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Wage & Salary
The 2004 Upstate South Carolina Wage & Salary Survey included data from 181 employer facilities in Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Union counties. There are 124 manufacturers and 57 non-manufacturers in the study. Reported full-time employment of these facilities totals 59,418.
Participants were asked for average base earnings increase data for 2004, and the forecast for 2005 increases. The following information provides information of averages of all responses that reported increases and is demonstrated by payroll classification.
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2004 |
2005 est. |
| Hourly (non-union) |
2.92% |
2.93% |
| Hourly (union) |
2.71% |
2.89% |
| Salaried non-exempt |
3.08% |
3.02% |
| Salaried exempt |
3.09% |
3.08% |
| Average (overall) |
2.95% |
2.98% |
Source: 2003 Upstate South Carolina Wage & Salary Survey, Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce and Spartanburg Development Corporation.
Hourly Wage Percentiles for Establishment Jobs
Greenville MSA, September 2003
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10 |
25 |
50 |
75 |
90 |
All |
8.00 |
10.02 |
13.60 |
19.23 |
27.19 |
White Collar |
9.71 |
12.35 |
19.00 |
27.81 |
37.08 |
Professional Specialty & Technical |
14.74 |
19.23 |
24.41 |
30.26 |
37.17 |
Executive, Administrative, & Managerial |
19.23 |
25.50 |
33.95 |
37.57 |
48.08 |
Sales |
7.50 |
8.17 |
9.82 |
14.04 |
23.60 |
Blue Collar |
8.38 |
10.20 |
13.10 |
16.94 |
19.57 |
Precision Production, Craft and Repair |
11.29 |
14.09 |
16.75 |
20.00 |
24.38 |
Machine Operators, Assemblers, & Inspectors
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9.02 |
10.82 |
11.95 |
12.78 |
19.25 |
Transportation and Material Moving |
8.65 |
9.95 |
12.73 |
17.28 |
19.25 |
Handlers, Equipment Cleaners, Helpers,
and Laborers |
7.50 |
8.83 |
10.00 |
13.15 |
16.10 |
Service |
6.00 |
7.00 |
8.79 |
11.58 |
15.00 |
Source: 2003 National Compensation Survey.
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