79
20.10
21.75
17.52
25.40
14.75
11.17
19.34
20.18
17.87
22.41
16.99
10.07
20.62
22.96
17.30
28.39
–
12.84
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
12.93
17.07
12.33
12.11
9.75
11.50
–
–
–
9.65
13.08
17.12
12.51
11.69
9.76
12.04
16.52
10.89
10.33
8.27
14.38
18.15
14.60
13.77
10.79
Service occupations ...........................................................
7.66
5.72
8.93
8.19
9.74
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments,
and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed
by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy.
Individual occupations are classified into one of nine major
occupational groups.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did
not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups and
occupational levels may include data for categories not shown
separately. N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND
PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD
INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in this
update survey. A procedure was put into place to "move" the
positional statistics where averages were collected. This procedure
compares current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates from the prior
survey are moved by the average change in mean wages for the
occupation.
23
Table C-4. Number of workers1 represented by occupational group, Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
All workers
Occupational group2
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
341,446
322,547
296,824
277,925
44,622
44,622
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar excluding sales .............................................
151,230
132,331
121,181
102,281
30,050
30,050
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Sales occupations ............................................................
Administrative support including clerical occupations ......
51,791
38,816
12,974
26,738
18,900
53,802
33,830
21,742
12,088
23,399
18,900
45,052
17,961
17,074
886
3,339
–
8,750
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers .....
138,364
31,250
61,635
17,105
28,373
134,147
29,547
61,600
15,580
27,420
4,217
1,703
–
1,525
954
Service occupations ...........................................................
51,852
41,496
10,356
1 Both full-time and part-time workers were included in
the survey. 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 establishment, where a 40-hour week is the
minimum full-time schedule.
2 A classification system including about 480 individual
occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian
economy. Individual occupations are classified into one of
nine major occupational groups.
categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means not
elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE
INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION. ACCORDINGLY, USERS
SHOULD INTERPRET THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were collected in
this update survey. A procedure was put into place to
"move" the positional statistics where averages were
collected. This procedure compares current locality survey
data–at the quote level–with the same quote from the prior
survey. Individual rates from the prior survey are moved by
the average change in mean wages for the occupation.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational
groups and occupational levels may include data for
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Appendix A. Technical Note
sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample
was selected. The reference month for the private sector is
March 1996. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to
the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments
were added, out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels,
industry classification, and other information were updated.
This section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained in
this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for the
survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing the
data. While this section answers some questions commonly
asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive description
of all the steps required to produce the data.
Planning for the survey
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a
two stage stratified design with probability proportional to
employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of
sample selection was a probability sample of establishments. The sample of establishments was drawn by first
stratifying the sampling frame where the strata are determined by industry and whether the establishment is Private, State government or Local government. The number
of sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that the sample units within each stratum represent all
the units within the stratum, both sampled and nonsampled.
See appendix table 1 for a count of establishments in the
survey by employment size. The second stage of sample
selection, detailed below, was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled establishment.
The overall design of the survey is based on the type of
data to be produced. Establishments that participate in the
NCS are studied for several collection cycles. This allows
changes in wages within these establishments to be observed over time. Individual wage data are collected for
selected jobs during each establishment’s initial cycle and
updated during subsequent cycles. When data are not
available during a collection cycle, efforts are made to collect the data during subsequent cycles and include it in later
tabulations. Beginning in the year 2001, the current NCS
sample will be replenished on a rotating basis.
Survey scope
This survey of the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland,
MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area covered establishments
employing 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); serviceproducing industries (transportation, communications,
electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail
trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture,
private households, and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope of the survey. For purposes of this
survey an establishment was an economic unit which produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or
an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company.
For private industries in this survey, the establishment was
usually at a single physical location. For State and local
governments, an establishment was defined as all locations
of a government entity.
The Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, MSA includes Allegan, Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa Counties, MI.
