Occupational employment / Flint, MI

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 "Flint, MI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 141,790 $19.45 $40,460
Office and administrative support occupations 23,900 $14.81 $30,810
Sales and related occupations 16,680 $15.42 $32,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations 15,020 $9.42 $19,600
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 11,210 $33.03 $68,700
Production occupations 10,400 $21.54 $44,800
Education, training, and library occupations 10,020 $22.45 $46,690
Transportation and material moving occupations 9,850 $15.69 $32,630
Retail salespersons 7,090 $13.54 $28,170
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,890 $23.29 $48,430
Healthcare support occupations 5,670 $12.10 $25,170
Construction and extraction occupations 5,020 $25.92 $53,920
Business and financial operations occupations 4,550 $29.17 $60,680
Management occupations 4,430 $42.03 $87,410
Office clerks, general 4,310 $11.55 $24,030
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,250 $13.36 $27,790
Cashiers 4,190 $8.97 $18,650
Registered nurses 3,930 $29.84 $62,070
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,690 $8.41 $17,490
Waiters and waitresses 3,380 $8.47 $17,610
Personal care and service occupations 3,160 $10.86 $22,590
Protective service occupations 3,160 $16.79 $34,920
Stock clerks and order fillers 2,650 $11.83 $24,610
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,320 $13.83 $28,760
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,130 $31.89 $66,320
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,100 $14.97 $31,130
Community and social services occupations 2,090 $22.10 $45,960
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,020 Not available $58,620
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,850 $11.66 $24,240
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,790 $30.96 $64,390
Teacher assistants 1,660 Not available $26,300
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,630 $16.14 $33,570
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,620 $17.92 $37,270
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,550 $14.44 $30,040
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,540 $20.34 $42,300
Customer service representatives 1,490 $14.09 $29,310
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,420 $13.36 $27,780
Home health aides 1,380 $9.09 $18,900
Security guards 1,380 $10.90 $22,670
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,250 Not available $58,140
Cooks, fast food 1,170 $8.78 $18,260
Receptionists and information clerks 1,160 $11.93 $24,810
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,130 $24.62 $51,200
Tellers 1,120 $11.70 $24,340
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,100 $22.35 $46,480
Medical assistants 1,100 $12.97 $26,990
Child care workers 1,070 $9.50 $19,750
Food preparation workers 1,070 $9.48 $19,720
Production workers, all other 1,040 $26.47 $55,060
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,030 $19.31 $40,170
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,030 $26.39 $54,900
Cooks, restaurant 1,020 $11.56 $24,050
Teachers and instructors, all other 1,000 Not available $39,130
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 980 $15.37 $31,980
Business operations specialists, all other 950 $27.80 $57,820
General and operations managers 920 $49.00 $101,930
Maintenance and repair workers, general 900 $18.21 $37,870
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 890 $16.06 $33,390
Construction laborers 880 $17.68 $36,770
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 880 $16.94 $35,240
Bus drivers, school 860 $14.58 $30,320
Accountants and auditors 830 $32.23 $67,030
Electricians 790 $33.70 $70,100
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 780 $10.42 $21,670
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 770 $20.74 $43,140
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 760 $11.90 $24,750
Dishwashers 700 $7.97 $16,570
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 680 $23.86 $49,620
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 670 $22.52 $46,840
Counter and rental clerks 670 $9.97 $20,730
Child, family, and school social workers 660 $24.70 $51,370
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 650 $17.15 $35,670
Driver/sales workers 630 $13.26 $27,590
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 630 $33.54 $69,770
Medical secretaries 590 $14.79 $30,770
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 580 Not available $56,290
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 560 $8.19 $17,030
Pharmacy technicians 560 $12.65 $26,310
Postal service mail carriers 560 Not available Not available
Education, training, and library workers, all other 540 $14.19 $29,520
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 540 $26.40 $54,900
Physicians and surgeons, all other 530 $67.30 $139,980
Team assemblers 530 $11.43 $23,780
Legal occupations 520 $42.68 $88,780
Carpenters 510 $22.56 $46,920
Packers and packagers, hand 510 $9.63 $20,030
