Occupational employment / Lafayette, LA

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 "Lafayette, LA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 146,700 $17.13 $35,620
Office and administrative support occupations 26,340 $13.12 $27,290
Sales and related occupations 16,460 $14.73 $30,630
Transportation and material moving occupations 14,300 $14.02 $29,160
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,600 $8.32 $17,310
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 10,370 $18.26 $37,990
Production occupations 10,070 $16.79 $34,910
Construction and extraction occupations 9,590 $17.78 $36,970
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,760 $29.64 $61,650
Management occupations 6,440 $39.19 $81,510
Education, training, and library occupations 5,870 $18.12 $37,680
Cashiers 4,900 $7.59 $15,790
Retail salespersons 4,450 $12.08 $25,130
Healthcare support occupations 4,070 $9.58 $19,920
Business and financial operations occupations 3,980 $25.79 $53,650
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 3,480 $10.26 $21,330
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,340 $9.46 $19,670
Architecture and engineering occupations 3,130 $29.65 $61,670
Office clerks, general 3,070 $10.46 $21,760
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 3,060 $12.01 $24,990
General and operations managers 2,940 $45.17 $93,940
Maintenance and repair workers, general 2,940 $17.39 $36,160
Personal care and service occupations 2,910 $9.31 $19,370
Registered nurses 2,850 $30.57 $63,580
Customer service representatives 2,830 $12.67 $26,350
Waiters and waitresses 2,780 $7.95 $16,530
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 2,610 $14.95 $31,100
Food preparation workers 2,590 $7.17 $14,900
Wellhead pumpers 2,320 $17.61 $36,620
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,080 $16.22 $33,740
Protective service occupations 2,060 $15.09 $31,390
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 2,050 $26.99 $56,130
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,840 $18.59 $38,670
Receptionists and information clerks 1,830 $10.02 $20,850
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,770 $8.99 $18,700
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,640 $11.72 $24,370
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,620 $16.02 $33,320
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining 1,550 $18.17 $37,790
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,530 $8.83 $18,370
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,510 $9.74 $20,250
Community and social services occupations 1,450 $19.70 $40,970
Home health aides 1,390 $8.65 $18,000
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,360 $15.50 $32,250
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,300 $17.85 $37,130
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,260 $23.60 $49,080
Legal occupations 1,260 $33.28 $69,230
Machinists 1,200 $17.54 $36,480
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,190 $23.89 $49,690
Industrial machinery mechanics 1,130 $19.01 $39,540
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 1,040 $18.40 $38,280
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,030 $16.99 $35,340
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,010 $21.02 $43,720
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 980 $13.51 $28,100
Business operations specialists, all other 950 $28.08 $58,400
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 940 $26.37 $54,860
Personal and home care aides 920 $8.01 $16,660
Teacher assistants 860 Not available $16,870
Accountants and auditors 840 $26.30 $54,700
Cooks, restaurant 840 $9.49 $19,730
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 830 $25.16 $52,330
Tellers 810 $10.22 $21,250
Roustabouts, oil and gas 790 $16.64 $34,620
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 760 $7.33 $15,250
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 760 $28.44 $59,150
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 760 $7.48 $15,560
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 750 $18.32 $38,110
Electricians 750 $17.86 $37,140
Production workers, all other 720 $15.10 $31,400
Construction laborers 700 $12.46 $25,910
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 670 $18.41 $38,290
Bartenders 660 $7.66 $15,930
Counter and rental clerks 660 $10.96 $22,790
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 660 $23.78 $49,450
Bus drivers, school 650 $8.41 $17,490
Cooks, fast food 650 $6.96 $14,470
Security guards 650 $9.34 $19,420
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 640 $8.50 $17,680
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 640 $16.07 $33,440
Lawyers 630 $49.71 $103,400
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 620 $7.09 $14,750
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 620 $12.66 $26,320
Carpenters 610 $15.37 $31,970
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 600 $11.66 $24,240
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 580 Not available $44,710
Telemarketers 560 $10.83 $22,520
Computer support specialists 550 $19.65 $40,870
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 550 $35.89 $74,640
Physicians and surgeons, all other 520 $89.33 $185,800
Sales managers 520 $35.97 $74,810
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 510 $7.70 $16,010
Managers, all other 510 $35.78 $74,430
