Occupational employment / Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

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 "Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 157,760 $16.44 $34,190
Production occupations 34,970 $14.17 $29,460
Office and administrative support occupations 20,440 $13.94 $28,990
Transportation and material moving occupations 15,660 $15.04 $31,280
Sales and related occupations 14,140 $14.42 $29,990
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,450 $8.79 $18,280
Education, training, and library occupations 9,200 $18.32 $38,100
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,190 $30.67 $63,790
Healthcare support occupations 7,610 $11.34 $23,600
Management occupations 5,700 $42.68 $88,770
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,310 $17.81 $37,030
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 5,080 $7.82 $16,280
Home health aides 5,070 $10.46 $21,750
Retail salespersons 4,670 $11.40 $23,720
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 4,660 $11.80 $24,550
Construction and extraction occupations 4,570 $15.55 $32,340
Team assemblers 4,230 $12.46 $25,910
Cashiers 4,020 $8.19 $17,030
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 3,930 $21.18 $44,050
Protective service occupations 3,600 $14.57 $30,310
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,540 $10.47 $21,770
Registered nurses 3,330 $26.26 $54,620
Business and financial operations occupations 3,130 $25.99 $54,050
Upholsterers 2,820 $18.38 $38,230
Helpers--production workers 2,620 $12.16 $25,290
Sewing machine operators 2,590 $14.21 $29,550
Personal care and service occupations 2,500 $9.80 $20,380
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 2,180 $21.46 $44,630
Waiters and waitresses 2,170 $8.29 $17,250
Community and social services occupations 2,100 $18.79 $39,080
Office clerks, general 2,060 $11.66 $24,250
General and operations managers 1,970 $49.97 $103,940
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,970 $13.20 $27,460
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,860 Not available $41,450
Customer service representatives 1,850 $14.33 $29,800
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,800 $24.91 $51,820
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,790 $10.08 $20,960
Teacher assistants 1,770 Not available $20,090
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,750 $14.79 $30,760
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,730 $16.61 $34,550
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,730 $10.17 $21,150
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,650 $17.44 $36,270
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 1,470 $12.84 $26,700
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,450 $13.52 $28,120
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,430 $26.50 $55,130
Packers and packagers, hand 1,390 $10.99 $22,860
Food preparation workers 1,280 $9.27 $19,280
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,250 $19.74 $41,060
Furniture finishers 1,220 $13.32 $27,710
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,200 $13.21 $27,480
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,200 $13.98 $29,080
Receptionists and information clerks 1,130 $11.19 $23,270
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 1,120 $13.16 $27,370
Correctional officers and jailers 1,120 $14.35 $29,850
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,120 $17.48 $36,360
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 1,080 $12.60 $26,210
Computer and mathematical occupations 990 $26.89 $55,940
Industrial truck and tractor operators 970 $13.75 $28,600
Cutters and trimmers, hand 940 $15.76 $32,780
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 930 $17.21 $35,790
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 930 $10.74 $22,350
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 900 Not available Not available
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders 880 $11.01 $22,900
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 850 $12.91 $26,850
Cooks, restaurant 790 $8.93 $18,570
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 780 $19.69 $40,950
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 730 $8.91 $18,530
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 730 $17.20 $35,770
Life, physical, and social science occupations 720 $24.42 $50,790
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 710 Not available $40,470
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders 700 $11.11 $23,120
Accountants and auditors 690 $27.82 $57,860
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 680 $10.47 $21,770
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 680 Not available $40,980
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 650 $11.93 $24,800
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 650 $12.51 $26,020
Personal and home care aides 640 $8.53 $17,740
Child care workers 630 $9.26 $19,260
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 630 Not available $42,130
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 610 $21.75 $45,240
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 600 $13.75 $28,600
Bus drivers, school 580 $12.14 $25,240
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 570 $11.53 $23,980
Security guards 560 $10.31 $21,440
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 550 $16.68 $34,700
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 550 $12.73 $26,490
Construction laborers 540 $13.41 $27,890
Machinists 540 $15.29 $31,810
Medical assistants 540 $13.52 $28,120
Social and human service assistants 540 $13.81 $28,720
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 520 $15.80 $32,870
Industrial machinery mechanics 520 $16.93 $35,220
