Occupational employment / Lynchburg, 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 "Lynchburg, VA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 102,180 $16.39 $34,090
Office and administrative support occupations 16,040 $13.23 $27,520
Sales and related occupations 11,260 $13.75 $28,590
Production occupations 10,110 $14.70 $30,580
Transportation and material moving occupations 9,390 $12.30 $25,590
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,390 $8.37 $17,420
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,720 $28.77 $59,840
Education, training, and library occupations 6,560 $17.59 $36,580
Construction and extraction occupations 6,280 $15.56 $32,370
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,140 $17.85 $37,140
Retail salespersons 3,660 $10.89 $22,640
Office clerks, general 3,530 $11.39 $23,690
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,520 $9.37 $19,490
Cashiers 3,240 $7.80 $16,220
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 3,150 $7.53 $15,660
Business and financial operations occupations 2,940 $26.51 $55,150
Management occupations 2,910 $39.64 $82,450
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,840 $10.51 $21,870
Healthcare support occupations 2,760 $12.33 $25,650
Registered nurses 2,630 $28.46 $59,190
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,440 $29.43 $61,210
Community and social services occupations 1,960 $16.97 $35,290
Protective service occupations 1,850 $17.61 $36,620
Personal care and service occupations 1,790 $10.72 $22,300
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,650 $9.02 $18,760
Waiters and waitresses 1,510 $7.92 $16,470
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,390 $16.61 $34,550
Customer service representatives 1,370 $12.67 $26,350
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,340 Not available $41,170
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,330 $10.13 $21,080
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,290 $14.49 $30,130
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,280 $29.35 $61,050
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,170 $16.95 $35,260
Carpenters 1,110 $16.09 $33,470
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,100 $10.45 $21,740
Construction laborers 1,050 $11.62 $24,180
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 990 $32.45 $67,490
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 980 $16.09 $33,470
General and operations managers 920 $43.33 $90,120
Team assemblers 910 $12.49 $25,980
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 890 $18.61 $38,720
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 880 Not available $42,980
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 830 $9.45 $19,650
Teacher assistants 830 Not available $16,720
Teachers and instructors, all other 830 Not available $24,220
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 820 $17.91 $37,240
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 800 $8.62 $17,920
Receptionists and information clerks 760 $10.30 $21,420
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 740 $22.72 $47,250
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 710 $13.30 $27,660
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 700 $11.62 $24,170
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 650 $17.68 $36,780
Accountants and auditors 640 $29.11 $60,560
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 620 $17.04 $35,440
Telemarketers 610 $9.79 $20,350
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 600 Not available $41,980
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 590 $15.18 $31,580
Machinists 580 $16.03 $33,340
Bus drivers, school 570 $11.59 $24,110
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 550 $17.53 $36,460
Home health aides 550 $9.25 $19,240
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 540 $14.26 $29,660
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 540 $12.84 $26,710
Tellers 530 $11.61 $24,160
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 510 $17.19 $35,760
Electricians 510 $17.33 $36,050
Cooks, restaurant 470 $9.52 $19,790
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 470 $25.63 $53,300
Security guards 470 $9.95 $20,700
Life, physical, and social science occupations 460 $23.48 $48,840
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 450 $7.53 $15,660
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 440 $10.95 $22,780
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 430 $18.72 $38,930
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 420 $11.94 $24,830
Helpers--production workers 380 $10.96 $22,800
Mechanical engineers 380 $28.96 $60,230
Child, family, and school social workers 370 $17.30 $35,980
Civil engineers 370 $33.42 $69,520
Cooks, fast food 370 $7.13 $14,820
Industrial machinery mechanics 370 $22.30 $46,370
Industrial truck and tractor operators 370 $13.67 $28,430
Insurance sales agents 360 $21.09 $43,860
Rehabilitation counselors 350 $13.31 $27,680
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 340 $16.61 $34,540
