2015 Annual Averages ‐ Median weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	2015
	Total		Men		Women
	Number of workers	Median weekly earnings	Number of workers	Median weekly earnings	Number of workers	Median weekly earnings
Total, full-time wage and salary workers	109,080	$809	60,746	$895	48,334	$726

Management, professional, and related occupations	44,844	1,158	21,807	1,383	23,038	996
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	18,422	1,258	10,018	1,436	8,404	1,073
Management occupations	12,480	1,351	7,332	1,486	5,147	1,139
Chief executives	1,046	2,041	763	2,251	283	1,836
General and operations managers	823	1,260	621	1,347	202	1,002
Legislators	8	-	5	-	4	-
Advertising and promotions managers	55	1,050	29	-	26	-
Marketing and sales managers	948	1,462	570	1,603	378	1,258
Public relations and fundraising managers	59	1,557	24	-	35	-
Administrative services managers	170	1,191	96	1,451	73	981
Computer and information systems managers	636	1,728	466	1,817	169	1,563
Financial managers	1,124	1,408	551	1,732	573	1,130
Compensation and benefits managers	23	-	7	-	16	-
Human resources managers	254	1,365	68	1,495	186	1,274
Training and development managers	37	-	17	-	20	-
Industrial production managers	267	1,485	221	1,528	45	-
Purchasing managers	193	1,348	109	1,404	84	1,226
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	276	966	224	1,006	52	749
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	129	769	106	847	23	-
Construction managers	471	1,329	429	1,357	42	-
Education administrators	778	1,423	282	1,585	496	1,252
Architectural and engineering managers	110	1,899	101	1,892	10	-
Food service managers	763	742	389	820	374	680
Funeral service managers	13	-	10	-	2	-
Gaming managers	19	-	13	-	6	-
Lodging managers	123	985	54	1,171	68	902
Medical and health services managers	592	1,210	154	1,422	438	1,156
Natural sciences managers	24	-	11	-	13	-
Postmasters and mail superintendents	20	-	10	-	10	-
Property, real estate, and community association managers	401	914	171	1,137	230	823
Social and community service managers	305	1,022	105	1,142	200	965
Emergency management directors	9	-	6	-	3	-
Managers, all other	2,803	1,408	1,717	1,525	1,085	1,213
Business and financial operations occupations	5,942	1,137	2,686	1,327	3,256	1,004
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	27	-	13	-	14	-
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products	11	-	9	-	2	-
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	142	926	73	886	69	985
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	260	1,009	136	1,020	124	986
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	317	963	141	1,134	176	824
Compliance officers	235	1,198	126	1,375	109	1,025
Cost estimators	95	1,232	83	1,264	12	-
Human resources workers	592	1,002	151	1,158	441	984
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	63	998	12	-	50	898
Training and development specialists	107	990	42	-	65	1,037
Logisticians	111	1,028	66	1,075	44	-
Management analysts	529	1,431	291	1,519	237	1,348
Meeting, convention, and event planners	117	859	27	-	90	840
Fundraisers	62	1,136	14	-	48	-
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	203	1,284	85	1,411	118	1,239
Business operations specialists, all other	186	1,090	74	1,461	112	969
Accountants and auditors	1,464	1,132	618	1,345	846	988
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	42	-	21	-	21	-
Budget analysts	44	-	17	-	28	-
Credit analysts	17	-	8	-	9	-
Financial analysts	295	1,426	168	1,680	127	1,171
Personal financial advisors	407	1,419	248	1,738	159	1,033
Insurance underwriters	106	1,149	44	-	63	956
Financial examiners	17	-	9	-	8	-
Credit counselors and loan officers	313	997	146	1,186	166	906
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	59	1,051	20	-	39	-
Tax preparers	56	892	19	-	37	-
Financial specialists, all other	66	1,162	25	-	40	-
Professional and related occupations	26,423	1,112	11,789	1,343	14,634	963
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,009	1,428	3,036	1,503	973	1,245
Computer and information research scientists	28	-	23	-	5	-
Computer systems analysts	499	1,389	325	1,462	173	1,256
Information security analysts	67	1,538	56	1,562	11	-
Computer programmers	450	1,438	357	1,501	93	1,302
Software developers, applications and systems software	1,287	1,682	1,054	1,751	232	1,415
Web developers	151	1,165	98	1,233	53	1,026
Computer support specialists	396	1,079	291	1,135	105	908
Database administrators	90	1,536	58	1,829	32	-
Network and computer systems administrators	208	1,242	179	1,266	28	-
Computer network architects	115	1,552	100	1,577	15	-