Preschool teachers, except special education 510 $8.66 $18,000
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 490 $18.04 $37,530
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 480 $13.13 $27,310
Dishwashers 480 $7.44 $15,480
Teachers and instructors, all other 480 Not available $42,870
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 470 $24.39 $50,720
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 440 $7.63 $15,870
Paralegals and legal assistants 430 $17.82 $37,070
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 410 $7.56 $15,720
Insurance sales agents 410 $22.76 $47,350
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 410 $18.31 $38,090
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas 400 $25.89 $53,860
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 390 $10.97 $22,820
Legal secretaries 390 $16.41 $34,140
Data entry keyers 380 $10.98 $22,840
Driver/sales workers 380 $12.98 $27,000
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 370 $16.01 $33,310
Helpers--production workers 360 $10.72 $22,290
Surveying and mapping technicians 360 $19.05 $39,620
Child care workers 350 $7.72 $16,060
Financial managers 350 $38.70 $80,500
Geological and petroleum technicians 350 $21.95 $45,650
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 350 $9.70 $20,180
Helpers--extraction workers 350 $14.93 $31,060
Industrial truck and tractor operators 350 $12.66 $26,320
Maintenance workers, machinery 340 $18.34 $38,150
Petroleum engineers 340 $46.97 $97,700
Team assemblers 340 $12.99 $27,010
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 340 $17.15 $35,670
Pharmacy technicians 330 $11.86 $24,670
Switchboard operators, including answering service 330 $10.79 $22,450
Correctional officers and jailers 320 Not available Not available
Mechanical engineers 320 $34.95 $72,700
Painters, construction and maintenance 320 $15.38 $31,990
Pharmacists 320 $48.74 $101,380
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 320 $23.10 $48,050
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 310 $19.52 $40,610
Dental assistants 300 $12.12 $25,200
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 300 $15.12 $31,460
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 290 $8.62 $17,920
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 280 $23.92 $49,750
File clerks 280 $8.84 $18,390
Butchers and meat cutters 270 $11.37 $23,650
Social and human service assistants 270 $14.94 $31,060
Bill and account collectors 260 $11.84 $24,630
Cooks, short order 260 $9.30 $19,330
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 260 $24.99 $51,980
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 260 $24.41 $50,780
Postal service mail carriers 260 Not available Not available
Medical assistants 250 $12.00 $24,950
Packers and packagers, hand 250 $8.55 $17,790
Sailors and marine oilers 250 $19.27 $40,080
Sales representatives, services, all other 250 $21.67 $45,080
Civil engineers 240 $42.83 $89,080
Engineers, all other 240 Not available Not available
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 240 $8.04 $16,730
Parts salespersons 240 $14.95 $31,090
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 230 $22.24 $46,270
Derrick operators, oil and gas 230 $19.53 $40,630
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 230 $17.67 $36,760
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 230 $13.10 $27,250
Loan officers 220 $24.07 $50,060
Plant and system operators, all other 220 $14.78 $30,750
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 220 $18.13 $37,710
All other information and record clerks 210 $13.48 $28,030
Instructional coordinators 210 $20.80 $43,250
Self-enrichment education teachers 210 $19.64 $40,850
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 200 $17.29 $35,960
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 200 $21.49 $44,700
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 200 $11.72 $24,380
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 200 $19.07 $39,660
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 200 $20.28 $42,170
Medical and health services managers 200 $34.99 $72,790
Surveyors 200 $22.01 $45,780
Veterinary technologists and technicians 200 $10.52 $21,870
Administrative services managers 190 $27.17 $56,510
Computer programmers 190 $23.82 $49,550
Crane and tower operators 190 $27.32 $56,830
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 190 $13.27 $27,610
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 190 $16.24 $33,790
Management analysts 190 $32.46 $67,520
Radiologic technologists and technicians 190 $21.73 $45,200
Training and development specialists 190 $26.41 $54,940
Couriers and messengers 180 $8.66 $18,010
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 180 $14.37 $29,890
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 180 Not available $41,950
Personal care and service workers, all other 180 $8.39 $17,460
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 180 Not available Not available
Avionics technicians 170 $21.12 $43,930
Child, family, and school social workers 170 $21.75 $45,230
Property, real estate, and community association managers 170 $24.19 $50,320
Tire repairers and changers 170 $10.62 $22,090
Community and social service specialists, all other 160 $15.58 $32,400
Drafters, all other 160 $18.12 $37,700
Food batchmakers 160 $10.98 $22,840
Graphic designers 160 $17.17 $35,720
Chefs and head cooks 150 $15.06 $31,320
