Occupational employment / Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

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 "Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 99,790 $17.60 $36,610
Office and administrative support occupations 20,180 $14.18 $29,490
Sales and related occupations 10,660 $13.94 $29,000
Transportation and material moving occupations 9,520 $15.80 $32,860
Food preparation and serving related occupations 9,290 $9.39 $19,530
Production occupations 7,240 $17.15 $35,660
Education, training, and library occupations 6,080 $19.24 $40,010
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 5,300 $31.79 $66,120
Construction and extraction occupations 4,970 $17.91 $37,250
Retail salespersons 3,870 $11.11 $23,100
Business and financial operations occupations 3,480 $29.19 $60,720
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,290 $17.96 $37,360
Management occupations 3,280 $40.43 $84,100
Cashiers 3,230 $8.75 $18,200
Healthcare support occupations 3,230 $12.65 $26,310
Customer service representatives 3,100 $13.07 $27,180
Protective service occupations 2,910 $19.04 $39,610
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,780 $11.49 $23,900
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,690 $14.82 $30,820
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,470 $8.54 $17,750
Office clerks, general 2,340 $12.34 $25,660
Personal care and service occupations 2,030 $10.49 $21,820
Registered nurses 1,990 $28.93 $60,180
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,930 $10.59 $22,030
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,850 $19.62 $40,810
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,810 $31.74 $66,020
Waiters and waitresses 1,660 $9.27 $19,270
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,500 $13.53 $28,140
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,440 Not available $45,640
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,400 $11.48 $23,870
Team assemblers 1,340 $18.86 $39,220
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,330 $12.92 $26,860
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,230 $14.36 $29,870
General and operations managers 1,180 $45.38 $94,380
Community and social services occupations 1,160 $18.36 $38,190
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,120 $18.85 $39,210
Food preparation workers 1,040 $8.97 $18,660
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,020 $14.85 $30,880
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 990 Not available $44,810
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 980 $21.97 $45,700
Maintenance and repair workers, general 960 $16.88 $35,110
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 940 $15.45 $32,130
Packers and packagers, hand 940 $12.36 $25,710
Architecture and engineering occupations 930 $30.33 $63,080
Teacher assistants 890 Not available $22,990
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 850 Not available $48,350
Construction laborers 820 $14.30 $29,740
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 800 $16.04 $33,360
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 780 $29.87 $62,130
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 740 $16.32 $33,940
Electricians 680 $19.90 $41,390
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 680 $14.06 $29,250
Receptionists and information clerks 670 $11.21 $23,320
Carpenters 660 $16.85 $35,050
Computer specialists, all other 650 $40.91 $85,100
Home health aides 640 $9.48 $19,730
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 630 $9.03 $18,780
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 590 $20.09 $41,780
Tellers 590 $13.36 $27,790
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 570 $19.16 $39,850
Security guards 570 $11.35 $23,610
Legal occupations 520 $30.02 $62,440
Dishwashers 510 $7.97 $16,570
All other information and record clerks 500 $16.69 $34,720
Bartenders 500 $9.12 $18,970
Helpers--production workers 500 $16.10 $33,490
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 470 $13.55 $28,180
Data entry keyers 460 $9.98 $20,750
Driver/sales workers 460 Not available Not available
Accountants and auditors 440 $27.34 $56,870
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 440 $16.93 $35,210
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 440 $17.27 $35,930
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 440 $11.42 $23,750
Medical secretaries 440 $13.27 $27,600
Cooks, restaurant 420 $11.18 $23,260
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 420 $9.44 $19,640
Computer support specialists 410 $20.39 $42,400
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 400 $17.18 $35,740
Medical assistants 390 $13.49 $28,050
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 380 $25.69 $53,430
Counter and rental clerks 370 $10.58 $22,000
Business operations specialists, all other 360 $29.20 $60,740
Child care workers 360 $9.97 $20,740
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 350 $10.90 $22,680
Life, physical, and social science occupations 350 $24.88 $51,760
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 340 $29.21 $60,760
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 320 $17.15 $35,670
Recreation workers 320 $10.28 $21,390
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 310 $12.03 $25,020
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 310 $19.44 $40,430
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 310 $21.00 $43,690
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 300 $7.87 $16,370
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 290 $7.55 $15,700
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 290 $8.14 $16,920
Postal service mail carriers 290 Not available Not available
Financial managers 280 $42.93 $89,300
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 280 $25.75 $53,570
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 270 $26.48 $55,080
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 260 Not available $71,060
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 260 $16.60 $34,530
Printing machine operators 260 $20.23 $42,080
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 250 $13.02 $27,080
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 250 $8.51 $17,700
Paralegals and legal assistants 250 $20.37 $42,380
