NC BL 07/00/2007 Table: Elkhart-Goshen, IN, Bulletin 3135-66, September 2006 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $16.45 3.0 35.9 $16.13 3.2 36.0 $22.13 2.1 34.9 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 29.00 8.9 35.2 28.92 11.2 35.6 29.31 1.9 33.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 34.69 16.8 37.4 34.67 17.7 37.3 – – – Professional and related.......................................... 24.03 5.6 33.4 21.72 7.3 33.7 28.61 1.2 33.0 Service............................................................. 9.92 9.1 27.3 9.05 10.5 26.3 16.27 6.0 37.8 Sales and office.................................................... 13.50 3.9 33.7 13.53 4.1 33.5 12.68 3.6 36.5 Sales and related................................................. 15.42 9.4 30.8 15.42 9.4 30.8 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 12.78 2.8 34.9 12.78 3.0 34.8 12.68 3.6 36.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 17.06 5.1 39.5 17.11 5.3 39.4 – – – Construction and extraction...................................... 17.56 7.6 39.5 17.74 7.9 39.5 – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 16.54 4.4 39.3 16.47 4.4 39.3 – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.54 4.0 39.0 15.53 4.1 39.1 17.78 1.5 29.2 Production........................................................ 16.01 5.0 39.0 16.01 5.0 39.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 13.74 4.0 39.1 13.64 4.1 39.6 – – – Full time........................................................... 17.23 2.8 39.6 16.90 3.0 39.8 23.39 1.8 37.1 Part time........................................................... 9.23 7.6 19.3 8.92 8.6 19.0 13.39 3.3 24.6 Union............................................................... 18.74 8.0 38.7 16.56 11.2 39.8 29.77 9.5 34.0 Nonunion............................................................ 16.21 3.8 35.6 16.09 3.9 35.7 18.93 5.9 35.3 Time................................................................ 15.66 3.7 35.4 15.21 4.2 35.4 22.13 2.1 34.9 Incentive........................................................... 19.86 3.9 38.4 19.86 3.9 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 17.42 3.8 38.7 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 13.66 4.8 31.8 (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 15.51 7.7 33.8 15.50 7.7 33.8 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 15.73 4.0 36.8 15.52 4.3 36.8 20.55 6.0 36.5 500 workers or more................................................. 18.89 5.8 38.2 18.20 7.1 39.0 22.96 6.1 34.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.45 3.0 $17.23 2.8 $9.23 7.6 Management occupations.............................................. 39.71 19.6 39.71 19.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.80 7.3 35.80 7.3 – – Level 10.................................................. 26.67 9.5 26.67 9.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 35.82 3.1 35.82 3.1 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 61.96 18.4 61.96 18.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.56 8.0 25.87 2.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.41 15.0 24.41 15.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.68 4.7 32.68 4.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.29 11.1 32.29 11.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.91 5.6 33.97 .7 10.29 4.6 Level 9 .................................................. 41.07 .7 41.07 .7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.68 .2 37.91 1.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.82 .4 38.41 2.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.82 .4 38.41 2.0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.66 1.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.40 3.7 18.40 3.7 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.73 3.4 11.24 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.83 6.8 10.83 6.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... – – 11.89 2.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.16 6.7 17.24 1.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 10.7 – – 6.07 9.0 Level 1 .................................................. 5.04 18.7 – – 5.11 21.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.02 14.2 – – 6.34 19.4 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.90 23.4 – – 4.31 21.7 Level 1 .................................................. 2.88 9.4 – – 3.03 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 5.18 27.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 7.1 – – 2.71 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 2.68 9.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.96 11.7 – – 9.04 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.23 4.4 – – 8.80 4.7 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.28 6.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.18 4.8 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.19 11.8 13.64 12.5 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.36 11.6 11.15 2.1 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... $15.42 9.4 $18.56 7.1 $8.28 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 12.1 – – 7.32 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 6.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.62 2.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.74 5.4 12.86 8.5 8.26 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 12.1 – – 7.32 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 6.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 4.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 12.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 12.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.24 4.0 13.65 12.2 8.61 4.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 7.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 4.0 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.36 21.5 27.36 21.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.65 18.7 28.65 18.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.78 2.8 13.02 2.8 10.10 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.98 2.2 10.18 1.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.67 2.5 11.88 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.92 3.0 12.93 3.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.46 3.7 15.72 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.02 8.7 19.02 8.7 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.68 4.0 12.95 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.12 5.7 11.63 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.50 6.3 12.50 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.01 5.9 15.28 7.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.68 4.4 12.90 4.