Occupational employment / Eau Claire, 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 "Eau Claire, WI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 78,600 $17.56 $36,520
Office and administrative support occupations 12,010 $14.34 $29,820
Sales and related occupations 9,200 $13.20 $27,450
Production occupations 7,890 $14.83 $30,850
Food preparation and serving related occupations 7,500 $8.99 $18,700
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,210 $14.38 $29,900
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,740 $31.11 $64,720
Education, training, and library occupations 4,560 $22.35 $46,480
Business and financial operations occupations 3,360 $25.31 $52,650
Healthcare support occupations 3,290 $12.56 $26,130
Retail salespersons 3,200 $11.65 $24,230
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 2,840 $18.62 $38,730
Management occupations 2,830 $36.98 $76,920
Construction and extraction occupations 2,790 $21.48 $44,680
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,410 $11.45 $23,820
Personal care and service occupations 2,270 $10.35 $21,530
Cashiers 2,100 $8.68 $18,040
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,890 $29.55 $61,460
Registered nurses 1,850 $29.42 $61,190
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,720 $7.87 $16,370
Waiters and waitresses 1,430 $8.46 $17,600
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,410 $11.77 $24,480
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,330 $12.39 $25,770
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,290 $11.72 $24,380
Customer service representatives 1,260 $14.04 $29,210
Office clerks, general 1,240 $12.70 $26,420
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,220 $15.33 $31,890
Protective service occupations 1,220 $19.15 $39,830
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,140 $29.50 $61,350
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,100 $11.38 $23,670
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,060 $14.83 $30,850
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,020 $13.58 $28,240
Community and social services occupations 920 $21.08 $43,840
Bartenders 860 $8.34 $17,360
Home health aides 840 $10.13 $21,080
Team assemblers 820 $13.37 $27,820
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 810 Not available $48,250
Packers and packagers, hand 790 $10.86 $22,580
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 790 $21.20 $44,090
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 730 $17.29 $35,960
Elementary school teachers, except special education 700 Not available $50,100
General and operations managers 700 $39.82 $82,830
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 690 $16.96 $35,280
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 680 $9.70 $20,180
Food preparation workers 670 $9.91 $20,620
Accountants and auditors 650 $24.74 $51,460
Child care workers 630 $10.99 $22,860
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 620 $15.94 $33,150
Maintenance and repair workers, general 620 $16.43 $34,180
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 610 $21.55 $44,830
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 570 $26.90 $55,940
Teacher assistants 570 Not available $24,120
Carpenters 560 $19.74 $41,050
Receptionists and information clerks 530 $11.82 $24,580
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 490 $23.55 $48,980
Business operations specialists, all other 480 $25.17 $52,350
Life, physical, and social science occupations 470 $28.17 $58,580
Construction laborers 450 $22.32 $46,420
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 450 $16.80 $34,940
Personal and home care aides 440 $9.14 $19,010
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 420 $13.54 $28,170
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 410 $11.35 $23,600
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 410 $15.04 $31,290
Correctional officers and jailers 400 $18.85 $39,200
Driver/sales workers 390 $13.11 $27,270
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 390 $14.39 $29,940
Medical assistants 380 $13.96 $29,030
Industrial truck and tractor operators 360 $13.75 $28,600
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 340 $14.73 $30,640
Cooks, restaurant 340 $9.76 $20,300
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 330 $8.03 $16,710
Tellers 330 $10.28 $21,370
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 320 $13.32 $27,710
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 320 $18.18 $37,810
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 320 $17.90 $37,220
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 310 $15.57 $32,390
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 310 $24.05 $50,020
Bus drivers, school 300 $16.71 $34,750
Dishwashers 300 $7.94 $16,520
Food batchmakers 300 $16.89 $35,130
Mechanical engineers 300 $33.00 $68,650
Medical secretaries 280 $14.94 $31,070
Preschool teachers, except special education 280 $9.36 $19,470
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 280 $23.40 $48,680
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 270 $10.36 $21,560
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 270 $21.86 $45,480
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 270 $10.97 $22,820
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 270 $21.90 $45,550
Computer support specialists 260 $21.06 $43,810
Cooks, fast food 260 $8.06 $16,750
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 260 $8.22 $17,090
Amusement and recreation attendants 240 $7.50 $15,610
Insurance sales agents 240 $20.63 $42,910
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 240 Not available $51,780
Pharmacy technicians 240 $12.45 $25,900
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 230 $8.03 $16,690
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 230 $24.73 $51,440
Sales representatives, services, all other 230 $21.25 $44,200
Counter and rental clerks 220 $10.20 $21,210
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 220 $12.80 $26,630
Postal service mail carriers 210 Not available Not available
Computer programmers 200 $35.39 $73,620
