Occupational employment / Binghamton, NY

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 "Binghamton, NY" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 112,300 $18.59 $38,670
Office and administrative support occupations 19,880 $13.76 $28,630
Sales and related occupations 11,120 $13.93 $28,980
Education, training, and library occupations 8,990 $21.27 $44,250
Production occupations 8,860 $13.62 $28,330
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,820 $9.30 $19,340
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,880 $13.42 $27,910
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 5,980 $30.08 $62,560
Architecture and engineering occupations 4,990 $34.74 $72,260
Business and financial operations occupations 4,420 $29.33 $61,000
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,420 $18.11 $37,670
Construction and extraction occupations 4,300 $20.22 $42,050
Management occupations 4,170 $44.57 $92,700
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,990 $11.38 $23,670
Healthcare support occupations 3,910 $13.05 $27,140
Retail salespersons 3,690 $10.92 $22,720
Cashiers 3,670 $8.51 $17,710
Personal care and service occupations 2,680 $10.51 $21,860
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,370 $32.44 $67,480
Registered nurses 2,360 $26.58 $55,280
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,280 $10.12 $21,050
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,280 $13.13 $27,300
Community and social services occupations 2,170 $19.72 $41,030
Office clerks, general 2,120 $11.13 $23,150
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,040 $8.05 $16,740
Customer service representatives 1,970 $14.37 $29,890
Protective service occupations 1,790 $19.18 $39,880
Teacher assistants 1,740 Not available $19,650
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,700 $15.03 $31,260
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,590 $10.12 $21,040
Waiters and waitresses 1,590 $9.35 $19,460
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,560 $11.99 $24,940
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,400 $15.78 $32,820
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,230 $18.07 $37,580
Home health aides 1,220 $12.80 $26,620
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,170 Not available $56,080
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,160 $10.59 $22,030
General and operations managers 1,150 $48.92 $101,750
Receptionists and information clerks 1,150 $11.00 $22,870
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,140 Not available $55,450
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,140 $24.28 $50,490
Food preparation workers 1,110 $9.08 $18,880
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,070 $18.31 $38,090
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,050 $16.23 $33,770
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,040 $22.10 $45,970
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 1,030 $15.44 $32,120
Accountants and auditors 960 $33.94 $70,590
Packers and packagers, hand 960 $10.26 $21,340
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 830 $13.83 $28,770
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 820 $18.45 $38,380
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 790 $16.88 $35,110
Carpenters 760 $16.81 $34,950
Construction laborers 720 $19.12 $39,770
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 720 $8.17 $17,000
Life, physical, and social science occupations 710 $25.04 $52,080
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 710 Not available $58,250
Team assemblers 710 $10.39 $21,610
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 690 $12.78 $26,580
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 640 $13.96 $29,040
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 640 $10.94 $22,750
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 630 $13.55 $28,180
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 630 $11.07 $23,030
Teachers and instructors, all other 630 Not available $26,890
Industrial engineers 600 $38.78 $80,660
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 560 $12.79 $26,600
Legal occupations 550 $36.04 $74,950
Highway maintenance workers 530 $15.29 $31,810
Security guards 520 $13.51 $28,100
Word processors and typists 510 $13.15 $27,340
Bus drivers, school 500 $12.76 $26,550
Cooks, restaurant 490 $10.96 $22,800
Electricians 490 $26.23 $54,560
Tellers 490 $11.35 $23,600
Computer support specialists 480 $18.70 $38,900
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 480 $23.05 $47,950
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 470 $28.04 $58,310
Dishwashers 450 $8.12 $16,880
Industrial truck and tractor operators 450 $12.71 $26,430
Management analysts 450 $33.23 $69,130
Bartenders 430 $9.60 $19,960
Social and human service assistants 430 $13.31 $27,680
Computer software engineers, applications 410 $40.46 $84,150
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 410 $10.91 $22,680
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 390 $17.89 $37,200
