For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, May 17, 2011
USDL-11-0722
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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES – MAY 2010
Retail salespersons and cashiers were the occupations with the highest employment in 2010, the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These two occupations combined made up nearly 6 percent
of total U.S. employment, with employment levels of 4.2 and 3.4 million, respectively. National
employment and wage information for all occupations is shown in table 1.
These data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program, which provides
employment and wage estimates for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and
nearly 800 detailed occupations. OES produces cross-industry occupational employment and wage data
for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, metropolitan divisions, and nonmetropolitan areas; industryspecific data for the nation; and data by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals.
Occupations

The 10 largest occupations accounted for more than 20 percent of total employment in May
2010. In addition to retail salespersons and cashiers, the largest occupations included general
office clerks; combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food; registered
nurses; and waiters and waitresses. (See chart 1.)

Most of the largest occupations were relatively low paying. Of the 10 largest occupations, only
registered nurses had an average wage above the U.S. all-occupations mean of $21.35 per hour
or $44,410 annually. Combined food preparation and serving workers, cashiers, and waiters and
waitresses were the three lowest paying of the 10 largest occupations, and also among the
lowest-paying occupations overall. (See chart 2.)

Three of the largest occupations were office and administrative support jobs, helping to make
office and administrative support the largest occupational group overall, representing 17 percent
of total employment. The next largest groups were sales and related occupations and food
preparation and serving related occupations, which made up about 11 and 9 percent of U.S.
employment, respectively. (See table 1.)

The smallest occupational groups included legal occupations and life, physical, and social
science occupations, each representing around 1 percent of total employment. Most employment
in these two groups came from occupations with above average wages, such as judges, with an
Chart 1. Employment for the Largest Occupations in the United States,
May 2010
Retail Salespersons
Cashiers
General Office Clerks
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers,
Including Fast Food
Registered Nurses
Waiters and Waitresses
Customer Service Representatives
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping
Cleaners
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal,
Medical, and Executive
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
Employment (millions)
hourly mean wage of $50.67; arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators ($31.95); medical scientists,
except epidemiologists ($41.69); and physicists ($53.86). (See table 1.)
Ownership

Nearly 91 percent of employment in the 10 largest occupations was in the private sector. Among
the occupations in chart 1, the share of private sector employment ranged from 74 percent of
janitors and secretaries to nearly 100 percent of retail salespersons and waiters and waitresses.
Eight of the 10 largest occupations in the private sector were the same as those in the economy as
a whole as shown in chart 1; stock clerks and order fillers and general and operations managers
rounded out the largest private sector occupations.

Five of the 6 largest occupations in local government were education related: elementary,
middle, and secondary school teachers, except special education; teacher assistants; and teachers
and instructors, all other. These 5 occupations made up about 30 percent of local government
employment. Other large occupations in local government included police and sheriff’s patrol
officers, janitors, and firefighters.

Correctional officers and jailers was the largest occupation in state government, with
employment of nearly 257,000. Additional large occupations in state government included
registered nurses, graduate teaching assistants, police and sheriff’s patrol officers, postsecondary
health specialties teachers, and several office and administrative support occupations.
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Chart 2. Hourly Mean Wages for the Largest Occupations in the United
States, May 2010
Retail Salespersons
Cashiers
General Office Clerks
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers,
Including Fast Food
Registered Nurses
Waiters and Waitresses
Customer Service Representatives
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping
Cleaners
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal,
Medical, and Executive
$0.00
$5.00
$10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $35.00
Hourly mean wage

Four occupations specific to the U.S. Postal Service made up about 21 percent of federal
government employment. Aside from these occupations, the largest occupations in the federal
government included all other business operations specialists, registered nurses, compliance
officers, and management analysts.
OES data by ownership are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/ownership_data.htm.
Industry

Health care and social assistance was the industry sector with the highest employment, followed
by retail trade. Over half of employment in the health care and social assistance sector was in
healthcare-related occupations, including registered nurses; nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants; home health aides; and licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. Other large
occupations in this sector included personal care aides, medical secretaries, and childcare
workers. More than 60 percent of retail trade employment was in just 4 occupations: retail
salespersons, cashiers, stock clerks and order fillers, and first-line supervisors of retail
salesworkers.

Industries with the highest all-occupations mean wages included computer and peripheral
equipment manufacturing, software publishers, and several financial services industries. These
industries tended to have high employment concentrations of occupations with above average
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wages. For example, the largest occupations in software publishing included software
developers, applications, with an hourly mean wage of $45.65; software developers, systems
software ($48.48); computer programmers ($39.16); and sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, technical and scientific products ($40.50).

The industries with the lowest all-occupations mean wages consisted primarily of food service
and retail trade industries. In limited-service eating places, the industry with the lowest overall
average wage, 8 of the 10 largest occupations had mean wages below $10.00 per hour, including
combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ($8.62); fast food cooks
($8.85); and counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop ($8.82).
OES national industry-specific data are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.
State and Local Area

States with high total employment, such as California, Texas, New York, and Florida, also
tended to have the highest employment of many individual occupations. However, smaller states
had among the highest employment of some occupations, due to factors such as industry mix or
natural resource endowments. For example, West Virginia and Kentucky had some of the highest
employment of several mining-related occupations, including mining roof bolters and shuttle car
operators, while Iowa had some of the highest employment of farm equipment mechanics and
soil and plant scientists.

While some occupations, such as janitors and dishwashers, made up similar shares of total
employment in most areas, employment concentrations of other occupations varied considerably
across areas. For example, as a share of total area employment, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara,
Calif., had nearly 18 times as many semiconductor processors and computer hardware engineers
as the U.S. as a whole, while the employment share of commercial and industrial designers in the
Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, Mich., metropolitan division was more than 9 times the U.S.
average.

Wages for a given occupation also varied significantly across areas. For example, among areas
with at least 100 computer hardware engineers, wages for this occupation varied from $35.99 in
Kansas City, Mo.-Ks., to $59.66 in the Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y., metropolitan division.
OES data, including location quotients, by state and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan area are available
from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm and www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm, respectively.
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Changes to Occupational Employment Statistics Data
The May 2010 OES estimates mark the first set of estimates based in part on data collected using
the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Nearly all the occupations in this
release are 2010 SOC occupations; however, some are not. In these cases, an estimate for a
temporary occupation was created from data reported for one or more occupations in the 2000
SOC combined with data reported for one or more 2010 SOC occupations. Some occupations have
the same title as a 2010 SOC occupation, but not the same content. These occupations are marked
with an asterisk (*) and given a temporary code for the OES data. The May 2012 OES data will
reflect the full set of detailed occupations in the 2010 SOC. For a list of all occupations, including
2010 SOC occupations, and how data collected on two structures were combined, see the OES
Frequently Asked Questions online at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm#Ques41.
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Technical Note
Scope of the survey
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. OES data
available from BLS include cross-industry occupational
employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 500
areas, including states and the District of Columbia,
metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), metropolitan
divisions, nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national
industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-, 4-, and
selected 5-digit industry levels; and national estimates by
ownership across all industries and for schools and
hospitals.
The OES survey is a cooperative effort between BLS
and the State Workforce Agencies. BLS funds the survey
and provides the procedures and technical support, while
the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) collect most of the
data. OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about
1.2 million establishments. Each year, forms are mailed to
two semiannual panels of approximately 200,000 sampled
establishments, one panel in May and the other in
November. May 2010 estimates are based on responses
from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period:
May 2010, November 2009, May 2009, November 2008,
May 2008, and November 2007. The overall national
response rate for the six panels is 78.2 percent based on
establishments and 74.4 percent based on employment. The
unweighted employment of sampled establishments across
all six semiannual panels represents approximately 62.6
percent of total national employment.
The occupational coding system
The OES survey categorizes workers into nearly 800
detailed occupations based on the Office of Management
and Budget’s Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system; together, these detailed occupations make up 22 of
the 23 SOC major occupational groups. Major group 55,
Military Specific Occupations, is not included. The May
2010 OES estimates mark the first set of estimates based in
part on data collected using the 2010 SOC system. Previous
estimates were based on the 2000 SOC.
Almost all the occupations in this release are 2010
SOC occupations; however, some are not. In these cases, an
estimate for a temporary occupation was created from data
reported for one or more occupations in the 2000 SOC
combined with data reported for one or more 2010 SOC
occupations. Some occupations have the same title as a
2010 SOC occupation, but not the same content. These
occupations are marked with an asterisk (*) and given a
temporary code for the OES data. The May 2012 OES data
will reflect the full set of detailed occupations in the 2010
SOC. For a list of all occupations, including 2010 SOC
occupations, and how data collected on two structures were
combined, see the OES Frequently Asked Questions online
at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm#Ques41.
For more information about the SOC system, please
see the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site at
www.bls.gov/soc/.
The industry coding system
The OES survey uses the 2007 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For more
information about NAICS, see the BLS Web site at
www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm.
The OES survey excludes the majority of the
agricultural sector, with the exception of logging (NAICS
113310), support activities for crop production (NAICS
1151), and support activities for animal production (NAICS
1152). Private households (NAICS 814) also are excluded.