Managers, all other 200 $36.61 $76,160
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 200 $14.52 $30,210
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 200 $15.57 $32,390
Pharmacists 200 $54.03 $112,380
Dental assistants 190 $15.76 $32,780
Electricians 190 $26.05 $54,180
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 190 $29.37 $61,090
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 190 $27.43 $57,060
Loan officers 190 $31.24 $64,970
Machinists 190 $19.34 $40,230
Parts salespersons 190 $16.51 $34,330
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 190 $18.13 $37,720
Data entry keyers 180 $10.89 $22,650
Financial managers 180 $36.77 $76,480
Fire fighters 180 $14.83 $30,840
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 180 $9.29 $19,320
Highway maintenance workers 180 $16.54 $34,400
Medical and public health social workers 180 $20.18 $41,980
Medical records and health information technicians 180 $15.07 $31,350
Medical transcriptionists 180 $16.02 $33,330
Sales managers 180 $38.93 $80,960
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 180 $8.51 $17,710
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 170 $19.18 $39,890
Computer software engineers, applications 170 $32.13 $66,830
Cooks, short order 170 $9.58 $19,930
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 170 $8.96 $18,630
Industrial engineers 170 $32.29 $67,160
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 160 $9.90 $20,580
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 160 $28.13 $58,520
Recreation workers 160 $11.27 $23,440
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 150 $8.66 $18,010
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 150 $20.16 $41,940
Network systems and data communications analysts 150 $31.24 $64,980
Child, family, and school social workers 140 $22.65 $47,110
Computer systems analysts 140 $34.60 $71,960
Cost estimators 140 $22.68 $47,160
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 140 $19.24 $40,030
Health technologists and technicians, all other 140 $24.04 $50,000
Industrial machinery mechanics 140 $21.27 $44,240
Mechanical drafters 140 $20.57 $42,780
Medical and health services managers 140 $38.97 $81,060
Special education teachers, secondary school 140 Not available $49,260
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 130 $12.67 $26,360
Dental hygienists 130 $28.57 $59,430
Electrical engineers 130 $45.16 $93,930
Lawyers 130 $59.16 $123,060
Management analysts 130 $32.61 $67,830
Network and computer systems administrators 130 $26.08 $54,240
Physical therapists 130 $35.57 $73,980
Radiologic technologists and technicians 130 $24.46 $50,890
Social and human service assistants 130 $17.65 $36,720
Teachers and instructors, all other 130 Not available $31,940
All other information and record clerks 120 $14.49 $30,140
Bill and account collectors 120 $12.95 $26,930
Education administrators, postsecondary 120 $33.23 $69,110
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 120 $26.40 $54,920
Legislators 120 Not available $14,880
Machine feeders and offbearers 120 $11.18 $23,250
Butchers and meat cutters 110 $15.49 $32,220
Chief executives 110 $69.32 $144,180
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 110 $12.75 $26,520
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 110 $13.77 $28,640
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 110 $22.18 $46,130
Job printers 110 $16.35 $34,010
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 110 Not available $42,830
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 110 $19.51 $40,580
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 110 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 110 Not available $45,750
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 110 $16.58 $34,490
Training and development specialists 110 $24.55 $51,060
Administrative services managers 100 $34.18 $71,090
Bakers 100 $11.38 $23,670
Civil engineers 100 $33.66 $70,010
Computer and information systems managers 100 $40.30 $83,820
Court, municipal, and license clerks 100 $13.07 $27,190
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 100 $24.54 $51,040
File clerks 100 $12.57 $26,140
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 100 $23.65 $49,200
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 100 $21.14 $43,970
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 100 $15.05 $31,310
Surgical technologists 100 $21.99 $45,750
Cement masons and concrete finishers 90 $17.71 $36,850
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 90 $25.82 $53,710
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 90 $20.40 $42,430
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 90 Not available $83,720
Engineering managers 90 $53.36 $111,000
Food service managers 90 $21.24 $44,180
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 90 $16.86 $35,060
Industrial production managers 90 $43.96 $91,440
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 90 $25.26 $52,540
Office and administrative support workers, all other 90 $12.22 $25,430
Prepress technicians and workers 90 $13.91 $28,930
Public relations specialists 90 $19.37 $40,300
Security guards 90 $12.96 $26,950
Speech-language pathologists 90 $31.60 $65,720
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 80 $20.05 $41,690
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $12.57 $26,140
Food servers, nonrestaurant 80 $10.09 $20,990
Graphic designers 80 $18.54 $38,550
Nonfarm animal caretakers 80 $8.92 $18,550
Painters, construction and maintenance 80 $19.16 $39,840
Printing machine operators 80 $16.20 $33,690
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 80 Not available Not available
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 80 $7.62 $15,860
Automotive body and related repairers 70 $18.38 $38,240
Bindery workers 70 $11.53 $23,980
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $29.84 $62,060
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 70 $14.17 $29,460
Construction managers 70 $35.78 $74,430
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $14.10 $29,320