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 370 $13.30 $27,670
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 360 $25.17 $52,350
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 360 $27.42 $57,040
Computer programmers 340 $32.08 $66,720
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 340 $23.65 $49,190
Preschool teachers, except special education 340 $13.53 $28,140
Financial managers 330 $46.74 $97,210
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 330 $27.60 $57,400
Mechanical engineers 330 $33.19 $69,040
Bill and account collectors 320 $10.63 $22,100
Cooks, fast food 320 $9.24 $19,220
Postal service mail carriers 310 Not available Not available
Psychiatric aides 300 $16.41 $34,120
Driver/sales workers 290 $16.08 $33,450
Financial analysts 290 $37.42 $77,840
Lawyers 290 $40.21 $83,630
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 280 $24.81 $51,600
Insurance sales agents 270 $30.76 $63,980
Civil engineers 260 $30.40 $63,230
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 260 $26.07 $54,220
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 260 $20.03 $41,670
Pharmacists 260 $44.94 $93,480
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 250 $25.37 $52,770
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 250 $8.20 $17,050
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 250 $27.89 $58,000
Telemarketers 250 $11.47 $23,860
Data entry keyers 240 $11.51 $23,950
Legislators 240 Not available $75,600
Medical assistants 240 $11.96 $24,880
Chief executives 230 $61.10 $127,100
Child, family, and school social workers 230 $20.21 $42,030
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 230 $12.47 $25,940
Machinists 230 $14.11 $29,350
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 230 Not available $52,590
Computer systems analysts 220 Not available Not available
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 220 $20.49 $42,620
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 220 $10.41 $21,650
Recreation workers 220 $10.71 $22,280
Dental hygienists 210 $24.05 $50,030
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 210 $16.88 $35,100
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 200 $18.24 $37,940
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 200 $13.31 $27,690
Dental assistants 200 $16.27 $33,840
Physicians and surgeons, all other 200 $89.71 $186,590
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 200 $16.89 $35,140
Radiologic technologists and technicians 200 $23.86 $49,630
Administrative services managers 190 $37.43 $77,850
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 190 $11.78 $24,490
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 190 $8.44 $17,540
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 190 $17.87 $37,170
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 190 $31.76 $66,050
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 190 Not available $62,490
Self-enrichment education teachers 190 $17.78 $36,990
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 190 $12.67 $26,350
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 180 $11.10 $23,090
Counter and rental clerks 180 $12.09 $25,140
Food service managers 180 $20.13 $41,870
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 180 $9.69 $20,150
Legal secretaries 180 $16.44 $34,190
Medical and health services managers 180 $41.22 $85,740
Pharmacy technicians 180 $13.83 $28,770
Computer and information systems managers 170 $54.44 $113,240
Cost estimators 170 $22.78 $47,380
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 170 Not available $90,800
Engineering managers 170 $57.52 $119,640
Managers, all other 170 $27.78 $57,780
Medical and public health social workers 170 $23.57 $49,020
Network and computer systems administrators 170 $26.95 $56,050
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 170 $14.71 $30,600
Rehabilitation counselors 170 $13.51 $28,100
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 170 $33.47 $69,620
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 170 $10.77 $22,410
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 160 $14.94 $31,080
File clerks 160 $10.18 $21,180
Library assistants, clerical 160 $10.48 $21,790
Market research analysts 160 $34.02 $70,760
Medical secretaries 160 $11.59 $24,100
Network systems and data communications analysts 160 $28.87 $60,050
Special education teachers, secondary school 160 Not available $58,390
Coaches and scouts 150 Not available $44,980
Computer operators 150 $13.88 $28,880
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 150 $21.40 $44,510
Fire fighters 150 Not available Not available
Instructional coordinators 150 $31.58 $65,700
Paralegals and legal assistants 150 $20.97 $43,620
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 150 $24.99 $51,980
Sales representatives, services, all other 150 $24.92 $51,830
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 150 $18.59 $38,670
Automotive body and related repairers 140 $14.28 $29,700
