Wage & Benefit Analysis
Prepared byRoberto Gallardo, Ph.D.
Andrey Zhalnin, Ph.D.

October 2023

Survey Methodology
The East Central Indiana Regional Partnership conducted a wage and benefit online
survey among businesses in their region. The survey gathered data throughout AugustSeptember 2023 resulting in 124 valid responses.
The survey asked about total number of employees, including hourly and salaried
employees. It also asked about the entry, average, and highest wages for 124 different
jobs grouped into 14 major categories. Types of benefits offered were also included in
the survey including but not limited to health and dental insurance, life and disability
insurance, bonus programs, and personal time off and vacation.

Overview of Responses
Figure 1 below shows the response breakdown by county. The largest share of responses
came from Wayne County with 31.9% followed by Delaware County with 22.7%. Fayette’s
share was the lowest with 1.7%. Please note that no responses were received from RushCounty.
Figure 1. Survey Responses by County, Percent
5.9%Blackford County
Delaware County

31.9%

21.8%

Fayette County
Grant County
Henry County

1.7%

Jay County
Randolph County

11.8%
11.8%
9.2%

Wayne County

5.9%

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Business Size and Employee Type
Analysis revealed that medium-sized businesses (21-99 workers) have the largest shareof full-time employees among businesses of all sizes (32.5%). They are followed by thesmallest companies (1-20 workers) and larger companies (100-299 workers) whose shareof full-time employees among businesses of all sizes is roughly 26% each (Figure 2). On
the contrary, small businesses rely heavily on part-time employees: those companies
comprise more than 70% of all respondents who employ part-time workers. This is also aslight increase when comparing to a previous year and it indicates that small businesses
continue to rely heavily on part-time workers.
Figure 2. Responses by Size and Employee Typen range = 106-169
100%
90%

3.8%

14.8%

18.9%

80%
70%

3.8%

26.0%

60%
50%
40%

32.5%

73.6%

30%
20%
10%
0%

26.6%
Full-Time Employees
1-20

21-99

Part-Time Employees
100-299

300 or more

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EMPLOYEE ANALYSIS
A total of 124 businesses reporting on 124 different jobs in 14 different groups resulted
in 13,787 employees. This is slight increase comparing to the past year’s survey, whichcounted 12,605 employees. Of these, 11,725 (85%) were hourly employees (10,337 or 82%
in 2022) versus 2,062 (15%) salaried employees (2,268 or 18% in 2022). Figure 3 shows
the percent of total employees by job group. Close to 39% of employees reported in theregion belonged to the production worker category followed by 22.6% in the healthcare
group. Advertising and public relations had the lowest share of employees reported with
0.5% followed by human resources with 0.8%.
Figure 3. Percent Total Jobs Surveyed by Group
Production Workers

38.3%

Healthcare

22.6%

Computer/Information Technology

10.5%

Education

5.7%

Maintenance

4.9%

Logistics

4.8%

Business Office

4.3%

Food Service

1.9%

General Operations Management

1.7%

Finance

1.7%

Quality Assurance

1.3%

Other Specialties

1.0%

Human Resources

0.8%

Advertising and Public Relations

0.5%
0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

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45%

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Figure 4 shows the percent of employees by type within each job group. The job groupwith the highest share of hourly employees were those in the food service group with
99.0% followed by healthcare and production workers (96.8% and 92.5% respectively).
On the other hand, other specialties (e.g., compliance specialist, mechanical engineer,
safety director, etc.) had the highest share of salaried workers with 83.1% followed bygeneral operations management with 80.5%.
Figure 4. Job Groups by Employee Type, Percent
Food Service

99.0%

1.0%

Healthcare

96.8%

3.2%

Production Workers

92.5%

7.5%

Logistics

91.5%

8.5%

Computer/Information Technology

88.0%

12.0%

Maintenance

86.5%

13.5%

Business Office

82.3%

17.7%

Quality Assurance

27.8%

72.2%

Finance57.0%

Education

43.0%
58.7%

41.3%

Human Resources

26.3%

73.7%

Advertising and Public Relations

24.0%

76.0%

General Operations Management

19.5%

80.5%

Other Specialties

16.9%

83.1%

0%

20%

40%

Hourly Employees, %

60%

80%

100%

Salaried Employees, %Survey respondents indicated multiple thresholds to define full-time and part-time
employment but out of 101 comments received, 2/3 of respondents defined full-time as
those who work more than 30-37 hours per week. About 1/3 of all respondents defined
full-time as those who work 40+ hours per week.

