For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 27, 2012
USDL-12-0548
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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES – MAY 2011
Retail salespersons and cashiers were the occupations with the highest employment in 2011, 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 4.3 and 3.3 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 by area and by industry for wage and salary workers in 22 major
occupational groups and nearly 800 detailed occupations.
Occupations

The 10 largest occupations accounted for more than 20 percent of total employment in May
2011. 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; waiters and waitresses; and customer service representatives. (See chart 1.)

Most of the largest occupations were relatively low paying. Of the 10 largest occupations, only
registered nurses, with an annual mean wage of $69,110, had an average wage above the U.S. alloccupations mean of $21.74 per hour or $45,230 annually. Annual mean wages for the rest of the
10 largest occupations ranged from $18,790 for combined food preparation and serving workers
to $33,120 for customer service representatives. (See chart 2.)

Office and administrative support was the largest occupational group, making up nearly 17
percent of total U.S. 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. Seven of the 10 largest occupations were in one of these three groups.
The smallest occupational groups included legal occupations and life, physical, and social
science occupations, each making up less than 1 percent of total employment. (See chart 3.)

The highest paying occupational groups were management, legal, computer and mathematical,
and architecture and engineering occupations. Most individual occupations in these groups were
also high paying. For example, of the 35 architecture and engineering occupations, only one—
surveying and mapping technicians, with an annual mean wage of $42,050—had an average
wage below the U.S. all-occupations mean. (See table 1.)
Chart 1. Employment for the Largest Occupations in the United States, May 2011
Retail salespersons
Cashiers
Office clerks, general
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)

The lowest paying occupational groups were food preparation and serving related; farming,
fishing, and forestry; personal care and service; and building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations. Annual mean wages for these groups ranged from $21,430 for food
preparation and serving related occupations to $25,560 for building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations. Nearly all of the individual occupations in these groups had belowaverage wages. For example, chefs and head cooks was the only food preparation and serving
related occupation with a mean wage above the U.S. all-occupations mean, and 15 of the 18
occupations in this group had annual mean wages of $25,000 or less. (See table 1.)
Occupational profiles for all occupations are available on the BLS website at
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
Ownership

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
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Chart 2. Annual Mean Wages for the Largest Occupations in the United States, May 2011
Retail salespersons
Cashiers
Office clerks, general
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
U.S. all‐occupations mean
$0
$10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000
Annual mean wage
managers rounded out the largest private sector occupations. Among the 10 largest occupations
overall, over 91 percent of employment was in the private sector, with the share of private sector
employment ranging from 75 percent of janitors and secretaries to nearly 100 percent of retail
salespersons and waiters and waitresses.

Five of the 10 largest occupations in the public sector were education related: elementary,
middle, and secondary school teachers, except special education; teacher assistants; and
teachers and instructors, all other. Seventy percent or more of total employment and over 90
percent of public sector employment in each of these 5 occupations was in local government.
Other large occupations in local government included police and sheriff’s patrol officers,
janitors, general office clerks, and firefighters.

Correctional officers and jailers and general office clerks were the largest occupations in state
government, with employment of nearly 250,000 and 190,000, respectively. Additional large
occupations in state government included registered nurses, graduate teaching assistants,
postsecondary health specialties teachers, and police and sheriff's patrol officers.
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Chart 3. Major occupational groups as a percent of total U.S. employment, May 2011
Management
Business and financial operations
Computer and mathematical
Architecture and engineering
Life, physical, and social science
Community and social service
Legal
Education, training, and library
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
Healthcare practitioners and technical
Healthcare support
Protective service
Food preparation and serving related
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
Personal care and service
Sales and related
Office and administrative support
Farming, fishing, and forestry
Construction and extraction
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Production Transportation and material moving
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Percent of total U.S. employment

Three of the 10 largest occupations in the federal government were specific to the U.S. Postal
Service: postal service mail carriers, with employment of 315,320; postal service mail sorters,
processors, and processing machine operators (139,680); and postal service clerks (64,710).
The largest federal government occupations also included registered nurses, management
analysts, and compliance officers.
OES data by ownership are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.
Industry

Health care and social assistance was the industry sector with the highest employment. Over half
of May 2011 employment in the health care and social assistance sector was in healthcarerelated occupations. Registered nurses was the largest occupation in this sector, with nearly 2.4
million jobs, almost 70 percent of which were in hospitals. Other large healthcare occupations in
this sector were nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; home health aides; licensed practical
and licensed vocational nurses; and medical assistants. Outside of the healthcare occupational
groups, the largest occupations in this sector were personal care aides, childcare workers, and
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three office and administrative support occupations: medical secretaries, receptionists and
information clerks, and general office clerks.

Other large industry sectors included retail trade, educational services, and manufacturing. 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 sales workers.
Education, training, and library occupations made up about 59 percent of employment in the
educational services sector, including 5 of the 10 largest occupations; the largest occupation
outside of the education group was janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners. About half of manufacturing employment was in production occupations, including
team assemblers, with employment of 703,740; first-line supervisors of production and
operating workers (406,820); and machinists (294,620).

Industries with the highest all-occupations mean wages included computer and peripheral
equipment manufacturing, software publishers, oil and gas extraction, and several financial
services industries. These industries tended to have high employment concentrations of
occupations with high wages, and in some cases, above average wages for individual
occupations. For example, the largest occupations in oil and gas extraction included petroleum
engineers, with an annual mean wage of $150,890; geoscientists, except hydrologists and
geographers ($139,390); and accountants and auditors ($75,720); these three occupations also
had higher wages in oil and gas extraction than in all industries combined.

Industries with the lowest all-occupations mean wages included support activities for crop
production and several retail trade and food service industries. In limited-service eating places,
the industry with the lowest overall average wage, 7 of the 10 largest occupations had mean
wages below $20,000 per year. Cashiers, with an annual mean wage of $18,830, made up 65
percent of employment in gasoline stations; other large occupations in this industry included
first-line supervisors of retail sales workers ($34,380); combined food preparation and serving
workers, including fast food ($18,800); and automotive and watercraft service attendants
($20,380).