Computer occupations, all other	490	1,227	374	1,252	116	1,145
Actuaries	24	-	18	-	6	-
Mathematicians	6	-	6	-	0	-
Operations research analysts	122	1,441	59	1,574	63	1,325
Statisticians	76	1,275	37	-	39	-
Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations	1	-	1	-	0	-
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,656	1,424	2,272	1,452	383	1,257
Architects, except naval	138	1,441	106	1,492	31	-
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists	29	-	23	-	6	-
Aerospace engineers	140	1,662	122	1,668	18	-
Agricultural engineers	5	-	5	-	0	-
Biomedical engineers	12	-	10	-	2	-
Chemical engineers	79	1,532	69	1,583	10	-
Civil engineers	316	1,460	275	1,474	41	-
Computer hardware engineers	72	1,876	62	1,871	10	-
Electrical and electronics engineers	283	1,778	246	1,819	37	-
Environmental engineers	35	-	26	-	9	-
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	205	1,447	168	1,430	37	-
Marine engineers and naval architects	9	-	9	-	0	-
Materials engineers	36	-	33	-	4	-
Mechanical engineers	316	1,534	294	1,550	23	-
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	15	-	15	-	0	-
Nuclear engineers	5	-	3	-	2	-
Petroleum engineers	43	-	39	-	3	-
Engineers, all other	393	1,527	339	1,537	54	1,448
Drafters	114	977	91	977	23	-
Engineering technicians, except drafters	352	963	284	984	68	827
Surveying and mapping technicians	58	1,012	54	1,031	4	-
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,176	1,206	662	1,379	514	1,067
Agricultural and food scientists	22	-	12	-	10	-
Biological scientists	74	1,233	46	-	28	-
Conservation scientists and foresters	23	-	16	-	7	-
Medical scientists	151	1,250	68	1,362	84	1,082
Life scientists, all other	1	-	1	-	0	-
Astronomers and physicists	14	-	11	-	3	-
Atmospheric and space scientists	8	-	8	-	1	-
Chemists and materials scientists	93	1,432	61	1,496	33	-
Environmental scientists and geoscientists	90	1,423	65	1,740	25	-
Physical scientists, all other	189	1,553	121	1,770	68	1,170
Economists	29	-	17	-	12	-
Survey researchers	0	-	0	-	0	-
Psychologists	114	1,367	31	-	83	1,189
Sociologists	0	-	0	-	0	-
Urban and regional planners	22	-	13	-	9	-
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers	37	-	19	-	19	-
Agricultural and food science technicians	28	-	21	-	7	-
Biological technicians	20	-	10	-	10	-
Chemical technicians	75	944	43	-	32	-
Geological and petroleum technicians	22	-	18	-	4	-
Nuclear technicians	2	-	2	-	0	-
Social science research assistants	3	-	0	-	3	-
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians	157	846	79	1,001	78	780
Community and social service occupations	2,143	889	776	973	1,367	845
Counselors	635	904	184	908	451	902
Social workers	677	877	127	943	549	862
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	85	967	42	-	43	-
Social and human service assistants	173	676	23	-	149	673
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including health educators and community health workers	92	831	29	-	63	728
Clergy	376	1,002	316	1,021	60	924
Directors, religious activities and education	62	929	31	-	31	-
Religious workers, all other	44	-	23	-	21	-
Legal occupations	1,346	1,391	624	1,877	722	1,135
Lawyers	803	1,886	503	1,914	300	1,717
Judicial law clerks	11	-	1	-	10	-
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers	54	1,952	33	-	20	-
Paralegals and legal assistants	341	927	47	-	294	910
Miscellaneous legal support workers	136	770	40	-	97	746
Education, training, and library occupations	6,884	956	1,849	1,144	5,034	907
Postsecondary teachers	917	1,258	516	1,405	401	1,144
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	517	616	11	-	506	618
Elementary and middle school teachers	2,806	974	543	1,077	2,262	957
Secondary school teachers	1,048	1,066	438	1,149	610	1,006
Special education teachers	297	987	38	-	258	990
Other teachers and instructors	378	896	179	1,024	199	817
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians	38	-	18	-	20	-
Librarians	130	991	27	-	102	966
Library technicians	18	-	4	-	15	-
Teacher assistants	614	541	48	-	565	530
Other education, training, and library workers	123	1,001	28	-	95	1,031
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	1,643	1,001	930	1,088	713	942
Artists and related workers	58	1,166	39	-	20	-
Designers	593	993	301	1,099	291	918
Actors	12	-	8	-	4	-
Producers and directors	120	1,270	67	1,340	53	1,234
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers	147	780	108	818	39	-
Dancers and choreographers	11	-	2	-	9	-
Musicians, singers, and related workers	42	-	33	-	9	-
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	14	-	11	-	3	-