Preschool teachers, except special education 510 $13.72 $28,550
Social and human service assistants 510 $14.55 $30,270
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 470 $10.68 $22,210
Dental hygienists 430 $26.32 $54,740
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 420 $11.83 $24,610
Industrial engineers 420 $39.93 $83,060
Engineers, all other 410 $39.21 $81,560
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 410 $10.32 $21,470
Anesthesiologists 400 Not available Not available
Bartenders 400 $9.17 $19,070
Cooks, short order 400 $10.59 $22,030
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 390 $9.09 $18,910
Helpers--production workers 390 $10.55 $21,950
Life, physical, and social science occupations 390 $29.90 $62,190
Coaches and scouts 380 Not available $25,560
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 380 $7.87 $16,380
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 380 $18.10 $37,660
Pharmacists 380 $49.27 $102,480
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 370 $31.23 $64,950
Automotive body and related repairers 360 $19.06 $39,640
Dental assistants 360 $15.72 $32,700
Personal and home care aides 360 $9.95 $20,700
Food service managers 350 $21.87 $45,490
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 350 $23.59 $49,070
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 340 $18.21 $37,880
Painters, construction and maintenance 340 $28.49 $59,270
Physical therapists 340 $34.16 $71,040
Recreation workers 340 $18.02 $37,490
Medical and health services managers 330 $40.05 $83,310
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 320 $46.42 $96,550
Food servers, nonrestaurant 320 $10.23 $21,270
Healthcare support workers, all other 320 $14.95 $31,090
Office and administrative support workers, all other 320 $18.45 $38,370
Sales representatives, services, all other 320 $19.68 $40,930
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 300 $13.39 $27,860
Radiologic technologists and technicians 300 $21.77 $45,280
Real estate sales agents 300 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 290 $28.63 $59,550
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 290 $16.95 $35,250
Sales managers 290 $42.97 $89,370
Sheet metal workers 290 $33.26 $69,180
Cost estimators 280 $34.08 $70,880
Industrial machinery mechanics 280 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, secondary school 280 Not available $66,470
Data entry keyers 270 $12.75 $26,520
Legal secretaries 270 $15.68 $32,610
Management analysts 270 $34.25 $71,240
Chief executives 260 $72.29 $150,360
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 260 $29.09 $60,510
Mechanical engineers 260 $29.30 $60,950
Medical records and health information technicians 260 $16.41 $34,130
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 260 $16.25 $33,810
Dentists, general 250 $95.73 $199,110
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 250 Not available $90,200
Financial specialists, all other 250 $34.26 $71,250
Loan officers 240 $24.79 $51,560
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 240 $26.62 $55,380
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 240 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 240 Not available $60,970
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 230 $21.97 $45,700
Lawyers 230 $58.45 $121,570
Managers, all other 230 $34.55 $71,860
Respiratory therapists 230 $24.77 $51,520
Court, municipal, and license clerks 220 $19.67 $40,910
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 220 $18.57 $38,640
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 220 $18.28 $38,020
Computer support specialists 210 $19.16 $39,840
Financial managers 210 $44.27 $92,070
Insurance sales agents 210 $37.85 $78,720
Network and computer systems administrators 210 $27.43 $57,060
Bill and account collectors 200 $15.26 $31,750
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 200 $22.44 $46,680
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 200 $9.99 $20,780
Loan interviewers and clerks 200 $15.36 $31,940
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 200 $29.32 $60,990
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 200 $42.47 $88,350
Service station attendants 200 $9.42 $19,600
Administrative services managers 190 $26.97 $56,100
Computer programmers 190 $30.76 $63,990
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 190 $27.67 $57,560
Network systems and data communications analysts 190 $31.78 $66,100
Parts salespersons 190 $14.68 $30,530
Sales and related workers, all other 190 $19.05 $39,630
Self-enrichment education teachers 190 $14.69 $30,560
Education administrators, postsecondary 180 $41.24 $85,780
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 180 $30.90 $64,270
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 180 $15.70 $32,660
Roofers 180 $20.93 $43,540
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 170 $31.00 $64,490
Health technologists and technicians, all other 170 $21.52 $44,750
Occupational therapists 170 $26.40 $54,910
Order clerks 170 $14.09 $29,300
Public relations specialists 170 $24.36 $50,670