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.34 3.4 – – – – Tellers......................................................... 10.69 .0 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.62 8.1 13.62 8.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.20 5.6 10.55 5.7 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.77 2.1 11.77 2.1 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.23 13.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.49 5.8 13.49 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.28 2.0 13.29 2.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.69 6.9 12.69 6.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.75 1.7 13.75 1.7 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.36 6.5 12.73 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 5.1 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.56 7.6 17.56 7.6 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... $16.54 4.4 $16.53 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.46 4.8 15.46 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.29 5.4 22.29 5.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.65 2.8 17.65 2.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.22 3.3 16.22 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.81 5.1 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.52 10.4 20.52 10.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.19 4.4 16.18 4.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 5.0 16.13 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.20 14.8 10.20 14.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.66 9.4 13.04 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.50 4.9 16.57 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.31 7.6 16.31 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.50 .8 18.50 .8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.21 9.1 19.21 9.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.11 3.3 23.11 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.62 10.5 12.62 10.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.64 9.7 20.64 9.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.28 10.7 16.28 10.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.36 3.3 10.36 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.78 12.4 15.78 12.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.42 9.2 18.42 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.40 5.6 15.40 5.6 – – Team assemblers................................................. 18.06 19.2 18.06 19.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.73 18.7 20.73 18.7 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.93 13.5 13.56 19.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 2.6 14.22 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.57 4.9 19.57 4.9 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.87 18.5 10.87 18.5 – – Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 13.38 10.4 13.38 10.4 – – Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.38 10.4 13.38 10.4 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.04 7.8 16.04 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.84 8.2 16.84 8.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.80 11.0 15.80 11.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.93 3.8 17.93 3.8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.11 12.8 11.11 12.8 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.21 1.5 13.21 1.5 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... $13.29 2.5 $13.29 2.5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.27 25.9 15.27 25.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.32 .8 13.32 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 7.8 15.36 7.8 – – Painting workers.................................................. 13.09 16.4 13.09 16.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.60 28.0 17.60 28.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 1.4 10.89 1.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.74 4.0 14.03 3.6 $10.70 10.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.91 2.3 10.91 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.17 7.5 11.51 7.0 9.20 10.6 Level 3 .................................................. 16.59 5.3 16.85 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.42 14.5 19.42 14.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.86 7.4 18.61 6.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 7.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.56 17.4 19.56 17.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.03 6.0 21.03 6.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.59 17.1 15.76 18.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.07 6.1 13.07 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.83 2.6 14.83 2.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.99 4.8 12.25 4.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.91 2.3 10.91 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 4.7 12.71 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.80 9.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.45 6.0 12.12 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.80 9.3 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.88 3.1 11.88 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.70 5.0 12.70 5.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.13 3.2 $16.90 3.0 $8.92 8.6 Management occupations.............................................. 40.05 20.9 40.05 20.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.63 7.0 34.63 7.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 37.52 2.5 37.52 2.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 61.96 18.4 61.96 18.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.56 8.0 25.87 2.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.41 15.0 24.41 15.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.68 4.7 32.68 4.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.29 11.1 32.29 11.1 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.17 3.2 18.17 3.2 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.73 3.4 11.24 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.83 6.8 10.83 6.8 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... – – 11.89 2.6 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.08 10.7 – – 6.01 9.3 Level 1 .................................................. 5.04 18.7 – – 5.11 21.0 Level 2 .................................................. 6.02 14.2 – – 6.34 19.4 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.90 23.4 – – 4.31 21.7 Level 1 .................................................. 2.88 9.4 – – 3.03 6.8 Level 2 .................................................. 5.18 27.2 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 7.1 – – 2.71 7.4 Level 1 .................................................. 