Pony Up.(staff-level employee salaries)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

A new survey anticipates a 5 percent rise in staff costs for 2001.

A MICHIGAN-BASED RESEARCH FIRM, PERSONnel Administration Services (PAS), has released a new survey of what construction employers pay their staff-level employees.

Although the survey did not specifically assess residential builders, it included companies in the "commercial and building" industry, where one would expect considerable overlap with home builders. Researchers looked at salary reports for five key staff positions and concluded that, across the industry, employers can expect to pay their key staff people 5-1 percent more than they did in 2000. They note, however, that final figures …