Occupational employment / Albany, GA

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 "Albany, GA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 61,450 $16.37 $34,050
Office and administrative support occupations 10,660 $13.01 $27,050
Sales and related occupations 6,410 $12.34 $25,670
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,640 $12.10 $25,160
Production occupations 5,630 $17.96 $37,360
Food preparation and serving related occupations 5,190 $7.77 $16,160
Education, training, and library occupations 4,110 $19.42 $40,400
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,050 $28.14 $58,530
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 2,700 $18.69 $38,870
Construction and extraction occupations 2,550 $15.31 $31,850
Retail salespersons 2,510 $9.80 $20,390
Management occupations 2,360 $37.99 $79,020
Protective service occupations 2,220 $13.24 $27,540
Business and financial operations occupations 2,060 $30.32 $63,070
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 1,990 $9.60 $19,970
Team assemblers 1,980 $21.46 $44,640
Healthcare support occupations 1,710 $9.67 $20,120
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,630 $7.23 $15,040
Cashiers 1,600 $7.68 $15,980
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,570 $9.88 $20,560
Office clerks, general 1,490 $9.41 $19,580
Registered nurses 1,440 $24.01 $49,940
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,230 $9.21 $19,160
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,220 $15.89 $33,040
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,150 $12.20 $25,370
Personal care and service occupations 1,130 $8.63 $17,940
General and operations managers 1,070 $36.93 $76,820
Customer service representatives 920 $11.85 $24,650
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 880 $13.49 $28,060
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 880 $18.62 $38,730
Elementary school teachers, except special education 850 Not available $51,320
Waiters and waitresses 850 $6.91 $14,370
Computer and mathematical occupations 810 $20.36 $42,350
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 810 $22.60 $47,010
Stock clerks and order fillers 790 $11.36 $23,630
Community and social services occupations 760 $16.61 $34,550
Teacher assistants 760 Not available Not available
Security guards 750 $8.49 $17,650
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 690 $8.25 $17,150
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 620 $15.68 $32,610
Maintenance and repair workers, general 610 $17.77 $36,960
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 610 $13.47 $28,020
Construction laborers 600 $12.37 $25,730
Bus drivers, school 530 $7.27 $15,120
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 520 $16.20 $33,690
Correctional officers and jailers 510 $13.72 $28,530
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 510 Not available $52,050
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 500 $15.34 $31,910
Architecture and engineering occupations 450 $30.52 $63,490
Medical secretaries 440 $11.03 $22,950
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 430 $11.65 $24,230
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 410 Not available $54,630
Receptionists and information clerks 400 $9.66 $20,080
Child care workers 390 $7.34 $15,270
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 390 $22.26 $46,310
Business operations specialists, all other 370 $33.51 $69,700
Home health aides 370 $8.28 $17,210
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 350 $15.76 $32,780
Cooks, fast food 350 $7.79 $16,200
Cooks, restaurant 350 $7.38 $15,360
Preschool teachers, except special education 350 $11.81 $24,570
Teachers and instructors, all other 350 Not available $15,900
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 340 $10.04 $20,880
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 310 $23.25 $48,350
Accountants and auditors 300 $33.67 $70,040
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 300 $28.82 $59,940
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 300 $10.37 $21,580
Industrial truck and tractor operators 290 $12.76 $26,550
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 290 $16.03 $33,340
Legal occupations 280 $40.64 $84,540
Medical assistants 280 $11.55 $24,020
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 270 $15.11 $31,420
Logisticians 270 $34.72 $72,210
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 270 $7.17 $14,920
Life, physical, and social science occupations 260 $26.29 $54,670
Food preparation workers 250 $7.50 $15,610
Chief executives 230 $58.51 $121,700
Fire fighters 230 $14.73 $30,650
Pharmacy technicians 230 $12.04 $25,050
Counter and rental clerks 220 $10.36 $21,540
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 220 $25.08 $52,170
Electricians 210 $18.59 $38,660
Administrative services managers 200 $36.03 $74,950
Amusement and recreation attendants 200 $7.29 $15,170
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 200 $12.27 $25,520
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 200 $9.01 $18,740
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 190 $7.06 $14,680
Dishwashers 190 $6.91 $14,370
Carpenters 180 $15.57 $32,390
Machinists 180 $15.40 $32,030
Management analysts 180 $38.67 $80,440
Tellers 180 $11.45 $23,810
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 170 $16.15 $33,590
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 170 $12.12 $25,210
Medical and health services managers 170 $36.30 $75,500
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 170 $14.45 $30,060
Driver/sales workers 160 $15.43 $32,090
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 160 $22.82 $47,470
Lawyers 160 $54.74 $113,860
Legal secretaries 160 $14.30 $29,750
Physical therapists 160 $27.13 $56,430
Postal service mail carriers 160 Not available Not available
Insurance sales agents 150 $19.16 $39,850
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 150 $7.73 $16,090
Pharmacists 150 $49.47 $102,900
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 150 $15.22 $31,660
Bill and account collectors 140 $13.43 $27,930
Medical records and health information technicians 140 $10.60 $22,050
Training and development specialists 140 $24.56 $51,090
Child, family, and school social workers 130 $16.50 $34,310
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 130 $23.54 $48,960
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 130 $16.37 $34,050
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 130 $7.74 $16,100
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 130 $15.77 $32,790
Social and human service assistants 130 $12.22 $25,420
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 130 $15.99 $33,250
Bartenders 120 $7.21 $15,010
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $19.27 $40,070
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 120 $16.15 $33,600
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 120 $22.50 $46,790
Radiologic technologists and technicians 120 $19.62 $40,820
Dental assistants 110 $12.27 $25,510
Dental hygienists 110 $20.61 $42,880