Announcers	25	-	21	-	5	-
News analysts, reporters and correspondents	56	1,218	29	-	27	-
Public relations specialists	120	1,211	49	-	71	971
Editors	108	1,148	58	1,205	50	1,125
Technical writers	52	1,158	22	-	30	-
Writers and authors	79	1,232	36	-	42	-
Miscellaneous media and communication workers	46	-	16	-	30	-
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators	83	954	77	937	7	-
Photographers	45	-	24	-	21	-
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors	30	-	28	-	1	-
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	2	-	2	-	0	-
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	6,566	1,041	1,639	1,272	4,928	991
Chiropractors	22	-	15	-	7	-
Dentists	59	1,656	39	-	20	-
Dietitians and nutritionists	79	886	9	-	69	879
Optometrists	19	-	6	-	13	-
Pharmacists	206	1,920	98	2,117	108	1,811
Physicians and surgeons	740	1,824	457	1,915	283	1,533
Physician assistants	57	1,368	17	-	40	-
Podiatrists	9	-	5	-	4	-
Audiologists	8	-	1	-	6	-
Occupational therapists	74	1,210	10	-	64	1,199
Physical therapists	178	1,265	56	1,347	123	1,215
Radiation therapists	12	-	5	-	7	-
Recreational therapists	6	-	2	-	4	-
Respiratory therapists	99	1,000	32	-	67	937
Speech-language pathologists	108	1,147	1	-	106	1,148
Exercise physiologists	3	-	3	-	0	-
Therapists, all other	132	944	31	-	101	951
Veterinarians	55	1,455	16	-	39	-
Registered nurses	2,382	1,116	278	1,222	2,104	1,098
Nurse anesthetists	23	-	11	-	12	-
Nurse midwives	6	-	0	-	6	-
Nurse practitioners	115	1,532	11	-	103	1,522
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	2	-	0	-	2	-
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	270	901	69	1,089	201	796
Dental hygienists	86	914	6	-	80	953
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	253	964	76	1,106	177	908
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	175	811	126	899	49	-
Health practitioner support technologists and technicians	487	636	99	652	389	633
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	508	743	48	-	459	737
Medical records and health information technicians	174	740	17	-	157	723
Opticians, dispensing	44	-	21	-	23	-
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians	99	671	32	-	66	642
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	78	1,128	40	-	38	-

Service occupations	15,279	509	7,629	585	7,650	463
Healthcare support occupations	2,395	498	320	577	2,074	490
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	1,400	467	163	526	1,237	457
Occupational therapy assistants and aides	17	-	4	-	12	-
Physical therapist assistants and aides	53	742	18	-	35	-
Massage therapists	37	-	16	-	22	-
Dental assistants	188	531	14	-	175	522
Medical assistants	422	539	35	-	387	530
Medical transcriptionists	28	-	3	-	26	-
Pharmacy aides	22	-	4	-	18	-
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	21	-	4	-	17	-
Phlebotomists	91	551	15	-	76	534
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers	115	524	44	-	71	511
Protective service occupations	2,729	796	2,181	851	547	655
First-line supervisors of correctional officers	57	856	41	-	16	-
First-line supervisors of police and detectives	114	1,427	97	1,425	17	-
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers	42	-	39	-	3	-
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other	72	808	56	825	16	-
Firefighters	260	1,033	245	1,052	16	-
Fire inspectors	18	-	15	-	3	-
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers	453	754	341	779	112	686
Detectives and criminal investigators	141	1,159	100	1,265	41	-
Fish and game wardens	6	-	5	-	1	-
Parking enforcement workers	9	-	6	-	3	-
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	655	1,002	569	1,001	86	1,009
Transit and railroad police	3	-	3	-	0	-
Animal control workers	4	-	2	-	2	-
Private detectives and investigators	85	843	49	-	36	-
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers	708	567	555	592	153	515
Crossing guards	26	-	13	-	13	-
Transportation security screeners	33	-	22	-	11	-
Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers	42	-	24	-	18	-
Food preparation and serving related occupations	4,124	441	2,133	481	1,991	414
Chefs and head cooks	340	619	285	656	55	492
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	378	498	156	621	222	458
Cooks	1,302	416	808	427	494	400
Food preparation workers	366	402	174	414	192	388
Bartenders	252	521	110	569	142	493
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	173	391	67	401	107	380
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	56	354	28	-	28	-
Waiters and waitresses	868	451	305	501	563	411
Food servers, nonrestaurant	93	509	31	-	62	485