Data collection
Detailed procedures are followed when collecting data
from survey respondents. For the initial data collection,
field economists, working out of the Regional Office, visited each establishment surveyed. The field economists through mail, phone, or personal visit - completed update
collection, which involved obtaining current pay data.
The following procedures are used for schedules initiated for the first time or reinitiated during an update.
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from the
State unemployment insurance reports for the Grand
Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, Metropolitan Statistical
Area. The reference month for the public sector is June
1994. Due to the volatility of industries within the private
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data
were to be collected was a multi-step process:
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs.
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A complete list of all individual occupations, classified
by the MOG to which they belong, is contained in appendix
B.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as
being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition
of Terms” section on the following page for more detail.
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
Census of Population system.
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time v. part-time,
union v. nonunion, and time v. incentive.
4. Determination of the level of work of each job.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers who met all the criteria identified in the last three
steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for
which a correct classification or level could not be determined.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people
working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance
of selection.
The number of jobs collected in each establishment was
based on an establishment’s employment size as shown in
the following schedule:
Number of employees
50-99
100-249
250-999
1000-2,499
2,500+
Generic leveling through point factor analysis
In the last step before wage data were collected, the
work level of each selected job was determined using a
“generic leveling” process. Generic leveling ranks and
compares all occupations randomly selected in an establishment using the same criteria. This is a major departure
from the method used in the past in the Bureau’s Occupational Compensation Surveys which studied specifically defined occupations with leveling definitions unique to each
occupation.
For this survey, the level of each occupation in an establishment was determined by an analysis of each of 10
leveling factors. Nine of these factors are drawn from the
U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management’s Factor Evaluation System, which is the underlying structure for
evaluation of General Schedule Federal employees. The
tenth factor, supervisory duties, attempts to account for the
effect of supervisory duties. It is considered experimental.
The 10 factors are:
Number of selected jobs
8
10
12
16
20
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The
National Compensation Survey occupational classification
system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational
classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. In
cases where a job’s duties overlapped two or more census
classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level
were used to classify the job. Classification by primary
duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major occupational group
(MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following
MOG’s:
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Knowledge
Supervision received
Guidelines
Complexity
Scope and effect
Personal contacts
Purpose of contacts
Physical demands
Work environment
Supervisory duties
Each factor contains a number of levels and each level
has an associated written description and point value. The
number and range of points differ among the factors. For
each factor, an occupation was assigned a level based on
which written description best matched the job. Within
each occupation, the points for 9 factors (supervisory duties
was excluded) were recorded and totaled. The total determines the overall level of the occupation. Appendix table 3
presents average work levels for published occupational
groups and selected occupations. A description of the levels for each factor is shown in appendix C.
Tabulations of levels of work for occupations in the
survey follow the Federal Government’s white-collar Gen-
Professional specialty and technical
Executive, administrative, and managerial
Sales
Administrative support including clerical
Precision production, craft, and repair
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors
Transportation and material moving
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers
Service occupations
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also collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours
worked per day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were
recorded. Annual weeks worked were determined. Because
salaried workers, exempt from overtime provisions, often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
eral Schedule. Point ranges for each of the 15 levels are
shown in appendix D. It also includes an example of a leveled job and a guide to help data users evaluate jobs in their
firm.
Wage data collected in prior surveys using the new generic leveling method were evaluated by BLS researchers
using regression techniques. For each of the major occupational groups, wages were compared to the 10 generic
level factors (and levels within those factors). The analysis
showed that several of the generic level factors, most notably knowledge and supervision received, had strong explanatory power for wages. That is, as the levels within a
given factor increased, the wages also increased. Detailed
research continues in the area. The results of this research
will be published by BLS in the future.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be full time.
Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical
note and the example for more details on the leveling process.)
Collection period
The survey was collected from April 1998 through
August 1998. The average payroll reference month was
July 1998. For each establishment in the survey, the data
reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage (see below).
