Occupational employment / Charleston-North Charleston, SC

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 "Charleston-North Charleston, SC" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 292,640 $18.04 $37,520
Office and administrative support occupations 48,720 $14.38 $29,910
Sales and related occupations 31,390 $14.86 $30,910
Food preparation and serving related occupations 29,320 $9.11 $18,950
Transportation and material moving occupations 20,730 $13.87 $28,850
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 18,600 $30.59 $63,620
Production occupations 18,240 $16.30 $33,900
Construction and extraction occupations 15,680 $16.75 $34,830
Education, training, and library occupations 15,070 $19.89 $41,360
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 13,630 $18.17 $37,780
Management occupations 13,350 $43.10 $89,660
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 11,730 $10.45 $21,730
Business and financial operations occupations 10,630 $27.14 $56,450
Retail salespersons 9,950 $12.27 $25,530
Cashiers 9,100 $8.10 $16,850
Registered nurses 8,490 $29.05 $60,420
Personal care and service occupations 7,880 $10.91 $22,700
Healthcare support occupations 7,320 $12.17 $25,300
Protective service occupations 6,740 $15.38 $32,000
Architecture and engineering occupations 6,340 $31.51 $65,540
Office clerks, general 6,320 $11.83 $24,620
Waiters and waitresses 6,320 $8.70 $18,100
Computer and mathematical occupations 5,970 $28.26 $58,780
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 5,700 $7.70 $16,010
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 5,450 $10.82 $22,510
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 4,890 $9.54 $19,850
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 4,300 $14.92 $31,030
Customer service representatives 4,070 $14.12 $29,370
Stock clerks and order fillers 4,070 $10.82 $22,500
General and operations managers 3,980 $44.80 $93,170
Maintenance and repair workers, general 3,800 $16.10 $33,480
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 3,610 $21.34 $44,400
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 3,590 $15.33 $31,880
Community and social services occupations 3,580 $16.63 $34,590
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 3,280 $20.14 $41,890
Elementary school teachers, except special education 3,210 Not available $43,920
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 3,200 $19.94 $41,480
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 3,200 $17.20 $35,780
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 2,880 $10.51 $21,850
Team assemblers 2,880 $15.08 $31,360
Construction laborers 2,670 $13.69 $28,470
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,540 $8.86 $18,440
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 2,500 $14.93 $31,060
Food preparation workers 2,430 $8.14 $16,930
Accountants and auditors 2,420 $28.77 $59,840
Receptionists and information clerks 2,330 $11.67 $24,280
Carpenters 2,270 $16.39 $34,100
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 2,270 $12.41 $25,810
Cooks, restaurant 2,230 $10.95 $22,780
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 2,140 Not available $46,950
Bill and account collectors 2,090 $12.49 $25,980
Legal occupations 2,090 $33.79 $70,280
Teacher assistants 2,090 Not available $21,070
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,060 $11.02 $22,910
Life, physical, and social science occupations 2,050 $25.14 $52,300
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 2,030 $23.93 $49,770
Security guards 2,020 $12.36 $25,700
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 1,920 $25.80 $53,670
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,880 $19.48 $40,520
Medical assistants 1,860 $12.66 $26,330
Cooks, fast food 1,850 $7.92 $16,470
Electricians 1,810 $19.09 $39,710
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 1,690 $18.18 $37,810
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 1,690 $13.90 $28,910
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 1,610 $17.25 $35,870
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 1,570 $7.73 $16,080
Child care workers 1,550 $8.39 $17,450
Home health aides 1,540 $10.10 $21,010
Packers and packagers, hand 1,500 $8.97 $18,650
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,470 Not available $43,650
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,430 $16.35 $34,000
Bartenders 1,390 $8.77 $18,240
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 1,330 $26.17 $54,440
Dishwashers 1,320 $7.75 $16,120
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,310 $25.98 $54,040
Computer programmers 1,290 $26.74 $55,620
Management analysts 1,260 $30.39 $63,200
Tellers 1,240 $12.40 $25,780
Chief executives 1,150 $77.72 $161,660
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,120 $17.57 $36,550
Insurance sales agents 1,090 $18.76 $39,020
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,090 $18.75 $39,000
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 1,080 $14.59 $30,340
Fire fighters 1,070 $14.46 $30,070
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 1,060 $8.07 $16,780
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 1,050 $14.56 $30,270
Helpers--production workers 1,040 $13.22 $27,490
Amusement and recreation attendants 1,020 $8.35 $17,370
Counter and rental clerks 1,010 $11.38 $23,670
Pharmacy technicians 1,000 $13.15 $27,350
Financial managers 990 $41.97 $87,290
Medical secretaries 990 $15.38 $31,990
Industrial machinery mechanics 980 $20.72 $43,090
