Occupational employment / Ames, IA

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 "Ames, IA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 41,920 $19.44 $40,440
Office and administrative support occupations 6,000 $15.11 $31,420
Food preparation and serving related occupations 4,470 $9.18 $19,090
Sales and related occupations 4,370 $14.01 $29,140
Education, training, and library occupations 3,960 $34.13 $70,990
Production occupations 3,640 $16.13 $33,550
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 1,940 $26.75 $55,650
Business and financial operations occupations 1,910 $25.21 $52,440
Management occupations 1,860 $41.30 $85,900
Transportation and material moving occupations 1,820 $13.43 $27,930
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 1,740 $18.38 $38,240
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 1,670 $12.11 $25,190
Construction and extraction occupations 1,430 $18.20 $37,860
Retail salespersons 1,410 $11.37 $23,660
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,290 $24.97 $51,950
Cashiers 1,140 $9.57 $19,900
Office clerks, general 1,130 $14.57 $30,300
Personal care and service occupations 1,100 $10.42 $21,670
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,060 $7.91 $16,460
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,050 $28.66 $59,610
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,020 $30.28 $62,970
Waiters and waitresses 930 $9.63 $20,040
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 830 $16.99 $35,340
Healthcare support occupations 810 $13.33 $27,720
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 790 $12.01 $24,980
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 710 $19.48 $40,520
Registered nurses 710 $27.02 $56,210
Business operations specialists, all other 700 $24.80 $51,590
Stock clerks and order fillers 610 $13.08 $27,210
Maintenance and repair workers, general 570 $17.26 $35,890
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 560 $15.13 $31,460
Community and social services occupations 560 $16.00 $33,290
Food preparation workers 530 $8.53 $17,750
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 530 $11.82 $24,590
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 400 $17.63 $36,680
Receptionists and information clerks 400 $11.21 $23,310
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 390 $19.12 $39,760
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 380 $12.26 $25,510
Teachers and instructors, all other 380 Not available $47,050
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 360 $12.19 $25,360
Protective service occupations 360 $18.63 $38,740
Biological technicians 350 $17.74 $36,910
Cooks, restaurant 300 $9.34 $19,430
General and operations managers 290 $44.24 $92,020
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 290 $23.25 $48,350
Teacher assistants 290 Not available $21,310
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 280 $12.75 $26,530
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 280 $15.41 $32,050
Accountants and auditors 260 $25.67 $53,400
Civil engineers 260 $36.64 $76,210
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 260 $13.09 $27,230
Computer systems analysts 250 $30.39 $63,200
Cooks, fast food 250 $7.86 $16,350
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 250 $25.74 $53,530
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 230 $8.45 $17,570
Child care workers 220 $8.06 $16,760
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 220 $10.25 $21,330
Personal and home care aides 220 $10.11 $21,030
Printing machine operators 220 $17.06 $35,490
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 210 $19.98 $41,560
Carpenters 210 $15.84 $32,950
Elementary school teachers, except special education 210 Not available $40,230
Construction laborers 200 $15.58 $32,410
Customer service representatives 200 $13.61 $28,320
Bartenders 190 $8.26 $17,190
Computer specialists, all other 190 $25.26 $52,530
Electricians 190 $19.54 $40,650
Tellers 190 $11.15 $23,190
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 180 $15.81 $32,890
Medical and health services managers 170 $36.99 $76,940
Sales representatives, services, all other 170 $19.52 $40,590
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 160 $14.36 $29,860
Counter and rental clerks 150 $9.19 $19,110
Industrial truck and tractor operators 150 $14.24 $29,620
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 150 $12.39 $25,780
Packers and packagers, hand 150 $9.75 $20,270
Dishwashers 140 $7.83 $16,280
Helpers--production workers 140 $11.32 $23,540
Network and computer systems administrators 140 $28.16 $58,560
Preschool teachers, except special education 140 $9.28 $19,290
Public relations specialists 140 $22.98 $47,790
Training and development specialists 140 $23.09 $48,030
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 130 $22.08 $45,930
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 130 $12.54 $26,090
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 130 $9.12 $18,970
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 130 $16.92 $35,190
Loan officers 130 $30.70 $63,860
Machinists 130 $16.73 $34,800
Managers, all other 130 $33.14 $68,940
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 130 $30.43 $63,300
Computer programmers 120 $25.61 $53,270
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 120 $29.79 $61,960
Legal occupations 120 $31.75 $66,040
Library assistants, clerical 120 $17.81 $37,040
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $11.34 $23,590
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 120 $9.86 $20,500
Construction managers 110 $35.28 $73,370
Financial managers 110 $47.44 $98,670
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 110 $27.61 $57,430
Management analysts 110 $27.86 $57,940
Nonfarm animal caretakers 110 $12.62 $26,250
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 110 $22.79 $47,400
Prepress technicians and workers 110 $17.15 $35,670
Social and human service assistants 110 $11.39 $23,690
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 110 $14.81 $30,800
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 100 $13.60 $28,280
Computer support specialists 100 $20.48 $42,600
Food service managers 100 $19.97 $41,530
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 100 $23.65 $49,180
Soil and plant scientists 100 $27.75 $57,730
Bus drivers, school 90 $14.21 $29,560
Civil engineering technicians 90 $22.32 $46,420
Cost estimators 90 $24.41 $50,770
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 90 $20.49 $42,620