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 340 $14.30 $29,740
Sales representatives, services, all other 340 $18.42 $38,310
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 330 $12.96 $26,960
Legal occupations 330 $29.71 $61,790
Printing machine operators 330 $16.26 $33,820
Brickmasons and blockmasons 310 $20.82 $43,300
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 310 $23.76 $49,420
Food preparation workers 300 $8.59 $17,860
Postal service mail carriers 300 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 290 $26.36 $54,830
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 290 $13.49 $28,060
Correctional officers and jailers 270 $15.31 $31,840
Bartenders 260 $7.50 $15,590
Bindery workers 260 $16.71 $34,760
Child care workers 260 $7.31 $15,200
Cost estimators 260 $25.12 $52,250
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 260 $6.98 $14,520
Dishwashers 260 $7.37 $15,330
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 260 $20.56 $42,760
Pharmacy technicians 260 $11.67 $24,270
Production workers, all other 260 $12.00 $24,960
Social and human service assistants 260 $12.86 $26,750
Business operations specialists, all other 250 $25.47 $52,980
Driver/sales workers 250 $15.11 $31,420
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 240 $10.80 $22,460
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 240 $7.44 $15,460
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 240 $8.97 $18,660
Sheet metal workers 240 $14.76 $30,700
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 230 $9.82 $20,430
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 230 $14.33 $29,810
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 230 $9.15 $19,030
Mental health counselors 230 $16.41 $34,130
Parts salespersons 230 $12.87 $26,780
Prepress technicians and workers 230 $18.74 $38,970
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $25.74 $53,540
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 220 $14.59 $30,340
Computer support specialists 220 $21.01 $43,700
Data entry keyers 220 $9.30 $19,350
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 220 $13.19 $27,440
Preschool teachers, except special education 220 $15.71 $32,680
Computer systems analysts 210 $27.47 $57,140
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 210 $11.05 $22,990
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 210 $20.58 $42,810
Industrial engineers 210 $36.58 $76,080
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 200 $17.21 $35,800
Counter and rental clerks 200 $10.37 $21,580
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 200 $14.22 $29,590
Helpers--carpenters 200 $9.71 $20,200
Painters, construction and maintenance 200 $13.18 $27,420
Real estate sales agents 200 Not available Not available
Computer software engineers, systems software 190 $39.85 $82,880
Dental assistants 190 $14.79 $30,770
Financial managers 190 $35.26 $73,340
Healthcare support workers, all other 190 $13.23 $27,530
Personal and home care aides 190 $7.74 $16,100
Recreation workers 190 $9.87 $20,530
Computer programmers 180 $27.17 $56,510
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 180 $20.61 $42,860
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 180 $14.22 $29,580
Surveyors 180 $20.28 $42,180
Computer software engineers, applications 170 $39.49 $82,140
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 170 Not available $68,880
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 170 $27.32 $56,820
Industrial production managers 170 $37.67 $78,350
Management analysts 170 $28.24 $58,750
Medical assistants 170 $12.50 $26,010
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 170 $12.83 $26,690
Pharmacists 170 $51.39 $106,900
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 170 $20.31 $42,240
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 170 $8.58 $17,850
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 170 $9.82 $20,420
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 160 $14.06 $29,240
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 160 $13.01 $27,050
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 160 Not available Not available
Public relations specialists 160 $22.11 $45,990
Speech-language pathologists 160 $32.49 $67,570
Food servers, nonrestaurant 150 $7.57 $15,730
Loan officers 150 $18.26 $37,980
Market research analysts 150 $21.39 $44,490
Medical and health services managers 150 $37.32 $77,630
Network and computer systems administrators 150 $26.78 $55,700
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $15.12 $31,460
Physical therapists 150 $36.09 $75,060
Sales managers 150 $39.63 $82,430
Architectural and civil drafters 140 $17.68 $36,770
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 140 $14.17 $29,460
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 140 $21.51 $44,740
Electrical engineers 140 $41.11 $85,500
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 140 $12.44 $25,880
Office and administrative support workers, all other 140 $14.51 $30,180
Physical therapist assistants 140 $28.99 $60,290
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 140 Not available $40,900
