Pay Rates in Manufacturing

Compensation in Manufacturing, 26th Edition - 2006
Survey Summary

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The following summary of the eight volume Compensation in Manufacturing, 26th Edition survey report of 185 benchmark jobs from Abbott, Langer Association Surveys describes the highest and lowest paid job characteristics, the national median total cash compensation for 59 benchmark jobs, and the factors affecting salary (Type of Product, Level of Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility, Size of Organization and Geographic Location).

The composite highest-income practitioner in this field (salary plus cash bonus and/or cash profit sharing) is the President of a manufacturing firm which manufactures fabricated metal products, paper & allied products, chemical & allied products, food/beverage/tobacco products, furniture & wood products, or communications equipment, or is head of a printing or publishing firm; has 1,000 or more employees; has a total annual revenue of $25,000,000 or more; and is headquartered in or near Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Memphis, Stamford/Norwalk/Bridgeport (CT), Pittsburgh, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Washington (DC), or Tampa/St. Petersburg, or outside the metropolitan areas studied in Texas. While the median President "B" (defined as a chief executive officer who has little or no financial interest in the firm) has a total annual income of $176,226 and the median President "A" (defined as having a financial interest in the firm) has a total annual income of $185,000, the highest-income individuals reported make well over $1,000,000.

Far toward the other end of the income spectrum, Packers (Light) have a median income of $19,864. Sometimes earning under $13,000, the lowest-paid employees in this group are employed by firms that manufacture food/beverage/tobacco products, apparel/textile mill products, or electrical/electronic machinery/equipment/supplies, or a publishing firm; have over $500,000 in total annual revenue; have 10 or more employees; and are headquartered in or near San Juan (PR), Detroit, Los Angeles/Long Beach, Rochester (NY), Providence (RI), or Pittsburgh, or outside the metropolitan areas studied in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, or Tennessee.

These composites represent the briefest possible "boil-down" of the voluminous data provided regarding current salaries and cash bonuses and/or profit sharing, and numerous demographic variables provided by 350 firms on over 52,000 managerial, supervisory, sales, engineering, technical, clerical, and blue-collar employees in 185 benchmark jobs which resulted in the eight-volume survey report, Compensation in Manufacturing, 26th Edition - 2006, sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers. Copies of the entire report are available for $1,575.00 through our On-Line Order Form or from Abbott, Langer Association Surveys, 1725 I Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006 (Telephone: (877) 210-6563, Fax: (877) 239-2457). An eight-volume companion report, Compensation in Smaller Manufacturing Firms (those with under 250 employees), is available for $835.00. Each volume of both reports may be purchased separately.

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The median annual incomes (salaries plus cash bonuses/profit sharing/commissions) of some of the other 183 benchmark jobs for which income data are reported are:

Chief Legal Officers	$189,474
Chief Corporate Financial Officers	$142,346
Vice Presidents Manufacturing/Production	$126,739
Chief Marketing & Sales Executives	$123,000
Vice Presidents of Manufacturing/Production Engineering	$120,125
Chief Human Resources Executives	$100,940
Research & Development Managers	$100,400
Plant Managers/Superintendents	$99,624
Engineering Department Managers/Superintendents	$95,322
Design Managers	$85,387
Sales Engineers	$82,498
Cost Accounting Managers	$82,039
Product/Brand Managers	$81,500
Facilities Managers	$70,722
Quality Assurance/Control Managers	$68,561
Purchasing Managers	$64,036
Production Managers/Superintendents	$63,400
Manufacturing Engineers	$63,021
Warehouse Managers	$58,423
Product Designers	$57,000
Computer Programmers	$56,107
General Production Supervisors	$44,926
Quality Assurance/Control Technicians	$44,824
Lathe Operators, Engine or Turret	$44,190
Production Schedulers	$43,223
Drafters, Senior	$43,036
Shipping & Receiving Supervisors	$43,000
Secretaries to the Chief Executive Officer	$42,754
General Accountants	$42,660
Numerically Controlled Machine Operators	$42,272
Machine Repairers, Maintenance	$40,054
Maintenance Leaders/Working Supervisors	$39,760
Buyers - Junior	$39,732
Chemical Production/Mixing Machine Operators	$38,792
Assemblers "B"	$37,532
Painters, Production	$35,488
Machine Set-Up Workers	$35,000
Automatic Screw Machine Operators - Multiple Spindle	$32,900
Customer Service Representatives	$32,775
Inspectors "A"	$32,038
Payroll Clerks	$32,020
Fork Life Operators	$31,993
Maintenance Workers, General	$31,025
Carpenters, Maintenance	$30,988
Secretaries	$30,576
Senior Account Clerks	$30,260
Injection Molding Machine Set-up and Operators	$29,969
Wirers and Solderers	$29,679
Milling Machine Operators	$29,640
Drill Press Operators, Single	$29,608
Finishers	$29,141
Machinists, Production	$29,006
Junior Account Clerks	$28,782
Material Handlers	$28,434
Shipping Clerks	$27,371
Receptionists	$25,176
Injection Molding Machine Operators	$21,351
Warehouse Laborers	$24,960
Janitors	$21,019

