Occupational employment / Burlington-South Burlington, VT

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 "Burlington-South Burlington, VT" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 113,460 $20.89 $43,460
Office and administrative support occupations 18,170 $15.96 $33,210
Sales and related occupations 11,390 $16.68 $34,690
Food preparation and serving related occupations 9,560 $11.57 $24,070
Education, training, and library occupations 8,230 $20.43 $42,500
Production occupations 7,810 $16.19 $33,670
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,790 $34.53 $71,830
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,760 $15.31 $31,850
Business and financial operations occupations 5,440 $28.67 $59,640
Management occupations 5,020 $47.75 $99,330
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,830 $19.29 $40,130
Construction and extraction occupations 4,810 $19.43 $40,420
Retail salespersons 4,090 $13.01 $27,050
Architecture and engineering occupations 3,780 $36.28 $75,450
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,290 $12.38 $25,750
Computer and mathematical occupations 3,260 $33.25 $69,170
Personal care and service occupations 2,890 $12.19 $25,360
Cashiers 2,620 $9.50 $19,770
Community and social services occupations 2,590 $18.54 $38,560
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 2,580 $21.90 $45,540
Healthcare support occupations 2,530 $13.43 $27,930
Registered nurses 2,080 $31.85 $66,240
Customer service representatives 1,950 $16.04 $33,360
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,880 $17.05 $35,460
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,880 $19.15 $39,830
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,880 $30.07 $62,540
Waiters and waitresses 1,850 $12.48 $25,950
Teacher assistants 1,800 Not available $24,060
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,780 $12.17 $25,320
Protective service occupations 1,760 $17.58 $36,560
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,750 $13.93 $28,980
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,280 $9.85 $20,480
Accountants and auditors 1,220 $32.45 $67,500
Teachers and instructors, all other 1,170 Not available $27,720
General and operations managers 1,150 $51.58 $107,290
Receptionists and information clerks 1,150 $13.15 $27,340
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,150 $11.19 $23,280
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,080 $11.63 $24,180
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 1,020 $26.98 $56,120
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,010 Not available $53,100
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,000 $18.20 $37,850
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 990 $21.73 $45,200
Office clerks, general 990 $13.29 $27,640
Carpenters 970 $20.46 $42,550
Maintenance and repair workers, general 960 $16.94 $35,240
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 950 $24.83 $51,640
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 940 $13.42 $27,910
Cooks, restaurant 900 $11.93 $24,810
Computer support specialists 860 $22.77 $47,360
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 830 $9.94 $20,670
Legal occupations 810 $38.86 $80,830
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 800 $16.19 $33,680
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 790 $12.48 $25,950
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 770 $24.39 $50,720
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 750 Not available $51,880
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 700 $18.12 $37,680
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 650 $14.44 $30,030
Child, family, and school social workers 590 $17.81 $37,050
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 590 $17.03 $35,420
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 590 $26.27 $54,640
Food preparation workers 590 $10.07 $20,940
Personal and home care aides 590 $9.79 $20,370
Public relations specialists 560 $25.06 $52,130
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 510 Not available $53,440
Security guards 510 $12.30 $25,590
Counter and rental clerks 500 $14.16 $29,460
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 500 $10.08 $20,960
Computer software engineers, applications 490 $38.47 $80,020
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 490 $13.90 $28,920
Team assemblers 490 $17.56 $36,530
Coaches and scouts 480 Not available $46,440
Lawyers 480 $49.44 $102,830
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 470 $20.52 $42,680
Dishwashers 460 $9.84 $20,470
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 460 $20.45 $42,530
Bartenders 450 $11.36 $23,630
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 450 $11.76 $24,460
Cooks, fast food 440 $9.68 $20,130
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 440 $28.06 $58,360
Home health aides 430 $10.34 $21,510
Order clerks 430 $12.45 $25,900
Child care workers 420 $9.76 $20,300
Construction laborers 420 $14.07 $29,260
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 420 $12.78 $26,590
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 420 $22.39 $46,560
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 410 $15.81 $32,890
Data entry keyers 410 $14.63 $30,430
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 410 $28.63 $59,560
Market research analysts 410 $23.85 $49,600
Network and computer systems administrators 410 $31.14 $64,760
Computer programmers 400 $39.05 $81,210
