| The composite highest-income practitioner
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| | conditioning/refrigeration products,
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| reported in this field (salary plus cash
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| | chemical & allied products, and apparel &
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| bonus and/or cash profit-sharing) is the
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| | textile mill products.Employees in the
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| President "B" of a manufacturing firm
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| | sales/marketing group enjoy the highest
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| (defined as a chief executive officer who
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| | income in firms that produce chemical &
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| has little or no financial interest in
| |
| | allied products, paper & allied products,
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| the firm). The firm manufactures
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| | circuit board products, and measuring &
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| automotive parts/accessories, food
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| | controlling devices. Income is lowest
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| beverage/tobacco products, chemical &
| |
| | among producers of building materials,
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| allied products, or machinery & heavy
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| | apparel & textile mill products, rubber &
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| equipment; has 1,000 or more employees;
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| | plastic products, and heating/air
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| has a total annual revenue of
| |
| | conditioning/refrigeration
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| $100,000,000 or more; and is
| |
| | products.Clerical personnel are paid best
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| headquartered in or near Denver/Colorado
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| | by firms that manufacture aerospace &
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| Springs, Houston, Memphis, Minneapolis
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| | aircraft products, stone/clay/concrete
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| St. Paul, Modesto/Stockton, Dallas/Ft.
| |
| | glass products, and chemical & allied
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| Worth, Indianapolis, Boston, New York
| |
| | products. They have the lowest median
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| City, or Dayton, or outside a
| |
| | incomes in firms that produce heating/air
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| metropolitan area studied in Idaho.
| |
| | conditioning/refrigeration products,
|
| However, while the median President "B'
| |
| | circuit boards, and building
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| has a total annual income of $214,966,
| |
| | materials.Engineering/technical employees
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| the highest-income individuals reported
| |
| | have the highest median incomes among
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| are Presidents "A" (having a financial
| |
| | manufacturers of aerospace & aircraft
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| interest in the firm) and make well over
| |
| | products, communications equipment,
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| $30,000,000.Far toward the other end of
| |
| | apparel & textile mill products, and
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| the income spectrum, Assemblers "D" have
| |
| | medical/engineering/scientific equipment.
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| a median income of $20,418. Sometimes
| |
| | The lowest median income is reported
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| earning under $14,600, the lowest-paid
| |
| | among manufacturers of circuit board
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| employees in this group are employed by
| |
| | products, building materials, and primary
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| firms that manufacture building
| |
| | ferrous metals.Maintenance/material
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| materials; have $1 million to $4.99
| |
| | acquisition personnel are best paid by
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| million in total annual revenue; have
| |
| | firms that manufacture aerospace &
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| 5,000 to 9,999 employees; and are located
| |
| | aircraft products, stone/clay/concrete
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| in or near Greensboro/Winston-Salem,
| |
| | glass products, and chemical & allied
|
| Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, Dallas/Ft.
| |
| | products. This group of employees are
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| Worth, or Charlotte, or outside the
| |
| | worst paid by manufacturers of apparel &
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| metropolitan areas studied in Texas,
| |
| | textile mill products, building
|
| North Carolina, or Florida.These
| |
| | materials, furniture & wood products, and
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| composites represent the briefest
| |
| | heating/air conditioning/refrigeration
|
| possible "boil-down" of the voluminous
| |
| | products.Managerial and supervisory
|
| data provided regarding current salaries
| |
| | personnel in plant/manufacturing
|
| and cash bonuses and/or profit sharing,
| |
