Occupational employment / Ann Arbor, MI

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 "Ann Arbor, MI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 187,890 $23.50 $48,880
Office and administrative support occupations 28,760 $16.13 $33,540
Education, training, and library occupations 19,540 $34.98 $72,770
Sales and related occupations 17,450 $17.31 $36,000
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 15,370 $32.14 $66,860
Food preparation and serving related occupations 14,360 $10.06 $20,920
Production occupations 12,590 $20.22 $42,060
Management occupations 9,210 $49.06 $102,040
Business and financial operations occupations 7,650 $30.36 $63,140
Transportation and material moving occupations 7,510 $16.43 $34,180
Office clerks, general 6,190 $13.45 $27,970
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 6,140 $13.14 $27,320
Computer and mathematical occupations 6,100 $32.04 $66,650
Registered nurses 6,080 $32.26 $67,110
Healthcare support occupations 5,710 $14.68 $30,530
Architecture and engineering occupations 5,610 $34.66 $72,100
Retail salespersons 5,460 $11.75 $24,440
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,420 $22.25 $46,280
Construction and extraction occupations 5,010 $25.90 $53,880
Personal care and service occupations 4,660 $11.98 $24,920
Cashiers 4,510 $9.39 $19,530
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,780 $9.04 $18,790
Customer service representatives 3,780 $15.65 $32,550
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 3,430 $24.98 $51,950
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 3,100 $13.57 $28,240
Waiters and waitresses 3,080 $9.30 $19,350
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 2,790 $19.91 $41,420
Protective service occupations 2,600 $23.21 $48,270
Community and social services occupations 2,370 $22.07 $45,900
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,270 $16.79 $34,930
Teacher assistants 2,050 Not available $25,020
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,010 $13.91 $28,940
Business operations specialists, all other 1,910 $31.51 $65,540
Mechanical engineers 1,840 $38.20 $79,460
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,640 $18.50 $38,480
General and operations managers 1,600 $51.95 $108,050
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,590 $17.96 $37,350
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,580 $12.99 $27,020
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,430 Not available $66,640
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,400 $12.68 $26,380
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,400 $11.73 $24,410
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,350 $17.95 $37,340
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,300 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,290 $19.54 $40,650
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 1,280 $38.37 $79,820
Accountants and auditors 1,270 $27.99 $58,210
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,260 $29.84 $62,060
Recreation workers 1,200 $10.69 $22,230
Computer support specialists 1,170 $20.01 $41,630
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,160 $23.47 $48,820
Computer programmers 1,140 $34.34 $71,430
Receptionists and information clerks 1,120 $13.58 $28,240
Home health aides 1,080 $11.83 $24,610
Medical assistants 1,040 $14.59 $30,350
Food preparation workers 1,010 $10.58 $22,000
Legal occupations 1,000 $42.77 $88,960
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,000 $16.85 $35,050
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 990 $10.30 $21,420
Child care workers 950 $11.14 $23,170
Construction laborers 910 $19.83 $41,260
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 910 $15.49 $32,220
Personal and home care aides 870 $11.33 $23,570
Electricians 860 $32.84 $68,320
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 840 $30.92 $64,310
Cooks, restaurant 800 $11.49 $23,910
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 730 $24.04 $50,010
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 730 Not available $77,800
Administrative services managers 720 $38.03 $79,100
Computer systems analysts 720 $34.60 $71,980
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 710 $17.22 $35,820
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 710 $22.03 $45,820
Carpenters 700 $26.30 $54,700
Managers, all other 700 $48.23 $100,310
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 690 $7.86 $16,350
Network and computer systems administrators 690 $34.69 $72,160
Computer software engineers, systems software 680 $32.49 $67,580
Sales representatives, services, all other 680 $36.38 $75,680
Industrial engineers 660 $37.46 $77,920
Production workers, all other 660 $20.41 $42,460
Dishwashers 650 $8.97 $18,650
Engineers, all other 650 $38.11 $79,270
Cooks, fast food 630 $8.42 $17,520
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 620 $29.35 $61,040
Pharmacy technicians 600 $14.84 $30,880
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 580 $17.99 $37,420
Computer software engineers, applications 580 $36.56 $76,040
Lawyers 580 $55.01 $114,420
Sales managers 580 $40.51 $84,270
Chief executives 550 $77.61 $161,420
Management analysts 550 $36.74 $76,420
Medical and health services managers 550 $43.79 $91,080
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 550 $31.46 $65,450
Coaches and scouts 520 Not available $44,970
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 520 $9.14 $19,010
Financial managers 520 $50.42 $104,880
Tellers 510 $11.93 $24,810
Packers and packagers, hand 500 $10.40 $21,620
Printing machine operators 500 $17.44 $36,280
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 490 $15.58 $32,410
Computer specialists, all other 480 $35.07 $72,940
Dental assistants 480 $17.68 $36,780
