Occupational employment / Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA

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 "Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 118,040 $15.94 $33,160
Office and administrative support occupations 19,160 $13.20 $27,460
Production occupations 14,400 $14.09 $29,320
Sales and related occupations 12,570 $13.02 $27,080
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,300 $8.60 $17,890
Transportation and material moving occupations 8,520 $13.75 $28,600
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,960 $27.82 $57,870
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 7,570 $17.16 $35,690
Education, training, and library occupations 6,640 $17.20 $35,770
Construction and extraction occupations 5,710 $15.07 $31,350
Management occupations 4,370 $36.12 $75,120
Cashiers 4,100 $7.80 $16,220
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,720 $9.53 $19,820
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,580 $7.26 $15,110
Office clerks, general 3,260 $11.25 $23,400
Healthcare support occupations 3,200 $11.36 $23,620
Retail salespersons 3,160 $10.78 $22,410
Business and financial operations occupations 2,830 $22.10 $45,960
Registered nurses 2,730 $25.05 $52,100
Team assemblers 2,320 $13.03 $27,110
Stock clerks and order fillers 2,210 $11.39 $23,680
Personal care and service occupations 2,180 $9.46 $19,680
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,050 $18.01 $37,470
Protective service occupations 1,980 $15.47 $32,170
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,960 $9.72 $20,210
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,950 $28.86 $60,020
Customer service representatives 1,810 $12.35 $25,680
Waiters and waitresses 1,780 $8.76 $18,230
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,740 $9.24 $19,230
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,510 $18.84 $39,190
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,460 $14.06 $29,250
Community and social services occupations 1,420 $16.95 $35,260
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,400 Not available $41,920
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,400 $14.41 $29,980
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,370 $9.74 $20,250
General and operations managers 1,340 $38.02 $79,090
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,310 $16.03 $33,350
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,240 $14.80 $30,790
Teacher assistants 1,160 Not available $16,330
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,080 $27.50 $57,200
Personal and home care aides 1,040 $8.50 $17,690
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,030 $11.85 $24,640
Carpenters 1,020 $14.70 $30,570
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,020 $23.12 $48,080
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 990 $26.25 $54,600
Industrial truck and tractor operators 970 $14.72 $30,620
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 960 $24.32 $50,590
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 930 $13.54 $28,170
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 890 Not available $44,330
Food preparation workers 850 $8.59 $17,860
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 840 $16.65 $34,640
Construction laborers 840 $9.83 $20,440
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 840 $14.59 $30,340
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 820 $8.05 $16,730
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 800 $9.55 $19,860
Receptionists and information clerks 800 $10.71 $22,270
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 780 $14.31 $29,770
Telemarketers 740 $12.02 $25,000
Driver/sales workers 730 $11.05 $22,980
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 680 Not available $42,430
Cooks, restaurant 650 $10.42 $21,670
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 650 $12.21 $25,390
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 610 $22.10 $45,960
Electricians 590 $19.86 $41,300
Helpers--production workers 590 $12.58 $26,160
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 580 $15.64 $32,530
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 570 $13.13 $27,300
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 570 $13.04 $27,120
Bill and account collectors 550 $14.10 $29,330
Tellers 530 $11.25 $23,390
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 520 $21.84 $45,430
Packers and packagers, hand 520 $9.39 $19,530
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 500 $12.43 $25,850
Preschool teachers, except special education 500 $9.28 $19,300
Bus drivers, school 490 $9.93 $20,660
Parts salespersons 490 $10.58 $22,020
Pharmacy technicians 480 $11.76 $24,460
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 480 $17.26 $35,910
Accountants and auditors 460 $22.56 $46,930
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 450 $11.59 $24,100
Legal occupations 450 $26.01 $54,100
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 430 $9.03 $18,780
Security guards 430 $11.17 $23,220
Medical assistants 420 $12.04 $25,040
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 420 $13.96 $29,030
Cooks, fast food 390 $7.18 $14,940
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 380 $12.94 $26,920
Postal service mail carriers 380 Not available Not available
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 370 $14.95 $31,100
Home health aides 370 $9.29 $19,310
