Occupational employment / Erie, PA

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 "Erie, PA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 129,790 $16.83 $35,000
Office and administrative support occupations 20,970 $13.70 $28,500
Production occupations 14,700 $14.37 $29,890
Sales and related occupations 14,700 $14.43 $30,020
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,730 $9.11 $18,940
Education, training, and library occupations 8,120 $21.23 $44,150
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,910 $28.02 $58,280
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,080 $13.41 $27,890
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,720 $17.51 $36,420
Retail salespersons 5,300 $11.03 $22,940
Healthcare support occupations 5,290 $11.34 $23,580
Management occupations 4,740 $38.14 $79,330
Business and financial operations occupations 4,390 $24.32 $50,580
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,190 $10.26 $21,340
Construction and extraction occupations 3,970 $18.13 $37,710
Cashiers 3,680 $8.52 $17,720
Personal care and service occupations 3,650 $10.06 $20,930
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,470 $8.34 $17,340
Office clerks, general 3,150 $12.83 $26,680
Registered nurses 3,140 $26.23 $54,550
Community and social services occupations 3,010 $17.34 $36,070
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,930 $26.53 $55,190
Protective service occupations 2,680 $19.99 $41,570
Waiters and waitresses 2,430 $8.59 $17,870
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,400 $10.15 $21,110
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,000 Not available $45,990
Home health aides 2,000 $9.85 $20,480
Customer service representatives 1,860 $13.59 $28,260
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,700 $13.21 $27,470
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,690 $15.24 $31,710
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,650 $25.93 $53,930
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,630 $11.51 $23,940
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,610 $27.53 $57,250
Team assemblers 1,540 $11.23 $23,350
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,500 $10.26 $21,340
Teacher assistants 1,460 Not available $20,490
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,450 $13.91 $28,940
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,320 $11.00 $22,880
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,310 $18.04 $37,520
Receptionists and information clerks 1,310 $10.64 $22,120
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,270 $17.06 $35,480
Bartenders 1,150 $8.81 $18,330
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,150 $23.07 $47,990
Accountants and auditors 1,020 $24.73 $51,430
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 970 $20.03 $41,660
General and operations managers 970 $44.39 $92,330
Industrial machinery mechanics 970 $19.30 $40,140
Cooks, restaurant 930 $10.83 $22,520
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 930 $11.97 $24,890
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 920 $17.77 $36,950
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 910 $14.69 $30,550
Security guards 840 $11.19 $23,280
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 820 $13.49 $28,060
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 810 $9.01 $18,740
Food preparation workers 800 $9.58 $19,930
Carpenters 790 $16.31 $33,930
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 790 $17.98 $37,410
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 740 $10.57 $21,990
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 740 $9.85 $20,480
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 740 $13.86 $28,830
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 710 $17.76 $36,930
Tellers 670 $10.54 $21,930
Machinists 660 $15.52 $32,290
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 650 $11.21 $23,320
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 650 $16.71 $34,760
Helpers--production workers 640 $10.47 $21,770
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 640 $12.81 $26,640
Medical assistants 620 $11.69 $24,320
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 620 $26.78 $55,700
Social and human service assistants 620 $12.97 $26,970
Child care workers 610 $9.52 $19,800
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 610 $13.26 $27,570
Life, physical, and social science occupations 600 $24.32 $50,580
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 590 $13.79 $28,680
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 570 $7.81 $16,250
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 570 Not available $56,460
Construction laborers 550 $13.40 $27,880
Mental health counselors 550 $17.28 $35,950
Dishwashers 540 $8.24 $17,130
Electricians 520 $23.60 $49,080
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 510 $12.88 $26,800
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 500 $22.19 $46,150
Medical secretaries 500 $12.93 $26,900
Counter and rental clerks 490 $10.40 $21,640
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 490 $13.99 $29,100
Order clerks 470 $11.11 $23,110
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 470 $21.72 $45,190
Amusement and recreation attendants 450 $8.44 $17,560
Industrial truck and tractor operators 450 $14.05 $29,220
Chief executives 440 $60.34 $125,510
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 440 $9.12 $18,960