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WAGE ANALYSIS
Overall, the average hourly wages in the region were $26.53 for the actual entry wage,$31.54 for the average wage, and $33.65 for the highest wage. Regarding wages by job
groups, Figure 5 shows the average wages (entry, average, and highest) among the 14
job groups analyzed sorted from highest to lowest based on the average wage reported(yellow bar).
Food service had the lowest average wages at $15.36 followed by production workers
with $22.78 while the general operations management had the highest with $61.05
followed by other specialties group with $59.49. The highest average wage was $58.94 in
the other specialties group while food service had the lowest with $22.27.
Figure 5. Average Wages by Job Group
General Operations Management
Other Specialties
Human Resources
Quality Assurance
Computer/Information Technology
Advertising and Public Relations
Finance
Education
Maintenance
Healthcare
Logistics
Business Office
Production Workers
Food Service$0.00
Highest Wage

$10.00$20.00

Average Wage

$30.0 0$40.00$50.00$60.0 0$70.00

Actual Entry Wage

Table 1 shows the average actual entry, average, and highest wages per specific jobs.
Also included are the number of responses (“Count”). The number of responses isimportant to keep in mind because the lower the number, the more susceptible tooutliers the averages are.
Note that in some job groups there are a few discrepancies (marked by red font and * inthe table):• highest wage is lower than actual entry wage;• highest wage is lower than average wage;• average wage is lower than actual entry wage.

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There are several reasons for those discrepancies, which we observed in raw survey
data: (1) respondents listed the same amount per hour for all three wage categoriesof the job; (2) some respondents listed amount per hour for only one wage category(e.g. “Highest Average Wage”), and if this amount was significantly higher than in other
respondents, it affected the average for this category.
Out of 124 jobs listed in the survey the following 8 jobs from 4 job groups were notreported at all: Finance (Loan Manager, Loan Processor, Mortgage Processor), Human
Resources (Benefits Director), Education (Professor, Adjunct Professor, Associate
Professor) and Food Service (Server).
Average wages for jobs in the food service group had the least number of survey
responses at 15 while the average wages for jobs in the production group had the highest
survey responses with 233. In the end, actual entry wages on average had 78 responses
while average wages had on average 71 and highest wages 76.
Table 1. Average wages by category, job group, and jobs.
Note: * one of the following discrepancies were observed:• highest wage is lower than actual entry wage;• highest wage is lower than average wage;• average wage is lower than actual entry wage.

Job Group/Job Name

Actual
Entry
Wage

Count

Average
Wage

Count

Highest
Wage

Count

Finance$25.31

107$28.3590$31.35104

Accountant$27.5719$32.6717$36.0222

Accounting Clerk$20.928$24.0910$26.0010

Accounts Payable Clerk$19.7614$20.35

13$21.61

13

Accounts Payable Supervisor$24.398$28.75

6$31.508

Accounts Receivable Clerk$18.1110$19.6511$19.82

12

Accounts Receivable Supervisor$25.455$25.903$28.07

4

Auditor$38.373$28.202$38.28*2

Bank/Branch Manager$24.501$26.441$26.44

1

Bank/Branch Manager, Assistant$34.402$54.01

2$54.01

2

Controller$44.0819$49.97

13$55.3215

Credit Analyst$24.001$26.501$29.001

Loan Manager

0

0

0

Loan Processor

0

0

0

Mortgage Processor

0

0

0

Payroll Clerk$23.768$22.86

6$25.05

6

Payroll Supervisor/Manager$22.347$26.92

3$32.286

Personal Banker$16.501$22.72

1$28.701

Teller

$15.501$16.171$18.171

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Job Group/Job Name

Actual
Entry
Wage

Count

Average
Wage

Count

Highest
Wage

Count

Business Office$20.78111$23.2588$24.8993

Administrative Assistant$17.7532$19.8624$20.8024

Business Office Manager$29.1717$31.4511$31.8813

Customer Service Manager$25.949$31.429$32.02

9

Customer Service Representative$18.0825$19.4719$22.31

21

Data Entry$18.259$18.558$19.708

Executive Assistant$25.12

7$29.85

6$31.91

7

Receptionist$15.648$16.92

7$18.56

7

Secretary$16.314$18.454$21.924Advertising and Public Relations$27.6634$28.7534$29.9339