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the
employer to the employee as compensation for straighttime hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The
following components were included as part of earnings:
·
·
·
·
·
Part-time worker. Any employee that the employer considers to be part-time.
Straight-time. Time worked at the standard rate of pay for
the job.
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of
production.
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
·
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
·
·
·
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
· Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
· Bonuses not directly tied to production (e.g.,
Christmas bonuses, profit-sharing bonuses)
· Uniform and tool allowances
· Free room and board
· Payments made by third parties (e.g., tips, bonuses
given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate)
· On-call pay
In order to calculate earnings for various time periods
(hourly, weekly, and annual), data on work schedules were
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining
agent for all workers in the occupation.
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations.
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed mutually binding collective bargaining
agreement.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the Bureau’s National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment/occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the
relative size of the occupation within the establishment and
of the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
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were used to aggregate the individual establishment/occupations into the various data series. Of the establishments surveyed, 28.3 percent (representing 106,327
employees) refused to supply information. If data were not
provided by a sample member, the weights of responding
sample members in the same or similar “cells” were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of the nonrespondents equals the
mean value of the respondents at some detailed “cell” level.
Responding and nonresponding establishments were classified into these cells according to industry and employment
size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells which
were additionally defined by major occupation group and
job level.
Establishments which were determined to be out of
business or outside the scope of the survey (3.9 percent of
the total sample) had their weights changed to zero. If only
partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a
refusal.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of
errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey,
sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all
possible samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the
standard error divided by the estimate. Appendix table 2
contains RSE data for selected series in this bulletin. RSE
data for all series in this bulletin are available on the Internet web site and by request to the BLS National Office.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose table A-1 shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers was $12.79 per hour, and appendix table 2 shows a
relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At
the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is $13.55 to $12.03 ($12.79 plus and minus 1.645
times 3.6 percent times $12.79). If all possible samples
were selected to estimate the population value, the interval
from each sample would include the true population value
approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. A Technical Reinterview Program done in all
survey areas will be used in the development of a formal
quality assessment process to help compute nonsampling
error. Although they also were not specifically measured,
efforts were made to minimize nonsampling errors by the
extensive training of field economists who gathered survey
data, computer editing of the data, and detailed data review.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining the wages for individual establishment/occupations.
Before being combined, individual wage rates are weighted
by: number of workers; the sample weight adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation work schedule, varying depending on whether
hourly, weekly, or annual rates are being calculated. The
respondent has the option of giving mean data instead of
individual wages in the years following the initiation.
In 1998, the publication criteria were changed to allow
more data to publish. Not all series that were calculated
met the criteria for publication. Before any series was
published, it was reviewed to make sure that the number of
observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented publishing a series that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
As a result of the use of sampling weights, the number
of workers estimates represent the total in all establishments within the scope of the study not the actual number
of workers surveyed.
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Appendix table 1. Number of establishments studied by industry division and establishment employment size,
and number of establishments represented, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
Number of establishments studied
Industry
All industries .........................................................
Private industry .................................................
Goods-producing industries ..........................
Mining .......................................................
Construction .............................................
Manufacturing ...........................................
Service-producing industries ........................
Tranportation and public utilities ...............
Wholesale and retail trade ........................
Finance, insurance and real estate ..........
Services ....................................................
State and local government ..............................
Number of
establishments represented
100 workers or more
Total studied
1,588
1,495
541
1
94
446
954
84
492
32
345
93
154
116
55
1
1
53
61
3
25
3
30
38
50 - 99
workers
26
24
4
1
–
3
20
2
9
1
8
2
Total
128
92
51
–
1
50
41
1
16
2
22
36
100 - 499
workers
75
57
32
–
1
31
25
1
13
–
11
18
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported. Overall industry and industry groups may include data for categories not shown separately.
29
500 workers
or more
53
35
19
–
–
19
16
–
3
2
11
18
Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
(in percent)
Occupation3
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
All occupations .......................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ............................................
