Occupational employment / Columbus, GA-AL

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 "Columbus, GA-AL" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 115,920 $16.85 $35,050
Office and administrative support occupations 21,900 $13.52 $28,110
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,090 $8.82 $18,350
Sales and related occupations 11,260 $12.90 $26,840
Education, training, and library occupations 8,030 $16.75 $34,840
Production occupations 7,630 $14.83 $30,850
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,890 $11.39 $23,690
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,230 $29.92 $62,240
Management occupations 5,880 $41.94 $87,240
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,080 $16.71 $34,750
Construction and extraction occupations 5,040 $13.23 $27,520
Business and financial operations occupations 4,580 $28.39 $59,040
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,030 $9.44 $19,630
Retail salespersons 3,960 $10.80 $22,460
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,720 $7.64 $15,890
Healthcare support occupations 3,370 $10.77 $22,410
Cashiers 3,270 $7.76 $16,150
Computer and mathematical occupations 3,270 $32.82 $68,270
Customer service representatives 3,140 $12.73 $26,480
Protective service occupations 3,140 $15.46 $32,160
Personal care and service occupations 2,660 $11.24 $23,370
Office clerks, general 2,450 $10.88 $22,630
Waiters and waitresses 2,320 $7.65 $15,920
Registered nurses 2,100 $28.22 $58,690
General and operations managers 2,020 $38.93 $80,970
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,920 $9.31 $19,350
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,760 $9.56 $19,880
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,750 $8.92 $18,550
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,610 $22.65 $47,120
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,550 $12.01 $24,990
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,470 $25.13 $52,270
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,470 $14.48 $30,120
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,400 $15.03 $31,270
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,390 Not available $43,060
Community and social services occupations 1,360 $18.10 $37,640
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,320 $16.51 $34,340
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,200 $15.64 $32,530
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,120 $10.31 $21,430
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,060 $13.99 $29,100
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,050 $18.90 $39,310
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,040 $7.83 $16,300
Construction laborers 1,020 $10.35 $21,520
Teacher assistants 1,010 Not available $15,760
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,010 $15.09 $31,390
Receptionists and information clerks 990 $10.48 $21,790
Cooks, restaurant 940 $9.96 $20,720
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 870 $16.16 $33,610
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 850 $22.96 $47,750
Teachers and instructors, all other 790 Not available $24,290
Computer programmers 780 $37.12 $77,210
Security guards 770 $13.38 $27,820
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 750 $14.70 $30,580
Child care workers 740 $8.03 $16,690
Preschool teachers, except special education 740 $8.58 $17,850
Team assemblers 730 $11.08 $23,040
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 730 $12.86 $26,750
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 680 $9.79 $20,360
Management analysts 680 $32.53 $67,660
Carpenters 650 $12.35 $25,700
Food preparation workers 630 $8.44 $17,560
Medical assistants 620 $11.88 $24,720
Packers and packagers, hand 620 $7.91 $16,450
Training and development specialists 620 $26.77 $55,690
Accountants and auditors 610 $28.63 $59,540
Computer support specialists 610 $19.79 $41,150
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 610 $9.48 $19,710
Chief executives 580 $72.20 $150,170
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 580 $23.71 $49,310
Computer and information systems managers 570 $52.66 $109,530
Cooks, fast food 560 $7.52 $15,650
Industrial truck and tractor operators 540 $12.06 $25,070
Correctional officers and jailers 500 Not available Not available
Counter and rental clerks 500 $8.47 $17,620
Life, physical, and social science occupations 490 $25.44 $52,920
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 480 $24.34 $50,630
Business operations specialists, all other 450 $31.22 $64,940
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 450 $14.80 $30,780
Computer systems analysts 440 $33.98 $70,690
Insurance sales agents 430 $21.98 $45,720
Tellers 430 $10.65 $22,150
Bill and account collectors 410 $12.53 $26,070
Electricians 410 $15.56 $32,370
Helpers--production workers 410 $12.12 $25,210
Dishwashers 400 $7.87 $16,360
Computer software engineers, applications 390 $37.49 $77,980
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 370 $13.04 $27,110