OES federal government data include the U.S. Postal
Service and the federal executive branch only. All other
industries, including state and local government, are
covered by the survey.
The OES survey covers all full- and part-time wage
and salary workers in nonfarm industries. The survey does
not include the self-employed, owners and partners in
unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid family
workers.
Survey sample
The OES survey draws its sample from state
unemployment insurance (UI) files. Supplemental sources
are used for rail transportation (NAICS 4821) and Guam
because they do not report to the UI program. The OES
survey sample is stratified by metropolitan and
nonmetropolitan area, industry, and size.
To provide the most occupational coverage, larger
employers are more likely to be selected than smaller
employers. An annual census is taken of the executive
branch of the federal government, the U.S. Postal Service,
and state government.
Concepts
Occupational employment is the estimate of total
wage and salary employment in an occupation. 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; and
tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance
pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer
cost
for
supplementary
benefits,
and
tuition
reimbursements.
OES receives wage rate data for the federal
government, the U.S. Postal Service, and some state
governments. For the remaining establishments, the OES
survey collects wage data in 12 intervals. 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
establishments are instructed to report the hourly rate for
part-time workers, and to report annual rates for
occupations that are typically paid at an annual rate but do
not work 2,080 hours per year, such as teachers, pilots, and
flight attendants. Other workers, such as some
entertainment workers, are paid hourly rates, but generally
do not work 40 hours per week, year round. For these
workers, only an hourly wage is reported.
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.
Imputation. About 20 percent of establishments do not
respond for a given panel. A "nearest neighbor" hot deck
imputation procedure is used to impute missing
occupational employment totals. A variant of mean
imputation is used to impute missing wage distributions.
Weighting and benchmarking. The sampled
establishments are weighted to represent all establishments
for the reference period. Weights are further adjusted by the
ratio of employment totals (the average of November 2009
and May 2010 employment) from the BLS Quarterly
Census of Employment and Wages to employment totals
from the OES survey.
Estimation methodology
For more information
The OES survey is designed to produce estimates by
combining six panels of data collected over a 3-year period.
With the exception of the May 2008 panel, each OES panel
includes approximately 200,000 establishments. Due to
budget constraints, the May 2008 sample was reduced
to approximately 174,000 establishments. The full six-panel
sample of nearly 1.2 million establishments allows the
production of estimates at detailed levels of geography,
Answers to frequently asked questions about the OES
data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm.
Detailed technical information about the OES survey is
available in our Survey Methods and Reliability Statement
on
the
BLS
website
at
www.bls.gov/oes/current/methods_statement.pdf.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
All occupations
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
127,097,160
$21.35
$44,410
$16.27
Management occupations
Chief executives..............................................................................................................................................
General and operations managers.................................................................................................................
Legislators.......................................................................................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers..........................................................................................................
Marketing managers.......................................................................................................................................
Sales managers..............................................................................................................................................
Public relations and fundraising managers....................................................................................................
6,022,860
273,500
1,708,080
65,710
32,240
164,590
319,300
53,460
50.69
83.34
54.38
(²)
47.46
59.00
54.86
50.19
105,440
173,350
113,100
38,470
98,720
122,720
114,110
104,390
43.96
79.37
45.38
(²)
40.33
54.23
47.37
44.14
Administrative services managers.................................................................................................................
Computer and information systems managers..............................................................................................
Financial managers........................................................................................................................................
Industrial production managers......................................................................................................................
Purchasing managers.....................................................................................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers......................................................................................
Compensation and benefits managers..........................................................................................................
Human resources managers..........................................................................................................................
Training and development managers............................................................................................................
240,320
288,660
478,940
143,310
65,220
90,280
29,830
67,700
28,070
40.57
59.27
56.24
45.99
48.36
41.65
46.61
52.21
46.06
84,390
123,280
116,970
95,660
100,600
86,630
96,940
108,600
95,800
37.45
55.67
49.96
41.91
45.71
38.56
42.92
47.68
42.87
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers....................................................................................
Construction managers..................................................................................................................................
Education administrators, preschool and childcare center/program.............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school.......................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary......................................................................................................
Education administrators, all other.................................................................................................................
Architectural and engineering managers.......................................................................................................
Food service managers..................................................................................................................................
Gaming managers..........................................................................................................................................
Lodging managers..........................................................................................................................................
Medical and health services managers..........................................................................................................
Natural sciences managers............................................................................................................................
Postmasters and mail superintendents..........................................................................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers........................................................................
Social and community service managers......................................................................................................
Emergency management directors................................................................................................................
Managers, all other.........................................................................................................................................
3,680
191,430
50,700
222,270
110,360
28,100
174,720
186,830
3,230
29,920
282,990
45,920
25,160
147,110
116,480
11,800
342,960
31.71
45.31
24.23
(²)
46.48
39.36
60.53
25.11
35.55
26.23
45.03
62.17
29.09
30.00
29.98
29.00
49.12
65,960
94,240
50,410
89,990
96,680
81,870
125,900
52,220
73,940
54,570
93,670
129,320
60,500
62,400
62,360
60,330
102,160
29.21
40.32
20.65
(²)
40.24
36.39
57.34
23.14
32.19
22.54
40.52
55.78
28.99
24.75
27.86
26.61
46.37
Business and financial operations occupations
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products..............................................................................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products.......................................................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products..................................................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators............................................................................................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage..............................................................................................................
Compliance officers........................................................................................................................................
Cost estimators...............................................................................................................................................
Farm labor contractors...................................................................................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other*...........................................................
Logisticians.....................................................................................................................................................
Management analysts....................................................................................................................................
Meeting, convention, and event planners*.....................................................................................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists....................................................................................
Training and development specialists............................................................................................................
Market research analysts and marketing specialists*....................................................................................
Business operations specialists, all other*.....................................................................................................
6,090,910
6
090 910
11,790
10,250
108,220
272,370
262,540
10,280
204,000
183,790
830
417,880
104,800
536,310
56,950
102,830
203,870
261,780
993,980
32.54
32
54
43.19
30.55
27.07
28.92
28.94
27.75
29.88
29.84
17.25
27.80
35.34
41.95
23.45
28.65
27.54
32.14
32.55
67,690
67
690
89,840
63,540
56,300
60,160
60,200
57,710
62,140
62,060
35,890
57,830
73,510
87,260
48,780
59,590
57,280
66,850
67,710
29.17
29
17
30.35
26.07
23.87
27.20
28.18
27.03
28.23
27.82
14.42
25.33
34.04
37.58
21.76
27.41
26.04
29.12
30.02
Accountants and auditors...............................................................................................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate........................................................................................................
Budget analysts..............................................................................................................................................
Credit analysts................................................................................................................................................
Financial analysts...........................................................................................................................................
Personal financial advisors.............................................................................................................................
Insurance underwriters...................................................................................................................................
Financial examiners........................................................................................................................................
Credit counselors............................................................................................................................................
Loan officers...................................................................................................................................................
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents......................................................................................
Tax preparers..................................................................................................................................................
Financial specialists, all other.........................................................................................................................
1,072,490
62,560
58,290
62,680
220,810
155,360
95,350
27,860
29,560
283,330
68,530
56,990
154,640
33.15
26.07
33.97
32.78
41.36
43.85
31.35
39.58
20.05
31.68
26.36
17.82
32.17
68,960
54,230
70,660
68,180
86,040
91,220
65,220
82,320
41,700
65,900
54,830
37,060
66,920
29.66
23.32
32.79
28.29
35.75
31.13
28.51
36.03
18.34
27.16
23.73
14.90
29.32
Computer and mathematical occupations
Computer and information research scientists..............................................................................................
Computer systems analysts...........................................................................................................................
Computer programmers.................................................................................................................................
Software developers, applications..................................................................................................................
Software developers, systems software........................................................................................................
Database administrators.................................................................................................................................
Network and computer systems administrators*...........................................................................................
3,283,950
24,900
495,800
333,620
499,280
378,920
104,080
333,210
37.13
49.59
39.06
36.01
43.47
47.10
36.41
34.71
77,230
103,150
81,250
74,900
90,410
97,960
75,730
72,200
35.44
48.39
37.38
34.32
42.21
45.28
35.33
33.25
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Computer and mathematical science occupations (Continued)
Computer support specialists.........................................................................................................................
Information security analysts, web developers, and computer network architects.......................................
Computer occupations, all other*...................................................................................................................
579,270
243,330
183,110
$24.00
38.16
38.36
$49,930
79,370
79,790
$22.24
36.37
38.10
Actuaries.........................................................................................................................................................
Mathematicians...............................................................................................................................................
Operations research analysts.........................................................................................................................
Statisticians.....................................................................................................................................................
Mathematical technicians...............................................................................................................................
Mathematical science occupations, all other..................................................................................................
18,320
2,830
62,210
22,830
960
1,290
47.41
48.20
37.01
36.57
23.64
34.02
98,620
100,260
76,980
76,070
49,170
70,760
42.14
47.78
34.12
35.02
21.58
26.21
Architecture and engineering occupations
Architects, except landscape and naval.........................................................................................................
