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Workers in the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) earned an average of $18.72 per hour in January 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS). Regional Commissioner Jay A. Mousa noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $27.51 for healthcare practitioner and technical occupations and $17.87 for production occupations. Another occupational group, office and administrative support, had a mean hourly wage rate of $14.62. The NCS data available for the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus area include earnings for 21 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
Registered nurses, part of the healthcare practitioner and technical occupational group, earned $30.74 per hour. Within the production occupations group, machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earned $14.75. Payroll and timekeeping clerks, an occupation within the office and administrative support occupations group, averaged $17.87 per hour, and medical secretaries earned $13.11 per hour. (See table 1.)
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $19.88 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $11.28. Union workers earned $25.48 and non-union workers, $18.07. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $15.06 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $17.92, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $25.27.
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 383 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 935,000 workers in the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which is comprised of Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Jennings, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam and Shelby Counties in Indiana.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN National Compensation Survey January 2009 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 data, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$18.72 | 2.4 | $19.88 | 2.2 | $11.28 | 8.1 |
Management occupations |
37.71 | 9.4 | 38.10 | 9.6 | – | – |
Financial managers |
35.84 | 19.5 | 35.84 | 19.5 | – | – |
Education administrators |
38.75 | 8.4 | 38.75 | 8.4 | – | – |
Medical and health services managers |
41.01 | 6.2 | 41.01 | 6.2 | – | – |
Business and financial operations occupations |
24.53 | 7.6 | 24.60 | 7.6 | – | – |
Accountants and auditors |
25.45 | 7.8 | 25.45 | 7.8 | – | – |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
32.70 | 4.8 | 32.81 | 4.7 | – | – |
Computer support specialists |
20.01 | 7.6 | 20.01 | 7.6 | – | – |
Computer systems analysts |
35.84 | 3.9 | 35.84 | 3.9 | – | – |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
32.87 | 8.4 | 32.87 | 8.4 | – | – |
Engineers |
39.23 | 5.6 | 39.23 | 5.6 | – | – |
Electrical and electronics engineers |
37.94 | 1.9 | 37.94 | 1.9 | – | – |
Mechanical engineers |
38.13 | 20.1 | 38.13 | 20.1 | – | – |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
28.24 | 8.8 | 28.26 | 8.8 | – | – |
Community and social services occupations |
18.00 | 10.9 | 16.27 | 9.6 | – | – |
Social workers |
20.86 | 6.9 | 20.91 | 6.9 | – | – |
Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
22.41 | 4.4 | 22.51 | 4.1 | – | – |
Legal occupations |
52.60 | 27.8 | 52.60 | 27.8 | – | – |
Education, training, and library occupations |
29.33 | 2.2 | 30.21 | 2.4 | 14.88 | 20.1 |
Postsecondary teachers |
30.15 | 16.6 | 31.46 | 16.6 | 23.63 | 11.1 |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
36.93 | 1.7 | 36.93 | 1.7 | – | – |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
36.21 | 1.0 | 36.21 | 1.0 | – | – |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
36.59 | 1.5 | 36.59 | 1.5 | – | – |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
34.90 | 5.7 | 34.90 | 5.7 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers |
38.58 | 2.0 | 38.58 | 2.0 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
38.06 | 3.3 | 38.06 | 3.3 | – | – |
Teacher assistants |
10.74 | 3.5 | 10.74 | 3.5 | – | – |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
17.41 | 17.5 | 21.20 | 6.2 | – | – |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
27.51 | 5.3 | 26.81 | 6.7 | 30.34 | 3.4 |
Registered nurses |
30.74 | 3.7 | 30.92 | 4.4 | 29.93 | 3.1 |
Therapists |
34.00 | 2.2 | – | – | – | – |
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians |
19.67 | 11.0 | – | – | – | – |
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians |
23.68 | 12.5 | 21.89 | 14.0 | – | – |
Radiologic technologists and technicians |
25.00 | 10.7 | – | – | – | – |
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians |
15.74 | 11.0 | – | – | – | – |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
19.15 | 1.3 | 19.19 | 1.2 | – | – |
Healthcare support occupations |
13.63 | 6.7 | 13.40 | 7.0 | 15.14 | 15.2 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
11.23 | 2.5 | 11.29 | 2.5 | – | – |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