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	107	403	59	389	48	-
Dishwashers	117	398	98	401	19	-
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	66	400	8	-	58	397
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	6	-	4	-	3	-
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,605	486	2,330	517	1,275	419
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers	172	620	108	700	64	571
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	80	649	79	653	1	-
Janitors and building cleaners	1,536	507	1,111	547	425	429
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	876	416	134	475	742	407
Pest control workers	77	585	74	591	3	-
Grounds maintenance workers	862	469	824	473	39	-
Personal care and service occupations	2,427	498	664	597	1,763	475
First-line supervisors of gaming workers	117	769	65	900	52	680
First-line supervisors of personal service workers	60	608	25	-	35	-
Animal trainers	26	-	19	-	8	-
Nonfarm animal caretakers	100	505	32	-	68	501
Gaming services workers	69	676	30	-	39	-
Motion picture projectionists	3	-	3	-	0	-
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	9	-	5	-	4	-
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers	69	485	42	-	28	-
Embalmers and funeral attendants	2	-	2	-	0	-
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors	23	-	17	-	7	-
Barbers	46	-	33	-	12	-
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	253	461	23	-	229	463
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers	191	501	32	-	159	497
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges	75	608	63	606	12	-
Tour and travel guides	21	-	11	-	9	-
Childcare workers	407	437	14	-	393	430
Personal care aides	680	462	128	537	552	441
Recreation and fitness workers	185	555	78	684	107	526
Residential advisors	24	-	8	-	16	-
Personal care and service workers, all other	67	499	35	-	32	-

Sales and office occupations	23,620	673	9,384	777	14,236	627
Sales and related occupations	9,725	716	5,423	880	4,303	578
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	2,326	711	1,296	825	1,030	614
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	835	1,028	556	1,140	280	896
Cashiers	1,342	415	411	471	931	405
Counter and rental clerks	73	594	35	-	37	-
Parts salespersons	92	601	82	600	11	-
Retail salespersons	1,918	590	1,159	694	759	494
Advertising sales agents	161	925	78	1,155	83	729
Insurance sales agents	427	815	194	1,028	232	717
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	211	1,155	146	1,461	65	767
Travel agents	62	711	9	-	53	685
Sales representatives, services, all other	406	966	268	1,147	139	699
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	1,138	1,020	843	1,066	295	917
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters	15	-	4	-	11	-
Real estate brokers and sales agents	463	837	197	1,052	266	735
Sales engineers	33	-	31	-	2	-
Telemarketers	39	-	17	-	21	-
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	28	-	9	-	18	-
Sales and related workers, all other	158	916	89	1,088	70	727
Office and administrative support occupations	13,894	656	3,961	693	9,933	646
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1,297	812	434	878	863	781
Switchboard operators, including answering service	17	-	7	-	10	-
Telephone operators	22	-	4	-	18	-
Communications equipment operators, all other	5	-	2	-	3	-
Bill and account collectors	152	657	54	674	98	648
Billing and posting clerks	406	657	39	-	366	664
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	769	692	87	690	682	692
Gaming cage workers	11	-	2	-	10	-
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	128	757	17	-	111	751
Procurement clerks	35	-	15	-	21	-
Tellers	264	514	33	-	231	516
Financial clerks, all other	61	767	30	-	32	-
Brokerage clerks	3	-	1	-	1	-
Correspondence clerks	3	-	1	-	2	-
Court, municipal, and license clerks	60	755	9	-	51	743
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	42	-	12	-	29	-
Customer service representatives	1,760	621	611	690	1,149	604
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	67	781	17	-	50	805
File clerks	145	634	25	-	120	627
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	127	481	58	486	69	467
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	105	615	16	-	89	617
Library assistants, clerical	35	-	7	-	28	-
Loan interviewers and clerks	134	710	25	-	109	722
New accounts clerks	20	-	3	-	17	-
Order clerks	74	599	26	-	48	-
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	50	737	11	-	40	-
Receptionists and information clerks	852	575	72	619	781	569
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	95	713	34	-	61	680
