Occupational employment / Carson City, NV

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 "Carson City, NV" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 29,860 $20.32 $42,270
Office and administrative support occupations 5,900 $16.13 $33,550
Food preparation and serving related occupations 2,600 $9.25 $19,250
Production occupations 2,550 $14.99 $31,170
Sales and related occupations 2,450 $14.62 $30,420
Management occupations 1,850 $38.96 $81,040
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 1,660 $37.46 $77,920
Business and financial operations occupations 1,630 $28.68 $59,660
Construction and extraction occupations 1,130 $23.41 $48,690
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 1,120 $19.89 $41,380
Transportation and material moving occupations 1,110 $12.76 $26,540
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,020 $17.95 $37,340
Protective service occupations 970 Not available Not available
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 920 $11.62 $24,170
Personal care and service occupations 800 $10.71 $22,270
Healthcare support occupations 750 $14.01 $29,140
Architecture and engineering occupations 740 $28.86 $60,030
Office clerks, general 730 $13.28 $27,630
Cashiers 680 $10.01 $20,820
Retail salespersons 680 $12.37 $25,740
Computer and mathematical occupations 640 $30.31 $63,030
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 600 $18.09 $37,620
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 590 $7.64 $15,890
Registered nurses 580 $31.73 $65,990
Life, physical, and social science occupations 490 $27.52 $57,250
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 480 $10.79 $22,450
Waiters and waitresses 480 $8.03 $16,700
General and operations managers 470 $41.41 $86,130
Community and social services occupations 440 $25.07 $52,150
Legal occupations 430 $41.89 $87,120
Stock clerks and order fillers 380 $12.40 $25,790
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 370 $10.89 $22,660
Management analysts 360 $29.48 $61,320
Business operations specialists, all other 350 $27.95 $58,140
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 340 $20.57 $42,790
Computer specialists, all other 330 $33.68 $70,050
Customer service representatives 310 $15.79 $32,850
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 310 $13.42 $27,910
Accountants and auditors 300 $28.64 $59,570
Cooks, restaurant 290 $11.42 $23,750
Office and administrative support workers, all other 290 $15.42 $32,080
Receptionists and information clerks 280 $11.70 $24,330
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 270 $23.47 $48,830
Helpers--production workers 260 $13.28 $27,630
Civil engineers 250 $31.26 $65,020
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 250 $19.15 $39,830
Maintenance and repair workers, general 250 $17.16 $35,690
Managers, all other 240 $41.10 $85,490
Lawyers 220 $48.87 $101,650
Bartenders 210 $8.07 $16,790
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 200 $22.17 $46,110
Team assemblers 200 $12.23 $25,440
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 190 $14.33 $29,800
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 190 $10.16 $21,130
Computer support specialists 180 $22.48 $46,760
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 180 $27.73 $57,680
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 180 $12.99 $27,020
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 180 $9.40 $19,540
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 170 $20.52 $42,670
Machinists 170 $17.84 $37,110
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 160 $18.67 $38,830
Dishwashers 160 $9.45 $19,660
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 160 $13.10 $27,240
Tellers 160 $12.72 $26,460
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 150 $7.75 $16,120
Medical assistants 150 $15.12 $31,450
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 150 $14.03 $29,180
Carpenters 140 $25.89 $53,850
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 140 $30.99 $64,460
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 140 $17.29 $35,970
Gaming dealers 140 $7.06 $14,680
Financial managers 130 $45.03 $93,660
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 130 $31.82 $66,180
Food preparation workers 130 $9.89 $20,580
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers 130 $7.87 $16,380
Electricians 120 $24.27 $50,480
Home health aides 120 $9.93 $20,650
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 120 $22.82 $47,470
Administrative services managers 110 $32.87 $68,370
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 110 $16.68 $34,690
Construction managers 110 $42.43 $88,260
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 110 $31.93 $66,420
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $16.11 $33,510
Security guards 110 $13.85 $28,800
Construction laborers 100 $18.84 $39,200
Insurance sales agents 100 $18.37 $38,200
Packers and packagers, hand 100 $9.80 $20,390
Parts salespersons 100 $14.22 $29,580
