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24-898-CHI
Friday, August 02, 2024

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Occupational Employment and Wages in Dayton — May 2023

Workers in the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.61 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that higher paying major occupational groups included management ($55.09), architecture and engineering ($49.59), and healthcare practitioners and technical ($47.85). Lower paying occupations included food preparation and serving related ($15.08), personal care and service ($17.05), and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($17.38). (See table A.)

Occupational groups with the highest employment in the Dayton area included office and administrative support (11.2 percent), food preparation and serving related (9.1 percent), and transportation and material moving (8.7 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (0.5 percent); life, physical, and social science (0.9 percent); and arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (1.2 percent). (See table A.)

Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the Dayton metropolitan area, May 2023
Major occupational group Percent of total employment Mean hourly wage ($)
United States Dayton United States Dayton

Total, all occupations

100.0 100.0 31.48 29.61

Management

6.9 6.3 66.23 55.09

Business and financial operations

6.6 6.9 43.55 41.60

Computer and mathematical

3.4 3.3 54.39 45.31

Architecture and engineering

1.7 3.1 47.64 49.59

Life, physical, and social science

0.9 0.9 42.24 45.02

Community and social service

1.6 1.8 28.36 27.59

Legal

0.8 0.5 64.34 47.48

Educational instruction and library

5.8 6.3 31.92 31.44

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

1.4 1.2 36.31 26.68

Healthcare practitioners and technical

6.1 8.1 49.07 47.85

Healthcare support

4.7 4.0 18.37 18.07

Protective service

2.3 2.0 27.74 27.44

Food preparation and serving related

8.7 9.1 16.58 15.08

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

2.9 2.7 18.43 17.38

Personal care and service

2.0 1.6 18.48 17.05

Sales and related

8.8 8.1 25.62 22.33

Office and administrative support

12.2 11.2 23.05 21.74

Farming, fishing, and forestry

0.3 0.1 19.22 18.95

Construction and extraction

4.1 2.8 29.57 28.85

Installation, maintenance, and repair

3.9 3.6 28.13 26.63

Production

5.8 7.8 22.90 21.98

Transportation and material moving

9.1 8.7 22.45 20.89

One occupational group—production—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Dayton had 28,590 jobs in production, accounting for 7.8 percent of local area employment, compared to the 5.8-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $21.98, compared to the national wage of $22.90.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the production group included miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators (5,480) and computer numerically controlled tool operators (2,260). Mean hourly wages among the higher-paying jobs in this group were computer numerically controlled tool programmers ($34.51), first-line supervisors of production and operating workers ($32.11), and stationary engineers and boiler operators ($31.48). At the lower end of the wage scale were laundry and dry-cleaning workers ($13.94) and pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ($14.43). (Detailed data for the production occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_19380.htm.)

Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Dayton area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the production group. For instance, computer numerically controlled tool operators were employed at 5.0 times the national rate in Dayton, and grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, at 3.3 times the U.S. average. Butchers and meat cutters had a location quotient of 1.0 in Dayton, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.

The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.


Technical Note

The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 580 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables are available online.

Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology are available in the national Technical Notes. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.8 percent based on establishments and 64.3 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area included 2,856 establishments with a response rate of 65 percent.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Greene County, Miami County, and Montgomery County.

For more information

Answers to frequently asked questions about the OEWS data, as well as general program documentation, are available on the OEWS website.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employment and wage data for production occupations, Dayton metropolitan area, May 2023
Occupation (1) Employment Mean wages ($)
Level (2) Location quotient (3) Hourly Annual (4)

Production occupations

28,590 1.4 21.98 45,720

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

1,780 1.1 32.11 66,800

Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers

1,020 1.6 18.96 39,440

Engine and other machine assemblers

250 2.2 26.88 55,920

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

5,480 1.5 19.71 40,990

Bakers

460 0.9 15.85 32,960

Butchers and meat cutters

340 1.0 17.80 37,010

Food batchmakers

480 1.2 18.28 38,020

Food processing workers, all other

80 0.5 17.20 35,780

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

270 1.7 19.93 41,460

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

30 1.4 23.61 49,100

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

170 2.9 22.13 46,030

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

830 1.9 21.03 43,740

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

610 3.3 20.99 43,660

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

110 2.3 22.75 47,310

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

40 1.3 22.91 47,660

Machinists

1,120 1.6 25.70 53,450

Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders

50 0.9 23.70 49,300

Foundry mold and coremakers

30 1.1 19.10 39,730

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

790 2.0 18.68 38,860

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

950 3.1 21.44 44,600

Tool and die makers

460 3.3 29.30 60,940

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

900 0.9 25.31 52,650

Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders

120 1.5 21.75 45,230

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

90 2.4 24.64 51,240

Plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

210 2.7 20.65 42,960

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners

40 2.4 26.31 54,720

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other

200 4.1 21.90 45,560

Prepress technicians and workers

60 1.0 22.11 45,990

Printing press operators

470 1.3 20.42 42,470

Print binding and finishing workers

110 1.2 18.30 38,060

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

710 1.6 13.94 29,000

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

100 1.4 14.43 30,010

Sewing machine operators

550 2.0 16.72 34,780

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

160 0.7 22.10 45,970

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

100 1.0 18.33 38,120

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

30 0.2 18.82 39,140

Stationary engineers and boiler operators

60 0.7 31.48 65,480

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

350 1.2 27.38 56,950

Plant and system operators, all other

30 0.8 26.68 55,490

Chemical equipment operators and tenders

260 0.9 25.32 52,670

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

80 0.6 25.43 52,900

Grinding and polishing workers, hand

40 1.5 19.22 39,980

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

170 0.7 24.71 51,410

Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders

160 1.2 20.57 42,780

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

200 1.5 18.39 38,250

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

1,860 1.3 22.27 46,330

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

50 0.9 25.54 53,130

Dental laboratory technicians

70 0.9 25.19 52,400

Medical appliance technicians

70 2.2 24.07 50,070

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

620 0.7 21.16 44,010

Painting, coating, and decorating workers

40 1.6 22.88 47,590

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders

490 1.3 22.04 45,840

Computer numerically controlled tool operators

2,260 5.0 24.17 50,280

Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

170 2.5 34.51 71,780

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

60 2.0 26.04 54,160

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

100 1.0 21.04 43,760

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

160 0.7 21.60 44,920

Helpers--production workers

290 0.7 19.02 39,560

Production workers, all other

500 0.9 18.39 38,260

Footnotes:
(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in the Dayton, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_19380.htm.
(2) Estimates for detailed occupations may not sum to the totals due to rounding, and because the totals may include occupations that are not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
(4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

 

Last Modified Date: Friday, August 02, 2024