Cost estimators 150 $26.80 $55,740
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 150 $13.33 $27,720
Healthcare support workers, all other 150 $10.64 $22,140
Loan interviewers and clerks 150 $12.38 $25,760
Medical and public health social workers 150 $22.26 $46,310
Medical records and health information technicians 150 $15.11 $31,420
Medical secretaries 150 $11.60 $24,120
Mining machine operators, all other 150 $19.18 $39,890
Respiratory therapists 150 $23.85 $49,610
Structural iron and steel workers 150 Not available Not available
Advertising sales agents 140 $22.66 $47,140
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 140 $30.41 $63,260
Computer systems analysts 140 $27.71 $57,630
Construction managers 140 $28.86 $60,030
Electrical engineers 140 $34.07 $70,870
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 140 $20.87 $43,420
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 140 $15.11 $31,430
Librarians 140 $22.81 $47,450
Mechanical drafters 140 $17.98 $37,390
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 140 $13.12 $27,290
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 130 $12.71 $26,430
Engineering managers 130 $49.61 $103,200
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 130 $18.89 $39,290
Helpers--carpenters 130 $10.48 $21,800
Physical therapists 130 $36.62 $76,170
Automotive body and related repairers 120 $18.17 $37,790
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.13 $29,390
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 120 $27.78 $57,780
Food service managers 120 $23.42 $48,720
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 120 $23.99 $49,910
Industrial production managers 120 $50.63 $105,310
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 120 $13.46 $28,000
Nonfarm animal caretakers 120 $7.87 $16,370
Order clerks 120 $12.97 $26,980
Physical therapist aides 120 $9.16 $19,040
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 120 $8.68 $18,040
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers 120 Not available Not available
Recreation workers 120 $8.38 $17,430
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 110 $9.58 $19,930
Food servers, nonrestaurant 110 $8.58 $17,850
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 110 $20.40 $42,430
Machine feeders and offbearers 110 $8.80 $18,310
Pest control workers 110 $14.63 $30,420
Printing machine operators 110 $12.27 $25,530
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 110 $17.21 $35,800
Real estate sales agents 110 Not available Not available
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $14.13 $29,390
Sheet metal workers 110 $14.84 $30,860
Social and community service managers 110 $23.79 $49,490
Surgical technologists 110 $16.91 $35,170
Architectural and civil drafters 100 $18.86 $39,230
Bakers 100 $10.20 $21,210
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 100 $33.23 $69,110
Health technologists and technicians, all other 100 $14.67 $30,520
Library technicians 100 $15.51 $32,260
Network and computer systems administrators 100 $26.98 $56,120
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 100 Not available $37,200
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 100 $7.47 $15,530
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 100 $11.61 $24,150
Amusement and recreation attendants 90 $7.87 $16,360
Cement masons and concrete finishers 90 $15.76 $32,770
Civil engineering technicians 90 $19.88 $41,360
Computer and information systems managers 90 $34.80 $72,380
Construction and building inspectors 90 $21.87 $45,480
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 90 $25.90 $53,860
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 90 $12.52 $26,030
Architects, except landscape and naval 80 $30.71 $63,890
Athletic trainers 80 Not available $41,920
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 80 $28.05 $58,350
Computer software engineers, applications 80 $25.57 $53,180
Construction and related workers, all other 80 Not available Not available
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $13.70 $28,490
Industrial engineers 80 $44.80 $93,180
Interior designers 80 $16.55 $34,430
Material moving workers, all other 80 $11.09 $23,070
Medical transcriptionists 80 $12.21 $25,410
Office and administrative support workers, all other 80 $13.56 $28,200
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 80 $20.48 $42,600
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 80 $34.44 $71,630
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $15.18 $31,570
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 80 $18.98 $39,470
Floral designers 70 $11.15 $23,190
Market research analysts 70 $24.49 $50,950
Occupational health and safety technicians 70 $20.36 $42,340
Postal service clerks 70 Not available Not available
Broadcast technicians 60 $9.82 $20,430
Court reporters 60 $14.82 $30,830
Dental laboratory technicians 60 $12.70 $26,410
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 60 $21.56 $44,850
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 60 $18.33 $38,120
Financial analysts 60 $35.75 $74,370
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons 60 $10.94 $22,760
Marketing managers 60 $38.38 $79,830
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $26.47 $55,050
Occupational health and safety specialists 60 $25.34 $52,720
Occupational therapists 60 $35.11 $73,020
Physical therapist assistants 60 $14.87 $30,930
