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OES data highlights ‐ An Occupational Analysis of Industries with the Most Job Losses, Table 3

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