Occupational employment / Fort Smith, AR-OK

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 "Fort Smith, AR-OK" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 122,380 $15.66 $32,580
Production occupations 18,680 $12.83 $26,680
Office and administrative support occupations 17,090 $12.89 $26,800
Transportation and material moving occupations 12,520 $15.23 $31,680
Sales and related occupations 11,440 $12.93 $26,890
Construction and extraction occupations 10,220 $16.05 $33,390
Food preparation and serving related occupations 9,250 $8.36 $17,390
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,850 $26.36 $54,820
Education, training, and library occupations 6,660 $18.64 $38,770
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,420 $16.83 $35,000
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 5,090 $18.95 $39,410
Management occupations 4,420 $36.00 $74,870
Retail salespersons 3,690 $10.53 $21,900
Healthcare support occupations 3,600 $10.02 $20,850
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,320 $9.74 $20,250
Cashiers 3,300 $7.82 $16,270
Business and financial operations occupations 2,740 $23.23 $48,320
Personal care and service occupations 2,640 $8.94 $18,590
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,520 $10.69 $22,230
Registered nurses 2,470 $24.95 $51,900
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,310 $7.16 $14,890
Protective service occupations 2,170 $13.90 $28,920
Team assemblers 2,070 $12.23 $25,440
Helpers--production workers 1,980 $10.51 $21,850
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,910 $9.77 $20,320
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 1,880 $9.11 $18,960
Office clerks, general 1,880 $10.61 $22,060
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,800 $9.32 $19,380
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,770 $13.02 $27,080
Waiters and waitresses 1,620 $8.40 $17,480
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,480 Not available $41,440
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,460 $9.86 $20,500
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,440 $11.65 $24,240
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,370 $14.76 $30,700
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,340 $23.96 $49,830
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,320 $38.48 $80,050
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,260 $15.94 $33,160
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,210 $15.94 $33,160
General and operations managers 1,200 $42.48 $88,360
Cooks, fast food 1,150 $7.62 $15,840
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,150 Not available $44,810
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,120 $18.38 $38,240
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 1,060 $11.16 $23,210
Customer service representatives 1,010 $12.06 $25,090
Industrial truck and tractor operators 990 $13.34 $27,740
Community and social services occupations 960 $17.54 $36,470
Computer and mathematical occupations 900 $23.78 $49,470
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 900 $21.08 $43,850
Home health aides 870 $8.02 $16,670
Child care workers 850 $7.76 $16,130
Personal and home care aides 830 $8.68 $18,040
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 810 $13.52 $28,120
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 800 $27.73 $57,680
Receptionists and information clerks 740 $9.98 $20,760
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 740 $14.61 $30,380
Teacher assistants 720 Not available $17,740
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 710 $16.07 $33,430
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 710 $12.64 $26,290
Tellers 710 $10.27 $21,360
Cooks, restaurant 680 $9.33 $19,400
Food preparation workers 670 $8.24 $17,130
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 660 $8.07 $16,800
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 650 $8.84 $18,380
Teachers and instructors, all other 650 Not available $34,420
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas 640 $24.34 $50,630
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 640 $11.71 $24,350
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 630 $15.90 $33,070
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 620 $14.50 $30,150
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 610 $15.95 $33,180
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 590 $17.37 $36,140
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 570 $13.47 $28,010
Carpenters 550 $14.16 $29,440
Security guards 550 $9.70 $20,180
Accountants and auditors 540 $22.30 $46,390
Legal occupations 540 $38.21 $79,470
Industrial machinery mechanics 530 $19.09 $39,710
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 530 Not available $41,940
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 510 $12.00 $24,950
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 510 $10.49 $21,810
Business operations specialists, all other 490 $25.99 $54,060
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 490 $25.35 $52,720
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 490 $9.31 $19,360
Counter and rental clerks 450 $9.89 $20,570
Dishwashers 430 $7.68 $15,980
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 410 $15.39 $32,000
