Occupational employment / Fayetteville, NC

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 "Fayetteville, NC" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 126,680 $16.34 $33,990
Office and administrative support occupations 19,270 $13.69 $28,470
Sales and related occupations 12,850 $12.53 $26,070
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,150 $8.52 $17,720
Education, training, and library occupations 11,820 $16.35 $34,020
Transportation and material moving occupations 9,020 $13.30 $27,670
Production occupations 8,260 Not available Not available
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,940 $31.11 $64,700
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 7,030 $16.99 $35,330
Healthcare support occupations 6,610 $10.87 $22,610
Construction and extraction occupations 5,290 $15.70 $32,660
Business and financial operations occupations 5,250 $27.49 $57,170
Retail salespersons 4,770 $10.97 $22,820
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 4,250 $7.52 $15,640
Home health aides 4,060 $9.03 $18,780
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,020 $9.94 $20,670
Protective service occupations 3,960 $17.29 $35,960
Management occupations 3,880 $37.25 $77,480
Cashiers 3,450 $7.93 $16,490
Office clerks, general 2,940 $11.31 $23,530
Registered nurses 2,640 $28.54 $59,360
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,150 $9.73 $20,240
Waiters and waitresses 2,140 $7.83 $16,280
Community and social services occupations 2,130 $18.98 $39,480
Personal care and service occupations 1,960 $9.82 $20,420
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,910 $10.93 $22,730
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,880 $14.63 $30,430
Customer service representatives 1,830 $13.07 $27,190
Teacher assistants 1,830 Not available $17,970
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,790 $17.15 $35,660
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,700 $13.15 $27,350
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,680 $11.09 $23,060
Business operations specialists, all other 1,610 $31.12 $64,730
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,510 $18.18 $37,820
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,460 $31.05 $64,590
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,450 $28.22 $58,710
Security guards 1,300 $15.36 $31,940
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,270 $19.11 $39,740
Receptionists and information clerks 1,240 $9.73 $20,230
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,210 $14.12 $29,380
General and operations managers 1,200 $44.85 $93,280
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,120 $19.23 $40,000
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,030 $13.57 $28,220
Teachers and instructors, all other 970 Not available $39,680
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 940 $18.71 $38,920
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 940 Not available $37,580
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 930 $15.92 $33,110
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 910 $13.49 $28,060
Cooks, restaurant 890 $8.62 $17,930
Food preparation workers 890 $8.55 $17,780
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 820 $17.28 $35,940
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 820 $12.21 $25,390
Preschool teachers, except special education 810 $8.60 $17,890
Team assemblers 790 $14.56 $30,290
Electricians 770 $15.54 $32,330
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 770 $8.21 $17,080
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 750 $22.63 $47,070
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 750 $10.15 $21,100
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 750 $13.09 $27,220
Legal occupations 730 $28.70 $59,700
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 720 $20.14 $41,890
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 720 $19.78 $41,150
Construction laborers 700 $10.72 $22,290
Accountants and auditors 670 $28.73 $59,760
Driver/sales workers 670 $9.85 $20,490
Packers and packagers, hand 660 $9.29 $19,330
Life, physical, and social science occupations 620 $28.49 $59,270
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 560 $24.51 $50,990
All other information and record clerks 550 $17.23 $35,830
Industrial truck and tractor operators 550 $12.16 $25,300
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 540 $9.58 $19,920
Bus drivers, school 520 $10.55 $21,930
Fire fighters 520 $14.91 $31,010
Bartenders 510 $7.19 $14,960
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 490 $22.15 $46,080
Healthcare support workers, all other 490 $13.97 $29,050
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 470 $8.86 $18,420
Personal and home care aides 470 $9.82 $20,420
Counter and rental clerks 450 $10.72 $22,310
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 440 $13.86 $28,830
