Occupational employment / Holland-Grand Haven, MI

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 "Holland-Grand Haven, MI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 108,190 $18.90 $39,310
Production occupations 18,890 $15.85 $32,970
Office and administrative support occupations 14,290 $15.13 $31,470
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,640 $14.36 $29,880
Sales and related occupations 9,510 $15.61 $32,460
Food preparation and serving related occupations 7,620 $9.31 $19,370
Education, training, and library occupations 6,100 $24.57 $51,100
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,900 $11.72 $24,380
Management occupations 4,890 $42.44 $88,270
Architecture and engineering occupations 4,760 $31.18 $64,860
Construction and extraction occupations 4,420 $19.44 $40,430
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,180 $20.89 $43,450
Business and financial operations occupations 3,860 $30.13 $62,670
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 3,490 $30.85 $64,180
Retail salespersons 3,430 $11.90 $24,750
Production workers, all other 2,990 $14.60 $30,360
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,680 $12.95 $26,940
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,580 $10.95 $22,770
Office clerks, general 2,580 $13.37 $27,810
Healthcare support occupations 2,350 $13.12 $27,300
Personal care and service occupations 2,210 $12.00 $24,960
Cashiers 2,180 $9.26 $19,270
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 1,940 Not available Not available
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,900 $18.24 $37,940
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,880 $30.16 $62,730
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,390 $15.03 $31,270
Team assemblers 1,340 $14.10 $29,330
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,330 $7.97 $16,570
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,240 $17.44 $36,270
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,210 $12.63 $26,270
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,160 $13.78 $28,660
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,150 $24.77 $51,520
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,090 $14.11 $29,340
Registered nurses 1,090 $27.12 $56,420
Business operations specialists, all other 1,060 $31.96 $66,480
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,030 $27.07 $56,300
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,020 $12.63 $26,260
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,000 Not available $54,030
General and operations managers 970 $43.71 $90,920
Engineers, all other 960 Not available Not available
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 940 $12.16 $25,290
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 930 $9.80 $20,380
Customer service representatives 920 $16.78 $34,890
Maintenance and repair workers, general 920 $19.16 $39,860
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 910 $15.31 $31,840
Receptionists and information clerks 910 $11.94 $24,840
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 900 $11.70 $24,330
Protective service occupations 890 $17.73 $36,870
Teachers and instructors, all other 880 Not available $68,210
Carpenters 810 $20.87 $43,410
Accountants and auditors 790 $28.03 $58,290
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 790 Not available $50,010
Teacher assistants 790 Not available $25,170
Cooks, restaurant 780 $9.67 $20,110
Industrial engineers 760 $31.75 $66,040
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 730 $12.77 $26,570
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 730 $14.87 $30,920
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 720 $20.58 $42,810
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 710 $18.85 $39,210
Machinists 710 $18.31 $38,090
Child care workers 690 $11.23 $23,350
Managers, all other 660 $44.00 $91,510
Counter and rental clerks 600 $9.46 $19,670
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 590 $20.62 $42,890
Life, physical, and social science occupations 590 $27.64 $57,490
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 590 $15.14 $31,500
Electricians 570 $19.84 $41,270
Community and social services occupations 560 $21.64 $45,010
Chief executives 510 $70.93 $147,530
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 510 $10.67 $22,190
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 510 $13.53 $28,150
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 500 $18.06 $37,570
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 500 $12.73 $26,470
Cooks, fast food 480 $8.11 $16,870
Food preparation workers 480 $9.20 $19,140
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 470 $14.38 $29,910
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 440 $8.16 $16,970
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 430 $17.24 $35,850
Bus drivers, school 420 $14.05 $29,220
Industrial machinery mechanics 420 $19.84 $41,270
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 420 $18.40 $38,270
Amusement and recreation attendants 410 $8.91 $18,530
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 410 $14.97 $31,140
Helpers--production workers 410 $10.40 $21,640
Mechanical engineers 410 $29.71 $61,800
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 410 $14.70 $30,570
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 410 $16.26 $33,820
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 400 $8.73 $18,150
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 400 Not available Not available
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 400 $21.86 $45,470
Construction laborers 390 $13.89 $28,880
Medical assistants 390 $14.16 $29,460
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 390 Not available $55,070
Recreation workers 390 $11.21 $23,320
Dishwashers 380 $8.12 $16,880
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 380 $32.85 $68,320
Cement masons and concrete finishers 370 $18.58 $38,650
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 370 $9.97 $20,750
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 370 $26.54 $55,210
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 370 $23.43 $48,740
Tool and die makers 370 $22.22 $46,230
Home health aides 360 $9.70 $20,170
Office and administrative support workers, all other 360 $15.63 $32,510
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 350 $22.52 $46,850