Life, physical, and social science occupations 410 $26.15 $54,390
Bill and account collectors 380 $12.07 $25,110
Derrick operators, oil and gas 380 $19.44 $40,430
Fire fighters 380 $14.64 $30,460
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 380 $16.03 $33,340
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining 380 $18.98 $39,470
Electricians 370 $19.87 $41,320
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 370 $15.37 $31,970
Administrative services managers 340 $25.02 $52,040
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 330 $12.24 $25,460
Bus drivers, school 320 $10.08 $20,970
Loan officers 320 $23.79 $49,490
Financial managers 310 $42.39 $88,160
Insurance sales agents 310 Not available Not available
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 310 Not available $41,260
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 300 Not available Not available
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 300 $18.25 $37,970
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 290 $7.60 $15,810
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 290 $14.82 $30,830
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 290 $14.28 $29,710
Postal service mail carriers 290 Not available Not available
Dental assistants 280 $12.40 $25,790
Machine feeders and offbearers 280 $13.42 $27,910
Recreation workers 280 $9.01 $18,750
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 270 $10.12 $21,060
Food batchmakers 270 $12.08 $25,130
Lawyers 270 $56.78 $118,100
Chief executives 260 $53.74 $111,780
Correctional officers and jailers 260 $10.88 $22,620
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 260 $22.31 $46,410
Cement masons and concrete finishers 250 $15.22 $31,650
Computer support specialists 250 $17.03 $35,410
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 250 $15.36 $31,960
Machinists 250 $15.47 $32,180
Parts salespersons 250 $12.66 $26,330
Driver/sales workers 240 $13.10 $27,240
Printing machine operators 240 $17.65 $36,710
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 230 Not available $70,150
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 230 $13.46 $27,990
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 230 $8.08 $16,800
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 230 $10.72 $22,300
Pharmacy technicians 230 $12.14 $25,250
Sheet metal workers 230 $13.47 $28,020
Industrial production managers 220 $37.99 $79,020
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 220 $8.40 $17,470
Medical secretaries 220 $12.25 $25,480
Pharmacists 220 $47.64 $99,090
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 210 $17.37 $36,140
Network and computer systems administrators 210 $26.39 $54,900
Office and administrative support workers, all other 210 $20.41 $42,460
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 210 $13.46 $28,000
Property, real estate, and community association managers 210 $21.97 $45,690
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 200 $13.04 $27,120
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 200 $18.80 $39,110
Butchers and meat cutters 190 $10.12 $21,050
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 190 $12.60 $26,200
Data entry keyers 190 Not available Not available
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 190 $10.20 $21,210
Food servers, nonrestaurant 190 $7.25 $15,070
Medical records and health information technicians 190 $12.09 $25,140
Social and human service assistants 190 $11.89 $24,720
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 190 $13.89 $28,890
Cargo and freight agents 180 $18.15 $37,760
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 180 $31.59 $65,710
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 180 $8.27 $17,200
Librarians 180 $21.52 $44,770
Medical and health services managers 180 $32.57 $67,740
Order clerks 180 $11.56 $24,050
Sales managers 180 $43.69 $90,880
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 180 $28.60 $59,480
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 170 $10.42 $21,670
Meter readers, utilities 170 $12.46 $25,930
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 170 $13.00 $27,050
Radiologic technologists and technicians 170 $20.73 $43,110
Child, family, and school social workers 160 $14.94 $31,070
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 160 $25.09 $52,200
Food service managers 160 $18.80 $39,110
Management analysts 160 $28.48 $59,230
Paralegals and legal assistants 160 $18.03 $37,510
Preschool teachers, except special education 160 $14.09 $29,320
Speech-language pathologists 160 $30.96 $64,400
All other information and record clerks 150 $15.18 $31,580
Family and general practitioners 150 $88.91 $184,930
Health technologists and technicians, all other 150 $11.93 $24,820
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 150 $14.53 $30,220
Industrial engineers 150 $35.29 $73,400
Mechanical engineers 150 $32.27 $67,130
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 150 $20.96 $43,610
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 150 $13.08 $27,210
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 150 $12.16 $25,290
Switchboard operators, including answering service 150 $10.13 $21,070
Tool and die makers 150 $18.35 $38,170
Construction managers 140 $33.20 $69,060