Advertising & Promotions Manager$33.82

9$24.77

6$27.15*8Advertising & Promotions Specialist$17.894$22.105$25.325Graphic Designer$18.084$21.954$25.045

Marketer$27.22

6$27.55

7$33.086

Marketing Manager$29.33

4$47.717$43.54*8

Public Relations Support$24.374$27.683$27.17*

4

Public Relations Chief$42.873$29.492$28.20*3

Production Workers$20.48233$22.78228$25.35

218

Assembler$15.9014$18.3513$21.28

14

Assembler, Mechanical$19.45

6$23.07

6$26.345CNC Operator/Set-up$21.2714$23.2911$26.06

12

Crushing, Grinding & Polishing Machine$17.76
Operators/Setters/Tenders

8$18.168$20.487Fabricators$19.6311$22.1410$23.96

10

Production Supervisors/Managers$29.6833$32.8038$36.87

33

Foreman$27.195$32.75

6$36.195

Fork Lift Operator$17.1226$18.6125$20.6223

General Laborer$16.4216$17.8016$20.2516

Grinder Polisher$17.92

3$19.13

4$22.752

Inventory/Stock Clerk$20.1710$20.77

7$20.74*

5

Machine Operators$17.9025$20.1925$24.1224

Machinist$23.72

11$26.1010$29.18

11

Production Lead Person/NonManagement$23.52

19$26.1416$28.2718

Production Worker$16.4525$19.8625$22.4325

Tool and Die Maker$23.547$25.338$26.078ECIRP Wage & Benefit Analysis

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Job Group/Job Name

Actual
Entry
Wage

Count

Average
Wage

Count

Highest
Wage

Count

Maintenance$24.44134$27.17120$29.50128

Custodian (non-Janitorial)$17.77

7$19.057$19.998

Janitorial custodian$15.7815$17.71

11$18.75

13

Custodial Manager$28.584$27.343$30.73

4

Electrician$28.4414$32.8615$35.7114

Groundskeeper$22.01

6$23.77

6$25.07

6

Maintenance General/Helper$19.5421$22.3421$25.4421

Maintenance Manager$35.9731$40.0826$43.3429

Industrial and Machine Maintenance$24.1225$28.0622$32.0023

Facility Maintenance$27.8011$33.339$34.47

10

General Operations Management$43.7690$61.0585$53.39*92

Department Manager$33.217$42.0028$45.4629

District/Regional Managers$50.9426$57.31

4$65.62

6

General Operations/Plant Managers$52.845$61.5822$61.02*

24

Manager, Assistant/Shift$40.2924$29.999$31.73*

8

Executive Director$52.779$68.7115$71.7018

Administrator$32.5219$106.737$44.81*

7

Healthcare$21.9645$26.7041$31.8944

Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)$15.083$18.432$20.293Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)$17.623$19.373$21.80

3

Lab Technician$20.025$24.47

6$32.895

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)$22.778$25.77

7$29.338

Medical Assistant$17.414$19.443$23.73

4

Patient Care Technician (PCT)$15.583$17.043$20.873

Pharmacy Technician$18.202$21.182$27.06

2

Radiologic Technician$23.673$32.533$39.33

3

Registered Nurse (RN)