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 370 $18.70 $38,900
Dishwashers 360 $7.24 $15,060
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 330 $16.98 $35,310
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 330 $14.43 $30,010
Pharmacists 330 $53.80 $111,910
Chief executives 320 $68.40 $142,270
Financial managers 320 $36.04 $74,950
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 320 $7.38 $15,350
Child, family, and school social workers 310 $16.62 $34,560
Counter and rental clerks 310 $9.17 $19,070
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 300 $11.97 $24,900
Dental assistants 300 $13.17 $27,380
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 300 $12.31 $25,610
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 300 $18.83 $39,170
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 300 $14.02 $29,150
Child care workers 290 $8.16 $16,980
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 290 Not available $68,090
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 290 $8.02 $16,680
Insurance sales agents 290 $31.79 $66,120
Printing machine operators 290 $11.54 $24,010
Food service managers 280 $20.10 $41,820
Sales representatives, services, all other 280 $17.46 $36,310
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 270 $16.14 $33,560
Business operations specialists, all other 260 $22.07 $45,920
Computer support specialists 260 $17.06 $35,480
Physicians and surgeons, all other 260 $92.50 $192,400
Radiologic technologists and technicians 260 $21.44 $44,600
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 250 $14.10 $29,330
Medical secretaries 250 $10.54 $21,930
Paralegals and legal assistants 250 $19.74 $41,070
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 250 $23.42 $48,710
Tire repairers and changers 250 $11.15 $23,190
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 240 $11.28 $23,460
Helpers--electricians 240 $12.00 $24,970
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 240 Not available $43,440
Machinists 240 $17.07 $35,510
Industrial engineers 230 $29.44 $61,230
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 230 $13.97 $29,060
Computer systems analysts 220 $22.89 $47,620
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 220 $6.99 $14,540
Sales managers 220 $33.69 $70,070
Teachers and instructors, all other 220 Not available $22,590
Cement masons and concrete finishers 210 $13.89 $28,880
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 210 $30.88 $64,220
Order clerks 210 $13.31 $27,670
Dental hygienists 200 $26.64 $55,400
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 200 $33.60 $69,880
Healthcare support workers, all other 190 $11.50 $23,910
Highway maintenance workers 190 $15.06 $31,330
Management analysts 190 $31.86 $66,280
Roofers 190 $14.21 $29,570
Cost estimators 180 $19.32 $40,190
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 180 $21.09 $43,860
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 180 $10.94 $22,760
Loan officers 180 $19.78 $41,140
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 180 $13.29 $27,650
Social and human service assistants 180 $12.06 $25,080
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 180 $17.73 $36,880
Bartenders 170 $8.96 $18,630
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 170 $13.14 $27,320
Data entry keyers 170 $10.28 $21,380
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 170 $11.48 $23,880
File clerks 170 $11.53 $23,970
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 170 Not available Not available
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 170 $22.22 $46,220
Medical and health services managers 170 $40.23 $83,690
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 170 $14.59 $30,340
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 170 Not available $42,280
Training and development specialists 170 $21.13 $43,950
Administrative services managers 160 $33.91 $70,530
Fire fighters 160 $15.31 $31,840
Production workers, all other 160 $12.80 $26,630
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 160 Not available $44,620
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 160 $14.80 $30,780
Automotive body and related repairers 150 $15.75 $32,760
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 150 $20.11 $41,820
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 150 $19.48 $40,520
Lawyers 150 $34.35 $71,440
Medical records and health information technicians 150 $15.02 $31,230
Medical transcriptionists 150 $13.90 $28,920
Court, municipal, and license clerks 140 $14.74 $30,650
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 140 $14.83 $30,840
Librarians 140 $21.19 $44,080
Network and computer systems administrators 140 $24.63 $51,240
Physical therapists 140 $37.38 $77,760
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 140 $11.66 $24,250
Construction managers 130 $25.93 $53,930
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 130 $13.15 $27,360
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 130 $14.75 $30,690
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $14.71 $30,590
Industrial production managers 130 $37.04 $77,050
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $10.69 $22,230
Physical therapist assistants 130 $22.79 $47,410
Private detectives and investigators 130 $19.67 $40,900
Respiratory therapists 130 $21.02 $43,720
Self-enrichment education teachers 130 $16.61 $34,540
Sheet metal workers 130 $11.92 $24,800
Surgical technologists 130 $16.87 $35,090
