Occupational employment / Atlantic City, NJ

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 "Atlantic City, NJ" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 145,730 $19.10 $39,730
Food preparation and serving related occupations 23,700 $11.43 $23,770
Office and administrative support occupations 20,620 $15.49 $32,210
Sales and related occupations 14,620 $15.27 $31,750
Personal care and service occupations 13,040 $12.46 $25,910
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 8,640 $12.70 $26,410
Education, training, and library occupations 7,990 $24.34 $50,630
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,980 $37.13 $77,220
Waiters and waitresses 6,890 $10.65 $22,160
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,790 $14.41 $29,980
Construction and extraction occupations 6,540 $27.29 $56,770
Protective service occupations 5,890 $20.19 $41,990
Gaming dealers 5,740 $7.85 $16,330
Management occupations 5,250 $46.84 $97,420
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,960 $20.53 $42,690
Retail salespersons 4,400 $12.34 $25,660
Cashiers 4,380 $9.42 $19,600
Business and financial operations occupations 4,030 $28.63 $59,560
Healthcare support occupations 4,020 $13.77 $28,650
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 3,720 $13.50 $28,090
Production occupations 3,380 $15.12 $31,450
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 3,220 $10.22 $21,260
Security guards 2,800 $11.63 $24,200
Registered nurses 2,760 $32.68 $67,970
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,530 $9.24 $19,220
Cooks, restaurant 2,510 $12.53 $26,060
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,490 $37.27 $77,530
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 2,270 $10.20 $21,210
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,260 $16.78 $34,910
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,230 $12.83 $26,680
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 2,120 $28.74 $59,770
Gaming supervisors 2,120 $25.43 $52,890
Community and social services occupations 2,110 $21.10 $43,890
Bartenders 1,830 $13.16 $27,380
Office clerks, general 1,790 $12.79 $26,600
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,750 $16.55 $34,430
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,740 $11.17 $23,230
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,610 $17.85 $37,130
Receptionists and information clerks 1,570 $12.07 $25,100
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,530 Not available $55,720
Customer service representatives 1,520 $14.69 $30,550
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,450 $19.07 $39,670
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,420 $12.69 $26,380
Teacher assistants 1,410 Not available $25,660
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,400 $17.04 $35,430
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,360 $22.51 $46,810
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,270 Not available $59,900
Food preparation workers 1,240 $10.72 $22,290
Carpenters 1,220 $31.35 $65,200
Dishwashers 1,190 $9.04 $18,790
Electricians 1,170 $27.16 $56,480
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,160 $13.98 $29,070
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 1,120 $9.96 $20,710
Business operations specialists, all other 1,100 $26.89 $55,930
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers 1,060 $12.81 $26,640
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,010 $35.17 $73,150
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 980 $35.50 $73,840
General and operations managers 950 $58.25 $121,160
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 840 Not available $58,320
Legal occupations 820 $41.96 $87,280
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 820 $14.06 $29,240
Construction laborers 770 $20.87 $43,410
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 750 $27.16 $56,500
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 710 $10.52 $21,890
Audio and video equipment technicians 690 $32.76 $68,140
Sales representatives, services, all other 680 $33.14 $68,920
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 650 $17.11 $35,580
Child care workers 650 $10.49 $21,820
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 650 $10.66 $22,180
Accountants and auditors 620 $32.40 $67,380
Bus drivers, school 620 $14.31 $29,760
Managers, all other 620 $42.83 $89,080
Social and human service assistants 610 $14.83 $30,840
Food servers, nonrestaurant 590 $11.17 $23,240
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 590 $19.28 $40,110
Medical secretaries 570 $15.99 $33,260
Gaming service workers, all other 540 $12.08 $25,130
Parking lot attendants 540 $10.21 $21,240
Tellers 540 $11.96 $24,880
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 530 $20.97 $43,620
Service station attendants 530 $8.71 $18,120
Computer specialists, all other 510 $43.96 $91,430
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 490 $29.22 $60,790
Counter and rental clerks 480 $11.08 $23,050
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 480 $14.93 $31,050
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 460 $14.58 $30,330
