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