Occupational employment / Champaign-Urbana, IL

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 "Champaign-Urbana, IL" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 101,090 $20.77 $43,210
Office and administrative support occupations 17,360 $15.59 $32,420
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,020 $9.85 $20,490
Sales and related occupations 9,350 $14.68 $30,520
Education, training, and library occupations 9,320 Not available Not available
Production occupations 7,050 $14.27 $29,690
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,530 $13.80 $28,710
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 5,400 $31.95 $66,450
Management occupations 5,220 $41.88 $87,110
Construction and extraction occupations 3,930 $26.13 $54,350
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,760 $19.40 $40,340
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,730 $13.01 $27,050
Cashiers 3,280 $8.75 $18,190
Retail salespersons 2,890 $12.22 $25,420
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,700 $16.25 $33,800
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,240 $11.80 $24,550
Protective service occupations 2,180 $19.72 $41,010
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,060 $8.58 $17,850
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,040 $13.43 $27,930
Healthcare support occupations 1,770 $13.44 $27,950
Office clerks, general 1,750 $13.04 $27,130
Community and social services occupations 1,740 $17.46 $36,310
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,740 $29.39 $61,130
Registered nurses 1,740 $30.17 $62,760
Managers, all other 1,720 $42.96 $89,360
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,670 $20.07 $41,740
Waiters and waitresses 1,630 $9.01 $18,730
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,550 $10.98 $22,840
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,500 $16.04 $33,360
Customer service representatives 1,470 $15.23 $31,680
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,340 $31.12 $64,730
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,320 $21.45 $44,610
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,270 Not available $46,880
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,240 $27.96 $58,150
Team assemblers 1,200 $11.81 $24,570
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,100 $15.96 $33,190
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 1,030 $13.02 $27,090
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 910 Not available $51,390
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 880 $9.42 $19,600
Receptionists and information clerks 860 $11.28 $23,470
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 850 $16.83 $35,000
Maintenance and repair workers, general 850 $15.69 $32,630
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 830 $22.65 $47,110
Bartenders 810 $8.72 $18,150
Food preparation workers 800 $10.10 $21,010
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 780 $11.22 $23,340
Carpenters 700 $23.33 $48,530
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 690 $9.10 $18,920
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 690 $15.93 $33,130
Teacher assistants 690 Not available $21,750
General and operations managers 670 $46.24 $96,170
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 660 $25.16 $52,340
Electricians 650 $30.50 $63,440
Cooks, fast food 570 $8.86 $18,420
Cooks, restaurant 570 $9.55 $19,870
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 570 $24.19 $50,310
Accountants and auditors 550 $28.78 $59,870
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 550 $19.29 $40,120
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 540 $13.21 $27,480
Tellers 530 $10.19 $21,190
Education, training, and library workers, all other 520 $26.23 $54,550
Office and administrative support workers, all other 460 $22.08 $45,920
Security guards 460 $12.26 $25,500
Legal occupations 440 $39.55 $82,260
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 440 Not available $44,350
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 430 $12.63 $26,280
Construction laborers 420 $21.96 $45,670
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 420 $22.58 $46,970
Dishwashers 410 $8.30 $17,250
Helpers--production workers 410 $12.82 $26,660
Maintenance workers, machinery 400 $21.06 $43,800
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 390 $11.47 $23,860
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 390 $8.44 $17,560
Recreation workers 380 $10.32 $21,470
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 370 $20.10 $41,820
Industrial truck and tractor operators 360 $15.27 $31,770
Pharmacy technicians 340 $12.55 $26,100
Computer programmers 330 $23.50 $48,880
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 330 $33.32 $69,310
Food servers, nonrestaurant 330 $9.22 $19,170
