Occupational employment / Clarksville, TN-KY

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 "Clarksville, TN-KY" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 76,840 $15.91 $33,090
Office and administrative support occupations 14,490 $13.39 $27,860
Sales and related occupations 8,220 $12.51 $26,020
Production occupations 8,210 $14.74 $30,660
Food preparation and serving related occupations 7,800 $8.16 $16,960
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,350 $12.64 $26,290
Education, training, and library occupations 5,560 $21.19 $44,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,020 $17.99 $37,410
Customer service representatives 3,370 $13.27 $27,600
Management occupations 3,350 $34.84 $72,460
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 3,050 $28.63 $59,560
Retail salespersons 3,040 $10.79 $22,440
Team assemblers 2,810 $14.68 $30,530
Construction and extraction occupations 2,780 $15.63 $32,510
Cashiers 2,570 $7.91 $16,460
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,180 $10.26 $21,330
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,030 $7.64 $15,890
Business and financial operations occupations 2,020 $25.07 $52,140
Waiters and waitresses 1,930 $7.65 $15,900
Healthcare support occupations 1,840 $11.63 $24,180
Protective service occupations 1,830 $16.35 $34,000
Office clerks, general 1,490 $11.59 $24,100
Personal care and service occupations 1,450 $8.77 $18,230
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,450 $11.50 $23,920
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,220 Not available $52,880
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,090 $17.60 $36,610
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,070 $10.00 $20,810
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,030 $11.38 $23,660
Community and social services occupations 980 $18.10 $37,640
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 880 $11.69 $24,310
Computer and mathematical occupations 870 $26.02 $54,110
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 860 $14.24 $29,630
Architecture and engineering occupations 820 $28.54 $59,360
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 820 $17.62 $36,640
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 810 $14.47 $30,090
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 810 $10.50 $21,840
Registered nurses 800 $25.97 $54,010
Driver/sales workers 760 $9.68 $20,140
Maintenance and repair workers, general 750 $17.01 $35,370
General and operations managers 740 $39.05 $81,230
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 700 $14.76 $30,700
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 690 Not available $53,630
Teacher assistants 690 Not available $22,930
Security guards 680 $16.28 $33,850
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 640 $11.33 $23,570
Child care workers 620 $7.42 $15,430
Industrial truck and tractor operators 620 $14.00 $29,120
Cooks, restaurant 600 $8.84 $18,390
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 580 $16.77 $34,880
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 560 Not available $52,600
Construction laborers 550 $12.25 $25,480
Tellers 550 $11.24 $23,380
Cooks, fast food 540 $6.86 $14,270
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 540 $8.02 $16,680
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 520 $14.46 $30,070
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 490 $23.09 $48,020
Food preparation workers 490 $7.74 $16,090
Receptionists and information clerks 480 $10.29 $21,410
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 480 $11.74 $24,420
Bus drivers, school 460 $13.23 $27,510
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 440 $16.75 $34,830
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 440 $21.92 $45,580
Preschool teachers, except special education 420 $8.87 $18,440
Business operations specialists, all other 400 $27.71 $57,630
Carpenters 400 $15.55 $32,350
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 400 $16.55 $34,410
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 370 $24.68 $51,330
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 360 $10.76 $22,380
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 350 $11.62 $24,170
Dishwashers 340 $7.24 $15,050
Teachers and instructors, all other 340 Not available $39,100
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 330 $14.75 $30,680
Education administrators, all other 320 $30.98 $64,440
Electricians 310 $18.66 $38,820
Computer systems analysts 300 $26.39 $54,890
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 290 $15.44 $32,120
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 280 $25.15 $52,300
Life, physical, and social science occupations 280 $26.57 $55,260
Machinists 280 $17.67 $36,750
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 280 $16.95 $35,260
Printing machine operators 280 $16.06 $33,400
Accountants and auditors 270 $23.90 $49,710
Dental assistants 270 $14.19 $29,510
Financial managers 270 $34.76 $72,300
Postal service mail carriers 270 Not available Not available
All other information and record clerks 260 $16.21 $33,720
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 260 $7.84 $16,300
Medical assistants 260 $10.89 $22,640
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 240 $21.85 $45,450
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 230 $18.43 $38,330
Pharmacy technicians 230 $12.38 $25,760
Fire fighters 220 $18.17 $37,800
