Occupational employment / Charleston, WV

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, WV" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 146,610 $17.37 $36,120
Office and administrative support occupations 27,620 $13.48 $28,050
Sales and related occupations 15,860 $15.50 $32,240
Transportation and material moving occupations 12,060 $14.46 $30,080
Construction and extraction occupations 11,960 $20.66 $42,980
Food preparation and serving related occupations 11,080 $8.36 $17,390
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,910 $27.66 $57,530
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 7,540 $18.13 $37,700
Education, training, and library occupations 6,610 $18.98 $39,470
Production occupations 6,390 $17.84 $37,110
Office clerks, general 6,080 $11.85 $24,650
Management occupations 6,030 $35.08 $72,970
Business and financial operations occupations 5,520 $25.05 $52,110
Retail salespersons 4,870 $11.11 $23,110
Healthcare support occupations 4,650 $10.07 $20,950
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 4,470 $7.43 $15,450
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,340 $9.47 $19,710
Cashiers 4,020 $7.72 $16,060
Registered nurses 3,500 $26.00 $54,080
Protective service occupations 3,210 $13.76 $28,630
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,890 $15.35 $31,920
Personal care and service occupations 2,750 $9.81 $20,400
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,710 $11.51 $23,930
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,540 $28.37 $59,010
Community and social services occupations 2,540 $15.39 $32,010
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,510 $9.41 $19,580
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,340 $12.14 $25,240
Legal occupations 2,110 $32.18 $66,930
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,970 $13.28 $27,620
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,930 $29.70 $61,770
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,890 $24.04 $50,000
Customer service representatives 1,890 $12.38 $25,760
General and operations managers 1,860 $37.42 $77,820
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 1,860 $19.13 $39,800
Waiters and waitresses 1,820 $8.19 $17,040
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,660 $21.82 $45,380
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,660 $15.34 $31,910
Construction laborers 1,640 $17.57 $36,550
Security guards 1,600 $9.88 $20,550
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,410 $16.81 $34,960
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,360 $22.08 $45,930
Accountants and auditors 1,300 $27.22 $56,610
Home health aides 1,300 $7.93 $16,500
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,290 Not available $43,340
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,280 $17.69 $36,790
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,270 $10.99 $22,860
Carpenters 1,220 $18.32 $38,110
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,210 $9.80 $20,380
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,190 Not available $42,100
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,120 $16.59 $34,500
Lawyers 1,050 $44.08 $91,680
Receptionists and information clerks 940 $10.38 $21,600
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 930 $8.60 $17,880
Personal and home care aides 910 $8.26 $17,170
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 840 $32.55 $67,710
Telemarketers 840 $17.60 $36,600
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 810 $13.24 $27,530
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 810 $12.76 $26,550
Electricians 790 $23.84 $49,580
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 790 $24.66 $51,290
Child, family, and school social workers 780 $13.43 $27,930
Data entry keyers 780 $13.63 $28,350
Teacher assistants 770 Not available $23,380
Team assemblers 770 $19.40 $40,350
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 760 $25.09 $52,180
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 760 $15.39 $32,000
Cooks, restaurant 750 $8.89 $18,490
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 750 $19.77 $41,130
Business operations specialists, all other 720 $25.89 $53,840
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 720 $9.32 $19,400
Driver/sales workers 720 $12.13 $25,230
Medical assistants 720 $11.68 $24,290
Paralegals and legal assistants 710 $17.93 $37,300
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 700 $29.15 $60,630
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 680 $16.89 $35,130
Helpers--extraction workers 670 $17.92 $37,270
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 650 $13.93 $28,970
Food preparation workers 630 $8.65 $18,000
Chief executives 620 $52.21 $108,610
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 620 $14.34 $29,820
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 610 $18.00 $37,440
Sales representatives, services, all other 610 $23.70 $49,300
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 600 $20.59 $42,830
Tellers 570 $9.97 $20,730
Mine cutting and channeling machine operators 560 $21.16 $44,000
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 540 $8.69 $18,070
Computer programmers 530 $23.30 $48,460
Social and human service assistants 530 $9.21 $19,150
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 520 $21.23 $44,170
