For technicians, machinists and test crews
Shift differentials: what employers add for nights, evenings and weekends
What space employers add for night, evening and weekend hours, from the amounts their own job postings state. No figure is stated until enough employers state one.
By the hours worked
Each employer counts once, at the amount most of its postings state for those hours. A figure needs 3 employers behind it.
| Hours | Stated as | Median | Middle half | Employers | Jobs |
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By employer
The amount each employer's postings state most for each kind of hours, most postings first. An amount opens a posting that states it.
No employer's postings state an amount today.
Shift differentials: common questions
Is a shift differential added to the base rate?
Yes. A dollar differential is added to each hour worked in the hours it covers (one posting spells it out: a $22 base rate plus a $1 weekend differential is $23 an hour), and a percent differential is that share of the base rate. Posted pay ranges are the base rate, before differentials, so a night job pays its posted rate plus the differential.
Sources and method
A job counts when its posting states an amount for evening, night or weekend hours (or a shift differential): a dollar amount under the job's own posted base rate, or a percent of it. A mention without an amount, a differential for something else (float, charge, on-call, a certification) and a figure that is the wage itself are left out. Each employer counts once in a figure, at the amount most of its postings state.