10.69 | 1.4 | 10.74 | 1.8 | – | – |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
15.23 | 7.0 | 15.56 | 6.9 | – | – |
Protective service occupations |
16.57 | 10.2 | 17.45 | 9.6 | – | – |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
6.92 | 2.5 | 7.39 | 6.5 | 6.33 | 1.5 |
Cooks |
10.64 | 3.5 | 11.41 | 5.5 | – | – |
Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
11.84 | 6.1 | 12.05 | 6.1 | – | – |
Cooks, restaurant |
10.84 | 3.8 | – | – | – | – |
Food preparation workers |
9.31 | 10.2 | – | – | – | – |
Food service, tipped |
2.84 | 5.1 | 3.24 | 5.5 | 2.37 | 5.0 |
Waiters and waitresses |
2.21 | 1.1 | 2.22 | 1.4 | 2.20 | 0.4 |
Fast food and counter workers |
7.99 | 2.0 | 8.24 | 2.8 | 7.59 | 3.1 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7.91 | 3.0 | – | – | 7.56 | 3.8 |
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
8.45 | 2.1 | – | – | – | – |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
10.62 | 12.0 | 10.99 | 13.1 | 9.09 | 4.4 |
Building cleaning workers |
9.77 | 6.7 | 9.97 | 7.0 | 9.09 | 4.4 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9.75 | 7.3 | 10.05 | 8.4 | – | – |
Personal care and service occupations |
13.81 | 20.9 | 15.61 | 17.7 | – | – |
Child care workers |
10.76 | 7.9 | – | – | – | – |
Recreation and fitness workers |
24.90 | 5.7 | – | – | – | – |
Sales and related occupations |
12.97 | 7.6 | 15.14 | 7.5 | 8.01 | 5.5 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
14.28 | 16.2 | 14.28 | 16.2 | – | – |
Retail sales workers |
10.82 | 6.3 | 12.95 | 1.3 | 8.01 | 5.5 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.46 | 6.2 | 10.38 | 5.8 | 8.30 | 2.7 |
Cashiers |
9.46 | 6.2 | 10.38 | 5.8 | 8.30 | 2.7 |
Retail salespersons |
12.58 | 1.9 | 13.84 | 2.3 | 9.06 | 1.7 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing |
22.39 | 23.4 | 22.39 | 23.4 | – | – |
Office and administrative support occupations |
14.62 | 3.7 | 14.89 | 3.9 | 11.15 | 8.5 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
22.61 | 12.5 | 22.61 | 12.5 | – | – |
Financial clerks |
13.78 | 9.4 | 13.78 | 9.4 | – | – |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
16.13 | 8.7 | 16.14 | 8.7 | – | – |
Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
17.87 | 4.6 | 17.87 | 4.6 | – | – |
Customer service representatives |
16.17 | 6.9 | 16.17 | 6.9 | – | – |
Receptionists and information clerks |
13.41 | 5.4 | 13.75 | 5.5 | – | – |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
14.65 | 15.8 | 14.84 | 16.1 | – | – |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
9.79 | 10.1 | 10.03 | 13.0 | 9.07 | 5.9 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
17.05 | 3.2 | 17.06 | 3.5 | – | – |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
19.94 | 2.9 | 19.94 | 2.9 | – | – |
Medical secretaries |
13.11 | 1.9 | 13.11 | 1.9 | – | – |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
16.92 | 5.0 | 16.91 | 6.0 | – | – |
Office clerks, general |
14.51 | 2.7 | 14.58 | 2.9 | – | – |
Construction and extraction occupations |
19.71 | 3.7 | 19.71 | 3.7 | – | – |
Painters and paperhangers |
18.33 | 10.0 | 18.33 | 10.0 | – | – |
Painters, construction and maintenance |
18.33 | 10.0 | 18.33 | 10.0 | – | – |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
19.02 | 5.5 | 19.15 | 5.0 | – | – |
Automotive technicians and repairers |
16.36 | 5.4 | – | – | – | – |
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
20.67 | 6.5 | 20.67 | 6.5 | – | – |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
22.52 | 19.4 | 22.52 | 19.4 | – | – |
Production occupations |
17.87 | 2.0 | 17.87 | 2.0 | – | – |
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators |
18.41 | 5.5 | 18.41 | 5.5 | – | – |
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
14.75 | 6.7 | 14.75 | 6.7 | – | – |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
16.96 | 22.1 | 16.96 | 22.1 | – | – |
Miscellaneous production workers |
18.59 | 2.6 | 18.59 | 2.6 | – | – |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
14.03 | 6.2 | 14.69 | 6.1 | 11.79 | 6.6 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
13.80 | 14.9 | 15.38 | 13.3 | – | – |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
17.48 | 5.9 | 17.48 | 5.9 | – | – |
Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
15.11 | 18.0 | – | – | – | – |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
12.00 | 8.7 | 11.74 | 7.2 | – | – |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
13.61 | 4.3 | 14.19 | 5.1 | 12.05 | 7.2 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
14.02 | 2.5 | 14.68 | 3.7 | 12.56 | 6.0 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
10.21 | 0.9 | – | – | – | – |
Footnotes:
(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) 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) Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
(4) The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
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.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
Last Modified Date: October 26, 2008
