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