Occupational employment / Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

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 "Gulfport-Biloxi, MS" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 106,310 $16.76 $34,850
Office and administrative support occupations 16,270 $14.05 $29,220
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,980 $9.30 $19,340
Sales and related occupations 11,770 $12.97 $26,980
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,800 $14.19 $29,520
Construction and extraction occupations 6,370 $16.46 $34,230
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,180 $29.71 $61,790
Education, training, and library occupations 5,830 $20.76 $43,180
Personal care and service occupations 5,540 $11.48 $23,890
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 5,320 $10.60 $22,040
Production occupations 4,510 $13.68 $28,450
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,430 $18.59 $38,660
Management occupations 4,220 $35.81 $74,480
Protective service occupations 4,000 $14.51 $30,170
Retail salespersons 3,950 $11.35 $23,620
Cashiers 3,800 $8.64 $17,970
Business and financial operations occupations 3,260 $26.14 $54,380
Waiters and waitresses 2,650 $8.27 $17,200
Registered nurses 2,600 $27.19 $56,560
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,480 $13.06 $27,160
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,290 $10.53 $21,900
Gaming dealers 2,280 $9.45 $19,660
Healthcare support occupations 2,090 $12.01 $24,980
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,990 $29.93 $62,260
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,880 $11.37 $23,640
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,800 $8.89 $18,500
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,630 $15.55 $32,340
Food preparation workers 1,580 $8.38 $17,430
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,500 $17.11 $35,590
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,490 $9.02 $18,770
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,490 $27.70 $57,620
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,440 Not available $45,210
Security guards 1,440 $11.23 $23,360
Cooks, restaurant 1,370 $10.64 $22,130
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,370 $10.43 $21,700
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,290 $32.43 $67,460
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,270 $20.21 $42,030
General and operations managers 1,240 $39.95 $83,100
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,200 $19.50 $40,560
Cooks, fast food 1,130 $8.48 $17,640
Office clerks, general 1,040 $12.04 $25,050
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 980 $14.26 $29,660
Maintenance and repair workers, general 980 $14.91 $31,020
Construction laborers 970 $11.66 $24,260
Customer service representatives 960 $12.97 $26,990
Receptionists and information clerks 870 $11.20 $23,290
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 860 $11.94 $24,840
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 810 $15.75 $32,760
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 810 Not available $50,640
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 770 $13.37 $27,810
Carpenters 740 $18.14 $37,730
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 730 $19.07 $39,670
Teacher assistants 730 Not available $17,090
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 710 $24.66 $51,290
Business operations specialists, all other 700 $27.03 $56,220
Community and social services occupations 680 $20.24 $42,100
Gaming supervisors 640 $21.88 $45,520
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 640 $10.96 $22,800
Bartenders 630 $8.49 $17,650
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 630 $8.01 $16,650
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 620 $8.04 $16,720
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 620 $16.00 $33,270
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 610 $18.76 $39,020
Electricians 600 $19.11 $39,750
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 590 $24.88 $51,750
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 580 Not available $45,050
Child care workers 570 $8.11 $16,870
Slot key persons 570 $13.37 $27,810
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 560 $18.07 $37,590
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 560 $12.52 $26,050
Fire fighters 550 $17.64 $36,700
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 530 $10.34 $21,510
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 510 $8.29 $17,240
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 500 $25.27 $52,560
Accountants and auditors 480 $26.39 $54,900
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 450 $16.00 $33,280
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 440 $16.03 $33,340
Tellers 440 $10.96 $22,800
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 430 $21.10 $43,890
Gaming cage workers 430 $12.73 $26,480
Legal occupations 430 $45.15 $93,900
Correctional officers and jailers 380 $12.81 $26,640
Dishwashers 380 $8.77 $18,240
Counter and rental clerks 370 $10.82 $22,510
Painters, construction and maintenance 370 $15.08 $31,380