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 120 $7.63 $15,860
Engineering managers 120 $39.81 $82,800
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $11.42 $23,750
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 120 $9.67 $20,100
Legislators 120 Not available $15,860
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 120 $8.04 $16,730
Network systems and data communications analysts 120 $28.01 $58,260
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $13.96 $29,030
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 120 $14.33 $29,810
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 120 $11.60 $24,120
Rehabilitation counselors 120 $12.80 $26,620
Sewing machine operators 120 $8.05 $16,730
Butchers and meat cutters 110 $12.61 $26,230
Computer programmers 110 $22.76 $47,350
Detectives and criminal investigators 110 $22.62 $47,040
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 110 $18.80 $39,100
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 110 $15.23 $31,670
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 110 $14.33 $29,800
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 110 $24.36 $50,660
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 110 $13.30 $27,660
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 110 $7.83 $16,290
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 110 $16.38 $34,080
Recreation workers 110 $11.28 $23,460
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $14.15 $29,430
Advertising sales agents 100 Not available Not available
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 100 $23.76 $49,410
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 100 $10.42 $21,660
Coaches and scouts 100 Not available $29,580
Computer and information systems managers 100 $34.80 $72,380
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 100 $15.54 $32,320
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 100 $21.23 $44,160
Graphic designers 100 $15.67 $32,600
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 100 $11.49 $23,900
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $16.63 $34,590
Marketing managers 100 $37.87 $78,770
Medical and public health social workers 100 $20.21 $42,040
Pest control workers 100 $13.62 $28,320
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $14.12 $29,370
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 100 $33.57 $69,840
Special education teachers, secondary school 100 Not available $41,990
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 100 $14.19 $29,530
Switchboard operators, including answering service 100 $10.46 $21,750
Civil engineers 90 $31.44 $65,390
Surveyors 90 $20.00 $41,600
Computer software engineers, applications 80 $26.74 $55,610
Demonstrators and product promoters 80 $10.15 $21,110
Dentists, general 80 $102.51 $213,220
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $14.20 $29,540
Floral designers 80 $10.00 $20,790
Managers, all other 80 $34.55 $71,870
Office and administrative support workers, all other 80 $14.49 $30,130
Pharmacy aides 80 $8.80 $18,310
Pipelayers 80 $12.78 $26,590
Public relations specialists 80 $20.94 $43,560
Special education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $43,180
Tool and die makers 80 $17.67 $36,760
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 80 $8.84 $18,400
Veterinary technologists and technicians 80 $10.32 $21,470
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 70 $10.10 $21,000
Chefs and head cooks 70 $18.51 $38,490
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $22.75 $47,320
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $13.74 $28,580
Editors 70 Not available Not available
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 70 $22.62 $47,060
Environmental engineers 70 $32.04 $66,630
Family and general practitioners 70 $77.84 $161,900
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $28.39 $59,050
Library assistants, clerical 70 $10.65 $22,160
Library technicians 70 $10.54 $21,910
Mental health counselors 70 $15.34 $31,900
Occupational health and safety specialists 70 $25.70 $53,460
Occupational therapists 70 $35.44 $73,710
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 70 Not available Not available
Pourers and casters, metal 70 $9.87 $20,520
Speech-language pathologists 70 $29.20 $60,750
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 70 $19.92 $41,420
All other information and record clerks 60 $14.69 $30,560
Architectural and civil drafters 60 $19.07 $39,660
Bakers 60 $9.81 $20,400
Civil engineering technicians 60 $22.62 $47,040
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $22.43 $46,660
Computer operators 60 $13.49 $28,060
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 60 $11.30 $23,500
Electrical engineers 60 $31.32 $65,150
Funeral attendants 60 $9.98 $20,760
Glaziers 60 $12.50 $26,010
Health educators 60 $15.65 $32,560
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 60 $17.24 $35,850
Occupational therapist assistants 60 $24.38 $50,700
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 60 $19.16 $39,850
Property, real estate, and community association managers 60 $20.76 $43,170
Purchasing managers 60 $41.17 $85,640
Social and community service managers 60 $26.31 $54,730
Amusement and recreation attendants 50 $8.75 $18,210
Broadcast technicians 50 $16.82 $34,980
Community and social service specialists, all other 50 $20.69 $43,030
Construction and building inspectors 50 $19.88 $41,360
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $25.17 $52,350