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 500 $27.31 $56,810
Industrial truck and tractor operators 500 $17.92 $37,260
Industrial machinery mechanics 490 $21.29 $44,280
Machinists 460 $19.37 $40,280
Child care workers 440 $8.04 $16,710
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 440 $8.51 $17,710
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 440 $20.74 $43,150
Pharmacy technicians 440 $10.97 $22,820
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 440 Not available $41,660
Civil engineers 420 $30.31 $63,040
Counter and rental clerks 420 $10.78 $22,430
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 420 Not available $42,050
Computer support specialists 410 $16.69 $34,720
Insurance sales agents 410 $26.77 $55,680
Roof bolters, mining 410 $22.91 $47,650
Legal secretaries 400 $16.10 $33,490
Cooks, fast food 390 $7.25 $15,070
Bus drivers, school 380 $11.14 $23,180
Medical and health services managers 380 $29.49 $61,340
Radiologic technologists and technicians 380 $18.78 $39,070
Continuous mining machine operators 370 $22.91 $47,650
Dental assistants 370 $11.85 $24,650
Financial managers 370 $35.99 $74,860
Physicians and surgeons, all other 370 $64.56 $134,280
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 370 $13.46 $28,000
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 370 Not available $47,210
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 360 $19.94 $41,470
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 360 Not available $57,760
Packers and packagers, hand 360 $8.22 $17,090
Administrative services managers 350 $28.17 $58,590
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 350 $11.84 $24,630
Pharmacists 350 $52.69 $109,600
Sheet metal workers 350 $18.29 $38,030
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 340 $26.47 $55,060
Managers, all other 340 $30.08 $62,560
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 330 $16.22 $33,730
Special education teachers, secondary school 330 Not available $36,360
Parts salespersons 320 $13.72 $28,540
Postal service mail carriers 320 Not available Not available
Real estate sales agents 320 $18.01 $37,470
Dishwashers 310 $7.79 $16,200
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 310 $11.39 $23,690
Helpers--production workers 310 $14.08 $29,290
Painters, construction and maintenance 310 $17.32 $36,030
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 310 Not available Not available
Social scientists and related workers, all other 310 $16.51 $34,330
Healthcare support workers, all other 300 $11.17 $23,220
Bill and account collectors 290 $12.56 $26,130
Public relations specialists 290 $20.51 $42,660
Shuttle car operators 290 $21.63 $44,980
Bartenders 280 $8.87 $18,450
Civil engineering technicians 270 $19.77 $41,130
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 270 $27.03 $56,230
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 270 $19.51 $40,580
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 260 $22.97 $47,790
Network systems and data communications analysts 260 $21.14 $43,970
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 250 $17.18 $35,740
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 250 $34.16 $71,050
Food servers, nonrestaurant 250 $7.94 $16,510
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 240 $15.55 $32,350
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 240 $7.84 $16,310
Order clerks 240 Not available Not available
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 230 Not available $43,160
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 220 $10.80 $22,470
New accounts clerks 220 $12.09 $25,150
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 220 $18.03 $37,500
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 210 $18.32 $38,100
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 210 $21.29 $44,270
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 210 $16.02 $33,330
Office machine operators, except computer 210 $10.43 $21,700
Couriers and messengers 200 $10.03 $20,870
Medical records and health information technicians 200 $11.94 $24,840
Advertising sales agents 190 $23.94 $49,790
Chemical technicians 190 $16.00 $33,290
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 190 $13.43 $27,920
Computer systems analysts 190 $31.51 $65,540
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 190 Not available $49,520
Loan interviewers and clerks 190 $14.35 $29,850
Loan officers 190 $23.79 $49,470
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 190 $10.15 $21,100
Surgical technologists 190 $15.05 $31,300
Amusement and recreation attendants 180 $8.13 $16,910
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 180 $12.26 $25,490
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 180 $16.54 $34,410
Network and computer systems administrators 180 $27.53 $57,270
Teachers and instructors, all other 180 Not available $38,300
Wellhead pumpers 180 Not available Not available
Butchers and meat cutters 170 $10.67 $22,190
Computer and information systems managers 170 $36.19 $75,270
Computer operators 170 $15.52 $32,290
Cost estimators 170 $23.39 $48,660
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 170 $14.65 $30,480
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 170 $8.42 $17,510
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 170 $14.34 $29,830
