Per Capita Personal Income

Year

Gratiot County

State

National

2003

$22,287

$31,178

$31,472

2002

$21,661

$29,816

$30,906

2000

$20,286

$29,127

$29,469

1995

$18,341

$23,934

$23,255

Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis: http://www.bea.doc.gov, U.S. Census: http://censtats.census.gov/data/MI

Local Earning Levels/Labor Rates

Average Hourly Rate

Classification

Minimum

Maximum

Weighted Average

Office Manager

$8.00

$14.86

  $9.36

Senior Office Manager

$15.00

$50.48

$32.05

Clerk/Data Entry

$6.00

$18.00

  $8.30

Secretary

$6.00

$13.56

  $9.73

Executive Secretary

$16.00

$22.00

$16.25

Call Operator/Representative

$6.00

$15.00

$12.31

Bookkeeper**

$8.25

$50.00

$14.41

Forklift Operator

$7.00

$28.59

$10.88

Light Assembler

$7.00

$15.95

  $9.90

Building Maintenance**

$7.00

$29.81

  $8.43

CAD Operator

$5.78

$26.00

$16.63

CNC Operator

$8.00

$20.00

  $9.97

General Operator

$7.00

$21.00

$10.10

Drafter

$11.00

$24.00

$11.83

Electrical Technician

$8.00

$37.00

$17.85

Machine Operator

$7.50

$29.81

$10.50

Metal Fabricator

$8.00

$15.00

$12.59

Welder

$8.00

$19.00

  $9.76

Painter

$7.00

$15.00

  $9.79

Systems Analyst**

$5.16

$75.00

$23.61

Engineer: Electrical

$23.17

$63.52

$23.97

Engineer: Mechanical

$21.64

$63.52

$26.74

Engineer: Other*

$8.00

$125.00

$34.37

Quality Control Inspector

$7.37

$22.50

$10.97

Maintenance Mechanic

$8.00

$31.02

$10.36

General Production Supervisor

$9.00

$21.25

$14.06

High Level Production Supervisor

$31.88

$52.16

$29.20

Tool/Die Maker

$9.00

$18.00

$14.25

Source: Greater Gratiot Development, Inc., 2005 Industrial Wage & Benefit Survey

* Positions that have very wide minimum and maximum salary levels have been statistically adjusted by removing extreme anomalous wages either high or low.

** Some positions are named the same by different companies but do not have similar skill requirements, therefore, reflecting a very wide salary range. The weighted average does not give accurate representation.