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 980 $16.78 $34,890
Bus drivers, school 970 $9.53 $19,810
Paralegals and legal assistants 940 $20.30 $42,220
Personal and home care aides 930 $9.49 $19,740
Painters, construction and maintenance 920 $15.25 $31,730
Business operations specialists, all other 900 $28.65 $59,590
Sales representatives, services, all other 900 $21.25 $44,190
Cooks, short order 850 $9.01 $18,740
Switchboard operators, including answering service 850 $10.32 $21,470
Pharmacists 840 $48.47 $100,820
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 830 $29.42 $61,190
Lawyers 830 $53.41 $111,080
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 820 $16.23 $33,750
Computer systems analysts 810 $29.60 $61,570
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 810 $18.30 $38,070
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 780 $22.88 $47,580
Social and human service assistants 780 $11.17 $23,230
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 770 $7.62 $15,860
Construction managers 760 $39.75 $82,690
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 760 $9.33 $19,410
Machinists 760 $16.69 $34,710
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 750 $10.30 $21,420
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 740 $9.40 $19,550
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 740 $13.47 $28,020
Helpers--electricians 700 $11.34 $23,580
Child, family, and school social workers 670 $17.00 $35,350
Medical and health services managers 670 $40.20 $83,610
Preschool teachers, except special education 670 $12.23 $25,440
Sales managers 670 $46.09 $95,860
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 650 $17.44 $36,270
Computer software engineers, systems software 650 $31.58 $65,680
Electronics engineers, except computer 640 $39.55 $82,270
Postal service mail carriers 640 Not available Not available
Network and computer systems administrators 630 $26.91 $55,970
Cost estimators 620 $25.68 $53,400
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 610 $16.04 $33,360
Civil engineers 600 $34.47 $71,690
File clerks 600 $9.22 $19,180
Legal secretaries 590 $15.88 $33,030
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 580 $36.92 $76,780
Food service managers 580 $23.81 $49,530
Dental assistants 570 $15.10 $31,400
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 570 $17.93 $37,290
Driver/sales workers 570 $12.90 $26,840
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 540 $15.33 $31,880
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 540 $24.86 $51,700
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 540 $26.75 $55,630
Data entry keyers 530 $12.56 $26,120
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 530 $24.35 $50,660
Mechanical engineers 520 $36.35 $75,610
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 500 $16.61 $34,550
Network systems and data communications analysts 500 $31.04 $64,560
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 500 $12.78 $26,580
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 490 $16.80 $34,950
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 490 $30.04 $62,470
Social workers, all other 490 $18.71 $38,920
Administrative services managers 480 $33.43 $69,530
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 480 $20.15 $41,920
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 480 $15.94 $33,140
Physical therapists 480 $33.48 $69,640
Respiratory therapists 480 $25.44 $52,920
All other information and record clerks 470 $15.35 $31,930
Industrial engineers 470 $32.96 $68,550
Radiologic technologists and technicians 470 $23.12 $48,090
Computer and information systems managers 460 $47.52 $98,830
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 460 $12.43 $25,860
Material moving workers, all other 460 $22.04 $45,840
Recreation workers 460 $11.31 $23,530
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 450 $10.50 $21,840
Teachers and instructors, all other 450 Not available $33,140
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 440 Not available $74,890
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 430 $22.78 $47,390
Graphic designers 430 $18.38 $38,240
Loan officers 430 $34.34 $71,420
Self-enrichment education teachers 430 $15.99 $33,270
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 430 $19.51 $40,580
Dental hygienists 420 $25.78 $53,620
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 420 $8.93 $18,570
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 420 $13.82 $28,750
Rehabilitation counselors 420 $14.06 $29,240
Public relations specialists 410 $21.19 $44,070
Real estate sales agents 410 $30.66 $63,780
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 400 $15.87 $33,010
Nonfarm animal caretakers 400 $9.14 $19,010
Parts salespersons 400 $15.94 $33,150
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 400 $19.82 $41,220
Architects, except landscape and naval 390 $39.05 $81,220
Cement masons and concrete finishers 390 $14.26 $29,670
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 390 $21.40 $44,520
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 390 Not available $48,620
Logisticians 390 $31.50 $65,520
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 380 $39.46 $82,070
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 380 $9.62 $20,010
Tour guides and escorts 380 $11.06 $23,010
Crane and tower operators 370 $20.33 $42,290
Librarians 370 $22.77 $47,370
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 360 $19.62 $40,820