Information and record clerks, all other	100	618	22	-	78	616
Cargo and freight agents	20	-	12	-	9	-
Couriers and messengers	153	752	134	750	19	-
Dispatchers	250	698	109	759	141	655
Meter readers, utilities	39	-	34	-	4	-
Postal service clerks	127	927	76	974	51	833
Postal service mail carriers	302	954	187	1,021	115	854
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	53	828	27	-	26	-
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	256	838	116	978	141	732
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	502	591	354	604	148	566
Stock clerks and order fillers	1,027	520	651	537	376	506
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	59	629	29	-	31	-
Secretaries and administrative assistants	2,223	687	124	786	2,099	683
Computer operators	58	751	25	-	33	-
Data entry keyers	223	619	55	589	169	638
Word processors and typists	68	650	6	-	62	639
Desktop publishers	1	-	1	-	0	-
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	259	689	56	762	203	675
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	63	563	24	-	39	-
Office clerks, general	929	620	156	609	773	622
Office machine operators, except computer	31	-	14	-	16	-
Proofreaders and copy markers	2	-	0	-	2	-
Statistical assistants	15	-	5	-	10	-
Office and administrative support workers, all other	391	745	93	852	298	718

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	10,834	761	10,381	770	453	580
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	810	464	637	477	174	437
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	42	-	32	-	10	-
Agricultural inspectors	12	-	7	-	6	-
Animal breeders	2	-	2	-	0	-
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	83	486	32	-	51	468
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	613	445	511	460	102	398
Fishers and related fishing workers	11	-	11	-	0	-
Hunters and trappers	0	-	0	-	0	-
Forest and conservation workers	15	-	10	-	5	-
Logging workers	31	-	31	-	0	-
Construction and extraction occupations	5,722	749	5,586	751	137	704
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	560	1,040	540	1,047	20	-
Boilermakers	21	-	21	-	0	-
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons	122	652	122	652	0	-
Carpenters	802	687	792	687	10	-
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers	89	637	89	634	1	-
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers	44	-	44	-	0	-
Construction laborers	1,181	639	1,155	642	25	-
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators	10	-	10	-	0	-
Pile-driver operators	2	-	2	-	0	-
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	324	856	318	859	6	-
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	121	596	119	595	2	-
Electricians	651	888	632	891	19	-
Glaziers	33	-	32	-	0	-
Insulation workers	43	-	41	-	3	-
Painters, construction and maintenance	344	585	330	587	14	-
Paperhangers	0	-	0	-	0	-
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	456	863	455	862	2	-
Plasterers and stucco masons	20	-	19	-	1	-
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	9	-	9	-	0	-
Roofers	171	584	170	580	2	-
Sheet metal workers	106	766	100	776	6	-
Structural iron and steel workers	54	869	52	864	2	-
Solar photovoltaic installers	8	-	8	-	0	-
Helpers, construction trades	47	-	47	-	0	-
Construction and building inspectors	67	939	58	965	9	-
Elevator installers and repairers	23	-	23	-	0	-
Fence erectors	33	-	33	-	0	-
Hazardous materials removal workers	39	-	35	-	5	-
Highway maintenance workers	91	754	91	755	0	-
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	9	-	9	-	0	-
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	8	-	8	-	0	-
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	25	-	23	-	2	-
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	28	-	27	-	1	-
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	30	-	30	-	0	-
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	5	-	5	-	0	-
Mining machine operators	68	1,106	65	1,098	2	-
Roof bolters, mining	3	-	3	-	0	-
Roustabouts, oil and gas	7	-	7	-	0	-
Helpers--extraction workers	6	-	6	-	0	-
Other extraction workers	61	900	58	918	3	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,301	839	4,159	842	143	761
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers	270	1,032	252	1,033	18	-
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	194	856	166	865	28	-
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	139	862	126	879	13	-
Avionics technicians	4	-	4	-	0	-
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	22	-	20	-	1	-
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	2	-	2	-	0	-
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility	18	-	17	-	0	-
