Occupational employment / Healthcare support workers, all other

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Healthcare support workers, all other" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,180 $16.28 $33,850
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 13,900 $16.34 $33,980
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 9,110 $15.93 $33,140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 8,710 $16.05 $33,390
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 8,500 $16.40 $34,120
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 8,090 $16.18 $33,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 6,580 $16.11 $33,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 3,660 $18.43 $38,330
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,300 $15.11 $31,430
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,640 $15.87 $33,020
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,630 $13.65 $28,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,490 $15.92 $33,110
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,470 $16.01 $33,310
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,450 $15.24 $31,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,390 $13.98 $29,080
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,380 $14.09 $29,310
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,310 $18.34 $38,150
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,290 $15.55 $32,340
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,250 $15.56 $32,360
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,130 $15.90 $33,060
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,040 $15.83 $32,930
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,020 $13.29 $27,650
Columbus, OH 1,990 $13.87 $28,840
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,940 $15.04 $31,290
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,890 $17.79 $37,000
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,860 $13.07 $27,190
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,850 $14.82 $30,830
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,840 $16.31 $33,930
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,790 $13.87 $28,840
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 1,690 $13.77 $28,650
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,660 $16.02 $33,320
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,660 $16.07 $33,430
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,630 $14.05 $29,230
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,630 $16.66 $34,660
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,620 $15.06 $31,320
Durham, NC 1,610 $13.75 $28,610
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1,520 $17.81 $37,040
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,450 $16.17 $33,630
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,420 $15.44 $32,110
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,360 $13.11 $27,260
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,350 $18.58 $38,650
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,350 $13.02 $27,080
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,340 $18.41 $38,300
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,310 $15.78 $32,820
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,250 $16.59 $34,510
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,210 $15.63 $32,520
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,200 $14.57 $30,300
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 1,180 $17.26 $35,910
Honolulu, HI 1,070 $13.96 $29,030
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,010 $14.53 $30,220
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,000 $14.10 $29,320
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 990 $14.70 $30,580
Pittsburgh, PA 990 Not available Not available
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 950 $9.71 $20,200
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 940 $17.33 $36,040
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 940 $13.60 $28,290
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 940 $14.66 $30,490
Winston-Salem, NC 930 $12.81 $26,640
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 920 $13.62 $28,330
Greensboro-High Point, NC 910 $12.59 $26,190
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 910 $14.25 $29,640
Albuquerque, NM 880 $12.34 $25,670
