Table 3. Largest occupations in state government, May 2009

                                                                                               Percent          Mean wage
                                                                                Employment     of state         
                                       Occupations                                            government    Hourly     Annual
                                                                                              employment                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
Correctional officers and jailers ...........................................     257,280        5.63       $21.02     $43,720
Office clerks, general ......................................................     208,970        4.57        14.15      29,430
Registered nurses ...........................................................     128,080        2.80        31.26      65,020
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants .........................     117,160        2.56        19.54      40,630
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ...........................     110,600        2.42        15.99      33,260
Business operations specialists, all other ..................................     106,740        2.33        27.89      58,020
Graduate teaching assistants ................................................      86,600        1.89         n.a.      31,800
Postsecondary teachers, all other ...........................................      77,410        1.69         n.a.      68,240
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............      76,750        1.68        12.39      25,780
Police and sheriff's patrol officers ........................................      67,850        1.48        27.59      57,380
Child, family, and school social workers ....................................      64,490        1.41        20.90      43,480
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..................................      59,110        1.29         n.a.     105,210
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers       57,860        1.27        25.14      52,280
Accountants and auditors ....................................................      51,320        1.12        25.84      53,750
Teachers and instructors, all other .........................................      51,240        1.12         n.a.      55,130
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ...................      50,360        1.10        24.75      51,480
Education administrators, postsecondary .....................................      49,150        1.07        48.05      99,940
Social and human service assistants .........................................      48,230        1.05        17.18      35,740
Maintenance and repair workers, general .....................................      47,900        1.05        16.73      34,800
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ................................      46,380        1.01        16.94      35,240
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................................      43,330         .95        13.25      27,570
Psychiatric technicians .....................................................      42,470         .93        15.45      32,130
Management analysts .........................................................      41,250         .90        27.69      57,590
Office and administrative support workers, all other ........................      39,790         .87        14.77      30,710
General and operations managers .............................................      37,810         .83        40.33      83,880
Lawyers .....................................................................      37,020         .81        40.10      83,410
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, 
  and transportation ........................................................      36,360         .80        23.89      49,680
Civil engineers .............................................................      34,900         .76        36.22      75,350
Managers, all other .........................................................      33,950         .74        38.10      79,250
Computer systems analysts ...................................................      33,620         .74        31.53      65,570

n.a. = Not available.