Occupational employment / Macon, GA

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 "Macon, GA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 99,690 $17.05 $35,460
Office and administrative support occupations 19,920 $13.79 $28,680
Sales and related occupations 10,900 $13.90 $28,920
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,370 $8.19 $17,030
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,660 $28.69 $59,670
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,940 $12.35 $25,690
Education, training, and library occupations 6,810 $19.77 $41,130
Production occupations 5,250 $14.93 $31,050
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,960 $18.93 $39,370
Management occupations 4,460 $40.97 $85,220
Construction and extraction occupations 4,040 $15.12 $31,440
Retail salespersons 3,890 $11.45 $23,820
Business and financial operations occupations 3,820 $26.40 $54,910
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,540 $9.23 $19,190
Registered nurses 3,350 $28.67 $59,640
Protective service occupations 2,980 $14.31 $29,770
Cashiers 2,970 $7.76 $16,130
Healthcare support occupations 2,960 $10.42 $21,670
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,530 $7.26 $15,090
Office clerks, general 2,320 $10.42 $21,680
Stock clerks and order fillers 2,030 $10.84 $22,540
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,950 $8.18 $17,020
Customer service representatives 1,840 $14.22 $29,570
General and operations managers 1,820 $41.02 $85,330
Personal care and service occupations 1,770 $10.01 $20,830
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,660 $14.00 $29,120
Community and social services occupations 1,630 $15.79 $32,840
Waiters and waitresses 1,600 $7.44 $15,470
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,550 $11.36 $23,640
Teacher assistants 1,490 Not available $16,480
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,410 $22.05 $45,860
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,350 $12.04 $25,040
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,260 $8.98 $18,680
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,230 $16.96 $35,280
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,210 $13.42 $27,900
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,200 $25.47 $52,980
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,150 Not available $48,320
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,040 $16.62 $34,560
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,030 $14.85 $30,890
Construction laborers 1,000 $11.45 $23,810
Security guards 990 $11.17 $23,240
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 920 $26.49 $55,100
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 910 $16.33 $33,970
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 900 $16.51 $34,340
Architecture and engineering occupations 790 $29.11 $60,560
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 790 $14.49 $30,140
Production workers, all other 780 $15.43 $32,090
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 750 $7.89 $16,400
Insurance sales agents 710 $23.13 $48,100
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 690 $13.84 $28,790
Bus drivers, school 680 $7.68 $15,980
Cooks, restaurant 680 $8.50 $17,690
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 660 $13.94 $28,990
Correctional officers and jailers 650 $13.48 $28,040
Receptionists and information clerks 650 $10.90 $22,670
Medical assistants 610 $12.60 $26,210
Dishwashers 590 $6.96 $14,470
Home health aides 570 $8.28 $17,220
Industrial truck and tractor operators 560 $14.11 $29,340
Medical secretaries 560 $11.77 $24,480
Accountants and auditors 550 $28.26 $58,780
Bill and account collectors 550 $15.07 $31,340
Child care workers 550 $8.83 $18,360
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 540 $17.65 $36,720
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 540 $27.03 $56,230
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 530 $17.40 $36,190
Electricians 510 $19.22 $39,970
Packers and packagers, hand 510 $8.66 $18,000
Preschool teachers, except special education 500 $10.91 $22,680
Food preparation workers 490 $8.60 $17,880
Legal occupations 480 $32.75 $68,110
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 470 $10.99 $22,850
Tellers 460 $11.42 $23,750
Chief executives 440 $64.79 $134,770
Cooks, fast food 440 $8.30 $17,270
Life, physical, and social science occupations 440 $37.01 $76,990
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 440 Not available $53,090
Social and human service assistants 440 $9.91 $20,620
Legal secretaries 410 $13.68 $28,460
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 410 $11.83 $24,610
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 390 $24.83 $51,640
Child, family, and school social workers 380 $15.48 $32,210
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 380 $12.69 $26,400
Pharmacy technicians 360 $13.63 $28,340
Postsecondary teachers, all other 360 Not available $41,980
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 350 $24.38 $50,720
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 350 $12.84 $26,700
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 350 Not available $45,150
Team assemblers 340 $14.31 $29,760
Computer support specialists 320 $17.97 $37,370
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 320 $8.36 $17,380
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 310 $14.44 $30,040
Financial managers 300 $42.48 $88,350
Counter and rental clerks 290 $12.31 $25,600
Machinists 280 $10.97 $22,820
Pharmacists 280 $54.31 $112,960
Sales managers 280 $40.07 $83,350
Training and development specialists 280 $25.53 $53,110
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 270 $6.91 $14,370
Business operations specialists, all other 260 $28.20 $58,660
Postal service mail carriers 260 Not available Not available
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 260 Not available Not available
Administrative services managers 250 $32.46 $67,520
Driver/sales workers 250 $13.28 $27,630
Painters, construction and maintenance 250 $11.65 $24,240
Personal and home care aides 250 $8.82 $18,350
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 250 Not available $51,510
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 240 $8.08 $16,810
Network and computer systems administrators 240 $31.36 $65,230
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 230 $14.82 $30,830
Insurance underwriters 230 $22.35 $46,490
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $22.80 $47,420
