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Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist                                         August 19, 2008
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                             OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
                             SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MAY 2007 (PDF)

     Workers in the San Antonio, Texas, metropolitan area(1) had an average (mean) hourly 
wage of $16.64 during May 2007, compared with the nationwide average of $19.56, according to 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor.  Regional Commissioner 
Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing for statistical significance, wages in the 
local area were lower than their respective national averages in 21 of the 22 major 
occupational groups.  When compared to the nationwide distribution, local employment was 
more highly concentrated in 6 of the 22 occupational groups including office and 
administrative support as well as food preparation and serving related workers.  Nine 
occupational groups, including production occupations, had employment shares significantly 
below their national representation.  (See table A and box note at end of release.) 
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Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and San Antonio metropolitan area, and measures of statistical significance, May 2007
Major occupational group Employment share (percent of total) Average (mean) hourly wage
United
States
San
Antonio
Significant
difference(2)
United
States
San
Antonio
Significant
difference(2)

Management

4.5% 4.0% Yes $46.22 $41.14 Yes

Business and financial operations

4.5 4.4 No 30.01 26.30 Yes

Computer and mathematical science

2.4 2.1 Yes 34.71 29.93 Yes

Architecture and engineering

1.9 1.4 Yes 33.11 29.07 Yes

Life, physical, and social science

0.9 0.8 Yes 29.82 27.76 Yes

Community and social services

1.3 1.0 Yes 19.49 18.65 No

Legal

0.7 0.7 No 42.53 36.84 Yes

Education, training, and library

6.2 6.9 Yes 22.41 20.39 Yes

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

1.3 1.1 Yes 23.27 19.75 Yes

Healthcare practitioner and technical

5.1 5.1 No 31.26 28.54 Yes

Healthcare support

2.7 2.7 No 12.31 10.87 Yes

Protective service

2.3 2.6 Yes 18.63 16.41 Yes

Food preparation and serving related

8.4 9.9 Yes 9.35 8.31 Yes

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

3.3 3.6 Yes 11.33 9.42 Yes

Personal care and service

2.5 3.4 Yes 11.53 7.97 Yes

Sales and related

10.7 10.6 No 16.94 14.00 Yes

Office and administrative support

17.3 19.3 Yes 15.00 13.55 Yes

Farming, fishing, and forestry

0.3 0.1 Yes 10.89 8.68 Yes

Construction and extraction

5.0 4.8 No 19.53 14.34 Yes

Installation, maintenance, and repair

4.0 4.2 No 19.20 16.25 Yes

Production

7.6 5.3 Yes 15.05 12.79 Yes

Transportation and material moving

7.2 6.0 Yes 14.75 12.30 Yes
These statistics are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies, in this case the Texas Workforce Commission. The OES survey provides estimates of employment and hourly and annual wages for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and up to 801 non- military detailed occupations for the nation, states, metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, and selected non-metropolitan areas. Occupational wages in the San Antonio area Management and legal occupations were the two highest-paid groups in the San Antonio area in May 2007, with those in management averaging $41.14 an hour and those in legal positions, $36.84. (See chart A and table A.) Nationwide, these were also the two highest- paying groups, with earnings of $46.22 in management and $42.53 in legal occupations. Locally, hourly wages varied widely within the management group. Four occupations had hourly rates over $50.00 (chief executives; financial managers; engineering managers; and natural science managers) and five had rates under $25.00 (social and community service managers; food service managers; property, real estate, and community association managers; funeral directors; and education administrators, preschool and child care center/program). In the legal occupational grouping, lawyers were among the highest paid occupations, with an average local wage of $49.56 an hour while paralegals and legal assistants were at the lower end of the wage scale, averaging $18.81 an hour. (Detailed occupational data are presented in table 1.) Chart A. Average hourly wages in the United States and the San Antonio metropolitan area by major occupational group, May 2007 Average hourly wages in the United States and the San Antonio metropolitan area by 
major occupational group, May 2007 Five occupational groups in the San Antonio area had pay levels clustered between $26.00 and $30.00 per hour - computer and mathematical science; architecture and engineering; healthcare practitioner and technical; life, physical, and social science; and business and financial operations. Although they are among the higher-paying groups in San Antonio, local hourly wage rates for these occupational groups were significantly below their national averages. With the exception of the healthcare practitioner and technical occupational group, in which a variety of physician specialties earned more than $90 per hour, the local average wages for several detailed occupations in these groups was about $40 per hour. Construction and extraction jobs in San Antonio earned $14.34 an hour, significantly below the $19.53 national average. Two detailed occupations, elevator installers and repairers and first-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers, earned more than $20.00 an hour in the San Antonio area, while several others averaged less than $12.00 an hour, including construction laborers and all of the construction helper detailed occupations. At $13.55, local wages among office and administrative support occupations were significantly below the U.S. average of $15.00 an hour. Higher-paid positions among office and administrative support occupations in San Antonio reporting wages of $20 or more included statistical assistants, postal service clerks, and brokerage clerks. Jobs with earnings below $10 an hour included couriers and messengers ($9.85) and hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ($8.55). Among the lowest-paid occupational groups in San Antonio, as well as the nation, were food preparation and serving related occupations earning $8.31 and $9.31 an hour, respectively. Locally, chefs and head cooks ($17.10) were among the highest paid while fast food cooks were among the lowest paid ($7.23). Also at the lower end of the wage scale in San Antonio were personal care and services occupations, with an average wage of $7.97 per hour, significantly less than the U. S. average of $11.53. Occupational employment in the San Antonio area The largest occupational group in the San Antonio area was office and administrative support with a total of 156,920 jobs representing 19.3 percent of area employment or nearly 1 of every 5 local jobs. (See table A and chart B.) The percentage of San Antonio's employment in this occupational group was significantly higher than the U.S. average of 17.3 percent; nationally, this was also the largest occupational group. In the San Antonio area, customer service representatives (25,220); general office clerks (15,170); and secretaries, except legal, medical and executive (14,830) accounted for the largest number of office and administrative support jobs. (See table 1.) The sales and related occupational group also accounted for a large share of employment in both San Antonio and the nation, at 10.6 and 10.7 percent, respectively. Similar to the nationwide distribution, the relatively low-paid positions of retail salespersons ($10.63) and cashiers ($7.98) accounted for over one-half of local employment in this group, with 28,160 and 21,970 jobs, respectively. On the other hand, two of the better-paid detailed occupations, wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives, except technical and scientific products ($24.12) and first line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ($18.20), accounted for more than 18 percent of San Antonio's employment in the sales and related group. Chart B. Employment distribution in the Untied States and the San Antonio metropolitan area by major occupational group, May 2007 Employment distribution in the Untied States and the San Antonio metropolitan area 
by major occupational group, May 2007 Another occupational group with a significantly higher-than-average employment share in the local workforce was food preparation and serving related workers, making up 9.9 percent of metropolitan area employment compared to 8.4 percent nationally. Nine occupational groups had significantly lower employment shares locally than they did nationally. These groups included transportation and material moving and production jobs. Transportation and material moving occupations accounted for 6.0 percent of the employment in the San Antonio area, significantly below their national employment share at 7.2 percent. The most prevalent detailed occupation in this group locally was hand laborers and freight, stock and material movers (11,230), accounting for nearly one-fourth of this group's employment. Production occupations also had a significantly smaller presence in the San Antonio area than they did at the national level -- 5.3 versus 7.6 percent. Over 20 percent of employment in this group was in the two largest detailed occupations, team assemblers (5,790) and first line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers (3,150). FOOTNOTES: 1) The San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) consists of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson Counties, Texas. San Antonio, the San Antonio metropolitan area, and other such abbreviations are used interchangeably to refer to the officially designated MSA. 2) Statistical significance testing at the 90-percent confidence level. Additional information The May 2007 OES national data by occupation, comparable to data in table 1, are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm. Users may access each occupation's definition and percentile wages. Other national data include industry-specific occupational employment and wage data. The May 2007 cross-industry data for other states as well as metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm. A more detailed technical note for OES is available at www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.tn.htm. All Southwest releases are available on our Web site at www.bls.gov/ro6/home.htm. If you have additional questions, contact the BLS Southwest Economic Analysis and Information Unit at 214-767-6970. