Occupational employment / Framingham, MA NECTA Division

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 "Framingham, MA NECTA Division" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 160,940 $27.29 $56,760
Office and administrative support occupations 23,940 $17.94 $37,310
Sales and related occupations 19,750 $21.70 $45,140
Management occupations 12,120 $56.80 $118,150
Computer and mathematical occupations 11,240 $45.81 $95,280
Food preparation and serving related occupations 11,020 $11.35 $23,610
Business and financial operations occupations 9,970 $34.30 $71,340
Education, training, and library occupations 8,660 $26.08 $54,250
Architecture and engineering occupations 8,400 $39.62 $82,410
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,620 $35.85 $74,560
Production occupations 7,260 $17.59 $36,590
Retail salespersons 7,060 $12.35 $25,690
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,150 $15.20 $31,630
Construction and extraction occupations 5,580 $26.50 $55,110
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,560 $22.54 $46,880
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,670 $14.75 $30,690
Life, physical, and social science occupations 4,170 $38.18 $79,420
Computer software engineers, systems software 3,960 $54.91 $114,200
Healthcare support occupations 3,880 $15.08 $31,360
Cashiers 3,500 $10.08 $20,970
Personal care and service occupations 3,180 $14.17 $29,470
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 2,690 $28.57 $59,430
General and operations managers 2,660 $57.80 $120,230
Protective service occupations 2,660 $23.34 $48,540
Registered nurses 2,660 $36.71 $76,360
Customer service representatives 2,570 $17.27 $35,910
Office clerks, general 2,570 $15.89 $33,050
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,550 $9.48 $19,720
Waiters and waitresses 2,490 $12.21 $25,410
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 2,430 $23.34 $48,550
Computer software engineers, applications 2,290 $49.74 $103,470
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,070 $13.95 $29,020
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,820 $18.37 $38,210
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,780 $35.99 $74,860
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,760 $18.08 $37,610
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 1,760 $41.35 $86,000
Accountants and auditors 1,750 $30.70 $63,860
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,750 $11.89 $24,730
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,720 $14.48 $30,120
Business operations specialists, all other 1,680 $32.26 $67,090
Community and social services occupations 1,670 $21.39 $44,500
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,600 Not available $68,610
Management analysts 1,600 $47.33 $98,450
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,590 $20.56 $42,760
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,530 $25.94 $53,960
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,510 $13.09 $27,220
Teacher assistants 1,480 Not available $29,460
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 1,450 $25.40 $52,830
Team assemblers 1,430 $14.84 $30,870
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,330 Not available $64,070
Computer support specialists 1,260 $28.50 $59,270
Computer hardware engineers 1,220 $49.91 $103,820
Home health aides 1,220 $12.70 $26,420
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,190 $15.83 $32,920
Chief executives 1,160 $75.88 $157,830
Electrical engineers 1,070 $48.04 $99,930
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,050 $20.38 $42,390
Market research analysts 1,050 $39.38 $81,910
Construction laborers 1,040 $21.78 $45,300
Sales representatives, services, all other 1,040 $38.06 $79,160
Financial managers 1,030 $51.70 $107,540
Receptionists and information clerks 1,010 $14.40 $29,950
Computer systems analysts 990 $40.81 $84,880
Cooks, restaurant 920 $12.28 $25,540
Engineering managers 920 $64.13 $133,400
Mechanical engineers 920 $43.19 $89,830
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 920 $20.17 $41,960
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 910 Not available $68,130
Computer and information systems managers 890 $64.48 $134,130
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 880 $11.11 $23,120
Electricians 860 $29.36 $61,080
Medical secretaries 850 $16.04 $33,370
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 830 $14.92 $31,020
Food preparation workers 810 $9.93 $20,650
Marketing managers 810 $62.22 $129,420
Sales managers 780 $58.95 $122,620
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 760 $9.92 $20,620
Network and computer systems administrators 760 $38.52 $80,120
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 750 $15.33 $31,890
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 740 $17.73 $36,880
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 730 $16.84 $35,030
Legal occupations 730 $50.80 $105,660
Network systems and data communications analysts 710 $38.91 $80,940
Carpenters 700 $25.09 $52,180
Biochemists and biophysicists 680 $41.65 $86,630
Preschool teachers, except special education 680 $16.92 $35,190
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 660 $37.37 $77,720
Security guards 660 $14.64 $30,460
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 650 $21.49 $44,700
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 640 $26.17 $54,440