Industrial truck and tractor operators 400 $14.85 $30,880
Computer software engineers, systems software 390 $41.91 $87,180
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 390 $28.56 $59,400
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 380 $18.48 $38,440
Medical secretaries 360 $19.25 $40,040
Medical assistants 350 $14.81 $30,810
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 350 $18.71 $38,910
Social and human service assistants 350 $15.71 $32,680
Packers and packagers, hand 340 $11.29 $23,480
Parts salespersons 340 $15.25 $31,730
Tellers 340 $12.52 $26,040
Food servers, nonrestaurant 330 $11.28 $23,470
Sales managers 330 $52.72 $109,650
Electricians 320 $21.87 $45,480
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 320 $16.55 $34,420
Insurance sales agents 320 $27.44 $57,080
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 320 $13.89 $28,890
Medical and health services managers 310 $59.27 $123,290
Physicians and surgeons, all other 310 $72.03 $149,830
Electronics engineers, except computer 300 $43.27 $90,000
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 290 $13.90 $28,920
Bakers 280 $12.95 $26,940
Computer systems analysts 280 $37.33 $77,640
Cost estimators 280 $28.78 $59,860
Graphic designers 280 $22.85 $47,520
Sales representatives, services, all other 280 $28.00 $58,240
Cooks, short order 270 $10.80 $22,470
Engineering managers 270 $63.41 $131,900
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 270 $12.56 $26,120
Marketing managers 270 $53.34 $110,950
Paralegals and legal assistants 270 $24.02 $49,970
Recreation workers 270 $13.70 $28,510
Dental hygienists 260 $27.79 $57,790
Driver/sales workers 260 $12.15 $25,270
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists 260 $53.18 $110,610
Postal service mail carriers 260 Not available Not available
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 250 $11.53 $23,970
Mechanical engineers 250 $39.29 $81,730
Preschool teachers, except special education 250 $13.02 $27,080
Chief executives 240 $64.65 $134,470
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 240 $10.13 $21,060
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 240 $31.76 $66,050
Business operations specialists, all other 230 $33.31 $69,290
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 230 $9.83 $20,450
Financial managers 230 $52.10 $108,370
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 230 $36.33 $75,560
Painters, construction and maintenance 230 $16.86 $35,070
Bus drivers, school 220 $13.67 $28,430
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 220 $13.11 $27,270
Construction managers 220 $46.32 $96,350
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 220 Not available $74,920
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 220 $17.58 $36,560
Pharmacy technicians 220 $14.60 $30,360
Physical therapists 220 $30.79 $64,050
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 220 $26.07 $54,230
Management analysts 210 $33.99 $70,700
Medical records and health information technicians 210 $16.77 $34,880
Bill and account collectors 200 $17.85 $37,120
Civil engineers 200 $33.04 $68,720
Computer and information systems managers 200 $55.32 $115,060
Healthcare support workers, all other 200 $12.94 $26,920
Loan officers 200 $24.97 $51,930
Pharmacists 200 $49.94 $103,880
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 200 $21.12 $43,930
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 200 $19.73 $41,030
Automotive body and related repairers 190 $14.76 $30,690
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 190 $21.12 $43,920
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 190 $26.26 $54,630
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 190 $30.68 $63,810
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 190 $26.67 $55,470
Network systems and data communications analysts 190 $31.72 $65,970
Veterinary technologists and technicians 190 $14.49 $30,130
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 180 $18.37 $38,210
Logisticians 180 Not available Not available
Producers and directors 180 $21.30 $44,310
Self-enrichment education teachers 180 $21.90 $45,550
Sheet metal workers 180 $19.94 $41,480
Training and development specialists 180 $24.98 $51,970
Advertising sales agents 170 $23.50 $48,880
Couriers and messengers 170 $11.91 $24,770
Industrial engineers 170 $37.58 $78,160
Librarians 170 $23.38 $48,640
Nonfarm animal caretakers 170 $10.71 $22,270
Radiologic technologists and technicians 170 $26.00 $54,090
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 170 Not available $53,690
Special education teachers, secondary school 170 Not available $50,170
Surgeons 170 $88.85 $184,810
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 160 $25.65 $53,360
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 160 $18.35 $38,160
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 160 $14.25 $29,640
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 160 $24.18 $50,290
Industrial machinery mechanics 160 $19.91 $41,410
Internists, general 160 $52.61 $109,430
Managers, all other 160 $36.98 $76,910
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 150 $32.90 $68,440
Court, municipal, and license clerks 150 $16.74 $34,820
Dental assistants 150 $17.11 $35,600
Helpers--carpenters 150 $15.27 $31,760
Helpers--production workers 150 $11.64 $24,210
Chefs and head cooks 140 $18.21 $37,870
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 140 $20.45 $42,530
Financial analysts 140 $35.88 $74,630