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | The OES wage and employment data for the 22 major occupational groups in the San Antonio | | metropolitan areas were compared to their respective national averages based on statistical | | significance testing. Only those occupations with wages or employment shares above or | | below the respective wage or employment share after testing for significance at the | | 90-percent confidence level meet the criteria. | | | | NOTE: A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that | | the difference has economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is | | concerned with the ability to make confident statements about a universe based on a sample. | | It is entirely possible that a large difference between two values is not significantly | | different statistically, while a small difference is, since both the size and heterogeneity | | of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested. | |_____________________________________________________________________________________________| Technical Note The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands also are surveyed, but their data are not included in this release. OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed to approximately 200,000 establishments in May and November of each year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate for the May 2007 survey was 77.9 percent based on establishments and 73.5 percent based on employment. The survey included establishments sampled in the May 2007, November 2006, May 2006, November 2005, May 2005, and November 2004 semiannual panels. The sample in the San Antonio metropolitan area included 4,736 establishments with a response rate of 74 percent. The occupational coding system The OES survey uses the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) occupational classification system, the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. The SOC system is the first OMB-required occupational classification system for federal agencies. The OES survey categorizes workers in 1 of 801 detailed occupations. Together, these detailed occupations make up 23 major occupational groups, 22 of which are covered in this release. The one exception is military specific occupations which are not included in the OES survey. For more information about the SOC system, please see the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web site at www.bls.gov/soc/. The industry coding system The OES survey uses the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For more information about NAICS, see the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm. Survey sample BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support, while the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) collect most of the data. BLS produces cross-industry and industry-specific estimates for the nation, states, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), metropolitan divisions, and nonmetropolitan areas. Industry-specific estimates are produced at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, 4-digit, and selected 5-digit industry levels. BLS releases all cross-industry and national estimates; the SWAs release industry-specific estimates at the state and MSA levels. State Unemployment Insurance (UI) files provide the universe from which the OES survey draws its sample. Employment benchmarks are obtained from reports submitted by employers to the UI program. The OES survey sample is stratified by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas and industry. Samples selected in panels prior to May 2005 were stratified using MSA definitions based on the 1990 Metropolitan Statistical Area standards. Beginning with the May 2005 panel, the sample was stratified using new MSA definitions based on the 2000 Metropolitan Statistical Area standards. Concepts Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and salary employment in an occupation across the industries surveyed. The OES survey defines employment as the number of workers who can be classified as full- or part-time employees, including workers on paid vacations or other types of paid leave; workers on unpaid short-term absences; salaried officers, executives, and staff members of incorporated firms; employees temporarily assigned to other units; and employees for whom the reporting unit is their permanent duty station regardless of whether that unit prepares their paycheck. Wages for the OES survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses, tips, and on-call pay are included. Excluded are: back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, non-production bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements. Mean hourly wage. The mean hourly wage rate for an occupation is the total wages that all workers in the occupation earn in an hour divided by the total employment of the occupation. To calculate the mean hourly wage of each occupation, total weighted hourly wages are summed across all intervals and divided by the occupation's weighted survey employment. The mean wage for each interval is based on occupational wage data collected by the BLS Office of Compensation and Working Conditions for the National Compensation Survey (NCS). Annual Wage. Many employees are paid at an hourly rate by their employers and may work more than or less than 40 hours per week. Annual wage estimates for most occupations in this release are calculated by multiplying the mean hourly wage by a "year-round, full- time" figure of 2,080 hours (52 weeks by 40 hours). Thus, annual wage estimates may not represent the actual annual pay received by the employee if they work more or less than 2,080 hours per year. Some workers typically work less than fulltime, year round. For these occupations, the OES survey collects and reports either the annual salary or the hourly wage rate, depending on how the occupation is typically paid, but not both. For example, teachers, flight attendants, and pilots may be paid an annual salary, but do not work the usual 2,080 hours per year. In this case, an annual salary is reported. Other workers, such as entertainment workers, are paid hourly rates, but generally do not work full time, year round. For these workers, only an hourly wage is reported. Hourly versus Annual Wage Reporting. For each occupation, respondents are asked to report the number of employees paid within specific wage intervals. The intervals are defined both as hourly rates and the corresponding annual rates, where the annual rate for an occupation is calculated by multiplying the hourly wage rate by a typical work year of 2,080 hours. The responding establishment can reference either the hourly or the annual rate for full-time workers, but they are instructed to report the hourly rate for part-time workers. Estimation methodology Each OES panel includes approximately 200,000 establishments. The OES survey is designed to produce estimates using six panels (3 years) of data. The full six-panel sample of 1.2 million establishments allows the production of estimates at detailed levels of geography, industry, and occupation. Wage Updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors are obtained by combining six panels of data, particularly for small geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the current panel need no adjustment. However, wages in the five previous panels need to be updated to the current panel's reference period. The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index (ECI) to adjust survey data from prior panels before combining them with the current panel's data. The wage updating procedure adjusts each detailed occupation's wage rate, as measured in the earlier panel, according to the average movement of its broader occupational division. The procedure assumes that there are no major differences by geography, industry, or detailed occupation within the occupational division. May 2007 OES survey estimates. The May 2007 OES survey estimates are based on all data collected from establishments in the May 2007, November 2006, May 2006, November 2005, May 2005, November 2004 semiannual samples Reliability of the estimates. Estimates calculated from a sample survey are subject to two types of error: sampling and nonsampling. Sampling error occurs when estimates are calculated from a subset (that is, a sample) of the population instead of the full population. When a sample of the population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimate of the characteristic of interest may differ from the population value of that characteristic. Differences between the sample estimate and the population value will vary depending on the sample selected. This variability can be estimated by calculating the standard error (SE) of the sample estimate. If we were to repeat the sampling and estimation process countless times using the same survey design, approximately 90 percent of the intervals created by adding and subtracting 1.645 SEs from the sample estimate would include the population value. These intervals are called 90-percent confidence intervals. The OES survey, however, usually uses the relative standard error (RSE) of a sample estimate instead of its SE to measure sampling error. RSE is defined as the SE of a sample estimate divided by the sample estimate itself. This statistic provides the user with a measure of the relative precision of the sample estimate. RSEs are calculated for both occupational employment and mean wage rate estimates. Occupational employment RSEs are calculated using a subsample, random group replication technique called the jackknife. Mean wage rate RSEs are calculated using a variance components model that accounts for both the observed and unobserved components of the wage data. The variances of the unobserved components are estimated using wage data from the BLS National Compensation Survey. In general, estimates based on many establishments have lower RSEs than estimates based on few establishments. If the distributional assumptions of the models are violated, the resulting confidence intervals may not reflect the prescribed level of confidence. Nonsampling error occurs for a variety of reasons, none of which are directly connected to sampling. Examples of nonsampling error include: nonresponse, data incorrectly reported by the respondent, mistakes made in entering collected data into the database, and mistakes made in editing and processing the collected data. __________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Upcoming Reduction in Sample Size of Occupational Employment Statistics Survey | | | | Due to budget constraints, Occupational Employment Statistics has reduced the sample size | | of the May 2008 panel by 20 percent. Because OES estimates are produced from 3 years of | | pooled data, this one-time sample reduction will affect estimates for May 2008, May 2009, | | and May 2010. This reduction is expected to decrease the number of published employment | | estimates by at least 5 percent, or about 25,000 estimates, and will decrease the accuracy| | of the remaining estimates. The number and quality of wage estimates also are expected to | | decline. These cutbacks are being implemented in response to a reduction in funding to the| | BLS that resulted from 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act enacted on December 26, 2007. | |___________________________________________________________________________________________| OOH Earnings Table Extraction Wizard - output frame
Table 1. Employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey, by occupation, San Antonio, TX, Metropolitan Statistical Area, May 2007
Occupation Employment(1) Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage (2) Median hourly wage