These nation-wide pay rates vary by region, state & metropolitan area, gross annual sales, size of firm, type of product, and supervisory/managerial responsibility involved - all demographic variables for which data are provided in the complete report and findpay program.

Type of Product

Overall, administrative, fiscal, and information technology employees are paid best by manufacturers of ferrous primary metal products, machinery & heavy equipment, and chemical & allied products, and worst in firms producing food/beverage/tobacco products, furniture & wood products, and medical/engineering/scientific equipment.

Employees in the sales/marketing group enjoy the highest pay in firms that produce automobiles/trucks/automotive parts & accessories, chemical & allied products, and aerospace/aircraft/electrical/electronics products. Pay is lowest among producers of furniture & wood products, rubber/plastic products, and medical/engineering/scientific equipment.

Clerical personnel are paid best by firms that manufacture chemical & allied products, ferrous primary metal products, and rubber/plastic products. They have the lowest median incomes in firms that product apparel/textile mill products, food/beverage/tobacco products, and furniture & wood products.

Engineering/technical employees have the highest median incomes among manufacturers of chemical & allied products, apparel/textile mill products, and rubber/plastic products. The lowest median income is reported among manufacturers of building materials, furniture & wood products, and paper products/printing/publishing.

Maintenance/material acquisition personnel are best paid by firms that manufacture non-ferrous primary metal products, chemical & allied products, and medical/engineering/scientific equipment. This group of employees is least paid by manufacturers of rubber/plastic products, building materials, and food/beverage/tobacco products.

Managerial and supervisory personnel in plant/manufacturing/production functions receive the highest median incomes when employed by firms producing chemical & allied products, paper products/printing/publishing, and machinery & heavy equipment, and the lowest median incomes when employed by companies producing food/beverage/tobacco products, furniture & wood products, and building Materials.

Quality assurance/control, inspection, and regulatory affairs and documentation employees are paid best by producers of machinery & heavy equipment, fabricated metal products, and aerospace & aircraft products. They are paid least by manufacturers of food/beverage/tobacco products, rubber/plastic products, and electrical & electronic products.

Production employees in firms of 250 employees or more fare best among producers of medical/engineering/scientific equipment, chemical & allied products, and fabricated metal products, and worst among manufacturers of rubber/plastic products, building materials, and furniture & wood products.

Production employees in firms of under 250 employees are paid best by manufacturers of machinery & heavy equipment, ferrous primary metal products, and non-ferrous primary metal products, and least by manufacturers of building materials, electrical & electronic products, and furniture & wood products.

Level of Managerial/Supervisory Responsibility

This factor is an excellent predictor of overall income in the manufacturing field. In firms with 250 or more employees, median income increases from $81,439 for those supervising under five professionals to $219,499 for those who direct the activities of 50 to 249 professionals and from $73,024 with one to four professionals and non-professionals to $109,592 with 250 or more professionals and non-professionals.

In firms with under 250 employees, median income increases from $35,087 for those with no supervisory responsibility to $142,572 for those who direct the activities of 50 to 249 professional employees, and to $190,254 for those who direct the activities of 100 to 249 professionals and non-professionals.

Size of Organization and Geographic Location

Median income for job families and individual jobs varies significantly by size of organization and location. While the compensation data were analyzed by size of organization and region, state, and metropolitan area, the data are too voluminous to allow for succinct commentary herein and must be left to the complete report.

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350 organizations supplied current compensation and demographic information for the survey report.