| | production functions receive the highest
|
| and numerous demographic variables
| |
| | median incomes when employed by firms
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| provided by 343 firms on over 54,000
| |
| | producing stone/clay/concrete/glass
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| managerial, supervisory, sales,
| |
| | products, measuring & controlling
|
| engineering, technical, clerical, and
| |
| | devices, and food/beverage products, and
|
| blue-collar employees in 187 benchmark
| |
| | the lowest median incomes when employed
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| jobs which resulted in the eight-volume
| |
| | by companies producing primary ferrous
|
| survey report, Compensation in
| |
| | metals, computer & allied products, and
|
| Manufacturing, 24th Edition - 2004,
| |
| | furniture & wood products.Quality
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| sponsored by the National Association of
| |
| | assurance/control, regulatory affairs,
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| Manufacturers.Copies of the entire
| |
| | and documentation employees are paid best
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| eight-volume report are available for
| |
| | by producers of measuring & controlling
|
| $1,250.00 from Abbott, Langer &
| |
| | devices, aerospace & aircraft products,
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| Associates, Inc., Dept. ART, 548 First
| |
| | and primary ferrous metals. They are
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| St., Crete, IL 60417 (telephone 708
| |
| | paid least by manufacturers of apparel &
|
| 672-4200; fax 708/672-4674; Also
| |
| | other textile products, rubber/plastic
|
| available is Compensation in Smaller
| |
| | products, medical/engineering/scientific
|
| Manufacturing Firms (under 250 employees)
| |
| | equipment, and circuit board
|
| for $595.00. Each volume of both reports
| |
| | products.Production employees in firms of
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| may be purchased separately. Also
| |
| | 250 employees or more fare best among
|
| available is findpay-MFG04 (a computer
| |
| | producers of chemical & allied products,
|
| program which permits the user to
| |
| | paper & allied products, fabricated metal
|
| determine pay levels of each survey job
| |
| | products, and measuring & controlling
|
| on the basis of two or more variables
| |
| | devices, and worst among manufacturers of
|
| simultaneously).It would be an exercise
| |
| | furniture & wood products, apparel &
|
| in futility to attempt more than a
| |
| | textile mill products, and building
|
| superficial overview of the survey
| |
| | materials. Production employees in firms
|
| results in this summary. However, some
| |
| | of under 250 employees fare best in firms
|
| overall data regarding compensation can
| |
| | which product stone/clay/concrete/glass
|
| be presented herein. In addition to the
| |
| | products, machinery & heavy equipment,
|
| incomes of the benchmark jobs already
| |
| | chemicals & allied products, and
|
| discussed, the median total cash
| |
| | fabricated metal products, and worst
|
| compensation nationally of some of the
| |
| | among manufacturers of apparel & textile
|
| other jobs included in the survey report
| |
| | mill products, circuit board products,
|
| is:Chief Legal Officers - $181,200
| |
| | and communications equipment.Level of
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| Vice Presidents of Manufacturing
| |
| | Managerial/Supervisory ResponsibilityThis
|
| Production - $135,375
| |
| | factor is an excellent predictor of
|
| Chief Marketing & Sales Executives -
| |
| | overall income in the manufacturing
|
| $133,835Chief Corporate Financial
| |
| | field. In larger firms, median income
|
| Officers - $130,066
| |
| | increases from $54,060 for those
|
| Vice Presidents of Manufacturing
| |
| | supervising under five professionals to
|
| Production Engineering - $112,274
| |
| | $83,916 for those who direct the
|
| Research & Development Managers -
| |
| | activities of 100 or more
|
| $90,377
| |
| | non-professionals, and from $72,992 for
|
| Engineering Department Managers
| |
| | those supervising under five
|
| Superintendents - $89,232
| |
| | professionals to $95,813 for those who
|
| Chief Human Resources Executives -
| |
| | direct the activities of 50 to 249
|
| $80,849
| |
| | professionals. Median income increases
|
| Plant Managers/Superintendents - $78,595
| |
| | further (to $245,650) for those who
|
| Product/Brand Managers - $75,789
| |
| | direct the activities of 250 or more
|
| Design Managers - $74,347
| |
| | professionals and non-professionals.In
|
| Facilities Managers - $68,198
| |
| | smaller firms, median income increases
|
| Cost Accounting Managers - $67,161
| |
| | from $48,505 for those supervising under
|
| Sales Engineers - $67,000
| |
| | five non-professionals to $90,000 for
|
| Manufacturing Engineers - $66,477
| |
| | those who direct the activities of 100 or
|
| Production Managers/Superintendents -
| |
| | more non-professional employees, and from
|
| $65,730
| |
| | $75,401 for those supervising under five
|
| Quality Assurance/Control Managers -
| |
| | professionals to $91,617 for those who
|
| $64,890
| |
| | direct the activities of 50 to 249
|
| Computer Programmers - $61,963
| |
| | professionals. Median income increases
|
| Purchasing Managers - $61,805
| |
| | further (to $170,000) for those who
|
| Warehouse Managers - $54,000
| |
| | direct the activities of 100 to 249
|
| General Production Supervisors - $49,781
| |
| | professionals and non-professionals.Size
|
| General Accountants - $48,725
| |
| | of Organization and Geographic
|
| Product Designers - $45,000
| |
| | LocationMedian income for job families
|
| Maintenance Leaders/Working Supervisors
| |
| | and individual jobs varies significantly
|
| - $40,833
| |
| | by size of organization and location.
