Occupational employment / Elkhart-Goshen, IN

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 "Elkhart-Goshen, IN" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 123,490 $17.76 $36,940
Production occupations 42,000 $16.36 $34,030
Office and administrative support occupations 16,360 $14.44 $30,030
Team assemblers 13,850 $16.43 $34,180
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,370 $14.08 $29,280
Sales and related occupations 9,830 $19.11 $39,750
Food preparation and serving related occupations 7,170 $8.77 $18,230
Construction and extraction occupations 6,110 $20.33 $42,280
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,920 $18.73 $38,960
Education, training, and library occupations 4,710 $19.54 $40,650
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,510 $30.15 $62,700
Management occupations 4,000 $44.33 $92,200
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,970 $12.02 $25,000
Retail salespersons 2,730 $12.12 $25,210
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 2,620 $30.90 $64,270
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 2,590 $26.05 $54,180
Business and financial operations occupations 2,530 $25.46 $52,950
Production workers, all other 2,450 $25.19 $52,390
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,320 $11.53 $23,980
Office clerks, general 2,160 $12.31 $25,610
Registered nurses 2,020 $30.82 $64,120
Carpenters 1,990 $19.36 $40,270
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,990 $17.55 $36,510
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,900 $11.69 $24,310
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 1,850 $14.94 $31,080
Cashiers 1,840 $8.52 $17,720
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 1,830 $11.93 $24,810
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,740 $15.54 $32,320
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,730 $15.68 $32,610
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,660 $7.87 $16,370
Healthcare support occupations 1,660 $11.96 $24,880
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,660 $17.53 $36,470
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,580 $26.08 $54,240
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 1,570 $15.88 $33,020
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 1,570 $16.47 $34,250
Waiters and waitresses 1,540 $7.86 $16,350
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,450 Not available $44,590
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,320 $13.47 $28,020
Personal care and service occupations 1,300 $10.88 $22,620
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,280 $11.85 $24,640
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,250 $14.40 $29,960
Protective service occupations 1,220 $15.68 $32,620
Packers and packagers, hand 1,120 $10.78 $22,420
Customer service representatives 1,110 $15.26 $31,740
General and operations managers 1,110 $54.74 $113,860
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 990 $15.16 $31,540
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 970 $20.42 $42,470
Teacher assistants 970 Not available $24,070
Helpers--production workers 940 $11.94 $24,830
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 910 $14.19 $29,510
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 860 $17.88 $37,180
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 860 $11.92 $24,790
Sewing machine operators 850 $12.19 $25,360
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 830 $22.89 $47,610
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 800 $10.88 $22,640
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 800 Not available $41,570
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 770 $10.62 $22,090
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 770 $19.37 $40,290
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 770 $13.52 $28,120
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 740 $18.21 $37,890
Computer and mathematical occupations 740 $26.28 $54,660
Community and social services occupations 730 $17.92 $37,270
Upholsterers 660 $11.82 $24,590
Food preparation workers 640 $8.96 $18,640
Cooks, restaurant 610 $9.99 $20,780
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 610 $23.02 $47,880
Receptionists and information clerks 610 $11.56 $24,030
Industrial production managers 600 $39.82 $82,820
Accountants and auditors 590 $29.02 $60,350
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 590 $14.95 $31,110
Electricians 590 $20.43 $42,480
Counter and rental clerks 580 $11.19 $23,280
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 580 $23.87 $49,650
Painters, transportation equipment 570 $16.12 $33,520
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 530 $14.96 $31,120
Construction laborers 500 $19.72 $41,010
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 500 $12.19 $25,360
Tool and die makers 480 $19.84 $41,280
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 450 $13.75 $28,590
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 450 $8.79 $18,280
