Level of jurisdiction's employee pay rate for new hires
Full Question Text
Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low?
| % Statewide | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among jurisdictions that have full-time, part-time, or seasonal employees) | Too high | 1% |
| About right | 68% | |
| Too low | 27% | |
| Don't know | 4% | |
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among jurisdictions that have full-time, part-time, or seasonal employees) | Too high | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| About right | 55% | 73% | 61% | 58% | 68% | |
| Too low | 45% | 21% | 37% | 37% | 27% | |
| Don't know | 0% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 4% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among jurisdictions that have full-time, part-time, or seasonal employees) | Too high | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| About right | 67% | 70% | 67% | 68% | 59% | 68% | |
| Too low | 27% | 24% | 29% | 29% | 41% | 27% | |
| Don't know | 5% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 4% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among jurisdictions that have full-time, part-time, or seasonal employees) | Too high | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| About right | 77% | 67% | 63% | 72% | 68% | 64% | 68% | |
| Too low | 18% | 29% | 28% | 23% | 28% | 34% | 27% | |
| Don't know | 4% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | |
| % within Urban/Rural Self Identification | |||||||
| Urban/Rural Self Identification | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't Know | |||
| Overall, do you consider your jurisdiction's pay rate(s) for new hires to be too high, about right, or too low? (Among jurisdictions that have full-time, part-time, or seasonal employees) | Too high | 2% | 2% | 1% | |||
| About right | 68% | 67% | 69% | 70% | 39% | 68% | |
| Too low | 25% | 27% | 31% | 30% | 51% | 27% | |
| Don't know | 5% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 4% | |