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 170 $11.67 $24,270
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 170 Not available $51,380
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $16.23 $33,760
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 160 $15.29 $31,800
Industrial production managers 160 Not available Not available
Medical and public health social workers 160 $24.38 $50,710
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 160 $15.59 $32,430
Family and general practitioners 150 $63.37 $131,820
New accounts clerks 150 $15.01 $31,220
Physical therapist assistants 150 $20.40 $42,430
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 150 $27.20 $56,580
Switchboard operators, including answering service 150 $12.95 $26,940
Training and development specialists 150 $26.10 $54,290
Computer specialists, all other 140 $21.00 $43,680
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 140 $19.54 $40,640
Floral designers 140 $9.69 $20,160
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 140 $32.79 $68,200
Social and community service managers 140 $28.94 $60,200
File clerks 130 $10.10 $21,010
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 130 $21.59 $44,900
Graphic designers 130 $19.68 $40,940
Librarians 130 $27.36 $56,920
Medical transcriptionists 130 $15.36 $31,940
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 130 $10.93 $22,740
Physician assistants 130 $36.54 $76,000
Civil engineers 120 $29.93 $62,250
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 $19.43 $40,410
Computer and information systems managers 120 $49.15 $102,220
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 120 $16.12 $33,530
Couriers and messengers 120 $11.69 $24,310
Fire fighters 120 $13.12 $27,290
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 120 $11.19 $23,270
Internists, general 120 Not available Not available
Market research analysts 120 $32.47 $67,540
Motor vehicle operators, all other 120 $8.98 $18,670
Postal service clerks 120 Not available Not available
Property, real estate, and community association managers 120 $21.63 $44,990
Protective service workers, all other 120 $12.29 $25,560
Dental laboratory technicians 110 $15.15 $31,510
Instructional coordinators 110 $31.48 $65,480
Job printers 110 $15.40 $32,020
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 110 $22.79 $47,410
Special education teachers, middle school 110 Not available $55,750
Surgical technologists 110 $19.49 $40,530
Telemarketers 110 $12.37 $25,720
Architects, except landscape and naval 100 Not available Not available
Bakers 100 $10.88 $22,620
Electrical engineers 100 $27.67 $57,540
Engineering managers 100 $55.23 $114,870
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 100 $14.85 $30,900
Speech-language pathologists 100 $37.75 $78,510
Structural iron and steel workers 100 $21.86 $45,470
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 100 $24.78 $51,540
Community and social service specialists, all other 90 $20.24 $42,100
Computer software engineers, systems software 90 $39.65 $82,470
Demonstrators and product promoters 90 $11.00 $22,880
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 90 $28.69 $59,680
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 90 $16.25 $33,790
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 90 $8.98 $18,680
Nonfarm animal caretakers 90 $9.97 $20,740
Personal financial advisors 90 $49.38 $102,720
Printing machine operators 90 $16.29 $33,880
Technical writers 90 $34.98 $72,750
Civil engineering technicians 80 $19.23 $40,000
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 80 Not available Not available
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $13.37 $27,800
Dietetic technicians 80 $13.45 $27,980
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 80 $19.12 $39,760
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 80 $22.87 $47,570
Hazardous materials removal workers 80 $21.22 $44,150
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 80 $16.50 $34,310
Library technicians 80 $17.22 $35,810
Maintenance workers, machinery 80 $25.81 $53,680
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $64,780
Mental health counselors 80 $26.06 $54,200
Meter readers, utilities 80 $18.27 $38,000
Opticians, dispensing 80 $19.16 $39,850
Veterinarians 80 $36.93 $76,820
Advertising sales agents 70 Not available Not available
Cement masons and concrete finishers 70 $24.43 $50,810
Chefs and head cooks 70 $14.77 $30,710
Computer operators 70 $21.07 $43,830
Crossing guards 70 $8.45 $17,570
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 70 $39.15 $81,440
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 70 $23.91 $49,730
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $17.37 $36,130
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 70 Not available Not available
Mechanical drafters 70 $15.57 $32,380
Paralegals and legal assistants 70 $24.56 $51,080
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 70 $14.67 $30,510
Surgeons 70 More than $70 More than $145,600
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 70 $10.78 $22,410
Word processors and typists 70 $19.15 $39,840