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 140 $16.54 $34,400
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 130 $33.21 $69,080
Funeral attendants 130 $10.85 $22,570
Lawyers 130 $46.77 $97,290
Machine feeders and offbearers 130 $12.44 $25,880
Coaches and scouts 120 Not available $32,630
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 120 $19.56 $40,690
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 120 $12.80 $26,630
Construction managers 120 $32.29 $67,160
Furniture finishers 120 $11.58 $24,090
Librarians 120 $19.81 $41,210
Logging equipment operators 120 $11.74 $24,420
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 120 $16.35 $34,000
Self-enrichment education teachers 120 $13.84 $28,790
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 120 $13.94 $28,990
Training and development specialists 120 $28.77 $59,840
Cement masons and concrete finishers 110 $16.44 $34,190
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $12.26 $25,490
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $44,900
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 110 $13.62 $28,330
Paralegals and legal assistants 110 $16.93 $35,200
Personal financial advisors 110 $43.38 $90,230
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 110 $18.03 $37,500
Administrative services managers 100 $31.87 $66,290
Architects, except landscape and naval 100 $26.50 $55,120
Chief executives 100 $64.88 $134,960
Computer and information systems managers 100 $49.33 $102,600
Dental hygienists 100 $30.13 $62,680
Engineering managers 100 $46.46 $96,630
Library assistants, clerical 100 $9.34 $19,430
Managers, all other 100 $28.50 $59,270
Residential advisors 100 $11.17 $23,230
Respiratory therapists 100 $22.71 $47,230
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 100 Not available $47,210
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 100 $22.12 $46,010
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $50,330
Detectives and criminal investigators 90 $30.57 $63,580
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 90 $14.29 $29,730
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 90 $25.46 $52,960
Instructional coordinators 90 $19.89 $41,370
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $12.35 $25,680
Nonfarm animal caretakers 90 $8.60 $17,880
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $15.27 $31,750
Surveying and mapping technicians 90 $16.60 $34,530
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $10.20 $21,210
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 90 $19.28 $40,100
Amusement and recreation attendants 80 $8.71 $18,120
Court, municipal, and license clerks 80 $15.50 $32,230
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 80 $15.04 $31,280
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 80 $17.48 $36,360
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 80 $9.25 $19,250
Graphic designers 80 $17.85 $37,120
Marketing managers 80 $49.04 $102,010
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 80 $23.95 $49,810
Medical records and health information technicians 80 $13.01 $27,060
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 80 $15.46 $32,150
Occupational therapists 80 $34.80 $72,390
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 80 $31.46 $65,440
Social and community service managers 80 $29.04 $60,400
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 80 $9.05 $18,830
All other information and record clerks 70 $12.65 $26,300
Bakers 70 $8.43 $17,530
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $12.34 $25,670
Community and social service specialists, all other 70 $23.92 $49,750
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $22.76 $47,330
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 70 $15.15 $31,500
Construction and building inspectors 70 $18.70 $38,890
Database administrators 70 $19.39 $40,330
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 70 $9.20 $19,130
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 70 $19.61 $40,780
File clerks 70 $10.00 $20,810
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $34.63 $72,040
Floral designers 70 $11.61 $24,140
Food service managers 70 $29.22 $60,780
Helpers--electricians 70 $10.09 $20,990
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 70 $15.53 $32,300
Mechanical drafters 70 $19.55 $40,670
Network systems and data communications analysts 70 $28.60 $59,490
Occupational therapist assistants 70 $31.35 $65,220
Plant and system operators, all other 70 $23.62 $49,120
Roofers 70 $14.42 $30,000
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 70 $11.84 $24,640
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 70 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, secondary school 70 Not available $44,780
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 70 $12.06 $25,070
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 60 $20.41 $42,460
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $14.41 $29,980
Dietetic technicians 60 $9.78 $20,330
Financial analysts 60 $31.40 $65,320
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles 60 $15.53 $32,310
