Occupational employment / Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

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 "Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 111,720 $16.16 $33,620
Office and administrative support occupations 18,700 $12.53 $26,070
Sales and related occupations 13,490 $11.82 $24,590
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,940 $8.51 $17,690
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 9,660 $29.31 $60,960
Transportation and material moving occupations 8,250 $13.09 $27,240
Production occupations 7,390 $16.09 $33,460
Education, training, and library occupations 6,650 $19.82 $41,220
Construction and extraction occupations 6,070 $20.08 $41,760
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,150 $16.48 $34,280
Retail salespersons 4,870 $9.70 $20,170
Healthcare support occupations 4,650 $10.68 $22,220
Registered nurses 3,880 $27.50 $57,210
Cashiers 3,870 $7.82 $16,270
Management occupations 3,720 $36.91 $76,780
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,250 $10.33 $21,490
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,110 $7.58 $15,770
Business and financial operations occupations 3,090 $23.98 $49,880
Office clerks, general 2,750 $11.30 $23,500
Personal care and service occupations 2,510 $9.09 $18,910
Community and social services occupations 2,410 $14.55 $30,260
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,030 $9.87 $20,530
Waiters and waitresses 2,010 $7.92 $16,460
Protective service occupations 1,940 $13.78 $28,650
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,730 $10.41 $21,640
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,610 $10.37 $21,560
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,610 $15.69 $32,630
Customer service representatives 1,580 $11.71 $24,360
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,570 $9.98 $20,760
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,520 $11.56 $24,050
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,420 $13.03 $27,110
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,300 $15.96 $33,190
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,260 $13.28 $27,610
Bill and account collectors 1,200 $12.27 $25,510
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,190 Not available $44,100
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,190 $15.37 $31,960
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,110 Not available $44,080
General and operations managers 1,090 $37.31 $77,610
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,050 $12.18 $25,330
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,000 $28.68 $59,650
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,000 $17.71 $36,830
Home health aides 980 $8.38 $17,430
Cooks, restaurant 960 $8.64 $17,970
Electricians 890 $23.86 $49,630
Teacher assistants 890 Not available $21,140
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 880 $22.00 $45,770
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 860 $12.80 $26,630
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 840 $17.02 $35,400
Receptionists and information clerks 830 $10.06 $20,930
Construction laborers 820 $14.67 $30,510
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 810 $8.94 $18,600
Food preparation workers 800 $8.20 $17,060
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 760 $12.51 $26,020
Accountants and auditors 740 $23.99 $49,890
Carpenters 740 $20.11 $41,830
Security guards 710 $9.11 $18,960
Industrial machinery mechanics 700 $20.78 $43,230
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 700 $22.14 $46,050
Computer and mathematical occupations 690 $23.79 $49,480
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 690 Not available $44,060
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 690 $16.60 $34,540
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 680 $10.24 $21,300
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 680 $15.89 $33,050
Personal and home care aides 680 $8.05 $16,740
Child, family, and school social workers 670 $15.30 $31,810
Legal occupations 660 $27.50 $57,210
Life, physical, and social science occupations 630 $22.39 $46,560
Social and human service assistants 630 $8.89 $18,490
Driver/sales workers 620 $9.91 $20,610
Cooks, fast food 600 $7.65 $15,920
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 590 $27.12 $56,410
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 580 $12.86 $26,740
Tellers 550 $9.61 $19,980
Medical assistants 540 $11.41 $23,730
Radiologic technologists and technicians 530 $22.70 $47,220
Child care workers 500 $8.28 $17,220
Medical secretaries 490 $11.69 $24,320
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 480 $21.24 $44,190
Bartenders 440 $8.12 $16,880
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 430 $8.05 $16,740
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 420 $22.52 $46,850
Healthcare support workers, all other 410 $12.22 $25,420
Machinists 390 $16.30 $33,890
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 390 $17.24 $35,860
Pharmacy technicians 380 $11.42 $23,750
Pourers and casters, metal 380 $17.75 $36,920
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 370 $14.51 $30,170
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 370 $9.46 $19,680
Medical records and health information technicians 350 $14.06 $29,250
Bus drivers, school 340 $12.80 $26,620
Business operations specialists, all other 340 $25.46 $52,960
Chief executives 340 $72.58 $150,970
