Occupational employment / Norwich-New London, CT-RI

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 "Norwich-New London, CT-RI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 136,130 $20.51 $42,670
Office and administrative support occupations 19,900 $16.24 $33,770
Food preparation and serving related occupations 16,610 $11.05 $22,980
Sales and related occupations 14,420 $14.58 $30,340
Personal care and service occupations 9,720 $11.95 $24,860
Education, training, and library occupations 8,540 $24.36 $50,680
Management occupations 7,070 $45.43 $94,490
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,440 $35.03 $72,870
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,220 $14.78 $30,740
Architecture and engineering occupations 5,930 $35.36 $73,550
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 5,920 $13.50 $28,080
Production occupations 5,230 $19.45 $40,470
Retail salespersons 4,770 $12.02 $25,010
Cashiers 4,680 $10.01 $20,820
Construction and extraction occupations 4,670 $22.70 $47,210
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,360 $21.20 $44,090
Protective service occupations 4,250 $19.33 $40,210
Healthcare support occupations 3,960 $14.64 $30,460
Business and financial operations occupations 3,640 $29.00 $60,310
Waiters and waitresses 3,400 $10.42 $21,670
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,990 $14.33 $29,810
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,860 $39.00 $81,110
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,420 $9.24 $19,220
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,410 $16.72 $34,770
Registered nurses 2,400 $31.58 $65,700
Teacher assistants 2,360 Not available $25,850
Community and social services occupations 2,180 $23.38 $48,630
Life, physical, and social science occupations 2,050 $31.15 $64,800
Office clerks, general 2,000 $14.61 $30,390
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,780 $13.75 $28,610
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,690 $12.31 $25,610
Security guards 1,660 $13.71 $28,510
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,590 $9.96 $20,710
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,580 $16.80 $34,930
Food preparation workers 1,540 $11.25 $23,390
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,520 $21.67 $45,080
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,510 $18.96 $39,440
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,510 $20.73 $43,120
General and operations managers 1,480 $50.30 $104,620
Customer service representatives 1,300 $15.81 $32,880
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,280 Not available $61,740
Cooks, fast food 1,240 $9.61 $19,990
Receptionists and information clerks 1,200 $13.13 $27,300
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,110 $20.07 $41,740
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 1,090 $8.94 $18,600
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,080 $18.71 $38,930
Cooks, restaurant 1,020 $13.14 $27,340
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,020 $12.86 $26,740
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 950 Not available $62,570
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 940 $18.96 $39,430
Dishwashers 930 $9.54 $19,840
Home health aides 930 $13.82 $28,740
Bus drivers, school 920 $13.54 $28,150
Bartenders 900 $10.06 $20,920
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 870 $16.50 $34,330
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 860 $10.09 $20,990
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 800 $12.29 $25,560
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 800 $31.34 $65,190
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 780 $12.88 $26,780
Maintenance and repair workers, general 780 $19.25 $40,040
Carpenters 770 $23.47 $48,830
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 760 Not available $62,820
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 750 $13.39 $27,850
Accountants and auditors 720 $26.94 $56,030
Computer software engineers, applications 690 $45.45 $94,530
Child care workers 680 $10.41 $21,660
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 650 $23.88 $49,670
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 640 $11.97 $24,900
Construction laborers 630 $19.67 $40,920
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 620 $24.50 $50,970
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 600 $17.85 $37,120
Computer systems analysts 600 $41.79 $86,920
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 580 $10.07 $20,950
Legal occupations 580 $42.47 $88,330
Electricians 570 $25.17 $52,360
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 570 $26.07 $54,220
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 560 $30.61 $63,670
Financial managers 540 $38.01 $79,070
Business operations specialists, all other 530 $25.77 $53,610
Tellers 500 $13.10 $27,250
Engineering managers 490 $64.13 $133,400
Social and human service assistants 490 $17.98 $37,400
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 470 $18.76 $39,020
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 440 $29.82 $62,030
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 430 $33.75 $70,190