Fire fighters 140 $16.62 $34,570
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 140 $18.36 $38,190
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 $15.67 $32,590
Highway maintenance workers 140 $16.56 $34,440
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 140 $11.01 $22,900
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 140 $18.91 $39,330
Medical transcriptionists 140 $14.94 $31,080
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 140 $16.64 $34,600
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 140 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, middle school 140 Not available $52,970
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 130 $25.67 $53,400
Industrial production managers 130 $44.86 $93,310
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 130 Not available $51,220
Legal secretaries 130 $19.00 $39,510
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 130 $9.18 $19,090
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 130 $13.07 $27,190
Pediatricians, general 130 $54.84 $114,070
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 130 $13.51 $28,110
Tax preparers 130 $19.51 $40,580
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 130 $25.85 $53,770
Tire repairers and changers 130 $11.94 $24,840
Amusement and recreation attendants 120 $10.39 $21,600
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 120 $31.69 $65,910
Editors 120 $19.25 $40,030
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 120 $19.12 $39,770
Food service managers 120 $23.81 $49,520
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 120 $10.56 $21,950
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 120 $21.17 $44,040
Home appliance repairers 120 $15.29 $31,800
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 120 $18.47 $38,420
Library technicians 120 $13.90 $28,900
Machinists 120 $16.15 $33,600
Personal financial advisors 120 $27.05 $56,250
Architects, except landscape and naval 110 $37.20 $77,370
Architectural and civil drafters 110 $22.54 $46,890
Bindery workers 110 $13.75 $28,600
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 110 $16.79 $34,930
Construction and building inspectors 110 $20.31 $42,240
Dentists, general 110 $89.80 $186,780
Electrical engineers 110 $35.26 $73,350
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 110 $37.82 $78,660
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $16.65 $34,640
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $17.06 $35,480
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 110 $9.92 $20,640
Library assistants, clerical 110 $11.99 $24,950
Mechanical drafters 110 $27.69 $57,590
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 110 $19.53 $40,620
Social and community service managers 110 $26.89 $55,940
Switchboard operators, including answering service 110 $11.82 $24,590
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 110 $18.66 $38,800
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 100 $23.05 $47,930
All other information and record clerks 100 $17.22 $35,810
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 100 $26.05 $54,190
Database administrators 100 $27.31 $56,800
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 100 $18.87 $39,250
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 100 $28.04 $58,320
Family and general practitioners 100 $52.51 $109,230
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 100 $12.97 $26,970
File clerks 100 $14.31 $29,760
Insurance underwriters 100 $27.58 $57,370
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $14.76 $30,690
Speech-language pathologists 100 $29.42 $61,200
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 100 $17.89 $37,200
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 100 $29.32 $60,990
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 90 $21.19 $44,070
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 90 $22.51 $46,820
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 90 $17.47 $36,340
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 90 $15.88 $33,030
Job printers 90 $19.96 $41,510
Medical and public health social workers 90 $23.52 $48,920
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 90 $13.47 $28,010
Pipelayers 90 $20.36 $42,350
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $17.41 $36,200
Procurement clerks 90 $18.22 $37,900
Property, real estate, and community association managers 90 $22.38 $46,540
Public relations managers 90 $37.36 $77,710
Purchasing managers 90 $41.74 $86,810
Residential advisors 90 $13.72 $28,550
Technical writers 90 $23.58 $49,060
Administrative services managers 80 $27.97 $58,170
Chemical technicians 80 $17.28 $35,940
Commercial and industrial designers 80 $31.97 $66,500
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $17.98 $37,390
Detectives and criminal investigators 80 $34.29 $71,330
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 80 $17.15 $35,680
Environmental engineers 80 $33.83 $70,360
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $14.47 $30,100
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $15.42 $32,070
Postal service clerks 80 Not available Not available
Radio and television announcers 80 $16.19 $33,680
Respiratory therapists 80 $25.10 $52,200
Sewing machine operators 80 $11.26 $23,430
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 80 $39.24 $81,620
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $19.07 $39,670
Butchers and meat cutters 70 $16.39 $34,090