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 330 $30.39 $63,210
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 330 $12.76 $26,540
Bus drivers, school 320 $14.63 $30,430
Painters, construction and maintenance 320 $25.30 $52,630
Sales representatives, services, all other 310 $20.35 $42,340
Child care workers 300 $9.71 $20,190
Driver/sales workers 300 $11.80 $24,540
Loan officers 300 $29.40 $61,160
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 300 $15.58 $32,410
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 300 $33.78 $70,270
Community and social service specialists, all other 290 $14.99 $31,190
Computer support specialists 290 $18.45 $38,380
Graphic designers 290 $16.32 $33,950
Medical assistants 290 $13.34 $27,750
Postal service mail carriers 290 Not available Not available
Administrative services managers 280 $26.08 $54,240
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 280 Not available Not available
Medical secretaries 280 $12.73 $26,470
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 280 Not available $39,450
Editors 270 $20.02 $41,650
Physicians and surgeons, all other 270 $79.33 $165,000
Civil engineers 260 $32.24 $67,050
Fire fighters 260 $23.47 $48,810
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 260 $26.14 $54,380
Preschool teachers, except special education 260 $12.66 $26,320
Computer specialists, all other 250 $31.96 $66,470
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 250 $17.85 $37,130
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 250 $20.02 $41,650
Coaches and scouts 240 Not available Not available
Amusement and recreation attendants 230 $10.11 $21,020
Counter and rental clerks 230 $11.06 $23,000
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 230 $16.71 $34,760
Child, family, and school social workers 220 $21.08 $43,840
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 220 $19.82 $41,220
Network and computer systems administrators 220 $30.16 $62,740
Chief executives 210 $54.81 $114,000
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 210 $10.32 $21,470
Financial managers 210 $44.90 $93,390
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 210 Not available Not available
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 200 $8.86 $18,440
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 190 $26.28 $54,660
Food service managers 190 $19.44 $40,430
Lawyers 190 $61.86 $128,670
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 190 $18.01 $37,460
Computer software engineers, applications 180 $35.83 $74,520
Computer software engineers, systems software 180 $43.62 $90,730
Healthcare support workers, all other 180 $15.41 $32,060
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 180 $24.72 $51,420
Market research analysts 180 $24.75 $51,470
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 180 $23.94 $49,790
Pharmacists 180 $57.17 $118,920
Special education teachers, middle school 180 Not available $45,830
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 180 $17.26 $35,910
Engineers, all other 170 $38.17 $79,400
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 170 $15.33 $31,890
Physical scientists, all other 170 $35.24 $73,290
Physical therapists 170 $39.27 $81,680
Sheet metal workers 170 $30.94 $64,350
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 170 $29.40 $61,150
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 160 Not available $89,390
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 160 $25.57 $53,190
Legal secretaries 160 $16.75 $34,840
Librarians 160 $22.86 $47,550
Sales managers 160 $43.26 $89,990
Training and development specialists 160 $37.17 $77,310
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 160 $12.95 $26,940
Computer and information systems managers 150 $46.94 $97,630
Cooks, all other 150 $14.26 $29,670
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 150 Not available Not available
Management analysts 150 $25.44 $52,920
Printing machine operators 150 $13.97 $29,060
Radiologic technologists and technicians 150 $25.96 $53,990
Chefs and head cooks 140 $22.28 $46,340
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 140 $9.38 $19,500
Medical and health services managers 140 $37.56 $78,130
Nonfarm animal caretakers 140 $13.16 $27,370
Order clerks 140 $13.89 $28,900
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 140 $26.57 $55,260
Veterinary technologists and technicians 140 $16.89 $35,140
Dental hygienists 130 $28.08 $58,400
File clerks 130 $10.94 $22,760
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 130 $9.04 $18,800
Loan interviewers and clerks 130 $16.71 $34,760
Network systems and data communications analysts 130 $28.35 $58,970
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 130 $37.76 $78,540
Advertising sales agents 120 $28.46 $59,190
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 120 $15.22 $31,650
