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Occupation | Employment | Percent of total industry employment | Mean hourly wage |
Team assemblers | 833,870 | 6.1 | $14.00 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 487,880 | 3.6 | 25.87 |
Machinists | 334,020 | 2.4 | 18.17 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 325,310 | 2.4 | 12.86 |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 324,910 | 2.4 | 16.51 |
Helpers—production workers | 320,240 | 2.3 | 11.66 |
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 261,070 | 1.9 | 16.30 |
Maintenance and repair workers, general | 246,180 | 1.8 | 19.60 |
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 242,090 | 1.8 | 13.51 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 233,010 | 1.7 | 30.90 |
Industry total | 13,655,340 | 100.0 | 20.80 |
Last Modified Date: November 25, 2009