1998 Southern Ohio Manufacturing Wage and Benefit Survey ILGARD-Ohio University, in cooperation with the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, Governor's Economic Development Regions 7 and 11, and local economic development officials, conducted a manufacturing wage, benefit, and labor survey of the following 14 counties in Southern Ohio: Adams, Athens, Clermont, Fayette, Gallia, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, Scioto, and Vinton.

The following information was collected in the survey and can be accessed from this website:

• Wage information for 21 job titles (including both salaried and hourly positions).
• Insurance and benefits information, including medical insurance, retirement plans, education benefits, vacation, profit sharing, and sick leave.

In addition to the region-wide report, the information is also reported by sub-regions, or smaller groupings of counties.  To access wage and benefit information for the 14-county region or any of the four subregions, click on the following tabs. 

Tab 1 (PDF: 1536KB / 36 pages) contains the 14-county wage and benefit information.  The wage information is presented for each of the 21 surveyed job titles.  The benefits information is presented in a series of tables immediately following the region-wide wage data in Tab 1.  

Tab 2 (PDF: 1508KB / 30 pages) contains wage and benefit information for the North Sub-region (Athens, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Ross, Vinton).

Tab 3  (PDF: 1508KB / 30 pages) contains wage and benefit information for the South Sub-region (Adams, Clermont, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Pike, Lawrence).

Tab 4 (PDF: 1509KB / 31 pages) contains wage and benefit information for the East Sub-region (Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Hocking, Lawrence, Vinton).

Tab 5 (PDF: 1509KB / 30 pages) contains wage and benefit information for the West Sub-region (Adams, Clermont, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto).

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