Occupational employment / Merced, CA

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 "Merced, CA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 61,880 $18.04 $37,520
Office and administrative support occupations 8,910 $15.01 $31,210
Education, training, and library occupations 7,170 $26.01 $54,100
Production occupations 6,710 $14.81 $30,800
Sales and related occupations 5,520 $13.11 $27,270
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,280 $14.23 $29,600
Food preparation and serving related occupations 5,120 $9.73 $20,230
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 4,030 $9.85 $20,480
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 2,770 $8.80 $18,310
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 2,630 $19.51 $40,590
Construction and extraction occupations 2,370 $19.31 $40,170
Management occupations 2,200 $42.50 $88,390
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,060 Not available $60,790
Retail salespersons 2,030 $10.67 $22,190
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 1,890 $13.30 $27,670
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 1,870 $37.06 $77,090
Cashiers 1,750 $10.01 $20,810
Protective service occupations 1,700 $28.30 $58,870
Healthcare support occupations 1,550 $12.31 $25,600
Personal care and service occupations 1,500 $11.85 $24,650
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,460 $10.88 $22,640
Office clerks, general 1,450 $11.91 $24,770
Teacher assistants 1,350 Not available $30,150
Business and financial operations occupations 1,320 $28.23 $58,720
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,170 $8.98 $18,670
Customer service representatives 1,070 $14.26 $29,660
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,010 $21.67 $45,070
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 970 $12.16 $25,290
Maintenance and repair workers, general 860 $16.47 $34,250
Stock clerks and order fillers 790 $10.88 $22,640
Packers and packagers, hand 780 $8.85 $18,420
General and operations managers 740 $48.27 $100,390
Cooks, fast food 700 $8.65 $17,990
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 650 Not available $62,000
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 640 $16.97 $35,300
Construction laborers 640 $13.44 $27,950
Waiters and waitresses 610 $9.66 $20,100
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 590 $32.90 $68,440
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 580 Not available $60,810
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 570 $21.51 $44,740
Community and social services occupations 560 $21.70 $45,130
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 560 $17.51 $36,430
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 550 $9.63 $20,040
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 540 $15.82 $32,900
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 470 $11.58 $24,080
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 460 $19.16 $39,850
Food batchmakers 460 $19.83 $41,240
Industrial truck and tractor operators 460 $17.08 $35,530
Medical assistants 450 $12.32 $25,630
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 440 $16.02 $33,310
Food preparation workers 440 $9.01 $18,730
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 420 $16.78 $34,900
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 420 $13.63 $28,340
Business operations specialists, all other 410 $32.16 $66,880
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 410 $14.36 $29,860
Life, physical, and social science occupations 390 $29.61 $61,590
Cooks, restaurant 360 $9.94 $20,670
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 350 $27.01 $56,190
Agricultural equipment operators 340 $11.05 $22,980
Child care workers 340 $10.82 $22,510
Computer and mathematical occupations 330 $26.90 $55,940
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 330 $8.95 $18,620
Medical secretaries 330 $12.22 $25,410
Receptionists and information clerks 330 $11.54 $24,000
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 320 Not available $60,670
Tellers 320 $11.64 $24,210
Architecture and engineering occupations 290 $30.99 $64,450
Driver/sales workers 290 $11.02 $22,910
Counter and rental clerks 280 $11.40 $23,720
Bus drivers, school 270 $13.70 $28,490
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 270 $12.89 $26,810
Security guards 270 $11.49 $23,900
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 260 $16.43 $34,170
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 250 $14.33 $29,800
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 250 $13.55 $28,190
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 250 Not available $55,490
Carpenters 240 $23.05 $47,950
Dishwashers 240 $8.66 $18,020
Home health aides 240 $9.23 $19,190
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 240 $9.34 $19,420
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 220 $9.03 $18,780
Accountants and auditors 210 $26.37 $54,840
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 210 $29.71 $61,800
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 200 $22.77 $47,370
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 200 $19.18 $39,890
Postal service mail carriers 200 Not available Not available
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 190 Not available $99,660
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 190 $28.96 $60,230
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 180 $11.01 $22,900
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 180 $29.13 $60,590
Parts salespersons 180 $14.23 $29,600
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 170 $28.31 $58,890
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 170 $16.80 $34,940
Coaches and scouts 160 Not available $32,250
Electricians 160 $23.32 $48,510
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 160 $20.47 $42,580
Preschool teachers, except special education 160 $14.52 $30,200
Protective service workers, all other 160 $17.37 $36,140
Food service managers 150 $19.54 $40,640
Industrial machinery mechanics 150 $27.25 $56,680
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 150 $12.93 $26,890
Cement masons and concrete finishers 140 $16.46 $34,240
Dental assistants 140 $15.85 $32,960
Library technicians 140 $16.00 $33,280
Butchers and meat cutters 130 $15.53 $32,300
Financial managers 130 $43.54 $90,560
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 130 $8.77 $18,240
Property, real estate, and community association managers 130 $14.78 $30,750
Amusement and recreation attendants 120 $9.34 $19,420
Bartenders 120 $8.44 $17,560
Computer support specialists 120 $21.94 $45,640
Legal occupations 120 $39.22 $81,580
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 120 $17.33 $36,050
Sales representatives, services, all other 120 $27.06 $56,290
Social and human service assistants 120 $11.79 $24,520
Team assemblers 120 $14.47 $30,090
All other information and record clerks 110 $18.86 $39,230