Medical assistants 430 $14.45 $30,060
Computer support specialists 400 $22.14 $46,060
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 400 $18.99 $39,490
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 400 $24.99 $51,980
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 390 $10.79 $22,430
Postal service mail carriers 380 Not available Not available
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 380 $32.34 $67,270
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 380 Not available $65,590
Computer and information systems managers 370 $47.84 $99,510
Data entry keyers 370 $14.42 $29,980
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 370 $28.23 $58,720
Teachers and instructors, all other 370 Not available $66,250
Chief executives 360 $75.54 $157,120
Child, family, and school social workers 350 $28.11 $58,470
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 350 $30.75 $63,970
Medical secretaries 350 $16.57 $34,470
Driver/sales workers 340 $9.68 $20,130
Marketing managers 330 $42.27 $87,920
Machinists 320 $19.78 $41,150
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 310 $16.39 $34,100
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 310 $15.98 $33,240
Sales managers 310 $55.35 $115,130
Lawyers 300 $59.14 $123,000
Dental assistants 290 $17.74 $36,890
Dental hygienists 290 $33.89 $70,490
Medical and health services managers 290 $47.28 $98,340
Switchboard operators, including answering service 290 $12.04 $25,040
Food service managers 280 $22.00 $45,770
Training and development specialists 280 $26.19 $54,470
Preschool teachers, except special education 270 $15.39 $32,010
Coaches and scouts 260 Not available $20,990
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 260 $17.51 $36,420
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 260 $14.09 $29,320
Parts salespersons 260 $16.60 $34,520
Physicians and surgeons, all other 260 $97.02 $201,790
Social and community service managers 260 $26.46 $55,030
Amusement and recreation attendants 250 $10.38 $21,590
Civil engineers 250 $38.57 $80,220
Managers, all other 250 $40.95 $85,180
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 250 $20.91 $43,500
Packers and packagers, hand 250 $10.55 $21,940
Recreation workers 250 $17.07 $35,500
Special education teachers, secondary school 250 Not available $62,610
Computer programmers 240 $33.83 $70,360
Counter and rental clerks 240 $12.18 $25,330
Food servers, nonrestaurant 240 $11.05 $22,990
Highway maintenance workers 240 $21.83 $45,400
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 240 $24.12 $50,180
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 240 $19.23 $40,000
Fire fighters 230 $21.60 $44,930
Librarians 230 $26.69 $55,520
Painters, construction and maintenance 230 $18.82 $39,140
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $27.63 $57,470
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 220 $12.92 $26,870
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 220 $34.31 $71,370
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 220 $18.33 $38,130
Industrial machinery mechanics 220 $26.96 $56,090
Paralegals and legal assistants 220 $21.12 $43,930
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 220 $21.89 $45,520
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 210 $27.24 $56,670
Library technicians 210 $13.83 $28,760
Pharmacy technicians 210 $13.84 $28,780
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 210 $8.36 $17,380
Administrative services managers 200 $31.53 $65,590
Construction managers 200 $43.41 $90,300
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 200 $19.30 $40,140
Pharmacists 200 $49.00 $101,930
Telemarketers 200 $16.21 $33,710
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 190 Not available $95,630
Helpers--carpenters 190 $11.18 $23,250
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 190 $16.82 $34,980
Physical therapists 190 $35.42 $73,680
Printing machine operators 190 $15.43 $32,080
Chemical technicians 180 $22.92 $47,670
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 180 $28.72 $59,740
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 180 $24.29 $50,520
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators 180 $15.99 $33,260
Network and computer systems administrators 180 $33.48 $69,640
Sales representatives, services, all other 180 $22.58 $46,970
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 170 $31.32 $65,150
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 170 $13.94 $28,990
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 170 $31.94 $66,440
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 170 $22.70 $47,210
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 170 $16.62 $34,570
Automotive body and related repairers 160 $17.23 $35,840
Bakers 160 $12.05 $25,060
Chemists 160 $34.99 $72,770
Crossing guards 160 $11.72 $24,380
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 160 $16.39 $34,080
Management analysts 160 $38.54 $80,170
Order clerks 160 $14.87 $30,930
Rehabilitation counselors 160 $21.80 $45,350
Chefs and head cooks 150 $26.85 $55,850
Community and social service specialists, all other 150 $21.59 $44,920