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 370 $16.18 $33,660
Driver/sales workers 360 $13.56 $28,210
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 360 $14.99 $31,180
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 360 $9.44 $19,630
Bus drivers, school 350 $6.98 $14,520
Industrial truck and tractor operators 340 $14.64 $30,450
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 340 $9.46 $19,670
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers 330 $11.45 $23,820
Financial managers 320 $37.02 $76,990
All other information and record clerks 310 $17.47 $36,330
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 310 $13.15 $27,340
Team assemblers 300 $9.93 $20,660
Computer support specialists 290 $19.14 $39,820
Civil engineers 280 $31.96 $66,490
Medical assistants 280 $13.23 $27,520
Pharmacy technicians 270 $13.17 $27,390
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 260 $42.41 $88,210
Lawyers 260 $62.62 $130,250
Insurance sales agents 250 $15.00 $31,200
Parking lot attendants 250 $8.66 $18,010
Postal service mail carriers 250 Not available Not available
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 250 $25.77 $53,610
Self-enrichment education teachers 250 $16.03 $33,350
Social and community service managers 250 $18.90 $39,310
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 240 $22.47 $46,740
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 240 $15.37 $31,970
Surveyors 240 $18.28 $38,010
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 230 $13.80 $28,700
Parts salespersons 230 $14.90 $30,980
Public relations specialists 230 $20.55 $42,750
Construction managers 220 $32.32 $67,220
Food service managers 220 $30.04 $62,490
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators 220 $14.76 $30,710
Bill and account collectors 210 $13.34 $27,740
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 210 Not available $44,280
Medical and health services managers 210 $38.10 $79,250
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 200 $21.53 $44,790
Helpers--electricians 200 $13.35 $27,760
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 200 $8.81 $18,320
Packers and packagers, hand 200 $8.39 $17,460
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 200 $9.44 $19,630
Computer specialists, all other 190 $34.00 $70,720
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 190 $16.89 $35,130
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 190 $13.68 $28,440
Medical secretaries 190 $12.19 $25,360
Pharmacists 190 $50.78 $105,620
Chefs and head cooks 180 $16.03 $33,340
Chief executives 180 $63.31 $131,680
Computer software engineers, applications 180 $29.44 $61,240
Cost estimators 180 $25.78 $53,630
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 180 $17.64 $36,700
Highway maintenance workers 180 $11.82 $24,590
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 180 $32.52 $67,630
Preschool teachers, except special education 180 $8.84 $18,380
Radiologic technologists and technicians 180 $20.22 $42,060
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 180 $34.63 $72,040
Switchboard operators, including answering service 180 $10.32 $21,470
Administrative services managers 170 $26.07 $54,220
Computer systems analysts 170 $27.18 $56,530
Dental assistants 170 $13.59 $28,270
Engineers, all other 170 $47.30 $98,390
Food servers, nonrestaurant 170 $8.62 $17,930
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 170 $14.31 $29,770
Surgical technologists 170 $16.12 $33,530
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 170 $27.78 $57,790
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 160 $26.84 $55,820
Electrical engineers 160 $37.39 $77,770
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 160 $22.88 $47,590
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 160 $18.62 $38,740
File clerks 160 $9.75 $20,270
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 160 $17.70 $36,810
Instructional coordinators 160 $34.41 $71,570
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants 160 $7.26 $15,090
Child, family, and school social workers 150 $15.59 $32,430
Computer and information scientists, research 150 $34.81 $72,390
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 150 $15.59 $32,430
Loan officers 150 $30.46 $63,360
Management analysts 150 $36.01 $74,900
Network and computer systems administrators 150 $26.35 $54,810
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $15.15 $31,520
Baggage porters and bellhops 140 $9.24 $19,230
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 140 $9.14 $19,000
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 140 $15.08 $31,360
Detectives and criminal investigators 140 $25.73 $53,520
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 140 Not available $73,380
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 140 $16.28 $33,860
Recreation workers 140 $11.66 $24,250
Automotive body and related repairers 130 $19.54 $40,650
Cement masons and concrete finishers 130 $14.72 $30,620
Cooks, short order 130 $8.93 $18,580
Engineering managers 130 $47.87 $99,570
Family and general practitioners 130 $74.26 $154,470
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 130 $27.94 $58,120