OES national industry-specific data are available on the BLS website at
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. For example,
California and Texas had the highest employment of surveyors, with employment levels of
4,480 and 4,210, respectively. However, smaller states often had higher-than-average
employment concentrations of particular occupations. For instance, as a share of total
employment, Alaska and Wyoming had more than 3 times as many surveyors as the U.S. as a
whole.
Similarly, large metropolitan areas tended to have the highest number of jobs in many
individual occupations, but smaller metropolitan areas often had high concentrations of
specific occupations. For example, Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis., and Los AngelesLong Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., had the highest employment of team assemblers, although
neither area had a particularly high employment share of this occupation. However, Elkhart-5-

Goshen, Ind., had an employment share of team assemblers nearly 10 times the U.S. average,
and Spartanburg, S.C., and Lafayette, Ind., had employment shares nearly 7 times the average
for this occupation.
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Wages for a given occupation also varied considerably across areas. For example, annual mean
wages for applications software developers ranged from $64,000 in North Dakota and $64,720
in Wyoming to $99,800 in Virginia and $104,450 in California. Wages for this occupation
varied even more by area than by state: among metropolitan areas with at least 100
applications software developers, annual mean wages ranged from $49,530 in Myrtle BeachNorth Myrtle Beach-Conway, S.C., and $56,780 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach,
Fla., to $117,150 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., and $129,480 in the HaverhillNorth Andover-Andover, Mass., NECTA division. OES data, including location quotients, by state and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan area are available
on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm and
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm, respectively.
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Notes on the Occupational Employment Statistics Data
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program 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.
The May 2011 OES estimates are based in part on data collected using the 2010 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system and in part on data collected using the 2000 SOC
system. Nearly all the occupations in this release are 2010 SOC occupations; however, some
are not. In these cases, an estimate for a hybrid OES-specific 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 information on how data collected using two structures were combined, see
the OES Frequently Asked Questions online at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm#Ques41.
The May 2011 OES estimates are the last to be produced using the 2007 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). The May 2012 estimates will be based on the 2012
NAICS.
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Technical Note
Scope of the survey
The industry coding system
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 (SWAs). BLS funds the survey
and provides the procedures and technical support, while
the State Workforce Agencies 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 2011 estimates
are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected
over a 3-year period: May 2011, November 2010, May 2010,
November 2009, May 2009, and November 2008. The overall
national response rate for the six panels is 77.3 percent based
on establishments and 73.3 percent based on employment. The
unweighted employment of sampled establishments across all
six semiannual panels represents approximately 62.2 percent
of total national employment.
The OES survey uses the 2007 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For more information about
NAICS, see the BLS website 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.
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 2011 and
May 2010 OES estimates are 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 website at
www.bls.gov/soc/.
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 parttime 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.
Estimation methodology
The OES survey is designed to produce estimates by
combining six panels of data collected over a 3-year period.
Each OES panel includes approximately 200,000 establishments. The full six-panel sample of nearly 1.2 million establishments allows the production of estimates at detailed levels
of geography, industry, and occupation.
Wage updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors
are obtained by combining six panels of data, particularly for
small geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the current
panel need no adjustment. However, wages in the five previous panels need to be updated to the current panel's reference
period.
The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index
(ECI) to adjust survey data from prior panels before
combining them with the current panel's data. The wage
updating procedure adjusts each detailed occupation's wage
rate, as measured in the earlier panel, according to the average
movement of its broader occupational division.
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 2010 and May
2011 employment) from the BLS Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages to employment totals from the OES
survey.
For more information
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 2011
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
All occupations
Annual¹
Median
hourly
wages
128,278,550
$21.74
$45,230
$16.57
Management occupations
Chief executives.........................................................................................................................................
General and operations managers.............................................................................................................
Legislators..................................................................................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers......................................................................................................
Marketing managers..................................................................................................................................
Sales managers.........................................................................................................................................
Public relations and fundraising managers................................................................................................
6,183,820
267,370
1,805,030
62,180
30,710
168,410
328,230
53,200
51.64
84.88
55.04
(²)
49.69
60.67
56.18
50.81
107,410
176,550
114,490
38,860
103,350
126,190
116,860
105,690
44.65
80.25
45.74
(²)
42.14
55.78
48.87
44.86
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........................................................................................................
249,600
300,830
477,690
151,850
66,990
92,150
24,580
81,750
27,150
41.69
60.41
57.91
46.33
49.57
42.23
48.62
52.21
47.73
86,720
125,660
120,450
96,370
103,110
87,830
101,130
108,600
99,280
38.24
56.74
51.52
42.40
46.70
38.87
44.37
47.66
44.10
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....................................................................................................................................
3,340
195,000
49,320
222,810
113,620
28,090
184,530
183,940
3,570
29,870
287,560
47,510
24,410
152,380
115,550
11,050
343,560
33.66
45.14
24.66
(²)
46.72
39.46
62.19
25.30
35.95
26.49
46.17
61.65
29.85
30.36
30.43
30.22
50.44
70,010
93,900
51,290
90,200
97,170
82,070
129,350
52,620
74,780
55,100
96,030
128,230
62,080
63,150
63,290
62,850
104,910
31.09
40.50
21.07
(²)
40.52
36.89
58.75
23.13
32.32
22.81
41.54
55.18
30.25
25.24
28.20
27.53
47.85
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*.................................................................................................
6,178,070
11,950
10,180
105,610
274,540
263,810
10,950
210,510
187,730
960
436,090
112,310
538,950
64,020
94,710
205,680
318,190
967,250
33.05
44.35
29.08
27.31
29.46
29.38
28.41
30.66
30.13
17.17
28.31
35.99
42.30
23.96
29.34
28.14
32.27
33.21
68,740
92,250
60,500
56,810
61,280
61,110
59,080
63,760
62,670
35,720
58,890
74,860
87,980
49,840
61,030
58,540
67,130
69,070
29.67
31.15
26.86
24.27
27.68
28.52
27.42
29.20
28.10
14.02
26.11
34.57
37.74
22.13
27.86
26.51
28.97
30.78
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....................................................................................................................
