| Category |
Mean Wage
|
Entry Wage
|
Experienced Wage
|
| Management |
|
|
|
| Chief executives |
58.42 |
34.23 |
70.52 |
| Engineering Manager |
42.46 |
33.77 |
46.81 |
| Human resource
managers |
43.65
|
33.31
|
48.82
|
| Industrial production
managers |
49.40
|
29.84
|
59.18
|
| Sales managers |
34.68
|
21.39
|
41.33
|
| |
|
|
|
| Administrative
support |
|
|
|
| Accountants and
auditors |
22.00
|
15.97
|
25.01
|
| Architectura and Civil drafters |
16.22
|
8.91
|
19.87
|
| Bookkeepers/accounting
clerks |
13.77
|
9.67
|
15.81
|
| Data entry keyers |
10.84
|
8.00
|
12.26
|
| Industrial engineers |
34.54
|
25.93
|
38.84
|
| Mechanical drafters |
23.46
|
18.14
|
26.13
|
| Mechanical engineers |
30.20
|
22.49
|
34.06
|
| Purchasing agents |
23.74
|
13.96
|
28.62
|
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
12.80
|
9.68
|
14.35
|
| |
|
|
|
| Production |
|
|
|
| CNC machine operators |
13.74
|
9.89
|
15.66
|
| Coating, painting
and spraying machine operators |
9.60
|
7.28
|
10.76
|
| Cutting/Punching/Press Operator |
9.99
|
7.59
|
11.19
|
| Grinding and
polishing machine operators |
16.06
|
10.03
|
19.07
|
| Machinists |
16.62
|
11.69
|
19.08
|
| Packaging and
filling machine operators |
9.54
|
7.35
|
10.64
|
| Production helpers |
9.84
|
7.42
|
11.05
|
| Supervisors |
25.40
|
14.13
|
31.04
|
| Tool and die
makers |
18.50
|
14.60
|
20.45
|
| Welders and cutters |
12.38
|
9.36
|
13.88
|
| |
|
|
|
| Maintenance |
|
|
|
| Installation,
maintenance and repair workers |
15.49
|
9.23
|
18.61
|
| Machinery maintenance
workers |
23.71
|
16.05
|
27.54
|
| Maintenance and
repair helpers |
9.65
|
6.73
|
11.10
|
| |
|
|
|
| Material
handling |
|
|
|
| Industrial truck
operators |
12.64
|
9.47
|
14.22
|
| Laborers and Freight Stock, and Material Movers |
12.69
|
7.58
|
15.24
|
| Packagers |
8.10
|
6.78
|
8.76
|
| Tractor trailer
drivers |
17.69
|
10.62
|
21.22
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Click here to view Etowah County wage data on more occupational categories:http://www2.dir.state.al.us/OES/Wage/Gadsden/Gadsden.pdf
Fringe
benefits typically paid by Gadsden area manufacturers are depicted
below. The average cost of benefits is 28% of wages paid. |