Personal and home care aides 440 $9.72 $20,210
Tellers 440 $10.34 $21,510
Industrial machinery mechanics 430 $20.48 $42,600
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 430 $17.94 $37,300
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 430 Not available $44,880
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 430 $26.46 $55,040
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 420 $16.65 $34,640
Bus drivers, school 400 $17.10 $35,570
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 400 $16.04 $33,360
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 390 $16.56 $34,450
Machinists 390 $15.85 $32,960
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 370 $26.66 $55,460
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 370 $11.34 $23,590
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 360 $14.54 $30,250
Cooks, fast food 360 $7.28 $15,140
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 360 $17.38 $36,160
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 350 $10.28 $21,370
Dishwashers 350 $7.46 $15,510
Machine feeders and offbearers 350 $12.00 $24,960
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 340 $14.01 $29,140
Legal occupations 340 $24.72 $51,420
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 330 $37.85 $78,730
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 330 $13.19 $27,440
Life, physical, and social science occupations 320 $25.43 $52,890
Cement masons and concrete finishers 310 $20.50 $42,640
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 310 $30.00 $62,400
Industrial engineers 310 $27.81 $57,840
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 310 $19.41 $40,370
Security guards 310 $9.36 $19,460
Cutters and trimmers, hand 290 $11.22 $23,340
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 290 $12.70 $26,410
Medical assistants 290 $12.79 $26,600
Recreational vehicle service technicians 290 $16.94 $35,230
Sheet metal workers 290 $18.54 $38,560
Order clerks 280 $13.19 $27,430
Mechanical engineers 270 $29.92 $62,240
Sales managers 270 $46.28 $96,260
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 260 $7.44 $15,470
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 260 $7.59 $15,780
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 260 $20.70 $43,050
Sales representatives, services, all other 250 $20.82 $43,300
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders 240 $11.73 $24,400
Fire fighters 240 $17.91 $37,260
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 230 $19.53 $40,610
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 230 $21.02 $43,730
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 230 $22.86 $47,560
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 230 $14.38 $29,920
Computer support specialists 220 $19.06 $39,640
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 220 $15.73 $32,720
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 220 $14.58 $30,330
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 220 $13.58 $28,250
Medical secretaries 220 $13.58 $28,240
Radiologic technologists and technicians 220 $22.94 $47,720
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 210 $10.25 $21,310
Financial managers 210 $42.93 $89,300
Bartenders 200 $8.14 $16,940
Chief executives 200 $78.02 $162,290
Cost estimators 200 $27.07 $56,310
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 200 $10.95 $22,780
Medical and health services managers 200 $34.60 $71,960
Food batchmakers 190 $11.39 $23,680
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 190 $7.57 $15,750
Postal service mail carriers 190 Not available Not available
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 180 $14.62 $30,410
Furniture finishers 180 $13.12 $27,290
Home health aides 180 $11.30 $23,500
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $14.00 $29,120
Automotive body and related repairers 170 $21.43 $44,570
Bill and account collectors 170 $14.09 $29,310
Child care workers 170 $9.76 $20,310
Mechanical drafters 170 $20.11 $41,830
Painters, construction and maintenance 170 $15.54 $32,330
Dental hygienists 160 $30.06 $62,530
Paralegals and legal assistants 160 $13.15 $27,350
Pharmacy technicians 160 $12.68 $26,370
Dental assistants 150 $14.12 $29,370
Food servers, nonrestaurant 150 $8.91 $18,530
Industrial engineering technicians 150 $20.95 $43,580
Driver/sales workers 140 $9.79 $20,370
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 140 Not available $82,580
Engineering managers 140 $41.70 $86,740
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 140 $13.38 $27,840
Graphic designers 140 $18.13 $37,720
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 $16.05 $33,390
Network and computer systems administrators 140 $25.91 $53,890
Parts salespersons 140 $15.02 $31,250
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 140 $16.02 $33,310
Printing machine operators 140 $13.22 $27,500
Purchasing managers 140 $39.89 $82,970
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 140 Not available $45,180
Data entry keyers 130 $11.41 $23,730