Industrial truck and tractor operators 340 $13.16 $27,370
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 340 $9.78 $20,340
Pharmacists 340 $53.41 $111,100
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 330 $26.98 $56,110
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 330 $27.65 $57,510
Dishwashers 320 $7.84 $16,300
Postal service mail carriers 320 Not available Not available
Correctional officers and jailers 310 $18.32 $38,100
Counter and rental clerks 310 $9.26 $19,260
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 310 $17.42 $36,230
Physicians and surgeons, all other 310 $81.77 $170,090
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 300 $8.91 $18,540
Helpers--production workers 300 $12.08 $25,130
Packers and packagers, hand 300 $8.05 $16,750
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 300 $12.12 $25,210
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 290 $7.90 $16,430
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 270 Not available $62,490
Paralegals and legal assistants 270 $17.56 $36,530
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 260 $18.28 $38,020
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 250 $11.99 $24,940
Insurance sales agents 250 $16.74 $34,830
Medical and health services managers 250 $39.26 $81,660
Medical transcriptionists 250 $11.74 $24,420
File clerks 240 $10.84 $22,540
Financial managers 240 $39.37 $81,880
Teachers and instructors, all other 240 Not available $32,000
Team assemblers 240 $11.61 $24,140
Amusement and recreation attendants 230 $8.02 $16,680
Lawyers 230 $40.72 $84,700
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 220 $15.92 $33,110
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 220 $24.39 $50,730
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 220 $12.89 $26,820
Crane and tower operators 210 $18.06 $37,560
Legal secretaries 210 $13.23 $27,510
Preschool teachers, except special education 210 $12.09 $25,140
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 200 $21.96 $45,690
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 200 $19.04 $39,610
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 200 Not available $41,670
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 200 $16.78 $34,890
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 190 $10.66 $22,160
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 190 $15.57 $32,390
Dental assistants 180 $12.48 $25,960
Family and general practitioners 180 $87.44 $181,880
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 180 $15.80 $32,870
Mental health counselors 180 $16.88 $35,100
New accounts clerks 180 $11.64 $24,210
Respiratory therapists 180 $22.19 $46,150
Sales representatives, services, all other 180 $19.42 $40,400
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders 180 $15.63 $32,510
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 170 $34.86 $72,500
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 170 $9.41 $19,580
Library assistants, clerical 170 $9.54 $19,850
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 170 $18.60 $38,690
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 170 $22.18 $46,140
Special education teachers, secondary school 170 Not available $45,060
Advertising sales agents 160 $16.07 $33,430
All other information and record clerks 160 $16.20 $33,690
Civil engineers 160 $36.70 $76,330
Food service managers 160 $19.19 $39,920
Highway maintenance workers 160 $14.26 $29,670
Loan officers 160 $24.66 $51,300
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 160 $15.34 $31,910
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 160 Not available $48,980
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 150 $11.93 $24,820
Computer support specialists 150 $16.31 $33,920
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 150 $13.80 $28,710
Fire fighters 150 $12.25 $25,470
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 150 $8.72 $18,130
Managers, all other 150 $29.71 $61,790
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 150 $24.97 $51,940
Printing machine operators 150 $12.84 $26,710
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 150 $10.01 $20,830
Cost estimators 140 $21.92 $45,600
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 140 $14.36 $29,880
Education, training, and library workers, all other 140 $12.12 $25,200
Pharmacy aides 140 $8.91 $18,530
Physical therapists 140 $38.39 $79,850
Special education teachers, middle school 140 Not available $42,100
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 140 $14.29 $29,710
Surgical technologists 140 $15.13 $31,470
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $14.47 $30,090
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 130 $14.84 $30,870
Food servers, nonrestaurant 130 $10.31 $21,440
Management analysts 130 $29.13 $60,580
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 130 Not available Not available
Sheet metal workers 130 $19.14 $39,820
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 130 $19.69 $40,950
Butchers and meat cutters 120 $11.85 $24,640
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 $17.84 $37,110
Computer programmers 120 $20.11 $41,830
Dental hygienists 120 $24.11 $50,150
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 120 $11.18 $23,260
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 120 $7.69 $15,990
Industrial production managers 120 $35.81 $74,490
Librarians 120 $23.59 $49,070
Medical and public health social workers 120 $19.85 $41,300
