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Workers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area earned an average of $19.42 per hour in April 2010, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Charlene Peiffer noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $26.77 for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations and $17.36 for production occupations. Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean hourly wage rate of $15.81. The NCS data available for the Grand Rapids area include earnings for 18 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, part of the healthcare practitioner and technical occupational group, earned $20.16 per hour. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders, an occupation within the production group, averaged $15.29 per hour, and welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers earned $13.32 per hour. Within the office and administrative support occupational group, stock clerks and order fillers earned $10.40. (See table 1.)
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $21.06 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $10.84. Union workers earned $25.75 and non-union workers, $18.55. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $17.96 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $18.06, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $23.35.
The occupational wage data available from NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant location, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
The NCS data reported here covered 187 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 336,500 workers in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which is comprised of Barry, Ionia, Kent, and Newaygo Counties in Michigan.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI National Compensation Survey April 2010 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Midwest Information Office in Chicago at (312) 353-1880 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.
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| Occupation (3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
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| Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$19.42 | 3.3 | $21.06 | 3.6 | $10.84 | 4.8 |
Management occupations |
28.00 | 12.0 | 28.00 | 12.0 | -- | -- |
Business and financial operations occupations |
24.90 | 7.9 | 25.18 | 8.4 | -- | -- |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
25.73 | 13.5 | 25.73 | 13.5 | -- | -- |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
29.33 | 9.9 | 29.33 | 9.9 | -- | -- |
Engineers |
34.97 | 7.7 | 34.97 | 7.7 | -- | -- |
Education, training, and library occupations |
39.10 | 7.4 | 42.78 | 7.4 | 17.42 | 12.1 |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers. |
46.60 | 10.4 | 47.06 | 9.5 | -- | -- |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
43.11 | 24.1 | 43.88 | 22.9 | -- | -- |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
43.86 | 23.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
21.64 | 14.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
26.77 | 9.1 | 27.26 | 9.0 | 22.99 | 10.7 |
Registered nurses |
31.01 | 3.8 | 32.66 | 3.2 | -- | -- |
Therapists |
23.44 | 8.1 | 23.37 | 8.1 | -- | -- |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
20.16 | 3.7 | 20.24 | 3.7 | -- | -- |
Healthcare support occupations |
14.37 | 4.9 | 14.43 | 7.1 | -- | -- |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
12.77 | 1.3 | 12.72 | 1.2 | -- | -- |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
12.93 | 0.6 | 12.91 | 0.8 | -- | -- |
Protective service occupations |
23.10 | 4.6 | 23.38 | 4.5 | -- | -- |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
7.87 | 3.6 | 9.81 | 9.5 | 7.03 | 3.9 |
Cooks |
12.56 | 13.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Food service, tipped |
3.45 | 16.6 | -- | -- | 3.88 | 16.5 |
Waiters and waitresses |
3.34 | 16.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Fast food and counter workers |
7.73 | 1.4 | -- | -- | 7.64 | 0.4 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7.69 | 1.0 | -- | -- | 7.65 | 0.5 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11.06 | 7.9 | 13.65 | 12.0 | 9.51 | 1.8 |
Building cleaning workers |
10.46 | 5.0 | 12.30 | 6.3 | 9.51 | 1.8 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
11.07 | 5.4 | 12.26 | 6.6 | -- | -- |
Personal care and service occupations |
12.70 | 8.0 | -- | -- | 11.99 | 2.9 |
Sales and related occupations |
22.13 | 21.8 | 27.76 | 22.9 | 9.67 | 2.2 |
Retail sales workers |
10.40 | 7.2 | 11.51 | 15.4 | 9.61 | 3.9 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.68 | 4.1 | 11.25 | 5.9 | 8.71 | 5.8 |
Cashiers |
9.68 | 4.1 | 11.25 | 5.9 | 8.71 | 5.8 |
Retail salespersons |
11.47 | 19.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Office and administrative support occupations |
15.81 | 4.0 | 16.58 | 3.4 | 11.13 | 5.1 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
22.32 | 5.3 | 22.32 | 5.3 | -- | -- |
Financial clerks |
15.39 | 4.9 | 16.40 | 7.6 | 13.63 | 7.4 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
17.16 | 7.0 | 17.41 | 11.2 | -- | -- |
Tellers |
12.33 | 3.7 | -- | -- | 11.58 | 5.2 |
Customer service representatives |
15.13 | 8.1 | 16.19 | 9.1 | -- | -- |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
10.40 | 4.8 | 11.25 | 4.0 | 8.59 | 7.7 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
18.92 | 9.0 | 18.92 | 9.0 | -- | -- |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
17.40 | 9.6 | 17.40 | 9.6 | -- | -- |
Office clerks, general |
15.50 | 6.2 | 16.17 | 6.3 | -- | -- |
Construction and extraction occupations |
18.21 | 9.3 | 19.43 | 7.9 | -- | -- |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
19.69 | 3.7 | 20.47 | 3.9 | -- | -- |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
19.26 | 3.5 | 19.69 | 3.2 | -- | -- |
Production occupations |
17.36 | 5.1 | 17.41 | 5.1 | -- | -- |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
37.15 | 2.4 | 37.15 | 2.4 | -- | -- |
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators |
14.29 | 9.1 | 14.29 | 9.1 | -- | -- |
Team assemblers |
12.50 | 11.8 | 12.50 | 11.8 | -- | -- |
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
14.87 | 23.7 | 15.33 | 22.4 | -- | -- |
Tool and die makers |
23.27 | 6.1 | 23.27 | 6.1 | -- | -- |
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers |
12.57 | 6.0 | 12.57 | 6.0 | -- | -- |
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
13.32 | 3.5 | 13.32 | 3.5 | -- | -- |
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
15.61 | 11.7 | 15.61 | 11.7 | -- | -- |
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
15.29 | 3.6 | 15.29 | 3.6 | -- | -- |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
14.36 | 8.9 | 14.97 | 6.7 | 9.01 | 12.9 |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
12.57 | 11.3 | 12.57 | 11.3 | -- | -- |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
9.34 | 7.9 | -- | -- | 7.68 | 4.6 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
10.98 | 16.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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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. |
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Last Modified Date: December 6, 2010