|
| Drafters, Senior - $43,795
| |
| | While the compensation data were analyzed
|
| Buyers, Junior - $40,256
| |
| | by size of organization and region,
|
| Secretaries to the Chief Executive
| |
| | state, and metropolitan area, the data
|
| Officer - $40,125
| |
| | are too voluminous to allow for succinct
|
| Machine Repairers, Maintenance - $39,192
| |
| | commentary herein and must be left to the
|
| Production Schedulers - $38,195
| |
| | complete report.Dr. Steven Langer is a
|
| Automatic Screw Machine Operators -
| |
| | Licensed Psychologist with 35 years of
|
| Multiple Spindle - $37,252
| |
| | experience in business, industry,
|
| Maintenance Workers, General - $36,420
| |
| | government, academe, and consulting. As
|
| Chemical Production/Mixing Machine
| |
| | a Visiting Professor of Management at
|
| Operators - $35,686
| |
| | Loyola University of Chicago and
|
| Carpenters, Maintenance - $34,211
| |
| | Community Professor of Behavioral
|
| Quality Assurance/Control Technicians -
| |
| | Sciences at Purdue University, he has
|
| $33,329
| |
| | taught at both the undergraduate and
|
| Inspectors "A" - $32,739
| |
| | graduate levels, teaching such subjects
|
| Secretaries - $32,500
| |
| | as statistics, wage & salary
|
| Milling Machine Operators - $32,261
| |
| | administration, human resources
|
| Payroll Clerks - $31,775
| |
| | management, personnel selection, and
|
| Numerically Controlled Machine Operators
| |
| | industrial/organizational psychology.Dr.
|
| - $31,750
| |
| | Langer is President of Abbott, Langer &
|
| Customer Service Representatives -
| |
| | Associates, Inc., consultants in human
|
| $29,787
| |
| | resources management and industrial
|
| Injection Molding Machine Set-up and
| |
| | organizational psychology and publishers
|
| Operators - $28,200
| |
| | in the human resources field. He has
|
| Senior Account Clerks - $27,913
| |
| | directed and/or participated in a variety
|
| Machine Set-Up Workers - $27,809
| |
| | of compensation, human resources
|
| Material Handlers - $27,705
| |
| | administration, psychological, and
|
| Lathe Operators, Engine or Turret -
| |
| | training projects for numerous business,
|
| $27,690
| |
| | industrial, and law firms, periodicals,
|
| Painters, Production - $27,619
| |
| | governmental jurisdictions and human
|
| Machinists, Production - $26,661
| |
| | relations commissions, professional
|
| Junior Account Clerks - $26,449
| |
| | societies and trade associations, and
|
| Fork Lift Operators - $26,052
| |
| | organizations in the not-for-profit
|
| Shipping Clerks - $25,317
| |
| | sector. He holds the B.A. degree in
|
| Finishers - $25,044
| |
| | Psychology from California State
|
| Janitors - $24,376
| |
| | University at Sacramento, the Master of
|
| Receptionists - $23,795
| |
| | Personnel Service degree from the
|
| Injection Molding Machine Operators -
| |
| | University of Colorado at Boulder, and
|
| $23,443
| |
| | the Ph.D. degree in Educational
|
| Warehouse Laborers - $23,109
| |
| | Psychology from Walden University.He is
|
| Drill Press Operators, Single -
| |
| | past chairman of the Personnel Research
|
| $21,320The income relationships reported
| |
| | Award Committee of the Society for Human
|
| above may be distorted slightly, since
| |
| | Resource Management and recipient of
|
| some of these benchmark jobs were
| |
| | their Senior Professional in Human
|
| reported more frequently in organizations
| |
| | Resources certificate; member of
|
| of one size, while other benchmark jobs
| |
| | WorldAtWork (formerly the American
|
| were reported more frequently by larger
| |
| | Compensation Association); past member of
|
| or smaller organizations. This may also
| |
| | the Board of Directors of the Chicago
|
| be true for product manufactured,
| |
| | Compensation Association; past president
|
| geographic location, and supervisory
| |
| | of the Pueblo Personnel Association; past
|
| managerial responsibility. This possible
| |
| | chairman of the Section of Industrial
|
| defect is corrected in the complete
| |
| | Psychologists of the Illinois
|
| survey report by reporting income for
| |
| | Psychological Association; and past
|
| each benchmark job overall and with
| |
| | president of the Chicago Psychological
|
| "break-outs" by each demographic
| |
| | Association.Dr. Langer has conducted or
|
| variable.Type of ProductOverall,
| |
| | directed studies in and/or served as an
|
| administrative, fiscal, and information
| |
| | expert witness in such areas as employee
|
| technology employees are paid best by
| |
| | recruitment and selection; employee
|
| manufacturers of communications
| |
| | compensation, fringe benefits, and
|
| equipment, medical/engineering/scientific
| |
| | working conditions; prevailing rates;
|
| equipment, stone/clay/concrete/glass
| |
| | loss of and anticipated earnings; job
|
| products, and aerospace & aircraft
| |
| | discrimination; and employee attitudes
|
| products, and worst in firms producing
| |
| | and morale.
|
| building materials, heating/air
| |
| |
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