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 450 $25.01 $52,020
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 440 $16.67 $34,660
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 440 $25.33 $52,690
Computer software engineers, applications 430 $35.54 $73,930
Financial managers 430 $43.13 $89,710
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 430 $14.33 $29,810
Lawyers 430 $56.39 $117,280
Recreation workers 430 $11.76 $24,470
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 420 $34.43 $71,600
Chefs and head cooks 410 $25.82 $53,710
Baggage porters and bellhops 390 $10.25 $21,330
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 390 $15.21 $31,640
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 390 $9.20 $19,140
Fire fighters 390 $32.54 $67,680
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 390 $10.74 $22,330
Driver/sales workers 380 $18.79 $39,090
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 370 $17.60 $36,600
Food service managers 370 $29.40 $61,150
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 360 $19.22 $39,970
Life, physical, and social science occupations 360 $33.76 $70,220
Painters, construction and maintenance 360 $20.61 $42,860
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 360 Not available $56,660
Computer support specialists 350 $21.64 $45,010
Physicians and surgeons, all other 350 $96.82 $201,390
Postal service mail carriers 350 Not available Not available
Word processors and typists 350 $15.90 $33,080
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 340 $19.57 $40,700
Office and administrative support workers, all other 340 $16.83 $35,000
Medical assistants 330 $13.47 $28,010
Legal secretaries 320 $18.15 $37,760
Teachers and instructors, all other 320 Not available $25,810
Amusement and recreation attendants 310 $9.34 $19,420
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 310 $20.24 $42,090
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 310 $23.53 $48,950
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 300 $20.36 $42,350
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 300 $31.99 $66,540
Switchboard operators, including answering service 300 $12.40 $25,800
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 290 $11.60 $24,120
Gaming cage workers 290 $13.13 $27,320
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 290 $19.65 $40,870
Pharmacists 290 $49.61 $103,190
Sales managers 290 $50.96 $106,000
Bakers 280 $12.77 $26,550
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 280 $25.59 $53,240
Personal care and service workers, all other 280 $12.70 $26,420
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 270 Not available $95,410
Healthcare support workers, all other 270 $14.82 $30,820
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 270 $12.56 $26,110
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 260 $36.52 $75,960
Child, family, and school social workers 250 $23.32 $48,500
Paralegals and legal assistants 250 $21.88 $45,500
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 250 $9.11 $18,960
Radiologic technologists and technicians 250 $30.51 $63,460
Self-enrichment education teachers 250 $20.27 $42,170
Cooks, fast food 240 $10.86 $22,590
Preschool teachers, except special education 240 $15.37 $31,960
Computer systems analysts 230 $37.11 $77,200
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 230 $12.91 $26,850
Court, municipal, and license clerks 230 $18.12 $37,690
Marketing managers 230 $58.14 $120,940
Packers and packagers, hand 230 $10.06 $20,930
Sales and related workers, all other 230 $22.62 $47,050
Tile and marble setters 230 $32.83 $68,280
Computer software engineers, systems software 220 $44.50 $92,550
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators 220 $16.11 $33,520
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 220 $9.32 $19,390
Medical and health services managers 220 $41.49 $86,300
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 220 $34.85 $72,480
Physical therapists 220 $38.73 $80,560
Computer and information systems managers 210 $58.45 $121,570
Dental assistants 210 $15.80 $32,860
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 210 $9.91 $20,610
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 210 $19.02 $39,560
Cooks, short order 200 $10.56 $21,970
Engineering managers 200 $60.87 $126,600
File clerks 200 $10.77 $22,400
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 200 $27.17 $56,520
Special education teachers, middle school 200 Not available $56,640
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 200 $9.53 $19,830
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 190 $23.53 $48,940
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 190 $15.26 $31,750
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 190 Not available $53,800
Pharmacy technicians 190 $13.59 $28,270
Administrative services managers 180 $44.40 $92,360
Cement masons and concrete finishers 180 $25.24 $52,490
Civil engineers 180 $44.49 $92,550
Computer programmers 180 $35.12 $73,040
Cost estimators 180 $33.02 $68,680
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 180 $18.97 $39,450
Special education teachers, secondary school 180 Not available $61,540