Gaming and sports book writers and runners 130 $9.36 $19,470
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 130 $10.05 $20,900
Healthcare support workers, all other 130 $14.19 $29,520
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 130 $24.65 $51,270
Medical records and health information technicians 130 $14.70 $30,570
Paralegals and legal assistants 130 $18.02 $37,470
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 130 $18.74 $38,980
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 130 Not available $47,710
Speech-language pathologists 130 $30.46 $63,360
Advertising sales agents 120 $16.97 $35,300
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 120 $18.45 $38,370
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 120 $16.36 $34,020
Gaming managers 120 $38.80 $80,710
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 120 $10.63 $22,100
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 120 $18.79 $39,080
Physical therapists 120 $30.86 $64,200
Tire repairers and changers 120 $10.15 $21,110
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 110 $22.22 $46,230
Architectural and civil drafters 110 $18.83 $39,160
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 110 $14.48 $30,120
Computer operators 110 $14.49 $30,130
Dental hygienists 110 $26.82 $55,790
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 110 $25.45 $52,940
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $19.93 $41,460
Librarians 110 $23.10 $48,040
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 110 Not available Not available
Sales managers 110 $40.20 $83,620
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 110 $18.04 $37,520
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 110 $8.62 $17,930
Amusement and recreation attendants 100 $9.60 $19,960
Computer programmers 100 $27.72 $57,660
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 100 $25.05 $52,100
Home health aides 100 $9.38 $19,510
Industrial production managers 100 $28.02 $58,270
Logisticians 100 $28.07 $58,390
Medical and public health social workers 100 $22.22 $46,210
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 $15.22 $31,660
Network systems and data communications analysts 100 $29.67 $61,720
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 100 $14.38 $29,910
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $13.21 $27,480
Printing machine operators 100 $14.55 $30,260
Respiratory therapists 100 $19.69 $40,950
Architects, except landscape and naval 90 $33.58 $69,850
Business teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $60,610
Computer and information systems managers 90 $33.77 $70,250
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 90 $16.73 $34,790
Construction and building inspectors 90 $20.35 $42,330
Couriers and messengers 90 $9.56 $19,890
Electronics engineers, except computer 90 $37.65 $78,320
Financial specialists, all other 90 $30.68 $63,820
Graphic designers 90 $19.42 $40,380
Legal secretaries 90 $17.13 $35,640
Mechanical engineers 90 $32.46 $67,510
Office machine operators, except computer 90 $12.46 $25,910
Order clerks 90 $13.96 $29,030
Real estate sales agents 90 $18.49 $38,470
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 90 $36.13 $75,160
Sheet metal workers 90 $18.08 $37,620
Butchers and meat cutters 80 $13.16 $27,370
Court, municipal, and license clerks 80 $13.12 $27,290
Data entry keyers 80 $12.23 $25,450
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 80 $15.46 $32,160
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $13.23 $27,520
Industrial engineers 80 $26.74 $55,620
Industrial machinery mechanics 80 $18.83 $39,160
Logging equipment operators 80 $14.58 $30,320
Machine feeders and offbearers 80 $11.52 $23,960
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 80 $10.49 $21,820
Pest control workers 80 $12.47 $25,940
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 80 $10.72 $22,300
Property, real estate, and community association managers 80 $18.67 $38,830
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 80 $12.66 $26,340
Social and human service assistants 80 $15.95 $33,180
Training and development specialists 80 $19.73 $41,040
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $54,160
Bakers 70 $11.15 $23,190
Chemical engineers 70 $42.31 $88,000
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $31.69 $65,920
Dentists, general 70 $90.74 $188,730
Education administrators, postsecondary 70 $35.81 $74,490
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 70 $20.75 $43,160
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $26.92 $55,990
Library assistants, clerical 70 $9.32 $19,390
Loan interviewers and clerks 70 $14.20 $29,530
Machinists 70 $17.93 $37,300
Marketing managers 70 $40.70 $84,670
Nonfarm animal caretakers 70 $9.67 $20,120
Occupational therapists 70 $34.82 $72,420
Physicians and surgeons, all other 70 $103.13 $214,510
Procurement clerks 70 $18.08 $37,610
Special education teachers, secondary school 70 Not available $48,390
Surveying and mapping technicians 70 $16.00 $33,280
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 70 $21.48 $44,680
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 70 $13.87 $28,850