Dishwashers 620 $9.42 $19,600
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 610 $29.71 $61,790
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 610 $16.98 $35,320
Industrial engineers 600 $40.29 $83,810
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 580 $43.29 $90,050
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 550 $26.18 $54,460
Tellers 550 $13.42 $27,910
Financial analysts 540 $35.01 $72,830
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 530 $27.73 $57,680
Automotive body and related repairers 520 $21.74 $45,210
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists 510 $48.22 $100,300
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 510 $33.31 $69,280
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 490 $30.32 $63,070
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 480 $21.52 $44,770
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 480 $10.35 $21,530
Machinists 480 $19.16 $39,850
Managers, all other 480 $48.23 $100,310
Electronics engineers, except computer 470 $54.15 $112,630
Personal and home care aides 470 $12.13 $25,240
Computer programmers 460 $36.29 $75,490
Fire fighters 450 $22.32 $46,440
Physicians and surgeons, all other 450 $61.58 $128,080
Chemists 440 $41.21 $85,720
Lawyers 440 $69.75 $145,070
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 440 Not available $52,210
Child care workers 430 $10.52 $21,890
Technical writers 420 $41.48 $86,280
Bill and account collectors 410 $16.76 $34,870
Counter and rental clerks 410 $12.67 $26,350
Postal service mail carriers 400 Not available Not available
Administrative services managers 390 $43.85 $91,210
Bartenders 390 $12.41 $25,820
Public relations specialists 390 $33.22 $69,100
Telemarketers 390 $18.17 $37,780
Biological technicians 380 $24.64 $51,260
Graphic designers 380 $27.99 $58,210
Loan officers 380 $31.68 $65,890
Natural sciences managers 380 $74.67 $155,320
Data entry keyers 370 $15.45 $32,140
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 370 $34.37 $71,490
Child, family, and school social workers 360 $20.25 $42,130
Engineers, all other 360 $48.98 $101,870
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 360 $18.44 $38,350
Civil engineers 350 $36.83 $76,610
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 350 $27.52 $57,230
Cost estimators 340 $37.13 $77,220
Packers and packagers, hand 340 $9.91 $20,620
Recreation workers 340 $12.48 $25,950
Training and development specialists 340 $31.80 $66,150
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 330 $23.18 $48,220
Helpers--production workers 330 $14.99 $31,170
Motor vehicle operators, all other 330 $11.44 $23,790
Sales engineers 330 $46.30 $96,310
Computer specialists, all other 320 $40.95 $85,180
Cooks, fast food 320 $10.71 $22,290
Chemical technicians 300 $23.43 $48,740
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 300 $18.76 $39,010
Dental hygienists 300 $37.16 $77,300
Physical therapists 300 $35.05 $72,910
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 290 $26.55 $55,220
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 290 $32.66 $67,940
Medical assistants 290 $17.63 $36,660
Parts salespersons 290 $17.85 $37,130
Dental assistants 280 $22.97 $47,780
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 280 $31.34 $65,180
Bus drivers, school 270 $14.35 $29,850
Coaches and scouts 270 Not available $35,360
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 270 $31.63 $65,780
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 270 $25.17 $52,350
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 260 $21.72 $45,170
Industrial production managers 260 $50.27 $104,560
Nonfarm animal caretakers 260 $10.96 $22,800
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 250 $9.80 $20,380
Medical and health services managers 250 $47.25 $98,280
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 250 $11.14 $23,170
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 250 $28.96 $60,230
Editors 240 $28.31 $58,880
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 240 Not available $96,760
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 240 $41.02 $85,320
Food service managers 240 $26.06 $54,200
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 240 $13.01 $27,060
Occupational therapists 240 $27.16 $56,490
Printing machine operators 240 $17.25 $35,890
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 240 Not available $64,580
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 230 $14.93 $31,050
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 230 $17.17 $35,710
File clerks 230 $13.14 $27,340
Food servers, nonrestaurant 230 $10.17 $21,160
Paralegals and legal assistants 230 $21.74 $45,210
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $32.57 $67,750
Sales and related workers, all other 230 $29.75 $61,870
Database administrators 220 $39.23 $81,590
Logisticians 220 $39.50 $82,150
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 220 $17.03 $35,420
Construction managers 210 $47.22 $98,210
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 210 $21.12 $43,920
Mechanical engineering technicians 210 $26.54 $55,200
Photographers 210 $13.13 $27,300
Purchasing managers 210 $53.98 $112,290
Teachers and instructors, all other 210 Not available $36,180
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 200 $14.04 $29,200
Chemical engineers 200 $44.81 $93,190
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 200 $17.37 $36,140