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 60 $15.50 $32,240
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 60 $12.80 $26,620
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 60 $7.63 $15,880
Medical and public health social workers 60 $19.57 $40,700
Medical secretaries 60 $15.31 $31,840
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 60 $16.62 $34,570
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 60 $16.73 $34,790
Service station attendants 60 $8.23 $17,120
Shampooers 60 $6.85 $14,240
Special education teachers, middle school 60 Not available $41,790
Veterinarians 60 $39.73 $82,630
Advertising sales agents 50 $19.55 $40,670
Butchers and meat cutters 50 $13.62 $28,330
Couriers and messengers 50 $10.87 $22,620
Education administrators, postsecondary 50 $33.34 $69,350
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $18.95 $39,420
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 50 $17.25 $35,870
Industrial engineering technicians 50 $20.85 $43,360
Library technicians 50 $10.51 $21,850
Loan interviewers and clerks 50 $13.00 $27,040
Mechanical engineering technicians 50 $21.51 $44,730
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 50 $19.26 $40,070
Occupational health and safety specialists 50 $26.36 $54,830
Protective service workers, all other 50 $14.10 $29,320
Social workers, all other 50 $23.50 $48,880
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $34.18 $71,090
Brokerage clerks 40 $18.78 $39,070
Chemists 40 $28.98 $60,270
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 40 $25.89 $53,850
Credit analysts 40 $37.31 $77,600
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $31.18 $64,850
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $19.50 $40,570
Editors 40 $18.12 $37,680
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $41.86 $87,060
Embalmers 40 Not available Not available
Environmental engineers 40 $34.00 $70,730
Family and general practitioners 40 $74.78 $155,550
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 40 $22.31 $46,410
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 Not available Not available
Helpers--roofers 40 $10.72 $22,300
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $48,700
Medical equipment preparers 40 $10.33 $21,480
Medical transcriptionists 40 $14.43 $30,020
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $49,980
Purchasing managers 40 $46.07 $95,820
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $43,590
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 40 $17.33 $36,060
Tour guides and escorts 40 $11.29 $23,480
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $53,230
Dentists, general 30 Not available Not available
History teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $50,040
Home appliance repairers 30 Not available Not available
Legislators 30 Not available $17,790
Maintenance workers, machinery 30 $16.46 $34,230
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $13.49 $28,070
Patternmakers, metal and plastic 30 $14.99 $31,170
Postmasters and mail superintendents 30 $29.31 $60,960
Appraisers and assessors of real estate Not available $25.95 $53,970
Automotive body and related repairers Not available $16.82 $34,980
Bill and account collectors Not available $15.38 $32,000
Business teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $47,870
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $31.14 $64,770
Construction and related workers, all other Not available $14.62 $30,400
Cooks, short order Not available $8.33 $17,330
Crane and tower operators Not available $16.04 $33,350
Earth drillers, except oil and gas Not available $15.71 $32,670
Engineers, all other Not available $31.31 $65,120
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $15.47 $32,170
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $16.01 $33,300
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $12.52 $26,040
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Not available $10.61 $22,060
Legal secretaries Not available $14.45 $30,050
Logisticians Not available $33.50 $69,670
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $10.56 $21,970
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $14.69 $30,550
Nuclear engineers Not available $50.94 $105,960
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $13.73 $28,550
Order clerks Not available $12.73 $26,470
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $11.91 $24,780
Packers and packagers, hand Not available $9.49 $19,730
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $15.45 $32,130
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $103.11 $214,470
Real estate brokers Not available $28.85 $60,010
Surgical technologists Not available $18.34 $38,140
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $30.38 $63,180
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.49 $19,750
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $19.53 $40,620
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $15.06 $31,320
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $13.96 $29,040
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