Occupational employment / Manchester, NH

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 "Manchester, NH" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 103,230 $21.37 $44,450
Office and administrative support occupations 19,310 $16.20 $33,700
Sales and related occupations 11,770 $18.75 $39,000
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,120 $10.38 $21,600
Production occupations 6,910 $16.27 $33,830
Business and financial operations occupations 6,140 $29.82 $62,030
Education, training, and library occupations 6,040 $20.85 $43,360
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,000 $33.91 $70,540
Management occupations 5,940 $49.96 $103,910
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,900 $14.72 $30,610
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,250 $21.34 $44,400
Construction and extraction occupations 3,970 $21.56 $44,830
Retail salespersons 3,330 $12.35 $25,690
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,290 $12.77 $26,560
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,960 $36.34 $75,590
Healthcare support occupations 2,800 $14.70 $30,580
Cashiers 2,690 $9.25 $19,250
Office clerks, general 2,460 $15.15 $31,510
Personal care and service occupations 2,370 $11.63 $24,190
Registered nurses 2,210 $31.05 $64,590
Customer service representatives 2,000 $15.86 $32,980
Protective service occupations 1,810 $18.17 $37,790
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,760 $14.85 $30,880
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,750 $32.46 $67,520
Waiters and waitresses 1,690 $9.95 $20,700
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,680 $9.52 $19,810
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,680 $11.90 $24,760
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,590 $32.15 $66,870
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,560 $11.36 $23,630
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,460 $14.09 $29,310
Community and social services occupations 1,410 $20.48 $42,590
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,400 $17.63 $36,670
Business operations specialists, all other 1,390 $28.96 $60,240
General and operations managers 1,300 $51.83 $107,810
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,270 $24.89 $51,770
Teacher assistants 1,150 Not available $24,640
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,130 $19.61 $40,790
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,100 $18.22 $37,900
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,070 $20.70 $43,070
Legal occupations 1,030 $37.33 $77,650
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 950 $11.94 $24,840
Maintenance and repair workers, general 910 $17.28 $35,940
Accountants and auditors 890 $27.98 $58,200
Managers, all other 880 $49.24 $102,410
Elementary school teachers, except special education 870 Not available $49,490
Receptionists and information clerks 840 $12.86 $26,740
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 840 $16.31 $33,920
Computer software engineers, applications 810 $40.26 $83,740
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 770 $20.54 $42,730
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 720 $13.05 $27,140
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 660 $14.28 $29,710
Financial managers 650 $45.42 $94,470
Lawyers 650 $45.93 $95,540
Security guards 640 $11.76 $24,460
Cooks, restaurant 630 $11.78 $24,500
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 610 $28.78 $59,860
Electricians 600 $23.01 $47,850
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 590 $25.34 $52,700
Sales representatives, services, all other 590 $25.34 $52,700
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 580 $20.70 $43,060
Bartenders 580 $10.29 $21,410
Chief executives 580 $83.61 $173,910
Food preparation workers 580 $9.36 $19,470
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 580 Not available $50,140
Team assemblers 580 $12.81 $26,630
Computer systems analysts 530 $46.53 $96,790
Preschool teachers, except special education 530 $12.09 $25,150
Life, physical, and social science occupations 520 $26.16 $54,420
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 510 $23.73 $49,350
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 500 Not available $48,670
Construction laborers 490 $15.08 $31,360
Cooks, fast food 490 $9.59 $19,940
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 490 $9.98 $20,760
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 480 $13.16 $27,370
Computer support specialists 470 $23.43 $48,740
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 470 $22.85 $47,520
Loan officers 470 $35.80 $74,450
Office and administrative support workers, all other 470 $12.54 $26,080
Carpenters 460 $22.93 $47,690
Personal and home care aides 460 $10.98 $22,830
Teachers and instructors, all other 450 Not available $35,900
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 440 $16.18 $33,660
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 430 $32.31 $67,210
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 430 $29.77 $61,920
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 420 $40.56 $84,370
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 400 $9.73 $20,250