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $25.15 $52,320
Construction and building inspectors 60 $24.35 $50,640
Detectives and criminal investigators 60 $31.46 $65,430
Diagnostic medical sonographers 60 $26.58 $55,290
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 60 $24.89 $51,780
Interpreters and translators 60 $13.97 $29,060
Marketing managers 60 $38.36 $79,790
Nuclear medicine technologists 60 $24.82 $51,620
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 60 $10.41 $21,660
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 60 Not available Not available
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $15.80 $32,870
Business teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $79,960
Butchers and meat cutters 50 $13.56 $28,200
Credit analysts 50 $22.93 $47,690
Directors, religious activities and education 50 $22.58 $46,970
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 50 $21.61 $44,940
Funeral directors 50 $26.16 $54,420
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 50 Not available Not available
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $11.82 $24,580
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $17.11 $35,590
Photographers 50 $13.45 $27,980
Procurement clerks 50 $18.00 $37,450
Sewing machine operators 50 $10.23 $21,270
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 50 $29.63 $61,640
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $43.46 $90,390
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 50 $7.64 $15,900
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $10.55 $21,930
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 50 $25.75 $53,560
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 40 $26.06 $54,200
All other information and record clerks 40 $15.77 $32,800
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $24.36 $50,670
Broadcast technicians 40 $12.01 $24,970
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 40 $15.43 $32,090
Computer software engineers, applications 40 $33.46 $69,590
Database administrators 40 $29.93 $62,260
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 40 $15.46 $32,160
Financial analysts 40 $33.48 $69,640
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 40 $26.68 $55,500
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $24.53 $51,030
Health educators 40 $25.51 $53,050
Human resources managers, all other 40 $50.17 $104,360
Medical equipment repairers 40 $23.82 $49,560
Motorboat mechanics 40 Not available Not available
Optometrists 40 $56.81 $118,170
Photographic processing machine operators 40 $11.15 $23,190
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 40 $9.50 $19,760
Training and development managers 40 $27.00 $56,170
Clergy 30 $19.83 $41,250
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 30 $22.23 $46,230
Dietitians and nutritionists 30 $26.74 $55,620
Drafters, all other 30 $20.80 $43,270
Education administrators, all other 30 $48.97 $101,850
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 30 $15.06 $31,320
Parking lot attendants 30 $7.57 $15,740
Pest control workers 30 $17.79 $37,000
Travel agents 30 $10.85 $22,570
Appraisers and assessors of real estate Not available $28.07 $58,390
Chemical engineers Not available $31.60 $65,730
Commercial and industrial designers Not available $32.87 $68,380
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $20.02 $41,630
Construction managers Not available $37.88 $78,790
Editors Not available $19.52 $40,600
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $21.29 $44,290
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Not available $9.56 $19,870
Insurance underwriters Not available $22.44 $46,670
Kindergarten teachers, except special education Not available Not available $40,310
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $17.41 $36,210
Library assistants, clerical Not available $9.40 $19,560
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Not available $11.72 $24,380
Loan counselors Not available $24.20 $50,340
Machine feeders and offbearers Not available $12.86 $26,750
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $9.29 $19,320
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $20.48 $42,590
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Not available $13.51 $28,110
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $13.32 $27,700
Pharmacy aides Not available $9.02 $18,770
Physical therapist aides Not available $11.08 $23,060
Radio and television announcers Not available $9.76 $20,300
Real estate brokers Not available $26.24 $54,570
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $20.85 $43,360
Surveyors Not available $26.08 $54,240
Tax preparers Not available $20.08 $41,770
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $27.19 $56,550
Tile and marble setters Not available $21.55 $44,820
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.53 $19,820
Transportation workers, all other Not available $9.79 $20,370
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $18.40 $38,280
Writers and authors Not available $19.97 $41,530
© The Washington Post Company