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 120 $17.24 $35,860
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 120 $40.91 $85,100
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 120 $26.82 $55,780
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 120 $13.61 $28,310
Health technologists and technicians, all other 120 $19.55 $40,650
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 120 $9.28 $19,300
Library technicians 120 $13.45 $27,980
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $16.45 $34,220
Sewing machine operators 120 $12.72 $26,450
Automotive body and related repairers 110 $16.38 $34,060
Bakers 110 $11.84 $24,640
Cost estimators 110 $29.88 $62,150
Engineering managers 110 $48.18 $100,210
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 110 $36.72 $76,370
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 110 $11.68 $24,300
Highway maintenance workers 110 $22.72 $47,250
Social and human service assistants 110 $12.09 $25,140
Correctional officers and jailers 100 $14.23 $29,600
Crossing guards 100 $10.72 $22,290
Dental assistants 100 $14.49 $30,130
Dentists, general 100 $70.46 $146,560
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 100 $14.39 $29,930
Industrial machinery mechanics 100 $21.59 $44,900
Legislators 100 Not available $56,020
Library assistants, clerical 100 $11.77 $24,480
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 100 $20.72 $43,100
Machinists 100 $16.69 $34,710
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $19.09 $39,710
Protective service workers, all other 100 $20.87 $43,420
Social workers, all other 100 $21.08 $43,850
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 100 Not available Not available
Bill and account collectors 90 $15.89 $33,060
Brickmasons and blockmasons 90 $24.09 $50,110
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 90 $29.87 $62,120
Computer operators 90 $18.49 $38,450
Cooks, short order 90 $8.61 $17,910
Financial specialists, all other 90 $31.83 $66,210
Mechanical engineers 90 $32.86 $68,350
Medical records and health information technicians 90 $17.81 $37,040
Medical transcriptionists 90 $17.27 $35,910
Paralegals and legal assistants 90 $19.80 $41,180
Parts salespersons 90 $15.47 $32,170
Power plant operators 90 $25.80 $53,660
Property, real estate, and community association managers 90 $30.16 $62,720
Roofers 90 $24.03 $49,980
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 90 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, secondary school 90 Not available $47,840
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 90 $9.93 $20,650
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $27.00 $56,150
Architectural and civil drafters 80 $19.44 $40,430
Cement masons and concrete finishers 80 $25.45 $52,940
Counselors, all other 80 $22.46 $46,720
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 80 $17.39 $36,170
Home health aides 80 $10.68 $22,220
Industrial engineers 80 $35.61 $74,070
Instructional coordinators 80 $19.08 $39,680
Life scientists, all other 80 $23.06 $47,960
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 80 $16.95 $35,260
Public relations specialists 80 $27.40 $57,000
Sales and related workers, all other 80 $13.96 $29,040
Social and community service managers 80 $26.39 $54,900
Veterinarians 80 $27.55 $57,300
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $19.78 $41,150
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $25.80 $53,670
Computer systems analysts 70 $33.01 $68,660
Construction managers 70 $44.05 $91,620
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $22.01 $45,780
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 70 $18.19 $37,830
Human resources managers, all other 70 $47.09 $97,940
Industrial production managers 70 $43.95 $91,410
Mental health counselors 70 $18.64 $38,780
Motor vehicle operators, all other 70 Not available Not available
Occupational therapists 70 $36.43 $75,770
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Surgical technologists 70 $20.94 $43,550
Switchboard operators, including answering service 70 $11.75 $24,450
Tire repairers and changers 70 $11.52 $23,970
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 60 $27.62 $57,460
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 60 $21.58 $44,880
Couriers and messengers 60 $13.26 $27,580
Court, municipal, and license clerks 60 $15.74 $32,730
Data entry keyers 60 $12.88 $26,790
Database administrators 60 $35.82 $74,500
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $23.64 $49,170
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 60 $25.21 $52,440
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 60 $18.21 $37,870
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 60 $16.48 $34,280
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 60 $19.04 $39,600
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 60 $16.57 $34,470