2.68 9.2 – – – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.39 12.5 – – 8.99 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.97 3.2 – – 8.80 4.7 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.53 8.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.26 15.8 – – – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.42 13.2 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.42 9.4 18.56 7.1 8.28 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 12.1 – – 7.32 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 6.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.62 2.9 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.74 5.4 12.86 8.5 8.26 4.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 12.1 – – 7.32 5.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 6.7 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 4.0 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.91 12.5 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. $9.91 12.5 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.24 4.0 $13.65 12.2 $8.61 4.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.99 7.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.97 4.0 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.36 21.5 27.36 21.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.65 18.7 28.65 18.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.78 3.0 13.04 3.0 10.10 4.8 Level 2 .................................................. 9.96 2.7 10.19 1.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.60 2.5 11.82 2.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.86 3.1 12.87 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.47 3.7 15.73 4.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.87 8.6 19.87 8.6 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.66 4.0 12.94 4.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.12 5.7 11.63 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.47 6.3 12.47 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.02 6.0 15.30 7.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.68 4.4 12.89 4.7 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.69 .0 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.62 8.1 13.62 8.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 5.8 10.34 5.9 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.77 2.1 11.77 2.1 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.23 13.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.45 6.6 13.46 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.16 2.6 13.16 2.9 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.47 8.3 12.47 8.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.71 7.3 13.21 6.7 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.71 5.1 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.74 7.9 17.74 7.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.47 4.4 16.47 4.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.46 4.8 15.46 4.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.29 5.4 22.29 5.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.56 2.7 17.56 2.7 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.22 3.3 16.22 3.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 20.81 5.1 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.52 10.4 20.52 10.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.95 4.1 15.94 4.2 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 5.0 16.12 4.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.20 14.8 10.20 14.8 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.66 9.4 13.04 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.50 4.9 16.57 4.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.31 7.6 16.31 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. $18.51 0.8 $18.51 0.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.22 9.3 19.22 9.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.11 3.3 23.11 3.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.62 10.5 12.62 10.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.64 9.7 20.64 9.7 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.28 10.7 16.28 10.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.36 3.3 10.36 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 15.78 12.4 15.78 12.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 18.42 9.2 18.42 9.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.40 5.6 15.40 5.6 – – Team assemblers................................................. 18.06 19.2 18.06 19.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 20.73 18.7 20.73 18.7 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.93 13.5 13.56 19.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.22 2.6 14.22 2.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.57 4.9 19.57 4.9 – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.87 18.5 10.87 18.5 – – Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 13.38 10.4 13.38 10.4 – – Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.38 10.4 13.38 10.4 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.04 7.8 16.04 7.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.84 8.2 16.84 8.2 – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.80 11.0 15.80 11.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.93 3.8 17.93 3.8 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.11 12.8 11.11 12.8 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.21 1.5 13.21 1.5 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.29 2.5 13.29 2.5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.27 25.9 15.27 25.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.32 .8 13.32 .8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.36 7.8 15.36 7.8 – – Painting workers.................................................. 13.09 16.4 13.09 16.4 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.60 28.0 17.60 28.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 10.89 1.4 10.89 1.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.64 4.1 14.02 3.6 $8.22 11.2 Level 1 .................................................. 10.91 2.3 10.91 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.05 7.5 11.47 7.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.52 5.7 16.85 5.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.42 14.5 19.42 14.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.86 7.4 18.61 6.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 7.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. $19.56 17.4 $19.56 17.4 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.03 6.0 21.03 6.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.59 17.1 15.76 18.