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 430 $12.95 $26,940
Computer specialists, all other 430 $32.73 $68,080
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 430 $18.80 $39,110
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 430 Not available $38,600
Carpenters 420 $15.87 $33,010
Social and human service assistants 410 $13.42 $27,920
Tellers 410 $10.85 $22,570
Medical assistants 400 $10.38 $21,600
Postal service mail carriers 400 Not available Not available
Dental assistants 390 $14.77 $30,720
Dishwashers 390 $7.70 $16,020
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 380 $7.75 $16,120
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 380 Not available Not available
Child, family, and school social workers 370 $20.60 $42,840
Logisticians 370 $30.41 $63,250
Pharmacy technicians 370 $13.69 $28,470
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 360 $21.88 $45,520
Paralegals and legal assistants 360 $18.55 $38,580
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 350 $10.15 $21,120
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 350 $19.13 $39,780
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 330 $15.24 $31,710
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 330 $9.42 $19,580
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 330 $12.81 $26,650
Computer support specialists 320 $21.68 $45,100
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 320 $17.29 $35,970
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 320 $15.31 $31,840
Child care workers 300 $8.32 $17,300
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 300 $7.70 $16,010
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 300 Not available $58,110
Helpers--production workers 300 $8.82 $18,350
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 300 $8.41 $17,490
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 300 $8.33 $17,320
Insurance sales agents 290 $14.40 $29,960
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 290 $20.58 $42,800
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 290 $17.58 $36,560
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 280 $16.25 $33,800
Management analysts 280 $30.59 $63,620
Physician assistants 280 $40.05 $83,300
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 280 $18.68 $38,850
Education administrators, all other 260 $28.94 $60,190
Financial specialists, all other 260 $16.50 $34,320
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 260 $23.20 $48,260
Special education teachers, secondary school 260 Not available $40,180
Training and development specialists 260 $25.06 $52,120
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 250 $21.42 $44,560
Food service managers 250 $21.77 $45,290
Lawyers 250 $46.53 $96,790
Tire repairers and changers 240 $9.99 $20,780
Loan officers 230 $25.18 $52,370
Medical and health services managers 230 $40.78 $84,810
Pharmacists 230 $50.18 $104,380
Sales representatives, services, all other 230 $21.22 $44,140
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 220 $16.74 $34,830
Computer programmers 220 $45.12 $93,850
Sales managers 220 $39.42 $81,980
Bill and account collectors 210 $12.36 $25,700
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 210 $26.62 $55,370
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 210 Not available $39,210
Education, training, and library workers, all other 200 $16.60 $34,520
Medical records and health information technicians 200 $15.94 $33,150
Motor vehicle operators, all other 200 $12.27 $25,520
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 200 Not available Not available
Physicians and surgeons, all other 200 $85.90 $178,680
Social workers, all other 200 $19.68 $40,930
Coaches and scouts 190 Not available $29,590
Family and general practitioners 190 $84.79 $176,360
Medical secretaries 190 $13.08 $27,200
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 190 $14.91 $31,020
Protective service workers, all other 190 $17.19 $35,750
Radiologic technologists and technicians 190 $23.64 $49,170
Cooks, short order 180 $8.39 $17,440
Dental hygienists 180 $26.41 $54,940
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 180 $16.92 $35,200
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 180 $30.06 $62,520
Painters, construction and maintenance 180 $13.08 $27,210
Physical therapists 180 $35.47 $73,790
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 180 $26.45 $55,010
Real estate brokers 180 $17.21 $35,800
Sheet metal workers 180 $14.94 $31,070
Advertising sales agents 170 $15.96 $33,210
Automotive body and related repairers 170 $18.22 $37,890
Butchers and meat cutters 170 $12.98 $26,990
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 170 $24.30 $50,550
Financial managers 170 $38.16 $79,370
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 170 $11.87 $24,690
Library technicians 170 $13.73 $28,550
Managers, all other 170 $38.39 $79,850