Word processors and typists 70 $12.46 $25,910
Budget analysts 60 $29.09 $60,500
Coaches and scouts 60 Not available $40,060
Concierges 60 $9.62 $20,010
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 60 $21.01 $43,700
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 60 $24.09 $50,110
Helpers--carpenters 60 $11.09 $23,060
Legislators 60 Not available $30,950
Lodging managers 60 $23.28 $48,410
Managers, all other 60 $40.20 $83,610
Market research analysts 60 Not available Not available
Office and administrative support workers, all other 60 $19.34 $40,240
Pharmacy aides 60 Not available Not available
Physical therapist assistants 60 $15.49 $32,220
Special education teachers, middle school 60 Not available $46,910
Technical writers 60 $21.27 $44,250
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $37.55 $78,090
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $10.34 $21,500
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 60 $14.95 $31,090
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 50 $19.68 $40,930
Conservation scientists 50 $24.42 $50,800
Crossing guards 50 $12.57 $26,140
Database administrators 50 $24.76 $51,490
Emergency management specialists 50 $18.80 $39,100
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $11.46 $23,830
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 50 $20.84 $43,350
Internists, general 50 $97.78 $203,380
Library technicians 50 $11.45 $23,820
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 50 $9.65 $20,080
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $59,220
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Roofers 50 $15.77 $32,810
Social scientists and related workers, all other 50 $33.45 $69,590
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 50 $16.56 $34,440
Telemarketers 50 Not available Not available
Bailiffs 40 $12.23 $25,440
Bridge and lock tenders 40 $10.83 $22,530
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 40 Not available Not available
Chemical plant and system operators 40 $21.19 $44,070
Chemists 40 $35.24 $73,310
Civil engineering technicians 40 $17.15 $35,660
Compensation and benefits managers 40 $33.25 $69,150
Crane and tower operators 40 $22.04 $45,850
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $23.62 $49,130
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 40 $28.53 $59,330
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 40 $14.10 $29,330
Helpers--roofers 40 $12.71 $26,450
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 40 $20.91 $43,480
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $26.87 $55,900
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 40 $13.10 $27,240
Personal financial advisors 40 $19.18 $39,890
Pipelayers 40 $14.38 $29,910
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $11.29 $23,470
Public relations managers 40 $29.14 $60,610
Purchasing managers 40 $39.65 $82,460
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 40 $11.90 $24,760
Sales representatives, services, all other 40 $30.09 $62,580
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $19.61 $40,780
Tile and marble setters 40 $15.84 $32,940
Urban and regional planners 40 $19.02 $39,560
Veterinarians 40 $33.07 $68,790
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 40 $12.00 $24,970
Environmental engineers 30 $33.83 $70,360
Floral designers 30 $10.10 $21,000
Health educators 30 Not available Not available
Massage therapists 30 $10.78 $22,430
Mechanical drafters 30 $20.24 $42,100
Medical transcriptionists 30 $13.86 $28,820
Meeting and convention planners 30 $23.28 $48,430
Meter readers, utilities 30 $12.86 $26,740
Vocational education teachers, middle school 30 Not available $50,020
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 30 $22.27 $46,330
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Not available $16.24 $33,780
Brickmasons and blockmasons Not available $22.25 $46,280
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $15.28 $31,780
Chemical technicians Not available $16.69 $34,720
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $25.85 $53,760
Commercial pilots Not available Not available $68,640
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $29.40 $61,140
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Not available $10.41 $21,650
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders Not available $9.03 $18,770
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.83 $28,760
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $15.22 $31,660
Foresters Not available $25.07 $52,150
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $13.12 $27,290
Helpers--production workers Not available $8.98 $18,680
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $21.20 $44,100
Marine engineers and naval architects Not available $29.60 $61,560
New accounts clerks Not available $12.29 $25,560
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $16.90 $35,150
Physical therapist aides Not available $10.14 $21,090
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $20.09 $41,780
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $20.53 $42,700
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $56,220
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