Pharmacy technicians 250 $12.71 $26,440
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 250 $16.19 $33,680
Cooks, short order 240 $9.59 $19,940
Food servers, nonrestaurant 240 $9.99 $20,770
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 240 Not available $43,800
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 230 $25.60 $53,260
Parts salespersons 230 $14.31 $29,770
Cooks, fast food 220 $8.02 $16,670
Healthcare support workers, all other 220 $15.17 $31,540
Medical and health services managers 220 $37.53 $78,060
Preschool teachers, except special education 220 $11.89 $24,740
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 210 $17.89 $37,210
Physicians and surgeons, all other 210 $90.95 $189,180
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 200 $8.35 $17,370
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 200 $12.35 $25,690
Loan officers 200 $25.42 $52,870
Management analysts 200 $35.60 $74,040
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 190 $18.26 $37,970
Insurance sales agents 190 Not available Not available
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 190 $12.00 $24,950
Pharmacists 190 $49.51 $102,970
Sales representatives, services, all other 190 $21.35 $44,400
Bindery workers 180 $14.05 $29,220
Industrial machinery mechanics 180 $21.34 $44,400
Social and human service assistants 180 $11.68 $24,290
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 180 Not available $44,580
Bus drivers, school 170 $12.94 $26,910
Dental assistants 170 $15.35 $31,930
Helpers--carpenters 170 $13.58 $28,240
Librarians 170 $21.77 $45,290
Teachers and instructors, all other 170 Not available $50,750
Advertising sales agents 160 $24.99 $51,970
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 160 $9.56 $19,880
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 160 $17.29 $35,970
Lawyers 160 $50.28 $104,580
Real estate sales agents 160 $16.47 $34,260
Automotive body and related repairers 150 $16.34 $33,990
Brickmasons and blockmasons 150 $21.92 $45,590
Child, family, and school social workers 150 $15.54 $32,310
Computer systems analysts 150 $29.55 $61,460
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 150 $23.61 $49,110
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 150 $16.23 $33,760
Office and administrative support workers, all other 150 $16.02 $33,310
Personal and home care aides 150 $9.17 $19,070
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 140 $14.24 $29,620
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 140 $26.62 $55,360
Computer software engineers, applications 140 $36.17 $75,240
Cost estimators 140 $24.36 $50,670
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 140 $27.12 $56,400
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 140 $22.49 $46,770
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 140 $27.69 $57,600
Machinists 140 $20.54 $42,730
Mechanical engineers 140 $38.47 $80,010
Medical records and health information technicians 140 $15.85 $32,970
Production workers, all other 140 $15.44 $32,120
Psychiatric aides 140 $11.99 $24,940
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 130 $21.56 $44,850
Computer operators 130 $15.94 $33,150
Dental hygienists 130 $31.08 $64,650
Legal secretaries 130 $14.43 $30,000
New accounts clerks 130 $14.68 $30,540
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $8.57 $17,830
Order clerks 130 $18.15 $37,750
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $25.12 $52,240
Administrative services managers 120 $30.20 $62,820
Fire fighters 120 $19.76 $41,100
Food service managers 120 $22.84 $47,510
Graphic designers 120 $18.52 $38,530
Helpers--electricians 120 $14.74 $30,660
Managers, all other 120 $40.93 $85,140
Sales managers 120 $42.45 $88,290
Chief executives 110 $58.24 $121,140
Computer programmers 110 $25.69 $53,430
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $14.26 $29,660
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 110 $34.42 $71,600
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $14.14 $29,400
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 110 $14.46 $30,080
Prepress technicians and workers 110 $18.42 $38,320
Special education teachers, secondary school 110 Not available $41,910
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 110 $20.32 $42,260
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 110 $34.86 $72,510
Butchers and meat cutters 100 $14.33 $29,800
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 100 $15.95 $33,180
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 100 $16.95 $35,250
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 100 $15.48 $32,200
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 100 $13.71 $28,530
Insurance underwriters 100 $21.62 $44,970
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $16.82 $34,980
Network systems and data communications analysts 100 $22.94 $47,710
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $13.30 $27,660
Radiologic technologists and technicians 100 $22.62 $47,050
Sheet metal workers 100 $19.61 $40,790
Training and development specialists 100 $20.74 $43,150
Computer and information systems managers 90 $50.50 $105,050
Computer software engineers, systems software 90 $37.43 $77,850
Construction managers 90 $39.63 $82,440
File clerks 90 $11.78 $24,490
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 90 $12.87 $26,770
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 90 $15.13 $31,470
Library assistants, clerical 90 $10.04 $20,880
Medical transcriptionists 90 $13.81 $28,720
Network and computer systems administrators 90 $30.83 $64,120
Speech-language pathologists 90 $33.44 $69,550
Surgical technologists 90 $18.66 $38,820
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $11.97 $24,900
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 90 $15.26 $31,740
Job printers 80 $15.92 $33,120
Painters, construction and maintenance 80 $14.26 $29,660
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 80 $23.09 $48,040
Rehabilitation counselors 80 $14.99 $31,180
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers 80 $31.16 $64,810
Respiratory therapists 80 $24.16 $50,250
Self-enrichment education teachers 80 $20.08 $41,770
Tire repairers and changers 80 $11.89 $24,740
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 70 $20.38 $42,400
Bakers 70 $8.60 $17,880
