Occupational employment / Appleton, WI

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 "Appleton, WI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 118,890 $18.65 $38,780
Office and administrative support occupations 16,640 $14.79 $30,770
Production occupations 16,100 $16.49 $34,300
Sales and related occupations 15,550 $15.90 $33,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,070 $9.25 $19,250
Transportation and material moving occupations 9,580 $13.38 $27,830
Construction and extraction occupations 6,650 $22.41 $46,610
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,960 $20.93 $43,530
Education, training, and library occupations 5,810 $24.56 $51,080
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,770 $33.83 $70,360
Retail salespersons 4,770 $11.47 $23,870
Business and financial operations occupations 4,620 $25.64 $53,340
Management occupations 4,440 $41.31 $85,920
Cashiers 3,520 $8.82 $18,350
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,450 $12.01 $24,980
Healthcare support occupations 2,990 $13.46 $28,000
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,730 $29.53 $61,420
Waiters and waitresses 2,490 $9.10 $18,930
Personal care and service occupations 2,450 $11.53 $23,980
Office clerks, general 2,350 $12.59 $26,190
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,320 $8.38 $17,420
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,230 $11.11 $23,110
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,950 $30.73 $63,910
Protective service occupations 1,840 $16.64 $34,610
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,790 $26.93 $56,010
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,780 $16.66 $34,650
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,650 $17.29 $35,960
Registered nurses 1,640 $28.67 $59,630
Electricians 1,540 $23.35 $48,560
Customer service representatives 1,480 $16.68 $34,700
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,460 $11.40 $23,700
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,420 $20.39 $42,410
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,410 $11.08 $23,050
Packers and packagers, hand 1,300 $12.08 $25,140
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,270 $14.96 $31,120
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,230 Not available $52,590
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,230 Not available $51,200
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,140 $12.34 $25,660
Team assemblers 1,120 $16.01 $33,290
General and operations managers 1,110 $47.27 $98,310
Bartenders 1,060 $8.65 $17,990
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,020 $17.17 $35,710
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,010 $27.33 $56,850
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 980 $18.30 $38,060
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 950 $10.04 $20,890
Machinists 920 $18.82 $39,150
Community and social services occupations 910 $22.12 $46,020
Receptionists and information clerks 880 $12.53 $26,060
Cooks, restaurant 850 $9.71 $20,200
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 850 $27.21 $56,590
Maintenance and repair workers, general 820 $20.76 $43,180
Industrial truck and tractor operators 810 $14.34 $29,820
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 780 $13.49 $28,060
Accountants and auditors 760 $27.45 $57,100
Helpers--production workers 740 $13.51 $28,100
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 730 $19.18 $39,880
Carpenters 720 $18.00 $37,440
Bus drivers, school 630 $12.20 $25,390
Production workers, all other 630 $12.43 $25,840
Construction laborers 620 $19.52 $40,610
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 610 $16.27 $33,850
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 610 $12.90 $26,820
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 610 $18.68 $38,850
Security guards 610 $10.57 $21,990
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 590 $13.30 $27,660
Food preparation workers 580 $8.61 $17,910
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 570 $9.22 $19,180
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 570 $14.52 $30,210
Sales representatives, services, all other 570 $23.27 $48,410
Tellers 560 $11.25 $23,400
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 540 $12.63 $26,280
Business operations specialists, all other 530 $29.28 $60,900
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 520 $15.55 $32,350
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 500 $29.12 $60,570
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 500 $17.59 $36,590
Medical assistants 490 $13.63 $28,340
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 470 $14.94 $31,080
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 470 $15.17 $31,550
Life, physical, and social science occupations 470 $28.37 $59,010
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 450 $32.06 $66,680
Machine feeders and offbearers 440 $12.82 $26,660
Teacher assistants 440 Not available $24,880
Dishwashers 420 $7.70 $16,010
Legal occupations 420 $28.16 $58,580
Preschool teachers, except special education 420 $11.22 $23,330
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 420 $23.46 $48,800
Medical secretaries 410 $13.60 $28,300
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 410 $24.75 $51,470
Cost estimators 390 $25.94 $53,960
Home health aides 390 $9.90 $20,600