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 360 $14.52 $30,200
Sheet metal workers 360 $15.73 $32,710
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 360 $21.99 $45,750
Library technicians 350 $12.64 $26,290
Physicians and surgeons, all other 350 $84.69 $176,160
Producers and directors 350 Not available Not available
Electrical engineers 340 $38.46 $80,000
Engineering managers 340 $48.49 $100,850
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 340 $17.97 $37,370
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 340 $15.93 $33,140
Real estate brokers 340 Not available Not available
Sales and related workers, all other 340 Not available Not available
Automotive body and related repairers 330 $17.35 $36,080
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 330 $15.53 $32,310
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 330 $15.83 $32,920
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 330 $8.40 $17,470
Property, real estate, and community association managers 330 $26.18 $54,450
Training and development specialists 330 $22.33 $46,440
Helpers--carpenters 320 $12.38 $25,760
Medical and public health social workers 320 $20.48 $42,600
Motorboat operators 320 Not available Not available
Computer software engineers, applications 310 $35.12 $73,060
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 310 $12.59 $26,190
Pest control workers 310 $15.30 $31,830
Architectural and civil drafters 300 $23.50 $48,870
Industrial production managers 300 $42.11 $87,600
Pipelayers 300 $14.57 $30,300
Cargo and freight agents 290 $17.55 $36,510
Tax preparers 290 $14.57 $30,310
Advertising sales agents 280 $20.58 $42,820
Bakers 280 $9.92 $20,630
Database administrators 280 $28.63 $59,540
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 280 $18.95 $39,410
Surveying and mapping technicians 280 $16.80 $34,950
Chefs and head cooks 270 $19.67 $40,920
Computer hardware engineers 270 $34.78 $72,350
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 270 $25.19 $52,400
Instructional coordinators 270 $25.19 $52,390
Telemarketers 270 $10.01 $20,830
Tire repairers and changers 270 $11.75 $24,440
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 270 $17.23 $35,830
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 270 $25.39 $52,820
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 260 $11.05 $22,990
Manicurists and pedicurists 260 $9.91 $20,610
Procurement clerks 260 $14.56 $30,280
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 260 Not available $44,440
Special education teachers, secondary school 260 Not available $38,370
Computer operators 250 $16.72 $34,780
Computer specialists, all other 250 $36.18 $75,250
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 250 $18.27 $38,000
Food servers, nonrestaurant 250 $10.15 $21,120
Legislators 250 Not available $15,040
Loan interviewers and clerks 250 $15.86 $33,000
Marketing managers 250 $45.66 $94,980
Chemical plant and system operators 240 $21.77 $45,290
Civil engineering technicians 240 $20.03 $41,660
Family and general practitioners 240 $83.20 $173,050
Musicians and singers 240 $9.22 Not available
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 230 $24.53 $51,010
Health technologists and technicians, all other 230 $14.30 $29,750
Managers, all other 230 $36.22 $75,330
Order clerks 230 $12.23 $25,440
Personal financial advisors 230 $33.26 $69,170
Sewing machine operators 230 $14.34 $29,830
Butchers and meat cutters 220 $12.94 $26,920
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 220 $13.88 $28,860
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 220 $15.78 $32,810
Coaches and scouts 210 Not available $46,330
Couriers and messengers 210 $10.72 $22,300
Court, municipal, and license clerks 210 $14.83 $30,850
Floral designers 210 $11.30 $23,510
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 210 Not available Not available
Veterinary technologists and technicians 210 $16.71 $34,750
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 200 $24.28 $50,510
Chemical technicians 200 $20.03 $41,670
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 200 $21.00 $43,680
Medical records and health information technicians 200 $13.98 $29,080
Power plant operators 200 $20.65 $42,960
Surveyors 200 $23.99 $49,890
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 190 $22.34 $46,460
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 190 $19.62 $40,800
Commercial pilots 190 Not available $60,080
Dentists, general 190 $81.71 $169,950
Occupational therapists 190 $28.50 $59,280
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 190 $8.96 $18,630
Public relations managers 190 $36.58 $76,090
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 190 Not available Not available
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 180 $23.38 $48,620
Brickmasons and blockmasons 180 $16.31 $33,920
Market research analysts 180 $26.20 $54,500
Medical equipment repairers 180 $16.70 $34,740
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $14.18 $29,490
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 180 $7.60 $15,820
Baggage porters and bellhops 170 $9.10 $18,920
Construction and building inspectors 170 $21.85 $45,440
Diagnostic medical sonographers 170 $26.68 $55,490
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 170 $15.30 $31,810
Financial specialists, all other 170 $35.35 $73,520
Industrial engineering technicians 170 $23.40 $48,680
Machine feeders and offbearers 170 $12.66 $26,330
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 170 $19.23 $40,000