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 170 $30.86 $64,190
Highway maintenance workers 170 $19.66 $40,900
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 170 $12.85 $26,740
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 170 $12.60 $26,210
Nonfarm animal caretakers 170 $10.97 $22,820
Brickmasons and blockmasons 160 $34.89 $72,560
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 160 $9.90 $20,590
Crossing guards 160 $11.75 $24,440
Data entry keyers 160 $14.17 $29,470
Gaming and sports book writers and runners 160 $10.92 $22,710
Gaming managers 160 $37.02 $76,990
Marriage and family therapists 160 $27.08 $56,330
Massage therapists 160 $23.69 $49,280
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 160 $30.47 $63,370
All other information and record clerks 150 $16.08 $33,450
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 150 $22.79 $47,400
Dental hygienists 150 $34.21 $71,150
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 150 $21.54 $44,810
Graphic designers 150 $22.70 $47,230
Industrial machinery mechanics 150 $18.56 $38,600
Parts salespersons 150 $13.67 $28,430
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $17.77 $36,970
Protective service workers, all other 150 $9.12 $18,970
Computer operators 140 $17.61 $36,620
Construction managers 140 $49.94 $103,880
Detectives and criminal investigators 140 $34.16 $71,050
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 140 $49.11 $102,150
Industrial truck and tractor operators 140 $15.50 $32,240
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 140 $17.53 $36,460
Property, real estate, and community association managers 140 $35.10 $73,000
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 140 $46.33 $96,370
Social and community service managers 140 $32.86 $68,350
Training and development specialists 140 $25.81 $53,680
Helpers--electricians 130 $12.63 $26,270
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 130 $25.38 $52,800
Network and computer systems administrators 130 $33.56 $69,810
Network systems and data communications analysts 130 $33.57 $69,830
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 130 $17.93 $37,300
Sewing machine operators 130 $11.55 $24,020
Community and social service specialists, all other 120 $19.23 $39,990
Construction and building inspectors 120 $31.17 $64,840
Dentists, general 120 $51.68 $107,490
Financial specialists, all other 120 $30.74 $63,940
Respiratory therapists 120 $30.41 $63,260
Roofers 120 $24.56 $51,080
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 120 $18.56 $38,600
Bill and account collectors 110 $17.13 $35,620
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 110 $50.05 $104,110
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 110 $17.54 $36,480
Librarians 110 $25.20 $52,410
Library technicians 110 $17.65 $36,700
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 100 $27.66 $57,530
Costume attendants 100 $14.30 $29,740
Engineers, all other 100 $49.76 $103,490
Family and general practitioners 100 $76.82 $159,790
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 100 $22.15 $46,070
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 100 $12.98 $27,010
Management analysts 100 $41.43 $86,180
Material moving workers, all other 100 $13.03 $27,110
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 100 $27.90 $58,030
Order clerks 100 $13.72 $28,530
Public relations specialists 100 $24.36 $50,670
Automotive body and related repairers 90 $18.79 $39,080
Carpet installers 90 $28.12 $58,500
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 90 $20.38 $42,380
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 90 $12.19 $25,350
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 90 $15.66 $32,580
Medical and public health social workers 90 $23.62 $49,140
Meeting and convention planners 90 $23.60 $49,090
Postal service clerks 90 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 90 $18.05 $37,550
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 90 $34.76 $72,300
Surveyors 90 $34.03 $70,780
Advertising sales agents 80 $23.59 $49,060
Architectural and civil drafters 80 $19.78 $41,150
Butchers and meat cutters 80 $21.86 $45,470
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 80 $34.63 $72,030
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 80 $15.90 $33,070
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $11.60 $24,120
Helpers--production workers 80 $10.12 $21,060
Insurance sales agents 80 $45.35 $94,320
Loan officers 80 $39.76 $82,690
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants 80 $9.76 $20,290
Lodging managers 80 $32.06 $66,690
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 80 $22.37 $46,520
Medical equipment preparers 80 $15.91 $33,090
Occupational therapists 80 $37.32 $77,630
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 80 $11.65 $24,230
Photographers 80 $18.06 $37,560
Speech-language pathologists 80 $37.00 $76,960
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 80 $28.11 $58,460
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $24.19 $50,320
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 80 $26.97 $56,100
Database administrators 70 $33.90 $70,510
