Occupational employment / Gainesville, FL

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 "Gainesville, FL" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 122,600 $18.45 $38,380
Office and administrative support occupations 22,340 $13.21 $27,480
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,200 $9.41 $19,570
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 11,390 $31.03 $64,550
Sales and related occupations 11,040 $14.21 $29,550
Business and financial operations occupations 5,970 $25.86 $53,790
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,160 $13.52 $28,120
Registered nurses 4,880 $29.36 $61,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,520 $16.56 $34,450
Healthcare support occupations 4,420 $12.36 $25,700
Construction and extraction occupations 4,350 Not available Not available
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,230 $10.56 $21,970
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 3,860 Not available $67,570
Retail salespersons 3,580 $12.28 $25,540
Cashiers 3,510 $8.53 $17,750
Production occupations 3,380 $14.14 $29,410
Personal care and service occupations 3,230 $11.74 $24,430
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,120 $8.49 $17,650
Office clerks, general 2,860 $11.12 $23,140
Waiters and waitresses 2,710 $9.42 $19,590
Management occupations 2,610 $44.46 $92,470
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,490 $12.93 $26,890
Protective service occupations 2,400 $18.25 $37,950
Life, physical, and social science occupations 2,380 $22.56 $46,920
Stock clerks and order fillers 2,380 $9.88 $20,560
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,340 $25.75 $53,550
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,130 $10.02 $20,840
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,810 $17.42 $36,230
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,780 $11.09 $23,060
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,770 $14.42 $30,000
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,730 $26.31 $54,720
Community and social services occupations 1,690 $19.77 $41,130
Customer service representatives 1,570 $11.67 $24,280
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,530 $20.65 $42,950
Receptionists and information clerks 1,250 $11.59 $24,110
Cooks, restaurant 1,200 $9.83 $20,440
Business operations specialists, all other 1,180 $26.81 $55,770
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,140 $14.32 $29,790
Accountants and auditors 1,130 $25.86 $53,780
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,130 $12.29 $25,560
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,060 $9.36 $19,460
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 990 $24.69 $51,350
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 960 $20.37 $42,380
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 950 $20.68 $43,020
Education, training, and library workers, all other 920 $16.82 $34,990
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 900 $14.22 $29,590
Legal occupations 820 $28.83 $59,970
Dishwashers 730 $7.98 $16,590
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 680 $15.71 $32,680
Medical assistants 660 $12.90 $26,840
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 650 $8.27 $17,210
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 650 $11.13 $23,150
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 640 $19.38 $40,310
Food preparation workers 630 $8.82 $18,340
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 620 $26.78 $55,690
Recreation workers 610 $10.82 $22,510
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 590 $10.06 $20,930
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 580 $7.59 $15,790
Network systems and data communications analysts 580 $26.44 $55,000
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 580 $13.03 $27,110
Child care workers 570 $8.55 $17,790
Preschool teachers, except special education 570 $9.76 $20,300
General and operations managers 550 $41.12 $85,520
Biological scientists, all other 540 $21.50 $44,710
Lawyers 530 $34.11 $70,960
Physicians and surgeons, all other 530 $83.76 $174,220
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 530 $24.85 $51,680
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 520 $18.09 $37,630
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 510 $16.44 $34,190
Computer support specialists 500 $16.28 $33,860
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 500 $10.59 $22,030
Sales representatives, services, all other 490 $24.06 $50,050
Electricians 480 Not available Not available
Postsecondary teachers, all other 470 Not available $63,340
Computer programmers 450 $25.92 $53,920
Cooks, fast food 450 $8.29 $17,230
All other information and record clerks 440 $16.05 $33,380
File clerks 440 $11.23 $23,360
Counter and rental clerks 430 $10.86 $22,600
Tellers 430 $11.56 $24,050
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 420 $16.43 $34,180
Pharmacy technicians 420 $12.90 $26,840
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 410 $25.36 $52,740