1,085,150
60,930
57,110
59,140
226,340
161,790
92,840
28,050
29,400
284,530
67,970
59,180
152,200
33.72
26.18
34.35
33.48
42.18
43.70
32.46
40.20
20.16
32.67
26.67
18.95
31.59
70,130
54,460
71,450
69,640
87,740
90,900
67,520
83,620
41,940
67,960
55,480
39,410
65,700
30.22
23.49
33.22
29.20
36.37
32.01
29.25
36.18
18.48
27.90
24.10
15.54
28.76
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*........................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
3,406,720
25,160
487,740
320,100
539,880
387,050
108,500
341,800
37.85
49.59
39.58
36.54
44.27
48.28
37.19
35.71
78,730
103,160
82,320
76,010
92,080
100,420
77,350
74,270
36.10
48.59
37.87
34.92
42.92
46.44
36.15
34.12
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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*...............................................................................................................
632,490
272,670
177,630
$24.91
39.27
38.70
$51,820
81,670
80,500
$22.91
37.49
38.43
Actuaries....................................................................................................................................................
Mathematicians..........................................................................................................................................
Operations research analysts....................................................................................................................
Statisticians................................................................................................................................................
Mathematical technicians...........................................................................................................................
Mathematical science occupations, all other.............................................................................................
19,590
2,980
65,030
23,770
1,060
1,260
49.52
48.71
37.90
37.16
24.47
30.37
103,000
101,320
78,840
77,280
50,910
63,170
43.78
48.58
34.59
35.52
22.32
26.95
Architecture and engineering occupations
Architects, except landscape and naval.....................................................................................................
Landscape architects.................................................................................................................................
Cartographers and photogrammetrists......................................................................................................
Surveyors...................................................................................................................................................
2,310,830
83,590
15,760
11,240
42,020
37.08
38.13
31.98
28.90
28.24
77,120
79,300
66,520
60,110
58,740
34.65
35.26
30.40
26.91
26.73
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....................................................................................................................................
79,400
2,650
16,590
27,860
254,130
71,990
154,250
136,310
50,350
23,170
211,490
5,470
22,160
238,260
6,630
18,430
30,880
125,590
49.94
37.69
42.48
47.81
39.76
48.73
42.88
45.51
40.07
37.76
38.39
44.10
41.73
40.17
43.30
50.56
66.82
44.36
103,870
78,400
88,360
99,440
82,710
101,360
89,200
94,670
83,340
78,540
79,840
91,730
86,790
83,550
90,070
105,160
138,980
92,260
49.24
35.88
40.71
44.68
37.49
47.41
41.31
43.99
38.01
36.28
37.13
40.80
40.65
38.09
40.53
49.01
58.79
43.55
Architectural and civil drafters....................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters..............................................................................................................
Mechanical drafters....................................................................................................................................
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..........................................................................................................
85,740
28,010
64,090
16,070
9,290
71,890
150,020
16,620
19,490
63,030
44,760
65,030
48,590
24.11
27.52
25.07
23.25
29.93
23.31
27.52
25.42
23.51
24.93
25.39
28.80
20.22
50,160
57,240
52,150
48,370
62,260
48,480
57,240
52,870
48,910
51,850
52,810
59,900
42,050
22.72
26.19
23.65
21.92
29.55
22.55
27.36
24.63
21.56
23.60
24.69
28.21
18.92
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...............................................................................................................................
1,082,370
2,190
12,040
11,860
25,160
17,660
18,380
31,550
18,910
9,000
4,610
95,220
10,020
32.44
35.66
30.85
30.72
42.13
34.48
29.75
35.12
29.95
26.99
33.49
42.13
35.68
67,470
74,170
64,170
63,890
87,640
71,720
61,880
73,050
62,290
56,130
69,660
87,640
74,220
28.52
29.44
28.05
28.34
38.09
31.36
27.60
34.03
28.62
26.53
30.87
36.60
30.95
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.......................................................................................................................
2,080
16,220
9,640
80,040
7,900
83,090
32,490
6,960
25,790
48.86
53.89
43.68
35.95
41.64
33.08
46.97
38.01
46.29
101,630
112,090
90,860
74,780
86,600
68,810
97,700
79,070
96,290
45.91
51.14
43.17
33.54
40.67
30.25
40.61
36.39
45.67
Economists................................................................................................................................................
Survey researchers....................................................................................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists..........................................................................................
Industrial-organizational psychologists......................................................................................................
Psychologists, all other..............................................................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14,270
17,060
100,850
1,230
10,580
48.20
22.95
35.14
59.69
41.27
100,270
47,740
73,090
124,160
85,830
43.54
19.30
32.64
45.54
43.27
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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..........................................................................................
2,830
38,320
5,370
1,430
3,190
5,340
31,520
$38.20
32.38
28.39
35.66
27.70
50.50
37.82
$79,460
67,350
59,040
74,170
57,610
105,040
78,670
$35.42
30.82
26.95
35.94
25.18
49.93
36.14
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.............................................................................
17,150
72,140
59,650
14,680
7,370
26,200
30,320
12,560
30,620
58,890
17.38
20.33
21.42
27.81
32.46
20.39
21.76
26.76
18.01
22.00
36,150
42,290
44,560
57,840
67,520
42,410
45,270
55,660
37,460
45,770
16.13
18.98
20.23
23.89
32.71
18.66
20.32
25.09
16.78
20.73
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........................................................................................................................
1,890,410
76,600
244,560
33,990
114,180
110,690
27,140
276,510
133,890
115,390
63,110
56,610
88,520
359,860
121,580
42,560
17,560
7,660
21.07
19.73
27.18
23.42
20.48
17.82
21.56
21.35
24.28
20.50
26.07
25.07
25.05
14.77
19.83
23.31
20.04
15.19
43,830
41,030
56,540
48,710
42,590
37,070
44,850
44,410
50,500
42,650
54,220
52,150
52,110
30,710
41,250
48,490
41,690
31,600
19.17
18.54
26.02
22.23
18.84
16.22
20.21
19.56
23.37
18.86
25.91
23.05
23.00
13.82
18.19
21.22
17.54
12.57
Legal occupations
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.................................................................................................................