Food batchmakers 330 $13.60 $28,300
Postal service mail carriers 320 Not available Not available
Financial managers 310 $39.32 $81,790
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 300 $15.52 $32,290
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 300 $25.69 $53,440
Coaches and scouts 290 Not available $22,590
Engineering managers 290 $46.92 $97,600
Industrial production managers 290 $39.92 $83,040
Sales representatives, services, all other 290 $25.84 $53,740
Dental assistants 270 $18.06 $37,560
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 270 $25.30 $52,630
Preschool teachers, except special education 270 $11.44 $23,790
Sales managers 270 $41.18 $85,650
Security guards 260 $12.27 $25,530
Dental hygienists 250 $29.56 $61,480
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 250 $41.00 $85,270
Food service managers 240 $20.03 $41,660
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 240 $26.36 $54,820
Industrial engineering technicians 230 $20.43 $42,500
Driver/sales workers 220 $12.83 $26,690
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 220 $16.26 $33,810
Computer programmers 210 $28.54 $59,360
Computer support specialists 210 $19.70 $40,970
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 210 $15.87 $33,010
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 210 $24.16 $50,250
Tellers 210 $11.71 $24,350
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 200 $18.66 $38,810
Computer software engineers, systems software 200 $35.25 $73,320
Legal occupations 200 $37.49 $77,990
Cost estimators 190 $26.37 $54,840
Data entry keyers 190 $14.90 $30,980
Logisticians 190 $30.21 $62,830
Automotive body and related repairers 180 $23.40 $48,670
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 180 $10.59 $22,030
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 180 $12.66 $26,320
Computer systems analysts 170 $32.83 $68,290
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 170 $18.89 $39,300
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 170 $15.29 $31,790
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 170 $23.97 $49,860
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 170 $23.51 $48,890
Loan interviewers and clerks 170 $18.00 $37,440
Printing machine operators 170 $11.84 $24,620
Sales and related workers, all other 170 $15.88 $33,020
Administrative services managers 160 $24.05 $50,020
Brickmasons and blockmasons 160 $24.92 $51,840
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 160 $8.73 $18,160
Food servers, nonrestaurant 160 $10.08 $20,960
Graphic designers 160 $18.59 $38,670
Mechanical drafters 160 $20.43 $42,500
Network and computer systems administrators 160 $32.75 $68,120
Chefs and head cooks 150 $19.29 $40,130
Computer and information systems managers 150 $40.87 $85,010
Financial specialists, all other 150 $34.30 $71,350
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 150 $17.89 $37,200
Healthcare support workers, all other 150 $12.66 $26,340
Lawyers 150 $43.86 $91,230
Management analysts 150 $31.47 $65,460
Marketing managers 150 $35.25 $73,310
Network systems and data communications analysts 150 $31.63 $65,790
Pharmacy technicians 150 $13.32 $27,700
Physical therapists 150 $33.89 $70,500
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 $18.23 $37,920
Health technologists and technicians, all other 140 $21.19 $44,070
Insurance sales agents 140 Not available Not available
Library technicians 140 $13.82 $28,740
Machine feeders and offbearers 140 $12.89 $26,810
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 140 Not available Not available
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 140 $16.03 $33,340
Pharmacists 140 $44.21 $91,960
Bill and account collectors 130 $15.70 $32,650
Computer specialists, all other 130 $27.07 $56,310
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 130 $25.57 $53,190
Market research analysts 130 $31.06 $64,610
Medical and health services managers 130 $37.26 $77,510
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 130 $20.46 $42,560
Purchasing managers 130 $37.12 $77,210
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 130 $16.24 $33,770
Self-enrichment education teachers 130 $21.99 $45,730
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 130 Not available $52,870
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 120 $13.50 $28,080
Child, family, and school social workers 120 $24.73 $51,430
Family and general practitioners 120 $82.06 $170,680
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 120 $10.21 $21,240
Library assistants, clerical 120 $12.32 $25,620
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $15.55 $32,340
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 110 $22.88 $47,590
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 110 $12.05 $25,060
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 110 $9.28 $19,300
Librarians 110 $26.78 $55,700
Motor vehicle operators, all other 110 Not available Not available
Order clerks 110 $15.68 $32,620
Public relations specialists 110 $22.90 $47,640
Real estate sales agents 110 Not available Not available
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 110 $21.87 $45,490
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 110 $13.17 $27,400
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 100 $31.01 $64,490
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 100 $20.44 $42,520
Financial analysts 100 $32.76 $68,150
Fire fighters 100 $19.01 $39,540
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 100 $22.66 $47,120
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 100 $16.94 $35,240
Medical records and health information technicians 100 $15.49 $32,220
Roofers 100 $17.56 $36,530
Sales engineers 100 $32.97 $68,570
Bakers 90 $11.27 $23,440
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 90 Not available $85,450
Medical and public health social workers 90 $21.61 $44,950
Computer hardware engineers 80 $37.42 $77,840
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 80 $11.39 $23,700
Floral designers 80 $12.35 $25,700
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $15.71 $32,670
Physicians and surgeons, all other 80 $74.93 $155,840
Sewing machine operators 80 $12.48 $25,960
Speech-language pathologists 80 $33.65 $70,000
Switchboard operators, including answering service 80 $10.66 $22,180
Construction managers 70 $37.09 $77,140
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $15.29 $31,800