Landscape architects......................................................................................................................................
Cartographers and photogrammetrists..........................................................................................................
Surveyors........................................................................................................................................................
2,305,530
87,700
16,680
11,670
43,950
36.32
37.75
32.15
29.31
27.95
75,550
78,530
66,880
60,970
58,140
33.95
34.88
29.85
26.21
26.39
Aerospace engineers......................................................................................................................................
Agricultural engineers.....................................................................................................................................
Biomedical engineers.....................................................................................................................................
Chemical engineers........................................................................................................................................
Civil engineers.................................................................................................................................................
Computer hardware engineers.......................................................................................................................
Electrical engineers.........................................................................................................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer........................................................................................................
Environmental engineers................................................................................................................................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors.............................................
Industrial engineers.........................................................................................................................................
Marine engineers and naval architects..........................................................................................................
Materials engineers.........................................................................................................................................
Mechanical engineers.....................................................................................................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers............................................................
Nuclear engineers...........................................................................................................................................
Petroleum engineers.......................................................................................................................................
Engineers, all other.........................................................................................................................................
78,450
2,520
15,280
28,720
249,120
66,960
148,770
133,660
49,800
23,390
202,990
5,720
21,830
234,400
6,270
18,610
28,210
139,610
47.59
35.96
40.76
45.48
39.56
48.85
42.20
44.58
39.98
37.60
37.72
42.20
41.28
39.65
41.99
48.80
61.53
44.12
99,000
74,790
84,780
94,590
82,280
101,600
87,770
92,730
83,160
78,210
78,450
87,770
85,860
82,480
87,350
101,500
127,970
91,770
46.86
34.18
39.20
43.42
37.29
47.50
40.65
43.35
37.86
36.26
36.59
38.42
39.96
37.58
39.84
48.04
54.85
43.40
Architectural and civil drafters.........................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters...................................................................................................................
M h i ld
Mechanical
drafters.........................................................................................................................................
ft
Drafters, all other.............................................................................................................................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians......................................................................................
Civil engineering technicians..........................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineering technicians........................................................................................
Electro-mechanical technicians......................................................................................................................
Environmental engineering technicians.........................................................................................................
Industrial engineering technicians..................................................................................................................
Mechanical engineering technicians..............................................................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other........................................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians..............................................................................................................
89,670
27,960
64 440
64,440
15,210
8,480
77,050
147,750
15,970
18,450
61,630
44,170
66,560
53,870
23.43
26.90
24 62
24.62
23.17
28.84
23.05
27.26
24.60
22.51
24.30
24.74
28.39
19.41
48,740
55,960
51 200
51,200
48,190
59,990
47,940
56,690
51,160
46,820
50,540
51,450
59,060
40,370
22.32
25.49
23 46
23.46
21.68
27.93
22.26
26.94
23.82
20.86
23.18
24.09
27.89
18.22
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Animal scientists.............................................................................................................................................
Food scientists and technologists..................................................................................................................
Soil and plant scientists..................................................................................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists........................................................................................................................
Microbiologists................................................................................................................................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists.....................................................................................................................
Biological scientists, all other..........................................................................................................................
Conservation scientists...................................................................................................................................
Foresters.........................................................................................................................................................
Epidemiologists...............................................................................................................................................
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists.....................................................................................................
Life scientists, all other....................................................................................................................................
1,064,510
2,440
10,480
12,120
22,800
18,330
17,440
30,430
18,880
9,470
4,710
93,560
10,610
31.92
32.77
31.43
30.09
41.63
34.63
29.64
34.28
29.42
26.82
32.83
41.69
34.67
66,390
68,170
65,380
62,600
86,580
72,030
61,660
71,310
61,200
55,790
68,280
86,710
72,120
28.14
28.00
28.93
27.57
38.17
31.69
27.61
32.80
28.51
26.22
30.29
36.87
29.97
Astronomers....................................................................................................................................................
Physicists........................................................................................................................................................
Atmospheric and space scientists..................................................................................................................
Chemists.........................................................................................................................................................
Materials scientists..........................................................................................................................................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health............................................................................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers....................................................................................
Hydrologists....................................................................................................................................................
Physical scientists, all other............................................................................................................................
1,840
16,860
8,640
80,180
8,390
81,690
30,830
6,910
24,690
44.88
53.86
42.31
35.21
41.49
32.60
44.89
38.11
46.05
93,340
112,020
88,010
73,240
86,300
67,810
93,380
79,280
95,780
41.95
51.14
42.20
32.85
40.73
29.66
39.66
36.39
45.57
Economists.....................................................................................................................................................
Survey researchers........................................................................................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists..............................................................................................
Industrial-organizational psychologists...........................................................................................................
Psychologists, all other...................................................................................................................................
13,250
17,850
100,700
1,420
10,690
47.77
20.89
34.87
54.82
41.59
99,350
43,450
72,540
114,040
86,510
43.00
17.33
32.12
41.99
43.22
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Life, physical, and social science occupations (Continued)
Sociologists.....................................................................................................................................................
Urban and regional planners..........................................................................................................................
Anthropologists and archeologists.................................................................................................................
Geographers...................................................................................................................................................
Historians........................................................................................................................................................
Political scientists............................................................................................................................................
Social scientists and related workers, all other..............................................................................................
3,710
38,830
5,100
1,300
3,320
4,470
28,420
$38.53
31.74
27.90
35.05
27.81
51.89
37.45
$80,130
66,020
58,040
72,890
57,840
107,930
77,890
$34.79
30.31
26.07
35.00
25.73
51.65
35.88
Agricultural and food science technicians......................................................................................................
Biological technicians......................................................................................................................................
Chemical technicians......................................................................................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians...........................................................................................................
Nuclear technicians........................................................................................................................................
Social science research assistants................................................................................................................
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health............................................................
Forensic science technicians.........................................................................................................................
Forest and conservation technicians.............................................................................................................
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other.................................................................................
16,890
72,940
59,440
13,560
6,960
25,830
28,480
12,390
32,290
55,360
16.89
20.07
21.25
29.04
32.37
19.28
21.36
26.46
17.72
22.10
35,140
41,740
44,200
60,410
67,330
40,090
44,440
55,040
36,860
45,980
15.75
18.76
20.21
25.97
32.73
17.90
19.90
24.79
16.05
20.84
Community and social service occupations
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors..................................................................................
Educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors...........................................................................
Marriage and family therapists........................................................................................................................
Mental health counselors................................................................................................................................
Rehabilitation counselors................................................................................................................................
Counselors, all other.......................................................................................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers.........................................................................................................
Healthcare social workers...............................................................................................................................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers......................................................................................
Social workers, all other..................................................................................................................................
Health educators.............................................................................................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists..............................................................................
Social and human service assistants.............................................................................................................
Community and social service specialists, all other*.....................................................................................
Clergy..............................................................................................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education...................................................................................................
Religious workers, all other.............................................................................................................................
1,901,180
77,940
246,890
33,050
110,300
111,490
28,140
276,100
143,080
119,960
69,920
58,150
89,900
357,500
112,010
42,820
16,840
7,090
20.76
19.62
26.91
22.85
19.88
17.24
21.33
21.08
23.65
20.13
25.13
24.17
24.64
14.47
19.83
23.22
19.52
15.42
43,180
40,810
55,970
47,530
41,360
35,850
44,380
43,850
49,200
41,880
52,270
50,270
51,240
30,100
41,250
48,290
40,600
32,070
18.89
18.33
25.67
21.98
18.34
15.55
20.02
19.33
22.71
18.56
24.76
22.03
22.69
13.56
18.32
21.14
17.39
12.87
Legall occupations
L
i
Lawyers...........................................................................................................................................................
Judicial law clerks...........................................................................................................................................
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers.......................................................................
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators..........................................................................................................
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates.................................................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants*.....................................................................................................................
Court reporters................................................................................................................................................
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers..................................................................................................
Legal support workers, all other.....................................................................................................................
992,650
992
6 0
561,350
25,150
14,310
6,920
25,900
247,940
18,430
50,490
42,160
46.60
46
60
62.23
21.18
43.14
31.95
50.67
23.87
25.61
20.85
28.51
96 940
96,940
129,440
44,060
89,740
66,460
105,390
49,640
53,270
43,370
59,310
35.86
3
86
54.21
19.12
41.11
26.83
57.34
22.44
22.93
18.75
24.91
Education, training, and library occupations
Business teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................
Architecture teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................
Engineering teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................
Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary..............................................................................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................
Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary.................................................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary...............................................................................................................
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary..........................................................................................
Physics teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................................................
8,457,870
79,070
33,080
51,980
7,620
34,400
10,600
54,540
2,410
10,680
21,150
5,090
13,500
24.25
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
50,440
85,470
78,190
73,480
79,300
96,480
81,760
86,570
81,120
90,660
80,070
78,490
86,560
21.97
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary...............................................................................
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary..........................................................................
Economics teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................................
Geography teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary.....................................................................................................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary...............................................................................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other.......................................................................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary.........................................................................................
Education teachers, postsecondary...............................................................................................................
