Occupational employment / Duluth, MN-WI

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 "Duluth, MN-WI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 126,210 $18.20 $37,850
Office and administrative support occupations 18,310 $14.54 $30,240
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,480 $9.26 $19,270
Sales and related occupations 11,850 $13.45 $27,980
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 9,320 $33.13 $68,910
Education, training, and library occupations 7,950 $21.39 $44,490
Transportation and material moving occupations 7,290 $15.61 $32,460
Healthcare support occupations 6,830 $12.08 $25,120
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 6,610 $20.83 $43,320
Production occupations 6,520 $16.48 $34,280
Construction and extraction occupations 6,380 $23.30 $48,450
Business and financial operations occupations 5,510 $22.88 $47,590
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,850 $11.58 $24,090
Management occupations 4,370 $37.38 $77,760
Community and social services occupations 4,280 $17.15 $35,670
Personal care and service occupations 4,260 $11.03 $22,950
Retail salespersons 3,650 $11.04 $22,970
Cashiers 3,610 $8.39 $17,450
Registered nurses 3,610 $34.60 $71,970
Office clerks, general 3,270 $12.56 $26,120
Protective service occupations 2,880 $18.20 $37,850
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,800 $8.15 $16,960
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,710 $11.98 $24,920
Home health aides 2,690 $10.54 $21,920
Waiters and waitresses 2,660 $9.38 $19,510
Social and human service assistants 2,370 $12.95 $26,930
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,280 $11.09 $23,070
Business operations specialists, all other 2,050 $21.25 $44,200
Customer service representatives 1,990 $15.20 $31,610
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,840 $28.70 $59,700
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,710 $18.80 $39,100
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,660 $14.79 $30,750
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,540 $9.89 $20,560
Teacher assistants 1,510 Not available $25,710
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,450 $10.24 $21,300
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,430 $18.06 $37,570
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,380 $18.10 $37,650
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,320 $12.63 $26,280
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,290 $27.51 $57,210
General and operations managers 1,220 $41.45 $86,210
Personal and home care aides 1,220 $10.52 $21,880
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,200 $27.01 $56,190
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,150 Not available $48,750
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,110 $16.10 $33,480
Cooks, restaurant 1,100 $9.65 $20,080
Carpenters 1,030 $20.39 $42,400
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,010 $20.02 $41,640
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,000 $18.76 $39,030
Bartenders 990 $8.72 $18,130
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 970 Not available $47,660
Receptionists and information clerks 950 $11.40 $23,700
Maintenance and repair workers, general 940 $17.89 $37,200
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 910 $23.09 $48,020
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 870 $12.33 $25,640
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 850 $24.79 $51,560
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 790 $16.04 $33,370
Dishwashers 770 $7.94 $16,510
Electricians 770 $28.31 $58,880
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 770 $13.39 $27,860
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 760 $23.73 $49,360
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 750 $16.42 $34,140
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 730 $10.34 $21,500
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 700 Not available $45,840
Tellers 630 $11.36 $23,630
Accountants and auditors 620 $26.94 $56,040
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 610 $16.27 $33,830
Construction laborers 600 $18.96 $39,440
Food preparation workers 600 $10.81 $22,480
Legal occupations 590 $37.29 $77,550
Driver/sales workers 580 $11.36 $23,620
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 580 $30.39 $63,220
Bus drivers, school 520 $12.58 $26,160
Security guards 520 $11.04 $22,960
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 510 $25.04 $52,070
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 510 $13.30 $27,660
Pharmacy technicians 510 $14.21 $29,550
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 500 $23.03 $47,900
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 490 $26.52 $55,170
Child care workers 460 $8.73 $18,160
Preschool teachers, except special education 460 $14.09 $29,320
Team assemblers 450 $11.04 $22,960
Counter and rental clerks 440 $10.60 $22,050
Fire fighters 440 $16.27 $33,840
Correctional officers and jailers 420 $21.97 $45,690
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 420 $24.55 $51,060
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 420 $17.76 $36,930
Community and social service specialists, all other 410 $19.89 $41,370
Medical assistants 410 $14.00 $29,110
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 400 $9.36 $19,460
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 400 $13.77 $28,640
Postal service mail carriers 390 Not available Not available
Highway maintenance workers 380 $20.37 $42,360
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 380 $8.14 $16,940
Production workers, all other 380 $21.72 $45,180
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 370 $14.20 $29,540
Cooks, short order 370 $8.65 $17,990
Recreation workers 370 $11.25 $23,410