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 170 $22.56 $46,930
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 170 $10.64 $22,130
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas 170 $18.82 $39,150
Speech-language pathologists 170 $22.58 $46,960
Surveying and mapping technicians 170 $17.10 $35,560
Advertising and promotions managers 160 $24.31 $50,570
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $12.89 $26,820
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 160 $7.62 $15,850
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 160 $27.62 $57,460
Financial analysts 160 $26.16 $54,410
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 160 $8.31 $17,290
Mental health counselors 160 $18.12 $37,690
Pharmacy aides 160 $8.56 $17,790
Physical therapists 160 $35.48 $73,790
Preschool teachers, except special education 160 $12.06 $25,080
Switchboard operators, including answering service 160 $9.34 $19,430
Training and development specialists 160 $25.05 $52,090
File clerks 150 $11.31 $23,520
Management analysts 150 $32.77 $68,150
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 150 $9.94 $20,680
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 150 Not available Not available
Surveyors 150 $19.88 $41,350
Automotive body and related repairers 140 $15.82 $32,910
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 140 $24.47 $50,890
Dental hygienists 140 $24.01 $49,940
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters 140 $21.61 $44,960
Food service managers 140 $19.51 $40,590
Graphic designers 140 $18.88 $39,270
Insurance underwriters 140 $33.41 $69,490
Librarians 140 $21.45 $44,610
Mechanical engineers 140 $42.30 $87,980
Printing machine operators 140 $12.75 $26,520
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 140 $33.31 $69,280
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 130 $19.78 $41,140
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 130 $7.63 $15,870
Detectives and criminal investigators 130 $24.47 $50,890
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 130 $21.57 $44,870
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 130 $41.37 $86,050
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 $10.02 $20,850
Medical and public health social workers 130 $18.92 $39,350
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 130 $18.89 $39,290
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers 130 $36.42 $75,760
Sales managers 130 $37.23 $77,440
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 130 $9.98 $20,760
Brickmasons and blockmasons 120 $22.42 $46,640
Chemical engineers 120 $45.86 $95,380
Financial specialists, all other 120 $23.86 $49,630
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 120 $26.12 $54,320
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 120 $12.10 $25,160
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 120 $28.68 $59,640
Library assistants, clerical 120 $8.72 $18,140
Medical transcriptionists 120 $12.67 $26,360
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 120 $24.65 $51,280
Physician assistants 120 $37.25 $77,480
Recreation workers 120 $12.01 $24,970
Roofers 120 $13.94 $29,000
Social and community service managers 120 $23.90 $49,720
Structural iron and steel workers 120 $24.10 $50,130
All other information and record clerks 110 $16.75 $34,840
Computer software engineers, applications 110 $34.56 $71,880
Education, training, and library workers, all other 110 $12.24 $25,460
Engineers, all other 110 $27.47 $57,150
Helpers--carpenters 110 $13.25 $27,560
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 110 $16.04 $33,370
Industrial production managers 110 $38.24 $79,530
Nonfarm animal caretakers 110 $12.70 $26,420
Occupational health and safety specialists 110 $28.44 $59,150
Physical therapist assistants 110 $15.93 $33,130
Postmasters and mail superintendents 110 $25.33 $52,680
Special education teachers, middle school 110 Not available $39,330
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 110 $7.08 $14,720
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 100 $16.59 $34,500
Cement masons and concrete finishers 100 $21.43 $44,580
Construction and building inspectors 100 $16.50 $34,310
Court, municipal, and license clerks 100 $13.36 $27,780
Demonstrators and product promoters 100 $13.07 $27,180
Engineering managers 100 $49.71 $103,410
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 100 $20.80 $43,250
Office and administrative support workers, all other 100 $15.05 $31,290
Postal service clerks 100 Not available Not available
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 100 $34.07 $70,870
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 100 $15.57 $32,400
Business teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $45,510
Coaches and scouts 90 Not available $31,370
Database administrators 90 $25.67 $53,390
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 90 $19.82 $41,230
Environmental engineering technicians 90 $17.43 $36,250
Environmental engineers 90 $29.24 $60,810
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 90 $17.93 $37,290
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 90 $9.02 $18,760
Chemists 80 $31.24 $64,980
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 80 $20.87 $43,410
Family and general practitioners 80 $95.69 $199,040