1,002,330
570,950
18,300
14,460
6,880
26,570
252,250
18,440
49,760
44,720
47.30
62.74
22.44
42.47
36.32
53.34
24.02
25.82
21.56
28.88
98,380
130,490
46,670
88,340
75,550
110,940
49,960
53,710
44,850
60,070
36.28
54.48
20.41
40.96
29.06
57.75
22.47
23.33
19.60
25.19
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...............................................................................................................
8,409,060
82,090
33,510
53,650
7,060
33,660
10,170
50,090
2,520
10,660
20,830
4,990
13,630
24.46
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
50,870
86,620
80,460
74,460
79,600
97,260
83,480
86,060
82,640
91,350
80,450
84,140
86,730
22.14
(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...................................................................................................
5,790
9,250
13,300
4,280
17,260
37,540
17,250
9,230
153,430
55,930
63,330
4,410
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
81,860
79,840
94,450
72,300
80,980
74,890
73,320
82,750
99,210
67,810
65,050
69,870
(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........................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14,630
14,980
9,970
90,030
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
65,690
108,760
71,030
72,660
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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..............................................................................................................
29,610
72,700
29,010
23,470
21,930
110,130
5,490
18,660
125,160
182,130
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
25.71
(²)
$67,560
68,760
66,720
72,200
71,620
33,180
68,080
63,820
53,480
74,360
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
23.46
(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*...........................................................................................................
349,430
164,910
1,415,590
642,820
16,870
1,004,850
88,210
220,220
100,590
132,960
67,770
169,200
827,800
14.50
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
24.69
19.75
(²)
30,150
52,350
55,270
55,780
56,100
56,760
56,330
56,460
58,420
59,080
51,350
41,070
37,260
12.80
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
22.77
17.36
(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......................................................................................
5,460
10,340
10,470
145,710
106,560
8,800
10,500
130,230
1,214,090
103,960
24.11
25.74
20.41
27.41
15.42
22.59
22.84
29.67
(²)
19.73
50,140
53,540
42,450
57,020
32,070
46,990
47,510
61,720
25,270
41,040
22.48
23.46
18.27
26.59
14.63
21.43
21.84
28.50
(²)
17.29
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Art directors................................................................................................................................................
Craft artists.................................................................................................................................................
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....................................................................................................................................
1,725,670
30,680
4,810
11,830
28,400
7,250
28,710
16,010
47,180
191,550
40,950
67,290
8,510
8,070
25.89
45.92
15.51
25.67
32.72
29.58
30.56
35.54
12.19
23.41
25.39
13.70
26.39
24.83
53,850
95,500
32,270
53,400
68,060
61,520
63,570
73,930
25,350
48,690
52,810
28,500
54,890
51,640
20.98
39.07
12.82
21.44
29.25
27.91
29.21
31.10
11.34
21.16
22.90
12.59
23.31
21.92
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...........................................................
60,830
82,880
12,630
193,810
15,630
11,240
10,870
25,290
42,530
17,920
33.82
44.34
(²)
(²)
(²)
19.53
21.23
25.84
31.74
23.34
(²)
92,220
79,830
36,340
29,640
(²)
44,160
53,760
(²)
(²)
19.14
33.97
(²)
(²)
(²)
15.06
19.04
22.80
22.99
15.23
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.............................................................................................
31,680
7,770
5,200
45,270
212,510
98,990
45,120
40,930
47,950
23,610
19.47
19.17
36.71
20.98
29.04
29.08
32.35
32.72
24.33
25.34
40,510
39,870
76,370
43,640
60,400
60,490
67,280
68,060
50,610
52,700
13.12
12.50
26.79
16.76
25.57
25.18
31.06
26.86
21.23
20.95
Audio and video equipment technicians....................................................................................................
Broadcast technicians................................................................................................................................
Radio operators..........................................................................................................................................
Sound engineering technicians..................................................................................................................
Photographers............................................................................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture...........................................................................
Film and video editors................................................................................................................................
49,180
30,360
1,220
14,930
54,410
16,270
20,730
22.12
20.41
21.73
26.98
17.59
23.77
32.06
46,010
42,450
45,190
56,110
36,580
49,430
66,690
20.01
17.58
21.54
22.48
13.88
19.31
25.45
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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...........................................................................
14,690
$33.45
$69,570
$33.25
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
Chiropractors..............................................................................................................................................
Dentists, general........................................................................................................................................
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.................................................................................................................
Orthodontists..............................................................................................................................................
Prosthodontists..........................................................................................................................................
Dentists, all other specialists......................................................................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists..........................................................................................................................
Optometrists...............................................................................................................................................
Pharmacists...............................................................................................................................................
7,514,980
27,510
90,950
5,800
5,040
560
4,850
56,130
27,950
272,320
34.97
37.88
77.76
104.51
98.40
62.89
80.77
26.66
51.79
53.92
72,730
78,780
161,750
217,380
204,670
130,820
168,000
55,460
107,720
112,160
28.64
31.76
68.62
(³)
(³)
52.55
78.01
26.19
45.53
54.51
Anesthesiologists.......................................................................................................................................
Family and general practitioners................................................................................................................
Internists, general.......................................................................................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists................................................................................................................
Pediatricians, general.................................................................................................................................
Psychiatrists...............................................................................................................................................
Surgeons....................................................................................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons, all other............................................................................................................
33,310
101,800
46,740
20,540
29,640
23,140
42,340
305,590
112.96
85.26
90.97
105.10
81.08
83.73
111.32
88.78
234,950
177,330
189,210
218,610
168,650
174,170
231,550
184,650
(³)
80.29
88.06
(³)
76.04
81.90
(³)
(³)
Physician assistants...................................................................................................................................
Podiatrists..................................................................................................................................................
