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OES

1999 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Healthcare Support Occupations

other SOC major groups

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry divisions in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia.

Click on the SOC Code Number to view that occupation's definition, additional wage estimates, and relative standard error (RSE) estimates.

			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (1)	Mean RSE
31-0000	Healthcare Support Occupations	2,970,780	$8.92	$9.51	$19,780	0.4 %
31-1011	Home Health Aides (3)	577,530	$8.21	$9.04	$18,810	3.8 %
31-1012	Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants (3)	1,308,740	$8.29	$8.59	$17,860	0.3 %
31-1013	Psychiatric Aides (3)	51,100	$10.32	$10.76	$22,390	0.9 %
31-2011	Occupational Therapist Assistants	17,290	$15.79	$15.97	$33,230	1.0 %
31-2012	Occupational Therapist Aides	9,250	$9.34	$10.92	$22,710	4.6 %
31-2021	Physical Therapist Assistants	48,600	$15.90	$16.20	$33,690	0.8 %
31-2022	Physical Therapist Aides	44,340	$9.05	$9.69	$20,160	1.1 %
31-9011	Massage Therapists	21,910	$11.01	$13.82	$28,740	6.0 %
31-9091	Dental Assistants (3)	175,160	$11.24	$11.60	$24,130	0.7 %
31-9092	Medical Assistants	281,480	$10.48	$10.89	$22,650	0.8 %
31-9093	Medical Equipment Preparers	29,070	$9.70	$10.20	$21,220	1.4 %
31-9094	Medical Transcriptionists	97,260	$11.67	$11.86	$24,660	0.7 %
31-9095	Pharmacy Aides (3)	48,270	$8.76	$9.14	$19,010	0.5 %
31-9096	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	53,680	$7.60	$8.03	$16,710	1.4 %

About 1999 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) 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) = Wage rates are calculated using three years of data: 1997, 1998, and 1999.

The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

National OES estimates by SOC major group