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.26 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.07 6.1 13.07 6.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.83 2.6 14.83 2.6 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.99 4.8 12.25 4.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.91 2.3 10.91 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.36 4.7 12.71 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.80 9.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.45 6.0 12.12 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.80 9.3 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.88 3.1 11.88 3.1 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.70 5.0 12.70 5.0 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.13 2.1 $23.39 1.8 $13.39 3.3 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.59 .4 33.97 .7 11.18 .4 Level 9 .................................................. 41.07 .7 41.07 .7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.68 .2 37.91 1.2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.82 .4 38.41 2.0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.82 .4 38.41 2.0 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.77 .6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 17.23 1.6 17.24 1.6 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.68 3.6 12.72 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.64 4.3 13.64 4.3 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $16.45 3.0 $17.23 2.8 $9.23 7.6 Management occupations.............................................. 39.71 19.6 39.71 19.6 – – Group III................................................. 34.37 4.0 – – – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 61.96 18.4 61.96 18.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.56 8.0 25.87 2.3 – – Group II.................................................. 20.79 6.7 – – – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 24.41 15.0 24.41 15.0 – – Group III................................................. 32.40 5.6 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 32.29 11.1 32.29 11.1 – – Group III................................................. 31.52 11.2 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.91 5.6 33.97 .7 10.29 4.6 Group I................................................... 10.66 1.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.53 11.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 41.07 .7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.68 .2 37.91 1.2 – – Group II.................................................. 31.49 1.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.82 .4 38.41 2.0 – – Group II.................................................. 29.48 2.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.82 .4 38.41 2.0 – – Group II.................................................. 29.48 2.0 – – – – Teacher assistants................................................ 10.66 1.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.66 1.1 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 18.40 3.7 18.40 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 18.30 5.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.73 3.4 11.24 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.67 3.4 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... – – 11.89 2.6 – – Protective service occupations...................................... 16.16 6.7 17.24 1.6 – – Group II.................................................. 17.78 2.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 6.15 10.7 – – 6.07 9.0 Group I................................................... 5.88 9.3 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.90 23.4 – – 4.31 21.7 Group I................................................... 3.90 23.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 7.1 – – 2.71 7.4 Group I................................................... 2.63 7.1 – – 2.71 7.4 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.96 11.7 – – 9.04 4.5 Group I................................................... 10.87 5.8 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... $11.28 6.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.98 6.3 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.19 11.8 $13.64 12.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.82 12.9 13.21 13.2 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.36 11.6 11.15 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 8.76 8.8 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.42 9.4 18.56 7.1 $8.28 4.7 Group I................................................... 10.73 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.12 7.7 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.74 5.4 12.86 8.5 8.26 4.9 Group I................................................... 10.79 5.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.90 11.7 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 11.24 4.0 13.65 12.2 8.61 4.6 Group I................................................... 11.33 4.5 13.65 12.2 8.59 5.0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.36 21.5 27.36 21.5 – – Group II.................................................. 27.36 21.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 28.65 18.7 28.65 18.7 – – Group II.................................................. 28.65 18.7 28.65 18.7 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.78 2.8 13.02 2.8 10.10 4.7 Group I................................................... 11.75 2.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 16.77 4.8 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 12.68 4.0 12.95 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.83 4.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 15.01 5.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.68 4.4 12.90 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 11.58 3.0 11.80 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 15.27 2.7 15.61 2.6 – – Tellers......................................................... 10.69 .0 – – – – Customer service representatives.................................. 13.62 8.1 13.62 8.1 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.20 5.6 10.55 5.7 – – Group I................................................... 10.20 5.6 10.55 5.7 – – Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.77 2.1 11.77 2.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.39 .0 11.39 .0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.23 13.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.23 13.2 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.49 5.8 13.49 6.