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 170 $9.07 $18,870
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 160 $21.65 $45,030
Library assistants, clerical 160 $9.25 $19,240
Printing machine operators 160 $14.03 $29,180
Radio and television announcers 160 $20.01 $41,620
Residential advisors 160 $13.08 $27,220
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 160 $35.35 $73,540
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 150 $14.92 $31,030
Computer and information scientists, research 150 $39.03 $81,180
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 150 $17.45 $36,300
Engineers, all other 150 $34.05 $70,810
Environmental engineers 150 $34.60 $71,980
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 150 $9.19 $19,110
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 150 $17.53 $36,460
Locksmiths and safe repairers 150 $12.15 $25,280
Mechanical engineering technicians 150 $24.23 $50,400
Medical transcriptionists 150 $14.41 $29,970
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders 150 $22.67 $47,150
New accounts clerks 150 $14.83 $30,850
Pourers and casters, metal 150 $22.25 $46,270
Protective service workers, all other 150 $12.70 $26,420
Reporters and correspondents 150 $17.24 $35,850
Chemists 140 $31.44 $65,400
Desktop publishers 140 $15.66 $32,560
Education administrators, postsecondary 140 $41.01 $85,310
Interior designers 140 $16.34 $33,990
Opticians, dispensing 140 $14.43 $30,000
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 130 $16.76 $34,860
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 130 $30.56 $63,560
Dietitians and nutritionists 130 $22.54 $46,870
Editors 130 $27.84 $57,900
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 130 $11.30 $23,500
Meeting and convention planners 130 $19.02 $39,560
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $15.65 $32,550
Painters, transportation equipment 130 $20.57 $42,780
Photographic processing machine operators 130 $8.81 $18,330
Social and community service managers 130 $29.63 $61,640
Special education teachers, middle school 130 Not available $45,610
Surgical technologists 130 $15.66 $32,570
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 130 $19.63 $40,830
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 130 Not available $50,530
Audio and video equipment technicians 120 $12.74 $26,500
Brokerage clerks 120 $14.45 $30,060
Community and social service specialists, all other 120 $12.37 $25,720
Hazardous materials removal workers 120 $18.23 $37,920
Lodging managers 120 $27.85 $57,930
Massage therapists 120 $25.42 $52,870
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $15.47 $32,180
Occupational health and safety specialists 120 $24.63 $51,240
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 120 $14.84 $30,880
Postal service clerks 120 Not available Not available
Roofers 120 $13.99 $29,100
Speech-language pathologists 120 $27.62 $57,450
Tile and marble setters 120 $16.99 $35,350
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 110 $12.63 $26,260
Biological technicians 110 $18.64 $38,770
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture 110 $12.81 $26,640
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 110 $18.29 $38,040
Chiropractors 110 $41.45 $86,220
Detectives and criminal investigators 110 $33.63 $69,950
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers 110 $16.84 $35,030
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 110 $32.28 $67,140
Gaming and sports book writers and runners 110 $8.09 $16,830
Internists, general 110 $101.35 $210,810
Operations research analysts 110 $31.30 $65,090
Parking lot attendants 110 $8.12 $16,880
Physical therapist aides 110 $12.66 $26,330
Purchasing managers 110 $40.85 $84,970
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $14.84 $30,870
Tool and die makers 110 $16.63 $34,590
Veterinarians 110 Not available Not available
Advertising and promotions managers 100 $26.72 $55,570
Biological scientists, all other 100 $32.78 $68,190
Budget analysts 100 $27.54 $57,290
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 $16.38 $34,070
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 100 $19.31 $40,160
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 100 $24.20 $50,340
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 100 Not available Not available
Office and administrative support workers, all other 100 $15.29 $31,810
Physician assistants 100 $37.86 $78,750
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 90 $21.99 $45,740
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $18.47 $38,420
Human resources managers, all other 90 $39.15 $81,430
Mechanical drafters 90 $24.12 $50,160
Physical therapist assistants 90 $22.47 $46,740
Surgeons 90 $104.94 $218,270
Technical writers 90 $26.57 $55,270
Word processors and typists 90 $16.09 $33,470
Dental laboratory technicians 80 $12.68 $26,380
Electrical and electronics drafters 80 $24.72 $51,430
Environmental engineering technicians 80 $22.84 $47,500
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 80 $22.09 $45,940
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 80 $25.93 $53,940
Logging equipment operators 80 $16.91 $35,170
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 80 $15.97 $33,220
Obstetricians and gynecologists 80 $76.99 $160,130
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 80 $10.95 $22,770
Pharmacy aides 80 $9.89 $20,580
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $23.26 $48,390