• Aerospace/Aircraft/Electrical/Electronics Products
• Ace Precision Machining Corporation
• Allflex, Inc.
• Atrix International, Inc.
• Avionics Specialties, Inc., Aerosonic Corporation
• Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc.
• Cherry Corporation, Cherry Electrical Products
• CNC Industries
• Compsee, Inc.
• Cummins-Allison Corporation
• DynaBil Industries, Inc.
• Electro-Technic Products, Inc.
• FCI USA Inc
• Granite Microsystems, Inc.
• Hurst Manufacturing
• JFW Industries
• Kalas Manufacturing, Inc.
• Northrop Grumman, Interconnect Technolgies
• Numerical Control Support
• Paramount Industries, Inc.
• Pro Mach, Inc.
• Sumitomo Electric Semiconductor Materials, Inc.
• Toshiba International Corporation
• Turbine Engine Components Technologies
• Virginia Panel Corporation
• Westell, Inc.

Apparel & Textile Mill Products

• Beach Patrol, Inc.
• McRae Footwear
• New England Ropes, Inc.
• Toluca Garment Company
• Wigwam Mills, Inc.

Automotive Equipment, Parts & Accessories

• Aisin Automotive Casting, LLC
• B & W Custom Truck Beds, Inc.
• Elesys North America
• Gentex Corporation
• GHSP
• JTEKT-NA
• Milton Manufacturing, Inc.
• Trayer Products, Inc.
• TRW Fuji Valve
• Unipres U.S.A., Inc.

Building Materials

• Kansas Building Products
• Mathews Brothers Company
• Stock Building Supply

Chemical/Pharmaceutical/Plastic/Rubber Products

• Anchor Paint Manufacturing
• AOC, LLC
• Athea Laboratories, Inc., Share Corporation
• Bacou-Dalloz USA
• Bedoukian Research
• Borealis Compounds, LLC
• Central Plastics, Inc.
• Chaska Chemical Company, Inc.
• Continental Carbon Company
• Crafted Plastics, Inc.
• Custom Window Extrusions, Inc.
• Daubert Chemical Company
• Davies Molding, LLC
• Del Storm Products, Inc.
• Dolco Packaging, Tekni-Plex
• Guttenberg Industries, Inc.
• J. Strickland & Company, Inc.
• Kastalon, Inc.
• Koller Enterprises, Inc., Koller Craft Plastic Products
• LMT - Mercer Group, Inc.
• LTS Corporation
• Marcus Paint Company
• Maryland Thermoform Corporation
• Master Industries, Inc.
• NIOXIN Research Laboratories, Inc.
• Novelty Manufacturing Company
• Pelican Products, Inc.
• Pilot Chemical Company
• Polyfab Corporation
• Prairie Packaging, Inc.
• Pressure Chemical Company
• Riverside Plastics, Inc.
• Row, Inc.
• Saint-Gobain Calmar, CLP Division
• Simmler, Inc.
• Stampin Up
• Tonoga, Inc., d/b/a Taconic
• West Pharmaceutical Services
• Western Textile Companies