Packers and packagers, hand 400 $9.50 $19,770
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 380 $13.73 $28,550
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 380 Not available Not available
Financial specialists, all other 370 $34.62 $72,010
Home health aides 370 $10.92 $22,710
Computer programmers 360 $31.44 $65,390
Driver/sales workers 360 $14.69 $30,550
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 360 $35.73 $74,310
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 360 $11.26 $23,430
Medical secretaries 360 $16.02 $33,320
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 360 $24.12 $50,170
Machinists 350 $21.11 $43,900
Counter and rental clerks 340 $13.27 $27,600
All other information and record clerks 330 $13.28 $27,630
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 330 $14.27 $29,690
Food servers, nonrestaurant 310 $9.26 $19,260
Paralegals and legal assistants 310 $21.76 $45,260
Social and human service assistants 310 $14.12 $29,370
Computer and information systems managers 300 $55.34 $115,100
Data entry keyers 300 $14.01 $29,150
Tellers 300 $12.84 $26,710
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 290 $16.39 $34,090
Child care workers 290 $9.42 $19,590
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 290 $21.09 $43,870
Dishwashers 290 $9.19 $19,110
Management analysts 280 $37.98 $78,990
Dental hygienists 270 $35.13 $73,060
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 270 $9.48 $19,710
Postal service mail carriers 270 Not available Not available
Sheet metal workers 260 $19.01 $39,550
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 260 $25.12 $52,260
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 250 $8.55 $17,780
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 250 $26.59 $55,300
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 250 $16.75 $34,840
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 250 $16.43 $34,170
Loan interviewers and clerks 250 $18.18 $37,820
Marketing managers 250 $42.70 $88,810
Medical and health services managers 240 $44.61 $92,780
Network and computer systems administrators 240 $32.59 $67,790
Production workers, all other 240 $11.30 $23,500
Sales managers 240 $58.15 $120,940
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 230 $19.95 $41,490
Medical records and health information technicians 230 $14.31 $29,760
Bill and account collectors 220 $18.73 $38,960
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 220 $17.33 $36,040
Medical assistants 220 $14.65 $30,460
Residential advisors 220 $13.01 $27,060
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 220 $11.26 $23,420
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 210 $11.96 $24,880
Dental assistants 210 $21.26 $44,230
Legal secretaries 210 $20.06 $41,730
Pharmacy technicians 210 $14.74 $30,660
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 200 $12.18 $25,330
Couriers and messengers 200 $11.59 $24,110
Pharmacists 200 $51.11 $106,300
Physicians and surgeons, all other 200 $104.05 $216,420
Printing machine operators 200 $17.35 $36,090
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 200 $25.86 $53,800
Switchboard operators, including answering service 200 $12.77 $26,560
Civil engineers 190 $40.97 $85,210
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 190 $21.75 $45,250
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 190 $13.72 $28,530
Engineers, all other 190 $37.96 $78,950
File clerks 190 $10.91 $22,680
Industrial truck and tractor operators 190 $15.10 $31,400
Insurance underwriters 190 $31.58 $65,680
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 190 $11.87 $24,700
Parts salespersons 190 $16.39 $34,080
Cost estimators 180 $32.10 $66,760
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 180 $23.22 $48,290
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 180 $15.61 $32,480
Healthcare support workers, all other 180 $16.17 $33,630
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 180 $21.96 $45,680
Recreation workers 180 $10.69 $22,230
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 180 $32.81 $68,250
Self-enrichment education teachers 180 $22.29 $46,360
Construction managers 170 $52.73 $109,670
Engineering managers 170 $56.46 $117,440
Highway maintenance workers 170 Not available Not available
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 170 $11.05 $22,990
Public relations specialists 170 $23.41 $48,700
Radiologic technologists and technicians 170 $27.43 $57,060
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 160 $16.62 $34,560
Financial analysts 160 $31.50 $65,520
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 160 $19.54 $40,650
Medical transcriptionists 160 $17.27 $35,910
Network systems and data communications analysts 160 $33.40 $69,480
Order clerks 160 $17.60 $36,620
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 160 Not available $47,970
Speech-language pathologists 160 $28.03 $58,300
Automotive body and related repairers 150 $19.48 $40,520
Computer software engineers, systems software 150 $42.09 $87,550
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 150 $26.16 $54,410
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 150 $19.24 $40,010
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 150 $24.31 $50,550
