Occupational employment / Altoona, PA

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 "Altoona, PA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 58,680 $15.86 $32,980
Office and administrative support occupations 9,900 $13.09 $27,220
Sales and related occupations 7,850 $12.79 $26,610
Food preparation and serving related occupations 5,470 $9.41 $19,580
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,220 $13.39 $27,840
Production occupations 5,020 $15.65 $32,550
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,130 $28.47 $59,220
Education, training, and library occupations 3,290 $18.88 $39,280
Retail salespersons 3,200 $10.34 $21,500
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 2,550 $17.01 $35,370
Construction and extraction occupations 2,340 $16.28 $33,860
Cashiers 2,120 $8.13 $16,920
Healthcare support occupations 2,070 $11.73 $24,400
Office clerks, general 1,860 $10.98 $22,850
Personal care and service occupations 1,800 $9.60 $19,970
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 1,670 $10.76 $22,380
Management occupations 1,590 $34.62 $72,020
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,510 $8.36 $17,400
Business and financial operations occupations 1,440 $24.58 $51,130
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,360 $10.93 $22,740
Registered nurses 1,350 $24.91 $51,820
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,320 $17.10 $35,560
Community and social services occupations 1,050 $16.92 $35,200
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,040 $11.41 $23,730
Waiters and waitresses 990 $8.78 $18,250
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 960 $22.82 $47,460
Elementary school teachers, except special education 880 Not available $45,060
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 850 $10.90 $22,680
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 840 $12.15 $25,270
Protective service occupations 840 $15.78 $32,820
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 800 $13.07 $27,190
Stock clerks and order fillers 790 $10.84 $22,540
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 770 $16.45 $34,210
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 760 $13.00 $27,040
Teacher assistants 740 Not available $17,940
Architecture and engineering occupations 730 $26.88 $55,910
Computer and mathematical occupations 710 $28.51 $59,300
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 700 $17.11 $35,590
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 690 $14.69 $30,550
Customer service representatives 610 $12.84 $26,710
Carpenters 600 $14.05 $29,220
Receptionists and information clerks 580 $9.98 $20,750
Maintenance and repair workers, general 540 $14.26 $29,650
Home health aides 520 $9.72 $20,210
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 490 $20.97 $43,620
Packers and packagers, hand 490 $10.02 $20,850
Personal and home care aides 450 $8.38 $17,430
Cooks, restaurant 440 $9.81 $20,410
Food preparation workers 430 $8.89 $18,490
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 430 Not available $45,270
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 420 $12.66 $26,340
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 420 $20.03 $41,670
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 390 $9.04 $18,790
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 390 $15.25 $31,710
Bartenders 380 $8.37 $17,410
Construction laborers 380 $11.77 $24,480
Team assemblers 370 $13.38 $27,830
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 330 $19.81 $41,210
General and operations managers 320 $37.33 $77,650
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 310 $23.73 $49,360
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 310 $10.12 $21,040
Medical secretaries 310 $12.87 $26,770
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 300 $9.48 $19,720
Helpers--production workers 300 $11.60 $24,130
Medical assistants 300 $11.45 $23,810
Security guards 280 $9.67 $20,110
Counter and rental clerks 270 $10.39 $21,600
Industrial truck and tractor operators 270 $12.48 $25,960
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 270 Not available $47,260
Tellers 270 $10.87 $22,600
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 260 Not available Not available
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 250 $11.16 $23,220
Accountants and auditors 240 $26.82 $55,790
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 240 $20.71 $43,070
Child care workers 230 $8.53 $17,740
Dishwashers 230 $7.86 $16,340
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 200 $8.50 $17,670
Parts salespersons 200 $13.52 $28,120
Pharmacy technicians 200 $12.38 $25,750
Driver/sales workers 190 $11.27 $23,430
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 180 $12.90 $26,840
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 180 $15.95 $33,180
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 180 $23.00 $47,850
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 180 $21.15 $43,980
Computer systems analysts 170 $39.27 $81,690
Machinists 170 $16.60 $34,520
Computer support specialists 160 $15.67 $32,590