Fabricated Metal Products

• A & S Tool and Manufacturing
• A-1 Wire Tech, Inc., Special Metals Company
• Able Steel Fabricators, Inc.
• ACRO Automation Systems, Inc.
• Agri-Fab, Inc.
• Air Power Systems Company, Inc.
• ASKO, Inc.
• Automatic Specialties, Inc.
• Bachman Machine Company
• Barkersteel, Inc.
• BHW Sheet Metal Company
• Bluff Manufacturing
• BSH Home Appliances Corporation
• Caterpillar, Inc.
• Chemart Company
• Coin Mechanisms, Inc.
• Command Tooling Systems
• Cook Technologies, Inc.
• Correll, Inc.
• Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc.
• CTD Machines, Inc.
• Custom Products of Litchfield, Inc.
• Drake-Williams Steel
• DRT Manufacturing Company
• Dynamic Design & Manufacturing, Inc.
• Eaton Metal Products Company, LLC
• EDL Packaging Engineers, Inc.
• Fort Worth Aluminum Foundry
• Gem Equipment of Oregon, Inc.
• Grasan Equipment Company, Inc.
• Gray Brothers Stamping & Machine, Inc.
• Great Lakes Custom Tool Manufacturing, f/k/a Great Lakes Carbide Tool Manufacturing
• GWI Engineering, Inc.
• Hardy Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Harrop Industries, Inc.
• Hearth & Home Technologies
• Henderson Manufacturing, Inc.
• Hi-Tech Tool Industries, Inc.
• Holland 1916, Inc.
• Industrial Spring Corporation
• Inner-Tite Corporation
• ITW Balance Engineering
• Jerl Machine, Inc.
• Kimber Manufacturing, Inc.
• Kirk Key Interlock Company, LLC
• Knapheide Manufacturing Company
• LaFrance Corporation
• Lakeside Equipment Corporation
• Laserage Technology Corporation
• Le Sueur, Inc.
• Macuch Steel Products, Inc.
• Materials Transportation Company
• Mechanisms, Inc.
• Mereen-Johnson Machine Company
• Metal Products Company
• MTS Seating
• My-te Products, Inc.
• Myers Spring Company, Inc.
• Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc.
• Outokumpu Copper Franklin, Inc.
• Pacific Marine Sheet Metal Corporation, Southwest Fabricators
• Parker Hannifin Corporation, Hydraulic Pump/Motor Division
• PCR Technologies, Inc.
• Perfection Spring & Stamping Corporation
• Pflow Industries, Inc.
• PS Machinery, Inc., d/b/a PS Wood Machines
• R. P. Adams Company, Inc.
• Richards Industries
• Roto-Rooter Corporation
• S & S Hinge Company
• SawStop, LLC
• Seco Carboloy
• Smithfield Manufacturing, Inc.
• Southco, Inc., Delaware Valley Operations
• Springfield ReManufacturing Corporation
• Stack-On Products Company
• Steel & Pipe Supply Company, Inc.
• Steward Machine Company, Inc.
• Sturtevant, Inc.
• Swanson Industries, Inc.
• Task Force Tips, Inc.
• TERMAX Corporation
• Thomas G. Farra Corporation
• Tonka Equipment Company
• Trantech Radiator Products
• Trident, Anderson Copper & Brass
• Tubular Products Company
• Utility Tool & Trailer/APL, Inc., Clintonville Operations
• Valv-Trol Company
• Vitamix Corporation
• Young Manufacturing, Inc.

Food/Beverage/Tobacco Products

• Ag Processing, Inc.
• American Dehydrated Foods, Inc.
• American Fruit Processors
• Azteca Foods, Inc.
• Bright Harvest Sweet Potato Company
• Brooks Food Group, Inc.
• Bueno Foods
• Burnette Foods, Inc.
• Clos Pegase Winery, Inc.
• Columbia Beverage Company
• Corn Products, Stockton Plant
• DAD's Products Company, Inc., DAD's Pet Care
• Daisy Brand
• Dakota Brands International, Inc.
• Danisco USA, Inc., Sweetener Division
• Dean Foods
• Didion Milling, Inc.
• Dina Mia Kitchens, Inc.
• Frederick Brewing Company
• Guida's Seibert Dairy
• J. R. Simplot Company
• Kar Nut Products Company
• Lawrence Foods, Inc.
• Leonard's Bakery, Ltd.
• Malt-O-Meal
• Maple Leaf Farms
• Nelson Ricks Creamery Company
• Paramount Fruit Processing Company
• Pasta Montana, L.L.C.
• Pepsi Bottling Group, Eastern Virginia Division
• PGP International, division of ACH Food Companies, Inc.
• Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
• Popcorn Factory, subsidiary of 1800flowers.com
• Publix Super Markets, Inc.
• Ray Brothers & Noble Canning Company
• Rudolph Foods
• SIG International Iowa, Inc.
• Sweet Street Desserts
• Tri-City Meats, Inc.
• True World Foods, International, d/b/a Shining Ocean
• United States Distilled Products Company
• Vitasoy USA, Inc.
• Watts Brothers
• Winchester Farms Dairy
• Windsor Foods

Furniture & Wood Products

• Burgess Manufacturing, Inc.
• Continental Kitchen Corporation
• Jim C. Hamer Company, Inc.
• Mayo Manufacturing Corporation
• Maywood Furniture
• Panel Specialists, Inc.
• Quality Custom Cabinetry, Inc.
• Showplace Wood Products
• Stanley Furniture Company
• Wabash Valley Manufacturing, Inc.
• Walters Brothers Lumber Manufacturing
• Zelazoski Wood Products, Inc.

