Table 7.  National employment and wages for the 10 largest occupations in the employment services industry, May 2009

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                          Occupation                          |            | Percent of |------------------|  Mean  
                                                              | Employment |  industry  |        |         | hourly 
                                                              |            |  employment| Hourly |  Annual |  Wage  
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    Employment services (NAICS 561300):                       |            |            |        |         |        
                                                              |            |            |        |         |        
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand........|    288,460 |       10.7 |  $9.30 | $19,340 | $10.33 
Office clerks, general........................................|    150,700 |        5.6 |  11.83 |  24,610 |  12.42 
Team assemblers.................................. ............|    122,540 |        4.6 |   9.83 |  20,440 |  11.01 
Packers and packagers, hand.... ..............................|    110,990 |        4.1 |   8.83 |  18,380 |   9.47 
Helpers--production workers...................................|    101,670 |        3.8 |   9.48 |  19,720 |  10.30 
Customer service representatives..............................|     85,020 |        3.2 |  13.31 |  27,690 |  13.78 
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists............|     76,970 |        2.9 |  20.68 |  43,010 |  25.61 
Construction laborers.........................................|     76,450 |        2.9 |  11.15 |  23,200 |  13.16 
Registered nurses.............................................|     73,700 |        2.7 |  33.18 |  69,010 |  33.71 
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive.............|     51,060 |        1.9 |  14.19 |  29,520 |  14.82 
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