Pharmacy technicians 500 $12.44 $25,880
Industrial production managers 490 $35.04 $72,880
Preschool teachers, except special education 490 $10.80 $22,470
Tellers 490 $11.25 $23,400
Carpenters 480 $15.78 $32,820
Fire fighters 480 $13.20 $27,450
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 470 $20.07 $41,750
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 470 $25.80 $53,660
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 460 $11.52 $23,950
Financial managers 460 $40.01 $83,230
Driver/sales workers 450 $14.50 $30,160
Electricians 440 $15.52 $32,280
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 440 $18.57 $38,640
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 430 $12.45 $25,890
Machine feeders and offbearers 430 $11.54 $24,000
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 430 $15.23 $31,680
Legal occupations 420 $29.83 $62,040
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 400 $13.04 $27,130
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders 400 $14.83 $30,840
Dental assistants 390 $16.09 $33,460
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 390 $25.11 $52,230
Postal service mail carriers 390 Not available Not available
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 390 $14.03 $29,180
Business operations specialists, all other 370 $29.97 $62,340
Industrial engineers 360 $29.34 $61,030
Child, family, and school social workers 350 $20.83 $43,330
Counter and rental clerks 330 $10.22 $21,250
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 330 $14.30 $29,750
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 330 $7.99 $16,620
Sales managers 330 $49.73 $103,430
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 320 Not available $37,010
Pharmacists 320 $53.11 $110,470
Computer support specialists 310 $19.77 $41,110
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 310 $10.20 $21,220
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 310 $14.70 $30,580
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 310 $13.85 $28,820
Order clerks 310 $13.58 $28,240
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 310 $22.55 $46,910
Dishwashers 300 $8.19 $17,040
Healthcare support workers, all other 300 $12.02 $25,010
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 300 $16.58 $34,490
Radiologic technologists and technicians 300 $22.32 $46,420
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 290 $18.01 $37,460
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders 290 $12.03 $25,030
Sales representatives, services, all other 290 $27.37 $56,930
Loan officers 280 $22.37 $46,530
Medical secretaries 280 $12.56 $26,130
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 270 Not available $65,860
Mental health counselors 260 $21.22 $44,140
Sheet metal workers 260 $15.15 $31,510
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 250 $15.99 $33,260
Bill and account collectors 240 $13.96 $29,040
Medical records and health information technicians 240 $13.37 $27,820
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 240 $15.35 $31,920
Fabric and apparel patternmakers 230 $17.36 $36,110
Medical and health services managers 230 $36.95 $76,860
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 230 $9.75 $20,280
Data entry keyers 220 $11.88 $24,710
Family and general practitioners 220 $94.08 $195,690
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 220 $15.42 $32,080
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 210 $22.29 $46,350
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 210 $15.05 $31,300
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 210 $36.78 $76,500
Insurance sales agents 210 $25.22 $52,450
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 210 $9.15 $19,020
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 210 $15.71 $32,680
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 210 $16.65 $34,630
Switchboard operators, including answering service 210 $11.28 $23,450
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 200 $14.47 $30,100
Construction managers 200 $40.22 $83,670
Graphic designers 200 $18.58 $38,650
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 200 $11.89 $24,740
Helpers--electricians 200 $11.25 $23,400
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 200 $8.72 $18,140
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 200 $20.13 $41,860
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 200 $25.27 $52,550
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 200 $14.09 $29,300
Cooks, short order 190 $9.43 $19,610
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 190 $9.06 $18,850
Mechanical engineers 190 $30.50 $63,430
Printing machine operators 190 $15.10 $31,410
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 180 $7.24 $15,050
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $13.25 $27,550
Food service managers 180 $22.51 $46,830
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 180 $14.74 $30,660
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 180 Not available Not available
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 180 $11.97 $24,890
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 170 $10.49 $21,810
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 170 $16.18 $33,650
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 170 $12.49 $25,980
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 170 $7.66 $15,940
Market research analysts 170 $32.12 $66,800
Network and computer systems administrators 170 $29.31 $60,970
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 170 $12.09 $25,140
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 170 $13.70 $28,500
Recreation workers 170 $11.80 $24,550
Teachers and instructors, all other 170 Not available $34,160