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 350 $22.18 $46,140
Loan officers 350 $32.25 $67,070
Painters, construction and maintenance 350 $12.23 $25,450
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 350 $12.52 $26,030
All other information and record clerks 340 $16.88 $35,100
Driver/sales workers 340 $9.31 $19,350
Financial managers 330 $42.77 $88,970
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 330 $16.12 $33,520
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 330 $14.76 $30,690
Legal occupations 320 $31.96 $66,470
Personal and home care aides 320 $8.10 $16,840
Pharmacy technicians 320 $12.11 $25,180
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 310 Not available $64,240
Dental assistants 300 $14.78 $30,730
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 300 $8.00 $16,650
Pharmacists 300 $50.47 $104,970
Medical secretaries 290 $13.29 $27,640
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 290 $14.81 $30,810
Production workers, all other 290 $10.30 $21,430
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 280 Not available $43,540
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 280 $15.51 $32,260
Postal service mail carriers 280 Not available Not available
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 270 $18.03 $37,500
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 270 $16.41 $34,130
Social and human service assistants 270 $13.70 $28,510
Bartenders 260 $9.85 $20,490
Financial analysts 260 $32.78 $68,190
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 260 $8.05 $16,750
Industrial machinery mechanics 260 $17.31 $36,000
Network and computer systems administrators 260 $31.09 $64,660
Civil engineers 250 $30.69 $63,840
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 250 $7.69 $15,990
Amusement and recreation attendants 240 $11.17 $23,230
Medical and health services managers 240 $39.08 $81,280
Sales managers 240 $47.46 $98,720
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 240 $12.53 $26,060
Machine feeders and offbearers 230 $13.98 $29,080
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 220 $8.44 $17,560
File clerks 220 $10.66 $22,170
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 220 $14.04 $29,200
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 220 $10.82 $22,510
Loan interviewers and clerks 220 $13.20 $27,460
Radiologic technologists and technicians 210 $23.01 $47,860
Switchboard operators, including answering service 210 $10.24 $21,290
Child, family, and school social workers 200 $15.17 $31,550
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 200 $7.15 $14,870
Glaziers 200 $10.60 $22,040
Helpers--electricians 200 $9.86 $20,500
Legal secretaries 200 $13.60 $28,280
Medical records and health information technicians 200 $13.07 $27,180
Self-enrichment education teachers 200 $18.28 $38,030
Cooks, short order 190 $7.60 $15,820
Managers, all other 190 $41.06 $85,410
Procurement clerks 190 $16.81 $34,960
Real estate sales agents 190 $22.66 $47,130
Administrative services managers 180 $26.12 $54,330
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 180 $27.59 $57,390
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 180 $11.51 $23,950
Industrial engineers 170 $35.23 $73,270
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 170 Not available $54,190
Automotive body and related repairers 160 $19.98 $41,560
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 160 $23.46 $48,790
Data entry keyers 160 $13.16 $27,370
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 160 $28.07 $58,390
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 160 $18.85 $39,220
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 160 $27.70 $57,620
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 160 $14.22 $29,590
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 160 $11.63 $24,180
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 160 $11.59 $24,110
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 150 $13.43 $27,940
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 150 $16.04 $33,370
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 150 $16.76 $34,860
Lawyers 150 $42.61 $88,630
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 150 $7.76 $16,130
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 150 $18.22 $37,890
Network systems and data communications analysts 150 $36.53 $75,980
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 140 $18.58 $38,640
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 140 $8.86 $18,420
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 140 $25.05 $52,110
Nonfarm animal caretakers 140 $8.45 $17,570
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 140 $19.16 $39,860
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 140 $24.30 $50,550
Dental hygienists 130 $27.00 $56,150
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 130 $14.58 $30,320
Graphic designers 130 $19.48 $40,520
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 130 $17.41 $36,220
Medical and public health social workers 130 $18.97 $39,460