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 160 $15.72 $32,700
Insurance sales agents 160 $19.23 $40,000
Life, physical, and social science occupations 160 $24.89 $51,770
Postal service mail carriers 160 Not available Not available
Social and human service assistants 160 $10.92 $22,710
Civil engineers 150 $30.74 $63,940
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 150 $25.21 $52,430
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 150 $15.74 $32,740
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 150 $20.73 $43,120
Cost estimators 140 $27.70 $57,610
Family and general practitioners 140 $90.69 $188,630
Bill and account collectors 130 $13.30 $27,660
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 130 $18.75 $39,000
Chief executives 130 $53.81 $111,920
Construction and building inspectors 130 $19.52 $40,610
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 130 $19.59 $40,750
Industrial machinery mechanics 130 $15.41 $32,050
Medical and health services managers 130 $47.88 $99,590
Radiologic technologists and technicians 130 $21.02 $43,720
Child, family, and school social workers 120 $17.14 $35,650
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 120 $9.48 $19,720
Cooks, short order 120 $9.30 $19,330
Dental assistants 120 $13.10 $27,250
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 120 $24.18 $50,290
Electricians 120 $21.63 $44,990
Financial managers 120 $30.67 $63,790
Legal occupations 120 Not available Not available
Legal secretaries 120 $14.23 $29,600
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 120 $22.91 $47,650
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $14.96 $31,110
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 120 $14.23 $29,600
Pharmacists 120 $44.83 $93,240
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 120 $17.31 $36,000
Business operations specialists, all other 110 $18.70 $38,890
Healthcare support workers, all other 110 $12.45 $25,900
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 110 $15.53 $32,310
Highway maintenance workers 110 $16.99 $35,340
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 110 $10.72 $22,290
Network and computer systems administrators 110 $26.90 $55,950
Printing machine operators 110 $13.71 $28,510
Sewing machine operators 110 $10.26 $21,350
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 100 $23.14 $48,130
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 100 $26.87 $55,890
Mental health counselors 100 Not available Not available
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 100 $17.25 $35,890
Physician assistants 100 $28.72 $59,730
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 100 $23.69 $49,270
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 100 Not available Not available
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 100 $17.06 $35,490
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 100 $24.09 $50,110
Word processors and typists 100 $14.54 $30,250
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $12.60 $26,210
Computer programmers 90 $22.58 $46,970
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 90 $8.28 $17,210
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 90 Not available $80,970
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 90 $21.63 $44,990
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 90 $13.70 $28,490
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 90 $22.04 $45,840
File clerks 90 $12.00 $24,960
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 90 $20.56 $42,770
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 90 $15.69 $32,630
Medical and public health social workers 90 $20.47 $42,570
Physicians and surgeons, all other 90 $105.54 $219,530
Preschool teachers, except special education 90 $9.61 $19,990
Recreation workers 90 $10.76 $22,370
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 90 $16.93 $35,210
Bakers 80 $10.05 $20,890
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $16.07 $33,420
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 80 $19.07 $39,660
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 80 $34.47 $71,700
Food servers, nonrestaurant 80 $9.06 $18,850
Food service managers 80 $22.04 $45,850
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 80 $16.04 $33,370
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 80 Not available Not available
Marketing managers 80 $26.65 $55,440
Mechanical engineers 80 $33.62 $69,930
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 80 $13.53 $28,140
Photographers 80 $15.08 $31,360
Roofers 80 $10.27 $21,360
Sales managers 80 $37.18 $77,330
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 80 Not available $53,060
Architectural and civil drafters 70 $18.37 $38,210
Brickmasons and blockmasons 70 $18.92 $39,350
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 70 $15.00 $31,200
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $14.57 $30,300
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 70 $19.59 $40,760
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 70 $13.93 $28,980
Graphic designers 70 $15.52 $32,270
