Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

53-7064 Packers and Packagers, Hand

Pack or package by hand a wide variety of products and materials.

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)
633,640	1.9 %	$13.31	$27,680	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$9.38	$10.96	$12.46	$14.96	$18.42
Annual Wage (2)	$19,510	$22,800	$25,910	$31,120	$38,320

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)
Employment Services	138,690	3.77	$12.61	$26,230
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	116,420	4.00	$11.41	$23,730
Warehousing and Storage	61,370	5.05	$15.01	$31,230
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	24,350	2.47	$13.47	$28,010
Plastics Product Manufacturing	23,450	3.95	$13.48	$28,040

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Support Activities for Transportation	7,600	23.03	$14.37	$29,880
Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging	2,590	8.17	$12.61	$26,220
Apparel Knitting Mills	640	6.80	$11.23	$23,370
Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	18,240	5.80	$13.78	$28,670
Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	4,430	5.71	$13.74	$28,590

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	390	0.02	$23.47	$48,820
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	530	0.10	$19.91	$41,410
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	40	0.03	$18.02	$37,480
Scientific Research and Development Services	40	0.01	$17.91	$37,250
Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing	180	0.22	$17.82	$37,070

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	98,280	5.65	1.31	$13.91	$28,930
Illinois	45,080	7.48	1.73	$14.15	$29,430
New Jersey	39,160	9.58	2.22	$13.43	$27,930
Florida	33,630	3.82	0.89	$11.80	$24,550
Texas	31,740	2.55	0.59	$12.05	$25,070

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)
New Jersey	39,160	9.58	2.22	$13.43	$27,930
Kentucky	15,200	8.01	1.86	$12.88	$26,790
Illinois	45,080	7.48	1.73	$14.15	$29,430
Delaware	2,790	6.16	1.43	$13.00	$27,040
New Hampshire	4,030	6.10	1.41	$12.11	$25,190

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	580	1.82	0.42	$16.81	$34,960
Connecticut	6,250	3.75	0.87	$15.47	$32,180
Washington	16,620	5.01	1.16	$15.18	$31,580
District of Columbia	130	0.17	0.04	$15.04	$31,270
Iowa	3,330	2.15	0.50	$14.68	$30,540

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	46,740	4.84	1.12	$13.81	$28,720
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	40,550	8.67	2.01	$14.11	$29,340
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	35,960	5.76	1.34	$13.59	$28,260
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	15,060	5.49	1.27	$11.77	$24,480
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	15,010	5.37	1.24	$13.89	$28,900
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	13,320	8.66	2.01	$13.30	$27,660
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	12,870	4.87	1.13	$12.36	$25,720
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	12,610	3.45	0.80	$12.96	$26,950
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	11,970	4.16	0.96	$13.63	$28,340
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	9,570	3.87	0.90	$15.84	$32,950