All Occupations

812,180 $ 16.64 $ 34,610 12.76
 

Management occupations

32,690 41.14 85,570 36.01

Chief executives

940 75.45 156,930 (3)

General and operations managers

11,320 45.65 94,950 39.31

Legislators

(4) (5) 23,760 (5)

Advertising and promotions managers

130 38.02 79,090 35.49

Marketing managers

640 49.83 103,640 46.60

Sales managers

1,350 43.75 91,000 38.22

Public relations managers

220 39.23 81,590 35.64

Administrative services managers

1,690 34.57 71,900 33.18

Computer and information systems managers

1,000 49.29 102,510 45.82

Financial managers

2,000 53.70 111,690 47.33

Compensation and benefits managers

270 41.08 85,450 39.31

Training and development managers

120 40.26 83,730 39.91

Human resources managers, all other

160 46.13 95,940 42.49

Industrial production managers

560 42.87 89,160 41.82

Purchasing managers

240 44.91 93,400 41.57

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

460 39.00 81,110 36.18

Construction managers

1,930 29.28 60,900 27.09

Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program

280 17.17 35,700 16.10

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school

1,550 (5) 69,830 (5)

Education administrators, postsecondary

390 36.82 76,580 31.80

Education administrators, all other

120 27.46 57,110 27.15

Engineering managers

570 52.07 108,300 49.42

Food service managers

1,310 24.36 50,660 22.34

Funeral directors

130 17.48 36,360 15.28

Lodging managers

220 26.53 55,190 24.09

Medical and health services managers

1,520 36.31 75,530 34.56

Natural sciences managers

(4) 50.86 105,790 42.99

Postmasters and mail superintendents

60 30.55 63,540 29.97

Property, real estate, and community association managers

1,610 18.97 39,460 16.81

Social and community service managers

540 24.46 50,870 23.57

Managers, all other

1,220 45.41 94,450 44.22
 

Business and financial operations occupations

35,770 26.30 54,700 24.33

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

490 24.94 51,870 20.98

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

1,610 28.08 58,420 27.92

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

3,140 21.14 43,960 19.65

Insurance appraisers, auto damage

120 22.66 47,130 21.84

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation

940 24.56 51,080 23.24

Cost estimators

1,200 23.57 49,030 22.27

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists

1,290 19.27 40,090 16.54

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

710 24.70 51,370 23.54

Training and development specialists

880 22.75 47,330 21.97

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other

1,310 29.64 61,650 28.85

Logisticians

1,920 18.61 38,700 14.31

Management analysts

2,180 29.19 60,720 27.96

Meeting and convention planners

250 19.98 41,560 17.89

Business operations specialists, all other

6,530 29.35 61,050 28.27

Accountants and auditors

5,720 26.83 55,810 24.51

Appraisers and assessors of real estate

430 (4) (4) (4)