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 60 $16.75 $34,840
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 60 Not available $38,350
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 60 $21.92 $45,600
Personal financial advisors 60 $49.55 $103,070
Physical therapist assistants 60 $27.48 $57,150
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 60 $13.10 $27,260
Respiratory therapists 60 $23.97 $49,850
Speech-language pathologists 60 $31.23 $64,950
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 60 $24.51 $50,980
Word processors and typists 60 $15.20 $31,620
Bindery workers 50 $15.14 $31,500
Biological technicians 50 $17.65 $36,710
Butchers and meat cutters 50 $13.34 $27,750
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 50 $23.82 $49,550
Chemical technicians 50 Not available Not available
Civil engineering technicians 50 $22.43 $46,650
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $15.69 $32,630
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 $32.63 $67,870
Electrical engineers 50 $34.78 $72,330
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 50 $22.18 $46,130
Law clerks 50 $16.70 $34,740
Medical and public health social workers 50 $23.60 $49,090
New accounts clerks 50 $15.37 $31,970
Photographic process workers 50 $9.59 $19,940
Postmasters and mail superintendents 50 $26.57 $55,260
Reporters and correspondents 50 $12.39 $25,780
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 50 $17.78 $36,990
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $37.24 $77,460
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 50 Not available $40,490
Architects, except landscape and naval 40 $39.53 $82,230
Broadcast technicians 40 $17.68 $36,780
Chemists 40 $29.28 $60,890
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $33.22 $69,100
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 40 $13.02 $27,080
Farm equipment mechanics 40 $18.14 $37,740
Financial analysts 40 $31.23 $64,950
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 40 $32.28 $67,150
Lodging managers 40 $15.92 $33,110
Occupational therapist assistants 40 $23.38 $48,620
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $20.85 $43,360
Athletic trainers 30 Not available $54,670
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 30 $18.07 $37,590
Floral designers 30 $16.78 $34,900
Parking enforcement workers 30 $15.56 $32,370
Parking lot attendants 30 $11.34 $23,600
Pest control workers 30 $20.07 $41,750
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 30 $27.91 $58,060
Purchasing managers 30 $40.88 $85,020
Agricultural and food science technicians Not available $16.95 $35,260
Animal control workers Not available $11.10 $23,100
Appraisers and assessors of real estate Not available $21.17 $44,040
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $10.94 $22,750
Business and financial operations occupations Not available $27.02 $56,200
Business operations specialists, all other Not available $25.12 $52,240
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $16.53 $34,380
Computer hardware engineers Not available $25.90 $53,880
Conveyor operators and tenders Not available $10.80 $22,460
Demonstrators and product promoters Not available $14.06 $29,250
Desktop publishers Not available $14.66 $30,490
Electrical power-line installers and repairers Not available $23.34 $48,540
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $11.38 $23,660
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $36.81 $76,560
Graders and sorters, agricultural products Not available $12.49 $25,980
Hazardous materials removal workers Not available $15.25 $31,720
Insurance underwriters Not available $31.86 $66,270
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Not available $11.70 $24,340
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $13.46 $28,000
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $18.83 $39,170
Opticians, dispensing Not available $14.61 $30,390
Personal care and service occupations Not available $11.96 $24,870
Personal care and service workers, all other Not available $9.28 $19,290
Photographers Not available $16.41 $34,130
Physician assistants Not available $28.80 $59,910
Production workers, all other Not available $11.82 $24,590
Psychiatrists Not available $34.12 $70,960
Radio and television announcers Not available $11.43 $23,770
Real estate sales agents Not available $16.63 $34,590
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $12.98 $27,000
Residential advisors Not available $8.79 $18,280
Self-enrichment education teachers Not available $15.42 $32,070
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $19.06 $39,630
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $19.22 $39,990
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Not available $15.49 $32,210
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