$29.897$35.295$41.51

6

Sonographer$30.603$39.553$40.87

3

Therapist$30.744$40.64

4$53.094

Human Resources$31.31

67$36.2656$37.1869

Benefits Coordinator$26.441$31.461$32.142

Benefits Director

0

0

0

HR Coordinator/Specialist$23.0610$23.74

7$26.31

10

Human Resources Director$41.747$56.097$55.82*

9

Human Resource Generalist$25.5016$29.3712$31.6217

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Job Group/Job Name

Actual
Entry
Wage

Count

Average
Wage

Count

Highest
Wage

Count

Human Resource Manager$38.3821$42.1317$43.7918

Human Resource Office, Chief$43.702$57.292$51.52*

3

Recruiter$22.706$26.837$30.407

Trainer/Instructor$28.964$23.153$25.81*

3

Computer/Information Technology$26.30226$31.27218$34.93232

Data Entry Clerk$17.183$21.92

3$23.403

Data Entry Supervisor$25.083$39.842$37.39*2

Information Technology Manager$39.6310$42.4311$45.94

12

Information Technology Chief$59.905$61.404$71.21

5

IT/Help Desk Technician$23.2713$24.9312$29.0315

Project Manager$23.96

6$36.247$40.07

8

Software Developer$28.252$46.32

3$57.893

Logistics$21.5792$23.5388$26.2992

Materials Handler$19.2619$20.0517$22.3417

Packer/Picker/Stock Worker$18.905$19.747$21.82

6

Scheduler$24.4217$28.2014$29.66

18

Shipping/Receiving Clerk$18.5620$20.3921$21.6721

Truck Driver$21.0416$22.1315$26.8814

Warehouse Supervisor$27.2115$30.6614$35.3816

Quality Assurance$28.7352$32.2949$33.5053

QA/Inspection Technician$20.2328$21.8826$24.4027

Quality Manager$37.2324$42.6923$42.61*

26

Education$27.6823$28.2821$32.72

21

Guidance Counselor$38.352$40.272$54.272

Principal$44.31

2$48.563$51.483

Principal, Vice

$46.772$49.82

2$53.57

2

Professor000Professor, Adjunct

0

0

0

Professor, Associate

0

0

0

Teacher, Elementary or Secondary$30.52

2$40.703$55.35

3

Teacher, Assistant$12.662$12.931$14.81

1

Preschool Teacher$21.774$12.392$12.39*2

Teaching Assistant$11.694$12.304$13.07

4

Lead Teacher$13.122$13.62

2$15.602

Preschool Administrator$29.953$23.902$23.90*2

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Actual
Entry
Wage

Job Group/Job NameCount

Food Service$16.4518

Chef$24.431

Cook$14.33

6

Dietary Aide

$13.01

Food Service Worker$14.05ServerAverageWage$15.36Count

Highest
Wage

Count

15

$22.2718

0$38.361$16.175$17.236

4$14.343$15.554

7$15.56

7$17.9270

0

0

Other Specialties$39.5344$59.4938$58.94*47

Compliance Specialist$22.602$26.952$28.863

Corporate Counsel/Staff Attorney$67.42

2$180.371$170.25*

2

Mechanical Engineers$32.496$48.238$47.70*6

Risk Management Director$56.651$58.131$50.48*2

Safety Director$37.1811$41.529$42.45

11

Industrial Engineer$34.679$41.257$44.65

9

Quality Engineer$31.646$37.185$37.13*7

Product Engineer$33.597$42.285$50.01

7

When looking at jobs with three or more responses, different patterns emerge. Table 2
looks at the lowest and highest averages across all three types of wages: actual entry,
average, and highest with three or more responses. The lowest average actual entry
wage in the region was teaching assistant at $11.69 per hour compared to the highest,
which was Information technology chief at $59.90 per hour.
Regarding the average wage offered, the lowest was again teaching assistant with
$12.30 per hour compared to the highest of administrator at $106.73 per hour. Lastly, thelowest average highest wage reported was also teaching assistant with $13.07 per hourcompared to executive director at $71.70 per hour.
Table 2. Lowest and Highest Average Wages
Average Wages

Lowest Paid

Highest Paid

Actual Entry

Average

Highest

QA/Inspection Technician

QA/Inspection Technician

Machining Operator$18.55$22.41$23.53Tool and Die Maker; Die
Maintenance

MachineMaintenanceIndustrial and Machine
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We also include the top 5 lowest and highest paid jobs for entry, average, and highest
wages in the region with three or more responses.
Table 3. Top 5 lowest/highest paid jobs for entry, average, and highest wages in theregion with three or more responses.
Job Title

Wage per Hour
Actual Entry Wage

Top 5 Highest Paid Jobs
Information Technology Chief$59.90General Operations/Plant Managers$52.84

Executive Director$52.77

District/Regional Managers$50.94Controller$44.08Top 5 Lowest Paid Jobs
Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)$15.08Cook$14.33

Food Service Worker$14.05

Dietary Aide

$13.01

Teaching Assistant$11.69Average Wage
Top 5 Highest Paid Jobs
Administrator$106.73

Executive Director$68.71

General Operations/Plant Managers$61.58

Information Technology Chief$61.40District/Regional Managers$57.31

Top 5 Lowest Paid Jobs
Receptionist$16.92

Cook$16.17

Food Service Worker$15.56

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Job Title

Wage per Hour
Average Highest Wage

Top 5 Highest Paid Jobs
Executive Director$71.70Information Technology Chief$71.21