Insurance sales agents 150 $26.89 $55,940
Mechanical engineers 150 $33.26 $69,190
Mental health counselors 150 $17.62 $36,660
New accounts clerks 150 $16.04 $33,370
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 $14.27 $29,680
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 140 $18.32 $38,110
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 140 $26.33 $54,760
Industrial engineers 140 $36.19 $75,270
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 140 $18.84 $39,190
Physical therapists 140 $32.57 $67,740
Sales and related workers, all other 140 $21.79 $45,320
Chefs and head cooks 130 $18.28 $38,020
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 130 Not available $75,600
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 130 $15.87 $33,020
Industrial machinery mechanics 130 $20.31 $42,240
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 130 $21.46 $44,630
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 130 $13.16 $27,380
Training and development specialists 130 $24.09 $50,110
Administrative services managers 120 $32.76 $68,140
Education administrators, postsecondary 120 $30.50 $63,440
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 120 $30.50 $63,440
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 120 $11.05 $22,980
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 120 $20.30 $42,220
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $15.43 $32,100
Occupational therapists 120 $28.02 $58,280
Personal financial advisors 120 $45.32 $94,270
Physician assistants 120 $36.02 $74,920
Postsecondary teachers, all other 120 Not available $69,220
Real estate sales agents 120 $17.88 $37,200
Telemarketers 120 $16.33 $33,970
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 110 $22.74 $47,290
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 110 $24.56 $51,090
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 110 $25.52 $53,090
Computer specialists, all other 110 $33.97 $70,660
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 110 $18.73 $38,960
Graphic designers 110 $19.44 $40,440
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 110 $14.08 $29,290
Librarians 110 $25.02 $52,040
Library technicians 110 $15.47 $32,180
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 110 $19.61 $40,790
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 110 $10.46 $21,750
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 110 $15.23 $31,680
Community and social service specialists, all other 100 $21.36 $44,420
Health technologists and technicians, all other 100 $19.43 $40,420
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 100 $13.86 $28,820
Property, real estate, and community association managers 100 $22.17 $46,100
Service station attendants 100 $10.76 $22,390
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 90 $21.86 $45,470
Child, family, and school social workers 90 $19.64 $40,860
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 90 $16.65 $34,630
Industrial production managers 90 $44.80 $93,190
Market research analysts 90 $32.56 $67,730
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 90 $14.43 $30,010
Nonfarm animal caretakers 90 $10.21 $21,230
Painters, construction and maintenance 90 $17.55 $36,500
Security and fire alarm systems installers 90 $18.23 $37,910
Social and community service managers 90 $28.87 $60,050
Advertising sales agents 80 $23.50 $48,870
Amusement and recreation attendants 80 $8.74 $18,180
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 80 $27.45 $57,090
Butchers and meat cutters 80 $16.09 $33,460
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 80 $23.08 $48,000
Computer operators 80 $17.22 $35,810
Construction and related workers, all other 80 $21.07 $43,830
Editors 80 $33.15 $68,940
Electrical engineers 80 $37.68 $78,370
Food service managers 80 $23.53 $48,950
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 80 $13.72 $28,540
Veterinary technologists and technicians 80 $13.43 $27,930
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 80 $13.75 $28,590
Architectural and civil drafters 70 $23.01 $47,870
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $11.84 $24,630
Drafters, all other 70 $23.45 $48,780
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $59,490
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 70 $14.95 $31,090
Library assistants, clerical 70 $10.96 $22,800
Office machine operators, except computer 70 $10.19 $21,200
Prepress technicians and workers 70 $17.69 $36,790
Special education teachers, secondary school 70 Not available $48,550
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 70 $16.95 $35,250
Surgeons 70 More than $70 More than $145,600
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 70 $28.07 $58,390
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians 60 $12.66 $26,320
Building cleaning workers, all other 60 Not available Not available
Electronics engineers, except computer 60 $41.21 $85,710
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 60 $20.86 $43,400
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 60 $8.94 $18,600
Human resources managers, all other 60 $40.38 $83,990
Instructional coordinators 60 $23.79 $49,490
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 60 Not available $46,190