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 90 Not available Not available
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 90 $10.47 $21,770
Industrial machinery mechanics 90 $18.49 $38,460
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 90 $19.30 $40,140
Medical assistants 90 $14.22 $29,580
Postal service mail carriers 90 Not available Not available
Administrative services managers 80 $39.24 $81,630
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 80 $18.46 $38,410
Cement masons and concrete finishers 80 $16.54 $34,400
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 80 $20.42 $42,480
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 80 $9.97 $20,730
Pharmacists 80 $41.84 $87,020
Real estate sales agents 80 $25.89 $53,850
Word processors and typists 80 $15.68 $32,620
Chief executives 70 $72.39 $150,570
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 70 $18.29 $38,050
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 70 $13.49 $28,060
Graphic designers 70 $19.63 $40,830
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 70 $18.53 $38,530
Medical secretaries 70 $12.91 $26,860
Medical transcriptionists 70 Not available Not available
Opticians, dispensing 70 $12.64 $26,290
Pharmacy technicians 70 $12.33 $25,640
Radiologic technologists and technicians 70 $21.05 $43,790
Security guards 70 $10.79 $22,450
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 70 $26.09 $54,260
Veterinary technologists and technicians 70 $15.95 $33,170
Architects, except landscape and naval 60 $28.33 $58,930
Automotive body and related repairers 60 $16.83 $35,000
Bindery workers 60 $12.52 $26,030
Community and social service specialists, all other 60 $15.97 $33,220
Dental hygienists 60 $31.53 $65,590
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 60 $8.11 $16,860
Home health aides 60 $11.67 $24,280
Industrial engineers 60 $33.13 $68,900
Lawyers 60 $39.79 $82,750
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 60 $22.76 $47,340
Postsecondary teachers, all other 60 Not available $73,140
Power plant operators 60 $23.48 $48,840
Residential advisors 60 $11.18 $23,240
Veterinarians 60 $37.08 $77,130
Chemical technicians 50 $19.20 $39,940
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 50 $9.76 $20,290
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $20.40 $42,430
Computer and information systems managers 50 $42.52 $88,450
Dental assistants 50 $17.61 $36,630
Editors 50 $17.60 $36,600
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 50 Not available $79,000
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 50 $24.32 $50,590
Engineering managers 50 $45.76 $95,190
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 50 $15.95 $33,180
Food batchmakers 50 $12.47 $25,940
Healthcare support workers, all other 50 $10.87 $22,600
Highway maintenance workers 50 $18.65 $38,790
Industrial engineering technicians 50 $25.76 $53,580
Industrial production managers 50 $48.27 $100,390
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 50 $12.64 $26,290
Legal secretaries 50 $11.93 $24,820
Library technicians 50 $15.19 $31,600
Loan interviewers and clerks 50 $14.12 $29,370
Mechanical engineers 50 $37.62 $78,250
Network systems and data communications analysts 50 Not available Not available
Office machine operators, except computer 50 $11.09 $23,070
Order clerks 50 $12.65 $26,320
Parts salespersons 50 $13.84 $28,790
Production workers, all other 50 $11.60 $24,130
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 50 $17.58 $36,560
Protective service workers, all other 50 $10.01 $20,830
Reporters and correspondents 50 $9.72 $20,220
Special education teachers, middle school 50 Not available $46,860
Bakers 40 $12.04 $25,040
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 40 $28.56 $59,400
Engineers, all other 40 $30.64 $63,730
File clerks 40 $9.53 $19,830
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 40 $28.59 $59,470
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $28.48 $59,230
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 40 $23.92 $49,750
Food servers, nonrestaurant 40 $10.61 $22,070
Librarians 40 $18.95 $39,410
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $17.81 $37,040
Painters, construction and maintenance 40 $15.74 $32,730
Photographers 40 $11.87 $24,690
Recreation workers 40 $15.11 $31,430
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 40 $30.68 $63,810
Social and community service managers 40 $22.87 $47,570
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 40 $18.09 $37,620
Advertising sales agents 30 $13.07 $27,190
Amusement and recreation attendants 30 $8.27 $17,200
Construction and building inspectors 30 $25.56 $53,160
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 30 $17.79 $37,010
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 30 $22.76 $47,330
Food scientists and technologists 30 $28.24 $58,740
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 30 $19.06 $39,650
Legislators 30 Not available $30,130
Market research analysts 30 $26.15 $54,400
Mechanical drafters 30 $19.68 $40,940
Chemists Not available $34.22 $71,170
Coaches and scouts Not available Not available $24,880
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Not available $9.52 $19,790
Computer software engineers, applications Not available $35.25 $73,330
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Not available $22.82 $47,470
Helpers--carpenters Not available $10.63 $22,120
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $15.08 $31,360
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $19.41 $40,360
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $21.11 $43,910
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $40,400
Millwrights Not available $14.04 $29,210
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Not available $17.06 $35,480
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $14.86 $30,900
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $15.66 $32,580
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $22.34 $46,470
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $38,970
Sheet metal workers Not available $19.76 $41,100
Special education teachers, secondary school Not available Not available $41,630
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Not available $10.87 $22,610
Telemarketers Not available $13.20 $27,450
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Not available $21.98 $45,720
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $11.75 $24,430
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