Insurance sales agents 200 $46.22 $96,130
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 200 $16.84 $35,020
Loan interviewers and clerks 200 $18.44 $38,360
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 200 $26.46 $55,030
Advertising sales agents 190 $35.69 $74,240
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 190 $22.45 $46,690
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 190 Not available $49,920
Pharmacists 190 $43.92 $91,350
Pharmacy technicians 190 $13.25 $27,560
Carpet installers 180 $32.44 $67,480
Legal secretaries 180 $18.35 $38,170
Order clerks 180 $17.58 $36,570
Social and community service managers 180 $29.63 $61,640
Special education teachers, middle school 180 Not available $57,070
Electro-mechanical technicians 170 $18.17 $37,790
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 170 $12.53 $26,070
Instructional coordinators 170 $27.69 $57,600
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 170 $12.65 $26,300
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 170 $25.77 $53,600
All other information and record clerks 160 $14.19 $29,500
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 160 $18.60 $38,680
Industrial engineering technicians 160 $24.93 $51,860
Industrial machinery mechanics 160 $23.27 $48,400
Library technicians 160 $16.55 $34,420
Tax preparers 160 $18.69 $38,880
Bakers 150 $14.88 $30,940
Cement masons and concrete finishers 150 $27.41 $57,010
Credit analysts 150 $27.22 $56,610
Medical records and health information technicians 150 $20.77 $43,210
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 150 $19.19 $39,910
Self-enrichment education teachers 150 $22.41 $46,610
Special education teachers, secondary school 150 Not available $60,420
Community and social service specialists, all other 140 $16.97 $35,290
Compensation and benefits managers 140 $49.46 $102,870
Driver/sales workers 140 $14.15 $29,430
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 140 $25.06 $52,120
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 140 $23.34 $48,540
Helpers--carpenters 140 $24.70 $51,380
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 140 $19.55 $40,650
Librarians 140 $28.22 $58,700
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 140 $16.30 $33,890
Painters, construction and maintenance 140 $15.99 $33,270
Commercial and industrial designers 130 $34.97 $72,740
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 130 $27.95 $58,140
Helpers--electricians 130 $14.19 $29,520
Human resources managers, all other 130 $53.98 $112,270
Meeting and convention planners 130 $27.45 $57,090
Physical scientists, all other 130 $48.69 $101,270
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $17.19 $35,760
Procurement clerks 130 $19.74 $41,060
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 120 $23.57 $49,020
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 120 $16.00 $33,270
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.80 $30,790
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 120 $25.84 $53,740
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 120 $33.36 $69,400
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 120 $16.83 $35,000
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 120 $14.09 $29,300
Sheet metal workers 120 $30.78 $64,010
Travel agents 120 $19.23 $40,000
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 110 $13.18 $27,420
Dentists, general 110 $86.68 $180,300
Dietetic technicians 110 $12.14 $25,250
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 110 $22.80 $47,420
Highway maintenance workers 110 $20.16 $41,940
Medical and public health social workers 110 $24.73 $51,430
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 110 $19.02 $39,560
Pile-driver operators 110 Not available Not available
Architects, except landscape and naval 100 $38.84 $80,800
Architectural and civil drafters 100 $23.28 $48,410
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 100 $21.59 $44,900
Dental laboratory technicians 100 $18.76 $39,030
Education administrators, all other 100 $35.33 $73,480
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 100 $24.38 $50,710
Property, real estate, and community association managers 100 $28.71 $59,710
Public relations managers 100 $52.04 $108,250
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 100 Not available Not available
Budget analysts 90 $35.73 $74,320
Chefs and head cooks 90 $25.41 $52,860
Materials engineers 90 $41.70 $86,740
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 90 $16.97 $35,300
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $13.94 $29,000
Physician assistants 90 $46.83 $97,420
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $14.58 $30,340
Training and development managers 90 $46.04 $95,760
Aerospace engineers 80 $48.49 $100,860
Art directors 80 $45.59 $94,830
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 80 $15.96 $33,200
Mechanical drafters 80 $27.32 $56,820
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $15.74 $32,730
Office and administrative support workers, all other 80 $18.63 $38,750
Postal service clerks 80 Not available Not available
Real estate sales agents 80 Not available Not available
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 80 $18.11 $37,670
Speech-language pathologists 80 $32.30 $67,190
Statisticians 80 $46.26 $96,210
Survey researchers 80 $15.49 $32,220
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 80 $42.87 $89,170