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 140 $31.87 $66,290
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 140 $14.94 $31,080
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 140 $14.60 $30,370
Industrial machinery mechanics 140 $20.63 $42,920
Industrial production managers 140 $44.75 $93,080
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 Not available Not available
Parts salespersons 140 $13.14 $27,330
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 140 Not available Not available
Training and development specialists 140 $22.58 $46,970
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers 130 $11.00 $22,890
Construction and building inspectors 130 $18.13 $37,720
Crossing guards 130 $8.51 $17,690
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 130 $18.74 $38,970
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 $13.30 $27,670
Librarians 130 $25.58 $53,200
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 130 $19.37 $40,290
New accounts clerks 130 $15.52 $32,280
Occupational therapists 130 $32.85 $68,330
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 130 $16.67 $34,680
Physical therapists 130 $32.33 $67,240
Advertising sales agents 120 $20.73 $43,120
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 $23.45 $48,770
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 120 $21.54 $44,790
Marketing managers 120 $57.62 $119,850
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $12.84 $26,710
Public relations specialists 120 $22.27 $46,330
Tree trimmers and pruners 120 $19.50 $40,560
Architectural and civil drafters 110 $18.38 $38,230
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 110 $8.34 $17,340
Cement masons and concrete finishers 110 $17.99 $37,410
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 110 $29.59 $61,540
Graphic designers 110 $16.85 $35,050
Healthcare support workers, all other 110 $14.10 $29,320
Musicians and singers 110 $10.16 Not available
Roofers 110 $15.37 $31,970
Special education teachers, middle school 110 Not available $54,770
Bakers 100 $10.53 $21,900
Business operations specialists, all other 100 $30.52 $63,490
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 100 $23.88 $49,660
Court, municipal, and license clerks 100 $15.67 $32,600
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 100 $20.97 $43,610
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 100 $13.33 $27,730
Health educators 100 $18.05 $37,550
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 100 $16.98 $35,320
Printing machine operators 100 $15.54 $32,320
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 100 $11.50 $23,920
Sales and related workers, all other 100 $11.01 $22,910
Sales managers 100 $50.19 $104,390
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 100 $11.74 $24,420
Social and community service managers 100 $28.93 $60,180
Clergy 90 $25.70 $53,460
Community and social service specialists, all other 90 $23.81 $49,520
Construction managers 90 $49.97 $103,930
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $12.85 $26,730
Food servers, nonrestaurant 90 $9.72 $20,220
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $14.41 $29,970
Loan officers 90 $24.83 $51,650
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $12.80 $26,630
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $23.73 $49,360
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 80 $19.96 $41,520
Floral designers 80 $10.84 $22,550
Materials engineers 80 $33.67 $70,040
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 80 $18.35 $38,170
Nonfarm animal caretakers 80 $8.08 $16,800
Order clerks 80 $13.28 $27,620
Painters, construction and maintenance 80 $19.80 $41,180
Radio and television announcers 80 $16.30 $33,910
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 80 $29.29 $60,920
Brickmasons and blockmasons 70 $26.11 $54,310
Butchers and meat cutters 70 $15.60 $32,440
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $13.27 $27,600
Computer hardware engineers 70 $47.26 $98,300
Electro-mechanical technicians 70 $17.61 $36,630
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 70 $20.20 $42,020
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 70 $12.22 $25,430
Food batchmakers 70 $12.26 $25,490
Funeral directors 70 $30.60 $63,650
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 70 $52.37 $108,930
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 70 $16.28 $33,850
Machine feeders and offbearers 70 $10.80 $22,470
Parking lot attendants 70 $9.05 $18,820
Personal financial advisors 70 $25.58 $53,200
Physical therapist assistants 70 $17.91 $37,250
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Real estate sales agents 70 $21.33 $44,360
Speech-language pathologists 70 $31.49 $65,490
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 70 Not available Not available
Tax preparers 70 $13.19 $27,440
Amusement and recreation attendants 60 $7.91 $16,440
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 60 $19.91 $41,410
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $22.38 $46,550