Instructional coordinators 70 $24.35 $50,640
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 70 Not available $40,800
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $20.06 $41,720
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $16.57 $34,460
Painters, transportation equipment 70 $27.21 $56,590
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 70 $14.65 $30,480
Radiologic technologists and technicians 70 $20.04 $41,690
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 70 $32.82 $68,260
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 70 $19.37 $40,280
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 70 $15.19 $31,590
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 60 $25.77 $53,600
Butchers and meat cutters 60 $13.25 $27,560
Chiropractors 60 $35.25 $73,320
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 60 $29.23 $60,800
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $20.85 $43,370
File clerks 60 $13.25 $27,560
Home appliance repairers 60 Not available Not available
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 60 $14.16 $29,450
Nonfarm animal caretakers 60 $9.35 $19,460
Occupational therapists 60 $32.19 $66,960
Special education teachers, middle school 60 Not available $56,100
Special education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $62,270
Tire repairers and changers 60 $14.21 $29,550
Travel agents 60 $11.69 $24,320
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 50 $30.69 $63,840
Commercial and industrial designers 50 $28.94 $60,200
Dentists, general 50 $78.35 $162,960
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 50 $16.82 $34,990
Human resources managers, all other 50 $41.35 $86,000
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $12.56 $26,130
Maintenance workers, machinery 50 $20.08 $41,770
Millwrights 50 $30.49 $63,420
Parts salespersons 50 $16.00 $33,280
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Slaughterers and meat packers 50 $13.18 $27,410
Training and development specialists 50 $26.55 $55,210
Advertising sales agents 40 $11.18 $23,250
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 40 $27.84 $57,910
Credit analysts 40 $23.06 $47,970
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $12.77 $26,560
Editors 40 $17.07 $35,500
Medical transcriptionists 40 $15.05 $31,300
Numerical tool and process control programmers 40 $18.96 $39,430
Opticians, dispensing 40 $15.24 $31,700
Paralegals and legal assistants 40 $16.20 $33,690
Personal and home care aides 40 $9.92 $20,630
Physical therapist assistants 40 $17.43 $36,240
Plant and system operators, all other 40 $37.86 $78,760
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 40 $18.87 $39,250
Veterinarians 40 $28.78 $59,870
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 40 $12.15 $25,260
Veterinary technologists and technicians 40 $13.46 $28,000
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $59,580
Architectural and civil drafters 30 $30.48 $63,400
Construction and related workers, all other 30 $16.82 $34,990
Conveyor operators and tenders 30 $10.85 $22,570
Drafters, all other 30 $23.20 $48,250
Education administrators, all other 30 $28.93 $60,170
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 30 $26.37 $54,840
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 30 $25.24 $52,490
Hazardous materials removal workers 30 $20.14 $41,880
Model makers, metal and plastic 30 $23.64 $49,170
Protective service workers, all other 30 $15.77 $32,790
Surgical technologists 30 $20.68 $43,010
All other information and record clerks Not available $12.74 $26,490
Bartenders Not available $9.10 $18,920
Bindery workers Not available $14.14 $29,420
Carpet installers Not available $16.45 $34,210
Chemical equipment operators and tenders Not available $12.95 $26,930
Chemical technicians Not available $20.95 $43,570
Computer software engineers, applications Not available $32.64 $67,890
Conservation scientists Not available $45.49 $94,610
Construction and building inspectors Not available $24.19 $50,320
Cooks, short order Not available $10.25 $21,320
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $18.63 $38,750
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $17.56 $36,530
Education, training, and library workers, all other Not available $19.26 $40,050
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Not available $13.20 $27,460
Electrical and electronics drafters Not available $21.41 $44,540
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Not available $25.07 $52,140
Electrical engineers Not available $34.09 $70,910
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $38.96 $81,040
Engine and other machine assemblers Not available $20.20 $42,020
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers Not available $20.58 $42,810
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Not available $13.04 $27,130
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.32 $27,720
Graders and sorters, agricultural products Not available $11.79 $24,520
Helpers--electricians Not available $12.57 $26,150
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Not available $9.25 $19,240
Loan officers Not available $46.28 $96,260
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $16.80 $34,950
Massage therapists Not available $15.09 $31,390
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $10.45 $21,740
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $21.79 $45,330
Medical secretaries Not available $14.65 $30,460
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Not available $17.62 $36,660
Motorboat mechanics Not available $15.92 $33,110
Packers and packagers, hand Not available $13.06 $27,160
Physical therapist aides Not available $13.74 $28,580
Physician assistants Not available $36.13 $75,140
Pipelayers Not available $19.45 $40,450
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $20.25 $42,120
Respiratory therapists Not available $23.15 $48,150
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Not available $11.73 $24,390
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $22.42 $46,640
Service station attendants Not available $8.76 $18,220
Sheet metal workers Not available $21.71 $45,160
Social and human service assistants Not available $15.75 $32,760
Upholsterers Not available $14.14 $29,410
Waiters and waitresses Not available $9.16 $19,040
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