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 80 $20.96 $43,600
Biomedical engineers 70 $49.70 $103,380
Electrical and electronics drafters 70 $34.80 $72,380
Internists, general 70 $92.73 $192,870
Personal financial advisors 70 $43.63 $90,740
Photographic processing machine operators 70 $10.61 $22,070
Respiratory therapists 70 $30.26 $62,940
Surveying and mapping technicians 70 $18.62 $38,740
Veterinary technologists and technicians 70 $18.59 $38,670
Brickmasons and blockmasons 60 Not available Not available
Construction and related workers, all other 60 $24.54 $51,040
Court, municipal, and license clerks 60 $19.30 $40,140
Crossing guards 60 $10.88 $22,630
Financial specialists, all other 60 $26.19 $54,480
Furniture finishers 60 $15.00 $31,200
Glaziers 60 $19.43 $40,420
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $14.68 $30,540
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 60 $12.66 $26,330
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 60 $21.22 $44,140
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 60 $21.16 $44,020
Personal care and service workers, all other 60 $15.17 $31,540
Pharmacy aides 60 $10.17 $21,160
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 60 Not available Not available
Production workers, all other 60 $18.93 $39,360
Roofers 60 Not available Not available
Shampooers 60 $9.58 $19,940
Surveyors 60 $29.34 $61,030
Veterinarians 60 $31.01 $64,490
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 60 $15.56 $32,370
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 60 $17.56 $36,520
Advertising and promotions managers 50 $48.94 $101,790
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 50 $34.46 $71,680
Bindery workers 50 $12.86 $26,760
Construction and building inspectors 50 $21.65 $45,040
Couriers and messengers 50 $15.19 $31,600
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $27.43 $57,050
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 50 $16.88 $35,120
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $24.61 $51,190
Health educators 50 $26.76 $55,650
Healthcare support workers, all other 50 $18.12 $37,690
Insurance underwriters 50 $23.47 $48,820
Multi-media artists and animators 50 $28.18 $58,610
Occupational health and safety specialists 50 $41.66 $86,650
Physical therapist aides 50 $14.75 $30,690
Physical therapist assistants 50 $24.84 $51,680
Psychologists, all other 50 $44.36 $92,270
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 50 $37.34 $77,670
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 50 $20.75 $43,160
Butchers and meat cutters 40 $23.76 $49,410
Desktop publishers 40 $19.62 $40,810
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $23.82 $49,540
Library assistants, clerical 40 $12.40 $25,790
Meter readers, utilities 40 $22.77 $47,360
Opticians, dispensing 40 $20.68 $43,020
Pest control workers 40 $18.06 $37,570
Protective service workers, all other 40 $10.37 $21,570
Rehabilitation counselors 40 $21.16 $44,010
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 40 $20.22 $42,060
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $24.11 $50,150
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 30 Not available Not available
Fashion designers 30 $28.08 $58,410
Interpreters and translators 30 $17.32 $36,030
Life scientists, all other 30 $52.91 $110,050
Optometrists 30 $51.84 $107,830
Producers and directors 30 $35.43 $73,700
Tire repairers and changers 30 $10.64 $22,140
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $9.86 $20,500
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $81,160
Automotive glass installers and repairers Not available $16.45 $34,210
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Not available $42.39 $88,170
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation Not available $32.68 $67,970
Computer operators Not available $16.17 $33,630
Cooks, short order Not available $11.86 $24,680
Demonstrators and product promoters Not available $15.09 $31,390
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics Not available $15.91 $33,090
Environmental engineering technicians Not available $20.18 $41,980
Environmental engineers Not available $40.47 $84,170
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Not available $44.74 $93,060
Food scientists and technologists Not available $36.99 $76,950
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors Not available $44.10 $91,730
Industrial truck and tractor operators Not available $14.40 $29,950
Interior designers Not available $26.70 $55,540
Job printers Not available $20.30 $42,220
Loan counselors Not available $21.18 $44,050
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Not available $14.75 $30,670
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $15.90 $33,070
Operations research analysts Not available $40.89 $85,050
Painting, coating, and decorating workers Not available $17.79 $37,000
Private detectives and investigators Not available $25.68 $53,410
Real estate brokers Not available $75.91 $157,890
Service station attendants Not available $8.62 $17,930
Skin care specialists Not available $13.58 $28,250
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Not available $11.92 $24,800
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $27.67 $57,550
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary Not available $28.27 $58,810
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