Child, family, and school social workers 340 $27.48 $57,150
Amusement and recreation attendants 330 $9.09 $18,910
Industrial truck and tractor operators 330 $17.17 $35,710
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 330 $19.63 $40,830
Lawyers 330 $47.97 $99,780
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 310 $8.02 $16,670
Medical and health services managers 310 $36.87 $76,680
Computer support specialists 300 $19.45 $40,450
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 300 $28.62 $59,530
Cooks, fast food 290 $8.24 $17,130
Financial managers 290 $46.07 $95,820
Food service managers 290 $19.87 $41,320
Industrial machinery mechanics 290 $22.84 $47,510
Managers, all other 290 $40.19 $83,600
Protective service workers, all other 290 $14.96 $31,120
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 280 $22.68 $47,180
Medical secretaries 280 $15.40 $32,030
Radiologic technologists and technicians 280 $25.49 $53,020
Sewing machine operators 280 $9.71 $20,200
Civil engineering technicians 270 $24.92 $51,840
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 260 $11.69 $24,320
Machinists 260 $18.68 $38,850
Pharmacists 260 $48.88 $101,660
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 250 $28.90 $60,110
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 250 $13.70 $28,500
Sales and related workers, all other 250 $22.17 $46,110
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 250 Not available $51,610
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 240 $21.13 $43,950
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 240 $11.91 $24,760
Medical transcriptionists 240 $16.32 $33,940
Parts salespersons 240 $14.40 $29,960
Food servers, nonrestaurant 230 $10.34 $21,500
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 230 $19.03 $39,590
Physical therapists 230 $31.99 $66,530
Surgical technologists 230 $20.33 $42,280
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 220 $24.08 $50,100
Loan officers 220 $26.35 $54,800
Network and computer systems administrators 220 $29.17 $60,670
Packers and packagers, hand 220 $8.38 $17,430
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 210 Not available Not available
Civil engineers 210 $32.44 $67,470
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 210 $9.48 $19,720
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 210 $14.05 $29,220
Healthcare support workers, all other 210 $14.45 $30,060
Sales representatives, services, all other 210 $21.62 $44,960
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 210 $20.40 $42,430
Coaches and scouts 200 Not available $30,910
Computer software engineers, applications 200 $33.33 $69,320
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 200 $17.23 $35,850
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 200 $11.83 $24,610
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 200 $14.74 $30,660
Medical records and health information technicians 200 $17.16 $35,690
Physicians and surgeons, all other 200 $75.00 More than $145,600
Advertising sales agents 190 $20.76 $43,180
Automotive body and related repairers 190 $16.08 $33,440
Dental assistants 190 $17.71 $36,840
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 190 $26.32 $54,750
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 190 $20.02 $41,650
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 190 $22.59 $46,990
Millwrights 190 $24.38 $50,720
Dental hygienists 180 $28.01 $58,250
Family and general practitioners 180 $82.12 $170,810
Office and administrative support workers, all other 180 $13.68 $28,450
Sales managers 180 $33.58 $69,850
Training and development specialists 180 $24.15 $50,230
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 180 $13.26 $27,570
Administrative services managers 170 $35.74 $74,330
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 170 Not available $56,160
Computer systems analysts 170 $29.79 $61,960
Legal secretaries 170 $17.94 $37,320
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 170 $43.62 $90,720
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 160 $31.06 $64,600
Cost estimators 160 $26.10 $54,290
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 160 $10.04 $20,890
Graphic designers 160 $18.10 $37,640
Health technologists and technicians, all other 160 $18.75 $39,010
Legislators 160 Not available $20,740
Librarians 160 $24.32 $50,580
Library technicians 160 $16.20 $33,700
Order clerks 160 $15.90 $33,070
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 160 $23.08 $48,000
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 150 $22.86 $47,550
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 150 $12.22 $25,420
File clerks 150 $12.23 $25,430
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 150 $9.08 $18,890
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 150 $27.99 $58,230
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 150 $24.65 $51,270
Personal care and service workers, all other 150 $9.76 $20,290
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 150 $25.47 $52,970
Rehabilitation counselors 150 $19.11 $39,750
Service station attendants 150 $8.69 $18,080
Sheet metal workers 150 $26.17 $54,430
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 150 $10.78 $22,430
Conveyor operators and tenders 140 $17.82 $37,060
Electrical engineers 140 $38.80 $80,700
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 140 $15.52 $32,270
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 140 $34.97 $72,750
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 140 $15.17 $31,560
Painters, construction and maintenance 140 $22.22 $46,220
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 140 Not available Not available
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 140 $24.81 $51,600
Social and community service managers 140 $31.64 $65,810
Special education teachers, secondary school 140 Not available $49,070