Speech-language pathologists 170 $31.99 $66,540
Surveying and mapping technicians 170 $14.12 $29,370
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 170 $9.86 $20,510
Budget analysts 160 $30.91 $64,290
Civil engineers 160 $39.36 $81,860
Construction managers 160 $38.79 $80,670
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 160 $21.67 $45,070
Industrial machinery mechanics 160 $15.99 $33,260
Librarians 160 $21.27 $44,240
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 160 $16.66 $34,650
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 160 $23.74 $49,380
Parts salespersons 160 $14.75 $30,680
Physical therapist assistants 160 $24.14 $50,220
Pipelayers 160 $14.58 $30,320
Security and fire alarm systems installers 160 $16.73 $34,790
Business teachers, postsecondary 150 Not available $63,360
Cost estimators 150 $26.60 $55,340
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 150 $23.11 $48,060
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 150 $18.33 $38,140
Self-enrichment education teachers 150 $17.42 $36,240
Switchboard operators, including answering service 150 $10.84 $22,550
Amusement and recreation attendants 140 $7.59 $15,790
Computer systems analysts 140 $28.59 $59,460
Construction and building inspectors 140 $22.76 $47,350
Cooks, fast food 140 $8.20 $17,060
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 140 $27.17 $56,510
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 140 $10.79 $22,430
Instructional coordinators 140 $26.17 $54,430
Machinists 140 $14.44 $30,040
Mental health counselors 140 $17.93 $37,290
Recreation workers 140 $13.78 $28,660
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 130 $17.11 $35,580
Civil engineering technicians 130 $18.63 $38,750
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 130 $15.39 $32,020
Graphic designers 130 $20.36 $42,340
Network systems and data communications analysts 130 $29.55 $61,460
Pest control workers 130 $13.50 $28,070
Procurement clerks 130 $18.19 $37,840
Chefs and head cooks 120 $14.82 $30,830
Industrial production managers 120 $37.99 $79,030
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 120 $19.28 $40,100
Network and computer systems administrators 120 $27.52 $57,230
Office and administrative support workers, all other 120 $16.03 $33,340
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 110 $24.90 $51,790
File clerks 110 $11.61 $24,150
Medical transcriptionists 110 $15.75 $32,760
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 110 $14.37 $29,890
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 110 $17.99 $37,420
Slaughterers and meat packers 110 $8.93 $18,570
Surgical technologists 110 $19.65 $40,870
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 110 $9.30 $19,340
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 110 $18.91 $39,320
Brickmasons and blockmasons 100 $14.97 $31,130
Cement masons and concrete finishers 100 $14.22 $29,580
Data entry keyers 100 $13.75 $28,600
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 100 $21.64 $45,010
Health technologists and technicians, all other 100 $25.55 $53,130
Helpers--electricians 100 $10.50 $21,830
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall 100 $11.34 $23,590
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $13.90 $28,900
Medical and public health social workers 100 $18.59 $38,670
Nonfarm animal caretakers 100 $8.52 $17,730
Postal service clerks 100 Not available Not available
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $11.07 $23,020
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 90 $14.41 $29,960
Education administrators, postsecondary 90 $33.81 $70,330
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 90 $19.91 $41,420
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 90 $24.74 $51,460
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 90 $18.56 $38,600
Meter readers, utilities 90 $14.96 $31,120
Occupational therapists 90 $32.02 $66,610
Detectives and criminal investigators 80 $27.42 $57,030
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 80 $18.19 $37,840
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 80 $20.27 $42,160
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 80 $7.17 $14,910
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $11.51 $23,930
Order clerks 80 $12.72 $26,450
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 80 $9.67 $20,120
Sales and related workers, all other 80 $13.95 $29,020
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 80 $24.52 $50,990
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 80 $36.43 $75,770
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 80 $9.41 $19,580
Administrative services managers 70 $31.24 $64,990
Architectural and civil drafters 70 $24.86 $51,700
Computer and information systems managers 70 $39.69 $82,550
Court, municipal, and license clerks 70 $14.49 $30,130
Education teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $63,920