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 230 $20.77 $43,190
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 220 $22.52 $46,840
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 220 $17.11 $35,590
Instructional coordinators 220 $24.72 $51,410
Medical records and health information technicians 220 $12.54 $26,090
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 220 $18.47 $38,420
Respiratory therapists 210 $23.32 $48,500
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 200 $12.74 $26,500
Helpers--electricians 200 $10.91 $22,680
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 200 $12.66 $26,340
Helpers--production workers 200 $8.76 $18,220
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 200 $15.95 $33,180
Lawyers 200 $46.90 $97,550
Dental hygienists 190 $24.42 $50,800
Real estate sales agents 190 $16.43 $34,170
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 190 $14.85 $30,890
Computer systems analysts 180 $24.26 $50,470
Detectives and criminal investigators 180 $24.31 $50,570
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 180 $7.36 $15,300
Medical and public health social workers 180 $18.66 $38,800
Surgical technologists 180 $15.64 $32,530
Amusement and recreation attendants 170 $7.58 $15,770
Carpenters 170 $16.31 $33,930
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 170 $22.91 $47,650
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 170 $17.43 $36,250
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 170 $25.45 $52,930
Parts salespersons 170 $15.14 $31,490
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 170 $21.13 $43,940
Bartenders 160 $9.06 $18,850
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 160 $20.66 $42,960
Data entry keyers 160 $13.11 $27,260
Industrial machinery mechanics 160 $16.48 $34,270
Management analysts 160 $34.97 $72,740
Medical and health services managers 160 $38.42 $79,920
Switchboard operators, including answering service 160 $11.02 $22,930
All other information and record clerks 150 $13.88 $28,870
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 150 $22.33 $46,450
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 150 $20.84 $43,340
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $16.53 $34,380
Physical therapists 150 $39.79 $82,760
Sales representatives, services, all other 150 $19.24 $40,010
Bailiffs 140 $7.57 $15,740
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 140 Not available $78,420
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 140 $19.03 $39,580
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 140 $12.66 $26,340
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 140 $16.43 $34,170
Network systems and data communications analysts 140 $21.30 $44,300
Physician assistants 140 $42.35 $88,080
Automotive body and related repairers 130 $17.56 $36,530
Computer programmers 130 $31.10 $64,700
Dental assistants 130 $15.16 $31,540
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 130 $30.00 $62,390
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 130 $8.76 $18,220
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 130 $16.03 $33,330
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 130 $32.34 $67,270
Social and community service managers 130 $22.66 $47,120
Advertising sales agents 120 $14.66 $30,500
Butchers and meat cutters 120 $11.49 $23,900
Court, municipal, and license clerks 120 $14.18 $29,500
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 120 $16.06 $33,410
Machine feeders and offbearers 120 $12.64 $26,300
Managers, all other 120 $35.89 $74,650
Order clerks 120 $13.07 $27,180
Printing machine operators 120 $15.50 $32,230
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 120 $22.27 $46,320
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 120 $20.62 $42,890
Community and social service specialists, all other 110 $14.85 $30,890
Computer operators 110 $14.53 $30,230
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 110 $17.86 $37,150
File clerks 110 $10.44 $21,710
Loan officers 110 $39.12 $81,380
Recreation workers 110 $9.36 $19,470
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $9.53 $19,820
Roofers 110 $13.11 $27,270
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $17.22 $35,820
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 110 $19.81 $41,210
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 100 $16.53 $34,380
Education administrators, postsecondary 100 $48.86 $101,640
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 100 $15.00 $31,200
Mechanical engineers 100 $30.24 $62,910
Medical transcriptionists 100 $13.72 $28,530
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 100 $11.77 $24,490
Personal financial advisors 100 $49.74 $103,460
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 90 $9.84 $20,470
Computer and information systems managers 90 $40.67 $84,590
Construction managers 90 $33.91 $70,530
Dentists, general 90 $74.53 $155,020
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 90 $26.17 $54,440
Food servers, nonrestaurant 90 $9.78 $20,340
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 80 $9.75 $20,290
Cost estimators 80 $28.63 $59,560
Family and general practitioners 80 $84.74 $176,250
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 80 $26.14 $54,370
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 80 $15.94 $33,150
Librarians 80 $24.44 $50,840
Logging equipment operators 80 $19.03 $39,590
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $13.33 $27,720
Nonfarm animal caretakers 80 $8.97 $18,660
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 80 $12.21 $25,400
Sewing machine operators 80 $10.42 $21,670
Sheet metal workers 80 $12.66 $26,340
Speech-language pathologists 80 $28.01 $58,260
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 80 $28.97 $60,270
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 80 $13.25 $27,550
Bindery workers 70 $11.37 $23,640
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 70 $13.91 $28,940
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $15.03 $31,260
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $12.20 $25,370
Dental laboratory technicians 70 $19.85 $41,290
Electrical engineers 70 $39.15 $81,430
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $17.29 $35,970
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $29.20 $60,740
Market research analysts 70 $20.93 $43,530
Pharmacy aides 70 $8.23 $17,120
Physicians and surgeons, all other 70 $86.23 $179,350
Property, real estate, and community association managers 70 $22.74 $47,300
Public relations specialists 70 $20.88 $43,420