Packers and packagers, hand 410 $9.48 $19,710
Personal and home care aides 410 $9.57 $19,900
Pharmacists 410 $45.04 $93,670
Team assemblers 410 $10.26 $21,340
Cement masons and concrete finishers 400 $15.69 $32,630
Bartenders 390 $10.80 $22,470
Driver/sales workers 380 $12.94 $26,910
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 380 $9.03 $18,780
Carpenters 370 $15.93 $33,130
Real estate sales agents 370 $16.16 $33,610
Management analysts 350 $42.23 $87,830
Security guards 350 $13.87 $28,850
Construction laborers 340 $11.22 $23,340
Psychiatric technicians 340 $12.25 $25,470
Civil engineers 330 $34.74 $72,260
Medical equipment preparers 330 $12.64 $26,290
Office and administrative support workers, all other 330 $10.40 $21,630
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 320 $16.12 $33,530
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 310 $12.22 $25,430
Postal service mail carriers 310 Not available Not available
Home health aides 300 $8.89 $18,480
Medical secretaries 300 $12.10 $25,170
Radiologic technologists and technicians 300 $23.63 $49,150
Dental assistants 290 $17.38 $36,140
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 290 $26.00 $54,080
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 290 $13.38 $27,840
Public relations specialists 290 $23.84 $49,590
Loan officers 280 $24.38 $50,710
Veterinary technologists and technicians 280 $13.19 $27,430
Psychiatric aides 270 $12.86 $26,740
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 260 $24.52 $51,000
Personal care and service workers, all other 260 $11.82 $24,590
Legal secretaries 250 $14.73 $30,640
Community and social service specialists, all other 240 $17.67 $36,750
Data entry keyers 240 $12.51 $26,020
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 240 Not available Not available
Healthcare support workers, all other 240 $14.08 $29,290
Insurance sales agents 240 $25.09 $52,190
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 240 $9.66 $20,080
Bill and account collectors 230 $16.33 $33,970
Coaches and scouts 230 Not available $53,910
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 230 $21.38 $44,480
Food servers, nonrestaurant 230 $9.61 $20,000
Food service managers 230 $25.95 $53,970
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 230 $9.20 $19,140
Medical and health services managers 230 $47.40 $98,590
Physical therapists 230 $33.82 $70,340
Insurance underwriters 220 $23.93 $49,780
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 220 Not available Not available
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 210 $16.93 $35,210
Construction managers 210 $50.97 $106,020
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 210 $10.48 $21,810
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 210 $33.35 $69,360
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 210 $26.15 $54,390
Social and human service assistants 210 $13.27 $27,600
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 200 $14.76 $30,710
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 200 $28.00 $58,240
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 200 $14.46 $30,070
Instructional coordinators 200 $21.50 $44,720
Medical records and health information technicians 200 $16.99 $35,340
Respiratory therapists 200 $22.22 $46,220
Roofers 200 $13.94 $29,000
Budget analysts 190 $21.46 $44,630
Cost estimators 190 $26.03 $54,130
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 190 $20.29 $42,190
Maintenance workers, machinery 190 Not available Not available
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 180 $9.88 $20,540
Financial managers 180 $52.87 $109,970
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 180 Not available Not available
Graphic designers 180 $19.48 $40,520
Managers, all other 180 $37.15 $77,260
Order clerks 180 $12.04 $25,050
Paralegals and legal assistants 180 $15.94 $33,150
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 180 $21.81 $45,370
Child, family, and school social workers 170 $17.95 $37,330
Industrial truck and tractor operators 170 $13.31 $27,680
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 170 $14.44 $30,030
Residential advisors 170 $11.51 $23,940
Amusement and recreation attendants 160 $9.25 $19,250
Computer software engineers, applications 160 $42.64 $88,690
Computer systems analysts 160 $29.16 $60,650
Editors 160 $24.48 $50,920
Health technologists and technicians, all other 160 $18.70 $38,890
Protective service workers, all other 160 $13.87 $28,850
Sales and related workers, all other 160 $20.61 $42,880
Word processors and typists 160 $12.19 $25,360
Advertising sales agents 150 $18.20 $37,850
Biological technicians 150 $15.65 $32,560
Engineers, all other 150 $29.03 $60,390
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 150 $10.35 $21,520
Occupational therapists 150 $26.35 $54,800
Self-enrichment education teachers 150 $18.41 $38,300
Surgical technologists 150 $17.91 $37,250
Automotive body and related repairers 140 $18.13 $37,700
Helpers--electricians 140 $9.68 $20,130