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 140 $23.17 $48,190
Teachers and instructors, all other 140 Not available $41,330
Tour guides and escorts 140 $10.05 $20,890
Butchers and meat cutters 130 $17.37 $36,130
Data entry keyers 130 $11.98 $24,910
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 130 Not available $79,020
Education administrators, postsecondary 130 $40.83 $84,930
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $15.92 $33,110
New accounts clerks 130 $13.49 $28,060
Printing machine operators 130 $15.11 $31,420
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 130 $22.65 $47,120
Bill and account collectors 120 $15.98 $33,230
Construction and building inspectors 120 $22.97 $47,770
Construction managers 120 $39.90 $82,980
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 120 $24.50 $50,960
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $13.84 $28,780
Detectives and criminal investigators 120 $28.50 $59,280
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 120 $19.93 $41,450
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 120 $31.15 $64,790
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 120 $24.87 $51,720
Insurance sales agents 120 $23.60 $49,090
Loan interviewers and clerks 120 $16.25 $33,800
Occupational therapists 120 $28.00 $58,240
Paralegals and legal assistants 120 $20.46 $42,570
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 120 $16.61 $34,550
Special education teachers, middle school 120 Not available $45,430
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders 120 $21.78 $45,300
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 120 $24.55 $51,060
Bakers 110 $11.06 $22,990
Chefs and head cooks 110 $16.52 $34,360
Court, municipal, and license clerks 110 $20.05 $41,700
Engineering managers 110 $45.90 $95,470
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 110 Not available $53,130
Mechanical engineers 110 $32.45 $67,500
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 110 $21.13 $43,960
Public relations specialists 110 $26.93 $56,010
Roofers 110 $28.08 $58,400
Speech-language pathologists 110 $27.30 $56,780
Tire repairers and changers 110 $11.63 $24,200
All other information and record clerks 100 $17.81 $37,050
Architectural and civil drafters 100 $20.60 $42,840
Chief executives 100 $63.15 $131,340
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 100 $25.37 $52,770
Computer programmers 100 $27.36 $56,900
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 100 $9.13 $18,990
Demonstrators and product promoters 100 $11.92 $24,790
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 100 $28.51 $59,300
Floral designers 100 $9.30 $19,340
Foresters 100 $26.32 $54,740
Library assistants, clerical 100 $12.64 $26,290
Management analysts 100 $36.28 $75,460
Mechanical engineering technicians 100 $27.63 $57,460
Medical and public health social workers 100 $21.54 $44,810
Medical equipment preparers 100 $14.21 $29,560
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 100 $14.82 $30,830
Surveying and mapping technicians 100 $20.16 $41,930
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 100 $27.27 $56,720
Brickmasons and blockmasons 90 $29.38 $61,100
Broadcast technicians 90 $15.17 $31,560
Business teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $72,670
Computer and information systems managers 90 $42.68 $88,780
Computer specialists, all other 90 $27.07 $56,310
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 90 $17.84 $37,100
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 90 $27.67 $57,560
Helpers--carpenters 90 $12.92 $26,870
Industrial production managers 90 $42.90 $89,230
Mechanical drafters 90 $23.96 $49,840
Network systems and data communications analysts 90 $31.61 $65,740
Nonfarm animal caretakers 90 $9.28 $19,310
Physical therapist assistants 90 $20.00 $41,610
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 80 $23.96 $49,840
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $65,710
Cement masons and concrete finishers 80 $22.41 $46,610
Earth drillers, except oil and gas 80 $15.88 $33,020
Education teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $55,750
Financial specialists, all other 80 $27.25 $56,670
Market research analysts 80 $27.14 $56,440
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $56,370
Occupational health and safety specialists 80 $31.62 $65,760
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 80 $15.22 $31,650
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 80 $20.47 $42,570
Procurement clerks 80 $16.52 $34,370
Architects, except landscape and naval 70 $39.53 $82,230
Crane and tower operators 70 $21.78 $45,300
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 70 $19.01 $39,540
Editors 70 $19.46 $40,490
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 70 $19.87 $41,330
Instructional coordinators 70 $27.40 $56,990
Logging equipment operators 70 $13.88 $28,870
Machine feeders and offbearers 70 $17.50 $36,410
Mental health counselors 70 $20.32 $42,270
Office machine operators, except computer 70 $12.78 $26,590
Parking lot attendants 70 $9.45 $19,650
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 70 Not available Not available
Structural iron and steel workers 70 $29.68 $61,730
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 70 $11.17 $23,240
Brokerage clerks 60 $16.02 $33,330
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $17.07 $35,510
Chemists 60 $30.72 $63,900
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $25.95 $53,980
Dentists, general 60 $74.18 $154,290
Diagnostic medical sonographers 60 $29.08 $60,490
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 60 $31.78 $66,100
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 60 $19.64 $40,840
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $23.81 $49,520