Electrical engineers 70 $30.68 $63,820
Engineering managers 70 $43.96 $91,440
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 70 $23.77 $49,440
Helpers--carpenters 70 $10.05 $20,900
Internists, general 70 $75.00 More than $145,600
Job printers 70 $18.37 $38,210
Legal secretaries 70 $15.29 $31,790
Library assistants, clerical 70 $10.81 $22,470
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 70 $12.19 $25,360
Mechanical engineers 70 $36.03 $74,940
Radio and television announcers 70 $11.79 $24,530
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 70 $11.76 $24,460
Special education teachers, middle school 70 Not available $40,570
Veterinary technologists and technicians 70 $11.37 $23,660
Bakers 60 $9.20 $19,150
Chemical engineers 60 $44.75 $93,080
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $23.36 $48,590
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $63,490
Couriers and messengers 60 $9.69 $20,160
Dentists, general 60 $92.82 $193,060
Editors 60 $23.12 $48,090
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 60 $15.31 $31,850
Food servers, nonrestaurant 60 $11.17 $23,230
Industrial engineers 60 $37.78 $78,580
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $56,210
Occupational health and safety specialists 60 $30.08 $62,570
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $56,600
Social and community service managers 60 $29.30 $60,950
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 60 $24.75 $51,470
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $57,180
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $59,880
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 50 $26.97 $56,100
Community and social service specialists, all other 50 $19.47 $40,500
Computer operators 50 $13.47 $28,010
Computer software engineers, systems software 50 $35.42 $73,660
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $51,470
Dental laboratory technicians 50 $17.29 $35,970
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 50 $17.63 $36,670
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 50 $9.93 $20,640
Health educators 50 $22.78 $47,370
Industrial engineering technicians 50 $21.74 $45,230
Lodging managers 50 $19.25 $40,040
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $12.19 $25,360
Photographers 50 $13.96 $29,040
Photographic processing machine operators 50 Not available Not available
Printing machine operators 50 $11.58 $24,080
Property, real estate, and community association managers 50 $23.58 $49,040
Tool and die makers 50 $19.52 $40,600
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $36.17 $75,240
Veterinarians 50 $56.48 $117,480
Chief executives 40 $88.35 $183,780
Chiropractors 40 $48.35 $100,560
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $24.04 $50,010
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 40 $15.14 $31,500
Floral designers 40 $10.82 $22,490
Law clerks 40 $10.60 $22,050
Nuclear medicine technologists 40 $29.86 $62,100
Opticians, dispensing 40 $19.82 $41,220
Optometrists 40 $49.89 $103,770
Painters, transportation equipment 40 $19.18 $39,890
Public relations specialists 40 $25.00 $52,000
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $59,000
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 40 $21.29 $44,290
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $31.31 $65,130
Environmental engineers 30 $30.95 $64,370
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $52,950
Highway maintenance workers 30 $12.40 $25,800
Locksmiths and safe repairers 30 $14.87 $30,940
Marketing managers 30 $38.81 $80,730
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 30 $10.52 $21,880
Personal financial advisors 30 $33.76 $70,210
Physical therapist aides 30 $10.52 $21,880
Urban and regional planners 30 $25.15 $52,300
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 30 $25.89 $53,850
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $10.90 $22,680
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $13.14 $27,330
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $12.65 $26,320
Elementary school teachers, except special education Not available Not available $37,920
Engineers, all other Not available $34.10 $70,930
Environmental engineering technicians Not available $18.22 $37,900
Glaziers Not available $13.36 $27,780
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Not available $11.76 $24,450
Medical equipment preparers Not available $11.27 $23,450
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.41 $29,970
Pediatricians, general Not available $91.51 $190,340
Real estate sales agents Not available $22.10 $45,970
Service station attendants Not available $7.56 $15,720
Tax preparers Not available $10.28 $21,380
Travel agents Not available $12.16 $25,300
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Not available $19.89 $41,380
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