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 110 $20.22 $42,060
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 110 $19.31 $40,170
Healthcare support workers, all other 110 $15.84 $32,940
Bill and account collectors 100 $12.75 $26,510
Dental hygienists 100 $45.39 $94,410
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 100 $20.38 $42,400
Farm equipment mechanics 100 $21.39 $44,490
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 100 $19.40 $40,360
Medical and health services managers 100 $47.21 $98,190
Painters, construction and maintenance 100 $20.48 $42,610
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 100 $22.76 $47,340
Chief executives 90 $83.81 $174,310
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 90 $11.02 $22,920
Pharmacy technicians 90 $16.08 $33,450
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $23.26 $48,380
Tire repairers and changers 90 $11.36 $23,630
Agricultural and food science technicians 80 $21.30 $44,290
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 80 $11.68 $24,290
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 80 $21.38 $44,460
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 80 $18.53 $38,540
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 80 $14.57 $30,300
Insurance sales agents 80 $25.30 $52,620
Loan officers 80 $26.33 $54,760
Sales managers 80 $42.82 $89,070
Administrative services managers 70 $32.16 $66,900
Cost estimators 70 $26.28 $54,670
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 70 $38.72 $80,540
File clerks 70 $11.08 $23,040
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 70 $24.86 $51,700
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 70 $13.76 $28,610
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 70 Not available Not available
Librarians 70 $28.91 $60,140
Management analysts 70 $35.78 $74,430
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 70 $24.05 $50,030
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 70 $23.04 $47,930
Tree trimmers and pruners 70 $17.09 $35,540
Agricultural workers, all other 60 $19.06 $39,640
Automotive body and related repairers 60 $21.67 $45,060
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 60 $39.68 $82,540
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 60 $25.62 $53,290
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $14.37 $29,890
Graphic designers 60 $19.61 $40,790
Legal secretaries 60 $15.95 $33,180
Legislators 60 Not available $30,630
Managers, all other 60 $49.55 $103,070
Office and administrative support workers, all other 60 $18.79 $39,090
Power plant operators 60 Not available Not available
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 60 $22.88 $47,580
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available Not available
Word processors and typists 60 $18.51 $38,500
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 50 $12.02 $25,000
Child, family, and school social workers 50 $16.84 $35,030
Financial specialists, all other 50 $24.92 $51,840
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 50 $16.31 $33,920
Health technologists and technicians, all other 50 $15.89 $33,060
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 50 $21.45 $44,620
Industrial production managers 50 $45.72 $95,110
Instructional coordinators 50 $33.48 $69,650
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 50 $14.01 $29,130
Network and computer systems administrators 50 $28.79 $59,880
Painters, transportation equipment 50 $19.28 $40,110
Pharmacists 50 $58.17 $120,990
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Service station attendants 50 $9.15 $19,030
Advertising sales agents 40 $18.52 $38,530
Computer programmers 40 $33.65 $70,000
Construction and building inspectors 40 $28.74 $59,770
Editors 40 $12.30 $25,580
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 40 $24.41 $50,780
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 40 $25.02 $52,040
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 40 $12.15 $25,270
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 40 $9.12 $18,970
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 40 $29.62 $61,600
Lawyers 40 $47.12 $98,020
Medical records and health information technicians 40 $20.12 $41,860
Pest control workers 40 $14.84 $30,860
Physical therapist aides 40 $10.53 $21,910
Physical therapists 40 $43.31 $90,090
Public relations specialists 40 $23.45 $48,780
Respiratory therapists 40 $31.15 $64,790
Sewing machine operators 40 $10.13 $21,070
Social and community service managers 40 $25.41 $52,860
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 40 $15.12 $31,450
Training and development specialists 40 $24.39 $50,740
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 40 $42.60 $88,600
Carpet installers 30 $16.20 $33,690
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 30 $27.38 $56,940
Computer systems analysts 30 $21.90 $45,560
Data entry keyers 30 $16.48 $34,270
Maintenance workers, machinery 30 $15.45 $32,140
Meter readers, utilities 30 $23.77 $49,440
Special education teachers, secondary school 30 Not available Not available
Surveying and mapping technicians 30 $26.47 $55,050
Switchboard operators, including answering service 30 $12.12 $25,220
Bakers Not available $10.71 $22,270
Bindery workers Not available $12.93 $26,890
Civil engineers Not available $43.97 $91,460
Cooks, short order Not available $10.92 $22,720
Dentists, general Not available $36.67 $76,270
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $23.75 $49,410
Family and general practitioners Not available $67.70 $140,830
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals Not available $9.57 $19,910
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Not available $10.14 $21,090
Health educators Not available $17.47 $36,340
Helpers--production workers Not available $10.51 $21,870
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $15.38 $31,990
Library assistants, clerical Not available $13.71 $28,520
Loan interviewers and clerks Not available $17.15 $35,680
Nonfarm animal caretakers Not available $8.94 $18,600
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $12.67 $26,350
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Printing machine operators Not available $17.50 $36,410
Recreation workers Not available $13.08 $27,200
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $18.15 $37,750
Sheet metal workers Not available $19.80 $41,190
Speech-language pathologists Not available $31.90 $66,360
Tapers Not available $20.46 $42,550
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $45,760
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $26.40 $54,900
Tile and marble setters Not available $21.61 $44,950
Upholsterers Not available $13.82 $28,760
Urban and regional planners Not available $30.51 $63,460
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $17.74 $36,890
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Not available $22.23 $46,240
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