Statistical assistants 80 $16.51 $34,340
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 70 $8.71 $18,120
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 70 $27.59 $57,390
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 70 $22.64 $47,090
Home appliance repairers 70 $13.43 $27,940
Landscape architects 70 $26.83 $55,810
Motion picture projectionists 70 $10.93 $22,720
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 70 $14.22 $29,570
Photographers 70 $15.89 $33,060
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 70 $22.33 $46,440
Training and development managers 70 $39.97 $83,130
Urban and regional planners 70 $23.95 $49,820
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $14.93 $31,060
Zoologists and wildlife biologists 70 $25.98 $54,040
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $18.47 $38,420
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 60 $23.91 $49,730
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 60 $23.44 $48,740
Insulation workers, mechanical 60 $16.87 $35,080
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $18.68 $38,860
Loan counselors 60 $16.22 $33,750
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 60 $11.58 $24,080
Natural sciences managers 60 $53.72 $111,740
Nuclear medicine technologists 60 $29.83 $62,050
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 60 $24.50 $50,960
Transportation workers, all other 60 $13.04 $27,130
Concierges 50 $13.21 $27,470
Conveyor operators and tenders 50 $13.27 $27,610
Forest and conservation technicians 50 $16.47 $34,250
Funeral attendants 50 Not available Not available
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 50 $14.70 $30,570
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $19.29 $40,130
Interpreters and translators 50 $14.80 $30,790
Meter readers, utilities 50 $14.99 $31,180
Riggers 50 $14.49 $30,140
Ship engineers 50 $31.23 $64,950
Statisticians 50 $22.77 $47,370
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians 40 $10.29 $21,400
Audio-visual collections specialists 40 $12.85 $26,720
Biochemists and biophysicists 40 $33.88 $70,470
Broadcast technicians 40 $12.96 $26,950
Clergy 40 $22.22 $46,210
Compensation and benefits managers 40 $38.77 $80,650
Curators 40 $17.93 $37,300
Emergency management specialists 40 $27.82 $57,860
Law clerks 40 $18.72 $38,930
Maintenance workers, machinery 40 $18.43 $38,330
Materials engineers 40 Not available Not available
Optometrists 40 $44.71 $92,990
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $13.33 $27,730
Recreational therapists 40 $16.76 $34,850
Atmospheric and space scientists 30 $33.05 $68,730
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $17.62 $36,640
Funeral directors 30 $29.43 $61,220
Legal support workers, all other 30 $21.77 $45,290
Media and communication equipment workers, all other 30 $32.13 $66,840
Mental health counselors 30 $17.80 $37,020
Postmasters and mail superintendents 30 $30.85 $64,160
Private detectives and investigators 30 $17.30 $35,990
Proofreaders and copy markers 30 $16.05 $33,370
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers 30 $16.54 $34,400
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $13.75 $28,600
Automotive glass installers and repairers Not available $13.17 $27,400
Biomedical engineers Not available $35.97 $74,810
Cartographers and photogrammetrists Not available $24.27 $50,480
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders Not available $16.11 $33,500
Computer support specialists Not available $20.14 $41,890
Credit analysts Not available $33.20 $69,050
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $13.39 $27,860
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $16.59 $34,510
Education teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $61,320
Electrical power-line installers and repairers Not available $24.72 $51,410
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $14.57 $30,310
Eligibility interviewers, government programs Not available $16.18 $33,660
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators Not available $13.33 $27,720
Financial analysts Not available $24.60 $51,160
Furniture finishers Not available $13.56 $28,210
Glaziers Not available $14.15 $29,420
Grounds maintenance workers, all other Not available $12.73 $26,480
Healthcare support workers, all other Not available $13.69 $28,480
Insurance underwriters Not available $25.58 $53,200
Job printers Not available $17.00 $35,360
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $12.83 $26,690
Medical equipment preparers Not available $12.02 $25,000
Millwrights Not available $32.44 $67,470
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $14.09 $29,320
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $16.78 $34,900
Orthotists and prosthetists Not available $33.63 $69,960
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $16.77 $34,870
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products Not available $22.48 $46,750
Sailors and marine oilers Not available $20.73 $43,120
Sales engineers Not available $25.30 $52,630
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $14.67 $30,520
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $23.84 $49,580
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Not available $13.00 $27,030
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other Not available $14.85 $30,880
Travel agents Not available $10.91 $22,690
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $11.57 $24,060
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