Library assistants, clerical 140 $13.46 $27,990
Loan interviewers and clerks 140 $15.05 $31,300
Painters, construction and maintenance 140 $10.75 $22,370
Sales managers 140 $53.36 $110,980
Surveying and mapping technicians 140 $15.81 $32,880
Training and development specialists 140 $21.85 $45,440
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 140 $12.57 $26,150
Bakers 130 $8.79 $18,270
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 130 $15.38 $32,000
Chief executives 130 $79.91 $166,200
Farm and home management advisors 130 $25.21 $52,440
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 130 $21.95 $45,650
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 130 $20.40 $42,420
Motor vehicle operators, all other 130 $10.79 $22,440
Parts salespersons 130 $14.06 $29,250
Speech-language pathologists 130 $27.41 $57,020
Chemists 120 $25.73 $53,520
Construction and related workers, all other 120 $17.61 $36,630
Couriers and messengers 120 $9.61 $19,990
Industrial machinery mechanics 120 $26.84 $55,830
Pest control workers 120 $12.99 $27,010
Architects, except landscape and naval 110 $25.75 $53,560
Architectural and civil drafters 110 $19.10 $39,730
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 110 $16.96 $35,270
Financial specialists, all other 110 $27.89 $58,020
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 110 $18.64 $38,770
Network and computer systems administrators 110 $29.65 $61,670
Nonfarm animal caretakers 110 $9.17 $19,080
Operations research analysts 110 $23.86 $49,620
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 110 $17.01 $35,370
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 110 $33.30 $69,260
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 110 $8.66 $18,010
Zoologists and wildlife biologists 110 $27.63 $57,470
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 100 $17.41 $36,210
Butchers and meat cutters 100 $12.98 $27,010
Chefs and head cooks 100 $16.05 $33,380
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 100 $16.37 $34,050
Environmental engineers 100 $28.48 $59,250
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 100 $19.74 $41,050
Health educators 100 $20.25 $42,120
Industrial engineers 100 $30.88 $64,240
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 100 $14.68 $30,540
Medical transcriptionists 100 $12.31 $25,600
Physician assistants 100 $38.89 $80,890
Procurement clerks 100 $15.54 $32,330
Administrative services managers 90 $43.58 $90,640
Civil engineering technicians 90 $19.95 $41,490
Counselors, all other 90 $19.10 $39,730
Environmental engineering technicians 90 $14.95 $31,100
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 90 $32.98 $68,590
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 90 $13.44 $27,960
Medical and public health social workers 90 $22.83 $47,490
Medical equipment repairers 90 $17.06 $35,480
Property, real estate, and community association managers 90 $23.35 $48,560
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 90 $10.91 $22,700
Computer software engineers, systems software 80 $24.49 $50,940
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 80 $11.12 $23,120
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 80 $17.32 $36,030
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 80 $28.55 $59,380
Helpers, construction trades, all other 80 $11.74 $24,420
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 80 $13.17 $27,400
Pharmacy aides 80 $9.17 $19,080
Security and fire alarm systems installers 80 $14.88 $30,940
Switchboard operators, including answering service 80 $11.97 $24,890
Veterinarians 80 $44.03 $91,580
Dietitians and nutritionists 70 $26.44 $54,990
Electrical engineers 70 $39.24 $81,620
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 70 $19.35 $40,250
Highway maintenance workers 70 $14.29 $29,710
Job printers 70 $12.71 $26,430
Locksmiths and safe repairers 70 $13.11 $27,260
Natural sciences managers 70 $61.77 $128,490
Occupational health and safety specialists 70 $25.96 $54,000
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Printing machine operators 70 $15.46 $32,150
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 70 $38.84 $80,800
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 70 $19.72 $41,020
Brickmasons and blockmasons 60 $21.45 $44,620
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 60 $30.37 $63,180
Computer and information systems managers 60 $54.61 $113,590
Computer operators 60 $18.38 $38,220
Computer specialists, all other 60 $32.55 $67,700
Construction and building inspectors 60 $24.68 $51,320
Database administrators 60 $30.29 $63,010
Demonstrators and product promoters 60 $11.38 $23,660
Diagnostic medical sonographers 60 $24.65 $51,260
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators 60 $14.03 $29,180
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 60 Not available Not available
Helpers--production workers 60 $11.20 $23,300
Life scientists, all other 60 $27.39 $56,980
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 60 $9.01 $18,730