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	17	-	17	-	0	-
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers	30	-	28	-	2	-
Security and fire alarm systems installers	67	911	65	913	2	-
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	133	1,025	125	1,032	7	-
Automotive body and related repairers	120	846	118	849	2	-
Automotive glass installers and repairers	21	-	20	-	1	-
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	710	722	694	724	16	-
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	327	831	327	830	0	-
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	206	928	206	928	0	-
Small engine mechanics	39	-	39	-	0	-
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	66	592	65	591	1	-
Control and valve installers and repairers	23	-	23	-	0	-
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	341	806	337	810	4	-
Home appliance repairers	36	-	36	-	0	-
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	394	895	383	894	11	-
Maintenance and repair workers, general	469	773	459	771	10	-
Maintenance workers, machinery	31	-	30	-	1	-
Millwrights	49	-	48	-	1	-
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	113	1,105	112	1,105	0	-
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	157	882	148	880	9	-
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	64	996	60	1,009	4	-
Wind turbine service technicians	3	-	3	-	0	-
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	38	-	34	-	4	-
Commercial divers	1	-	1	-	0	-
Locksmiths and safe repairers	12	-	12	-	0	-
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	4	-	4	-	1	-
Riggers	7	-	7	-	0	-
Signal and track switch repairers	9	-	9	-	0	-
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	17	-	17	-	0	-
Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers	150	792	144	810	6	-

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	14,504	656	11,546	704	2,958	512
Production occupations	7,551	663	5,548	729	2,003	519
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	783	875	650	924	133	623
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	15	-	11	-	4	-
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	123	554	59	566	64	544
Engine and other machine assemblers	14	-	12	-	2	-
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	31	-	28	-	3	-
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators	950	581	573	637	377	512
Bakers	150	505	69	570	80	475
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers	247	542	187	582	60	463
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	9	-	7	-	1	-
Food batchmakers	79	500	25	-	54	489
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	7	-	5	-	2	-
Food processing workers, all other	132	594	82	679	50	508
Computer control programmers and operators	83	833	81	857	2	-
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	8	-	7	-	1	-
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6	-	6	-	0	-
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	15	-	12	-	3	-
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	78	633	62	674	15	-
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	5	-	5	-	1	-
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	41	-	39	-	3	-
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	12	-	11	-	1	-
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	1	-	1	-	0	-
Machinists	338	834	320	840	17	-
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters	29	-	28	-	1	-
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic	6	-	3	-	3	-
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	47	-	39	-	9	-
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	1	-	1	-	0	-
Tool and die makers	49	-	49	-	0	-
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	568	760	545	767	23	-
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	4	-	4	-	0	-
Layout workers, metal and plastic	4	-	4	-	1	-
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	24	-	24	-	0	-
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners	7	-	7	-	0	-
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	351	639	278	678	72	581
Prepress technicians and workers	14	-	12	-	2	-
Printing press operators	160	707	134	729	26	-
Print binding and finishing workers	16	-	9	-	6	-
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	133	466	53	487	80	460
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	21	-	9	-	12	-
Sewing machine operators	147	493	42	-	105	476
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	5	-	4	-	1	-
Shoe machine operators and tenders	1	-	0	-	1	-
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers	37	-	9	-	27	-