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $18.03 $37,500
Social and community service managers 120 $22.70 $47,220
Automotive body and related repairers 110 $16.43 $34,180
Chemical technicians 110 $19.13 $39,800
Education teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available Not available
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 110 $25.98 $54,050
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 110 $9.37 $19,480
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 110 $14.13 $29,390
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 110 $18.00 $37,430
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $10.16 $21,130
Parts salespersons 110 $13.48 $28,040
Physical therapist assistants 110 $21.21 $44,110
Public relations specialists 110 $23.32 $48,510
Residential advisors 110 $8.58 $17,850
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 110 $39.52 $82,200
Training and development specialists 110 $19.82 $41,230
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 110 $7.21 $15,000
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 110 $9.47 $19,700
Word processors and typists 110 $11.33 $23,570
Administrative services managers 100 $29.17 $60,670
Brickmasons and blockmasons 100 $24.12 $50,170
Data entry keyers 100 $10.55 $21,950
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 100 $22.39 $46,570
Instructional coordinators 100 $24.96 $51,920
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 100 Not available $39,910
Mechanical engineers 100 $35.14 $73,090
Millwrights 100 $20.79 $43,240
Production workers, all other 100 $16.92 $35,200
Real estate sales agents 100 $23.25 $48,370
Recreation workers 100 $11.65 $24,230
Roofers 100 $10.73 $22,310
Sales managers 100 $31.13 $64,760
Coaches and scouts 90 Not available $41,640
Computer systems analysts 90 $28.92 $60,160
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 90 $7.36 $15,310
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 90 $12.48 $25,950
Network and computer systems administrators 90 $25.38 $52,790
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 90 $11.85 $24,640
Photographers 90 $11.90 $24,750
Physician assistants 90 $37.53 $78,070
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $11.51 $23,950
Bakers 80 $10.03 $20,850
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 80 $33.63 $69,960
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 80 $23.61 $49,110
Construction managers 80 $35.36 $73,560
Dentists, general 80 $63.31 $131,680
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $13.43 $27,930
Funeral attendants 80 $10.45 $21,730
Industrial engineers 80 $29.31 $60,960
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 80 $12.72 $26,450
Loan interviewers and clerks 80 $12.65 $26,320
Pipelayers 80 $16.81 $34,970
Rehabilitation counselors 80 $15.70 $32,660
Reporters and correspondents 80 $16.77 $34,880
Service station attendants 80 $7.85 $16,330
Speech-language pathologists 80 $27.45 $57,090
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 80 $8.34 $17,340
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 80 $26.00 $54,080
Business teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available Not available
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 70 $19.16 $39,850
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 70 $16.63 $34,580
Dental laboratory technicians 70 $15.02 $31,240
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $14.05 $29,220
Glaziers 70 $16.40 $34,120
Graphic designers 70 $14.44 $30,040
Mechanical drafters 70 $21.53 $44,790
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $57,630
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 70 $12.32 $25,620
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Property, real estate, and community association managers 70 $16.53 $34,390
Radio and television announcers 70 Not available Not available
Sailors and marine oilers 70 $18.20 $37,850
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 60 $22.94 $47,710
Chemists 60 $28.65 $59,600
Computer and information systems managers 60 $40.01 $83,220
Computer operators 60 $15.61 $32,460
Computer specialists, all other 60 $31.15 $64,790
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 60 $17.12 $35,620
Couriers and messengers 60 $11.60 $24,130
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $14.26 $29,660
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $25.82 $53,710
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 60 $16.18 $33,650
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $18.69 $38,880
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $50,320
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 60 $14.63 $30,430
Funeral directors 60 $25.87 $53,810
Health educators 60 $19.85 $41,290
Health technologists and technicians, all other 60 $18.86 $39,220
Helpers--carpenters 60 $9.71 $20,200
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 60 $11.82 $24,590
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 60 $14.22 $29,580
Legislators 60 Not available Not available
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 60 $7.35 $15,280
Massage therapists 60 $15.83 $32,920
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $56,120
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $17.67 $36,760
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $23.53 $48,940
Occupational therapists 60 $34.11 $70,950
Office and administrative support workers, all other 60 $12.54 $26,080