Legislators 80 Not available $29,050
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 80 $7.52 $15,650
Maintenance workers, machinery 80 $20.51 $42,660
Mechanical drafters 80 $21.27 $44,240
Property, real estate, and community association managers 80 $30.88 $64,230
Rehabilitation counselors 80 $19.73 $41,030
Reporters and correspondents 80 $13.47 $28,010
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 80 $23.52 $48,930
Architectural and civil drafters 70 $21.04 $43,770
Construction managers 70 $38.14 $79,320
Cooks, short order 70 $9.07 $18,860
Crane and tower operators 70 $15.57 $32,390
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 70 $19.18 $39,900
Editors 70 $20.39 $42,420
Education administrators, postsecondary 70 $32.13 $66,830
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 70 $26.00 $54,070
Floral designers 70 $9.85 $20,500
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 70 $25.61 $53,260
Library technicians 70 $10.95 $22,770
Meter readers, utilities 70 $16.68 $34,690
Occupational therapists 70 $30.68 $63,810
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 70 $14.11 $29,350
Radio and television announcers 70 $11.48 $23,880
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 60 $19.05 $39,620
Health educators 60 $15.86 $32,990
Industrial engineers 60 $33.83 $70,360
Instructional coordinators 60 $22.80 $47,420
Legal support workers, all other 60 $21.44 $44,590
Nuclear medicine technologists 60 $23.90 $49,700
Photographers 60 $13.64 $28,370
Pipelayers 60 $16.14 $33,570
Procurement clerks 60 $14.93 $31,050
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 60 $9.80 $20,390
Dentists, general 50 $69.98 $145,560
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $24.85 $51,680
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 50 $27.49 $57,190
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 50 $16.35 $34,000
Human resources managers, all other 50 $33.49 $69,660
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 50 $18.13 $37,710
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $54,620
Petroleum engineers 50 $51.54 $107,200
Photographic processing machine operators 50 $9.20 $19,130
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 50 $8.19 $17,040
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 50 $18.15 $37,750
Word processors and typists 50 $12.94 $26,910
Chefs and head cooks 40 $19.27 $40,080
Computer specialists, all other 40 $27.71 $57,640
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $45,300
Financial examiners 40 $36.33 $75,560
Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators 40 $21.85 $45,450
Interpreters and translators 40 $10.73 $22,320
Market research analysts 40 $21.91 $45,560
Marketing managers 40 $37.24 $77,470
Massage therapists 40 $15.33 $31,880
Motorcycle mechanics 40 $10.42 $21,670
Parking lot attendants 40 $7.97 $16,570
Plasterers and stucco masons 40 $16.84 $35,020
Protective service workers, all other 40 Not available Not available
Roustabouts, oil and gas 40 $18.95 $39,420
Veterinarians 40 $33.75 $70,200
Veterinary technologists and technicians 40 $11.42 $23,750
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $16.68 $34,690
Credit analysts 30 $22.22 $46,210
Crossing guards 30 Not available Not available
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 30 $16.80 $34,950
Lodging managers 30 $31.79 $66,120
Natural sciences managers 30 $38.41 $79,880
Occupational therapist assistants 30 $19.72 $41,020
Surgeons 30 $75.00 More than $145,600
Animal trainers Not available $12.73 $26,480
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $9.63 $20,030
Audiologists Not available $21.71 $45,160
Cargo and freight agents Not available $12.10 $25,170
Chemical equipment operators and tenders Not available $22.06 $45,880
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.53 $26,060
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $28.54 $59,360
Conveyor operators and tenders Not available $22.44 $46,680
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Not available $15.71 $32,670
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $32.50 $67,600
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Not available $13.96 $29,050
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Not available $14.53 $30,230
Geological and petroleum technicians Not available $15.22 $31,660
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants Not available $8.39 $17,450
Marriage and family therapists Not available $11.49 $23,900
Medical secretaries Not available $12.14 $25,250
Meeting and convention planners Not available $31.69 $65,910
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $15.81 $32,880
Personal financial advisors Not available $21.31 $44,320
Private detectives and investigators Not available $26.35 $54,800
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Not available $13.38 $27,830
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $16.10 $33,490
Sales engineers Not available $39.84 $82,870
Structural metal fabricators and fitters Not available $14.03 $29,190
Tax preparers Not available $14.03 $29,190
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $21.41 $44,530
Telecommunications line installers and repairers Not available $22.36 $46,510
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.07 $18,860
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