2.3
2.2
2.6
2.6
3.2
3.2
White-collar occupations ...................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales .........................
3.6
3.7
4.0
4.3
3.6
3.6
Professional specialty and technical occupations ............
Professional specialty occupations ...............................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .......................
Industrial engineers ..............................................
Engineers, N.E.C. .................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists .....................
Computer systems analysts and scientists ...........
Natural scientists ......................................................
Health related occupations .......................................
Registered nurses ................................................
Teachers, college and university ..............................
Teachers, except college and university ..................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ........................
Elementary school teachers .................................
Secondary school teachers ..................................
Teachers, special education .................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ..................................................
Substitute teachers ...............................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators ...........................
Social scientists and urban planners ........................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ..................
Social workers ......................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and
professionals, N.E.C. ..........................................
Technical occupations ..................................................
Licensed practical nurses .....................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .......
Electrical and electronic technicians .....................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ..........
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations ...
Executives, administrators, and managers ...............
Financial managers ..............................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public
relations ..........................................................
Administrators, education and related fields .........
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ..................
Management related occupations ............................
Accountants and auditors .....................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations
specialists .......................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ............
Sales occupations ............................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ............................
Cashiers ...............................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical .....
Secretaries ...........................................................
Receptionists ........................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ......
Billing clerks ..........................................................
Production coordinators ........................................
Stock and inventory clerks ....................................
General office clerks .............................................
Teachers’ aides ....................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. .........
2.7
3.2
2.9
4.9
10.2
4.4
4.1
–
2.4
1.4
4.8
7.7
29.5
8.9
8.4
6.8
17.5
0.8
–
–
8.0
7.7
3.2
4.0
2.9
4.9
–
4.8
–
–
2.5
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.5
2.8
7.4
3.7
–
2.6
6.3
6.8
13.9
1.0
–
–
10.4
7.0
16.9
5.8
2.0
4.8
13.0
8.5
4.3
5.5
12.0
18.9
6.3
1.9
4.9
13.0
9.5
4.8
6.6
12.0
–
5.1
–
–
–
–
6.9
5.9
–
15.9
7.6
8.6
4.0
4.5
15.9
–
8.9
4.2
4.7
–
3.0
–
5.3
–
15.6
4.7
4.8
8.3
16.8
5.9
3.0
3.1
1.9
6.7
5.1
8.9
4.4
4.6
3.0
8.1
15.6
4.7
4.9
8.3
16.8
5.9
3.2
3.7
1.9
6.1
5.3
8.9
4.4
3.7
–
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.5
4.4
–
6.0
–
–
–
5.9
3.0
–
Blue-collar occupations .....................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ..........
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .................
3.0
3.3
21.0
3.1
3.5
–
4.7
2.2
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations
(-Continued)
Automobile mechanics .........................................
Industrial machinery repairers ..............................
Electricians ...........................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ....................
Tool and die makers .............................................
Machinists .............................................................
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ..............
Punching and stamping press operators ..............
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing
machine operators ..........................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ................
Molding and casting machine operators ...............
Packaging and filling machine operators ..............
Painting and paint spraying machine operators ...
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. ...........
Welders and cutters ..............................................
Assemblers ...........................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ..
Transportation and material moving occupations .............
Truck drivers .........................................................
Bus drivers ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ..
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .......
Stock handlers and baggers .................................
Machine feeders and offbearers ...........................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .......
Hand packers and packagers ...............................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. ...................
10.5
4.6
5.1
5.5
4.8
9.8
3.6
6.6
–
5.1
5.2
5.5
4.8
9.8
3.6
6.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.5
9.9
8.7
4.2
5.5
4.6
9.0
4.8
9.2
3.0
3.7
5.0
6.5
6.9
16.3
9.9
11.9
12.3
9.6
13.9
15.5
9.9
8.7
4.2
5.5
4.6
9.2
4.8
9.2
3.2
3.7
–
6.5
7.0
–
9.9
11.9
12.3
9.6
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.6
–
3.1
–
22.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
Service occupations ...........................................................