Food service managers 220 $15.43 $32,090
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 220 $8.55 $17,780
Industrial machinery mechanics 220 $19.67 $40,910
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 210 $20.91 $43,490
Chief executives 200 $74.32 $154,590
Parts salespersons 200 $12.43 $25,850
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 190 $15.42 $32,070
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 190 $9.17 $19,080
Healthcare support workers, all other 190 $15.56 $32,370
Helpers--production workers 190 $11.52 $23,960
Production workers, all other 190 $10.80 $22,460
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 180 $14.42 $30,000
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 180 Not available $81,090
Education, training, and library workers, all other 180 $12.65 $26,310
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 180 $12.91 $26,850
Insurance sales agents 180 $22.13 $46,040
Legal occupations 180 $29.95 $62,290
Medical secretaries 180 $11.58 $24,100
Cooks, short order 170 $7.41 $15,420
Industrial engineers 170 $33.25 $69,170
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 170 Not available $54,500
Pharmacists 170 $51.56 $107,240
Counter and rental clerks 160 $10.51 $21,850
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $12.41 $25,820
Computer support specialists 150 $23.50 $48,880
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 150 $7.53 $15,660
Loan officers 150 $25.40 $52,820
Managers, all other 150 $31.72 $65,980
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 150 $20.82 $43,300
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 150 Not available $55,300
Librarians 140 $21.78 $45,300
Bartenders 130 $7.40 $15,400
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 130 $18.95 $39,420
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $17.02 $35,390
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $25.47 $52,970
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $17.94 $37,320
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 120 $11.45 $23,810
Cost estimators 120 $27.12 $56,420
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 120 $14.20 $29,540
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 120 $21.13 $43,950
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 120 $7.87 $16,360
Legal secretaries 120 $13.66 $28,420
Sales managers 120 $44.51 $92,590
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 110 $14.28 $29,700
Automotive body and related repairers 110 $20.89 $43,450
Dental hygienists 110 $29.02 $60,360
Industrial engineering technicians 110 $23.14 $48,130
Medical and health services managers 110 $32.23 $67,030
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 110 $17.41 $36,220
Sales representatives, services, all other 110 $18.73 $38,960
Training and development specialists 110 $26.49 $55,100
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 100 $13.78 $28,660
Computer and information systems managers 100 $45.58 $94,800
Detectives and criminal investigators 100 $19.49 $40,550
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 100 $13.20 $27,460
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 100 $26.45 $55,010
Industrial production managers 100 $34.31 $71,360
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 100 $11.20 $23,310
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 100 $15.25 $31,720
Physicians and surgeons, all other 100 $80.36 $167,140
Special education teachers, middle school 100 Not available $52,780
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 90 $15.81 $32,890
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 90 $23.88 $49,670
Network and computer systems administrators 90 $23.59 $49,070
Tax preparers 90 $11.07 $23,020
Butchers and meat cutters 80 $12.96 $26,960
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $12.51 $26,010
Computer specialists, all other 80 $32.55 $67,710
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 80 $7.86 $16,340
Engineering managers 80 $41.19 $85,680
Financial specialists, all other 80 $19.61 $40,780
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 80 $12.76 $26,540
Highway maintenance workers 80 $11.62 $24,170
Lawyers 80 $44.50 $92,550
Management analysts 80 $29.05 $60,420
Medical records and health information technicians 80 $15.04 $31,290
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $17.29 $35,960
Nonfarm animal caretakers 80 $8.46 $17,590
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 80 $14.16 $29,450
Property, real estate, and community association managers 80 $16.99 $35,340
Recreation workers 80 $9.45 $19,650
Social and human service assistants 80 $11.76 $24,460
Special education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $51,340
Switchboard operators, including answering service 80 $9.70 $20,180
Transportation inspectors 80 $23.20 $48,250
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 80 $7.91 $16,460
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $16.47 $34,250
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $30.04 $62,490
Education administrators, postsecondary 70 $39.79 $82,770
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 70 $20.37 $42,370
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 70 $22.39 $46,570
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 70 $10.58 $22,010
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 70 $27.56 $57,330
Administrative services managers 60 $25.92 $53,910
Bill and account collectors 60 $14.74 $30,670
