Table 6. Largest occupations in general medical and surgical hospitals, by ownership, May 2009

                          Occupations                                     Private ownership               Local government              State government

                                                                   Employment  Percent of  Annual   Employment  Percent of  Annual   Employment  Percent of  Annual 
                                                                               employment   mean                employment   mean                employment   mean
                                                                                            wage                             wage                             wage

Registered nurses .............................................    1,273,970      29.44    $67,960    172,560      26.17    $66,280     45,470      24.18    $66,990
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................      326,560       7.55     26,750     57,280       8.69     25,040     12,520       6.65     27,960
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses .............      126,340       2.92     40,500     27,870       4.23     37,300      4,170       2.22     42,020
Radiologic technologists and technicians ......................      108,770       2.51     55,190     15,730       2.39     51,690      3,320       1.77     55,530
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................       97,720       2.26     23,160     16,910       2.57     21,410      3,050       1.62     23,040
Medical secretaries ...........................................       98,060       2.27     31,740     13,250       2.01     28,540      4,890       2.60     35,340
Medical and health services managers ..........................       86,580       2.00     97,760     13,240       2.01     90,730      2,960       1.57     91,030
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .................       82,300       1.90     56,400     11,200       1.70     54,230      5,650       3.00     60,780
Office clerks, general ........................................       73,840       1.71     29,370     17,730       2.69     29,640      7,210       3.83     29,200
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................       74,670       1.73     30,040     13,070       1.98     28,570      2,380       1.27     31,390
Respiratory therapists ........................................       70,690       1.63     54,230      9,940       1.51     51,610      2,500       1.33     55,460
Physicians and surgeons, all other ............................       56,900       1.32    129,540     10,580       1.60    109,730      4,210       2.24     98,680
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ...................       57,930       1.34     38,930      8,530       1.29     37,180      3,040       1.61     41,220
Healthcare support workers, all other .........................       56,700       1.31     30,510      6,780       1.03     27,460      1,730        .92     31,380
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive .............       56,240       1.30     33,390      6,080        .92     30,660      2,500       1.33     35,480
Surgical technologists ........................................       54,860       1.27     40,810      7,280       1.10     36,800      1,760        .94     40,140
Medical records and health information technicians ............       52,590       1.22     35,990      8,910       1.35     34,680      2,110       1.12     37,900
Medical assistants ............................................       50,170       1.16     30,890      8,120       1.23     29,740      2,620       1.39     32,880
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners .       49,730       1.15     25,670      7,610       1.15     24,690      2,850       1.52     24,870
Pharmacists ...................................................       47,960       1.11    105,920      6,740       1.02    109,510      2,540       1.35    102,920