OES data highlights ‐ An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2009, Table 4 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 4: Employment, median wages, and hourly mean wages for the largest occupations with wages near the U.S. median, May 2009
Occupation	Employment	Hourly median wage	Annual median wage	Hourly mean wage
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	1,757,870	$16.08	$33,450	$16.71
Maintenance and repair workers, general	1,268,930	16.65	34,620	17.56
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	1,163,040	16.78	34,900	18.81
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	493,780	15.25	31,720	15.82
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	430,450	15.54	32,330	16.75
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	357,740	16.71	34,750	17.61
Dental assistants	294,020	15.98	33,230	16.35
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	235,480	16.36	34,040	17.18
Painters, construction and maintenance	214,240	16.21	33,720	17.94
Loan interviewers and clerks	195,310	16.03	33,350	16.67
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance	185,100	16.58	34,480	17.94
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	177,730	16.73	34,810	17.88
Bus drivers, transit and intercity	177,510	16.43	34,180	17.30
Printing machine operators	174,720	15.85	32,970	16.84
Medical records and health information technicians	170,580	15.04	31,290	16.29
All occupations	130,647,610	15.95	33,190	20.90
Note: Table shows the largest occupations with hourly median wages between $15.00 and $17.00, approximately $1.00 above and $1.00 below the U.S. hourly median of $15.95.

Last Modified Date: August 12, 2010