Industrial engineers 440 $28.21 $58,680
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 440 $15.60 $32,460
Preschool teachers, except special education 430 $10.78 $22,430
Bus drivers, school 420 $11.04 $22,970
Legal occupations 420 $42.69 $88,800
Mechanical engineers 420 $37.29 $77,570
Computer support specialists 410 $16.05 $33,370
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 410 $10.83 $22,530
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 390 Not available $45,310
Administrative services managers 370 $27.83 $57,890
Tool and die makers 360 $18.29 $38,040
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 350 $8.61 $17,910
Packers and packagers, hand 350 $10.43 $21,700
Postal service mail carriers 350 Not available Not available
Child, family, and school social workers 320 $15.66 $32,580
Financial managers 320 $36.99 $76,940
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 310 $24.68 $51,320
Physical therapists 310 $35.39 $73,610
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 310 $20.71 $43,070
Word processors and typists 310 $13.64 $28,370
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 300 $11.11 $23,100
Coaches and scouts 290 Not available $26,190
Computer programmers 290 $25.03 $52,060
Cooks, short order 290 $10.10 $21,010
Industrial production managers 290 $37.58 $78,180
Insurance sales agents 290 $31.33 $65,170
Radiologic technologists and technicians 290 $20.73 $43,130
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 280 $10.53 $21,910
Management analysts 280 $27.78 $57,780
Medical and health services managers 280 $35.08 $72,970
Pharmacy technicians 280 $13.29 $27,640
Dental assistants 270 $15.15 $31,510
Lawyers 260 $55.38 $115,180
Recreation workers 260 $11.52 $23,960
Cost estimators 250 $25.83 $53,720
Printing machine operators 250 $13.90 $28,900
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 240 $17.31 $36,000
Switchboard operators, including answering service 240 $10.51 $21,870
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 230 $19.48 $40,530
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 230 $18.72 $38,940
Medical records and health information technicians 230 $14.02 $29,160
Network and computer systems administrators 230 $27.97 $58,180
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 230 $21.03 $43,750
Education teachers, postsecondary 220 Not available $61,560
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 220 $19.41 $40,370
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 220 $9.62 $20,000
Legal secretaries 220 $13.69 $28,480
Bakers 210 $11.42 $23,740
Computer systems analysts 210 $29.39 $61,130
Cooks, fast food 210 $7.81 $16,250
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 210 Not available $83,820
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 210 $10.71 $22,270
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 210 $18.23 $37,920
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 210 $13.58 $28,240
Self-enrichment education teachers 210 $13.48 $28,050
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 210 $10.78 $22,430
Training and development specialists 210 $22.83 $47,480
Bill and account collectors 200 $14.58 $30,320
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 200 $23.87 $49,640
Food service managers 200 $20.60 $42,850
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 200 $15.25 $31,720
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 200 $12.99 $27,010
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 200 $15.36 $31,960
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 200 $14.46 $30,070
Painters, construction and maintenance 200 $15.96 $33,200
Sales representatives, services, all other 200 $32.27 $67,120
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 200 $26.30 $54,700
File clerks 190 $11.13 $23,140
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 190 $9.40 $19,550
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 190 $27.51 $57,230
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 190 $18.26 $37,970
Physicians and surgeons, all other 190 $71.87 $149,490
Public relations specialists 190 $22.09 $45,960
Advertising sales agents 180 $26.64 $55,420
Business operations specialists, all other 180 $25.03 $52,050
Managers, all other 180 $35.91 $74,700
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 180 $17.67 $36,750
Pharmacists 180 $43.09 $89,640
Real estate sales agents 180 $19.65 $40,860
Sales managers 180 $36.52 $75,960
Computer and information systems managers 170 $40.18 $83,570
Data entry keyers 170 $10.67 $22,200
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 170 $34.21 $71,160
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 170 $14.73 $30,650
Loan officers 170 $18.66 $38,820
Parts salespersons 170 $15.31 $31,840
Social and community service managers 170 $23.59 $49,060
Physical therapist assistants 160 $15.08 $31,370
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 160 $16.46 $34,230
Driver/sales workers 150 $12.54 $26,070
Food servers, nonrestaurant 150 $8.14 $16,940
Graphic designers 150 $17.76 $36,940
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 150 $15.22 $31,650
Sheet metal workers 150 $23.66 $49,210
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 150 $14.14 $29,410
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 140 $16.93 $35,200
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 $15.58 $32,400
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 140 $16.92 $35,190