Budget analysts

470 29.81 62,010 29.16

Credit analysts

350 30.68 63,800 30.61

Financial analysts

1,110 23.31 48,490 19.57

Personal financial advisors

1,090 33.55 69,790 23.92

Insurance underwriters

830 26.45 55,020 23.89

Financial examiners

200 32.54 67,690 30.76

Loan counselors

460 15.54 32,320 14.67

Loan officers

1,230 32.38 67,350 26.68

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents

270 27.85 57,940 25.07

Tax preparers

350 16.60 34,520 13.41

Financial specialists, all other

620 25.24 52,500 24.26
 

Computer and mathematical occupations

16,820 29.93 62,240 29.03

Computer and information scientists, research

350 40.11 83,430 40.51

Computer programmers

1,740 32.57 67,750 30.81

Computer software engineers, applications

2,940 33.26 69,180 31.55

Computer software engineers, systems software

1,140 34.93 72,650 32.01

Computer support specialists

3,280 21.06 43,800 20.31

Computer systems analysts

2,480 31.13 64,740 30.30

Database administrators

730 29.20 60,730 29.29

Network and computer systems administrators

1,720 27.74 57,710 27.11

Network systems and data communications analysts

800 28.39 59,050 26.98

Computer specialists, all other

1,170 34.17 71,070 34.42

Actuaries

60 46.71 97,150 40.78

Operations research analysts

290 36.27 75,430 37.85

Statisticians

90 31.32 65,150 31.00

Architecture and engineering occupations

11,550 29.07 60,470 27.49

Architects, except landscape and naval

720 32.64 67,890 30.42

Surveyors

450 27.54 57,290 23.91

Aerospace engineers

(4) 40.02 83,240 38.27

Civil engineers

(4) 31.40 65,310 30.52

Computer hardware engineers

140 42.55 88,510 42.70

Electrical engineers

550 38.09 79,230 35.97

Electronics engineers, except computer

610 37.06 77,080 37.12

Environmental engineers

190 38.61 80,310 40.36

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

80 30.82 64,110 32.47

Industrial engineers

410 31.56 65,650 30.25

Materials engineers

(4) 40.53 84,310 41.30

Mechanical engineers

720 31.76 66,070 30.27

Petroleum engineers

50 50.53 105,090 52.92

Engineers, all other

1,080 41.63 86,590 40.79

Architectural and civil drafters

610 17.54 36,470 17.24

Electrical and electronics drafters

280 20.09 41,800 19.76

Mechanical drafters

340 20.55 42,730 19.12

Drafters, all other

70 18.49 38,470 18.43

Civil engineering technicians

880 17.46 36,310 16.36

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians

490 25.88 53,830 26.07

Environmental engineering technicians

70 20.95 43,580 19.83

Industrial engineering technicians

200 25.60 53,260 23.77

Mechanical engineering technicians

340 22.07 45,900 20.90

Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other

540 23.70 49,290 23.25

Surveying and mapping technicians

760 14.74 30,650 14.02
 

Life, physical, and social science occupations

6,700 27.76 57,740 24.40

Food scientists and technologists

50 30.18 62,780 27.76

Microbiologists

50 29.60 61,580 29.36

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

280 41.62 86,560 40.07

Life scientists, all other

60 35.99 74,870 30.67

Physicists

(4) 49.90 103,800 50.06

Chemists

260 30.46 63,360 29.60

Materials scientists

40 31.41 65,340 33.27

Environmental scientists and specialists, including health

350 27.46 57,110 24.38

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

270 43.94 91,390 35.50

Hydrologists

60 36.04 74,970 38.67

Physical scientists, all other

370 37.75 78,510 35.82

Economists

70 36.47 75,850 28.56

Market research analysts

1,240 29.92 62,240 26.92

Survey researchers

(4) 14.88 30,950 13.53

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists

700 30.20 62,810 26.71

Urban and regional planners

130 23.76 49,430 22.07

Social scientists and related workers, all other

270 35.91 74,690 35.60

Agricultural and food science technicians

(4) 13.15 27,350 10.98

Biological technicians

170 19.64 40,860 18.73

Chemical technicians

330 16.09 33,460 14.60

Geological and petroleum technicians

50 15.26 31,730 12.14

Social science research assistants

90 19.79 41,160 18.97

Environmental science and protection technicians, including health

360 17.57 36,550 15.60

Forensic science technicians

210 16.67 34,670 16.60

Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other

400 14.94 31,080 11.94
 

Community and social services occupations

7,800 18.65 38,780 16.98

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors

190 18.54 38,560 17.15

Educational, vocational, and school counselors

1,580 24.83 51,650 25.38

Mental health counselors

260 22.52 46,850 18.11

Rehabilitation counselors

260 17.60 36,610 16.74

Counselors, all other

220 26.78 55,700 26.72

Child, family, and school social workers

1,610 16.14 33,560 14.98

Medical and public health social workers

780 20.31 42,240 20.01

Mental health and substance abuse social workers

220 18.16 37,780 17.41

Social workers, all other

260 19.99 41,570 16.28

Health educators

460 19.04 39,600 18.16

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists

(4) 15.55 32,340 14.69

Social and human service assistants

800 10.44 21,710 10.31

Community and social service specialists, all other

270 13.72 28,530 13.83

Clergy

110 18.99 39,510 17.68
 

Legal occupations

5,920 36.84 76,630 29.18

Lawyers

3,250 49.56 103,090 42.05

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates

180 31.12 64,720 34.75

Paralegals and legal assistants

1,470 18.81 39,120 17.56

Court reporters

200 25.55 53,150 25.92

Law clerks

350 21.23 44,150 17.05

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

230 19.52 40,600 17.66

Legal support workers, all other

200 24.20 50,330 24.00
 

Education, training, and library occupations

56,310 20.39 42,410 20.47

Business teachers, postsecondary

340 (5) 72,860 (5)

Computer science teachers, postsecondary

190 (5) 66,350 (5)

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary

170 (5) 58,320 (5)

Engineering teachers, postsecondary

110 (5) 70,980 (5)

Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary

60 (5) 54,580 (5)

Chemistry teachers, postsecondary

110 (5) 59,030 (5)

Physics teachers, postsecondary

60 (5) 54,670 (5)

Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary

50 (5) 50,490 (5)

Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary

170 (5) 39,520 (5)

Economics teachers, postsecondary

70 (5) 66,900 (5)

Geography teachers, postsecondary

50 (5) 50,340 (5)

Political science teachers, postsecondary

120 (5) 49,950 (5)

