Wages & Benefits

Wages

Average hourly wage rates in Etowah County as of July 2022 are:

LEGEND:

Mean Wage
Entry Wage
Experienced Wage

Category Mean Wage Entry Wage Experienced Wage
Management
Chief executives 61.27 34.54 74.96
Human resources specialist 25.59 16.91 30.09
Industrial production managers 46.83 32.52 56.40
Sales managers 42.69 29.06 56.54
Administrative support
Accountants and auditors 32.73 21.10 38.62
Executive assistants 27.68 21.06 31.95
Accounting clerks 18.49 12.80 21.45
Information and record clerks, all other 22.78 16.49 25.89
Drafters 27.28 17.37 32.22
Industrial engineers 38.38 27.48 43.75
Mechanical engineers 38.53 25.74 45.31
Purchasing agents 28.00 16.92 33.59
Production
CNC machine operators 21.03 15.55 23.88
Coating and painting 19.23 13.99 22.77
Production workers, all other 22.09 15.99 25.11
Lathe and turning operators 20.01 14.56 22.86
Machinists 19.54 12.31 23.19
Packaging and filling 11.58 10.60 15.51
Production helper 10.10 9.32 12.73
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers 31.18 19.11 37.13
Tool and die makers 22.63 16.07 25.98
Welders and cutters 18.35 12.66 21.16
Maintenance
Maintenance repair workers, general 19.05 12.55 22.27
Machinery repair workers 26.72 18.34 30.85
Maintenance/repair helpers 15.70 11.81

18.21

Material handling
Industrial truck operators 18.41 13.93 20.81
Material handlers/laborers 15.17 11.14 17.22

Packagers

13.21 10.35 14.64
Tractor trailer drivers 23.78 15.91 27.66


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