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	2	-	2	-	0	-
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	9	-	7	-	2	-
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	8	-	3	-	4	-
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	7	-	5	-	2	-
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers	0	-	0	-	0	-
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	4	-	3	-	1	-
Upholsterers	29	-	21	-	7	-
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	16	-	12	-	4	-
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	40	-	38	-	2	-
Furniture finishers	6	-	6	-	0	-
Model makers and patternmakers, wood	0	-	0	-	0	-
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	26	-	22	-	4	-
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	23	-	21	-	1	-
Woodworkers, all other	17	-	14	-	3	-
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	35	-	34	-	1	-
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	84	996	81	1,012	3	-
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	82	880	79	868	3	-
Miscellaneous plant and system operators	35	-	33	-	3	-
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders	62	1,052	57	1,082	5	-
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers	82	652	75	668	7	-
Cutting workers	51	685	41	-	9	-
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	31	-	25	-	6	-
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	6	-	5	-	0	-
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	701	710	440	844	260	583
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	19	-	11	-	7	-
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians	86	648	44	-	42	-
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	239	518	118	605	120	482
Painting workers	129	708	110	733	18	-
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	26	-	12	-	14	-
Semiconductor processors	1	-	1	-	0	-
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders	9	-	5	-	4	-
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders	4	-	2	-	1	-
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders	4	-	3	-	0	-
Etchers and engravers	12	-	8	-	4	-
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	14	-	12	-	2	-
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	27	-	22	-	5	-
Tire builders	8	-	8	-	0	-
Helpers--production workers	24	-	18	-	7	-
Production workers, all other	846	625	643	666	203	501
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,953	646	5,998	679	955	494
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers	186	894	153	898	33	-
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	114	1,735	104	1,830	9	-
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	32	-	24	-	8	-
Flight attendants	63	846	20	-	43	-
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	18	-	14	-	4	-
Bus drivers	323	615	184	681	138	572
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	2,687	747	2,582	751	105	632
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	253	585	216	600	38	-
Motor vehicle operators, all other	21	-	18	-	3	-
Locomotive engineers and operators	44	-	42	-	2	-
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	5	-	5	-	0	-
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	55	1,117	52	1,137	4	-
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers	15	-	12	-	3	-
Sailors and marine oilers	10	-	9	-	0	-
Ship and boat captains and operators	29	-	28	-	1	-
Ship engineers	5	-	4	-	1	-
Bridge and lock tenders	4	-	4	-	0	-
Parking lot attendants	57	492	49	-	8	-
Automotive and watercraft service attendants	63	452	58	470	5	-
Transportation inspectors	21	-	14	-	7	-
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants	17	-	9	-	8	-
Other transportation workers	39	-	35	-	4	-
Conveyor operators and tenders	7	-	7	-	0	-
Crane and tower operators	75	988	71	1,016	4	-
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators	25	-	25	-	0	-
Hoist and winch operators	5	-	5	-	0	-
Industrial truck and tractor operators	579	609	541	612	37	-
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	222	485	200	498	22	-
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,433	526	1,214	547	219	455
Machine feeders and offbearers	30	-	21	-	9	-
Packers and packagers, hand	385	438	158	462	227	424
Pumping station operators	18	-	17	-	1	-
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	72	501	66	496	6	-
Mine shuttle car operators	0	-	0	-	0	-
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	6	-	6	-	0	-
Material moving workers, all other	37	-	32	-	5	-
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: February 10, 2016