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 140 $23.86 $49,630
Highway maintenance workers 140 $15.00 $31,190
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 140 Not available $42,740
Library assistants, clerical 140 $12.59 $26,180
Opticians, dispensing 140 $14.34 $29,830
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 140 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, secondary school 140 Not available $53,930
Business teachers, postsecondary 130 Not available $65,260
Cement masons and concrete finishers 130 $16.80 $34,940
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 130 $22.79 $47,400
Computer operators 130 $17.68 $36,770
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 130 $11.45 $23,810
Market research analysts 130 $25.68 $53,410
Medical and public health social workers 130 $19.90 $41,400
Medical transcriptionists 130 $14.55 $30,260
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $9.19 $19,120
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 120 $11.01 $22,910
Computer software engineers, applications 120 $35.49 $73,820
Engineering managers 120 $39.97 $83,130
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 120 $8.65 $18,000
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 120 $37.12 $77,220
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 120 $17.48 $36,350
Automotive body and related repairers 110 $16.43 $34,170
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 110 Not available Not available
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 110 $20.75 $43,160
Computer hardware engineers 110 $29.61 $61,590
Dentists, general 110 $53.68 $111,650
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $12.00 $24,960
Education administrators, postsecondary 110 $30.86 $64,190
Librarians 110 $23.66 $49,210
Machine feeders and offbearers 110 $11.80 $24,540
Tire repairers and changers 110 $11.75 $24,450
Family and general practitioners 100 $98.32 $204,500
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 100 $13.38 $27,820
Mechanical drafters 100 $19.55 $40,670
Operations research analysts 100 $29.16 $60,660
Roofers 100 $18.33 $38,140
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $14.63 $30,420
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $13.72 $28,530
Database administrators 90 $27.21 $56,600
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 90 $22.25 $46,290
Funeral attendants 90 $11.47 $23,860
New accounts clerks 90 $14.14 $29,400
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $70,950
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $15.28 $31,790
Respiratory therapists 90 $22.78 $47,380
Surgeons 90 More than $70 More than $145,600
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 90 $19.11 $39,760
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $20.23 $42,090
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 80 $17.34 $36,070
Couriers and messengers 80 $9.47 $19,690
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 80 $37.95 $78,940
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 80 $10.80 $22,470
Maintenance workers, machinery 80 $15.71 $32,670
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $16.41 $34,130
Physical therapist aides 80 $12.21 $25,390
Property, real estate, and community association managers 80 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $55,600
Speech-language pathologists 80 $28.71 $59,710
Surgical technologists 80 $14.80 $30,790
Chefs and head cooks 70 $15.81 $32,890
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $28.10 $58,450
Court, municipal, and license clerks 70 $18.85 $39,210
Detectives and criminal investigators 70 $27.48 $57,160
Editors 70 Not available Not available
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 70 $15.65 $32,560
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $64,900
Financial specialists, all other 70 $18.85 $39,220
Food batchmakers 70 $12.10 $25,160
Marketing managers 70 $37.24 $77,450
Network systems and data communications analysts 70 $33.42 $69,510
Occupational therapists 70 $27.70 $57,610
Office machine operators, except computer 70 $14.16 $29,440
Personal financial advisors 70 $46.05 $95,790
Physician assistants 70 $35.69 $74,230
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Purchasing managers 70 Not available Not available
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 70 $11.63 $24,180
Reporters and correspondents 70 $19.18 $39,890
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 70 $35.90 $74,660
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 70 $9.88 $20,550
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 70 $13.41 $27,880
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians 60 $9.02 $18,760
Architectural and civil drafters 60 $18.19 $37,830
Brickmasons and blockmasons 60 $21.81 $45,370
Chemists 60 $32.37 $67,340
Commercial and industrial designers 60 $21.26 $44,220
Computer software engineers, systems software 60 $35.18 $73,180
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $24.68 $51,330
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 60 $14.62 $30,410
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 60 $14.34 $29,830
Financial analysts 60 $34.90 $72,590
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 60 $17.73 $36,890
Instructional coordinators 60 $27.33 $56,850
Job printers 60 $16.52 $34,360
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 60 $12.56 $26,130
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $16.97 $35,300