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 130 $13.66 $28,410
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 130 Not available $47,750
Loan officers 130 $28.73 $59,760
Social and human service assistants 130 $13.70 $28,500
Training and development specialists 130 $18.03 $37,500
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 130 $21.69 $45,120
Bakers 120 $9.74 $20,250
Computer systems analysts 120 $37.70 $78,410
Construction managers 120 $34.75 $72,290
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 120 $22.08 $45,920
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 120 $17.09 $35,540
Highway maintenance workers 120 $14.96 $31,110
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 120 $7.51 $15,610
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 120 $16.96 $35,280
Insurance sales agents 120 $33.86 $70,430
Lawyers 120 $39.03 $81,180
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.39 $29,930
Switchboard operators, including answering service 120 $10.19 $21,190
Electronics engineers, except computer 110 $37.34 $77,670
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 110 $19.04 $39,600
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 110 $24.43 $50,820
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 110 $12.67 $26,340
Loan interviewers and clerks 110 $14.05 $29,230
Maintenance workers, machinery 110 $16.65 $34,630
Medical records and health information technicians 110 $13.97 $29,060
Millwrights 110 $24.00 $49,920
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $13.09 $27,230
Pharmacists 110 $49.45 $102,850
Prepress technicians and workers 110 $13.77 $28,640
Public relations specialists 110 $21.91 $45,560
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $15.35 $31,940
Child, family, and school social workers 100 $17.62 $36,640
Computer programmers 100 $25.11 $52,230
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 100 $14.06 $29,250
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 100 $18.87 $39,260
Library assistants, clerical 100 $10.78 $22,420
Preschool teachers, except special education 100 $10.29 $21,390
Property, real estate, and community association managers 100 $18.81 $39,120
Recreation workers 100 $11.39 $23,690
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 100 $28.99 $60,300
Administrative services managers 90 $35.13 $73,070
Bindery workers 90 $13.94 $29,000
Commercial and industrial designers 90 $24.98 $51,960
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 90 $14.36 $29,870
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 90 $8.79 $18,290
Roofers 90 $15.88 $33,030
Service station attendants 90 $8.72 $18,140
Teachers and instructors, all other 90 Not available $29,180
Tire repairers and changers 90 $10.05 $20,910
Architectural and civil drafters 80 $19.31 $40,160
Construction and building inspectors 80 $17.87 $37,170
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $13.95 $29,020
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles 80 $20.52 $42,670
Managers, all other 80 $32.45 $67,500
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 80 $17.97 $37,370
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $13.88 $28,880
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 70 $16.86 $35,070
Business operations specialists, all other 70 $21.50 $44,730
Chemists 70 $24.10 $50,130
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $26.36 $54,830
Computer and information systems managers 70 $41.73 $86,800
Electrical engineers 70 $33.56 $69,810
Family and general practitioners 70 $79.26 $164,870
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 70 $11.02 $22,920
Food service managers 70 $26.76 $55,650
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 70 $21.94 $45,640
Interpreters and translators 70 $14.81 $30,810
Medical transcriptionists 70 $14.06 $29,250
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 70 $11.35 $23,610
Physical therapists 70 $39.60 $82,370
Procurement clerks 70 $15.30 $31,830
Sales engineers 70 $33.75 $70,200
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $11.11 $23,110
Advertising sales agents 60 Not available Not available
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 60 $12.73 $26,470
Coaches and scouts 60 Not available $25,440
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $24.90 $51,790
Couriers and messengers 60 $10.06 $20,930
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 60 $12.66 $26,330
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 60 $22.10 $45,970
Library technicians 60 $13.29 $27,640
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 60 Not available Not available
Management analysts 60 $47.78 $99,370
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 60 $17.83 $37,090
Opticians, dispensing 60 $13.17 $27,390
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $11.24 $23,370
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 60 $47.42 $98,620
Special education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $49,600
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 50 $25.38 $52,790