Recreation workers 130 $9.42 $19,600
Tire repairers and changers 130 $10.09 $20,990
Butchers and meat cutters 120 $13.02 $27,090
Chefs and head cooks 120 $18.24 $37,940
Coaches and scouts 120 Not available $49,470
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $12.31 $25,590
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 120 $25.47 $52,980
Instructional coordinators 120 $26.24 $54,580
Parts salespersons 120 $18.98 $39,480
Pest control workers 120 $12.27 $25,530
Physician assistants 120 $40.40 $84,040
Residential advisors 120 $10.40 $21,620
Sales representatives, services, all other 120 $17.55 $36,510
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 120 Not available Not available
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 120 $8.18 $17,010
Veterinary technologists and technicians 120 $9.64 $20,050
Construction managers 110 $37.89 $78,810
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 110 $12.90 $26,830
Food servers, nonrestaurant 110 $8.28 $17,220
Healthcare support workers, all other 110 $15.44 $32,120
Librarians 110 $25.69 $53,440
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 110 Not available Not available
Surgical technologists 110 $15.57 $32,390
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 110 $26.82 $55,780
Training and development managers 110 $34.70 $72,170
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 100 $13.58 $28,250
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 100 $16.19 $33,680
Dentists, general 100 $103.24 $214,740
Food service managers 100 $18.18 $37,820
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 100 $12.25 $25,470
Market research analysts 100 $27.39 $56,970
Motor vehicle operators, all other 100 $14.28 $29,710
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 100 $27.11 $56,390
Respiratory therapists 100 $24.65 $51,280
Roofers 100 $13.02 $27,080
Social and community service managers 100 $23.13 $48,120
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 100 Not available $45,960
Bakers 90 Not available Not available
Computer operators 90 $15.09 $31,390
Cost estimators 90 $25.99 $54,050
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 90 $19.59 $40,750
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 90 $17.37 $36,140
Machinists 90 $17.26 $35,900
Marketing managers 90 $39.93 $83,060
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 90 $10.15 $21,110
Physical therapists 90 $35.17 $73,160
Physicians and surgeons, all other 90 $77.98 $162,190
Printing machine operators 90 $11.97 $24,900
Statistical assistants 90 $12.05 $25,070
Surgeons 90 $103.31 $214,880
Advertising sales agents 80 $29.34 $61,030
Broadcast technicians 80 $14.13 $29,400
Budget analysts 80 $28.33 $58,940
Credit analysts 80 $23.64 $49,160
Family and general practitioners 80 $98.38 $204,630
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 80 $17.23 $35,840
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons 80 $11.21 $23,320
Industrial production managers 80 $41.97 $87,300
Office and administrative support workers, all other 80 $14.23 $29,610
Order clerks 80 $12.43 $25,850
Personal care and service workers, all other 80 $7.76 $16,140
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 80 $12.42 $25,840
Property, real estate, and community association managers 80 $27.15 $56,470
Surveying and mapping technicians 80 $12.43 $25,860
Technical writers 80 $23.87 $49,650
Word processors and typists 80 $14.63 $30,430
Brokerage clerks 70 $16.41 $34,130
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $23.40 $48,670
Computer specialists, all other 70 $33.53 $69,740
Construction and building inspectors 70 $22.33 $46,450
Database administrators 70 $35.50 $73,850
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 70 $12.03 $25,010
Highway maintenance workers 70 $10.73 $22,330
Logisticians 70 $30.16 $62,730
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $18.41 $38,290
Paralegals and legal assistants 70 $21.64 $45,000
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 70 $7.11 $14,780
Special education teachers, middle school 70 Not available $48,780
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 70 $16.72 $34,780
Telemarketers 70 $10.71 $22,290
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders 70 $12.49 $25,970
Brickmasons and blockmasons 60 $15.76 $32,780
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 60 $18.41 $38,300
Civil engineering technicians 60 $20.26 $42,140
Couriers and messengers 60 $9.40 $19,550
Legislators 60 Not available $15,530
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 60 $20.90 $43,480
Medical transcriptionists 60 $13.66 $28,410
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Public relations specialists 60 $19.72 $41,030
Security and fire alarm systems installers 60 $15.85 $32,970
Service station attendants 60 $8.67 $18,040
Sewing machine operators 60 $10.57 $21,980
Speech-language pathologists 60 $24.61 $51,190
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 60 $6.79 $14,130
Architectural and civil drafters 50 $20.94 $43,560