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 380 Not available Not available
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 370 $40.20 $83,620
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 360 $15.23 $31,670
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 360 $12.99 $27,030
Industrial machinery mechanics 360 $26.19 $54,480
Child care workers 350 $8.70 $18,100
Driver/sales workers 350 $10.31 $21,430
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 350 $11.69 $24,310
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 340 $14.98 $31,150
Counter and rental clerks 340 $10.24 $21,300
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 340 $15.84 $32,950
Sheet metal workers 340 $23.35 $48,560
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 330 $25.38 $52,800
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 330 $21.81 $45,370
Personal and home care aides 330 $10.04 $20,890
Financial managers 320 $43.80 $91,100
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 320 $7.86 $16,340
Loan officers 320 $31.72 $65,970
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 320 $27.30 $56,780
Printing machine operators 320 $16.28 $33,870
Computer systems analysts 310 $30.46 $63,350
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 310 $21.19 $44,080
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 300 $19.04 $39,610
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 300 $18.79 $39,080
Computer programmers 290 $32.11 $66,790
Computer support specialists 290 $19.37 $40,300
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 290 $24.28 $50,510
Sales managers 290 $44.57 $92,700
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 280 $12.07 $25,110
Food servers, nonrestaurant 280 $11.22 $23,350
Network systems and data communications analysts 280 $27.80 $57,820
Postal service mail carriers 280 Not available Not available
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 280 $18.27 $38,010
Computer software engineers, applications 270 $33.01 $68,660
Dental assistants 270 $16.03 $33,340
Managers, all other 270 $41.82 $86,990
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 270 $18.83 $39,160
Healthcare support workers, all other 260 $18.28 $38,010
Insurance sales agents 260 $31.22 $64,940
Cooks, fast food 250 $7.93 $16,500
Fire fighters 250 $17.32 $36,030
Industrial production managers 250 $40.59 $84,420
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 240 Not available $51,030
Pharmacy technicians 240 $13.46 $27,990
Recreation workers 240 $13.60 $28,290
Dental hygienists 230 $29.64 $61,640
Engineering managers 230 $43.51 $90,510
Food service managers 230 $19.31 $40,170
Highway maintenance workers 230 $17.96 $37,350
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 220 $35.64 $74,120
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 220 $18.70 $38,900
Parts salespersons 220 $15.32 $31,870
Bindery workers 210 $11.94 $24,840
Cement masons and concrete finishers 210 $21.09 $43,870
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 210 $7.70 $16,010
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 210 $24.49 $50,940
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 210 $16.65 $34,640
Training and development specialists 210 $25.46 $52,960
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 200 $23.45 $48,770
Medical transcriptionists 200 $15.90 $33,080
Order clerks 200 $14.20 $29,530
Physicians and surgeons, all other 200 More than $70 More than $145,600
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 200 $13.56 $28,210
Administrative services managers 190 $35.35 $73,520
Advertising sales agents 190 $23.00 $47,850
Computer and information systems managers 190 $41.35 $86,010
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 190 $16.91 $35,180
Data entry keyers 190 $12.63 $26,260
Graphic designers 190 $20.85 $43,370
Helpers--electricians 190 $11.06 $23,010
Industrial engineers 190 $32.83 $68,280
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 190 $18.06 $37,570
Lawyers 180 $42.73 $88,890
Legislators 180 Not available $22,940
Network and computer systems administrators 180 $26.77 $55,690
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 180 Not available $53,100
Chief executives 170 $76.80 $159,750
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 170 Not available $49,210
Mechanical drafters 170 $22.38 $46,540
Pharmacists 170 $51.14 $106,380
Bill and account collectors 160 $15.34 $31,910
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 160 $24.44 $50,830
Construction managers 160 $46.03 $95,750
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 160 $29.33 $61,010
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 160 $16.91 $35,160
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 160 $9.10 $18,930
Radiologic technologists and technicians 160 $23.54 $48,960
Switchboard operators, including answering service 160 $11.85 $24,640
Cooks, short order 150 $9.36 $19,470
Loan interviewers and clerks 150 $16.12 $33,520
Medical and health services managers 150 $38.23 $79,520
Medical records and health information technicians 150 $13.42 $27,900
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 150 $21.14 $43,980
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $17.11 $35,590
Public relations specialists 150 $19.99 $41,570
Social and human service assistants 150 $16.82 $34,990