Library science teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................................
5,850
8,980
13,020
4,250
15,930
34,350
17,430
7,410
144,780
54,050
61,450
4,370
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
80,040
76,720
92,870
71,230
78,620
74,320
71,830
85,400
103,960
66,010
64,370
66,950
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary...................................................................
Law teachers, postsecondary.........................................................................................................................
Social work teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary...........................................................................................
13,860
14,620
9,370
86,860
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
65,590
107,990
68,630
70,850
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Education, training, and library occupations (Continued)
Communications teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary............................................................................
History teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................................
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary.........................................................................................
Graduate teaching assistants.........................................................................................................................
Home economics teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary..............................................................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................
Postsecondary teachers, all other..................................................................................................................
28,590
69,880
28,100
23,240
21,250
107,790
5,910
17,720
120,290
183,160
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
25.38
(²)
$67,820
67,920
66,520
70,860
69,150
34,660
69,060
63,760
52,790
71,280
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
23.18
(²)
Preschool teachers, except special education...............................................................................................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education..........................................................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education.................................................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education.......................................................
Career/technical education teachers, middle school.....................................................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education................................................
Career/technical education teachers, secondary school...............................................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school*...........................................
Special education teachers, middle school....................................................................................................
Special education teachers, secondary school..............................................................................................
Adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers...............................................................................................................
Teachers and instructors, all other*................................................................................................................
369,380
173,330
1,485,600
655,090
14,600
1,053,140
91,690
226,920
100,510
141,420
68,510
160,990
710,230
14.04
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
24.56
19.81
(²)
29,200
51,550
54,330
54,880
54,160
55,990
56,010
55,220
56,500
58,080
51,080
41,210
38,940
12.35
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
22.37
17.47
(²)
Archivists.........................................................................................................................................................
Curators..........................................................................................................................................................
Museum technicians and conservators.........................................................................................................
Librarians........................................................................................................................................................
Library technicians..........................................................................................................................................
Audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists.......................................................................................
Farm and home management advisors.........................................................................................................
Instructional coordinators................................................................................................................................
Teacher assistants..........................................................................................................................................
Education, training, and library workers, all other..........................................................................................
5,030
10,550
10,390
148,240
109,240
7,740
10,670
128,780
1,249,380
99,820
23.65
25.56
20.16
27.09
15.10
22.07
22.90
29.46
(²)
20.63
49,190
53,160
41,940
56,360
31,410
45,910
47,640
61,270
24,880
42,900
21.73
23.29
17.94
26.20
14.36
20.53
21.89
28.28
(²)
18.07
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Art directors.....................................................................................................................................................
C f artists......................................................................................................................................................
Craft
i
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators..............................................................................
Multimedia artists and animators....................................................................................................................
Artists and related workers, all other..............................................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers.............................................................................................................
Fashion designers..........................................................................................................................................
Floral designers..............................................................................................................................................
Graphic designers...........................................................................................................................................
Interior designers............................................................................................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers..............................................................................................
Set and exhibit designers...............................................................................................................................
Designers, all other.........................................................................................................................................
1,716,640
29,700
4,790
10,320
26,560
7,560
28,670
15,060
47,850
192,240
40,120
64,330
8,120
8,560
25.14
45.24
15.39
25.52
30.50
29.69
29.76
35.79
12.04
23.14
25.05
13.69
24.81
24.25
52,290
94,100
32,010
53,080
63,440
61,760
61,890
74,440
25,030
48,140
52,100
28,480
51,600
50,440
20.61
38.77
12.95
21.56
28.13
28.29
27.99
31.02
11.35
20.92
22.25
12.48
22.44
21.70
Actors..............................................................................................................................................................
Producers and directors.................................................................................................................................
Athletes and sports competitors.....................................................................................................................
Coaches and scouts.......................................................................................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials..................................................................................................
Dancers...........................................................................................................................................................
Choreographers..............................................................................................................................................
Music directors and composers......................................................................................................................
Musicians and singers....................................................................................................................................
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other..............................................................
54,740
83,520
12,660
184,280
15,250
11,200
12,390
20,640
43,350
23,510
28.44
42.60
(²)
(²)
(²)
16.55
20.25
25.36
30.22
18.60
(²)
88,610
87,340
35,950
28,900
(²)
42,110
52,750
(²)
(²)
17.44
32.90
(²)
(²)
(²)
13.16
18.11
22.10
22.39
14.34
Radio and television announcers...................................................................................................................
Public address system and other announcers...............................................................................................
Broadcast news analysts................................................................................................................................
Reporters and correspondents.......................................................................................................................
Public relations specialists..............................................................................................................................
Editors.............................................................................................................................................................
Technical writers.............................................................................................................................................
Writers and authors........................................................................................................................................
Interpreters and translators............................................................................................................................
Media and communication workers, all other.................................................................................................
32,520
7,580
5,670
45,130
225,590
99,160
43,990
40,980
44,200
23,740
19.19
18.19
34.96
21.05
28.44
28.53
31.85
31.71
23.94
24.27
39,910
37,840
72,710
43,780
59,150
59,340
66,240
65,960
49,790
50,490
12.91
13.42
26.03
16.60
25.05
24.75
30.42
26.64
20.82
20.72
Audio and video equipment technicians........................................................................................................
Broadcast technicians....................................................................................................................................
Radio operators..............................................................................................................................................
Sound engineering technicians......................................................................................................................
Photographers................................................................................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture..............................................................................
Film and video editors.....................................................................................................................................
47,510
30,520
920
15,650
54,550
16,760
19,930
21.38
19.79
21.40
25.98
17.30
23.29
29.75
44,460
41,170
44,510
54,030
35,980
48,450
61,890
19.49
16.89
21.46
22.63
14.00
19.42
24.49
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (Continued)
Media and communication equipment workers, all other..............................................................................
16,820
$30.54
$63,530
$29.65
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Chiropractors..................................................................................................................................................
Dentists, general.............................................................................................................................................
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.....................................................................................................................
Orthodontists...................................................................................................................................................
Prosthodontists...............................................................................................................................................
Dentists, all other specialists..........................................................................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists...............................................................................................................................
Optometrists....................................................................................................................................................
Pharmacists....................................................................................................................................................
7,346,580
26,250
87,700
5,330
5,580
670
5,010
53,510
26,480
268,030
34.27
38.38
76.33
102.94
96.29
67.12
77.98
26.13
51.32
52.59
71,280
79,820
158,770
214,120
200,290
139,620
162,190
54,340
106,750
109,380
28.12
32.31
67.81
(³)
(³)
56.92
77.41
25.60
45.67
53.64
Anesthesiologists............................................................................................................................................
Family and general practitioners....................................................................................................................
Internists, general...........................................................................................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists.....................................................................................................................
Pediatricians, general.....................................................................................................................................
Psychiatrists....................................................................................................................................................
Surgeons.........................................................................................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons, all other.................................................................................................................
34,820
97,820
50,070
19,940
30,100
22,690
43,230
293,740
105.82
83.59
91.10
101.13
79.67
80.58
108.36
86.96
220,100
173,860
189,480
210,340
165,720
167,610
225,390
180,870
(³)
78.61
(³)
(³)
74.70
78.95
(³)
(³)
Physician assistants.......................................................................................................................................
Podiatrists.......................................................................................................................................................
Registered nurses*.........................................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists..................................................................................................................................
81,420
9,310
2,655,020
100,300
41.89
64.14
32.56
35.28
87,140
133,410
67,720
73,380
41.54
56.75
31.10
34.77
Physical therapists..........................................................................................................................................
Radiation therapists........................................................................................................................................
Recreational therapists...................................................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists.....................................................................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists.......................................................................................................................
Therapists, all other*.......................................................................................................................................
180,280
16,590
20,830
109,270
112,530
16,170
37.50
37.64
19.92
26.54
33.60
24.99
77,990
78,290
41,440
55,200
69,880
51,980
36.69
36.05
18.95
26.10
32.17
23.05
Veterinarians...................................................................................................................................................
Audiologists.....................................................................................................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other...................................................................................
54,480
12,860
31,390
44.51
33.58
39.34
92,570
69,840
81,830
39.44
32.05
33.32
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists.................................................................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians....................................................................................................
Dental hygienists.............................................................................................................................................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians...............................................................................................
Diagnostic medical sonographers..................................................................................................................
Nuclear medicine technologists......................................................................................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians*.....................................................................................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics.........................................................................................
164,430
156,480
177,520
48,720
53,010
21,600
216,730
221,760
27.34
18.36
33.02
24.38
31.20
33.20
26.80
16.01
56,870
38,190
68,680
50,720
64,900
69,050
55,730
33,300
26.98
17.44
32.81
23.75
30.95
32.96
26.13
14.60
Dietetic technicians.........................................................................................................................................
Pharmacy technicians....................................................................................................................................
Psychiatric technicians...................................................................................................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians.....................................................................................................................
Surgical technologists.....................................................................................................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians.......................................................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses........................................................................................
Medical records and health information technicians......................................................................................
Opticians, dispensing......................................................................................................................................