Editors 60 $22.60 $47,000
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 60 $30.57 $63,590
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $12.10 $25,170
Library technicians 60 $11.80 $24,550
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 60 $9.09 $18,920
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 60 $9.50 $19,750
Medical transcriptionists 60 $17.22 $35,820
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 60 $14.25 $29,630
Occupational health and safety specialists 60 $25.90 $53,870
Producers and directors 60 $23.28 $48,420
Respiratory therapists 60 $29.96 $62,320
Sheet metal workers 60 $16.60 $34,530
Technical writers 60 $26.04 $54,160
Tool and die makers 60 $21.18 $44,060
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 60 $9.67 $20,110
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 60 $12.10 $25,160
Architects, except landscape and naval 50 $35.62 $74,080
Bindery workers 50 $13.03 $27,090
Cooks, short order 50 $9.53 $19,820
Couriers and messengers 50 $9.97 $20,730
Credit analysts 50 $30.79 $64,040
Database administrators 50 $27.95 $58,140
Demonstrators and product promoters 50 $15.71 $32,670
Electrical and electronics drafters 50 $28.30 $58,870
Family and general practitioners 50 $84.18 $175,090
Loan interviewers and clerks 50 $17.50 $36,400
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $13.33 $27,730
Pipelayers 50 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 50 $14.52 $30,200
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $44.99 $93,570
Veterinarians 50 $42.45 $88,290
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 50 $17.72 $36,850
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 40 $23.90 $49,710
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 40 Not available Not available
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 40 $31.32 $65,150
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $11.94 $24,830
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $23.95 $49,810
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 40 $38.97 $81,050
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 40 $19.38 $40,310
Logisticians 40 $33.44 $69,560
Mechanical drafters 40 $18.76 $39,020
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $12.62 $26,260
Office machine operators, except computer 40 $11.31 $23,520
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 40 $15.26 $31,750
Physician assistants 40 $39.48 $82,120
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $15.91 $33,090
Psychiatrists 40 $59.69 $124,160
Reporters and correspondents 40 $15.60 $32,440
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 40 $26.85 $55,850
Animal control workers 30 $14.00 $29,110
Chemical technicians 30 $16.01 $33,310
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $31.85 $66,250
Human resources managers, all other 30 $36.84 $76,620
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $15.82 $32,900
Opticians, dispensing 30 $20.76 $43,180
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 30 $9.84 $20,460
Postmasters and mail superintendents 30 $29.93 $62,250
Purchasing managers 30 $46.03 $95,740
Recreational therapists 30 $23.35 $48,570
Vocational education teachers, middle school 30 Not available $53,280
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians Not available $30.79 $64,040
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Not available $24.66 $51,280
Cargo and freight agents Not available $15.06 $31,330
Child care workers Not available $9.85 $20,490
Civil engineering technicians Not available $25.67 $53,400
Dentists, general Not available $83.42 $173,510
Directors, religious activities and education Not available $14.51 $30,180
Electrical engineers Not available $38.11 $79,270
Electromechanical equipment assemblers Not available $12.70 $26,410
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $43.44 $90,350
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Not available $8.59 $17,870
Financial specialists, all other Not available $18.83 $39,160
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Not available $10.92 $22,720
Helpers--carpenters Not available $12.30 $25,580
Insurance underwriters Not available $35.57 $73,980
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $12.91 $26,860
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Not available $17.61 $36,630
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Not available $27.34 $56,870
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $9.90 $20,600
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $16.18 $33,650
Pharmacy aides Not available $11.50 $23,930
Photographers Not available $18.52 $38,520
Photographic process workers Not available $11.33 $23,560
Postsecondary teachers, all other Not available Not available $70,960
Residential advisors Not available $13.89 $28,900
Tire repairers and changers Not available $12.05 $25,060
Tour guides and escorts Not available $11.53 $23,970
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