Special education teachers, secondary school 150 Not available $53,180
Child, family, and school social workers 140 $25.94 $53,960
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 140 $9.99 $20,780
Paralegals and legal assistants 140 $15.69 $32,630
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 130 $19.83 $41,240
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $15.62 $32,490
Electrical engineers 130 $33.71 $70,110
Farm equipment mechanics 130 $16.61 $34,560
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 130 $24.17 $50,270
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $15.59 $32,420
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 $12.33 $25,640
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $16.40 $34,100
Management analysts 130 $31.09 $64,670
Millwrights 130 $23.56 $49,000
Physical therapists 130 $35.70 $74,260
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 130 $18.90 $39,310
All other information and record clerks 120 $15.30 $31,830
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 120 $19.60 $40,760
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 120 $18.21 $37,880
Correctional officers and jailers 120 $20.90 $43,470
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 120 $17.28 $35,940
Food batchmakers 120 $16.82 $34,990
Sewing machine operators 120 $12.93 $26,900
Tax preparers 120 $14.40 $29,940
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 110 $14.50 $30,160
Computer software engineers, systems software 110 $34.57 $71,910
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 110 Not available $85,910
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 110 $15.48 $32,190
Interpreters and translators 110 $14.37 $29,890
Painters, construction and maintenance 110 $18.26 $37,990
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 110 $11.44 $23,800
Sales and related workers, all other 110 $17.25 $35,880
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 110 $22.99 $47,810
Surgical technologists 110 $20.40 $42,430
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 110 $10.02 $20,850
Brickmasons and blockmasons 100 $23.58 $49,050
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 100 $22.50 $46,810
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 100 Not available Not available
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 100 $18.48 $38,430
File clerks 100 $12.68 $26,380
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles 100 $18.64 $38,760
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 100 $18.11 $37,670
Market research analysts 100 $28.95 $60,210
Marketing managers 100 $40.09 $83,400
Nonfarm animal caretakers 100 $8.77 $18,250
Office and administrative support workers, all other 100 $13.70 $28,490
Teachers and instructors, all other 100 Not available $24,600
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 90 $16.57 $34,460
Industrial engineering technicians 90 $21.43 $44,570
Legal secretaries 90 $15.43 $32,100
Librarians 90 $26.04 $54,150
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 90 $26.14 $54,370
Mental health counselors 90 $19.23 $40,000
Office machine operators, except computer 90 $10.92 $22,720
Personal financial advisors 90 $37.36 $77,700
Prepress technicians and workers 90 $18.74 $38,990
Word processors and typists 90 $15.65 $32,540
Automotive body and related repairers 80 $17.87 $37,160
Butchers and meat cutters 80 $16.79 $34,920
Chefs and head cooks 80 $15.90 $33,080
Community and social service specialists, all other 80 $17.63 $36,670
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 80 $15.05 $31,300
Dentists, general 80 Not available Not available
Editors 80 $22.48 $46,760
Health technologists and technicians, all other 80 $18.30 $38,050
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 80 $12.77 $26,550
Maintenance workers, machinery 80 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 80 $15.51 $32,260
Roofers 80 $16.12 $33,530
Speech-language pathologists 80 $31.03 $64,540
Surveyors 80 $27.19 $56,560
Chiropractors 70 $46.00 $95,680
Credit analysts 70 $24.09 $50,100
Database administrators 70 $27.85 $57,940
Demonstrators and product promoters 70 $15.78 $32,820
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 70 $15.86 $32,990
Family and general practitioners 70 $101.35 $210,810
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 70 $17.47 $36,330
Financial analysts 70 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $21.41 $44,530
Health educators 70 $21.04 $43,760
Logisticians 70 $29.07 $60,460
Mechanical engineering technicians 70 $26.97 $56,090
Occupational therapists 70 $30.96 $64,410
Sales engineers 70 $36.41 $75,720
Security and fire alarm systems installers 70 $17.95 $37,340
Surveying and mapping technicians 70 $17.84 $37,120
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 70 $35.15 $73,120
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 70 $10.49 $21,830
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 70 $27.88 $57,980
Choreographers 60 $12.95 $26,950
Commercial and industrial designers 60 $27.15 $56,470
Crossing guards 60 $11.28 $23,470
Electrical and electronics drafters 60 $26.43 $54,970
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 60 $14.00 $29,130
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 60 $14.71 $30,600
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 60 $14.49 $30,140
Medical and public health social workers 60 $22.04 $45,840