Tool and die makers 480 $30.75 $63,970
Business teachers, postsecondary 470 Not available $122,630
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 470 $27.29 $56,770
Logisticians 470 $28.15 $58,560
Public relations specialists 470 $28.56 $59,410
Engineering managers 460 $61.90 $128,750
Postal service mail carriers 460 Not available Not available
Self-enrichment education teachers 460 $17.44 $36,270
Bartenders 450 $9.33 $19,400
Computer and information systems managers 450 $49.82 $103,630
Radiologic technologists and technicians 450 $24.80 $51,570
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 440 $30.44 $63,320
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 440 $25.00 $51,990
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 430 $18.00 $37,450
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 420 $25.77 $53,600
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 420 $9.02 $18,750
Medical records and health information technicians 420 $18.56 $38,600
Physicians and surgeons, all other 420 $87.16 $181,280
Cooks, short order 410 $10.21 $21,240
Pharmacists 410 $46.04 $95,760
Security guards 410 $12.68 $26,380
Financial specialists, all other 400 $27.24 $56,660
Physical therapists 400 $31.44 $65,400
Graphic designers 390 $22.64 $47,090
Medical secretaries 390 $15.76 $32,780
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 390 $27.81 $57,850
Bus drivers, school 380 $17.28 $35,940
Counter and rental clerks 380 $9.52 $19,800
Bakers 370 $10.76 $22,380
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 370 $13.32 $27,700
Social and human service assistants 370 $17.93 $37,290
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 360 $13.73 $28,570
Dental hygienists 360 $30.30 $63,030
Electrical engineers 360 $38.54 $80,160
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 360 $37.14 $77,250
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 350 $18.49 $38,450
Helpers--production workers 350 $12.44 $25,870
Postsecondary teachers, all other 350 Not available Not available
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 340 $12.33 $25,650
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 340 $31.41 $65,320
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 340 $14.61 $30,380
Market research analysts 340 $26.94 $56,040
Marketing managers 340 $53.02 $110,280
Preschool teachers, except special education 340 $13.46 $28,000
Sales and related workers, all other 340 $18.33 $38,120
Bill and account collectors 330 $16.84 $35,030
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 330 Not available Not available
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 330 $17.22 $35,820
Industrial production managers 320 $57.95 $120,530
Industrial truck and tractor operators 320 $22.49 $46,790
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 320 Not available $63,850
Painters, construction and maintenance 320 $23.98 $49,890
Office and administrative support workers, all other 310 $17.02 $35,400
Physician assistants 310 $42.62 $88,650
Training and development specialists 310 $56.60 $117,720
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 290 $27.39 $56,980
Family and general practitioners 280 $84.13 $175,000
Food servers, nonrestaurant 280 $11.44 $23,790
Healthcare support workers, all other 280 $18.03 $37,500
Data entry keyers 270 $12.98 $27,000
Food service managers 270 $21.61 $44,950
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 270 $21.08 $43,840
Real estate sales agents 270 $20.96 $43,590
Fire fighters 260 $23.96 $49,830
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 260 $9.82 $20,430
Industrial machinery mechanics 260 $28.42 $59,120
Librarians 260 $33.80 $70,310
All other information and record clerks 250 $18.60 $38,680
Child, family, and school social workers 250 $25.50 $53,040
Cost estimators 250 $27.81 $57,840
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 250 $16.31 $33,920
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 240 $24.62 $51,210
Bindery workers 240 $13.34 $27,760
Chemists 240 $28.76 $59,820
Commercial and industrial designers 240 $37.07 $77,110
Driver/sales workers 240 $9.22 $19,180
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 230 $19.92 $41,430
Medical and public health social workers 230 $24.20 $50,340
Physical scientists, all other 230 $40.46 $84,150
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 230 $34.43 $71,610
Chemical technicians 220 $16.41 $34,140
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 220 $44.05 $91,630
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 220 $20.86 $43,380
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 220 $14.08 $29,280
Occupational therapists 220 $30.11 $62,620
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 220 $19.87 $41,330
Automotive body and related repairers 210 $24.39 $50,740
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 210 $39.83 $82,840
File clerks 210 $11.21 $23,320
Paralegals and legal assistants 210 $27.69 $57,590
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 210 $18.08 $37,600
Property, real estate, and community association managers 210 $30.10 $62,610
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 210 Not available Not available
Computer operators 200 $13.87 $28,840
Court, municipal, and license clerks 200 $21.60 $44,940
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 200 $32.42 $67,430
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 190 Not available Not available
Community and social service specialists, all other 190 $19.33 $40,200
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 190 $14.41 $29,980
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 190 $27.46 $57,120
Industrial engineering technicians 190 $23.57 $49,020
Amusement and recreation attendants 180 $10.15 $21,100