Psychology teachers, postsecondary

220 (5) 65,930 (5)

Sociology teachers, postsecondary

70 (5) 51,950 (5)

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary

(4) (5) 43,770 (5)

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary

170 (5) 57,650 (5)

Education teachers, postsecondary

230 (5) 61,810 (5)

Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary

30 (5) 57,500 (5)

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary

360 (5) 50,950 (5)

Communications teachers, postsecondary

160 (5) 41,150 (5)

English language and literature teachers, postsecondary

310 (5) 52,350 (5)

Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary

150 (5) 54,590 (5)

History teachers, postsecondary

140 (5) 54,390 (5)

Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary

90 (5) 63,590 (5)

Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary

110 (5) 39,500 (5)

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary

990 19.07 39,670 17.88

Preschool teachers, except special education

2,770 10.39 21,610 8.84

Kindergarten teachers, except special education

530 (5) 44,220 (5)

Elementary school teachers, except special education

12,610 (5) 46,300 (5)

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

5,940 (5) 47,390 (5)

Vocational education teachers, middle school

130 (5) 49,170 (5)

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

7,340 (5) 49,470 (5)

Vocational education teachers, secondary school

850 (5) 48,720 (5)

Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school

1,270 (5) 46,980 (5)

Special education teachers, middle school

580 (5) 46,700 (5)

Special education teachers, secondary school

500 (5) 46,740 (5)

Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors

250 18.76 39,020 19.43

Self-enrichment education teachers

730 21.16 44,010 21.60

Teachers and instructors, all other

4,050 (5) 26,020 (5)

Curators

30 24.86 51,700 22.63

Museum technicians and conservators

60 14.69 30,550 13.51

Librarians

820 24.43 50,810 24.50

Library technicians

260 13.14 27,320 12.71

Instructional coordinators

1,340 25.12 52,250 23.97

Teacher assistants

8,100 (5) 18,120 (5)
 

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

9,080 19.75 41,080 16.69

Art directors

140 27.93 58,090 24.23

Craft artists

100 10.27 21,360 7.45

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators

50 23.91 49,740 22.44

Multi-media artists and animators

60 20.10 41,810 20.54

Commercial and industrial designers

(4) 17.86 37,140 14.50

Floral designers

160 10.75 22,360 9.91

Graphic designers

1,100 21.29 44,290 19.72

Interior designers

390 16.23 33,760 13.73

Merchandise displayers and window trimmers

1,320 13.18 27,420 11.28

Producers and directors

300 29.18 60,680 26.55

Athletes and sports competitors

240 (4) (4) (4)

Coaches and scouts

480 (5) 27,570 (5)

Musicians and singers

250 17.14 (5) 10.24

Radio and television announcers

320 24.02 49,950 15.06

Public address system and other announcers

100 11.85 24,650 11.26

Reporters and correspondents

200 20.20 42,020 20.91

Public relations specialists

1,160 25.80 53,660 22.46

Editors

380 22.69 47,190 21.20

Technical writers

440 23.10 48,050 23.16

Writers and authors

110 22.37 46,540 23.91

Interpreters and translators

320 18.63 38,750 18.39

Media and communication workers, all other

(4) 24.94 51,870 24.49

Audio and video equipment technicians

200 15.93 33,140 15.36

Broadcast technicians

230 12.30 25,590 10.95

Photographers

340 10.88 22,640 8.25

Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture

50 18.22 37,890 17.76

Film and video editors

(4) 26.58 55,280 21.57

Media and communication equipment workers, all other

110 29.71 61,800 29.57
 

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

41,470 28.54 59,360 24.11

Chiropractors

40 31.89 66,330 24.08

Dentists, general

460 62.20 129,380 53.60

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons

(4) 92.61 192,630 (3)

Dietitians and nutritionists

300 24.11 50,140 23.84

Optometrists

(4) 55.46 115,350 52.81

Pharmacists

1,600 48.57 101,020 49.43

Anesthesiologists

180 94.35 196,250 (3)

Family and general practitioners

430 60.12 125,050 55.76

Obstetricians and gynecologists

(4) 92.65 192,710 (3)

Pediatricians, general

(4) 71.52 148,760 (3)

Psychiatrists

(4) 87.67 182,340 (3)

Surgeons

310 91.64 190,620 (3)

Physicians and surgeons, all other

1,060 72.13 150,040 (3)

Physician assistants

260 39.86 82,900 39.97

Podiatrists

(4) 51.18 106,460 52.33

Registered nurses

13,300 27.41 57,010 27.20

Audiologists

50 25.70 53,450 26.75

Occupational therapists

620 37.37 77,730 32.85

Physical therapists

960 39.37 81,890 36.27

Recreational therapists

60 18.90 39,310 17.91

Respiratory therapists

690 22.13 46,030 21.97

Speech-language pathologists

970 28.67 59,620 27.42

Therapists, all other

80 24.13 50,190 23.33

Veterinarians

270 38.83 80,770 37.46

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other

160 54.76 113,900 44.27

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists

1,030 23.74 49,380 23.73

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians

1,160 15.27 31,770 14.96

Dental hygienists

920 26.64 55,410 28.87

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians

220 20.65 42,950 20.32

Diagnostic medical sonographers

240 29.23 60,810 29.09

Nuclear medicine technologists

120 29.07 60,460 29.05

Radiologic technologists and technicians

1,240 23.19 48,230 22.36

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics

1,120 13.09 27,240 12.19

Dietetic technicians

70 11.37 23,660 10.93

Pharmacy technicians

2,790 13.70 28,490 13.48

Respiratory therapy technicians

220 20.67 42,990 20.42

Surgical technologists

510 18.54 38,560 18.45

Veterinary technologists and technicians

800 12.26 25,500 12.19

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

5,270 17.62 36,650 17.36

Medical records and health information technicians

900 14.86 30,900 13.42

Opticians, dispensing

240 12.18 25,330 12.73

Health technologists and technicians, all other

470 17.67 36,750 16.95

Occupational health and safety specialists

290 27.15 56,480 28.28

Occupational health and safety technicians

60 25.28 52,570 22.37

Athletic trainers

60 (5) 49,020 (5)

Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other

380 18.08 37,610 15.98
 

Healthcare support occupations

22,250 10.87 22,610 9.96

Home health aides

4,430 7.87 16,370 7.56

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

8,630 9.65 20,080 9.65

Occupational therapist assistants

200 29.35 61,040 27.07

Occupational therapist aides

50 10.38 21,590 10.61

Physical therapist assistants

500 27.45 57,090 25.78

Physical therapist aides

330 10.09 20,990 9.43

Massage therapists

300 17.67 36,760 20.64

Dental assistants

1,910 14.10 29,320 13.97

Medical assistants

3,620 11.11 23,110 10.73

Medical equipment preparers

260 11.73 24,390 11.10

Medical transcriptionists

450 13.76 28,620 13.73

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers

440 9.26 19,270 8.94

Healthcare support workers, all other

910 13.45 27,970 12.26
 

Protective service occupations

21,490 16.41 34,130 15.08

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers

80 18.68 38,860 16.47

First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives

170 34.12 70,960 31.62

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers

80 31.35 65,200 30.05

First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other

320 16.78 34,910 14.52

Fire fighters

2,440 21.49 44,690 22.19

Fire inspectors and investigators

40 20.52 42,680 18.99

Bailiffs

70 15.20 31,620 13.78

Correctional officers and jailers

2,910 15.25 31,720 15.02

Detectives and criminal investigators

1,080 28.17 58,600 28.43

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

4,970 22.09 45,940 22.05

Animal control workers

100 12.99 27,020 13.29

Private detectives and investigators

360 22.19 46,160 18.96

Security guards

6,970 10.47 21,780 9.28

Crossing guards

340 (4) (4) (4)