Motor vehicle operators, all other 60 $7.34 $15,280
Photographic processing machine operators 60 $9.78 $20,350
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 60 $19.98 $41,550
Self-enrichment education teachers 60 $19.85 $41,300
Tire repairers and changers 60 $10.79 $22,430
Tool and die makers 60 $20.32 $42,260
Veterinarians 60 $39.66 $82,500
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $14.90 $30,990
Chemical technicians 50 $19.72 $41,010
Desktop publishers 50 $18.54 $38,570
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $19.29 $40,130
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 50 $9.08 $18,890
Floral designers 50 $11.33 $23,560
Job printers 50 Not available Not available
Library technicians 50 $13.71 $28,510
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 50 $18.05 $37,550
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 50 $20.26 $42,140
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 50 $13.99 $29,110
Occupational health and safety specialists 50 $31.95 $66,460
Opticians, dispensing 50 $13.37 $27,820
Photographers 50 $18.62 $38,720
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Purchasing managers 50 $39.80 $82,790
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 50 $20.23 $42,070
Respiratory therapists 50 $23.78 $49,460
Special education teachers, middle school 50 Not available $48,780
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $16.57 $34,470
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $17.92 $37,280
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $31.02 $64,530
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $24.42 $50,800
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 40 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 40 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $34.80 $72,390
Furniture finishers 40 $14.03 $29,170
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 40 $21.79 $45,320
Human resources managers, all other 40 $45.24 $94,110
Library assistants, clerical 40 $14.49 $30,130
Physical therapist assistants 40 $21.68 $45,090
Physician assistants 40 $39.24 $81,630
Protective service workers, all other 40 $12.46 $25,910
Social and community service managers 40 $28.04 $58,310
Technical writers 40 $24.34 $50,620
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $49,720
Athletic trainers 30 Not available $44,260
Compensation and benefits managers 30 $39.88 $82,950
Computer operators 30 $18.00 $37,450
Construction and building inspectors 30 $24.50 $50,970
Court reporters 30 $26.19 $54,480
Crane and tower operators 30 $20.98 $43,650
Financial specialists, all other 30 $25.39 $52,810
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 30 $15.08 $31,360
Interior designers 30 $19.30 $40,150
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $20.15 $41,920
Public relations managers 30 $35.87 $74,600
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 30 $15.14 $31,490
Actuaries Not available $66.86 $139,060
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $10.79 $22,440
Architectural and civil drafters Not available $20.36 $42,350
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $15.52 $32,290
Audiologists Not available $30.69 $63,840
Bakers Not available $10.08 $20,980
Civil engineering technicians Not available $20.74 $43,150
Civil engineers Not available $32.43 $67,440
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Not available $30.66 $63,770
Conveyor operators and tenders Not available $13.91 $28,940
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $8.58 $17,850
Couriers and messengers Not available $9.64 $20,050
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $13.86 $28,840
Dietetic technicians Not available $9.72 $20,210
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.06 $29,240
Electrical power-line installers and repairers Not available $16.78 $34,900
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $46.45 $96,610
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists Not available $27.21 $56,600
Engine and other machine assemblers Not available $19.68 $40,930
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Not available $28.86 $60,020
Engineers, all other Not available $37.09 $77,140
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.43 $27,940
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers Not available $16.79 $34,930
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Not available $13.79 $28,690
Insurance underwriters Not available $25.22 $52,450
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $13.19 $27,430
Mechanical door repairers Not available $15.78 $32,810
Mechanical engineers Not available $33.43 $69,530
New accounts clerks Not available $14.06 $29,250
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $13.06 $27,150
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $14.68 $30,530
Parking lot attendants Not available $11.06 $23,000
Patternmakers, metal and plastic Not available $18.20 $37,850
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.51 $30,180
Real estate sales agents Not available $19.10 $39,730
Service station attendants Not available $10.17 $21,150
Telemarketers Not available $10.17 $21,160
Tile and marble setters Not available $22.05 $45,870
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners Not available $17.30 $35,970
© The Washington Post Company