Orthotists and prosthetists..............................................................................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, all other*.............................................................................................
Occupational health and safety specialists....................................................................................................
Occupational health and safety technicians...................................................................................................
Athletic trainers...............................................................................................................................................
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other*.............................................................................
23,890
333,500
72,650
13,570
92,260
79,870
730,290
176,090
62,200
5,940
87,900
54,680
10,040
16,290
55,720
13.86
14.10
15.15
22.28
19.86
14.92
19.88
16.83
16.73
33.14
20.31
31.54
22.85
(²)
25.28
28,820
29,330
31,520
46,340
41,310
31,030
41,360
35,010
34,800
68,930
42,240
65,610
47,520
44,030
52,580
13.01
13.65
13.80
21.74
19.19
14.28
19.42
15.55
15.84
31.28
18.49
31.09
21.79
(²)
21.14
Healthcare support occupations
Home health aides..........................................................................................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants*......................................................................................................
Psychiatric aides.............................................................................................................................................
Occupational therapy assistants....................................................................................................................
Occupational therapy aides............................................................................................................................
Physical therapist assistants..........................................................................................................................
Physical therapist aides..................................................................................................................................
Massage therapists.........................................................................................................................................
Dental assistants.............................................................................................................................................
Medical assistants...........................................................................................................................................
Medical equipment preparers.........................................................................................................................
Medical transcriptionists..................................................................................................................................
Pharmacy aides..............................................................................................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers................................................................................
Healthcare support workers, all other*...........................................................................................................
3,962,930
982,840
1,451,090
64,730
27,720
7,180
65,960
45,900
60,040
294,030
523,260
47,310
78,780
49,580
70,530
193,980
12.94
10.46
12.09
12.84
24.66
14.95
23.95
12.02
19.12
16.41
14.31
14.59
16.12
10.98
11.38
15.23
26,920
21,760
25,140
26,710
51,300
31,090
49,810
25,000
39,770
34,140
29,760
30,350
33,530
22,830
23,660
31,670
11.90
9.89
11.54
12.00
24.52
13.19
23.89
11.39
16.78
16.09
13.87
14.18
15.82
10.31
10.60
14.56
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Protective service occupations
First-line supervisors of correctional officers..................................................................................................
First-line supervisors of police and detectives...............................................................................................
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers.........................................................................
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other........................................................................
3,187,810
39,920
102,200
58,800
55,190
$20.43
28.02
38.83
34.56
23.40
$42,490
58,290
80,770
71,890
48,670
$17.63
26.88
37.62
32.81
22.17
Firefighters......................................................................................................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators....................................................................................................................
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists...........................................................................................
302,400
13,050
1,530
22.95
27.00
19.33
47,730
56,160
40,200
21.76
25.11
16.78
Bailiffs..............................................................................................................................................................
Correctional officers and jailers......................................................................................................................
Detectives and criminal investigators.............................................................................................................
Fish and game wardens.................................................................................................................................
Parking enforcement workers.........................................................................................................................
Police and sheriff's patrol officers...................................................................................................................
Transit and railroad police...............................................................................................................................
17,310
457,550
110,640
7,240
9,430
644,300
3,540
19.67
20.57
35.10
26.75
17.37
26.74
26.89
40,910
42,780
73,010
55,650
36,130
55,620
55,930
18.54
18.77
33.08
23.91
17.01
25.74
26.12
Animal control workers...................................................................................................................................
Private detectives and investigators...............................................................................................................
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators................................................................................
Security guards...............................................................................................................................................
Crossing guards..............................................................................................................................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.....................................................
Transportation security screeners* (federal only)..........................................................................................
Protective service workers, all other *............................................................................................................
15,040
28,210
6,620
1,006,880
68,740
117,540
42,430
79,280
16.35
22.99
15.87
12.92
12.43
9.98
18.10
16.07
34,020
47,830
33,020
26,870
25,850
20,750
37,650
33,420
15.41
20.61
14.75
11.50
11.35
9.06
17.82
14.37
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Chefs and head cooks....................................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers.....................................................................
Cooks, fast food..............................................................................................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria......................................................................................................................
Cooks, private household...............................................................................................................................
Cooks, restaurant...........................................................................................................................................
Cooks, short order..........................................................................................................................................
Cooks, all other...............................................................................................................................................
Food preparation workers...............................................................................................................................
11,027,340
90,510
773,400
525,350
387,700
400
901,310
171,780
19,460
802,650
10.21
21.53
15.28
8.91
11.62
14.96
11.18
10.11
11.82
9.93
21,240
44,780
31,770
18,540
24,180
31,110
23,260
21,030
24,590
20,660
9.02
19.53
14.21
8.70
10.93
12.29
10.65
9.42
10.93
9.18
Bartenders......................................................................................................................................................
C bi d ffood
Combined
d preparation
ti and
d serving
i workers,
k
iincluding
l di ffastt ffood..........................................................
d
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop................................................................
Waiters and waitresses..................................................................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant..........................................................................................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers.......................................................................
Dishwashers...................................................................................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop..........................................................................
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other...............................................................................
495,350
2,692,170
2
692 1 0
446,660
2,244,480
205,330
390,920
505,950
329,020
44,890
10.25
89
8.95
9.27
9.99
10.40
9.29
8.98
9.43
10.94
21,310
18,610
18
610
19,280
20,790
21,640
19,320
18,680
19,600
22,760
8.98
8.63
8
63
8.83
8.81
9.34
8.75
8.73
8.87
9.61
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers.......................................................................
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................................................................................................
Building cleaning workers, all other................................................................................................................
Pest control workers.......................................................................................................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers...................................................................................................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation............................................................................
Tree trimmers and pruners.............................................................................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers, all other.......................................................................................................
4,175,550
172,610
100,630
2,058,610
865,960
12,280
62,490
829,350
23,200
37,540
12,890
12.16
18.02
21.50
11.81
10.17
13.38
15.62
12.23
15.13
15.49
13.92
25,300
37,480
44,730
24,560
21,150
27,830
32,480
25,430
31,470
32,220
28,960
10.81
16.87
20.13
10.68
9.28
12.72
14.59
11.25
14.37
14.64
11.61
Personal care and service occupations
Gaming supervisors........................................................................................................................................
Slot supervisors..............................................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors of personal service workers.........................................................................................
Animal trainers................................................................................................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers............................................................................................................................
3,425,220
22,960
12,020
131,800
9,740
135,070
11.82
23.69
14.47
18.48
14.96
10.61
24,590
49,270
30,110
38,430
31,110
22,070
9.92
23.33
12.81
16.97
12.78
9.40
Gaming dealers...............................................................................................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners................................................................................................
Gaming service workers, all other..................................................................................................................
Motion picture projectionists...........................................................................................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers...................................................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants..........................................................................................................
Costume attendants.......................................................................................................................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants................................................................................
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other...............................................................................
85,430
13,450
11,620
9,440
107,200
254,630
5,490
17,280
36,340
10.49
11.57
12.65
10.83
9.76
9.50
16.62
10.43
10.51
21,820
24,060
26,320
22,530
20,290
19,750
34,580
21,700
21,850
8.70
10.02
11.51
9.79
8.92
8.87
14.02
9.35
9.41
Embalmers......................................................................................................................................................
Funeral attendants..........................................................................................................................................
Funeral service managers, directors, morticians, and undertakers..............................................................
6,780
29,810
27,280
21.29
11.82
30.04
44,280
24,590
62,490
20.91
11.05
26.12
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Personal care and service occupations (Continued)
Barbers............................................................................................................................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists...............................................................................................
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance...................................................................................................
Manicurists and pedicurists............................................................................................................................
Shampooers...................................................................................................................................................
Skincare specialists........................................................................................................................................
9,360
349,420
2,240
51,990
14,220
30,230
$13.43
12.74
24.51
10.61
9.20
15.40
$27,930
26,510
50,980
22,060
19,140
32,030
$11.45
10.94
18.33
9.45
8.78
13.90
Baggage porters and bellhops.......................................................................................................................
Concierges......................................................................................................................................................
Tour guides and escorts.................................................................................................................................
Travel guides..................................................................................................................................................
44,740
19,650
29,690
3,620
11.40
14.17
12.54
15.33
23,720
29,480
26,090
31,900
9.74
13.40
11.20
14.32
Childcare workers...........................................................................................................................................
Personal care aides........................................................................................................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors.......................................................................................................
Recreation workers.........................................................................................................................................
Residential advisors........................................................................................................................................
Personal care and service workers, all other.................................................................................................
611,280
686,030
225,490
293,430
65,610
71,860
10.15
9.82
17.27
12.15
12.69
11.09
21,110
20,420
35,920
25,270
26,400
23,070
9.28
9.44
14.95
10.70
11.75
9.79
Sales and related occupations
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers..................................................................................................
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers...........................................................................................
Cashiers..........................................................................................................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers................................................................................................
13,437,980
1,172,070
244,320
3,354,170
19,570
17.69
19.18
39.00
9.52
11.74
36,790
39,890
81,120
19,810
24,420
11.72
17.22
33.11
8.89
11.14
Counter and rental clerks...............................................................................................................................