Pharmacy technicians 100 $15.50 $32,230
Property, real estate, and community association managers 100 $12.10 $25,160
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 100 $17.74 $36,900
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 90 $12.42 $25,840
Bill and account collectors 90 $15.29 $31,810
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 90 $9.50 $19,760
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 90 $29.29 $60,920
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 90 $17.49 $36,380
Medical and health services managers 90 $45.83 $95,330
Bakers 80 $9.26 $19,270
Child care workers 80 $8.98 $18,670
Computer and information systems managers 80 $39.46 $82,080
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 80 $13.10 $27,240
Engineering managers 80 $48.20 $100,250
Legal secretaries 80 $20.30 $42,220
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 70 $12.12 $25,210
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $12.83 $26,680
Gaming supervisors 70 $16.00 $33,270
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $13.00 $27,030
Loan officers 70 $30.79 $64,040
Pharmacists 70 $53.74 $111,780
Postal service mail carriers 70 Not available Not available
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 70 $17.39 $36,160
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 60 $17.89 $37,200
Dental assistants 60 $18.98 $39,480
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $11.45 $23,820
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 60 $10.30 $21,410
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 60 $7.85 $16,330
Public relations specialists 60 $26.05 $54,180
Sales managers 60 $53.60 $111,490
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 60 $18.54 $38,550
Switchboard operators, including answering service 60 $12.63 $26,270
Education, training, and library workers, all other 50 Not available Not available
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 50 $21.29 $44,280
Environmental engineers 50 $34.99 $72,770
Family and general practitioners 50 $84.25 $175,240
File clerks 50 $10.65 $22,140
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 50 $8.72 $18,140
Gaming cage workers 50 $11.57 $24,070
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 50 $13.67 $28,430
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 50 $8.75 $18,190
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 50 $18.20 $37,850
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $14.32 $29,780
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 50 $17.21 $35,800
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 50 $24.38 $50,720
Real estate sales agents 50 $28.31 $58,870
Social and community service managers 50 $31.90 $66,360
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 40 $28.23 $58,710
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 40 $28.58 $59,450
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 40 $15.71 $32,680
Food service managers 40 $20.53 $42,710
Industrial production managers 40 $29.25 $60,850
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 40 $21.35 $44,410
Medical records and health information technicians 40 $16.86 $35,070
Paralegals and legal assistants 40 $21.90 $45,560
Physical therapists 40 $34.74 $72,250
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 40 $32.38 $67,360
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 40 $28.02 $58,270
Tool and die makers 40 $22.07 $45,900
Training and development specialists 40 $27.45 $57,100
Architectural and civil drafters 30 $24.99 $51,980
Automotive body and related repairers 30 $19.46 $40,470
Cooks, short order 30 $9.92 $20,640
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 30 $9.41 $19,580
Dentists, general 30 $86.04 $178,960
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $10.53 $21,900
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $14.99 $31,180
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 30 $22.74 $47,310
Hydrologists 30 $36.27 $75,430
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 30 $14.95 $31,100
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 30 $25.09 $52,200
Order clerks 30 $11.89 $24,740
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 30 $11.73 $24,400
Painters, construction and maintenance 30 $15.01 $31,210
Cooks, fast food Not available $7.85 $16,320
Counter and rental clerks Not available $10.47 $21,780
Dental hygienists Not available $43.74 $90,980
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Not available $14.07 $29,260
Helpers--carpenters Not available $13.81 $28,730
Helpers--electricians Not available $11.90 $24,760
Home appliance repairers Not available $17.62 $36,660
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $21.79 $45,320
Medical secretaries Not available $14.89 $30,960
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $29.38 $61,110
Printing machine operators Not available $22.18 $46,130
Surgeons Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $27.26 $56,700
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