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Friday, August 02, 2024

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Occupational Employment and Wages in Toledo — May 2023

Workers in the Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.61 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 ($54.62), legal ($51.14), and healthcare practitioners and technical ($46.37). Lower paying occupations included food preparation and serving related ($14.86), building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($16.82), and personal care and service ($16.91). (See table A.)

Occupational groups with the highest employment in the Toledo area included transportation and material moving (11.4 percent), production (10.8 percent), and office and administrative support (10.6 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (0.5 percent); life, physical, and social science (0.6 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 Toledo metropolitan area, May 2023
Major occupational group Percent of total employment Mean hourly wage ($)
United States Toledo United States Toledo

Total, all occupations

100.0 100.0 31.48 27.61

Management

6.9 6.0 66.23 54.62

Business and financial operations

6.6 4.5 43.55 36.94

Computer and mathematical

3.4 1.4 54.39 40.73

Architecture and engineering

1.7 1.9 47.64 42.98

Life, physical, and social science

0.9 0.6 42.24 35.85

Community and social service

1.6 1.6 28.36 25.96

Legal

0.8 0.5 64.34 51.14

Educational instruction and library

5.8 6.2 31.92 31.73

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

1.4 1.2 36.31 28.33

Healthcare practitioners and technical

6.1 7.5 49.07 46.37

Healthcare support

4.7 3.8 18.37 18.02

Protective service

2.3 2.1 27.74 25.83

Food preparation and serving related

8.7 9.6 16.58 14.86

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

2.9 2.7 18.43 16.82

Personal care and service

2.0 1.7 18.48 16.91

Sales and related

8.8 7.8 25.62 21.91

Office and administrative support

12.2 10.6 23.05 21.66

Farming, fishing, and forestry

0.3 0.2 19.22 19.42

Construction and extraction

4.1 3.5 29.57 30.16

Installation, maintenance, and repair

3.9 4.2 28.13 26.98

Production

5.8 10.8 22.90 23.52

Transportation and material moving

9.1 11.4 22.45 21.05

One occupational group—production—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Toledo had 31,420 jobs in production, accounting for 10.8 percent of local area employment, compared to the 5.8-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $23.52, compared to the national wage of $22.90.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the production group included miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators (10,270); first-line supervisors of production and operating workers (1,810); multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (1,570); and inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers (1,500). Among the higher-paying jobs in this group were petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers with mean hourly wages of $49.40 and first-line supervisors of production and operating workers ($33.47). At the lower end of the wage scale were laundry and dry-cleaning workers ($13.71), bakers ($15.35), and tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers ($15.97). (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_45780.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 Toledo area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the production group. For instance, engine and other machine assemblers were employed at 14.7 times the national rate in Toledo, and heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, at 10.8 times the U.S. average. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers had a location quotient of 1.0 in Toledo, 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 Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area included 2,484 establishments with a response rate of 62 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 Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Fulton County, Lucas County, and Wood 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, Toledo metropolitan area, May 2023
Occupation (1) Employment Mean wages ($)
Level (2) Location quotient (3) Hourly Annual (4)

Production occupations

31,420 1.9 23.52 48,920

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

1,810 1.4 33.47 69,620

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

280 0.6 20.19 41,990

Engine and other machine assemblers

1,350 14.7 31.32 65,150

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

80 0.7 22.73 47,280

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators

50 1.4 17.12 35,600

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

10,270 3.6 23.08 48,000

Bakers

340 0.8 15.35 31,930

Butchers and meat cutters

310 1.2 17.55 36,500

Food batchmakers

310 1.0 18.44 38,360

Food processing workers, all other

70 0.6 16.42 34,150

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

150 3.1 23.42 48,720

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

900 2.6 20.11 41,820

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

450 3.1 22.71 47,230

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

30 0.9 22.33 46,440

Machinists

1,080 2.0 28.14 58,530

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

480 1.6 20.97 43,630

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

1,570 6.4 19.40 40,350

Tool and die makers

490 4.4 31.12 64,730

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

820 1.0 23.07 47,990

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

110 1.7 20.59 42,830

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

310 10.8 25.16 52,330

Prepress technicians and workers

60 1.2 20.40 42,430

Printing press operators

370 1.3 19.96 41,520

Print binding and finishing workers

70 0.9 17.95 37,330

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

390 1.1 13.71 28,520

Sewing machine operators

210 0.9 16.71 34,760

Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers

40 1.5 15.97 33,220

Upholsterers

50 1.0 19.94 41,480

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

140 0.8 18.69 38,870

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

50 0.6 19.50 40,560

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

290 1.3 26.05 54,190

Chemical plant and system operators

60 1.8 32.30 67,180

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

340 5.3 49.40 102,740

Chemical equipment operators and tenders

280 1.2 24.70 51,370

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

70 0.7 24.94 51,880

Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders

100 2.1 20.12 41,840

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

170 0.9 22.69 47,200

Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders

140 1.4 20.02 41,640

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

230 2.1 18.45 38,380

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

90 3.3 25.75 53,550

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

1,500 1.4 23.11 48,060

Dental laboratory technicians

60 1.0 22.42 46,620

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

820 1.2 21.30 44,300

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

350 1.2 20.67 42,980

Computer numerically controlled tool operators

1,150 3.2 22.58 46,960

Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

100 1.9 30.73 63,930

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

60 2.5 21.02 43,720

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

70 2.5 19.57 40,700

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

60 0.8 19.37 40,300

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

270 1.4 21.76 45,250

Helpers--production workers

310 0.9 18.19 37,820

Production workers, all other

1,070 2.3 18.37 38,210

Footnotes:
(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in the Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_45780.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