Kansas City, MO-KS 840 $16.30 $33,900
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 830 $15.59 $32,430
Raleigh-Cary, NC 810 $15.29 $31,800
Salt Lake City, UT 800 $13.28 $27,630
Rochester, NY 780 $14.73 $30,630
Asheville, NC 760 $12.12 $25,200
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 750 $15.04 $31,290
Columbia, SC 750 $14.77 $30,710
Fresno, CA 740 $14.48 $30,120
Reno-Sparks, NV 730 $16.05 $33,390
Madison, WI 720 $14.14 $29,410
Spokane, WA 720 $13.56 $28,200
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 680 $17.57 $36,550
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 670 $16.51 $34,350
Oklahoma City, OK 670 $12.76 $26,550
Austin-Round Rock, TX 660 $13.00 $27,040
Dayton, OH 660 $15.59 $32,430
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 660 $11.53 $23,980
Toledo, OH 650 $14.28 $29,700
Fort Wayne, IN 640 $13.19 $27,440
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 630 $14.35 $29,840
Baton Rouge, LA 620 $11.07 $23,020
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 610 $13.19 $27,440
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 600 $13.95 $29,010
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 580 $14.78 $30,730
Springfield, MA-CT 570 $17.20 $35,780
Jacksonville, FL 560 $15.13 $31,460
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 560 $14.14 $29,410
Tucson, AZ 550 $12.23 $25,440
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 530 $14.62 $30,410
New Haven, CT 530 $16.52 $34,360
Syracuse, NY 520 $14.18 $29,500
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 510 $16.44 $34,200
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 500 $11.96 $24,880
Peoria, IL 490 $12.55 $26,090
Fayetteville, NC 490 $13.97 $29,050
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 480 $13.24 $27,530
Worcester, MA-CT 470 $17.65 $36,720
Roanoke, VA 460 $12.39 $25,770
Springfield, IL 460 $16.21 $33,710
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 460 $16.66 $34,650
Wilmington, NC 450 $12.33 $25,650
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 420 $16.90 $35,140
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 410 $12.22 $25,420
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 410 $12.91 $26,860
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 410 $13.21 $27,480
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 400 $13.48 $28,040
El Paso, TX 400 $16.61 $34,540
Tulsa, OK 390 $13.55 $28,180
Reading, PA 390 $13.40 $27,880
Jackson, MS 380 $12.84 $26,710
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 360 $13.78 $28,660
Modesto, CA 350 $16.05 $33,390
Corpus Christi, TX 350 $12.38 $25,740
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 340 $17.20 $35,780
Greenville, NC 340 $10.98 $22,840
York-Hanover, PA 340 $12.27 $25,520
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 340 $12.65 $26,310
Stockton, CA 340 $17.45 $36,290
Flint, MI 320 $14.95 $31,090
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 320 $13.26 $27,580
Lexington-Fayette, KY 320 $14.23 $29,600
Burlington, NC 310 $11.71 $24,370
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 300 $17.09 $35,550
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 300 $12.02 $25,010
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 300 $20.04 $41,690
Charleston, WV 300 $11.17 $23,220
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 300 $16.17 $33,630
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 290 $15.69 $32,630
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 290 $12.02 $24,990
Redding, CA 290 $14.56 $30,290
Knoxville, TN 290 $12.50 $26,010
Springfield, MO 290 $11.76 $24,460
Ann Arbor, MI 280 $18.03 $37,500
Bakersfield, CA 280 $16.56 $34,430
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 280 $11.94 $24,840
Montgomery, AL 280 $12.11 $25,190
Eugene-Springfield, OR 280 $13.29 $27,650
Evansville, IN-KY 280 $12.12 $25,200
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 280 $17.22 $35,810
Anchorage, AK 270 $18.56 $38,610
Visalia-Porterville, CA 270 $15.89 $33,060
Atlantic City, NJ 270 $14.82 $30,820
Appleton, WI 260 $18.28 $38,010
Akron, OH 260 $13.11 $27,260
La Crosse, WI-MN 260 $12.29 $25,570
Greenville, SC 250 $13.36 $27,780
Lima, OH 240 $11.70 $24,330
Medford, OR 240 $14.00 $29,120
Gainesville, FL 240 $14.08 $29,290
Canton-Massillon, OH 240 $12.17 $25,310
Salem, OR 240 $16.85 $35,060
Mobile, AL 240 $11.93 $24,800
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 230 $16.81 $34,970