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $61,550
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $54,450
Hazardous materials removal workers 60 $18.12 $37,690
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $50,940
Industrial engineers 60 Not available Not available
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $65,890
Motor vehicle operators, all other 60 $10.12 $21,060
Personal financial advisors 60 $22.50 $46,790
Photographers 60 $16.26 $33,820
Physician assistants 60 $41.26 $85,820
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $63,030
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $52,280
Respiratory therapists 60 $25.87 $53,800
Self-enrichment education teachers 60 $15.62 $32,490
Surgeons 60 $75.00 More than $145,600
Switchboard operators, including answering service 60 $12.87 $26,760
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $37.01 $76,970
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $13.06 $27,170
Biological technicians 50 $18.69 $38,870
Chiropractors 50 $36.22 $75,340
Communications teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $56,200
Computer software engineers, systems software 50 $29.72 $61,820
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $26.57 $55,260
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $25.84 $53,750
Financial analysts 50 $30.35 $63,130
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 50 $28.89 $60,090
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 50 $15.66 $32,570
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 50 $20.83 $43,320
Media and communication workers, all other 50 $25.42 $52,880
Medical equipment repairers 50 $22.71 $47,230
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 50 $12.26 $25,510
Postmasters and mail superintendents 50 $28.03 $58,300
Reporters and correspondents 50 $18.12 $37,690
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $21.68 $45,100
Surveyors 50 $30.65 $63,740
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 50 Not available $45,010
Word processors and typists 50 $14.78 $30,740
Writers and authors 50 $22.50 $46,810
Athletic trainers 40 Not available $39,890
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $64,910
Clergy 40 $20.33 $42,280
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $67,400
Couriers and messengers 40 $12.76 $26,550
Database administrators 40 $27.76 $57,750
Education administrators, all other 40 $33.01 $68,660
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 40 $25.23 $52,470
Environmental engineering technicians 40 $24.93 $51,850
Environmental engineers 40 $37.67 $78,360
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 40 $20.60 $42,860
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 40 $8.58 $17,850
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 40 $20.38 $42,400
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $22.27 $46,310
Funeral attendants 40 $10.91 $22,700
Funeral directors 40 $35.70 $74,260
Glaziers 40 $21.97 $45,690
Health educators 40 $21.82 $45,390
Helpers, construction trades, all other 40 $14.31 $29,770
Human resources managers, all other 40 $43.67 $90,840
Internists, general 40 $92.27 $191,930
Interpreters and translators 40 $18.88 $39,270
Logisticians 40 $29.31 $60,960
Marriage and family therapists 40 Not available Not available
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $18.90 $39,300
Obstetricians and gynecologists 40 $91.28 $189,870
Occupational therapist assistants 40 $18.69 $38,880
Pipelayers 40 $23.12 $48,100
Political science teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available Not available
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $18.05 $37,540
Producers and directors 40 $21.65 $45,030
Purchasing managers 40 $44.49 $92,540
Urban and regional planners 40 $26.63 $55,390
Veterinarians 40 $45.09 $93,790
Audio-visual collections specialists 30 $26.23 $54,560
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $16.77 $34,880
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 30 $28.58 $59,450
Industrial engineering technicians 30 $24.97 $51,930
Meter readers, utilities 30 $19.37 $40,290
Natural sciences managers 30 $44.38 $92,310
Sales engineers 30 Not available Not available
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $56,840
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Not available $20.70 $43,070
Audio and video equipment technicians Not available $16.28 $33,850
Building cleaning workers, all other Not available $9.47 $19,690
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels Not available $33.95 $70,610
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $18.75 $38,990
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $15.25 $31,730
Drafters, all other Not available $20.89 $43,450
Engineers, all other Not available $24.71 $51,390
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Not available $8.23 $17,120
Gaming and sports book writers and runners Not available $10.30 $21,410
Helpers--production workers Not available $12.28 $25,540
Home appliance repairers Not available $24.98 $51,970
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Not available $18.22 $37,890
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Not available $9.47 $19,690
Opticians, dispensing Not available $12.84 $26,710
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $14.75 $30,690
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Not available $17.58 $36,570
Pharmacy aides Not available $9.76 $20,310
Property, real estate, and community association managers Not available $24.13 $50,190
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Not available $15.02 $31,250
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $17.18 $35,730
Tax preparers Not available $14.34 $29,830
Telemarketers Not available $9.25 $19,250
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