b'Partner Direct InviteFifteen Networks Northwest partners wishing to directly email their own membership wereprovided a survey weblink for distribution, along with relevant survey background andinstructions. The weblink was also provided to each of the ten county governments, and 25 school districts. To further promote the survey, Northwest Michigan Works! Business Services Team encouraged participation with the employers they directly work with, providing the weblink forafinalpushduringthelastweekofsurveyadministration.Allreceivingthesurveywereencouragedtoforwardtheinviteiftherewassomeoneelsewithintheirorganizationbetterpositionedtoprovidetherequesteddata.Additionally,recipientswereasked to complete only one survey per company, in the event a partner membership list were to include contacts also a part of the Constant Contact generated list.Atotalof448respondentsstartedthesurveyandproceededthroughdemographicandbenefitsvariables; 417 respondents then progressed through the Job Family variable to relevant Job Titles and subsequent wage data entry variables.1.3Data PresentationUse of ReportHourlyandsalarywagedataarepresentedtogetherintablesspecifictoeachof29JobFamilies.The following steps are suggested for report use and data interpretation.Tonote,thisreportpresentsOVERALLresults,inclusiveofrespondentsacrosstheregion,representingbusinessesofallsizes,acrossallindustries.Detailbyspecificdemographicsisavailable separately.Step 1:LocateJobFamiliesrelevanttoyourcompany,e.g.,OfficeAdministration.Step 2: Locate relevant Job Titles within the table, referencing associated wage data to the right of individual titles.Numbers in parentheses represent the number of responses per wage range. Step 3: With regard to data interpretation, consider that reported wages represent base pay only.Variables that can impact pay include tenure, education, and credentials.Note that whenpossible,JobTitlesreflectlevelorseniorityofposition,throughuseofmanagementorseniordesignations, allowing for possible delineation based on these variables. 3278 via Constant Contact invite and 170 via Partner Direct inviteOVERVIEW 2'