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.22 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.76 3.7 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.69 6.9 12.69 6.9 – – Group I................................................... $12.15 4.9 $12.15 4.9 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 12.36 6.5 12.73 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.45 6.2 11.85 6.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.56 7.6 17.56 7.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.33 12.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.65 12.8 – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.54 4.4 16.53 4.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.21 8.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 17.95 6.7 – – – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.65 2.8 17.65 2.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.01 4.4 – – – – Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.52 10.4 20.52 10.4 – – Group II.................................................. 20.52 10.4 20.52 10.4 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.19 4.4 16.18 4.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 16.01 5.0 16.13 4.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.21 8.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.96 3.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 20.64 9.7 20.64 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.04 11.2 21.04 11.2 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.28 10.7 16.28 10.7 – – Group I................................................... 16.31 11.2 – – – – Team assemblers................................................. 18.06 19.2 18.06 19.2 – – Group I................................................... 18.09 19.4 18.09 19.4 – – Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 12.93 13.5 13.56 19.8 – – Group I................................................... 11.00 8.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.57 4.9 – – – – Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 10.87 18.5 10.87 18.5 – – Group I................................................... 10.77 21.0 10.77 21.0 – – Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 13.38 10.4 13.38 10.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 16.4 – – – – Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.38 10.4 13.38 10.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.06 16.4 13.06 16.4 – – Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.04 7.8 16.04 7.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.92 10.5 – – – – Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.80 11.0 15.80 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.35 9.4 15.35 9.4 – – Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.16 2.4 13.16 2.4 – – Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.11 12.8 11.11 12.8 – – Group I................................................... $11.11 12.8 $11.11 12.8 – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.21 1.5 13.21 1.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.21 1.5 – – – – Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 13.29 2.5 13.29 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.29 2.5 13.29 2.5 – – Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.27 25.9 15.27 25.9 – – Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 13.32 .8 13.32 .8 – – Group I................................................... 12.90 1.7 12.90 1.7 – – Painting workers.................................................. 13.09 16.4 13.09 16.4 – – Group I................................................... 12.53 15.3 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.60 28.0 17.60 28.0 – – Group I................................................... 18.46 35.3 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.74 4.0 14.03 3.6 $10.70 10.2 Group I................................................... 13.63 4.3 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.86 7.4 18.61 6.9 – – Group I................................................... 17.89 8.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.03 6.0 21.03 6.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.59 17.1 15.76 18.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.59 17.1 15.76 18.0 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.07 6.1 13.07 6.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.15 8.1 13.15 8.1 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.99 4.8 12.25 4.3 – – Group I................................................... 11.99 4.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.45 6.0 12.12 3.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.45 6.0 12.12 3.9 – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.88 3.1 11.88 3.1 – – Group I................................................... 11.88 3.1 11.88 3.1 – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $11.00 $14.00 $19.30 $26.37 Management occupations.............................................. 19.11 21.63 34.42 44.26 79.33 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.74 37.47 79.33 79.33 79.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.73 17.73 23.41 27.95 31.81 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.50 18.00 22.32 29.75 36.44 Engineers......................................................... 27.60 27.83 30.30 35.65 40.34 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.62 11.00 30.14 36.88 50.95 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.95 30.79 35.13 42.68 53.62 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.67 30.14 36.01 44.54 53.90 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.67 30.14 36.01 44.54 53.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.39 9.69 10.28 11.61 12.41 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 14.72 17.50 23.06 26.01 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.28 9.28 10.45 12.30 12.53 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.00 12.73 17.82 18.74 20.16 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.13 6.86 8.00 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 3.30 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.26 3.25 3.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.69 8.27 10.25 14.85 17.08 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.69 8.24 10.25 14.85 16.88 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.69 9.00 10.81 16.52 17.08 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.42 9.00 11.72 12.81 21.84 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.04 9.10 12.00 21.53 22.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.50 10.56 12.00 17.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 8.00 9.72 12.00 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 8.00 9.72 12.00 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.04 8.00 10.56 12.48 17.58 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.43 21.94 22.37 28.40 36.06 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 19.43 21.94 22.37 29.77 71.