Parts salespersons.........................................................................................................................................
Retail salespersons........................................................................................................................................
414,730
201,610
4,155,190
12.32
15.09
12.02
25,620
31,380
25,000
10.63
13.88
9.94
Advertising sales agents.................................................................................................................................
Insurance sales agents...................................................................................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents.......................................................................
Travel agents..................................................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, services, all other.......................................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific
products...................................................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical
and scientific products.............................................................................................................................
145,160
318,800
276,290
70,930
531,410
26.45
30.06
45.73
16.32
29.06
55,020
62,520
95,130
33,950
60,430
21.80
22.48
33.75
15.32
24.34
381,080
40.56
84,360
35.44
1,367,210
30.16
62,720
25.21
Demonstrators and product promoters..........................................................................................................
Models.............................................................................................................................................................
Real estate brokers.........................................................................................................................................
Real estate sales agents................................................................................................................................
Sales engineers..............................................................................................................................................
Telemarketers.................................................................................................................................................
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers................................................
Sales and related workers, all other*..............................................................................................................
75,790
1,020
41,210
153,740
66,060
288,760
7,590
151,280
13.28
20.46
36.57
25.24
45.56
12.24
13.13
19.90
27,630
42,560
76,060
52,490
94,760
25,470
27,300
41,400
11.11
15.83
26.40
19.24
42.01
10.73
10.67
16.53
Office and administrative support occupations
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers...............................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service.....................................................................................
Telephone operators.......................................................................................................................................
Communications equipment operators, all other...........................................................................................
21,503,800
1,359,950
138,200
18,650
2,780
16.09
24.41
12.63
16.06
18.25
33,470
50,770
26,280
33,400
37,960
14.77
22.82
11.98
15.37
17.60
Bill and account collectors..............................................................................................................................
Billing and posting clerks................................................................................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks...............................................................................................
Gaming cage workers.....................................................................................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.......................................................................................................................
Procurement clerks.........................................................................................................................................
Tellers..............................................................................................................................................................
399,950
483,440
1,675,250
15,640
180,280
73,650
556,310
15.91
16.00
16.99
12.96
17.82
17.86
12.01
33,100
33,270
35,340
26,950
37,070
37,150
24,980
15.05
15.47
16.36
12.35
17.47
17.69
11.59
Brokerage clerks.............................................................................................................................................
Correspondence clerks...................................................................................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks...............................................................................................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks........................................................................................................
Customer service representatives.................................................................................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs................................................................................................
File clerks........................................................................................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks...............................................................................................................
57,600
9,470
123,510
53,770
2,146,120
118,920
174,910
222,540
20.50
16.56
17.39
16.67
15.76
19.67
12.88
10.30
42,640
34,440
36,170
34,670
32,780
40,900
26,800
21,430
19.31
16.06
16.53
15.62
14.64
19.21
12.06
9.58
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan..........................................................................................................
Library assistants, clerical...............................................................................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks..........................................................................................................................
New accounts clerks.......................................................................................................................................
Order clerks.....................................................................................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.....................................................................
Receptionists and information clerks..............................................................................................................
204,730
110,210
181,600
67,170
211,370
150,090
997,080
14.48
12.07
16.91
15.17
14.58
18.22
12.63
30,120
25,120
35,180
31,540
30,320
37,900
26,260
13.86
11.12
16.33
14.63
13.80
17.69
12.14
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Office and administrative support occupations (Continued)
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.....................................................................
Information and record clerks, all other..........................................................................................................
121,250
200,410
$15.69
18.00
$32,640
37,450
$15.26
17.80
Cargo and freight agents................................................................................................................................
Couriers and messengers..............................................................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers........................................................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance...........................................................................................
Meter readers, utilities.....................................................................................................................................
Postal service clerks.......................................................................................................................................
Postal service mail carriers.............................................................................................................................
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators...............................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks...................................................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks.............................................................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers...........................................................................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping...................................................................
81,390
85,620
97,740
180,540
40,160
67,320
324,990
145,690
266,170
687,850
1,795,970
66,480
18.76
12.55
17.74
18.00
17.69
25.25
24.16
23.24
21.19
14.46
11.44
13.94
39,020
26,100
36,900
37,430
36,800
52,520
50,250
48,340
44,070
30,070
23,790
28,990
17.86
11.58
17.00
16.62
16.74
25.53
25.90
25.52
20.30
13.64
10.24
13.06
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants.....................................................................
Legal secretaries.............................................................................................................................................
Medical secretaries.........................................................................................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive.........................................
1,132,070
228,700
494,650
1,841,020
22.05
20.80
15.30
15.38
45,860
43,270
31,820
32,000
20.92
19.95
14.68
14.82
Computer operators........................................................................................................................................
Data entry keyers............................................................................................................................................
Word processors and typists..........................................................................................................................
Desktop publishers.........................................................................................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..............................................................................................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service.....................................................................
Office clerks, general......................................................................................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer..................................................................................................
Proofreaders and copy markers.....................................................................................................................
Statistical assistants........................................................................................................................................
Office and administrative support workers, all other*.....................................................................................
82,410
219,530
101,450
20,060
231,570
119,960
2,789,590
66,580
12,770
15,490
253,190
18.43
13.65
16.55
18.78
17.49
13.23
13.58
13.76
16.13
17.83
15.67
38,340
28,400
34,420
39,060
36,390
27,530
28,240
28,610
33,550
37,090
32,600
17.75
13.20
16.06
17.60
16.71
12.54
12.79
13.02
15.08
16.60
14.56
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers......................................................................
Agricultural inspectors.....................................................................................................................................
Animal breeders..............................................................................................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products.....................................................................................................
Agricultural equipment operators...................................................................................................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse.........................................................................
Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals...................................................................................
Agricultural workers, all other..........................................................................................................................
Fishers and related fishing workers................................................................................................................
Forest and conservation workers...................................................................................................................
Fallers..............................................................................................................................................................
Logging equipment operators.........................................................................................................................
Log graders and scalers.................................................................................................................................
Logging workers, all other...............................................................................................................................
408,040
19,540
13,560
1,380
38,950
24,110
228,600
31,880
7,490
700
7,040
6,260
22,880
2,480
3,130
11.70
21.65
20.36
17.13
10.18
12.49
9.64
11.56
13.35
13.41
13.34
18.59
16.06
16.50
16.59
24,330
45,040
42,340
35,620
21,180
25,970
20,040
24,040
27,780
27,880
27,740
38,660
33,400
34,330
34,510
9.44
20.10
20.03
15.07
9.22
11.71
8.98
10.56
11.65
12.30
11.49
16.57
15.57
15.59
16.62
Construction and extraction occupations
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers.............................................................
Boilermakers...................................................................................................................................................
Brickmasons and blockmasons.....................................................................................................................
Stonemasons..................................................................................................................................................
Carpenters......................................................................................................................................................
Carpet installers..............................................................................................................................................
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles...........................................................................................
Floor sanders and finishers............................................................................................................................
Tile and marble setters...................................................................................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers........................................................................................................
Terrazzo workers and finishers......................................................................................................................
Construction laborers......................................................................................................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators...................................................................................
Pile-driver operators........................................................................................................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators...............................................................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers.....................................................................................................................
Tapers.............................................................................................................................................................
5,072,530
474,510
19,030
68,520
11,920
620,410
25,580
9,480
5,740
31,670
140,950
3,640
777,700
51,830
4,230
334,730
82,320
17,690
21.09
29.93
26.80
24.09
19.16
21.10
19.39
18.99
16.45
20.11
18.89
19.97
16.15
18.28
25.01
21.55
19.99
23.35
43,870
62,260
55,750
50,110
39,850
43,890
40,320
39,490
34,220
41,830
39,290
41,530
33,590
38,020
52,020
44,830
41,570
48,560
18.79
28.21
26.27
22.56
17.87
19.00
17.35
17.36
15.07
18.32
17.04
18.62
14.08
16.42
23.01
19.42
17.94
21.87
Electricians......................................................................................................................................................
Glaziers...........................................................................................................................................................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall......................................................................................................
Insulation workers, mechanical......................................................................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance........................................................................................................
Paperhangers.................................................................................................................................................
Pipelayers.......................................................................................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters...........................................................................................................
Plasterers and stucco masons.......................................................................................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers................................................................................................................
Roofers............................................................................................................................................................
514,760
40,880
23,380
28,100
189,840
4,040
45,320
358,790
26,430
19,590
99,280
24.91
19.49
17.37
20.49
18.08
19.82
18.38
24.21
19.75
21.48
18.21
51,810
40,540
36,120
42,620
37,610
41,230
38,230
50,360
41,080
44,690
37,880
23.20
17.61
15.30
18.10
16.48
18.08
16.73
22.43
17.89
18.48
16.45
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Construction and extraction occupations (Continued)
Sheet metal workers.......................................................................................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers....................................................................................................................
131,600
58,460
$21.98
23.42
$45,710
48,710
$20.05
21.42
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters........................................
Helpers--carpenters........................................................................................................................................