Registered nurses*.....................................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists..............................................................................................................................
83,540
9,210
2,724,570
103,570
43.01
64.36
33.23
36.05
89,470
133,870
69,110
74,970
42.62
57.33
31.71
35.49
Physical therapists.....................................................................................................................................
Radiation therapists...................................................................................................................................
Recreational therapists..............................................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists................................................................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists...................................................................................................................
Therapists, all other*..................................................................................................................................
185,440
18,380
19,650
113,980
117,210
15,720
38.38
38.14
20.65
27.05
34.61
25.43
79,830
79,340
42,940
56,260
72,000
52,890
37.63
36.84
19.74
26.56
33.22
23.61
Veterinarians..............................................................................................................................................
Audiologists................................................................................................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other...............................................................................
55,410
12,490
32,300
43.87
34.13
40.24
91,250
71,000
83,710
39.86
32.88
33.98
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......................................................................................
165,220
156,860
184,110
50,410
54,760
21,200
220,540
229,340
27.94
18.73
33.54
25.08
31.63
33.64
27.29
16.36
58,120
38,960
69,760
52,160
65,800
69,960
56,760
34,030
27.41
17.76
33.31
24.53
31.35
33.39
26.50
14.77
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*.........................................................................
23,490
343,550
69,840
13,940
94,490
78,800
729,140
180,280
60,680
6,860
103,120
57,950
11,090
18,240
55,450
14.04
14.43
15.08
22.76
20.41
15.18
20.21
17.27
16.70
34.13
20.11
32.37
23.19
(²)
25.64
29,200
30,020
31,370
47,330
42,460
31,570
42,040
35,920
34,750
71,000
41,830
67,340
48,240
44,640
53,330
12.85
13.91
13.69
22.28
19.69
14.49
19.79
16.01
15.91
31.37
18.31
31.86
22.13
(²)
21.61
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*.......................................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
3,954,070
924,650
1,466,700
71,570
29,130
7,090
67,550
47,640
63,810
296,810
539,220
49,560
76,570
45,130
72,530
196,100
13.16
10.49
12.22
13.11
25.07
15.28
24.57
12.11
19.19
16.70
14.51
14.99
16.37
11.23
11.75
15.50
27,370
21,820
25,420
27,270
52,150
31,770
51,110
25,190
39,920
34,740
30,170
31,180
34,050
23,350
24,430
32,240
12.08
9.91
11.63
12.10
25.02
13.56
24.54
11.39
17.23
16.42
13.99
14.45
16.10
10.56
10.98
14.80
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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....................................................................
3,202,500
40,980
102,040
58,210
55,910
$20.54
28.26
39.06
34.62
23.37
$42,730
58,780
81,250
72,020
48,620
$17.66
26.46
37.45
33.42
22.32
Firefighters.................................................................................................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators...............................................................................................................
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists.......................................................................................
304,080
12,560
1,530
22.94
27.45
18.99
47,720
57,100
39,500
21.84
25.64
16.19
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..........................................................................................................................
16,730
448,740
111,930
7,180
9,310
636,410
3,890
19.79
20.82
36.41
26.77
17.35
27.05
28.16
41,160
43,300
75,720
55,670
36,090
56,260
58,560
18.72
18.75
34.51
24.07
16.99
26.07
27.11
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 *........................................................................................................
14,960
26,080
7,580
1,032,940
68,520
123,140
45,320
74,470
16.54
23.37
15.97
13.00
12.44
10.02
17.98
16.69
34,390
48,610
33,210
27,040
25,880
20,850
37,400
34,720
15.61
21.01
14.62
11.49
11.27
9.09
17.74
15.05
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..........................................................................................................................
11,218,710
90,300
787,540
502,450
396,970
370
947,060
168,320
20,700
775,140
10.30
22.40
15.39
9.00
11.65
14.94
11.25
10.23
11.99
10.07
21,430
46,600
32,020
18,720
24,230
31,080
23,410
21,280
24,930
20,950
9.09
20.36
14.21
8.80
10.92
13.52
10.61
9.51
10.96
9.27
Bartenders..................................................................................................................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food.......................................................
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............................................................................
512,230
2,799,430
441,830
2,289,010
221,000
391,290
504,280
329,070
41,730
10.36
9.03
9.35
10.05
10.52
9.40
9.06
9.45
10.94
21,550
18,790
19,450
20,890
21,890
19,540
18,840
19,660
22,750
9.06
8.76
8.90
8.93
9.40
8.86
8.83
8.92
9.50
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...................................................................................................
4,191,750
171,960
100,460
2,068,460
877,980
12,370
62,270
821,750
23,540
38,530
14,430
12.29
18.16
21.71
11.94
10.31
13.89
15.65
12.33
15.24
15.85
14.07
25,560
37,760
45,160
24,840
21,440
28,890
32,550
25,650
31,690
32,970
29,270
10.87
16.94
20.22
10.75
9.32
13.14
14.53
11.26
14.42
15.06
12.07
Personal care and service occupations
Gaming supervisors...................................................................................................................................
Slot supervisors..........................................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors of personal service workers.....................................................................................
Animal trainers...........................................................................................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers........................................................................................................................
3,619,250
23,080
8,570
136,520
10,530
144,240
11.84
23.82
15.18
18.50
14.67
10.58
24,620
49,540
31,580
38,480
30,510
22,000
9.96
23.47
14.03
16.94
12.49
9.38
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...........................................................................
88,370
12,800
10,270
8,890
105,560
253,110
5,460
18,410
22,500
10.54
11.65
12.24
10.67
9.69
9.60
19.52
10.35
11.51
21,930
24,240
25,450
22,200
20,160
19,960
40,600
21,520
23,940
8.87
10.25
10.61
9.78
8.95
8.97
15.77
9.26
10.17
Embalmers.................................................................................................................................................
Funeral attendants.....................................................................................................................................
Funeral service managers, directors, morticians, and undertakers...........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
6,360
30,940
29,760
21.66
11.83
29.55
45,060
24,600
61,460
21.06
10.94
25.38
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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...................................................................................................................................