Amusement and recreation attendants 160 $7.95 $16,530
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 160 $11.10 $23,090
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 160 $20.28 $42,180
Lawyers 160 $47.81 $99,450
Librarians 160 $21.90 $45,560
Maintenance workers, machinery 160 $16.36 $34,040
Paralegals and legal assistants 160 $16.13 $33,550
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 160 $9.73 $20,240
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 160 Not available $44,730
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 160 $11.81 $24,570
Automotive body and related repairers 150 $16.63 $34,590
Computer and information systems managers 150 $44.85 $93,290
Computer programmers 150 $30.80 $64,060
Engineering managers 150 $40.77 $84,800
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 150 $14.09 $29,300
Painters, construction and maintenance 150 $13.51 $28,100
Bakers 140 $12.97 $26,980
Brickmasons and blockmasons 140 $16.94 $35,230
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 140 $17.83 $37,080
Instructional coordinators 140 $27.20 $56,590
Managers, all other 140 $36.39 $75,700
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 140 $33.23 $69,130
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 140 $15.58 $32,410
Education administrators, postsecondary 130 $32.00 $66,570
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 130 $16.48 $34,270
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 130 $16.52 $34,370
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 130 $23.44 $48,750
Marketing managers 130 $51.39 $106,880
Production workers, all other 130 $11.44 $23,800
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 130 $27.14 $56,450
Special education teachers, secondary school 130 Not available $45,990
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 120 $20.88 $43,430
Chief executives 120 $82.71 $172,030
Community and social service specialists, all other 120 $18.23 $37,910
Computer systems analysts 120 $27.90 $58,030
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 120 $18.10 $37,640
Cost estimators 120 $23.63 $49,150
Glaziers 120 $14.40 $29,950
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.06 $29,250
Physician assistants 120 $39.25 $81,630
Roofers 120 $15.42 $32,080
Veterinary technologists and technicians 120 $10.93 $22,730
Administrative services managers 110 $31.09 $64,670
Advertising sales agents 110 $19.53 $40,630
Detectives and criminal investigators 110 $20.00 $41,600
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $13.62 $28,340
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $55,360
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $14.79 $30,770
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 110 $12.00 $24,970
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 110 $24.74 $51,460
Medical transcriptionists 110 $15.12 $31,450
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 110 $18.28 $38,020
Real estate sales agents 110 Not available Not available
Respiratory therapists 110 $24.11 $50,140
Surgical technologists 110 $19.13 $39,790
Tool and die makers 110 $17.81 $37,050
Coaches and scouts 100 Not available $26,560
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 100 $24.95 $51,890
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 100 $24.44 $50,840
Food batchmakers 100 $8.66 $18,020
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 100 $18.45 $38,370
Industrial engineering technicians 100 $20.37 $42,370
Job printers 100 $18.99 $39,510
Medical and public health social workers 100 $20.98 $43,640
Nonfarm animal caretakers 100 $8.86 $18,420
Occupational therapists 100 $30.35 $63,120
Patternmakers, wood 100 $14.09 $29,310
Physical therapists 100 $35.58 $74,000
Purchasing managers 100 $38.80 $80,710
Real estate brokers 100 $15.91 $33,090
Self-enrichment education teachers 100 $20.87 $43,410
Slaughterers and meat packers 100 $8.16 $16,980
Social and community service managers 100 $24.50 $50,960
Surgeons 100 $75.00 More than $145,600
Training and development specialists 100 $21.33 $44,360
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $12.88 $26,790
Computer software engineers, applications 90 $32.36 $67,310
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 90 $7.48 $15,560
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 90 $21.67 $45,070
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 90 $16.77 $34,890
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $58,090
Library technicians 90 $14.48 $30,110
Management analysts 90 Not available Not available
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $54,200
Meter readers, utilities 90 $15.27 $31,760
Personal financial advisors 90 $33.87 $70,450
Public relations specialists 90 $20.32 $42,260
Rehabilitation counselors 90 $19.29 $40,130
Speech-language pathologists 90 $29.12 $60,570
Surveying and mapping technicians 90 $16.39 $34,100
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $58,600
Business teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $63,660
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $14.42 $30,000
File clerks 80 $11.07 $23,020
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 80 $14.25 $29,640
Helpers--carpenters 80 $10.52 $21,870
Highway maintenance workers 80 $13.30 $27,670
Interpreters and translators 80 $12.71 $26,440
Loan interviewers and clerks 80 $14.01 $29,150
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 80 $8.70 $18,110
Special education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $40,050
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 80 $21.05 $43,790
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $23.88 $49,680
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 70 $21.96 $45,680
Diagnostic medical sonographers 70 $26.87 $55,880
