Employment and wages for newly defined occupations, May 2012

In May 2012, computer network support specialists, with employment of 167,980, and nurse practitioners, with employment of 105,780, were two of the largest new occupations in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. There are 24 newly defined detailed occupations in the 2010 SOC system.

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Employment and wages for occupations identified as new in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, May 2012

Occupation	Employment	Mean annual wage
Computer network support specialists	167,980	$62,960
Computer network architects	137,890	94,000
Nurse practitioners	105,780	91,450
Web developers	102,940	66,100
Phlebotomists	100,380	30,910
Information security analysts	72,670	89,290
Orderlies	53,920	25,700
Fundraisers	48,530	55,220
Transportation security screeners	47,200	37,130
Financial clerks, all other	39,290	39,580
Special education teachers, all other	39,260	56,160
Community health workers	38,020	37,490
Food processing workers, all other	37,570	24,880
Nurse anesthetists	34,180	154,390
Magnetic resonance imaging technologists	29,560	65,410
Ophthalmic medical technicians	29,170	35,590
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors	23,070	52,690
Special education teachers, preschool	21,770	57,770
Exercise physiologists	5,820	47,610
Nurse midwives	5,710	91,070
Hearing aid specialists	4,980	46,780
Solar photovoltaic installers	4,710	40,620
Wind turbine service technicians	3,200	48,320
Genetic counselors	2,000	55,820

Other large newly defined occupations include computer network architects, with employment of 137,890, and web developers, with employment of 102,940. Phlebotomists, who draw blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research, had employment of 100,380 in May 2012. Some new occupations were quite small: genetic counselors, wind turbine service technicians, and solar photovoltaic installers each had employment of less than 5,000.

Several newly defined occupations earned high wages relative to the U.S. annual mean of $45,790. Nurse anesthetists had an annual mean wage of $154,390, nurse practitioners, $91,450, and nurse midwives, $91,070. Information security analysts had an annual mean wage of $89,290 and computer network architects, $94,000.

Orderlies, with an annual mean wage of $25,700, was among the lowest paid occupations new to the 2010 SOC. Phlebotomists ($30,910), ophthalmic medical technicians ($35,590), and community health workers ($37,490) also had wages below the U.S. average.

These data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics program. To learn more, see, "Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-13-0543.