Measuring & Controlling Devices

• First Technology, d/b/a Control Devices
• Geo-Log, Inc.
• Kanawha Scales & Systems, Inc.
• Lion Precision, Automated Quality Technologies
• Montalvo Corporation
• Plast-O-Matic Valves, Inc.
• Western Gage Corporation
• Whip Mix Corporation

Medical/Engineering/Scientific Equipment

• Custom Manufacturing & Engineering
• Doncasters Medical Technologies
• Dynatronics Corporation
• Labconco Corporation
• Matrx by Midmark
• RMS Company
• Swisstronics Corporation

Paper/Paper Products/Printing/Publishing

• ABC - CLIO
• Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
• Alfred Publishing Company, Inc.
• American Institute of Physics
• American Library Association
• Andrews McMeel Universal
• Boardroom, Inc.
• Brady Corporation
• Central Kentucky News-Journal, Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc.
• Continuum International Publishing Group
• Cook Communications Ministries
• Coughlan Companies
• Cox Target Media
• Dong-A Daily News
• Dover Publications
• Excel Container, Inc.
• Expositor
• Fisher Container Corporation
• FMA Communications, Inc.
• Great Northern Corporation, Kell Container
• Green Bay Packaging, Inc., Baltimore division
• Group Publishing, Inc.
• Hanley Wood, LLC
• HC Pro, Inc.
• Henry Molded Products
• Holden Industries, Inc.
• Ideals Publications, subsidiary of Guideposts
• Issaquah Press, Inc.
• Journal Community Publishing Group
• Kanzaki Specialty Papers, Inc.
• Key Shoppers' News, Inc.
• Kimbel Publication, Inc.
• Kregel Publications
• Lee's Summit Journal
• Liberty Diversified Industries
• Lincoln County Publishing Company, Lincoln County News
• Liturgical Press
• Loyola Press
• Mannis Communications, Inc., d/b/a San Diego Community Newspaper
• Merfin Systems Inc.
• Metro Corporation
• Myllykoski North America
• Nature Publishing Group
• Packaging Innovators Corporation
• Paulist Press
• Paxton Media Group, LLC, Daily Corinthian
• Perry Judd's, Inc.
• Precision Graphics Inc.
• Quebecor World Atglen Inc.
• Renaissance Learning, Inc.
• Ripon Printers
• River Publishers, Inc., Wharton Journal-Spectator
• Simpson Publishing, Emmerich Newspaper
• Sporting Classics
• Springfield News-Leader
• UP Media Group
• West Volusia Pennysaver, Volusia Pennysaver, Inc.
• Wick Communications, d/b/a Frontiersman

Primary Metal Products

• Ausco Products, Inc.
• Belmont Metals, Inc.
• Forest City Gear
• Heat Treating Services Corporation of America
• Lodge Manufacturing Company
• Spuncast, Inc.
• St. Mary Galvanizing Company
• Trialco, Inc.
• Truarc Company, LLC

Stone, Rubber, Clay & Concrete

• Carbo Ceramics
• Cinder & Concrete Block Corporation
• Westminster Ceramics
• Yavapai Block Company, Inc.

Other Manufacturing Organizations

• Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd.
• Armin Tool & Manufacturing Company
• Bashlin Industries, Inc.
• Bemco Mattress, Inc.
• Bench Dog, Inc.
• CAS Enterprises, Inc., Kreg Tool Company
• Chaco, Inc.
• Condux International, Inc.
• Curtiss Wright, Curtiss Wright Flow Control Corporation
• Custom Tool & Grinding, Inc.
• Dickey Manufacturing Company
• Electronic Systems, Inc.
• G. Loomis, Inc.
• Hillman Group, Tempe, AZ Plant
• Intercontinental Fragrances
• Len Industries, Inc.
• Lift-All Company, Inc.
• Miller Metal Manufacturing
• Milltronics Manufacturing Company
• Mine Safety Appliances Company
• Mizuno USA, Inc.
• Montana Products, Inc.
• Ohio Willow Wood Company
• Pactiv
• Pharmavite, LLC
• Prince Manufacturing Corporation
• Radix Wire Company
• Rampe Manufacturing Company, d/b/a Torque Transmission
• Rochester Plating Works, Inc.
• Signicast Corporation
• Sun Hydraulics Corporation
• Toray Composites (America), Inc.
• United Rotary Brush Corporation