District/Regional Managers$65.62

General Operations/Plant Managers$61.02

Software Developer$57.89Top 5 Lowest Paid Jobs
Receptionist$18.56

Food Service Worker$17.92

Cook$17.23

Dietary Aide

$15.55Teaching Assistant$13.07Regarding actual entry versus highest wages by job, Figure 6 shows the top ten jobs withthe largest difference between highest and actual entry wages among those with threeor more responses. Therapists had the largest difference ($22.35) between the average
highest wage ($53.09 per hour) versus the average actual entry wage ($30.74 per hour).
All top ten jobs had a difference of more than $10 dollars.
Figure 6. Top Ten Jobs with Highest Minus Actual Entry Wages
Therapist$22.35

Executive Director$18.93

Product Engineer$16.42

Project Manager$16.11

Radiologic Technician$15.66

Mechanical Engineers$15.21

District/ Regional Managers$14.69Marketing Manager$14.21

Human Resources Director$14.08

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Lastly regarding average wages, Figure 7 shows the top ten largest ratios between
highest and actual entry wages. The job with the highest ratio was again therapist where
the average highest wage was 1.73 times higher than the average actual entry wage.
Notice how jobs are not the same as the top ten with highest difference.
Figure 7. Top Ten Highest/Actual Entry Ratios
Therapist

1.73

Project Manager

1.67

Radiologic Technician

1.66

Lab Technician

1.64

Product Engineer

1.49Marketing Manager

1.48

Mechanical Engineers

1.47

Payroll Supervisor/Manager

1.44

Advertising & Promotion s Specialist

1.42

Registered Nurse (RN)

1.39

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

1.60

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2.00

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WAGE SUMMARY
Overall, production workers accounted for almost 40% of the number of jobs reported
compared to only 0.5% of advertising and public relations jobs. Regarding type ofworkers, food service had the highest share of hourly workers (99.0%) compared toother specialties with 16.9% of hourly workers. Important to note is that respondents inthe food service group reported only three salaried employees.
In summary, the average hourly wages in the region were $26.53 for the actual entry
wage, $31.54 for the average wage, and $33.65 for the highest wage. Food service jobs
had the lowest average wages while other specialties had the highest.
Jobs with the lowest average wages in the region included Teaching Assistant, Dietary
Aide, and Food Service Worker among others. Jobs with the highest wage Administrator,
Executive Director and General Operations/Plant Managers, among others.
The largest difference between highest and actual entry wages was among Therapists
where the highest average wage was $22.35 per hour higher compared to the average
actual entry wage. Therapists also had the largest ratio between highest and actual entry
wages, where the highest average wage was 1.73 times higher than the average actual
entry wage.

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BENEFITS
The total number of valid responses received was 124. Figure 8 shows the number of
respondents offering benefits to full-time and part-time employees. Note that 18.5% of
respondents offered benefits to hourly employees, which is a significant decrease since
the previous year (35.7%).
As shown in Figure 8, more respondents offered more benefits to full-time versus parttime employees. The most popular benefits for full-time employees were retirement
benefits, life insurance, vacation and dental insurance with roughly 90 respondents
offering these benefits to full-time employees.
For part-time employees, vacation, personal time-off and retirement benefits werethe most popular with roughly 15 respondents offering these benefits to part-time
employees. Regarding the other category, some responses included pet insurance,
bereavement leave, and vision insurance.
Figure 8. Benefits Offered to Full-time and Part-time Employees(# of Responses)

Retirement benefitsLife insurance
Vacation
Dental in surance
Disability insurance
Personal time off
Sick leave
Tuition reimbursement
Other
Transportation stipends
Childcare stipends
Childcare on site
0

20

40
Part Time

60

80

100

Full Time

Additional Benefits
Figure 9 shows additional benefits offered by survey respondents. Close to 88% of
those offering a bonus program said it was effective (not shown). Disability and mileage
reimbursement were the most popular benefits offered among respondents (close to
70% of respondents offered those benefits) while a sign on bonus was the least popularwith a little less than 15% of respondents saying they offered one.