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.50 12.13 14.50 16.86 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.64 11.00 12.00 14.42 15.58 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.50 11.00 12.00 14.50 15.58 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 9.50 10.80 12.00 12.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.50 13.57 16.45 17.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.50 9.45 10.00 11.25 13.64 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 9.00 11.46 14.69 15.50 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.50 8.55 10.92 14.00 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.45 11.40 12.85 14.37 19.51 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.09 11.40 11.40 13.61 16.37 Office clerks, general............................................ $9.33 $10.05 $11.00 $14.29 $15.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.31 13.72 16.00 20.46 20.46 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.32 13.73 16.32 18.22 23.77 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.10 16.05 16.75 19.58 22.15 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.75 16.75 21.60 23.77 23.77 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.50 15.50 16.28 17.00 18.08 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 11.57 14.69 19.50 24.97 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.50 15.55 17.77 25.82 29.39 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.81 12.00 15.46 20.00 25.75 Team assemblers................................................. 11.50 13.27 15.56 23.28 25.75 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.00 9.32 11.75 15.67 20.04 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 5.50 9.00 10.41 13.54 15.67 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 9.51 11.25 12.50 15.29 18.35 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 9.51 11.25 12.50 15.29 18.35 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.75 11.37 16.41 19.10 22.89 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.75 11.37 16.29 16.97 21.96 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 9.00 13.15 13.69 13.85 16.18 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.50 15.25 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.25 12.25 13.75 14.25 14.75 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 11.75 12.25 13.25 14.25 14.55 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.36 11.79 13.44 21.86 21.86 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.75 10.40 12.56 16.03 17.35 Painting workers.................................................. 7.50 9.75 13.90 15.00 17.65 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 11.00 13.46 28.87 32.59 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.60 11.00 12.53 15.77 20.77 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.34 13.14 15.06 21.94 29.30 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.38 16.97 21.13 25.31 29.30 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.00 11.34 12.23 14.25 32.44 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.07 11.07 11.24 15.42 17.68 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 10.11 11.70 13.65 15.80 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.39 9.53 11.48 13.61 14.56 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.50 10.56 11.38 12.55 16.45 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.93 $11.00 $13.98 $19.11 $25.75 Management occupations.............................................. 19.11 21.63 36.06 44.26 79.33 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.74 37.47 79.33 79.33 79.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.73 17.73 23.41 27.95 31.81 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.50 18.00 22.32 29.75 36.44 Engineers......................................................... 27.60 27.83 30.30 35.65 40.34 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.78 14.42 17.12 21.70 26.01 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.28 9.28 10.45 12.30 12.53 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.13 3.13 6.86 8.00 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 3.00 3.30 9.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.26 3.25 3.25 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.69 8.24 10.25 13.81 16.88 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.69 8.24 9.00 10.93 16.52 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.69 8.24 10.25 14.85 16.88 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.81 9.00 10.80 12.81 22.43 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.04 9.10 12.00 21.53 22.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.00 7.50 10.56 12.00 17.58 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.50 8.00 9.72 12.00 12.00 Cashiers...................................................... 6.50 8.00 9.72 12.00 12.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.04 8.00 10.56 12.48 17.58 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.43 21.94 22.37 28.40 36.06 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 19.43 21.94 22.37 29.77 71.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.00 10.50 12.00 14.50 16.91 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.63 11.00 12.00 14.42 15.58 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.50 11.00 12.00 14.50 15.58 Tellers......................................................... 9.00 9.50 10.80 12.00 12.00 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.50 13.57 16.45 17.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.50 9.05 10.00 11.25 12.90 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 9.00 11.46 14.69 15.50 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.50 8.55 10.92 14.00 15.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.09 11.40 12.85 14.37 20.40 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.09 11.40 11.40 13.61 14.37 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.37 10.05 13.45 14.80 15.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.50 13.72 15.51 20.46 20.46 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.32 13.73 16.28 18.22 23.77 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... 15.10 16.05 16.75 18.97 23.20 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.75 16.75 21.60 23.77 23.77 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... $15.50 $15.50 $16.28 $16.46 $18.08 Production occupations.............................................. 