10,430
357,030
2,040
56,270
13,240
31,450
$13.49
12.72
30.63
10.46
9.20
15.42
$28,050
26,460
63,710
21,760
19,130
32,080
$11.63
10.85
25.52
9.35
8.86
14.03
Baggage porters and bellhops...................................................................................................................
Concierges.................................................................................................................................................
Tour guides and escorts.............................................................................................................................
Travel guides..............................................................................................................................................
44,130
22,650
30,730
4,110
11.49
13.96
12.82
15.91
23,910
29,030
26,660
33,090
10.04
13.15
11.36
14.74
Childcare workers......................................................................................................................................
Personal care aides...................................................................................................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors...................................................................................................
Recreation workers....................................................................................................................................
Residential advisors...................................................................................................................................
Personal care and service workers, all other.............................................................................................
631,240
820,600
231,500
301,840
76,450
70,170
10.25
9.88
17.38
12.18
12.72
11.10
21,320
20,560
36,150
25,330
26,460
23,100
9.34
9.49
14.92
10.64
11.80
9.84
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............................................................................................
13,646,450
1,197,390
235,630
3,314,870
20,970
18.04
19.53
39.62
9.73
12.29
37,520
40,630
82,400
20,230
25,560
11.94
17.54
33.91
9.05
11.75
Counter and rental clerks...........................................................................................................................
Parts salespersons.....................................................................................................................................
Retail salespersons....................................................................................................................................
420,070
208,800
4,270,550
12.75
15.38
12.08
26,520
32,000
25,130
10.93
14.11
10.10
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........................................................................................................................
144,760
321,780
307,020
67,490
596,480
26.65
30.28
47.50
17.18
29.01
55,430
62,970
98,810
35,740
60,340
21.76
22.81
34.64
16.31
24.34
375,500
41.23
85,750
35.94
1,390,480
30.54
63,520
25.74
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*.........................................................................................................
72,620
2,760
38,200
158,340
65,580
258,060
6,910
172,170
13.66
13.38
40.31
24.60
46.79
12.46
13.27
19.19
28,410
27,830
83,830
51,170
97,320
25,920
27,600
39,920
11.43
8.97
28.53
18.79
42.95
10.83
10.66
15.58
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.......................................................................................
21,384,330
1,364,720
132,680
14,890
2,580
16.40
25.16
12.84
16.48
19.62
34,120
52,330
26,710
34,270
40,800
15.02
23.47
12.18
15.74
18.57
Bill and account collectors.........................................................................................................................
Billing and posting clerks...........................................................................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks...........................................................................................
Gaming cage workers................................................................................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks..................................................................................................................
Procurement clerks....................................................................................................................................
Tellers........................................................................................................................................................
390,800
485,820
1,643,470
15,690
176,320
70,540
544,150
16.24
16.31
17.37
12.82
18.31
18.24
12.27
33,770
33,920
36,120
26,670
38,080
37,940
25,510
15.35
15.81
16.70
12.30
17.87
18.10
11.82
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...........................................................................................................
60,720
8,680
121,290
51,240
2,212,820
120,610
165,250
224,430
21.06
17.04
17.50
17.21
15.92
19.95
13.20
10.46
43,800
35,450
36,390
35,790
33,120
41,490
27,460
21,760
20.08
16.51
16.49
16.13
14.72
19.74
12.32
9.68
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.........................................................................................................
200,150
109,440
186,240
60,830
215,390
145,780
973,800
14.91
12.30
17.21
15.56
14.76
18.43
12.85
31,010
25,570
35,810
32,360
30,690
38,330
26,730
14.21
11.27
16.74
14.92
13.91
17.91
12.35
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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......................................................................................................
126,790
192,910
$16.19
18.35
$33,670
38,180
$16.01
18.16
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................................................................
80,570
83,250
97,100
182,310
40,630
65,040
315,330
139,700
272,910
687,940
1,782,800
68,090
19.56
12.79
18.01
18.23
18.17
25.41
24.71
23.26
21.59
14.65
11.66
14.07
40,680
26,600
37,460
37,910
37,800
52,860
51,390
48,380
44,900
30,480
24,250
29,270
18.37
11.90
17.27
16.92
17.02
25.53
26.52
25.52
20.72
13.84
10.52
13.17
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants.................................................................
Legal secretaries........................................................................................................................................
Medical secretaries....................................................................................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive......................................
952,030
220,680
502,850
1,955,570
23.13
21.30
15.59
15.87
48,120
44,310
32,430
33,020
21.91
20.41
14.93
15.32
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*.................................................................................
77,280
211,200
96,330
18,620
218,630
115,010
2,828,140
66,280
11,270
14,780
261,990
18.89
13.95
16.94
18.77
17.72
13.47
13.90
14.03
16.47
19.49
16.07
39,280
29,010
35,240
39,030
36,850
28,010
28,920
29,190
34,260
40,540
33,420
18.26
13.32
16.47
17.69
16.93
12.79
13.07
13.26
15.35
18.54
14.96
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..........................................................................................................................
409,590
18,920
13,780
1,460
40,970
22,680
233,280
29,790
6,710
640
8,250
5,020
22,470
2,810
2,760
11.68
21.97
20.25
18.11
9.95
12.90
9.62
11.60
13.91
14.53
13.07
20.49
16.40
16.11
16.23
24,300
45,690
42,120
37,670
20,690
26,830
20,020
24,130
28,940
30,220
27,180
42,620
34,110
33,500
33,760
9.36
20.48
19.90
16.79
9.17
12.13
8.99
10.62
12.16
12.98
11.20
17.77
16.03
15.60
16.28
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........................................................................................................................................................