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 140 $8.32 $17,300
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 140 $24.08 $50,080
File clerks 140 $9.00 $18,720
Legal secretaries 140 $13.04 $27,120
Loan interviewers and clerks 140 $12.15 $25,260
Prepress technicians and workers 140 $15.30 $31,810
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 140 Not available $46,510
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 130 $21.30 $44,310
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $13.27 $27,590
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 130 $12.44 $25,870
Healthcare support workers, all other 130 $12.27 $25,520
Medical assistants 130 $11.89 $24,720
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $23.70 $49,300
Rock splitters, quarry 130 $11.16 $23,210
Sewing machine operators 130 $8.58 $17,850
Tire repairers and changers 130 $8.76 $18,220
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 130 $12.75 $26,520
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 120 $18.81 $39,130
Advertising sales agents 120 $16.42 $34,160
Automotive body and related repairers 120 $18.61 $38,710
Computer software engineers, applications 120 $29.16 $60,650
Legislators 120 Not available $31,250
Special education teachers, secondary school 120 Not available $45,970
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 120 $29.77 $61,930
Bartenders 110 $8.32 $17,300
Brickmasons and blockmasons 110 $17.49 $36,380
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 110 $11.39 $23,690
Computer systems analysts 110 $20.68 $43,010
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 110 $14.04 $29,210
Highway maintenance workers 110 $11.78 $24,500
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 110 $10.48 $21,800
Self-enrichment education teachers 110 $19.50 $40,550
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 110 $10.24 $21,310
Coaches and scouts 100 Not available $37,160
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 100 $20.62 $42,880
Conveyor operators and tenders 100 $12.76 $26,540
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 100 $17.68 $36,770
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 100 $14.97 $31,140
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 100 $12.60 $26,210
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 100 $15.88 $33,020
Maintenance workers, machinery 100 $14.84 $30,860
Managers, all other 100 $31.96 $66,470
New accounts clerks 100 $12.98 $27,010
Painters, construction and maintenance 100 $14.95 $31,100
Physical therapist assistants 100 $24.25 $50,440
Physical therapists 100 $37.63 $78,270
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 100 Not available Not available
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 100 $10.60 $22,050
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 100 Not available $41,270
Surgical technologists 100 $14.98 $31,160
Surveying and mapping technicians 100 $14.19 $29,510
Training and development specialists 100 $20.91 $43,500
Wellhead pumpers 100 $18.38 $38,240
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 90 $9.75 $20,270
Demonstrators and product promoters 90 $10.08 $20,960
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 90 $14.18 $29,500
Graphic designers 90 $15.09 $31,380
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 90 $14.64 $30,450
Personal financial advisors 90 $33.40 $69,460
Real estate sales agents 90 $12.04 $25,040
Social and community service managers 90 $15.25 $31,720
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 90 $8.85 $18,400
Bindery workers 80 $11.12 $23,130
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 80 $15.75 $32,750
Cost estimators 80 $22.96 $47,750
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 Not available Not available
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 80 $11.88 $24,700
Market research analysts 80 $23.59 $49,060
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 80 $15.38 $31,990
Medical and public health social workers 80 $18.40 $38,280
Pest control workers 80 $12.73 $26,480
Postal service clerks 80 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 80 $15.17 $31,540
Sales representatives, services, all other 80 $21.76 $45,260
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 80 $19.49 $40,540
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 80 $20.21 $42,030
Bakers 70 $8.41 $17,490
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 70 $21.69 $45,110
Electrical engineers 70 $29.80 $61,990
Engineering managers 70 $42.18 $87,730
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $16.35 $34,020
Helpers--electricians 70 $14.23 $29,610
Instructional coordinators 70 $28.06 $58,370
Marketing managers 70 $39.70 $82,570
Mechanical drafters 70 $21.77 $45,280
Mental health counselors 70 $23.55 $48,990
Public relations specialists 70 $18.89 $39,300
Respiratory therapists 70 $21.41 $44,530
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders 60 $13.55 $28,170
Civil engineers 60 $32.59 $67,790
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 60 $26.91 $55,980
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $18.12 $37,690
Computer and information systems managers 60 $48.93 $101,770
Detectives and criminal investigators 60 $24.67 $51,320
