| Category |
Mean Wage
|
Entry Wage
|
Experienced Wage
|
| Management |
|
|
|
| Chief executives |
56.46 |
35.50 |
66.94 |
| Human resource
managers |
42.87
|
31.65
|
48.48
|
| Industrial production
managers |
34.63
|
24.63
|
39.62
|
| Sales managers |
30.98
|
19.63
|
36.66
|
| |
|
|
|
| Administrative
support |
|
|
|
| Accountants and
auditors |
21.25
|
15.64
|
24.05
|
| Administrative
assistants |
20.30
|
15.37
|
22.77
|
| Bookkeepers/accounting
clerks |
13.12
|
9.31
|
15.03
|
| Data entry keyers |
8.93
|
7.38
|
9.70
|
| Drafters |
19.28
|
16.11
|
20.87
|
| Industrial engineers |
34.63
|
28.02
|
37.93
|
| Mechanical engineers |
27.82
|
20.55
|
31.46
|
| Purchasing agents |
22.31
|
14.70
|
26.11
|
| |
|
|
|
| Production |
|
|
|
| CNC machine operators |
14.31
|
10.81
|
16.06
|
| Coating, painting
and spraying machine operators |
9.17
|
6.68
|
10.42
|
| Grinding and
polishing machine operators |
9.99
|
8.07
|
10.94
|
| Lathe and turning
machine operators |
11.22
|
7.99
|
12.83
|
| Machinists |
14.54
|
9.85
|
16.88
|
| Packaging and
filling machine operators |
9.12
|
6.99
|
10.18
|
| Production helpers |
9.46
|
7.81
|
10.28
|
| Supervisors |
21.38
|
13.11
|
25.51
|
| Tool and die
makers |
17.66
|
14.34
|
19.32
|
| Welders and cutters |
12.91
|
9.76
|
14.49
|
| |
|
|
|
| Maintenance |
|
|
|
| Installation,
maintenance and repair workers |
13.02
|
7.73
|
15.67
|
| Machinery maintenance
workers |
16.54
|
11.61
|
19.01
|
| Maintenance and
repair helpers |
7.97
|
6.21
|
8.85
|
| |
|
|
|
| Material
handling |
|
|
|
| Industrial truck
operators |
12.94
|
9.26
|
14.78
|
| Material handlers
and laborers |
11.36
|
7.60
|
13.24
|
| Packagers |
7.21
|
6.24
|
7.70
|
| Tractor trailer
drivers |
16.99
|
11.09
|
19.94
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Click here to view Etowah County wage data on more occupational categories:http://www.gadsdenida.org/pdf/gadsdenWageRates.pdf
Fringe
benefits typically paid by Gadsden area manufacturers are depicted
below. The average cost of benefits is 28% of wages paid. |