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 70 $17.77 $36,960
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $32.99 $68,610
Furniture finishers 70 $11.81 $24,570
Opticians, dispensing 70 $16.59 $34,510
Pest control workers 70 $17.36 $36,100
Pharmacy aides 70 $9.31 $19,370
Physical therapists 70 $38.11 $79,270
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Protective service workers, all other 70 $17.54 $36,490
Public relations specialists 70 $18.08 $37,600
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 70 $12.65 $26,300
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 70 $10.74 $22,330
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 60 $16.63 $34,590
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $23.01 $47,870
Engineers, all other 60 $37.25 $77,480
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 60 $19.32 $40,180
Food batchmakers 60 $13.12 $27,280
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 60 $16.16 $33,620
Industrial engineers 60 $34.35 $71,450
Industrial production managers 60 $38.03 $79,110
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 60 $13.53 $28,140
Medical and public health social workers 60 $18.83 $39,160
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $15.42 $32,070
Physician assistants 60 $39.09 $81,310
Pipelayers 60 $15.70 $32,660
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 60 Not available Not available
Radio and television announcers 60 $11.38 $23,660
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 60 $34.34 $71,430
Surveyors 60 $19.57 $40,710
Construction and building inspectors 50 $18.08 $37,600
Database administrators 50 $24.91 $51,820
Dentists, general 50 $85.19 $177,200
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 $31.88 $66,310
Diagnostic medical sonographers 50 $29.04 $60,410
Editors 50 $20.61 $42,860
Engineering managers 50 $43.37 $90,210
Family and general practitioners 50 $72.29 $150,370
Farm equipment mechanics 50 $15.19 $31,600
Floral designers 50 $9.96 $20,720
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 50 $25.93 $53,940
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 50 $15.41 $32,060
Machine feeders and offbearers 50 $13.57 $28,220
Maintenance workers, machinery 50 $17.71 $36,840
Marketing managers 50 $38.21 $79,480
Massage therapists 50 $16.35 $34,010
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 50 $19.69 $40,950
Motor vehicle operators, all other 50 $16.03 $33,350
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $16.72 $34,780
Photographers 50 $11.30 $23,500
Procurement clerks 50 $17.06 $35,470
Reporters and correspondents 50 Not available Not available
Sales and related workers, all other 50 $15.05 $31,300
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 50 $37.61 $78,220
Social and community service managers 50 $23.13 $48,100
Social workers, all other 50 $30.04 $62,480
Surveying and mapping technicians 50 $17.07 $35,510
Upholsterers 50 $12.51 $26,020
Amusement and recreation attendants 40 $7.59 $15,790
Architects, except landscape and naval 40 Not available Not available
Avionics technicians 40 $25.37 $52,770
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 40 $12.14 $25,240
Community and social service specialists, all other 40 $15.90 $33,070
Conveyor operators and tenders 40 $13.72 $28,540
Couriers and messengers 40 $12.76 $26,550
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $28.87 $60,050
Education administrators, postsecondary 40 $33.47 $69,620
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 40 $21.76 $45,260
Financial specialists, all other 40 $22.69 $47,190
Helpers, construction trades, all other 40 $12.01 $24,970
Market research analysts 40 $31.35 $65,210
Mechanical drafters 40 $25.33 $52,690
Occupational therapists 40 $36.72 $76,390
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 40 $14.69 $30,560
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 40 $12.55 $26,110
Photographic processing machine operators 40 $9.58 $19,920
Physical therapist assistants 40 $21.32 $44,350
Recreational vehicle service technicians 40 $14.03 $29,190
Security and fire alarm systems installers 40 $18.10 $37,660
Veterinarians 40 $43.36 $90,200
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 40 $9.36 $19,460
Veterinary technologists and technicians 40 $13.97 $29,050
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 40 $18.29 $38,050
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 30 $27.72 $57,650
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 30 $26.45 $55,020
Crane and tower operators 30 $14.87 $30,920
Demonstrators and product promoters 30 $10.57 $21,980
Health educators 30 $26.39 $54,890
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 30 $26.22 $54,540
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 30 $22.77 $47,360
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $8.97 $18,650
Audiologists Not available $28.46 $59,190
Cement masons and concrete finishers Not available $15.98 $33,240
Chefs and head cooks Not available $19.56 $40,690
Chemical technicians Not available $17.21 $35,800
Civil engineers Not available $36.80 $76,540
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $29.34 $61,030
Coaches and scouts Not available Not available $20,380
Credit analysts Not available $35.67 $74,190
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $17.84 $37,110
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $16.11 $33,520
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Not available $10.21 $21,230
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Not available $9.81 $20,400
Financial analysts Not available $24.24 $50,410
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $10.15 $21,110
Internists, general Not available $66.06 $137,400
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $20.04 $41,690
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $19.48 $40,510
Proofreaders and copy markers Not available $13.70 $28,500
Surgeons Not available More than $70 More than $145,600
Tax preparers Not available $14.66 $30,500
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $21.94 $45,640
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Not available $7.68 $15,970
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $17.64 $36,690
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