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 70 $32.51 $67,610
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 60 $20.12 $41,860
Architectural and civil drafters 60 $23.60 $49,090
Computer software engineers, applications 60 $25.98 $54,040
Demonstrators and product promoters 60 Not available Not available
Financial specialists, all other 60 $21.57 $44,860
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 60 $20.09 $41,790
Industrial engineers 60 $36.78 $76,490
Industrial production managers 60 $34.78 $72,340
Millwrights 60 $17.31 $36,010
Occupational therapists 60 $32.66 $67,920
Office and administrative support workers, all other 60 $14.39 $29,940
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Prepress technicians and workers 60 $12.75 $26,520
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 60 $18.18 $37,820
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $10.33 $21,480
Chefs and head cooks 50 $14.03 $29,170
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 50 $34.04 $70,790
Coaches and scouts 50 Not available $38,550
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 50 $19.12 $39,760
Credit analysts 50 $26.10 $54,300
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $20.82 $43,300
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $13.13 $27,310
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $19.45 $40,450
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $22.48 $46,770
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 50 $14.68 $30,530
Graphic designers 50 $16.91 $35,160
Healthcare support workers, all other 50 $10.95 $22,770
Library assistants, clerical 50 $11.33 $23,560
Pest control workers 50 $14.77 $30,710
Pipelayers 50 $14.18 $29,500
Reporters and correspondents 50 Not available Not available
Sales and related workers, all other 50 $19.90 $41,390
Service station attendants 50 $9.62 $20,000
Surveying and mapping technicians 50 $16.71 $34,750
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $36.48 $75,880
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 40 $19.01 $39,540
Architects, except landscape and naval 40 $46.42 $96,560
Broadcast technicians 40 $17.41 $36,210
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 40 $22.65 $47,110
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 40 $18.34 $38,140
Conveyor operators and tenders 40 $13.68 $28,450
Couriers and messengers 40 $9.69 $20,150
Crossing guards 40 $7.95 $16,540
Editors 40 Not available Not available
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 40 $27.92 $58,080
Engineering managers 40 $49.47 $102,890
Engineers, all other 40 $27.16 $56,500
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $64,870
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 40 $21.06 $43,810
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 40 $14.71 $30,600
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 40 $16.55 $34,420
Internists, general 40 $104.37 $217,090
Logisticians 40 $31.73 $66,000
Maintenance workers, machinery 40 $16.79 $34,920
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $61,560
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 40 $19.81 $41,210
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 40 $11.97 $24,890
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 40 $15.27 $31,760
Physical therapist assistants 40 $24.17 $50,280
Procurement clerks 40 $16.70 $34,730
Producers and directors 40 $19.70 $40,970
Transportation inspectors 40 $24.35 $50,640
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 40 $6.93 $14,420
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $51,440
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 40 $22.33 $46,450
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $61,580
Budget analysts 30 $24.46 $50,870
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $72,000
Construction and building inspectors 30 $21.36 $44,430
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 30 $16.03 $33,340
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 30 $37.95 $78,940
Legal support workers, all other 30 $20.18 $41,980
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 30 $11.03 $22,940
Marketing managers 30 $30.53 $63,490
Painters, transportation equipment 30 $19.93 $41,450
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 30 $11.57 $24,060
Photographers 30 $13.47 $28,020
Photographic processing machine operators 30 $11.14 $23,180
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 30 $8.96 $18,640
Bakers Not available $8.52 $17,730
Brickmasons and blockmasons Not available $17.98 $37,400
Bus drivers, transit and intercity Not available $6.74 $14,010
Civil engineers Not available $28.20 $58,650
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $7.23 $15,030
Electrical and electronics drafters Not available $22.28 $46,330
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Not available $17.41 $36,210
Fire fighters Not available $12.63 $26,270
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers Not available $20.79 $43,240
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other Not available $16.94 $35,240
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Not available $18.39 $38,250
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $14.40 $29,940
Home appliance repairers Not available $13.11 $27,260
Loan interviewers and clerks Not available $12.11 $25,180
Meter readers, utilities Not available $14.08 $29,280
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $49,900
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Not available $13.49 $28,060
Opticians, dispensing Not available $22.63 $47,060
Paralegals and legal assistants Not available $21.88 $45,520
Police and sheriff's patrol officers Not available $17.18 $35,740
Residential advisors Not available $10.13 $21,070
Self-enrichment education teachers Not available $14.53 $30,210
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $16.82 $34,980
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $19.92 $41,440
Structural metal fabricators and fitters Not available $16.65 $34,620
Surgeons Not available More than $70 More than $145,600
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Not available $9.24 $19,220
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $21,960
Telemarketers Not available $11.46 $23,840
Tire repairers and changers Not available $10.22 $21,250
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $12.13 $25,220
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Not available $16.29 $33,880
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