Civil engineering technicians 70 $20.17 $41,960
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $12.92 $26,860
Desktop publishers 70 $18.61 $38,700
Engineers, all other 70 $47.27 $98,330
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 70 $10.34 $21,510
Meeting and convention planners 70 $19.62 $40,820
Parking lot attendants 70 $12.72 $26,450
Physician assistants 70 $42.00 $87,350
Psychiatrists 70 $43.34 $90,150
Veterinarians 70 $37.23 $77,430
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 70 $19.40 $40,340
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $19.10 $39,730
Cement masons and concrete finishers 60 $15.69 $32,630
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $23.85 $49,610
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 60 $15.98 $33,230
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 60 $16.34 $33,980
Farm equipment mechanics 60 $19.68 $40,930
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 60 $18.86 $39,220
Food batchmakers 60 $14.57 $30,310
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 60 $15.15 $31,510
Instructional coordinators 60 $25.83 $53,730
Maintenance workers, machinery 60 $17.01 $35,390
Mechanical engineering technicians 60 $23.18 $48,210
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 60 $15.83 $32,920
Occupational health and safety specialists 60 $24.38 $50,710
Pharmacy aides 60 $9.19 $19,110
Prepress technicians and workers 60 $19.55 $40,660
Printing machine operators 60 $17.69 $36,790
Reporters and correspondents 60 $17.24 $35,870
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 60 $12.57 $26,140
Urban and regional planners 60 $23.94 $49,800
Writers and authors 60 $24.34 $50,620
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 50 $21.81 $45,370
Audio and video equipment technicians 50 $19.12 $39,760
Chemists 50 $23.88 $49,670
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $15.26 $31,730
Financial specialists, all other 50 $29.70 $61,780
Floral designers 50 $14.43 $30,020
Obstetricians and gynecologists 50 $67.38 $140,140
Occupational therapists 50 $28.37 $59,010
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $17.43 $36,250
Sales engineers 50 $30.87 $64,220
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $15.17 $31,560
Transportation workers, all other 50 $14.90 $31,000
Art directors 40 $21.17 $44,040
Broadcast technicians 40 $14.05 $29,220
Clergy 40 $22.35 $46,480
Credit analysts 40 $23.24 $48,330
Curators 40 $24.92 $51,840
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $28.96 $60,240
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $47,450
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $37.87 $78,760
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $18.31 $38,090
Health technologists and technicians, all other 40 $24.15 $50,230
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 40 $13.95 $29,010
Industrial engineering technicians 40 $19.94 $41,470
Interior designers 40 $21.96 $45,680
Loan counselors 40 $17.06 $35,480
Security and fire alarm systems installers 40 $19.75 $41,080
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $18.68 $38,850
Stonemasons 40 $22.12 $46,020
Surgical technologists 40 $18.70 $38,890
Telemarketers 40 $14.06 $29,250
Tour guides and escorts 40 $11.79 $24,530
Travel agents 40 $15.22 $31,650
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 40 $10.90 $22,670
Word processors and typists 40 $14.62 $30,410
Biological technicians 30 $21.09 $43,870
Education administrators, all other 30 $26.18 $54,460
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 30 $26.32 $54,750
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 30 $29.60 $61,580
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 30 $15.99 $33,270
Funeral directors 30 $28.85 $60,010
Human resources managers, all other 30 $51.69 $107,510
Medical equipment repairers 30 $22.13 $46,040
Photographers 30 $19.11 $39,750
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 30 $18.59 $38,670
Bicycle repairers Not available $11.16 $23,210
Brokerage clerks Not available $21.14 $43,960
Computer operators Not available $14.72 $30,620
Conservation scientists Not available $26.64 $55,400
Crossing guards Not available $14.77 $30,730
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $17.15 $35,660
Dietetic technicians Not available $12.79 $26,610
Education administrators, postsecondary Not available $44.64 $92,860
Health educators Not available $20.76 $43,180
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Not available $12.57 $26,150
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Not available $14.29 $29,730
Interpreters and translators Not available $17.27 $35,920
Landscape architects Not available $23.19 $48,240
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Not available $20.43 $42,490
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $13.70 $28,490
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $17.17 $35,710
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $13.68 $28,450
Operations research analysts Not available $47.51 $98,820
Opticians, dispensing Not available $16.41 $34,140
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $15.18 $31,570
Postsecondary teachers, all other Not available Not available $61,250
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Not available $22.45 $46,700
Real estate sales agents Not available $38.94 $80,990
Surveyors Not available $21.46 $44,630
Tool and die makers Not available $18.41 $38,300
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