Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
43-4061 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 139,780 |
3.4 % |
$22.65 |
$47,110 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$15.47 |
$17.87 |
$22.40 |
$26.91 |
$30.21 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$32,180 |
$37,160 |
$46,590 |
$55,960 |
$62,840 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
47,400 |
0.86 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
45,640 |
2.10 |
$21.53 |
$44,780 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
28,810 |
1.43 |
$23.88 |
$49,670 |
| Individual and Family Services |
2,260 |
0.09 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
1,510 |
0.03 |
$21.40 |
$44,500 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
45,640 |
2.10 |
$21.53 |
$44,780 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
28,810 |
1.43 |
$23.88 |
$49,670 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
47,400 |
0.86 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services |
710 |
0.39 |
$19.13 |
$39,790 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services |
390 |
0.12 |
$20.80 |
$43,270 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
21,160 |
1.22 |
1.28 |
$26.21 |
$54,530 |
| New York |
12,130 |
1.27 |
1.34 |
$24.24 |
$50,420 |
| Texas |
11,580 |
0.93 |
0.98 |
$19.28 |
$40,110 |
| Pennsylvania |
9,440 |
1.60 |
1.68 |
$24.21 |
$50,360 |
| North Carolina |
6,810 |
1.53 |
1.60 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Pennsylvania |
9,440 |
1.60 |
1.68 |
$24.21 |
$50,360 |
| North Carolina |
6,810 |
1.53 |
1.60 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Alabama |
2,980 |
1.51 |
1.58 |
$20.47 |
$42,570 |
| Alaska |
480 |
1.50 |
1.58 |
$26.44 |
$55,000 |
| Missouri |
4,020 |
1.43 |
1.50 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
7,950 |
0.82 |
0.87 |
$25.40 |
$52,840 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
7,030 |
1.13 |
1.18 |
$26.29 |
$54,680 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,030 |
1.40 |
1.47 |
$24.95 |
$51,890 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2,640 |
1.72 |
1.80 |
$23.93 |
$49,780 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2,550 |
0.84 |
0.88 |
$21.15 |
$43,990 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2,460 |
0.89 |
0.94 |
$20.20 |
$42,010 |
| Fresno, CA |
2,440 |
6.29 |
6.60 |
$22.73 |
$47,270 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
2,280 |
0.62 |
0.65 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
2,110 |
1.41 |
1.48 |
$24.24 |
$50,410 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,090 |
0.75 |
0.79 |
$27.89 |
$58,010 |
United States Department of Labor