Helpers--electricians.......................................................................................................................................
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons...............................................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters..........................................................................
Helpers--roofers..............................................................................................................................................
Helpers, construction trades, all other............................................................................................................
31,160
46,910
72,390
12,320
57,660
12,310
19,570
14.65
12.93
13.61
11.89
13.44
11.75
13.29
30,470
26,890
28,300
24,730
27,950
24,450
27,650
13.35
12.38
13.08
11.20
12.85
11.21
12.12
Construction and building inspectors.............................................................................................................
Elevator installers and repairers.....................................................................................................................
Fence erectors................................................................................................................................................
Hazardous materials removal workers...........................................................................................................
Highway maintenance workers......................................................................................................................
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators..............................................................................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners..............................................................................................
Segmental pavers...........................................................................................................................................
Construction and related workers, all other*..................................................................................................
89,270
20,430
20,810
36,910
142,530
15,520
24,350
1,280
42,140
26.11
33.66
14.99
19.61
17.23
22.23
17.05
15.61
18.03
54,320
70,010
31,170
40,800
35,830
46,230
35,460
32,480
37,510
25.18
34.09
13.93
18.08
16.72
22.10
16.14
14.63
16.59
Derrick operators, oil and gas.........................................................................................................................
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas...................................................................................................................
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining...................................................................................................
Earth drillers, except oil and gas.....................................................................................................................
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters......................................................................
Continuous mining machine operators..........................................................................................................
Mine cutting and channeling machine operators...........................................................................................
Mining machine operators, all other...............................................................................................................
Rock splitters, quarry......................................................................................................................................
Roof bolters, mining........................................................................................................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas................................................................................................................................
Helpers--extraction workers............................................................................................................................
Extraction workers, all other...........................................................................................................................
16,930
20,230
36,620
16,200
5,710
13,060
6,630
3,200
3,390
5,610
48,880
23,400
6,660
21.53
28.84
20.58
20.22
22.30
23.22
21.41
21.16
14.84
24.18
16.35
17.82
19.52
44,790
59,980
42,810
42,050
46,370
48,300
44,530
44,010
30,860
50,290
34,020
37,060
40,600
20.90
24.99
18.71
18.92
21.03
23.44
21.61
21.08
14.48
23.97
15.27
16.43
18.80
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers............................................................................
R di cellular,
Radio,
ll l and
d ttower equipment
i
t iinstallers
t ll
and
d repairs..........................................................................
i
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers............................................
Avionics technicians.......................................................................................................................................
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers...........................................................................................
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment...............................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment...................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.......................................................
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles......................................................................
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers..............................................................
Security and fire alarm systems installers......................................................................................................
4,928,960
415,900
110,320
9 590
9,590
190,100
18,320
18,740
12,830
67,550
23,220
15,630
30,840
57,390
20.58
29.50
18.79
20 23
20.23
25.41
25.02
18.20
23.91
25.06
30.83
14.65
16.87
19.59
42,810
61,350
39,080
42 090
42,090
52,850
52,050
37,860
49,730
52,120
64,120
30,460
35,100
40,760
19.29
28.44
17.92
19 11
19.11
26.30
25.15
17.39
23.27
24.91
31.36
13.68
15.84
18.51
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians...................................................................................................
Automotive body and related repairers..........................................................................................................
Automotive glass installers and repairers......................................................................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics............................................................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists................................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians....................................................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines...................................................................................
Rail car repairers.............................................................................................................................................
Motorboat mechanics and service technicians..............................................................................................
Motorcycle mechanics....................................................................................................................................
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics.....................................................................
Bicycle repairers..............................................................................................................................................
Recreational vehicle service technicians.......................................................................................................
Tire repairers and changers...........................................................................................................................
117,510
129,730
14,020
587,510
222,770
30,300
108,540
19,280
16,850
14,750
25,010
9,530
9,540
94,120
25.62
19.84
16.41
18.36
20.31
16.67
22.18
22.31
17.96
16.32
14.80
11.77
16.78
11.98
53,280
41,270
34,120
38,200
42,250
34,680
46,140
46,400
37,360
33,950
30,790
24,490
34,900
24,920
25.68
18.33
15.94
17.21
19.64
16.17
21.55
22.80
17.11
15.37
14.22
11.38
15.66
11.14
Mechanical door repairers..............................................................................................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door.............................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers...........................................................
Home appliance repairers..............................................................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics.....................................................................................................................
Maintenance workers, machinery...................................................................................................................
Millwrights........................................................................................................................................................
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons......................................................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers..................................................................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers..........................................................................................
Camera and photographic equipment repairers............................................................................................
Medical equipment repairers..........................................................................................................................
Musical instrument repairers and tuners........................................................................................................
Watch repairers..............................................................................................................................................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other...............................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general......................................................................................................
13,240
43,430
224,320
33,180
275,370
69,480
36,670
2,060
105,540
156,350
2,810
32,980
5,650
2,240
12,640
1,217,820
18.16
23.74
21.57
17.54
22.65
19.38
23.95
21.37
27.65
24.08
19.82
22.30
16.75
18.73
24.66
17.61
37,780
49,380
44,860
36,490
47,100
40,310
49,820
44,450
57,510
50,080
41,220
46,380
34,830
38,960
51,290
36,630
17.20
23.28
20.45
16.70
21.84
18.49
23.25
20.36
27.90
24.45
17.87
21.39
15.27
17.87
24.48
16.70
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (Continued)
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers................................................................
Commercial divers..........................................................................................................................................
Fabric menders, except garment...................................................................................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers.......................................................................................................................
Manufactured building and mobile home installers........................................................................................
Riggers............................................................................................................................................................
Signal and track switch repairers....................................................................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.................................................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other*...............................................................................
36,240
3,720
690
15,850
5,760
13,660
7,400
123,220
118,740
$15.36
27.12
13.16
18.05
14.46
21.37
24.80
12.80
18.91
$31,950
56,400
27,370
37,550
30,070
44,440
51,580
26,620
39,330
$14.66
24.69
12.68
17.09
13.83
20.57
25.59
11.66
17.51
Production occupations
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers...........................................................................
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers......................................................................
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers..................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers............................................................................................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers....................................................................................................
Engine and other machine assemblers..........................................................................................................
Structural metal fabricators and fitters............................................................................................................
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators............................................................................................................
Team assemblers...........................................................................................................................................
Timing device assemblers and adjusters.......................................................................................................
Assemblers and fabricators, all other.............................................................................................................
8,236,340
555,260
36,320
14,930
180,440
48,980
33,310
79,540
19,060
928,170
1,560
248,090
16.24
27.01
21.74
14.42
14.96
15.57
18.75
17.26
14.24
14.05
15.53
14.92
33,770
56,170
45,230
29,980
31,110
32,380
38,990
35,900
29,620
29,220
32,300
31,040
14.58
25.53
21.55
13.77
13.99
15.21
17.46
16.60
13.75
13.07
15.02
13.00
Bakers.............................................................................................................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters.............................................................................................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers..................................................................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers.....................................................................................................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders.........................................
Food batchmakers..........................................................................................................................................
Food cooking machine operators and tenders..............................................................................................
140,790
125,910
163,080
88,500
18,710
97,220
32,220
12.19
14.51
11.27
11.55
13.91
12.90
12.19
25,350
30,190
23,440
24,010
28,940
26,820
25,360
11.27
13.75
10.74
11.24
13.05
11.85
11.24
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic...................................................................
Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic.........................................
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic....................................
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................................
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..............................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic......................................................................................................................................
D illi and
Drilling
db
boring
i machine
hi ttooll setters,
tt
operators,
t
and
d ttenders,
d
metal
t l and
d plastic.....................................
l ti
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic......................................................................................................................................
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.....................................
123,600
16,360
76,260
22,110
31,900
17.26
23.27
16.30
16.40
18.00
35,890
48,400
33,900
34,100
37,450
16.70
22.07
15.26
16.13
17.63
182,170
22 390
22,390
14.76
16 16
16.16
30,690
33 620
33,620
14.12
15 56
15.56
70,120
40,970
15.54
17.23
32,310
35,830
14.74
16.66
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...........................................
Machinists.......................................................................................................................................................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders................................................................................................
Pourers and casters, metal............................................................................................................................
Model makers, metal and plastic....................................................................................................................
Patternmakers, metal and plastic...................................................................................................................
Foundry mold and coremakers......................................................................................................................
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic......................................................................................................................................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic......................................................
20,520
352,650
15,210
11,190
6,000
4,390
10,040
18.05
19.13
19.28
16.99
21.50
19.04
15.36
37,540
39,780
40,100
35,350
44,730
39,600
31,940
17.47
18.52
18.49
16.36
20.55
17.88
14.66
114,760
69,330
14.44
15.99
30,030
33,250
13.54
15.30
Tool and die makers.......................................................................................................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.......................................................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................
Layout workers, metal and plastic..................................................................................................................
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..........................................
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners..............................................................................................................
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other..................................................................................................