Budget analysts 60 $28.17 $58,590
Computer operators 60 $18.15 $37,760
Computer software engineers, applications 60 $29.84 $62,060
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 60 $18.30 $38,060
Credit analysts 60 $29.33 $61,010
Engineers, all other 60 $36.02 $74,910
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 60 $18.80 $39,100
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 60 $10.68 $22,210
Graphic designers 60 $16.44 $34,190
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 60 $10.72 $22,310
Library technicians 60 $12.66 $26,340
Logisticians 60 $35.39 $73,610
Mechanical engineers 60 $30.39 $63,200
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 60 $18.01 $37,460
Medical and public health social workers 60 $14.69 $30,560
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 60 $17.01 $35,390
Paralegals and legal assistants 60 $14.91 $31,020
Procurement clerks 60 $17.65 $36,710
Public relations specialists 60 $20.50 $42,640
Radiologic technologists and technicians 60 $20.61 $42,870
Real estate sales agents 60 $16.17 $33,630
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 60 $40.67 $84,590
Tire repairers and changers 60 $10.03 $20,870
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $35.71 $74,270
Word processors and typists 60 $13.44 $27,950
Cement masons and concrete finishers 50 $14.44 $30,040
Computer programmers 50 $20.81 $43,290
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $14.41 $29,960
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 50 $25.85 $53,760
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 50 $32.17 $66,920
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 50 $10.26 $21,350
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 50 $24.73 $51,440
Food servers, nonrestaurant 50 Not available Not available
Funeral directors 50 $17.87 $37,170
Loan interviewers and clerks 50 $14.38 $29,900
Marketing managers 50 $36.76 $76,460
Occupational health and safety specialists 50 $29.00 $60,330
Physician assistants 50 $34.15 $71,040
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 50 $7.64 $15,890
Sheet metal workers 50 $14.49 $30,130
Speech-language pathologists 50 $28.00 $58,240
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 50 $16.41 $34,130
Tool and die makers 50 $18.89 $39,290
Veterinarians 50 $48.81 $101,520
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 50 $19.26 $40,070
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 50 Not available $52,890
Civil engineers 40 $31.59 $65,710
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $33.91 $70,540
Data entry keyers 40 $14.20 $29,540
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 40 $26.91 $55,980
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 40 $17.95 $37,340
File clerks 40 $9.86 $20,500
Floral designers 40 $9.54 $19,840
Instructional coordinators 40 $27.63 $57,460
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 40 $11.88 $24,720
Market research analysts 40 $23.01 $47,850
Massage therapists 40 $12.86 $26,750
Meter readers, utilities 40 $11.40 $23,720
Office and administrative support workers, all other 40 $17.49 $36,370
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 40 $13.40 $27,880
Pest control workers 40 $13.05 $27,150
Protective service workers, all other 40 $13.03 $27,100
Residential advisors 40 $8.34 $17,350
Social and community service managers 40 $20.96 $43,600
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $13.01 $27,060
Advertising sales agents 30 $14.39 $29,940
Brickmasons and blockmasons 30 $16.43 $34,170
Dentists, general 30 $71.84 $149,420
Electrical engineers 30 $35.97 $74,820
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $13.83 $28,760
Maintenance workers, machinery 30 $17.38 $36,150
New accounts clerks 30 $14.05 $29,220
Physical therapists 30 $40.44 $84,110
Rehabilitation counselors 30 $16.11 $33,510
Respiratory therapists 30 $20.46 $42,560
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 30 $24.57 $51,100
Coaches and scouts Not available Not available $20,730
Construction managers Not available $28.31 $58,890
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $13.45 $27,980
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.78 $26,580
Family and general practitioners Not available $79.45 $165,250
Funeral attendants Not available $8.21 $17,080
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $14.53 $30,210
Helpers--carpenters Not available $10.46 $21,760
Helpers--electricians Not available $11.94 $24,830
Home health aides Not available $9.58 $19,930
Library assistants, clerical Not available $9.08 $18,890
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Not available $10.41 $21,650
Network systems and data communications analysts Not available $22.59 $46,990
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $11.73 $24,400
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $11.16 $23,210
Packers and packagers, hand Not available $9.84 $20,470
Painters, construction and maintenance Not available $13.84 $28,780
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $23.39 $48,660
Pipelayers Not available $17.11 $35,600
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $18.01 $37,460
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers Not available $14.37 $29,890
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Not available $34.63 $72,030
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $26.68 $55,490
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