Food servers, nonrestaurant 50 $8.78 $18,260
Funeral directors 50 $21.85 $45,450
Interior designers 50 $18.31 $38,080
Meter readers, utilities 50 $14.80 $30,790
Motorcycle mechanics 50 $14.77 $30,710
Opticians, dispensing 50 $15.96 $33,190
Physician assistants 50 $39.38 $81,910
Real estate sales agents 50 $17.79 $36,990
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $42.59 $88,590
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 50 $19.04 $39,600
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $20.15 $41,910
Compensation and benefits managers 40 $33.04 $68,720
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $37.71 $78,440
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 40 $17.52 $36,430
Credit analysts 40 $22.78 $47,380
Crossing guards 40 $7.23 $15,030
Education administrators, postsecondary 40 $37.05 $77,060
Education, training, and library workers, all other 40 $20.85 $43,370
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $52,030
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 40 $8.67 $18,030
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 40 $23.96 $49,850
Instructional coordinators 40 $25.41 $52,860
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $48,320
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $16.23 $33,750
Numerical tool and process control programmers 40 $16.95 $35,260
Photographers 40 $11.42 $23,750
Procurement clerks 40 $13.54 $28,170
Sales and related workers, all other 40 $15.31 $31,840
Surgeons 40 More than $70 More than $145,600
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 40 $25.50 $53,030
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 40 $10.57 $21,980
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $12.78 $26,590
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 30 $21.43 $44,570
Engineers, all other 30 $32.26 $67,110
Fallers 30 $11.53 $23,980
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 30 $18.63 $38,750
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 30 $16.16 $33,610
Medical equipment repairers 30 $15.99 $33,270
Nonfarm animal caretakers 30 $10.26 $21,340
Nuclear medicine technologists 30 $28.35 $58,970
Office machine operators, except computer 30 $11.58 $24,080
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 30 $11.53 $23,990
Surveying and mapping technicians 30 $19.29 $40,120
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $13.08 $27,220
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Not available $20.09 $41,790
Business teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $41,830
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Not available $20.64 $42,940
Chemical engineers Not available $40.28 $83,780
Chemical technicians Not available $23.15 $48,150
Chemists Not available $30.55 $63,540
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Not available $12.91 $26,840
Cooks, short order Not available $7.67 $15,960
Couriers and messengers Not available $9.72 $20,220
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $15.57 $32,390
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $15.77 $32,810
Diagnostic medical sonographers Not available $23.20 $48,250
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Not available $20.29 $42,210
Environmental engineering technicians Not available $23.83 $49,560
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.71 $26,430
Financial analysts Not available $28.00 $58,240
Financial specialists, all other Not available $21.27 $44,230
Food batchmakers Not available $7.69 $16,000
Food cooking machine operators and tenders Not available $7.31 $15,200
Helpers--carpenters Not available $10.77 $22,410
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $11.53 $23,980
Industrial engineering technicians Not available $20.19 $41,990
Industrial machinery mechanics Not available $19.80 $41,190
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Not available $19.03 $39,580
Job printers Not available $15.69 $32,640
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $16.87 $35,090
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $14.60 $30,360
Market research analysts Not available $25.53 $53,110
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $10.45 $21,730
Mechanical door repairers Not available $10.63 $22,110
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $21.71 $45,150
Mechanical engineers Not available $30.86 $64,190
Millwrights Not available $31.51 $65,530
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Not available $17.14 $35,650
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Not available $11.76 $24,460
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $14.74 $30,660
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Not available $12.04 $25,050
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $8.05 $16,750
Protective service workers, all other Not available $12.63 $26,270
Real estate brokers Not available $11.21 $23,310
Respiratory therapy technicians Not available $17.77 $36,970
Service station attendants Not available $9.43 $19,620
Social workers, all other Not available $14.15 $29,430
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $19.84 $41,270
Tax preparers Not available $11.41 $23,730
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $23.38 $48,620
Tile and marble setters Not available $14.90 $30,980
Transportation workers, all other Not available $10.61 $22,070
Veterinarians Not available $48.82 $101,550
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