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 50 $19.12 $39,760
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 50 $15.36 $31,950
Human resources managers, all other 50 $42.07 $87,510
Internists, general 50 $76.60 $159,330
Library assistants, clerical 50 $9.07 $18,860
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 50 $18.23 $37,920
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $13.79 $28,680
Sheet metal workers 50 $15.39 $32,010
Social workers, all other 50 $26.74 $55,620
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 50 $23.14 $48,130
Tool and die makers 50 $22.29 $46,370
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 50 $16.04 $33,370
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 50 $18.05 $37,540
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $15.38 $31,990
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 40 Not available Not available
Cement masons and concrete finishers 40 $14.27 $29,680
Chemical technicians 40 $18.48 $38,430
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 40 $25.18 $52,370
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $12.80 $26,620
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $26.61 $55,360
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $22.65 $47,120
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 40 $17.81 $37,040
Financial specialists, all other 40 $27.36 $56,900
Floral designers 40 $10.03 $20,860
Funeral attendants 40 $8.09 $16,820
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 40 $10.84 $22,560
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 40 $31.28 $65,060
Mechanical drafters 40 $22.15 $46,080
Mechanical engineers 40 $36.28 $75,460
Medical equipment preparers 40 $10.46 $21,760
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 40 $10.87 $22,610
Meter readers, utilities 40 $11.15 $23,190
Occupational therapists 40 $31.00 $64,480
Photographers 40 $13.80 $28,710
Photographic process workers 40 $10.05 $20,890
Physical therapist aides 40 $10.36 $21,540
Reporters and correspondents 40 $16.32 $33,930
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $17.61 $36,620
Veterinarians 40 $32.66 $67,920
Anesthesiologists 30 Not available Not available
Demonstrators and product promoters 30 $11.17 $23,230
Engineering managers 30 $47.15 $98,080
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 30 $19.25 $40,040
Home appliance repairers 30 $14.51 $30,170
Library technicians 30 $13.95 $29,020
Logging equipment operators 30 $12.80 $26,620
Maintenance workers, machinery 30 $13.47 $28,020
Meeting and convention planners 30 $19.39 $40,330
New accounts clerks 30 $12.95 $26,930
Physical therapist assistants 30 $20.80 $43,270
Public relations managers 30 $36.06 $75,000
Advertising and promotions managers Not available $32.20 $66,970
Athletes and sports competitors Not available Not available $15,730
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $42.03 $87,430
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $10.46 $21,750
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $14.15 $29,430
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $16.26 $33,820
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Not available $17.49 $36,370
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Not available $17.27 $35,920
Electrical engineers Not available $29.33 $61,010
Electrical power-line installers and repairers Not available $24.52 $51,000
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Not available $11.82 $24,580
Engineers, all other Not available $31.86 $66,270
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $12.73 $26,480
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Not available $8.78 $18,260
Health educators Not available $27.43 $57,060
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $14.06 $29,250
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Not available $22.72 $47,260
Home health aides Not available $8.40 $17,460
Interior designers Not available $15.35 $31,920
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $39,040
Operations research analysts Not available $28.53 $59,340
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $14.31 $29,760
Pediatricians, general Not available $95.95 $199,570
Personal financial advisors Not available $28.59 $59,470
Pharmacy aides Not available $10.46 $21,750
Power plant operators Not available $22.13 $46,030
Prepress technicians and workers Not available $13.89 $28,890
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $18.05 $37,550
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $37,090
Structural metal fabricators and fitters Not available $12.00 $24,950
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $13.56 $28,210
Tax preparers Not available $17.13 $35,630
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $10.90 $22,680
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $9.82 $20,430
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Not available $9.86 $20,510
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Not available $15.20 $31,620
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