Respiratory therapists 180 $27.19 $56,540
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 170 $17.62 $36,640
Editors 170 $23.21 $48,280
Loan officers 170 $29.91 $62,220
Database administrators 160 $36.25 $75,400
Financial analysts 160 $35.40 $73,640
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 160 $41.11 $85,510
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 160 $18.09 $37,620
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 160 $11.46 $23,840
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 160 Not available Not available
Parts salespersons 160 $15.96 $33,210
Prepress technicians and workers 160 $15.59 $32,430
Producers and directors 160 $31.47 $65,470
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 160 Not available $71,630
Architectural and civil drafters 150 $20.69 $43,020
Chefs and head cooks 150 $22.73 $47,270
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 150 $21.28 $44,250
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 150 $35.02 $72,840
Interpreters and translators 150 $29.43 $61,220
Social workers, all other 150 $23.98 $49,880
Speech-language pathologists 150 $37.17 $77,310
Technical writers 150 $27.66 $57,540
Architects, except landscape and naval 140 $35.81 $74,480
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 140 $21.01 $43,690
Insurance sales agents 140 $39.17 $81,480
Order clerks 140 $13.79 $28,670
Service station attendants 140 $9.23 $19,200
Social and community service managers 140 $32.98 $68,610
Tax preparers 140 $13.68 $28,450
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary 130 Not available $67,160
Athletes and sports competitors 130 Not available $54,180
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 130 $30.67 $63,790
Diagnostic medical sonographers 130 $28.44 $59,160
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 130 Not available $95,130
Medical transcriptionists 130 $20.74 $43,140
Meeting and convention planners 130 $21.15 $44,000
Millwrights 130 $35.20 $73,210
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 130 $20.80 $43,270
Procurement clerks 130 $18.53 $38,540
Veterinarians 130 $44.81 $93,210
Word processors and typists 130 $16.21 $33,720
Cement masons and concrete finishers 120 $21.35 $44,410
Civil engineers 120 $36.56 $76,040
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 $32.34 $67,260
Human resources managers, all other 120 $45.27 $94,160
Nonfarm animal caretakers 120 $10.98 $22,840
Roofers 120 $22.69 $47,190
Switchboard operators, including answering service 120 $12.92 $26,860
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 120 Not available Not available
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 120 $20.70 $43,060
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 110 $28.42 $59,120
Civil engineering technicians 110 $25.06 $52,130
Construction managers 110 $49.97 $103,930
Dietitians and nutritionists 110 $25.56 $53,160
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 110 $18.23 $37,920
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 110 $24.92 $51,840
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $28.08 $58,400
Health educators 110 $20.24 $42,100
Interior designers 110 $24.55 $51,060
Legal support workers, all other 110 $22.23 $46,250
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 110 $15.38 $31,980
Medical equipment preparers 110 $15.80 $32,860
Musicians and singers 110 Not available Not available
Sheet metal workers 110 $31.14 $64,770
Surgical technologists 110 $18.81 $39,120
Advertising sales agents 100 $29.26 $60,860
Engine and other machine assemblers 100 $20.85 $43,370
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 100 $22.22 $46,210
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 100 $13.36 $27,790
New accounts clerks 100 $16.48 $34,270
Protective service workers, all other 100 $17.53 $36,460
Purchasing managers 100 $44.72 $93,010
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 100 $11.77 $24,490
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 100 $24.17 $50,270
Travel agents 100 $14.54 $30,240
Bookbinders 90 $15.48 $32,190
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $16.19 $33,670
Clergy 90 $21.30 $44,300
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 90 $20.51 $42,660
Environmental engineers 90 $46.37 $96,450
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 90 $33.71 $70,110
Mechanical engineering technicians 90 Not available Not available
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $18.71 $38,910
Natural sciences managers 90 $52.41 $109,020
Operations research analysts 90 $44.62 $92,810
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 90 $28.19 $58,630
Social scientists and related workers, all other 90 $30.66 $63,770
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 90 $25.26 $52,540
Biochemists and biophysicists 80 $28.48 $59,240
Communications teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $80,190
Demonstrators and product promoters 80 $13.16 $27,380
Desktop publishers 80 $17.77 $36,970
Economics teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $126,380
Education administrators, all other 80 $37.19 $77,340
Electronics engineers, except computer 80 $37.81 $78,640
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $27.32 $56,840
Maintenance workers, machinery 80 $20.36 $42,350
Opticians, dispensing 80 $16.73 $34,800
Personal financial advisors 80 $37.62 $78,250
Postal service clerks 80 Not available Not available
Proofreaders and copy markers 80 Not available Not available
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 80 $11.65 $24,220
Broadcast technicians 70 $16.15 $33,590
Dentists, general 70 $79.06 $164,440
Detectives and criminal investigators 70 $33.42 $69,510
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 70 $29.44 $61,240