Chemical technicians 50 $22.39 $46,560
Civil engineers 50 $24.59 $51,140
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 50 $25.70 $53,450
Computer software engineers, systems software 50 $30.90 $64,280
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 50 $15.99 $33,270
Dentists, general 50 $95.11 $197,830
Engineers, all other 50 $26.79 $55,720
Health educators 50 $22.05 $45,870
Human resources managers, all other 50 $34.00 $70,730
Interior designers 50 $21.63 $45,000
Librarians 50 $20.93 $43,530
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 50 $9.53 $19,830
Marketing managers 50 $43.78 $91,070
Mechanical engineering technicians 50 $22.96 $47,750
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 50 $19.96 $41,510
Occupational therapists 50 $36.32 $75,540
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 50 $27.68 $57,570
Social and community service managers 50 $25.08 $52,160
Speech-language pathologists 50 $27.97 $58,170
Tax preparers 50 $18.07 $37,580
Telemarketers 50 $10.86 $22,590
Veterinarians 50 $54.53 $113,430
All other information and record clerks 40 $14.26 $29,660
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $21.15 $43,980
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 40 $19.53 $40,620
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 40 $28.81 $59,920
Computer operators 40 $14.91 $31,010
Cooks, short order 40 $8.39 $17,440
Credit analysts 40 $25.63 $53,300
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $27.41 $57,010
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $21.25 $44,200
Drafters, all other 40 $20.87 $43,400
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 40 $18.61 $38,700
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 40 $15.57 $32,380
File clerks 40 $10.52 $21,890
Floral designers 40 $9.65 $20,070
Medical and public health social workers 40 $21.68 $45,100
Mental health counselors 40 $13.37 $27,820
Network systems and data communications analysts 40 $25.16 $52,330
Nonfarm animal caretakers 40 $8.54 $17,760
Pharmacy aides 40 $9.08 $18,890
Photographers 40 $10.81 $22,480
Sales and related workers, all other 40 $22.95 $47,740
Special education teachers, middle school 40 Not available $49,550
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 40 $19.93 $41,450
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 40 $17.44 $36,280
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $13.76 $28,610
Computer software engineers, applications 30 $28.65 $59,600
Demonstrators and product promoters 30 $11.80 $24,550
Detectives and criminal investigators 30 $21.24 $44,190
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 30 $19.46 $40,470
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 30 $11.32 $23,550
Financial analysts 30 $29.39 $61,140
Healthcare support workers, all other 30 $12.37 $25,740
Legislators 30 Not available Not available
Medical equipment preparers 30 $14.40 $29,950
Photographic processing machine operators 30 $9.97 $20,730
Postal service clerks 30 Not available Not available
Surveying and mapping technicians 30 $17.12 $35,620
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 30 $16.99 $35,330
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 30 Not available $51,770
Butchers and meat cutters Not available $12.03 $25,010
Carpet installers Not available $18.05 $37,540
Crossing guards Not available $10.19 $21,200
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $14.46 $30,070
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $15.55 $32,340
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Not available $20.21 $42,040
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $17.51 $36,420
Fence erectors Not available $12.65 $26,300
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers Not available $26.67 $55,470
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Not available $12.27 $25,510
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Not available $11.15 $23,190
Home appliance repairers Not available $14.72 $30,630
Job printers Not available $11.87 $24,700
Legal secretaries Not available $14.92 $31,030
Mechanical door repairers Not available $18.54 $38,550
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Not available $20.06 $41,720
Medical equipment repairers Not available $16.04 $33,350
Model makers, metal and plastic Not available $17.75 $36,920
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $13.77 $28,640
Motor vehicle operators, all other Not available $8.13 $16,900
Numerical tool and process control programmers Not available $17.57 $36,540
Occupational health and safety specialists Not available $23.13 $48,110
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $98.53 $204,940
Surgical technologists Not available $20.01 $41,630
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Not available $7.08 $14,720
Telecommunications line installers and repairers Not available $16.85 $35,060
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other Not available $12.64 $26,290
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