Protective service occupations .................................
Firefighting occupations ........................................
Police and detectives, public service ....................
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ................
Food service occupations .........................................
Waiters and waitresses ........................................
Cooks ...................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations
Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. .................
4.7
4.4
5.0
2.8
12.0
5.4
12.1
3.7
4.8
7.5
3.3
4.8
–
–
–
–
5.6
12.1
2.9
–
7.5
3.0
3.9
4.2
5.0
2.8
12.0
6.1
–
–
–
–
2.3
See footnotes at end of table.
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Appendix table 2. Relative standard errors of mean hourly earnings1 for selected
occupations, all industries, private industry, and State and local government, all
workers2, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998 — Continued
(in percent)
Occupation3
Service occupations (-Continued)
Health service occupations .......................................
Health aides, except nursing ................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ...............
Cleaning and building service occupations ..............
Janitors and cleaners ...........................................
Personal service occupations ...................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ....................
1 The relative standard error is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. Hourly
earnings for these occupations are presented in Tables
A-1 and A-2. Reliable relative standard errors could
not be determined for all occupations.
2 All workers include full-time and part-time
workers. 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 A classification system including about 480
individual occupations is used to cover all workers in
the civilian economy. Individual occupations are
classified into one of nine major occupational groups.
All industries
Private
industry
State and
local
government
2.9
8.5
2.5
5.3
4.2
5.0
3.5
3.1
8.8
2.2
6.5
5.7
3.7
–
6.3
–
7.2
5.9
2.4
10.3
–
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups and occupational levels may
include data for categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means not elsewhere classified. IN THIS SURVEY, THE NONRESPONSE RATE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY EXCEEDED REGULAR SURVEY STANDARDS FOR PUBLICATION.
ACCORDINGLY, USERS SHOULD INTERPRET
THESE RESULTS WITH THIS LIMITATION IN MIND.
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were
collected in this update survey. A procedure was put
into place to "move" the positional statistics where
averages were collected. This procedure compares
current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average
change in mean wages for the occupation.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
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Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
All occupations .................................................................................
All occupations excluding sales ......................................................
5
5
5
5
3
3
White-collar occupations .............................................................
White-collar occupations excluding sales ...................................
6
6
7
7
5
5
Professional specialty and technical occupations ......................
Professional specialty occupations .........................................
Engineers, architects, and surveyors .................................
Industrial engineers ........................................................
Engineers, N.E.C. ...........................................................
Mathematical and computer scientists ...............................
Computer systems analysts and scientists .....................
Natural scientists ................................................................
Health related occupations .................................................
Registered nurses ..........................................................
Teachers, college and university ........................................
Teachers, except college and university ............................
Prekindergarten and kindergarten ..................................
Elementary school teachers ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ............................................
Teachers, special education ...........................................
Teachers, N.E.C. ............................................................
Substitute teachers .........................................................
Librarians, archivists, and curators .....................................
Social scientists and urban planners ..................................
Social, recreation, and religious workers ............................
Social workers ................................................................
Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,
N.E.C. ...........................................................................
Technical occupations ............................................................
Licensed practical nurses ...............................................
Health technologists and technicians, N.E.C. .................
Electrical and electronic technicians ...............................
Technical and related occupations, N.E.C. ....................
Executive, administrative, and managerial occupations .............
Executives, administrators, and managers .........................
Financial managers ........................................................
Managers, marketing, advertising and public relations ..
Administrators, education and related fields ...................
Managers and administrators, N.E.C. ............................
Management related occupations ......................................
Accountants and auditors ...............................................
Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........
Purchasing agents and buyers, N.E.C. ..........................
Management related occupations, N.E.C. ......................
Sales occupations ......................................................................
Supervisors, sales occupations ......................................
Cashiers .........................................................................