Office and administrative support workers, all other 60 $15.61 $32,470
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available Not available
Pourers and casters, metal 60 $13.91 $28,930
Procurement clerks 60 $16.10 $33,480
Producers and directors 60 $17.88 $37,200
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 60 $25.48 $53,000
Architects, except landscape and naval 50 $31.84 $66,220
Budget analysts 50 $22.30 $46,380
Chemical technicians 50 $19.89 $41,380
Compensation and benefits managers 50 $33.60 $69,890
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 50 $17.01 $35,390
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $13.91 $28,930
Diagnostic medical sonographers 50 $28.04 $58,310
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 50 $16.97 $35,300
Health educators 50 $17.44 $36,280
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $90,820
Helpers--electricians 50 $11.72 $24,380
Medical equipment repairers 50 $18.87 $39,240
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 50 $12.39 $25,780
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 50 $13.70 $28,490
Painters, transportation equipment 50 $17.23 $35,830
Parking lot attendants 50 $8.85 $18,420
Prepress technicians and workers 50 $14.67 $30,510
Production workers, all other 50 $13.93 $28,980
Sales engineers 50 $33.80 $70,300
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 50 $13.35 $27,770
Veterinarians 50 $39.36 $81,880
Veterinary technologists and technicians 50 $12.93 $26,890
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 Not available Not available
Civil engineers 40 $38.01 $79,060
Construction managers 40 $40.46 $84,170
Education administrators, all other 40 $20.83 $43,330
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $30.29 $63,010
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $20.78 $43,210
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 40 Not available Not available
Internists, general 40 $101.42 $210,950
Legislators 40 Not available $28,250
Library technicians 40 $11.05 $22,990
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders 40 $15.69 $32,640
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 40 $12.80 $26,620
Photographers 40 $15.04 $31,280
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 40 $8.59 $17,860
Protective service workers, all other 40 $10.41 $21,660
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $75,410
Public relations managers 40 $31.30 $65,100
Radio and television announcers 40 $16.51 $34,350
Recreational therapists 40 $17.74 $36,900
Roustabouts, oil and gas 40 $13.40 $27,880
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 40 $13.96 $29,030
Training and development managers 40 $45.03 $93,670
Travel agents 40 $15.01 $31,210
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $12.39 $25,780
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $15.31 $31,850
Writers and authors 40 $14.47 $30,100
Athletic trainers 30 Not available $37,470
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 30 $16.53 $34,380
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $61,440
Construction and building inspectors 30 $22.60 $47,010
Floral designers 30 $10.57 $21,990
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $13.63 $28,360
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 30 $13.67 $28,440
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $58,770
Medical equipment preparers 30 $12.26 $25,500
Numerical tool and process control programmers 30 $18.83 $39,160
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $10.65 $22,140
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $13.81 $28,720
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers Not available $9.73 $20,230
Crossing guards Not available $10.33 $21,490
Dental hygienists Not available $25.36 $52,750
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Not available $19.01 $39,550
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Not available $13.83 $28,770
Electrical engineers Not available $35.62 $74,090
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $17.02 $35,400
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Not available $19.43 $40,410
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers Not available $16.20 $33,700
Gas plant operators Not available $24.85 $51,700
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $14.02 $29,160
Insulation workers, mechanical Not available $26.86 $55,860
Loan counselors Not available $15.45 $32,140
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Not available $18.07 $37,580
Motorboat mechanics Not available $16.67 $34,680
Paralegals and legal assistants Not available $21.32 $44,340
Pediatricians, general Not available $104.88 $218,140
Personal and home care aides Not available $9.05 $18,830
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $16.78 $34,900
Residential advisors Not available $10.37 $21,570
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $55,460
Sewing machine operators Not available $14.05 $29,230
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $22.74 $47,290
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $12.94 $26,920
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $30,870
Telemarketers Not available $10.10 $21,000
Upholsterers Not available $11.65 $24,240
Urban and regional planners Not available $17.00 $35,360
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $22.78 $47,380
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