Machinists 60 $17.13 $35,640
Media and communication workers, all other 60 $16.30 $33,900
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $12.98 $27,000
New accounts clerks 60 $13.79 $28,680
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 60 $15.52 $32,280
Physical therapist assistants 60 $20.96 $43,590
Prepress technicians and workers 60 $22.17 $46,110
Psychologists, all other 60 Not available Not available
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 50 $15.02 $31,250
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 50 $21.97 $45,700
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $18.31 $38,080
Law clerks 50 $11.92 $24,790
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $13.60 $28,280
Mechanical engineers 50 $30.33 $63,080
Photographers 50 $10.91 $22,690
Radiation therapists 50 $35.01 $72,810
Radio and television announcers 50 $17.04 $35,440
Telemarketers 50 $14.71 $30,600
Telephone operators 50 $8.11 $16,860
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $42.72 $88,860
Travel agents 50 $13.05 $27,130
Audio and video equipment technicians 40 $15.01 $31,210
Broadcast technicians 40 $16.89 $35,130
Clergy 40 $18.97 $39,450
Cooks, short order 40 $9.38 $19,510
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 40 $25.15 $52,310
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $26.99 $56,140
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $13.18 $27,400
Interior designers 40 $19.37 $40,290
Logisticians 40 $28.00 $58,250
Marketing managers 40 $49.06 $102,050
Mechanical drafters 40 $20.72 $43,100
Nuclear medicine technologists 40 $30.40 $63,220
Office machine operators, except computer 40 $13.15 $27,360
Producers and directors 40 $26.52 $55,160
Rehabilitation counselors 40 $20.66 $42,980
Surveyors 40 $27.95 $58,130
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 40 $21.33 $44,370
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 40 $12.10 $25,180
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 30 $11.74 $24,410
Biomedical engineers 30 $33.40 $69,480
Chiropractors 30 $56.41 $117,320
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 30 $21.76 $45,270
Dental laboratory technicians 30 $15.72 $32,700
Engineering managers 30 $56.95 $118,460
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 30 $21.41 $44,530
Home appliance repairers 30 $19.13 $39,790
Lodging managers 30 $25.69 $53,420
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 30 $13.78 $28,660
Recreational therapists 30 $17.11 $35,600
Actuaries Not available $43.08 $89,610
Anesthesiologists Not available $95.76 $199,180
Appraisers and assessors of real estate Not available $19.90 $41,390
Chemical technicians Not available $16.94 $35,230
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $16.05 $33,390
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $11.96 $24,870
Crossing guards Not available $10.51 $21,850
Dental hygienists Not available $27.38 $56,940
Dentists, general Not available $86.42 $179,750
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $15.73 $32,730
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Not available $21.14 $43,960
Eligibility interviewers, government programs Not available $13.32 $27,700
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other Not available $18.57 Not available
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $14.20 $29,530
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Not available $9.81 $20,400
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Not available $9.02 $18,760
Floral designers Not available $12.30 $25,580
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers Not available $25.88 $53,820
Internists, general Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $19.35 $40,240
Massage therapists Not available $22.04 $45,850
Mechanical door repairers Not available $20.14 $41,880
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $17.50 $36,390
Meter readers, utilities Not available $14.51 $30,190
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $21.55 $44,810
Painting, coating, and decorating workers Not available $10.96 $22,790
Photographic processing machine operators Not available $8.86 $18,430
Plasterers and stucco masons Not available $15.83 $32,930
Production workers, all other Not available $9.49 $19,730
Sheet metal workers Not available $15.76 $32,770
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $18.25 $37,950
Teacher assistants Not available Not available $21,260
Technical writers Not available $20.60 $42,840
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $21.10 $43,900
Telecommunications line installers and repairers Not available $19.10 $39,720
Therapists, all other Not available $32.87 $68,370
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.42 $19,600
Urban and regional planners Not available $28.02 $58,290
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Not available $21.47 $44,660
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Not available $11.12 $23,130
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