Producers and directors 60 $12.74 $26,510
Purchasing managers 60 $27.37 $56,940
Sales and related workers, all other 60 $18.77 $39,040
Service station attendants 60 $9.92 $20,620
Speech-language pathologists 60 $25.07 $52,150
Anesthesiologists 50 $104.86 $218,110
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 50 $20.01 $41,620
Chemists 50 $24.93 $51,840
Chief executives 50 $80.10 $166,620
Computer operators 50 $15.12 $31,440
Computer specialists, all other 50 Not available Not available
Crossing guards 50 $9.69 $20,150
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $23.94 $49,800
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $23.69 $49,270
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 50 $10.13 $21,080
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 50 $21.74 $45,220
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 50 $7.78 $16,180
Logisticians 50 $25.68 $53,420
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 50 $16.33 $33,960
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 50 $13.45 $27,980
Public relations specialists 50 $20.40 $42,430
Respiratory therapy technicians 50 $20.12 $41,840
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 50 $14.27 $29,690
Training and development managers 50 $23.05 $47,940
Advertising and promotions managers 40 $31.33 $65,160
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $17.24 $35,860
Dental hygienists 40 $22.23 $46,240
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $27.64 $57,490
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $27.70 $57,610
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 40 $21.92 $45,580
Environmental engineers 40 $33.46 $69,600
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $18.85 $39,210
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 40 $7.84 $16,320
Human resources managers, all other 40 $28.64 $59,570
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall 40 $15.32 $31,860
Legislators 40 Not available $20,300
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 40 $22.66 $47,130
Private detectives and investigators 40 $18.64 $38,770
Procurement clerks 40 $15.77 $32,810
Radio and television announcers 40 $15.32 $31,880
Reporters and correspondents 40 $14.91 $31,010
Social workers, all other 40 $21.66 $45,050
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 40 $9.21 $19,160
Baggage porters and bellhops 30 $9.32 $19,380
Chiropractors 30 Not available Not available
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 30 $12.65 $26,310
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 30 $19.73 $41,030
Database administrators 30 $24.39 $50,730
Electrical and electronics drafters 30 $20.57 $42,780
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 30 $10.11 $21,020
Industrial engineering technicians 30 $28.63 $59,540
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $15.90 $33,080
Lodging managers 30 $17.19 $35,760
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 30 $9.74 $20,250
Massage therapists 30 $14.10 $29,330
Parking lot attendants 30 $9.04 $18,800
Photographers 30 $13.04 $27,120
Protective service workers, all other 30 $13.34 $27,750
Social scientists and related workers, all other 30 $24.08 $50,080
Veterinarians 30 $35.47 $73,770
Chemical technicians Not available $22.09 $45,940
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Not available $14.73 $30,630
Commercial pilots Not available Not available $67,980
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Not available $18.93 $39,370
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $14.43 $30,020
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $24.79 $51,560
Cooks, all other Not available $10.20 $21,210
Demonstrators and product promoters Not available $27.49 $57,180
Designers, all other Not available $27.43 $57,050
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $20.05 $41,710
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $15.26 $31,740
Financial specialists, all other Not available $20.60 $42,840
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers Not available $21.68 $45,100
Glaziers Not available $11.80 $24,550
Grounds maintenance workers, all other Not available $11.50 $23,910
Helpers--electricians Not available $10.21 $21,240
Home appliance repairers Not available $11.58 $24,080
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Not available $12.27 $25,530
Insurance underwriters Not available $24.47 $50,890
Law clerks Not available $14.77 $30,730
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Not available $15.47 $32,190
Meter readers, utilities Not available $13.78 $28,660
Motorcycle mechanics Not available $17.38 $36,150
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $14.54 $30,250
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $10.31 $21,450
Pharmacy aides Not available $9.10 $18,930
Physician assistants Not available $19.14 $39,810
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $26.30 $54,700
Riggers Not available $20.42 $42,470
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $16.73 $34,790
Ship engineers Not available $23.82 $49,540
Tax preparers Not available $11.33 $23,570
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $10.98 $22,830
Tour guides and escorts Not available $11.99 $24,940
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $9.58 $19,920
Word processors and typists Not available $10.21 $21,240
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