Pacific Maritime Association

S T A T I S T I C A L I N F O R M A T I O N u nlike most workers, the wages earned by ilWu members are not solely determined by the basic longshore rate of $42.18 per hour. in fact, more than 90 percent of all hours paid to registered workers in 2018 were subject to differentials or multipliers that enhance earnings significantly. for example, 80 percent of all work includes skill bonuses ranging from $2.40 to $5.80 per hour. evening and nighttime work – which totals 39 percent of all hours paid – is paid at rates of $56 to $77 per hour, not including overtime. overtime work, including weekends and holidays, is paid at rates of $63 to $86 per hour and accounts for 34 percent of all hours paid. as a result, as shown in the chart above, the effective average rate for all hours paid is more than $58 per hour. Many ilWu workers are also paid well more than the 2,000 hours per year that is standard for full-time work. clerks, steady foremen and steady crane drivers all receive minimum weekly pay guarantees of 50 hours or more. roughly 42 percent of the workforce was paid 2,400 or more hours in 2018. ilWu workers also receive an average of more than $6,900 a year in vacation pay, as well as 13 paid holidays. a review of annual earnings, found on page 61, shows that full-time registered workers (those paid 2,000 hours or more) earn, on average, more than $183,000 per year. for longshore registrants, the average is $171,110. for clerks, it is $193,511. and for foremen, it is $281,555. How does $42.18 an hour add up to more than $183,000 a year? HOURS PAID BY ExPERIENCE LEvEL Workers may quickly ascend to the highest experience level; after working a lifetime total of 4,000 hours, workers are then eligible for the highest experience rates on the wage table. LiFetiMe tOtaL 2017 HOURLY HOURS PaiD HOURS Rate RaNGe 0-1,000 Hours 671,985 $30.39 – $65.14 1,001-2,000 Hours 366,984 $31.39 – $66.94 2,001- 4,000 Hours 803,691 $33.39 – $70.54 4,001 or More Hours 31,766,069 $42.18 – $88.36 tOtaL 33,608,729 # Hours and Wage Breakdown the following data show a breakdown of waterfront hours and wages, in order to better illustrate the man- ner in which ilWu workers are paid. the tables below show the impact of skill bonuses, shift differentials and overtime pay, which together account for more than 90 percent of all hours being paid at greater than the $42.18 basic rate. further, pay guarantees ensure that many workers are paid for significantly more than 2,000 hours per year, regardless of whether those hours are all worked. WAGES HOURS † WAGES HOURS † HOURS aND WaGeS BY CateGORY Longshore Basic Wage 4,324,071 1,650,966 $ 299,237,492 $50.08 Skill Wage I 4,581,045 1,890,582 349,253,161 $53.97 Skill Wage II 670,140 295,243 55,375,616 $57.36 Skill Wage III 3,887,710 2,094,844 358,872,337 $59.99 Mechanics* 2,686,436 1,417,989 257,719,843 $62.79 Other 1,238,493 906,407 119,416,144 $55.67 total- Longshore 17,387,895 8,256,031 $ 1,439,874,593 $56.15 Clerk Basic Clerk 165,424 66,525 $ 11,838,891 $51.04 Clerk Supervisor 122,956 69,440 10,729,941 $55.77 Kitchen/Tower/Computer 2,396,136 1,456,685 226,038,403 $58.67 Chief Supervisor & Supercargo 788,124 701,197 93,298,503 $62.64 Other 22,384 31,923 3,335,119 $61.41 tOtaL- Clerk 3,495,024 2,325,770 $ 345,240,857 $59.31 Foreman Foremen 30% 1,192,731 918,537 $ 162,898,996 $77.16 Other 15,129 17,612 2,454,519 $74.97 tOtaL- Foreman 1,207,860 936,149 $ 165,353,515 $77.12 tOtaL- aLL CateGORieS 22,090,779 11,517,950 $ 1,950,468,965 $58.03 *Mechanics occupation codes are paid at a rate 20% or 30% above the longshore Basic rate. ‡ the longshore basic rate is $42.18 per hour. † Hours paid exclude industry travel pay. ‡ Straight Time Overtime TOTAL Average Hourly Rate ‡ Straight Time Overtime TOTAL Average Hourly Rate HOURS aND WaGeS BY SHiFt 1st Shift 13,471,838 7,019,632 $ 1,111,558,116 $54.24 2nd Shift 8,227,945 4,291,575 792,072,524 $63.27 3rd Shift 390,996 206,743 46,838,328 $78.36 tOtaL 22,090,779 11,517,950 $ 1,950,468,968 $58.03 TYPES OF HOURS PAID as shown in the pie charts, the vast majority of hours are paid at premium rates (overtime, shift differentials and/or skill rates). in fact, fewer than 10 percent of all hours are paid at the basic rate of $42.18. HOURS BY SHIFT 1st Shift: 61.0% 2nd & 3rd Shifts: 39.0% BASIC vS. SkILL HOURS Skill: 80.2% STRAIGHT TIME vS. OvERTIME HOURS Basic: 19.8% 1,001-2,000 Hours 2,001-4,000 Hours 0-1,000 Hours 2.0% 1.1% 2.4% 4,001 or More Hours 94.5% Overtime: 34.3% Straight time: 65.7% # excluding mechanics, foremen and cargo penalties, all of which would increase these totals. 62 2 0 1 8 a n n u a l r e p o r t

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