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 70 $12.42 $25,840
Industrial engineers 70 $33.38 $69,430
Industrial production managers 70 $33.93 $70,570
Loan officers 70 $17.58 $36,570
Occupational therapists 70 $25.24 $52,490
Public relations specialists 70 $19.21 $39,950
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 70 $25.10 $52,210
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 70 $24.94 $51,880
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 70 $9.38 $19,510
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 70 $10.05 $20,900
Civil engineering technicians 60 $21.10 $43,890
Dental hygienists 60 $24.66 $51,300
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 60 $20.42 $42,480
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 60 $30.92 $64,310
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 60 $10.27 $21,360
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 60 $9.43 $19,620
Legislators 60 Not available $23,910
Market research analysts 60 $25.85 $53,760
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 60 $11.43 $23,770
Order clerks 60 $13.91 $28,930
Painters, construction and maintenance 60 $16.17 $33,640
Physical therapists 60 $34.04 $70,800
Real estate sales agents 60 $16.52 $34,370
Social and community service managers 60 $21.93 $45,620
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 60 $20.74 $43,140
Switchboard operators, including answering service 60 $11.63 $24,190
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 60 $22.43 $46,660
Cement masons and concrete finishers 50 $13.93 $28,970
Computer operators 50 $13.66 $28,410
Computer software engineers, applications 50 $36.02 $74,910
Crossing guards 50 $10.52 $21,890
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $21.69 $45,110
Food batchmakers 50 $9.42 $19,600
Home appliance repairers 50 $13.68 $28,460
Lawyers 50 Not available Not available
Librarians 50 $22.82 $47,460
Logisticians 50 $20.79 $43,240
Medical transcriptionists 50 $13.71 $28,510
Network systems and data communications analysts 50 $31.84 $66,220
Surgical technologists 50 $18.67 $38,820
Tax preparers 50 $11.75 $24,450
Training and development specialists 50 $18.73 $38,960
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 50 Not available Not available
Administrative services managers 40 $35.01 $72,820
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 40 $25.15 $52,310
Construction managers 40 $25.03 $52,050
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $15.15 $31,510
Data entry keyers 40 $10.81 $22,490
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 40 $20.48 $42,600
Engineering managers 40 $43.09 $89,630
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 40 Not available Not available
Funeral directors 40 $21.17 $44,030
Library assistants, clerical 40 $9.59 $19,950
Loan interviewers and clerks 40 $11.64 $24,200
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 40 $19.99 $41,570
Photographic processing machine operators 40 $10.03 $20,870
Physical therapist assistants 40 $19.60 $40,760
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 40 $18.69 $38,880
Procurement clerks 40 $15.36 $31,940
Special education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $50,780
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 40 $20.76 $43,170
Tire repairers and changers 40 $10.25 $21,330
Tool and die makers 40 $17.79 $37,000
Advertising sales agents 30 $23.57 $49,020
Automotive body and related repairers 30 $17.83 $37,090
Computer and information systems managers 30 $41.26 $85,810
Dentists, general 30 Not available Not available
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 30 $16.68 $34,690
Farm equipment mechanics 30 $13.19 $27,430
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 30 $15.02 $31,240
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 30 $7.77 $16,160
Management analysts 30 $40.09 $83,380
Personal financial advisors 30 Not available Not available
Rehabilitation counselors 30 Not available Not available
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 30 $10.48 $21,800
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters 30 $10.20 $21,210
Veterinarians 30 $30.30 $63,020
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Not available $17.64 $36,680
Architects, except landscape and naval Not available $30.25 $62,920
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Not available $21.70 $45,130
Cooks, fast food Not available $7.92 $16,480
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $7.68 $15,970
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $12.52 $26,050
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $27.14 $56,450
Helpers--carpenters Not available $10.14 $21,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $14.22 $29,580
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Not available $9.73 $20,240
Paralegals and legal assistants Not available $13.83 $28,760
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers Not available $23.69 $49,270
Respiratory therapists Not available $24.15 $50,230
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