4,956,770
459,830
18,850
62,560
11,950
578,910
24,670
9,660
4,970
28,630
135,330
3,500
779,370
54,120
3,830
335,410
75,520
15,340
21.46
30.25
27.23
24.40
18.96
21.31
19.55
18.67
16.82
19.65
18.93
20.99
16.43
18.99
25.07
21.98
20.01
23.51
44,630
62,910
56,650
50,760
39,430
44,330
40,650
38,830
34,990
40,860
39,370
43,660
34,170
39,500
52,140
45,720
41,620
48,900
19.15
28.44
27.36
22.50
17.62
19.24
17.67
17.00
16.04
17.83
17.11
19.83
14.30
16.96
21.88
19.96
17.78
21.59
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.......................................................................................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
512,290
41,960
24,170
28,600
184,820
4,230
43,570
349,320
22,810
15,730
95,840
25.44
20.01
17.71
20.78
18.67
20.10
18.98
24.92
20.07
21.83
18.54
52,910
41,620
36,840
43,220
38,830
41,810
39,470
51,830
41,750
45,400
38,570
23.71
17.96
15.59
18.27
17.04
18.16
17.26
22.96
17.71
18.27
16.96
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median
hourly
wages
Construction and extraction occupations (Continued)
Sheet metal workers..................................................................................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers................................................................................................................
130,670
56,920
$22.37
24.11
$46,530
50,160
$20.55
21.97
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........................................................................................................
26,750
40,160
65,300
10,980
51,420
12,540
19,020
14.65
13.20
13.84
12.25
13.66
11.99
13.14
30,470
27,470
28,780
25,490
28,420
24,930
27,340
13.38
12.69
13.28
11.30
12.99
11.18
12.17
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*..............................................................................................
89,620
20,440
21,000
36,270
143,760
15,590
24,940
1,330
39,160
26.43
35.37
15.31
20.07
17.47
21.78
17.13
16.27
18.39
54,970
73,560
31,850
41,750
36,340
45,300
35,630
33,850
38,250
25.57
36.09
14.22
18.33
16.93
21.64
16.22
15.55
16.92
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.......................................................................................................................
19,480
21,650
46,880
17,020
5,210
12,280
5,850
2,980
3,600
6,060
51,540
23,970
8,590
22.66
28.15
21.48
20.62
22.62
23.88
22.58
22.01
16.31
25.52
16.67
17.36
19.47
47,120
58,540
44,670
42,900
47,040
49,680
46,960
45,790
33,920
53,090
34,680
36,110
40,500
21.74
24.67
19.59
19.33
21.81
24.33
23.60
21.94
15.63
25.54
15.86
15.80
19.25
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers....................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers........................................................................
Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairs......................................................................
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..................................................................................................
4,988,980
418,530
111,690
12,920
199,240
17,070
18,710
14,410
67,220
23,850
13,610
27,580
56,330
20.86
29.90
18.44
21.27
25.42
26.15
18.30
25.04
25.20
31.71
15.81
17.48
20.24
43,390
62,190
38,360
44,250
52,870
54,390
38,050
52,080
52,420
65,950
32,890
36,360
42,110
19.52
28.77
17.48
20.27
25.94
26.31
17.26
23.95
25.16
32.43
14.52
16.57
19.01
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.......................................................................................................................
117,320
131,040
13,690
589,750
222,940
32,100
109,810
19,480
16,770
15,010
26,610
9,950
10,110
94,740
26.20
19.99
16.52
18.54
20.63
16.92
22.48
22.50
17.87
16.44
15.06
11.76
17.26
12.19
54,500
41,570
34,360
38,560
42,910
35,190
46,770
46,800
37,170
34,190
31,330
24,460
35,900
25,350
26.25
18.36
16.21
17.39
20.02
16.46
21.92
22.95
17.08
15.58
14.52
11.16
16.35
11.27
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..................................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
14,620
42,450
231,160
34,770
292,470
77,980
37,730
2,040
105,570
148,930
2,650
34,710
6,850
2,480
12,230
1,225,450
18.71
24.40
21.89
17.97
23.09
19.77
24.35
21.57
28.58
24.68
20.07
22.60
16.27
19.51
24.99
17.75
38,920
50,740
45,540
37,370
48,030
41,110
50,650
44,860
59,450
51,330
41,750
47,010
33,850
40,590
51,970
36,930
17.62
23.85
20.86
17.04
22.25
18.98
23.69
20.53
28.94
24.87
17.86
21.57
14.95
18.82
24.87
16.84
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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*...........................................................................
36,940
3,760
760
16,200
4,320
13,750
8,300
122,820
119,580
$15.58
28.19
14.22
18.50
14.59
21.39
26.06
12.78
19.07
$32,400
58,640
29,580
38,490
30,350
44,480
54,210
26,580
39,670
$14.82
25.26
13.45
17.63
13.70
20.68
26.25
11.57
17.65
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.........................................................................................................
8,365,980
559,350
36,570
13,670
187,920
50,320
36,670
76,050
19,070
952,300
1,000
265,260
16.45
27.35
23.23
14.98
15.04
15.77
18.86
17.63
14.16
14.30
15.20
14.16
34,220
56,890
48,310
31,150
31,290
32,800
39,230
36,670
29,440
29,740
31,620
29,450
14.74
25.80
22.22
14.15
13.96
15.26
17.51
16.91
13.72
13.22
14.36
12.56
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...........................................................................................
149,910
130,720
164,650
80,110
18,890
100,210
31,020
12.10
14.43
11.44
11.63
14.01
13.26
12.89
25,160
30,000
23,800
24,190
29,140
27,580
26,820
11.18
13.68
10.92
11.30
13.26
12.23
11.79
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.................................................................................................................................
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................
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...................................
128,870
20,370
75,170
21,790
35,180
17.56
23.30
16.40
16.77
18.16
36,520
48,460
34,120
34,890
37,780
16.93
22.06
15.53
16.54
17.75
181,160
21,560
14.97
17.02
31,140
35,410
14.29
16.11
70,450
39,930
15.79
17.89
32,840
37,210
15.04
17.34
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..................................................
21,700
368,510
18,050
11,070
5,780
4,290
11,680
18.03
19.48
19.27
17.08
22.34
19.94
15.28
37,510
40,520
40,070
35,520
46,460
41,470
31,790
17.37
18.86
18.60
16.41
21.56
19.21
14.81
118,300
77,290
14.61
16.61
30,380
34,550
13.69
15.97
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..............................................................................................