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 70 $13.69 $28,470
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 70 $18.16 $37,770
Library assistants, clerical 70 $10.77 $22,400
Logisticians 70 $31.36 $65,240
Medical equipment preparers 70 $13.06 $27,170
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 70 $16.68 $34,690
Respiratory therapists 70 $22.67 $47,160
Roofers 70 $16.97 $35,300
Social and community service managers 70 $25.88 $53,830
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 70 $25.29 $52,600
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 70 $17.88 $37,180
Tool and die makers 70 $25.40 $52,820
Coaches and scouts 60 Not available $27,360
Financial examiners 60 $36.81 $76,560
Human resources managers, all other 60 $37.19 $77,350
Librarians 60 $21.45 $44,620
Market research analysts 60 $22.27 $46,320
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 60 $11.54 $24,000
Motor vehicle operators, all other 60 $7.80 $16,220
Occupational therapists 60 $30.43 $63,290
Opticians, dispensing 60 $14.59 $30,340
Physical therapist aides 60 $12.39 $25,760
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 60 $17.89 $37,210
Purchasing managers 60 $37.60 $78,210
Sheet metal workers 60 $19.96 $41,520
Switchboard operators, including answering service 60 $11.57 $24,070
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 60 $22.22 $46,220
Word processors and typists 60 $13.44 $27,960
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 50 $18.98 $39,470
Architectural and civil drafters 50 $20.63 $42,910
Chefs and head cooks 50 $16.36 $34,020
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $15.15 $31,510
Community and social service specialists, all other 50 $16.46 $34,240
Computer operators 50 $16.60 $34,520
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 50 $21.92 $45,600
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 $25.23 $52,470
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 50 $29.29 $60,920
Library technicians 50 $14.46 $30,080
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 50 $34.37 $71,490
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 50 $11.44 $23,790
Self-enrichment education teachers 50 $19.00 $39,520
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 50 $15.69 $32,640
Veterinarians 50 $41.03 $85,350
Advertising sales agents 40 $14.76 $30,700
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $24.19 $50,320
Audio and video equipment technicians 40 $13.82 $28,750
Civil engineering technicians 40 $22.88 $47,580
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 40 $23.54 $48,950
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $33.94 $70,600
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $24.15 $50,240
Electrical and electronics drafters 40 $24.88 $51,760
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 40 $19.31 $40,160
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $31.54 $65,590
Glaziers 40 $23.37 $48,610
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 40 $15.56 $32,350
Interpreters and translators 40 $18.88 $39,270
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $25.65 $53,340
Pest control workers 40 Not available Not available
Photographers 40 $11.25 $23,400
Photographic processing machine operators 40 $10.19 $21,190
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 40 $22.95 $47,730
Special education teachers, middle school 40 Not available $48,440
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 40 $19.44 $40,430
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 30 $19.41 $40,370
Commercial and industrial designers 30 $27.47 $57,140
Crossing guards 30 Not available Not available
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $29.33 $61,010
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 30 $26.07 $54,220
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 30 $15.30 $31,820
Marketing managers 30 $33.03 $68,710
Sales engineers 30 $36.40 $75,720
Security and fire alarm systems installers 30 $17.61 $36,630
Surveying and mapping technicians 30 $22.93 $47,690
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 30 $14.59 $30,340
Chiropractors Not available $33.83 $70,360
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $23.12 $48,090
Dentists, general Not available $77.66 $161,540
Dietetic technicians Not available $11.26 $23,420
Electrical power-line installers and repairers Not available $29.22 $60,780
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Not available $25.19 $52,390
Engineers, all other Not available $37.57 $78,140
Family and general practitioners Not available $89.26 $185,660
Financial analysts Not available $29.07 $60,470
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $16.16 $33,620
Healthcare support workers, all other Not available $13.93 $28,980
Helpers--production workers Not available $12.40 $25,790
Industrial engineering technicians Not available $20.64 $42,930
Instructional coordinators Not available $23.42 $48,710
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Not available $14.95 $31,090
Legal occupations Not available $39.77 $82,720
Legal secretaries Not available $14.87 $30,930
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $22.98 $47,810
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Not available $11.46 $23,830
Meeting and convention planners Not available $17.73 $36,870
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $15.15 $31,500
New accounts clerks Not available $13.59 $28,270
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $10.89 $22,660
Order clerks Not available $13.96 $29,040
Paralegals and legal assistants Not available $19.44 $40,440
Personal financial advisors Not available $37.28 $77,530
Procurement clerks Not available $16.28 $33,870
Production workers, all other Not available $12.69 $26,400
Recreational vehicle service technicians Not available $15.90 $33,080
Service station attendants Not available $8.64 $17,970
Stonemasons Not available $17.26 $35,890
Telemarketers Not available $8.96 $18,630
Writers and authors Not available $19.63 $40,830
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