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers

1,370 7.49 15,570 7.24

Protective service workers, all other

(4) 12.20 25,370 10.92
 

Food preparation and serving related occupations

80,070 8.31 17,280 7.34

Chefs and head cooks

360 17.10 35,570 15.58

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers

7,500 12.74 26,500 11.66

Cooks, fast food

2,510 7.23 15,030 6.94

Cooks, institution and cafeteria

1,690 9.25 19,240 9.10

Cooks, restaurant

5,390 9.58 19,930 9.52

Cooks, short order

1,270 7.81 16,250 7.01

Food preparation workers

4,350 7.89 16,410 7.80

Bartenders

2,760 8.22 17,100 6.89

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

24,830 7.41 15,420 6.90

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

1,940 7.48 15,560 7.25

Waiters and waitresses

16,630 7.69 16,000 6.91

Food servers, nonrestaurant

1,020 8.73 18,160 8.22

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

3,030 7.27 15,120 7.03

Dishwashers

3,070 7.47 15,550 7.42

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

2,500 7.19 14,960 6.95

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other

1,160 10.44 21,710 9.92
 

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

29,240 9.42 19,590 8.83

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers

1,280 14.37 29,890 13.40

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

540 15.25 31,710 13.88

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

12,690 9.48 19,720 8.99

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

8,940 7.91 16,460 7.71

Pest control workers

340 14.14 29,420 13.85

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

5,230 9.57 19,900 9.24

Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation

80 13.94 29,000 12.25

Tree trimmers and pruners

(4) 12.84 26,700 12.76

Grounds maintenance workers, all other

40 15.94 33,150 15.10
 

Personal care and service occupations

27,250 7.97 16,590 7.14

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers

760 12.91 26,850 11.63

Animal trainers

(4) 14.06 29,250 12.08

Nonfarm animal caretakers

880 9.53 19,820 9.42

Gaming and sports book writers and runners

(4) 7.29 15,150 6.98

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

(4) 7.51 15,620 7.31

Amusement and recreation attendants

2,320 7.84 16,300 6.96

Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants

40 8.97 18,650 8.63

Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other

510 8.21 17,080 7.86

Embalmers

70 14.30 29,740 15.54

Funeral attendants

220 8.00 16,640 7.31

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists

1,990 10.83 22,520 9.94

Manicurists and pedicurists

680 7.72 16,070 7.87

Skin care specialists

160 10.81 22,480 10.26

Baggage porters and bellhops

190 9.10 18,920 7.62

Concierges

100 10.90 22,680 10.75

Tour guides and escorts

330 8.42 17,510 7.61

Child care workers

2,580 7.93 16,500 7.71

Personal and home care aides

12,990 6.69 13,920 6.63

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors

400 12.77 26,570 10.29

Recreation workers

1,370 8.92 18,560 8.21

Residential advisors

310 8.84 18,390 7.25

Personal care and service workers, all other

(4) 7.67 15,950 7.47
 

Sales and related occupations

86,070 14.00 29,130 9.79

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

7,660 18.20 37,850 15.78

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers

1,370 32.99 68,620 28.83

Cashiers

21,970 7.98 16,600 7.86

Counter and rental clerks

2,980 11.21 23,320 9.09

Parts salespersons

1,680 13.41 27,900 10.87

Retail salespersons

28,160 10.63 22,110 9.02

Advertising sales agents

700 30.07 62,540 24.93

Insurance sales agents

1,650 19.34 40,220 16.99

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

1,310 30.43 63,300 22.26

Travel agents

710 13.64 28,380 13.28

Sales representatives, services, all other

2,780 21.42 44,560 17.53

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

1,420 36.42 75,760 30.54

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

8,050 24.12 50,170 21.13

Demonstrators and product promoters

830 14.64 30,460 13.68

Real estate brokers

260 33.25 69,150 33.23

Real estate sales agents

870 20.71 43,080 12.15

Sales engineers

180 33.83 70,370 32.41

Telemarketers

(4) 9.24 19,210 8.14

Sales and related workers, all other

950 14.57 30,300 13.07
 

Office and administrative support occupations

156,920 13.55 28,190 12.48

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers

9,930 21.52 44,750 19.61

Switchboard operators, including answering service

1,130 10.62 22,080 10.25

Bill and account collectors

3,820 12.51 26,030 11.80

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators

4,880 13.97 29,050 13.73

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

10,380 13.82 28,750 13.43

Payroll and timekeeping clerks

1,020 15.09 31,400 15.04

Procurement clerks

770 15.85 32,960 16.26

Tellers

4,260 11.98 24,910 11.37

Brokerage clerks

360 20.35 42,320 19.44

Correspondence clerks

80 13.39 27,860 13.68

Court, municipal, and license clerks

570 13.79 28,690 13.18

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks

430 14.14 29,410 13.52

Customer service representatives

25,220 12.31 25,610 11.40

Eligibility interviewers, government programs

140 21.53 44,790 19.68

File clerks

1,310 12.16 25,290 10.60

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

1,750 8.55 17,790 8.43

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan

2,040 12.05 25,060 11.75

Library assistants, clerical

530 10.00 20,790 9.58

Loan interviewers and clerks

1,500 16.09 33,460 15.48

New accounts clerks

490 15.18 31,580 14.51

Order clerks

1,290 12.64 26,290 12.29

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

1,330 16.57 34,450 16.43

Receptionists and information clerks

7,960 10.37 21,570 10.13

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

1,090 17.30 35,980 19.60

All other information and record clerks

1,620 15.63 32,520 15.99

Cargo and freight agents

430 19.72 41,020 20.75

Couriers and messengers

380 9.85 20,480 9.04

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers

470 14.37 29,890 14.28

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

1,090 15.46 32,160 14.81

Meter readers, utilities

210 12.38 25,760 12.01

Postal service clerks

320 21.58 44,880 21.83

Postal service mail carriers

1,660 21.44 44,600 21.63

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

1,030 19.89 41,370 21.23

Production, planning, and expediting clerks

(4) 18.36 38,190 17.92

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

3,260 12.66 26,340 12.04

Stock clerks and order fillers

10,140 10.19 21,190 9.45

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

300 12.28 25,540 11.83

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants

9,870 17.27 35,910 16.54

Legal secretaries

1,200 17.01 35,370 17.97

Medical secretaries

1,890 11.88 24,710 11.44

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive

14,830 12.34 25,670 11.99

Computer operators

480 16.94 35,240 16.25

Data entry keyers

1,600 11.14 23,180 10.99

Word processors and typists

810 14.92 31,030 14.79

Desktop publishers

120 16.91 35,170 16.58

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

1,510 14.53 30,220 14.51

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

920 11.75 24,430 11.38

Office clerks, general

15,170 10.65 22,140 10.37

Office machine operators, except computer

520 10.93 22,740 10.36

Proofreaders and copy markers

100 11.44 23,790 10.49

Statistical assistants

(4) 23.17 48,190 23.16

Office and administrative support workers, all other

640 15.04 31,290 14.47
 

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

960 8.68 18,060 7.17

First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

80 13.66 28,410 13.38

Agricultural inspectors

50 20.31 42,250 20.74

Graders and sorters, agricultural products

(4) 7.81 16,240 7.66

Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse

(4) 9.87 20,530 8.58

Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals

(4) 6.76 14,060 6.62
 

Construction and extraction occupations

38,830 14.34 29,830 13.18

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers

2,650 23.60 49,080 22.69

Brickmasons and blockmasons

530 17.02 35,390 17.64

Stonemasons

90 15.13 31,460 16.27

Carpenters

3,570 15.01 31,220 14.33

Tile and marble setters

400 11.84 24,630 11.13

Cement masons and concrete finishers

1,750 12.37 25,730 12.34

Construction laborers

8,640 10.35 21,520 10.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

420 13.19 27,430 12.56

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

2,810 13.95 29,010 13.47

Drywall and ceiling tile installers

800 13.61 28,310 13.60

Tapers

30 16.33 33,970 13.76

Electricians

3,600 16.72 34,780 16.79

Glaziers

560 12.02 24,990 12.00

Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall

(4) 13.02 27,080 12.06

Insulation workers, mechanical

110 16.32 33,950 19.43

Painters, construction and maintenance

1,070 12.47 25,940 11.84

Pipelayers

250 12.80 26,630 12.14

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

2,550 18.01 37,450 17.37

Plasterers and stucco masons

430 15.24 31,700 14.67

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

120 15.62 32,490 13.96

Roofers

480 12.58 26,170 11.63

Sheet metal workers

690 17.37 36,140 16.88

Structural iron and steel workers

530 13.17 27,400 12.93

Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters

410 11.07 23,020 11.06

Helpers--carpenters

490 10.71 22,280 10.65

Helpers--electricians

960 11.29 23,480 11.02

Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons

140 9.08 18,890 8.96

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

980 11.21 23,330 11.02

Helpers--roofers

160 11.79 24,520 10.73

Helpers, construction trades, all other

(4) 10.76 22,380 10.89

Construction and building inspectors

410 19.45 40,460 18.29

Elevator installers and repairers

140 26.84 55,830 27.06

Hazardous materials removal workers

360 13.86 28,840 13.88

Highway maintenance workers

240 15.12 31,460 12.94

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

(4) 11.43 23,760 11.32

Derrick operators, oil and gas

(4) 17.36 36,110 16.27

Rotary drill operators, oil and gas

(4) 18.82 39,140 17.85

Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining

130 16.85 35,050 15.13