70,320
316,290
40,350
20,770
9,600
31,150
11,860
21,720
23.16
18.23
17.36
16.89
19.23
15.36
17.15
16.79
48,170
37,920
36,120
35,130
39,990
31,960
35,670
34,910
22.43
17.27
16.72
16.15
19.17
14.25
16.62
15.16
Prepress technicians and workers.............................................................................................................
Printing press operators.............................................................................................................................
Print binding and finishing workers............................................................................................................
43,430
179,220
53,980
18.69
17.19
14.98
38,870
35,760
31,150
17.82
16.49
14.15
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.................................
See footnotes at end of table.
201,180
52,790
142,860
5,360
3,510
5,460
25,530
11,870
15,980
21,160
27,400
10.28
9.87
11.10
12.35
12.75
12.30
13.85
12.01
12.20
12.86
12.72
21,380
20,530
23,080
25,680
26,520
25,590
28,800
24,980
25,380
26,760
26,460
9.46
9.35
10.15
11.26
12.18
11.32
12.60
11.22
11.39
12.55
12.66
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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....................................................................................
16,050
6,410
28,260
13,980
$15.43
21.47
15.21
13.87
$32,100
44,650
31,640
28,850
$15.27
19.14
14.31
12.05
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..............................................................................................................................
81,260
14,850
1,370
820
37,620
58,730
7,600
15.49
14.29
16.79
19.54
13.19
13.54
13.84
32,220
29,720
34,930
40,630
27,440
28,160
28,790
14.68
13.63
13.82
18.69
12.60
13.02
12.05
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.........................................................................................................
6,240
11,600
39,980
34,580
109,190
40,580
11,750
41,570
11,740
37.28
34.79
30.97
25.87
20.93
26.40
28.78
28.99
25.46
77,550
72,360
64,420
53,800
43,530
54,920
59,870
60,290
52,960
36.82
33.99
31.38
25.52
20.09
26.90
28.63
29.45
25.58
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.............................................................................................................
49,020
22.33
46,440
21.90
39,660
31,540
27,630
118,700
14,670
59,430
66,330
18,940
434,170
21,640
37,600
13,390
27,630
18.70
16.21
13.80
16.80
12.75
15.27
15.85
17.63
17.64
18.37
18.54
18.12
14.38
38,910
33,720
28,710
34,930
26,510
31,760
32,960
36,680
36,690
38,200
38,550
37,680
29,920
18.14
15.57
13.18
16.15
11.83
14.82
14.99
16.96
16.36
16.36
17.11
17.13
13.82
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..........................................................
354,810
77,090
44,730
19,370
22,070
50,570
13.44
15.10
20.69
13.21
16.45
12.39
27,950
31,410
43,040
27,480
34,220
25,770
12.32
14.43
19.04
12.34
15.64
10.99
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*....................................................................................................................
16,040
16,430
8,080
8,260
30,600
93,290
16,690
420,910
235,910
14.90
13.67
14.93
14.48
14.70
16.89
18.92
11.72
14.74
30,990
28,420
31,060
30,120
30,570
35,140
39,360
24,370
30,670
14.22
12.67
14.04
13.71
13.92
16.48
19.59
10.83
13.19
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.........................................................................................................................................
8,635,940
6,710
166,560
15.96
24.28
22.52
33,200
50,500
46,840
13.83
22.52
21.43
198,690
68,350
31,630
23,580
6,060
87,190
26.54
(²)
(²)
55.03
23.90
(²)
55,210
118,070
76,050
114,460
49,710
41,720
25.45
(²)
(²)
54.59
22.68
(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...............................................................................................................
18,080
176,190
477,400
387,950
1,508,620
771,210
166,890
61,600
11.68
18.00
14.05
13.22
19.15
15.92
12.03
15.15
24,300
37,440
29,220
27,490
39,830
33,120
25,020
31,510
10.97
17.17
13.51
10.95
18.24
13.98
10.94
13.07
Locomotive engineers................................................................................................................................
Locomotive firers........................................................................................................................................
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers..................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
38,790
1,670
5,060
25.45
23.47
20.93
52,940
48,820
43,540
23.74
21.50
19.71
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2011- 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..........................................................................................................
23,830
44,280
5,920
2,400
$23.61
27.03
28.56
22.52
$49,110
56,230
59,400
46,840
$24.24
25.90
30.68
23.56
Sailors and marine oilers...........................................................................................................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels.............................................................................................
Motorboat operators...................................................................................................................................
Ship engineers...........................................................................................................................................
31,280
30,220
2,550
10,010
18.59
34.50
18.81
35.84
38,670
71,760
39,130
74,540
17.69
30.73
17.60
34.06
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................................................................................................................
3,420
126,160
102,090
6,280
24,810
27,040
30,180
20.90
10.38
10.33
21.54
31.62
11.64
17.42
43,460
21,600
21,480
44,810
65,770
24,210
36,230
22.09
9.53
9.58
20.34
29.92
10.41
16.38
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.............................................................................................................
37,200
41,070
1,590
47,530
2,290
3,320
503,290
290,780
2,063,580
110,950
666,860
3,870
12,150
13,190
123,160
3,080
10,960
28,370
14.90
24.06
18.32
19.48
22.44
22.40
15.31
10.87
12.62
13.67
10.81
25.52
22.31
20.23
16.55
24.50
20.84
18.76
30,990
50,040
38,100
40,520
46,680
46,590
31,840
22,600
26,240
28,430
22,480
53,080
46,400
42,070
34,420
50,970
43,350
39,020
14.09
22.34
16.12
17.97
21.91
19.98
14.43
9.54
11.42
12.99
9.55
25.21
21.09
19.87
15.52
24.43
19.16
16.90
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
Represents a wage above $90.00 per hour.
Estimates not released.
* Occupation titles followed by an asterisk (*) have similar titles, but not necessarily the same content as 2010 SOC occupations.
4