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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

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

OccupationEmploymentPercent of total industry employmentMean hourly wage
Team assemblers833,8706.1$14.00
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers487,8803.625.87
Machinists334,0202.418.17
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand325,3102.412.86
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers324,9102.416.51
Helpers—production workers320,2402.311.66
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers261,0701.916.30
Maintenance and repair workers, general246,1801.819.60
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders242,0901.813.51
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products233,0101.730.90
Industry total13,655,340100.020.80

 

Last Modified Date: November 25, 2009