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 230 $13.21 $27,470
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 220 $12.21 $25,390
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 220 $11.87 $24,680
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 220 $14.55 $30,270
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 220 $13.53 $28,150
Wausau, WI 220 $11.80 $24,540
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 220 $16.63 $34,580
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 220 Not available Not available
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 220 $12.88 $26,790
Rocky Mount, NC 220 $10.35 $21,520
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 220 $15.17 $31,540
Colorado Springs, CO 210 $15.65 $32,550
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 210 $11.71 $24,350
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 210 $13.19 $27,430
Duluth, MN-WI 210 $14.45 $30,060
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 210 $15.40 $32,030
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 200 $16.80 $34,950
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 200 $12.94 $26,920
Alexandria, LA 200 $10.65 $22,150
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 190 $16.01 $33,300
Clarksville, TN-KY 190 $15.56 $32,370
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 190 $18.51 $38,500
Lynchburg, VA 190 $13.23 $27,530
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 190 $11.50 $23,910
Manchester, NH 180 $16.17 $33,630
Champaign-Urbana, IL 180 $15.41 $32,060
Chattanooga, TN-GA 180 $11.84 $24,640
Huntsville, AL 180 $13.18 $27,410
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 170 $15.60 $32,440
Johnson City, TN 170 $14.03 $29,190
Boise City-Nampa, ID 170 $13.92 $28,960
Waco, TX 170 $14.89 $30,980
Tyler, TX 170 $11.56 $24,050
Yuba City, CA 170 $14.10 $29,330
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 170 $14.57 $30,300
Lake Charles, LA 160 $10.78 $22,410
Jefferson City, MO 160 $12.16 $25,300
Goldsboro, NC 160 $12.05 $25,070
Ocala, FL 160 $12.53 $26,070
Lebanon, PA 160 $13.87 $28,850
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 150 $12.66 $26,340
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 150 $13.15 $27,340
Florence, SC 150 $11.89 $24,730
Lafayette, LA 150 $10.64 $22,140
Bend, OR 150 $14.52 $30,210
Grand Junction, CO 150 $13.82 $28,730
Green Bay, WI 150 $13.55 $28,190
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 150 $14.14 $29,410
Yakima, WA 150 $14.25 $29,650
Iowa City, IA 140 $14.92 $31,030
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 140 $12.21 $25,400
Wichita Falls, TX 140 $11.91 $24,760
Monroe, LA 140 $10.12 $21,040
Cheyenne, WY 140 $15.31 $31,840
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 130 $13.90 $28,910
Fond du Lac, WI 130 $11.94 $24,830
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 130 $14.19 $29,520
Tallahassee, FL 130 $12.83 $26,690
Chico, CA 130 $14.63 $30,420
Lubbock, TX 130 $12.54 $26,080
Fort Smith, AR-OK 130 $12.27 $25,520
Battle Creek, MI 120 $13.23 $27,530
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 120 $15.90 $33,080
Amarillo, TX 120 $13.51 $28,110
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 120 $13.78 $28,660
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 120 $12.44 $25,870
San Angelo, TX 120 $10.60 $22,050
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 120 $12.04 $25,030
Lakeland, FL 120 $11.47 $23,860
Salinas, CA 120 $15.19 $31,600
Johnstown, PA 110 $12.35 $25,690
Altoona, PA 110 $12.45 $25,900
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 110 $12.76 $26,550
Merced, CA 110 $15.84 $32,940
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 110 $15.39 $32,000
Olympia, WA 110 $17.14 $35,650
Binghamton, NY 110 $14.10 $29,320
Topeka, KS 110 $18.46 $38,400
Jonesboro, AR 110 $9.45 $19,650
Columbus, GA-AL 110 $15.44 $32,120
Farmington, NM 100 $12.58 $26,170
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 100 $12.78 $26,580
Rockford, IL 100 $14.12 $29,370
Terre Haute, IN 100 $11.32 $23,550
Sherman-Denison, TX 100 $11.46 $23,830
Prescott, AZ 100 $13.91 $28,940
Madera, CA 100 $15.23 $31,680
Longview, WA 90 $14.69 $30,560
Glens Falls, NY 90 $12.64 $26,290
Santa Fe, NM 90 $15.17 $31,550
Bloomington, IN 90 $11.32 $23,550
Portsmouth, NH-ME 90 $16.18 $33,650
College Station-Bryan, TX 90 $11.66 $24,260
Dothan, AL 90 $12.48 $25,950
Corvallis, OR 90 $13.62 $28,330