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 70 $21.30 $44,300
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 70 $23.32 $48,510
Floral designers 70 $10.02 $20,830
Food servers, nonrestaurant 70 $9.04 $18,800
Funeral attendants 70 $10.51 $21,860
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 70 $16.60 $34,540
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 70 $12.64 $26,280
Mechanical engineering technicians 70 $26.35 $54,820
Model makers, wood 70 $15.35 $31,930
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 70 $11.57 $24,070
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $59,700
Opticians, dispensing 70 $17.53 $36,460
Pest control workers 70 $13.78 $28,660
Physical therapist assistants 70 $22.42 $46,640
Pipelayers 70 $14.39 $29,930
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 70 $44.11 $91,740
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 70 $14.00 $29,130
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 70 $22.92 $47,680
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $58,250
Cement masons and concrete finishers 60 $14.45 $30,060
Civil engineers 60 $31.60 $65,720
Court, municipal, and license clerks 60 $14.72 $30,630
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 60 $13.35 $27,770
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 60 $23.64 $49,180
Library assistants, clerical 60 $11.01 $22,900
New accounts clerks 60 $12.80 $26,630
Obstetricians and gynecologists 60 $95.99 $199,650
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 60 $14.04 $29,200
Photographers 60 $13.67 $28,440
Procurement clerks 60 $15.55 $32,350
Protective service workers, all other 60 $13.79 $28,670
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other 60 $11.08 $23,060
Tour guides and escorts 60 $8.04 $16,710
Word processors and typists 60 $12.15 $25,280
All other information and record clerks 50 $16.08 $33,440
Chefs and head cooks 50 $14.90 $30,990
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $56,040
Construction and building inspectors 50 $18.89 $39,290
Couriers and messengers 50 $11.44 $23,800
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $22.21 $46,210
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 50 $14.88 $30,950
Electrical engineers 50 $34.45 $71,650
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 50 $15.08 $31,370
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers 50 $13.36 $27,790
Financial analysts 50 $32.19 $66,950
Mechanical drafters 50 $23.38 $48,640
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 50 $19.25 $40,040
Network systems and data communications analysts 50 $27.18 $56,540
Occupational therapist assistants 50 $23.80 $49,510
Photographic processing machine operators 50 $9.29 $19,330
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 50 $10.07 $20,940
Animal control workers 40 $12.26 $25,500
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $19.74 $41,050
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 40 $15.34 $31,910
Commercial and industrial designers 40 $35.49 $73,820
Computer operators 40 $15.13 $31,470
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $40.44 $84,110
Craft artists 40 $14.86 $30,910
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $49,170
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 40 $17.34 $36,070
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 40 $19.97 $41,530
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $34.42 $71,590
Emergency management specialists 40 $21.10 $43,900
Financial specialists, all other 40 $24.63 $51,230
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $23.23 $48,310
Logisticians 40 $28.18 $58,620
Office and administrative support workers, all other 40 $17.19 $35,750
Photographic process workers 40 $15.66 $32,570
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 40 $12.71 $26,430
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 40 $12.38 $25,740
Urban and regional planners 40 $23.23 $48,320
Vocational education teachers, middle school 40 Not available $39,920
Commercial pilots 30 Not available $58,470
Database administrators 30 $28.41 $59,090
Electrical and electronics drafters 30 $21.16 $44,010
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $15.40 $32,030
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $56,300
Security and fire alarm systems installers 30 $18.93 $39,380
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $59,000
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 30 $25.48 $53,000
Veterinarians 30 $55.75 $115,960
Bartenders Not available $8.70 $18,110
Civil engineering technicians Not available $19.15 $39,820
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Not available $25.29 $52,590
Construction and related workers, all other Not available $12.70 $26,420
Curators Not available $14.47 $30,100
Dental hygienists Not available $28.77 $59,840
Dentists, general Not available $77.60 $161,410
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay Not available $27.63 $57,470
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $13.71 $28,520
Farm equipment mechanics Not available $16.99 $35,330
Funeral directors Not available $40.49 $84,220
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Not available $10.60 $22,050
Medical equipment repairers Not available $20.73 $43,110
Parts salespersons Not available $11.57 $24,060
Power plant operators Not available $28.25 $58,750
Psychiatrists Not available $74.21 $154,360
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $18.23 $37,920
Tire builders Not available $12.60 $26,210
Tire repairers and changers Not available $12.59 $26,200
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Not available $26.13 $54,340
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