66,530
314,260
38,530
18,300
8,770
30,580
11,930
24,150
23.42
17.96
16.93
16.42
19.18
14.88
17.15
16.44
48,710
37,370
35,220
34,150
39,890
30,940
35,660
34,190
22.56
17.04
16.26
15.86
19.15
13.93
16.56
14.83
Prepress technicians and workers.................................................................................................................
Printing press operators..................................................................................................................................
Print binding and finishing workers.................................................................................................................
48,070
191,130
54,230
18.26
17.00
14.81
37,970
35,370
30,800
17.44
16.19
13.90
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................................................................................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials...........................................................................................
Sewing machine operators.............................................................................................................................
Shoe and leather workers and repairers........................................................................................................
Shoe machine operators and tenders............................................................................................................
Sewers, hand..................................................................................................................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers.....................................................................................................
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders......................................................................
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................................................
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders.........................................................
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders....................................
204,820
56,600
147,030
6,010
3,180
5,770
26,250
12,700
15,000
21,190
27,840
10.21
9.85
10.88
11.87
12.96
12.11
13.63
11.89
12.00
12.68
12.60
21,230
20,480
22,630
24,690
26,960
25,200
28,360
24,720
24,950
26,360
26,200
9.40
9.33
9.90
11.06
12.63
11.13
12.77
11.04
11.29
12.44
12.33
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Production occupations (Continued)
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic
and glass fibers........................................................................................................................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers.................................................................................................................
Upholsterers....................................................................................................................................................
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other........................................................................................
14,670
6,060
30,210
13,300
$15.79
21.25
15.20
13.81
$32,840
44,190
31,620
28,720
$15.58
18.74
14.40
11.94
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters...........................................................................................................
Furniture finishers...........................................................................................................................................
Model makers, wood.......................................................................................................................................
Patternmakers, wood......................................................................................................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood................................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing.......................................................
Woodworkers, all other...................................................................................................................................
84,170
15,400
1,660
1,240
37,050
61,130
8,610
15.29
14.06
16.22
19.57
13.13
13.29
13.42
31,790
29,230
33,730
40,700
27,310
27,650
27,910
14.48
13.37
14.12
16.65
12.59
12.75
11.79
Nuclear power reactor operators....................................................................................................................
Power distributors and dispatchers................................................................................................................
Power plant operators.....................................................................................................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators.....................................................................................................
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators......................................................................
Chemical plant and system operators............................................................................................................
Gas plant operators........................................................................................................................................
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers...........................................................
Plant and system operators, all other.............................................................................................................
5,080
10,100
39,930
35,800
108,330
43,130
13,480
42,850
10,870
37.17
33.24
29.94
25.30
20.45
26.30
27.72
28.64
25.00
77,310
69,130
62,270
52,620
42,530
54,700
57,660
59,580
52,010
36.37
33.13
30.33
25.07
19.60
26.68
27.50
28.87
24.99
Chemical equipment operators and tenders..................................................................................................
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, ......................................
and tenders..............................................................................................................................................
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................................................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand............................................................................................................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................................
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders.........................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers....................................................................................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers...........................................................................................
Dental laboratory technicians.........................................................................................................................
Medical appliance technicians........................................................................................................................
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians.................................................................................................................
technicians
46,250
22.02
45,790
21.71
38,050
33,140
27,420
123,840
17,420
61,360
65,100
18,470
410,750
21,510
38,360
13,320
27 880
27,880
18.65
16.21
13.80
16.40
12.57
14.95
15.74
17.08
17.09
18.52
18.26
18.56
14 24
14.24
38,800
33,720
28,710
34,120
26,140
31,090
32,740
35,520
35,550
38,520
37,980
38,610
29 610
29,610
18.19
15.60
13.16
15.80
11.74
14.42
15.01
16.54
15.88
16.91
16.90
17.15
13 45
13.45
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders...................................................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders....................................................
Painters, transportation equipment................................................................................................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers.....................................................................................................
Semiconductor processors.............................................................................................................................
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators.............................................................
342,280
77,870
43,300
23,970
20,930
57,540
13.26
14.93
20.27
12.83
16.64
11.90
27,580
31,050
42,160
26,680
34,610
24,760
12.15
14.28
18.77
11.73
15.93
10.58
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders.......................................................................................
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders....................................................
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders................................................................................
Etchers and engravers...................................................................................................................................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic..............................................................................
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................................................
Tire builders.....................................................................................................................................................
Helpers--production workers..........................................................................................................................
Production workers, all other*.........................................................................................................................
15,060
18,320
8,960
8,090
32,250
88,390
15,020
394,270
229,240
14.68
13.50
14.82
14.53
14.56
16.81
18.19
11.66
14.89
30,520
28,090
30,830
30,210
30,270
34,970
37,840
24,240
30,980
14.09
12.34
14.09
13.55
13.86
16.41
18.87
10.79
13.42
Transportation and material moving occupations
Aircraft cargo handling supervisors................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand.........................................................
First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving machine
and vehicle operators..............................................................................................................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.....................................................................................................
Commercial pilots...........................................................................................................................................
Air traffic controllers........................................................................................................................................
Airfield operations specialists.........................................................................................................................
Flight attendants.............................................................................................................................................
8,547,980
6,160
166,360
15.70
24.81
22.08
32,660
51,610
45,930
13.66
23.65
21.06
196,420
68,580
29,900
23,970
6,790
88,020
26.42
(²)
(²)
53.02
22.47
(²)
54,950
115,300
73,490
110,280
46,740
41,630
25.34
(²)
(²)
51.94
21.67
(²)
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians...............................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity.....................................................................................................................
Bus drivers, school or special client...............................................................................................................
Driver/sales workers.......................................................................................................................................
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers............................................................................................................
Light truck or delivery services drivers...........................................................................................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs............................................................................................................................
Motor vehicle operators, all other...................................................................................................................
19,440
179,700
467,610
371,670
1,466,740
780,260
161,940
61,230
11.60
17.82
13.78
13.02
18.97
15.45
11.82
15.83
24,130
37,060
28,660
27,070
39,450
32,140
24,580
32,920
11.03
17.08
13.26
10.84
18.16
13.77
10.79
13.58
Locomotive engineers....................................................................................................................................
Locomotive firers............................................................................................................................................
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers......................................................................................
40,750
1,130
5,600
24.46
22.62
18.18
50,870
47,040
37,810
22.42
20.92
17.06
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2010- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Transportation and material moving occupations (Continued)
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators...............................................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters..........................................................................................................
Subway and streetcar operators..................................................................................................................
Rail transportation workers, all other............................................................................................................
22,760
42,700
6,360
3,210
$23.47
25.18
25.69
23.09
$48,820
52,370
53,440
48,030
$22.92
23.93
27.35
22.95
Sailors and marine oilers..............................................................................................................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels................................................................................................
Motorboat operators.....................................................................................................................................
Ship engineers..............................................................................................................................................
31,690
29,280
2,480
9,470
18.28
33.89
19.31
34.09
38,030
70,500
40,170
70,920
17.44
30.86
18.52
31.67
Bridge and lock tenders................................................................................................................................
Parking lot attendants...................................................................................................................................
Automotive and watercraft service attendants..............................................................................................
Traffic technicians.........................................................................................................................................
Transportation inspectors.............................................................................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants......................................................................................
Transportation workers, all other..................................................................................................................
3,250
124,590
86,440
6,730
24,280
25,150
32,760
20.72
10.21
10.20
20.94
30.31
11.21
17.31
43,090
21,250
21,210
43,550
63,050
23,320
36,010
22.08
9.39
9.40
19.77
27.71
10.06
15.83
Conveyor operators and tenders..................................................................................................................
Crane and tower operators...........................................................................................................................
Dredge operators..........................................................................................................................................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators.............................................................................
Loading machine operators, underground mining........................................................................................
Hoist and winch operators............................................................................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................................................................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment............................................................................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand..............................................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers...................................................................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand......................................................................................................................
Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators...................................................................................
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers.................................................................................................
Wellhead pumpers........................................................................................................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors....................................................................................................
Mine shuttle car operators............................................................................................................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders.................................................................................................................
Material moving workers, all other................................................................................................................
36,810
39,510
1,720
49,140
3,050
2,810
518,350
288,110
2,024,180
119,730
676,870
4,040
9,440
12,960
126,360
3,080
10,390
28,040
14.69
24.03
17.59
19.19
22.20
19.76
15.15
10.74
12.36
13.54
10.63
24.48
22.14
20.45
16.50
23.43
21.40
18.02
30,550
49,980
36,580
39,910
46,170
41,110
31,500
22,340
25,710
28,170
22,100
50,920
46,060
42,540
34,310
48,730
44,510
37,480
14.07
22.23
16.20
17.75
22.07
18.11
14.32
9.46
11.28
12.98
9.44
24.32
21.03
19.54
15.69
23.13
20.57
16.35
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.
2
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.
3
4
*
Represents a wage above $80.00 per hour.
Estimates not released.
Occupation titles followed by an asterisk (*) have similar titles, but not necessarily the same content as 2010 SOC occupations.