Earth drillers, except oil and gas

(4) 14.83 30,840 14.54

Roustabouts, oil and gas

(4) 14.90 30,990 14.06

Helpers--extraction workers

160 12.37 25,740 11.56
 

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

33,730 16.25 33,800 14.97

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers

2,780 25.03 52,060 24.06

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

860 16.85 35,050 15.36

Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

1,180 23.13 48,100 23.84

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

50 17.37 36,120 15.68

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

(4) 15.69 32,640 15.62

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

340 21.52 44,770 21.72

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

140 12.96 26,960 11.73

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers

160 14.51 30,190 13.71

Security and fire alarm systems installers

270 17.71 36,840 18.06

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

1,690 19.23 39,990 19.98

Automotive body and related repairers

850 15.97 33,220 14.88

Automotive service technicians and mechanics

3,600 17.18 35,730 16.54

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

1,360 15.69 32,630 15.15

Farm equipment mechanics

70 13.83 28,770 13.73

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

820 17.18 35,730 17.32

Motorboat mechanics

(4) 10.11 21,040 10.06

Motorcycle mechanics

80 23.28 48,420 17.73

Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics

130 13.06 27,170 12.43

Recreational vehicle service technicians

(4) 15.60 32,440 14.82

Tire repairers and changers

510 10.09 20,980 10.04

Mechanical door repairers

(4) 8.48 17,640 8.41

Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

310 13.40 27,870 11.38

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

2,120 15.58 32,410 14.47

Home appliance repairers

(4) 18.87 39,240 15.92

Industrial machinery mechanics

1,010 17.14 35,650 16.42

Maintenance and repair workers, general

9,190 13.12 27,290 12.38

Maintenance workers, machinery

160 15.39 32,020 15.15

Electrical power-line installers and repairers

420 18.57 38,620 18.79

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

970 20.66 42,980 23.12

Medical equipment repairers

270 14.97 31,140 14.00

Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other

(4) 20.58 42,800 20.84

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

440 13.32 27,700 12.24

Locksmiths and safe repairers

(4) 13.66 28,420 13.43

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

1,570 10.03 20,860 9.92

Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other

700 13.45 27,970 12.84
 

Production occupations

42,810 12.79 26,590 11.49

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

3,150 21.38 44,460 19.73

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

530 17.82 37,070 18.61

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers

1,900 12.83 26,690 12.89

Electromechanical equipment assemblers

130 12.69 26,400 13.02

Engine and other machine assemblers

540 16.00 33,270 16.72

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

850 13.76 28,620 13.70

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators

(4) 10.72 22,310 10.79

Team assemblers

5,790 11.41 23,730 10.07

Assemblers and fabricators, all other

630 10.58 22,000 10.35

Bakers

300 12.09 25,140 11.87

Butchers and meat cutters

760 11.10 23,080 10.66

Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers

(4) 10.08 20,960 9.76

Slaughterers and meat packers

550 11.14 23,170 10.92

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

30 9.81 20,410 8.72

Food batchmakers

600 9.21 19,160 8.49

Food cooking machine operators and tenders

200 10.32 21,460 10.63

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic

200 14.17 29,480 11.86

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

320 10.15 21,120 10.18

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

100 (4) (4) (4)

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

240 14.46 30,070 12.61

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

640 12.52 26,040 12.50

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

110 12.33 25,660 11.85

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

250 10.44 21,720 9.87

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

140 13.39 27,850 11.97

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

90 11.45 23,820 12.33

Machinists

1,200 14.41 29,980 14.40

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

370 10.88 22,630 10.13

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

30 12.26 25,500 11.18

Tool and die makers

50 17.88 37,190 18.35

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

1,890 13.04 27,120 12.52

Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders

150 12.70 26,410 12.36

Lay-out workers, metal and plastic

90 12.73 26,480 11.81

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

80 12.82 26,670 12.00

Bindery workers

220 11.46 23,830 10.71

Job printers

140 14.74 30,660 14.35

Prepress technicians and workers

240 14.22 29,570 13.47

Printing machine operators

870 14.33 29,810 14.10

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers

1,460 8.07 16,790 7.67

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

690 8.28 17,210 8.26

Sewing machine operators

830 8.38 17,430 8.24

Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers

240 11.37 23,650 10.97

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

50 7.85 16,330 7.76

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

120 12.13 25,230 11.26

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers

40 8.62 17,930 7.85

Fabric and apparel patternmakers

50 11.52 23,960 7.75

Upholsterers

230 11.92 24,800 11.10

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other

(4) 12.19 25,350 11.27

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

580 10.76 22,380 10.38

Furniture finishers

160 10.69 22,240 10.07

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

280 9.74 20,250 9.22

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

800 10.49 21,810 10.21

Power distributors and dispatchers

30 29.05 60,430 32.37

Stationary engineers and boiler operators

170 15.62 32,490 14.67

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators

610 15.01 31,210 14.74

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

140 21.48 44,670 21.08

Plant and system operators, all other

50 19.74 41,060 20.34

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

80 12.76 26,530 13.13

Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders

270 11.13 23,160 10.55

Grinding and polishing workers, hand

250 11.45 23,810 11.28

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

480 11.29 23,480 10.97

Cutters and trimmers, hand

160 7.97 16,580 7.71

Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders

180 11.92 24,800 11.34

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

300 9.88 20,560 9.76

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

100 13.61 28,300 11.93

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

2,130 15.40 32,030 15.28

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

110 17.90 37,220 15.36

Dental laboratory technicians

200 15.33 31,880 14.07

Medical appliance technicians

40 14.34 29,840 14.58

Ophthalmic laboratory technicians

700 20.51 42,660 18.72

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

1,960 10.23 21,270 9.90

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders

410 11.40 23,710 11.29

Painters, transportation equipment

540 14.61 30,390 11.84

Painting, coating, and decorating workers

170 11.35 23,600 10.70

Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders

70 11.56 24,050 11.09

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

90 11.86 24,680 12.12

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

(4) 11.31 23,520 11.09

Etchers and engravers

(4) 11.37 23,640 9.55

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

170 12.44 25,880 12.69

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

310 11.25 23,400 11.17

Helpers--production workers

2,000 8.38 17,440 8.39

Production workers, all other

380 10.92 22,710 9.81
 

Transportation and material moving occupations

48,420 12.30 25,590 11.00

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand

1,190 19.33 40,200 18.71

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators

1,140 22.51 46,810 22.00

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers

80 (5) 89,330 (5)

Commercial pilots

100 (5) 70,610 (5)

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians

60 9.32 19,380 9.08

Bus drivers, transit and intercity

1,150 (4) (4) (4)

Bus drivers, school

3,030 10.05 20,890 9.52

Driver/sales workers

2,750 10.83 22,530 10.07

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

8,740 15.05 31,300 14.32

Truck drivers, light or delivery services

4,800 12.20 25,380 10.75

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

1,250 8.94 18,590 8.43

Motor vehicle operators, all other

(4) 13.08 27,200 12.78

Parking lot attendants

730 8.42 17,520 8.12

Service station attendants

970 9.13 19,000 8.71

Traffic technicians

50 16.50 34,330 14.24

Transportation workers, all other

(4) 11.59 24,100 11.27

Conveyor operators and tenders

230 12.62 26,240 12.81

Crane and tower operators

210 19.89 41,380 20.85

Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators

360 13.50 28,080 12.89

Industrial truck and tractor operators

3,160 11.51 23,930 11.06

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment

2,540 8.39 17,440 7.71

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

11,230 10.03 20,860 9.29

Machine feeders and offbearers

970 13.93 28,960 14.25

Packers and packagers, hand

1,630 9.76 20,310 8.78

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

1,010 12.56 26,120 11.95

Material moving workers, all other

140 10.79 22,450 9.70
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers. (2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a 'year-round, full-time' hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data. (3) This wage is equal to or greater than $70.00 per hour or $145,600 per year. (4) Estimates not released. (5) Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid.

 

Last Modified Date: August 19, 2008