Order clerks 60 $11.75 $24,430
Photographic processing machine operators 60 $9.18 $19,100
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 60 $7.49 $15,570
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 60 $13.06 $27,170
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $34.47 $71,690
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 60 $19.30 $40,150
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 50 $18.28 $38,030
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $72,130
Civil engineering technicians 50 $17.20 $35,770
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 50 $23.03 $47,890
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $17.95 $37,330
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 50 $15.91 $33,100
Cooks, short order 50 $8.44 $17,560
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $14.31 $29,760
Diagnostic medical sonographers 50 $27.62 $57,450
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 50 $18.12 $37,690
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 50 $25.37 $52,770
Financial specialists, all other 50 $23.55 $48,970
Floral designers 50 $10.63 $22,100
Industrial engineering technicians 50 $17.07 $35,510
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 50 $30.19 $62,800
Legal support workers, all other 50 $20.31 $42,250
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 50 $17.14 $35,650
Occupational health and safety specialists 50 $27.73 $57,680
Procurement clerks 50 $14.60 $30,370
Social scientists and related workers, all other 50 $21.86 $45,470
Social workers, all other 50 $24.92 $51,830
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 50 $19.46 $40,480
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 50 $19.21 $39,960
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $13.38 $27,830
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $29.70 $61,780
Electrical engineers 40 $33.87 $70,440
Engineering managers 40 $47.96 $99,770
Engineers, all other 40 $37.72 $78,460
Financial analysts 40 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $24.98 $51,950
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $14.14 $29,400
Human resources managers, all other 40 $32.85 $68,330
Library technicians 40 $12.05 $25,060
Machine feeders and offbearers 40 $15.91 $33,090
Medical equipment preparers 40 $14.01 $29,140
Meter readers, utilities 40 $14.81 $30,800
Nuclear medicine technologists 40 $27.36 $56,900
Occupational therapist assistants 40 $21.15 $44,000
Postmasters and mail superintendents 40 $29.08 $60,480
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available Not available
Recreational therapists 40 $19.33 $40,200
Sales engineers 40 Not available Not available
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $15.91 $33,090
Surveying and mapping technicians 40 $15.73 $32,720
Surveyors 40 $22.41 $46,600
Broadcast technicians 30 $15.86 $33,000
Cement masons and concrete finishers 30 $16.11 $33,510
Chiropractors 30 $32.43 $67,450
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 30 $9.56 $19,880
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $63,370
Detectives and criminal investigators 30 $23.87 $49,650
Editors 30 $20.81 $43,280
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 30 $21.34 $44,380
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 30 $30.75 $63,960
Home appliance repairers 30 $13.67 $28,430
Market research analysts 30 $20.09 $41,790
Marketing managers 30 $35.77 $74,400
Medical equipment repairers 30 $16.13 $33,550
Plant and system operators, all other 30 $19.77 $41,120
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 30 $16.11 $33,510
Purchasing managers 30 $43.54 $90,570
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 30 $23.03 $47,900
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 30 $15.69 $32,640
Chemical engineers Not available $43.65 $90,800
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $13.41 $27,900
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $10.22 $21,250
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $18.21 $37,890
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.49 $25,990
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers Not available $16.53 $34,390
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Not available $12.09 $25,150
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers Not available $10.34 $21,500
Grinding and polishing workers, hand Not available $14.29 $29,720
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants Not available $8.07 $16,790
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Not available $11.87 $24,680
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $12.55 $26,100
Nonfarm animal caretakers Not available $7.72 $16,050
Opticians, dispensing Not available $15.28 $31,790
Personal financial advisors Not available $38.23 $79,520
Postsecondary teachers, all other Not available Not available $43,690
Producers and directors Not available $15.12 $31,450
Protective service workers, all other Not available $13.67 $28,430
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Not available $35.62 $74,100
Sewing machine operators Not available $8.59 $17,860
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $24.90 $51,800
Surgeons Not available $104.22 $216,770
Telemarketers Not available $9.76 $20,290
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.75 $20,280
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $15.77 $32,790
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