Editors 70 $27.55 $57,310
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 70 $11.66 $24,250
Health technologists and technicians, all other 70 $20.23 $42,070
Legislators 70 Not available Not available
Medical records and health information technicians 70 $18.76 $39,020
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $14.98 $31,160
Personal and home care aides 70 $9.61 $19,980
Physical therapist aides 70 $11.88 $24,700
Production workers, all other 70 $13.66 $28,410
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 70 $32.74 $68,110
Travel agents 70 $15.99 $33,260
Architects, except landscape and naval 60 $32.08 $66,730
Coaches and scouts 60 Not available $39,250
Diagnostic medical sonographers 60 $34.60 $71,970
Electronics engineers, except computer 60 $44.81 $93,200
Human resources managers, all other 60 $43.81 $91,120
Law clerks 60 $16.77 $34,880
Printing machine operators 60 $14.22 $29,570
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 60 $17.97 $37,380
Surgical technologists 60 $22.13 $46,040
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $13.83 $28,760
Chief executives 50 $91.19 $189,680
Concierges 50 $11.90 $24,760
Couriers and messengers 50 $15.95 $33,180
Education administrators, all other 50 $26.12 $54,320
Fire inspectors and investigators 50 $25.27 $52,570
Loan interviewers and clerks 50 $17.01 $35,390
Locksmiths and safe repairers 50 $21.51 $44,740
Medical transcriptionists 50 $18.32 $38,100
Motor vehicle operators, all other 50 $12.04 $25,050
Physical therapist assistants 50 $23.31 $48,480
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 50 Not available Not available
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 50 $12.85 $26,730
Technical writers 50 $29.57 $61,510
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $49.63 $103,230
Veterinarians 50 $60.79 $126,450
Writers and authors 50 $23.14 $48,130
Civil engineering technicians 40 $20.97 $43,620
Counselors, all other 40 $22.61 $47,040
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $27.12 $56,410
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 40 $24.77 $51,520
Helpers--carpenters 40 $11.23 $23,350
Industrial production managers 40 $34.11 $70,940
Instructional coordinators 40 $37.68 $78,380
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 40 $61.68 $128,300
Mechanical engineers 40 $42.61 $88,630
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 40 $26.92 $56,000
Motorboat mechanics 40 $20.72 $43,090
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $30.02 $62,430
Operations research analysts 40 $46.86 $97,470
Pest control workers 40 $15.78 $32,820
Physician assistants 40 $45.06 $93,730
Purchasing managers 40 $49.95 $103,890
Radio and television announcers 40 $26.89 $55,920
Surgeons 40 $89.98 $187,150
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 40 $9.60 $19,970
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 30 $19.95 $41,490
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 30 $29.94 $62,280
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 30 $28.59 $59,470
Designers, all other 30 $25.30 $52,620
Dietetic technicians 30 $16.04 $33,350
Financial analysts 30 $31.64 $65,810
Health educators 30 $20.70 $43,060
Job printers 30 $19.85 $41,280
Machinists 30 $18.34 $38,140
Motorcycle mechanics 30 $16.02 $33,310
Musicians and singers 30 $23.67 Not available
Nuclear medicine technologists 30 $36.87 $76,700
Public relations managers 30 $42.74 $88,900
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 30 $17.39 $36,180
Athletic trainers Not available Not available $30,550
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $30.17 $62,750
Earth drillers, except oil and gas Not available $22.90 $47,630
Electrical engineers Not available $33.56 $69,800
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand Not available $16.00 $33,280
Floral designers Not available $11.97 $24,900
Glaziers Not available $32.24 $67,050
Helpers--extraction workers Not available $15.52 $32,280
Home health aides Not available $12.79 $26,600
Internists, general Not available $86.90 $180,740
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $8.97 $18,670
Market research analysts Not available $37.51 $78,020
Opticians, dispensing Not available $23.14 $48,140
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Not available $19.44 $40,430
Pharmacy aides Not available $9.79 $20,370
Proofreaders and copy markers Not available $19.42 $40,390
Refuse and recyclable material collectors Not available $17.69 $36,790
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $20.22 $42,050
Sheet metal workers Not available $34.28 $71,310
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $17.08 $35,530
Telemarketers Not available $10.74 $22,350
Tire repairers and changers Not available $10.41 $21,650
Tour guides and escorts Not available $16.88 $35,100
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters Not available $11.17 $23,230
Transportation workers, all other Not available $16.49 $34,300
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Not available $13.40 $27,870
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $9.82 $20,420
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