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 80 $17.10 $35,560
Salisbury, MD 80 $14.77 $30,720
Bay City, MI 80 $12.44 $25,870
Monroe, MI 80 $18.97 $39,460
Barnstable Town, MA 80 $15.81 $32,890
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 80 $11.88 $24,700
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 80 $16.30 $33,900
Elizabethtown, KY 80 $16.23 $33,750
Pueblo, CO 80 $12.40 $25,790
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 70 $11.13 $23,160
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 70 $11.80 $24,550
Lafayette, IN 70 $10.22 $21,250
Bellingham, WA 70 $15.61 $32,470
Punta Gorda, FL 70 $14.86 $30,900
Tuscaloosa, AL 70 $12.08 $25,120
Owensboro, KY 70 $12.61 $26,220
Athens-Clarke County, GA 70 $15.94 $33,150
Bowling Green, KY 70 $11.63 $24,180
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $13.59 $28,260
Jacksonville, NC 70 $13.30 $27,650
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 70 $13.25 $27,550
Columbia, MO 70 $14.28 $29,700
Pine Bluff, AR 70 $15.48 $32,200
Great Falls, MT 70 $13.44 $27,950
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 70 $12.55 $26,100
Jackson, TN 60 $11.35 $23,600
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 60 $11.51 $23,950
Morristown, TN 60 $9.96 $20,720
Kokomo, IN 60 $12.39 $25,780
Kingston, NY 60 $13.99 $29,090
Longview, TX 60 $11.86 $24,670
Coeur d'Alene, ID 60 $12.57 $26,150
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 60 $10.98 $22,840
Ponce, PR 60 $9.12 $18,970
Cedar Rapids, IA 60 $12.15 $25,260
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 60 $12.59 $26,200
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 60 $14.33 $29,800
St. Joseph, MO-KS 60 $11.23 $23,350
Boulder, CO 60 $15.74 $32,730
Danbury, CT 60 $17.63 $36,670
Pascagoula, MS 50 $10.43 $21,700
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 50 $18.12 $37,690
Fairbanks, AK 50 $17.94 $37,300
Joplin, MO 50 $10.68 $22,200
Springfield, OH 50 $14.47 $30,090
Laredo, TX 50 $13.74 $28,580
Macon, GA 50 $10.95 $22,770
Lawton, OK 50 $16.41 $34,130
Provo-Orem, UT 50 $13.14 $27,320
Ocean City, NJ 50 $12.60 $26,210
Rome, GA 50 $12.55 $26,090
Odessa, TX 50 $11.93 $24,820
Ames, IA 50 $10.87 $22,600
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 40 $11.04 $22,960
El Centro, CA 40 $13.77 $28,640
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 40 $16.21 $33,720
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 40 $9.47 $19,700
Dubuque, IA 40 $10.87 $22,610
Greeley, CO 40 $19.12 $39,760
Savannah, GA 40 $14.58 $30,320
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 30 $12.37 $25,740
Valdosta, GA 30 $15.60 $32,440
Mayaguez, PR 30 $7.06 $14,690
Wenatchee, WA 30 $12.93 $26,900
Sioux Falls, SD 30 $18.15 $37,750
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Not available $16.74 $34,820
Lancaster, PA Not available $16.69 $34,710
Eau Claire, WI Not available $13.93 $28,980
Decatur, IL Not available $14.63 $30,440
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Not available $17.12 $35,610
San Antonio, TX Not available $14.27 $29,690
Bloomington-Normal, IL Not available $19.59 $40,740
Dalton, GA Not available $13.27 $27,600
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL Not available $12.36 $25,700
Racine, WI Not available $13.02 $27,090
Wichita, KS Not available $11.64 $24,210
Utica-Rome, NY Not available $16.55 $34,420
Midland, TX Not available $9.44 $19,640
Ithaca, NY Not available $14.82 $30,820
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $14.43 $30,020
Wheeling, WV-OH Not available $12.75 $26,520
Casper, WY Not available $10.63 $22,120
Richmond, VA Not available $16.64 $34,620
Napa, CA Not available $16.64 $34,610
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR Not available $10.48 $21,790
Sumter, SC Not available $10.98 $22,840
Anniston-Oxford, AL Not available $17.91 $37,240
Norwich-New London, CT-RI Not available $18.68 $38,860
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $18.90 $39,310
Jackson, MI Not available $11.74 $24,420
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Not available $14.98 $31,150
Charleston-North Charleston, SC Not available $13.69 $28,480
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Not available $15.13 $31,470
Lincoln, NE Not available $13.22 $27,500
Naples-Marco Island, FL Not available $15.75 $32,760
Spartanburg, SC Not available $14.25 $29,630
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