Administrative support occupations, including clerical ...............
Secretaries .....................................................................
Receptionists ..................................................................
Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................
Billing clerks ....................................................................
Production coordinators ..................................................
Stock and inventory clerks ..............................................
General office clerks .......................................................
Teachers’ aides ..............................................................
Administrative support occupations, N.E.C. ...................
8
8
9
10
9
9
9
–
9
8
10
8
6
8
8
8
7
6
–
–
7
8
8
8
9
10
9
9
9
–
9
8
10
8
–
8
8
8
7
–
–
–
8
8
7
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
9
9
–
6
–
–
–
–
–
6
–
–
–
–
7
6
6
5
6
7
9
10
11
11
11
10
8
7
8
8
9
4
8
2
4
4
3
4
3
5
4
3
3
5
7
6
6
–
–
7
9
10
11
11
11
10
8
7
–
8
9
5
8
–
4
4
3
4
3
5
4
3
3
5
–
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
3
–
Blue-collar occupations ...............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair occupations ....................
Supervisors, mechanics and repairers ...........................
Automobile mechanics ...................................................
Industrial machinery repairers ........................................
Electricians .....................................................................
Supervisors, production occupations ..............................
Tool and die makers .......................................................
Machinists .......................................................................
4
6
8
6
6
7
7
6
6
4
6
8
6
6
7
7
6
6
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Appendix table 3. Average work levels for selected occupations, all workers,
full-time and part-time workers, Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI, July 1998
— Continued
All
Full-time Part-time
workers workers workers
Occupation1
Blue-collar occupations (-Continued)
Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........................
Punching and stamping press operators ........................
Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine
operators ..................................................................
Fabricating machine operators, N.E.C. ..........................
Molding and casting machine operators .........................
Packaging and filling machine operators ........................
Painting and paint spraying machine operators .............
Miscellaneous machine operators, N.E.C. .....................
Welders and cutters ........................................................
Assemblers .....................................................................
Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ............
Transportation and material moving occupations .......................
Truck drivers ...................................................................
Bus drivers ......................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ............
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................
Groundskeepers and gardeners except farm .................
Stock handlers and baggers ...........................................
Machine feeders and offbearers .....................................
Freight, stock, and material handlers, N.E.C. .................
Hand packers and packagers .........................................
Laborers except construction, N.E.C. .............................
3
5
3
5
2
–
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
–
3
2
–
2
2
2
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
3
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
2
Service occupations .....................................................................
Protective service occupations ...........................................
Firefighting occupations ..................................................
Police and detectives, public service ..............................
Protective service occupations, N.E.C. ..........................
Food service occupations ...................................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................................................
Cooks .............................................................................
Food counter, fountain, and related occupations ...........
Kitchen workers, food preparation ..................................
Food preparation occupations, N.E.C. ...........................
Health service occupations .................................................
Health aides, except nursing ..........................................
Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants .........................
Cleaning and building service occupations ........................
Janitors and cleaners .....................................................
Personal service occupations .............................................
Early childhood teachers’ assistants ..............................
3
6
6
7
3
2
2
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
7
–
7
–
2
–
3
–
–
2
3
3
3
3
3
–
–
2
4
–
–
–
2
2
–
–
–
2
3
–
–
2
2
2
3
1 A classification system including about 480
individual occupations is used to cover all workers in
the civilian economy. Individual occupations are
classified into one of nine major occupational groups.
The occupations titled authors, musicians, actors,
painters, photographers, dancers, artists, athletes, and
legislators cannot be assigned a work level.
include data for categories not shown separately.
N.E.C. means "not elsewhere classified."
NOTE: Individual and average wage rates were
collected in this update survey. A procedure was put
into place to "move" the positional statistics where
averages were collected. This procedure compares
current locality survey data–at the quote level–with the
same quote from the prior survey. Individual rates
from the prior survey are moved by the average
change in mean wages for the occupation.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall
occupational groups and occupational levels may
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