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $40.92 $85,110
Helpers--carpenters 70 $12.63 $26,260
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 70 $13.03 $27,110
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 70 $16.64 $34,610
Nuclear medicine technologists 70 $35.03 $72,850
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 70 $18.97 $39,460
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 70 Not available Not available
Recreational therapists 70 $20.48 $42,610
Skin care specialists 70 $21.17 $44,030
Surgeons 70 $75.00 More than $145,600
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 70 $24.39 $50,740
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes 60 $14.36 $29,870
Athletic trainers 60 Not available $43,690
Brickmasons and blockmasons 60 $26.83 $55,810
Computer hardware engineers 60 $45.93 $95,540
Construction and building inspectors 60 $30.51 $63,460
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 60 $22.24 $46,260
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 60 Not available $50,150
Massage therapists 60 $18.44 $38,360
Meter readers, utilities 60 $15.03 $31,260
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 60 $33.63 $69,960
Occupational health and safety specialists 60 $29.75 $61,870
Photographers 60 $26.35 $54,800
Physical therapist assistants 60 $15.93 $33,140
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 60 $13.00 $27,050
Sales engineers 60 $44.01 $91,540
Special education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $54,730
Therapists, all other 60 $20.37 $42,360
Urban and regional planners 60 $28.89 $60,080
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 50 $26.93 $56,020
Art directors 50 $42.28 $87,950
Commercial pilots 50 Not available Not available
Compensation and benefits managers 50 $52.17 $108,510
Credit analysts 50 $27.03 $56,220
Crossing guards 50 $10.69 $22,230
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $14.42 $30,000
Dental laboratory technicians 50 $20.91 $43,490
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 50 $8.24 $17,140
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 50 $24.20 $50,340
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 50 $13.75 $28,600
Legislators 50 Not available Not available
Manicurists and pedicurists 50 $11.10 $23,090
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 50 $10.16 $21,140
Psychologists, all other 50 $30.96 $64,400
Surveyors 50 $34.20 $71,140
Advertising and promotions managers 40 $45.24 $94,100
Computer and information scientists, research 40 $47.68 $99,170
Couriers and messengers 40 $10.56 $21,970
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 40 $20.38 $42,400
Highway maintenance workers 40 $18.57 $38,620
Material moving workers, all other 40 $14.98 $31,150
Painters, transportation equipment 40 Not available Not available
Physical therapist aides 40 $13.69 $28,470
Psychiatrists 40 $79.02 $164,350
Special education teachers, middle school 40 Not available $53,440
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available Not available
Chemical engineers 30 $42.86 $89,140
Electro-mechanical technicians 30 $31.20 $64,890
Glaziers 30 $19.89 $41,370
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other 30 $28.73 $59,770
Radiation therapists 30 Not available Not available
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 30 $14.76 $30,690
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 30 $34.41 $71,560
Atmospheric and space scientists Not available $34.50 $71,750
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Not available $22.99 $47,810
Economists Not available $48.73 $101,350
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Not available $18.42 $38,310
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay Not available $32.33 $67,250
Electrical power-line installers and repairers Not available $26.63 $55,400
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics Not available $14.27 $29,680
Floral designers Not available $10.92 $22,710
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Not available $11.80 $24,550
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $26.07 $54,230
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $22.43 $46,650
Insurance underwriters Not available $27.92 $58,070
Internists, general Not available $66.28 $137,850
Job printers Not available $15.10 $31,400
Landscape architects Not available $27.22 $56,620
Legal secretaries Not available $22.91 $47,660
Life, physical, and social science occupations Not available $22.67 $47,160
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $15.67 $32,590
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Not available $8.77 $18,250
Machinists Not available $27.05 $56,260
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $90,840
Mechanical drafters Not available $22.93 $47,690
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $18.94 $39,380
Network systems and data communications analysts Not available $32.51 $67,610
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $15.77 $32,790
Pharmacy aides Not available $10.49 $21,810
Plant and system operators, all other Not available $21.59 $44,900
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $17.71 $36,850
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $17.76 $36,930
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $20.15 $41,910
Team assemblers Not available $13.99 $29,100
Telemarketers Not available $10.26 $21,350
Training and development managers Not available $38.27 $79,610
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Not available $8.68 $18,060
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $17.62 $36,640
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $33.93 $70,570
Writers and authors Not available $27.40 $56,990
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