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Private employment and mean wages for the ten largest occupations by supersectors, May 2010.
Industry |
Occupation |
Employment |
Average Annual Wage |
Percent of Sector Employment |
Mining and logging |
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas |
44,220 |
$34,080 |
6.6% |
Mining and logging |
Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining |
34,360 |
$42,120 |
5.1% |
Mining and logging |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers |
34,010 |
$37,120 |
5.0% |
Mining and logging |
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators |
28,600 |
$42,910 |
4.2% |
Mining and logging |
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers |
25,930 |
$70,360 |
3.8% |
Mining and logging |
Helpers--Extraction Workers |
19,580 |
$38,350 |
2.9% |
Mining and logging |
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas |
19,420 |
$59,870 |
2.9% |
Mining and logging |
Logging Equipment Operators |
19,020 |
$33,680 |
2.8% |
Mining and logging |
Petroleum Engineers |
17,490 |
$130,480 |
2.6% |
Mining and logging |
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas |
16,800 |
$44,730 |
2.5% |
Construction |
Construction Laborers |
608,810 |
$34,040 |
10.8% |
Construction |
Carpenters |
509,700 |
$44,180 |
9.0% |
Construction |
Electricians |
384,100 |
$51,450 |
6.8% |
Construction |
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers |
357,830 |
$62,220 |
6.3% |
Construction |
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters |
287,830 |
$50,530 |
5.1% |
Construction |
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators |
203,020 |
$47,240 |
3.6% |
Construction |
Construction Managers |
153,100 |
$94,000 |
2.7% |
Construction |
Office Clerks, General |
152,240 |
$28,610 |
2.7% |
Construction |
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers |
151,380 |
$43,650 |
2.7% |
Construction |
Painters, Construction and Maintenance |
150,020 |
$36,480 |
2.6% |
Manufacturing |
Team Assemblers |
693,270 |
$30,620 |
6.0% |
Manufacturing |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers |
404,770 |
$56,140 |
3.5% |
Manufacturing |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers |
281,190 |
$35,830 |
2.5% |
Manufacturing |
Machinists |
280,120 |
$39,820 |
2.4% |
Manufacturing |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
265,870 |
$27,750 |
2.3% |
Manufacturing |
Helpers--Production Workers |
253,910 |
$25,140 |
2.2% |
Manufacturing |
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders |
239,820 |
$28,920 |
2.1% |
Manufacturing |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products |
206,720 |
$65,720 |
1.8% |
Manufacturing |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
203,260 |
$35,490 |
1.8% |
Manufacturing |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
197,750 |
$41,720 |
1.7% |
Wholesale trade |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products |
896,090 |
$62,760 |
16.4% |
Wholesale trade |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
356,900 |
$26,460 |
6.5% |
Wholesale trade |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products |
228,900 |
$84,900 |
4.2% |
Wholesale trade |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers |
195,090 |
$39,700 |
3.6% |
Wholesale trade |
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers |
183,400 |
$27,640 |
3.4% |
Wholesale trade |
Customer Service Representatives |
169,400 |
$36,150 |
3.1% |
Wholesale trade |
Office Clerks, General |
163,940 |
$28,200 |
3.0% |
Wholesale trade |
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers |
157,730 |
$28,890 |
2.9% |
Wholesale trade |
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks |
153,940 |
$30,280 |
2.8% |
Wholesale trade |
General and Operations Managers |
141,790 |
$125,050 |
2.6% |
Retail trade |
Retail Salespersons |
3,853,660 |
$24,800 |
26.4% |
Retail trade |
Cashiers |
2,746,100 |
$19,780 |
18.8% |
Retail trade |
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers |
1,266,870 |
$21,670 |
8.7% |
Retail trade |
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers |
1,053,100 |
$39,580 |
7.2% |
Retail trade |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
328,110 |
$22,350 |
2.2% |
Retail trade |
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics |
281,250 |
$38,960 |
1.9% |
Retail trade |
Pharmacy Technicians |
247,690 |
$27,800 |
1.7% |
Retail trade |
Customer Service Representatives |
241,400 |
$26,350 |
1.7% |
Retail trade |
Packers and Packagers, Hand |
199,320 |
$19,580 |
1.4% |
Retail trade |
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food |
188,950 |
$20,940 |
1.3% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers |
827,550 |
$40,520 |
19.8% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
443,450 |
$28,140 |
10.6% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers |
220,760 |
$43,220 |
5.3% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Bus Drivers, School or Special Client |
170,290 |
$29,620 |
4.1% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators |
116,130 |
$33,270 |
2.8% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks |
94,780 |
$31,430 |
2.3% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks |
89,780 |
$33,920 |
2.1% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Flight Attendants |
87,780 |
$41,590 |
2.1% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance |
76,260 |
$37,620 |
1.8% |
Transportation and warehousing |
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs |
75,960 |
$25,560 |
1.8% |
Utilities |
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers |
54,190 |
$61,470 |
9.8% |
Utilities |
Power Plant Operators |
30,430 |
$63,640 |
5.5% |
Utilities |
Customer Service Representatives
| 29,230 |
$41,770 |
5.3% |
Utilities |
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door |
20,810 |
$55,350 |
3.8% |
Utilities |
Meter Readers, Utilities |
18,020 |
$40,270 |
3.3% |
Utilities |
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay |
17,850 |
$65,270 |
3.2% |
Utilities |
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers |
16,360 |
$74,770 |
3.0% |
Utilities |
Electrical Engineers |
15,760 |
$85,680 |
2.9% |
Utilities |
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators |
12,550 |
$42,800 |
2.3% |
Utilities |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers |
11,810 |
$77,010 |
2.1% |
Information |
Customer Service Representatives |
164,180 |
$36,180 |
6.1% |
Information |
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers |
141,130 |
$54,440 |
5.2% |
Information |
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers |
104,430 |
$53,530 |
3.9% |
Information |
Sales Representatives, Services, All Other |
95,200 |
$60,570 |
3.5% |
Information |
Advertising Sales Agents |
81,510 |
$50,850 |
3.0% |
Information |
Software Developers, Applications |
74,950 |
$93,170 |
2.8% |
Information |
Editors |
70,950 |
$59,620 |
2.6% |
Information |
Computer Support Specialists |
67,390 |
$51,730 |
2.5% |
Information |
Software Developers, Systems Software |
55,880 |
$97,340 |
2.1% |
Information |
Producers and Directors |
55,670 |
$93,300 |
2.1% |
Financial activities |
Tellers |
542,150 |
$24,930 |
7.3% |
Financial activities |
Customer Service Representatives |
520,990 |
$34,000 |
7.0% |
Financial activities |
Insurance Sales Agents |
308,460 |
$62,670 |
4.2% |
Financial activities |
Office Clerks, General |
276,300 |
$28,090 |
3.7% |
Financial activities |
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents |
262,480 |
$94,720 |
3.5% |
Financial activities |
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers |
260,110 |
$52,350 |
3.5% |
Financial activities |
Loan Officers
| 260,070 |
$65,630 |
3.5% |
Financial activities |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
254,280 |
$32,690 |
3.4% |
Financial activities |
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks |
211,430 |
$36,410 |
2.9% |
Financial activities |
Counter and Rental Clerks |
199,100 |
$25,120 |
2.7% |
Professional and business services |
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
815,890 |
$22,110 |
4.9% |
Professional and business services |
Security Guards |
626,500 |
$25,290 |
3.8% |
Professional and business services |
Customer Service Representatives |
553,390 |
$31,040 |
3.3% |
Professional and business services |
Office Clerks, General |
536,790 |
$27,700 |
3.2% |
Professional and business services |
Accountants and Auditors |
479,970 |
$72,400 |
2.9% |
Professional and business services |
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
466,680 |
$24,670 |
2.8% |
Professional and business services |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
397,460 |
$22,890 |
2.4% |
Professional and business services |
Lawyers |
395,260 |
$137,280 |
2.4% |
Professional and business services |
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
382,470 |
$36,260 |
2.3% |
Professional and business services |
General and Operations Managers |
365,540 |
$128,920 |
2.2% |
Education and health services |
Registered Nurses |
2,061,080 |
$67,840 |
11.0% |
Education and health services |
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants |
1,263,500 |
$24,850 |
6.8% |
Education and health services |
Home Health Aides |
917,220 |
$21,410 |
4.9% |
Education and health services |
Personal Care Aides |
623,470 |
$20,190 |
3.3% |
Education and health services |
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses |
588,400 |
$41,290 |
3.1% |
Education and health services |
Medical Assistants |
485,230 |
$29,850 |
2.6% |
Education and health services |
Medical Secretaries |
454,230 |
$31,800 |
2.4% |
Education and health services |
Office Clerks, General |
432,360 |
$27,760 |
2.3% |
Education and health services |
Receptionists and Information Clerks |
428,640 |
$26,870 |
2.3% |
Education and health services |
Childcare Workers |
365,070 |
$20,330 |
2.0% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food |
2,270,120 |
$18,110 |
17.5% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Waiters and Waitresses |
2,167,730 |
$20,780 |
16.7% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Cooks, Restaurant |
878,590 |
$23,220 |
6.8% |
Leisure and hospitality |
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers |
622,000 |
$31,240 |
4.8% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Cooks, Fast Food |
508,460 |
$18,510 |
3.9% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Dishwashers |
454,650 |
$18,580 |
3.5% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Food Preparation Workers |
451,370 |
$19,690 |
3.5% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Bartenders |
441,890 |
$21,530 |
3.4% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
431,400 |
$20,690 |
3.3% |
Leisure and hospitality |
Cashiers |
356,140 |
$18,680 |
2.7% |
Other services |
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists |
316,200 |
$26,760 |
8.5% |
Other services |
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics |
221,940 |
$35,230 |
6.0% |
Other services |
Office Clerks, General |
127,620 |
$25,510 |
3.4% |
Other services |
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment |
116,650 |
$19,800 |
3.1% |
Other services |
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
105,110 |
$20,590 |
2.8% |
Other services |
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive |
97,050 |
$29,590 |
2.6% |
Other services |
Automotive Body and Related Repairers |
91,610 |
$40,710 |
2.5% |
Other services |
Receptionists and Information Clerks |
84,810 |
$22,180 |
2.3% |
Other services |
Counter and Rental Clerks |
76,920 |
$22,060 |
2.1% |
Other services |
General and Operations Managers |
76,770 |
$101,470 |
2.1% |
Government |
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education |
1,355,990 |
$55,350 |
6.2% |
Government |
Teacher Assistants |
992,730 |
$25,330 |
4.5% |
Government |
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education |
951,690 |
$56,600 |
4.3% |
Government |
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers |
639,520 |
$55,670 |
2.9% |
Government |
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education |
602,480 |
$55,510 |
2.8% |
Government |
Office Clerks, General |
574,120 |
$29,990 |
2.6% |
Government |
Teachers and Instructors, All Other |
542,490 |
$37,200 |
2.5% |
Government |
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
533,980 |
$28,930 |
2.4% |
Government |
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive |
474,760 |
$34,320 |
2.2% |
Government |
Registered Nurses |
471,610 |
$67,040 |
2.1% |
Last Modified Date: June 6, 2011
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