Editors 60 $17.93 $37,290
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 60 $9.62 $20,010
Medical transcriptionists 60 $12.89 $26,810
Occupational health and safety specialists 60 $19.90 $41,380
Occupational therapists 60 $34.84 $72,480
Purchasing managers 60 $53.59 $111,470
Roustabouts, oil and gas 60 $12.36 $25,700
Statistical assistants 60 $10.22 $21,270
Surveyors 60 $17.12 $35,600
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 60 $10.91 $22,690
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 50 $17.29 $35,950
Chefs and head cooks 50 $15.74 $32,740
Computer operators 50 $14.80 $30,780
Construction and building inspectors 50 $21.25 $44,200
Construction and related workers, all other 50 $13.09 $27,230
Crane and tower operators 50 $17.53 $36,460
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 50 $16.25 $33,800
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 50 $20.50 $42,630
Floral designers 50 $9.25 $19,240
Helpers--extraction workers 50 $11.06 $23,000
Human resources managers, all other 50 $39.03 $81,190
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 50 $21.67 $45,060
Logisticians 50 $28.23 $58,720
Nonfarm animal caretakers 50 $9.15 $19,030
Physicians and surgeons, all other 50 $99.50 $206,960
Pipelayers 50 $12.65 $26,310
Postmasters and mail superintendents 50 $28.04 $58,310
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers 50 $18.41 $38,300
Service station attendants 50 $10.63 $22,110
Special education teachers, middle school 50 Not available $41,680
Tax preparers 50 $11.71 $24,350
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 50 $15.80 $32,870
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $12.57 $26,140
Architectural and civil drafters 40 $16.63 $34,580
Broadcast technicians 40 $11.07 $23,020
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 40 $27.62 $57,450
Couriers and messengers 40 $10.92 $22,710
Database administrators 40 $31.51 $65,530
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $22.77 $47,360
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 40 $15.89 $33,050
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 40 $17.61 $36,620
Financial analysts 40 $21.18 $44,060
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $25.54 $53,120
Industrial engineering technicians 40 $19.54 $40,640
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 40 $9.77 $20,320
Motor vehicle operators, all other 40 $14.32 $29,790
Network systems and data communications analysts 40 $25.70 $53,460
Pharmacy aides 40 $9.02 $18,760
Residential advisors 40 $11.77 $24,470
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 40 $24.24 $50,420
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 40 $17.22 $35,820
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 40 $21.87 $45,490
Upholsterers 40 $13.19 $27,440
Veterinarians 40 $30.41 $63,260
Architects, except landscape and naval 30 $24.10 $50,130
Credit analysts 30 $24.04 $50,010
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $25.29 $52,590
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 30 $23.91 $49,740
Farm equipment mechanics 30 $15.31 $31,840
Financial specialists, all other 30 $15.40 $32,020
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 30 $10.23 $21,290
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 30 $16.59 $34,510
Optometrists 30 $29.50 $61,370
Producers and directors 30 $24.24 $50,420
Radio and television announcers 30 $12.71 $26,440
Social workers, all other 30 $14.76 $30,690
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $11.55 $24,020
Commercial pilots Not available Not available $65,600
Computer programmers Not available $26.86 $55,870
Construction laborers Not available $12.87 $26,770
Cooks, short order Not available $8.06 $16,770
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $12.64 $26,290
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $13.61 $28,320
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.83 $26,690
Dental hygienists Not available $29.39 $61,140
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $15.26 $31,740
Dentists, general Not available $54.66 $113,680
Embalmers Not available $15.63 $32,500
Farm and home management advisors Not available $15.63 $32,510
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers Not available $20.15 $41,920
Glaziers Not available $14.83 $30,840
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other Not available $31.45 $65,430
Helpers, construction trades, all other Not available $11.00 $22,880
Library assistants, clerical Not available $9.32 $19,380
Library technicians Not available $14.65 $30,470
Lodging managers Not available $15.83 $32,930
Millwrights Not available $18.50 $38,480
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $9.98 $20,750
Obstetricians and gynecologists Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Packers and packagers, hand Not available $11.65 $24,220
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $8.21 $17,070
Production workers, all other Not available $13.90 $28,910
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $18.08 $37,610
Roofers Not available $12.36 $25,710
Surgeons Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Word processors and typists Not available $12.36 $25,710
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