Material moving workers, all other 60 $10.67 $22,200
Motor vehicle operators, all other 60 $11.49 $23,890
Photographic processing machine operators 60 $10.18 $21,180
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 60 $17.55 $36,510
Procurement clerks 60 $17.14 $35,660
Radio and television announcers 60 Not available Not available
Rehabilitation counselors 60 Not available Not available
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other 60 Not available $58,720
Surveyors 60 $29.26 $60,860
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $38.36 $79,800
Travel agents 60 $15.38 $31,980
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 60 $17.06 $35,490
Architects, except landscape and naval 50 $31.25 $65,000
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $71,050
Credit analysts 50 $26.27 $54,630
Database administrators 50 $36.16 $75,200
Demonstrators and product promoters 50 $11.59 $24,110
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 $39.91 $83,010
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $27.35 $56,890
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $18.13 $37,710
Education, training, and library workers, all other 50 $22.46 $46,720
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 50 Not available Not available
Floral designers 50 $12.61 $26,220
Interpreters and translators 50 $19.47 $40,500
Mechanical engineering technicians 50 $27.00 $56,160
Medical and public health social workers 50 $28.76 $59,810
Medical equipment repairers 50 $21.22 $44,150
Millwrights 50 $27.44 $57,070
Operations research analysts 50 $32.13 $66,840
Physical therapist assistants 50 $21.84 $45,420
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Public relations managers 50 $35.01 $72,820
Purchasing managers 50 $47.41 $98,620
Roofers 50 $16.63 $34,580
Sales engineers 50 $41.01 $85,290
Social workers, all other 50 $27.25 $56,690
Surgical technologists 50 $19.80 $41,180
Tool and die makers 50 $21.72 $45,180
Biological technicians 40 $21.51 $44,750
Construction and building inspectors 40 $23.09 $48,040
Counselors, all other 40 $17.35 $36,080
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $32.59 $67,790
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 40 $27.55 $57,290
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $41.01 $85,310
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $72,110
Interior designers 40 $25.93 $53,930
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 40 $17.38 $36,140
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $33.79 $70,290
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $66,390
Reporters and correspondents 40 Not available Not available
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 40 $35.39 $73,610
Technical writers 40 $36.22 $75,330
Veterinarians 40 $32.40 $67,390
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 40 $10.64 $22,130
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 40 Not available Not available
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $15.53 $32,300
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 30 $30.08 $62,560
Coaches and scouts 30 Not available $52,370
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 30 $16.61 $34,540
Computer hardware engineers 30 $38.95 $81,010
Dentists, general 30 $73.99 $153,900
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 30 $26.65 $55,430
Funeral directors 30 Not available Not available
Mechanical drafters 30 $21.39 $44,480
Photographers 30 $14.91 $31,020
Physics teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $52,020
Bakers Not available $11.55 $24,030
Brickmasons and blockmasons Not available $18.16 $37,770
Bus drivers, school Not available $11.38 $23,660
Bus drivers, transit and intercity Not available $14.89 $30,960
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $15.36 $31,950
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $15.87 $33,000
Cooks, short order Not available $8.59 $17,860
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $19.53 $40,630
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Not available $18.08 $37,620
Family and general practitioners Not available $70.19 $146,000
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Not available $10.42 $21,680
Helpers--production workers Not available $11.73 $24,390
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $22.90 $47,640
Job printers Not available $15.19 $31,590
Loan counselors Not available $26.06 $54,200
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $15.71 $32,670
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $65,680
Opticians, dispensing Not available $17.24 $35,860
Parking lot attendants Not available $10.09 $20,980
Personal care and service workers, all other Not available $9.92 $20,630
Pipelayers Not available $14.84 $30,880
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Not available $17.51 $36,420
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $18.77 $39,050
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Not available $12.89 $26,810
Tapers Not available $16.44 $34,200
Therapists, all other Not available $26.94 $56,030
Training and development managers Not available $47.29 $98,370
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