Detectives and criminal investigators 110 $21.04 $43,770
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 110 $24.50 $50,950
Family and general practitioners 110 $91.78 $190,900
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 110 $24.47 $50,900
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 110 Not available Not available
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 110 $30.47 $63,390
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 110 $6.96 $14,480
Computer specialists, all other 100 $34.68 $72,140
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 100 $10.89 $22,650
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 100 $10.60 $22,050
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 100 $14.96 $31,130
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $14.30 $29,750
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 100 $13.68 $28,450
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $10.14 $21,100
Recreation workers 100 $9.53 $19,820
Automotive body and related repairers 90 $20.09 $41,780
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 90 $16.78 $34,910
Cement masons and concrete finishers 90 $12.42 $25,840
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 90 $18.59 $38,670
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 90 Not available $88,660
Industrial machinery mechanics 90 $13.10 $27,250
Order clerks 90 $11.15 $23,200
Personal and home care aides 90 $6.95 $14,450
Procurement clerks 90 $17.95 $37,350
Sales managers 90 $35.45 $73,740
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 90 $19.58 $40,720
Surgical technologists 90 $15.59 $32,430
Community and social service specialists, all other 80 $16.16 $33,620
Cost estimators 80 $24.49 $50,940
Helpers--production workers 80 $8.98 $18,680
Internists, general 80 $102.85 $213,930
Parts salespersons 80 $13.61 $28,310
Pest control workers 80 $12.66 $26,330
Switchboard operators, including answering service 80 $10.42 $21,660
Advertising sales agents 70 $11.64 $24,220
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 70 $11.70 $24,340
Computer systems analysts 70 $29.18 $60,700
File clerks 70 $11.52 $23,970
Financial managers 70 $40.78 $84,820
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 70 $15.50 $32,240
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 70 $14.04 $29,200
Helpers--electricians 70 $11.80 $24,530
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 70 $20.10 $41,810
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 70 $11.63 $24,180
Network and computer systems administrators 70 $26.79 $55,730
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 70 $11.63 $24,190
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 70 $14.56 $30,270
Butchers and meat cutters 60 $13.26 $27,580
Computer operators 60 $14.24 $29,620
Construction managers 60 $30.21 $62,830
Financial specialists, all other 60 $29.57 $61,510
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 60 $25.57 $53,190
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 60 $15.11 $31,420
Librarians 60 $23.39 $48,650
Loan officers 60 $33.63 $69,940
Managers, all other 60 $34.54 $71,850
Nonfarm animal caretakers 60 $9.45 $19,660
Paralegals and legal assistants 60 $17.46 $36,310
Self-enrichment education teachers 60 $18.28 $38,030
Sewing machine operators 60 $7.71 $16,030
Structural iron and steel workers 60 $15.73 $32,710
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 60 $7.53 $15,650
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $53,740
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 50 $27.43 $57,050
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 50 $20.28 $42,180
Data entry keyers 50 $11.83 $24,610
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 50 $29.51 $61,380
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 50 $29.60 $61,570
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 50 Not available Not available
Instructional coordinators 50 $30.03 $62,470
Legislators 50 Not available $14,050
Physician assistants 50 $37.31 $77,600
Sales representatives, services, all other 50 $19.22 $39,970
Sheet metal workers 50 $15.40 $32,030
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 50 $12.37 $25,740
Computer and information systems managers 40 $39.46 $82,070
Court, municipal, and license clerks 40 $12.46 $25,910
Dentists, general 40 $67.09 $139,550
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 40 $29.41 $61,170
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 40 $16.49 $34,310
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 40 $25.26 $52,540
Financial examiners 40 $33.04 $68,730
Graphic designers 40 $16.09 $33,470
Highway maintenance workers 40 $8.95 $18,620
Industrial engineers 40 $35.30 $73,430
Library assistants, clerical 40 $9.53 $19,810
Medical transcriptionists 40 $10.09 $20,980
Physical therapist assistants 40 $22.07 $45,910
Printing machine operators 40 $10.83 $22,530
Social workers, all other 40 $10.18 $21,180
Speech-language pathologists 40 $29.68 $61,730
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 40 $20.68 $43,020
Veterinary technologists and technicians 40 $9.37 $19,500
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 30 $17.60 $36,600
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 30 $30.92 $64,310
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 30 $7.10 $14,760
Engineering managers 30 $47.77 $99,370
Floral designers 30 $8.67 $18,040
Mechanical engineers 30 $38.26 $79,580
Physical therapist aides 30 $10.55 $21,940
Pipelayers 30 $11.50 $23,920
Special education teachers, secondary school 30 Not available $48,010
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 30 $25.69 $53,430
Civil engineers Not available $29.38 $61,100
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $16.20 $33,700
Credit analysts Not available $26.91 $55,970
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $11.96 $24,870
Engineers, all other Not available $33.20 $69,050
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Not available $12.28 $25,540
Helpers--carpenters Not available $12.38 $25,760
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Not available $7.15 $14,870
Library technicians Not available $13.93 $28,970
New accounts clerks Not available $15.11 $31,430
Packers and packagers, hand Not available $8.03 $16,690
Pharmacy aides Not available $7.74 $16,090
Photographic processing machine operators Not available $7.43 $15,440
Real estate sales agents Not available $8.13 $16,920
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school Not available Not available $49,970
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $16.60 $34,530
Surgeons Not available $86.63 $180,190
Tax preparers Not available $10.80 $22,460
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $20.53 $42,710
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.08 $18,890
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $22.48 $46,750
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Not available $15.85 $32,970
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $10.23 $21,270
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