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Figure 9. Additional Benefits Offered, Percent Responses
n range = 15 - 91
Disability

69.9%

Mileage reimbursement

68.0%

PTO

67.7%

Sh ort-term Disability

59.7%

Tuition reimbursement

50.5%

Referral bonus

49.6%

Remote work

45.5%

Long-term Disability

40.3%

Attendance bonus

38.6%

Profit sharing

36.9%

Retirement profit sharin g program

36.0%

Sick leave

32.7%

Sign on bon us
0%

13.3%
10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Special Premium
Respondents were also asked if they paid a special premium for the second or third shift
as well as weekend shifts and overtime. Figure 10 shows the number of respondents
paying a special premium and the average amount per hour (note that weekend andovertime average was calculated based on only 4 responses).
The left-hand side shows number of responses (bars) while the right-hand side axis
shows average rate (lines). Close to 50 respondents said they paid overtime compared
to 14 paying weekend shift premiums. Between 35-46 paid second and third shiftpremiums. The highest average premium paid was for the weekend shift at $2.99 per
hour.
Figure 10. Special Premiums Paid

60

$3.50
$2.99

50

$2.50

40

$2.00

30
20

$1.50

$1.50

46
$1.13

35

$1.17

$1.00

52

10
0

$3.00

14
Second sh ift

Third shift

Count

Overtime
Dollars

Weekend shifts

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$-

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Demographics and Future Hiring
In addition to wages and benefits, the survey asked respondents about future hiring,age and gender ratio. When asked how many employees they are planning to hire,
respondents said 2,128 of which 555 would be added during the next year, 707 over the
next two years, and 866 over the next three years.
The average age of the workforce reported by survey respondents was 41 years. Outof 96 respondents who answered the gender ratio question, 4.3% indicated they have
only male employees and 11.7% - only female. For those who have both genders, 52
respondents had male majority and 22 respondents female majority among theiremployees. The average male to female ratio for those businesses was 4.66 and ranged
from 0.1 to 29.7.
Figure 11. Male, Female and Combined Gender Businesses
4.3%

11.7%

Male Only
Female Only
Both Genders
84.0%

Screening, Healthcare Costs, Remote Work, Childcare,and Hiring Services
THC screening, healthcare costs, remote work, childcare, and hiring services used werealso included in the survey. About 38.5% of respondents said they screen for THC.
More than 85% of respondents said training happens on-site while 5.5% said they takeplace online. Almost 4% said trainings take place at outside workshops/lectures.
Figure 12 shows a breakdown of hiring services used by respondents for their past
five hires. The most popular service used was Indeed (n=64) followed by other (n=52)
and corporate social media (n=29). The “Other” category includes Facebook, referrals,company website, staffing/temp agency, and word-of-mouth.

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Figure 12. Services used to hire the last five employees(# of Responses)

In deed

64

Other

52

Corporate Social Media

29

LinkedIn

22

Zip Recruiter

14

Work One

9

Billboards

8

Career Builder

6

In diana Career Connect

4

Eastern Indiana Works

2

Direct Mail

2
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Regarding remote work, most survey respondents (54.6%) did not offer remote work
flexibility while 33.6% did offer remote work flexibility to less than a quarter of theirworkers as shown in Figure 13. A little over 6% of respondents did so to more than 3/4 oftheir workers.
Figure 13. Remote Work Flexibilityn = 110
2.7%
6.4%

54.6%

33.6%

2.7%

Yes to 75% or more of workers
Yes to between 50% and 74.9%
of workers
Yes to between 25% and 49.9%
of workers
Yes to less than 25% of workers
No, we do not offer remote work
flexibility

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Figure 14 shows that close to 34% of respondents said that rising healthcare costs is ahigh concern while close to 55% said it was a moderate concern and a little more than
11% said it was a low concern. In other words, about 89% of respondents thought rising
healthcare costs were a moderate to high concern. This proportion has changed since
the past year when 47.2% of respondents had high concern and 39.6% had moderateconcern about rising healthcare costs.
Figure 14. Rising Healthcare Costs Concerns
n = 107
11.2%
33.6%

High concern
Moderate concern
Low concern

55.1%

Lastly, Figure 15 shows the impact of childcare availability among respondents. The
major impact childcare availability had on respondents was absenteeism (n=64) followedby employee retention (n=36) and hiring (n=36). The distribution is similar to previous
year (2022) data.
Figure 15. Impact of Childcare Availability(# of Responses)

Absenteeism

64

Employee retention

36

Hiring36

It does not impact my business

29

Financial hardsh ip on the workforce

19

Reduction in applications

11

Other

2
0

10

20

30

40

50

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70

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Trevor Friedeberg
President & CEO

P.O. Box 1912
Muncie, IN 47308

www.ecirp.org(765) 254-1420 (office)(989) 450-9242 (cell)