9.50 11.57 14.63 19.50 24.98 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.50 15.55 17.77 25.82 29.39 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.81 12.00 15.46 20.00 25.75 Team assemblers................................................. 11.50 13.27 15.56 23.28 25.75 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 8.00 9.32 11.75 15.67 20.04 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 5.50 9.00 10.41 13.54 15.67 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 9.51 11.25 12.50 15.29 18.35 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 9.51 11.25 12.50 15.29 18.35 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.75 11.37 16.41 19.10 22.89 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.75 11.37 16.29 16.97 21.96 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 9.00 13.15 13.69 13.85 16.18 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 13.50 15.25 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.25 12.25 13.75 14.25 14.75 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing......................................................... 11.75 12.25 13.25 14.25 14.55 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 10.36 11.79 13.44 21.86 21.86 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 8.75 10.40 12.56 16.03 17.35 Painting workers.................................................. 7.50 9.75 13.90 15.00 17.65 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.00 11.00 13.46 28.87 32.59 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.60 10.56 12.50 15.06 20.79 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 11.34 13.14 15.06 21.94 29.30 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.38 16.97 21.13 25.31 29.30 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.00 11.34 12.23 14.25 32.44 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.07 11.07 11.24 15.42 17.68 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.00 10.11 11.70 13.65 15.80 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.39 9.53 11.48 13.61 14.56 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.50 10.56 11.38 12.55 16.45 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.40 $12.64 $17.42 $30.32 $41.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.98 12.06 32.27 40.38 53.34 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.95 30.79 35.13 42.68 53.62 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.67 30.14 36.01 44.54 53.90 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.67 30.14 36.01 44.54 53.90 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.62 9.85 10.56 11.61 12.61 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.73 16.53 17.93 18.95 20.16 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.48 10.38 12.99 14.71 15.04 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Elkhart-Goshen, IN, September 2006 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.60 $11.58 $14.69 $20.35 $27.49 Management occupations.............................................. 19.11 21.63 34.42 44.26 79.33 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 32.74 37.47 79.33 79.33 79.33 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.48 23.41 23.87 30.67 31.81 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 14.50 18.00 22.32 29.75 36.44 Engineers......................................................... 27.60 27.83 30.30 35.65 40.34 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.73 27.98 34.16 41.52 53.34 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.81 31.71 36.22 43.07 53.62 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.04 30.73 37.11 45.67 53.90 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 26.04 30.73 37.11 45.67 53.90 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 11.95 14.72 17.50 23.06 26.01 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 9.10 9.75 11.75 12.30 12.61 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.45 11.75 12.30 12.30 12.75 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.73 16.53 17.93 18.95 20.16 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners....................................................... 6.45 10.25 14.85 16.88 17.08 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.00 9.00 11.72 12.81 12.81 Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.03 12.00 17.58 21.53 22.37 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.55 11.09 12.00 15.36 17.58 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.40 11.09 12.48 17.58 17.58 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 19.43 21.94 22.37 28.40 36.06 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 19.43 21.94 22.37 29.77 71.94 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 9.48 10.92 12.16 14.80 16.91 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.75 11.00 12.13 14.50 15.99 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 11.00 12.00 14.50 15.58 Customer service representatives.................................. 10.00 10.50 13.57 16.45 17.36 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.50 9.60 10.00 11.80 13.64 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 9.00 9.00 11.46 14.69 15.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.40 11.40 12.85 14.37 19.51 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.09 11.40 11.40 13.61 16.37 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.88 10.05 11.69 14.80 15.45 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 13.31 13.72 16.00 20.46 20.46 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 11.32 13.73 16.32 18.22 23.77 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.......................................................... $15.10 $16.05 $16.75 $19.51 $22.15 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 16.75 16.75 21.60 23.77 23.77 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.50 15.50 16.28 17.00 18.08 Production occupations.............................................. 9.60 11.68 14.89 19.65 24.98 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......................................................... 14.50 15.55 17.77 25.82 29.39 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.81 12.00 15.46 20.00 25.75 Team assemblers................................................. 11.50 13.27 15.56 23.28 25.75 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 7.00 10.31 12.26 16.96 21.80 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 5.50 9.00 10.41 13.54 15.67 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 9.51 11.25 12.50 15.29 18.35 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 9.51 11.25 12.50 15.29 18.35 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 9.75 11.37 16.41 19.10 22.89 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 9.75 11.37 16.29 16.97 21.96 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers....................