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 150 $26.07 $54,220
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 150 $19.76 $41,090
Library assistants, clerical 150 $13.41 $27,890
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 140 $22.57 $46,940
Electrical and electronics drafters 140 $26.44 $55,000
Financial analysts 140 $37.73 $78,470
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 140 $22.40 $46,590
Graphic designers 140 $22.12 $46,010
Industrial production managers 140 $46.10 $95,890
Industrial truck and tractor operators 140 $14.93 $31,050
Market research analysts 140 Not available Not available
Network systems and data communications analysts 140 $32.06 $66,690
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 140 Not available Not available
Residential advisors 140 $12.64 $26,300
Self-enrichment education teachers 140 $22.34 $46,470
Special education teachers, middle school 140 Not available $64,270
Team assemblers 140 $13.19 $27,430
All other information and record clerks 130 $19.36 $40,260
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 $11.92 $24,800
Helpers--production workers 130 $13.54 $28,170
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 130 $27.09 $56,340
Medical and public health social workers 130 $26.62 $55,380
Personal care and service workers, all other 130 $10.18 $21,180
Property, real estate, and community association managers 130 $25.54 $53,130
Cooks, short order 120 $11.90 $24,750
Industrial engineers 120 $36.78 $76,500
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 120 $19.57 $40,710
Insurance sales agents 120 Not available Not available
Logisticians 120 $33.76 $70,230
Machine feeders and offbearers 120 $10.62 $22,080
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $17.99 $37,430
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 110 $19.83 $41,250
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 110 $12.20 $25,370
Cost estimators 110 $31.13 $64,760
File clerks 110 $12.27 $25,520
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $25.42 $52,880
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 110 $37.11 $77,180
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 110 $11.28 $23,460
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 110 $30.98 $64,440
Postal service clerks 110 Not available Not available
Speech-language pathologists 110 $38.84 $80,780
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 110 Not available Not available
Technical writers 110 Not available Not available
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 100 $13.65 $28,390
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 100 $25.10 $52,210
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 100 $17.56 $36,520
Court, municipal, and license clerks 100 $19.17 $39,870
Maintenance workers, machinery 100 $19.43 $40,410
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 100 $23.26 $48,380
Personal and home care aides 100 $12.84 $26,710
Pharmacy aides 100 $12.77 $26,560
Public relations specialists 100 $24.44 $50,840
Purchasing managers 100 $35.27 $73,360
Service station attendants 100 $10.58 $22,000
Sheet metal workers 100 $26.87 $55,900
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 100 $18.68 $38,860
Bill and account collectors 90 $18.31 $38,090
Computer operators 90 $17.62 $36,650
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 90 $14.52 $30,200
Instructional coordinators 90 $28.02 $58,280
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 90 $18.23 $37,910
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 90 Not available $65,050
Loan officers 90 $36.99 $76,940
Occupational therapists 90 $32.31 $67,200
Physician assistants 90 $42.23 $87,850
Respiratory therapists 90 $29.50 $61,360
Architectural and civil drafters 80 $20.95 $43,580
Dentists, general 80 $79.14 $164,620
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 80 $23.21 $48,270
Education, training, and library workers, all other 80 $23.78 $49,460
Electronics engineers, except computer 80 $39.76 $82,710
Family and general practitioners 80 $72.33 $150,440
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 80 $19.76 $41,090
Floral designers 80 $12.62 $26,240
Human resources managers, all other 80 $42.12 $87,610
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 80 $10.17 $21,150
Public relations managers 80 $34.82 $72,430
Sailors and marine oilers 80 $11.29 $23,490
Sales engineers 80 $37.86 $78,750
Veterinary technologists and technicians 80 $16.46 $34,230
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $23.51 $48,890
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 70 $26.31 $54,720
Butchers and meat cutters 70 $19.06 $39,630
Compensation and benefits managers 70 $35.26 $73,340
Computer specialists, all other 70 $39.41 $81,960
Construction and building inspectors 70 $23.56 $49,000
Detectives and criminal investigators 70 $33.35 $69,370
Engineers, all other 70 $47.87 $99,580
Loan interviewers and clerks 70 $15.44 $32,120
Manicurists and pedicurists 70 $10.58 $22,000
Media and communication equipment workers, all other 70 $18.02 $37,490
Motorboat mechanics 70 $22.26 $46,310
New accounts clerks 70 $18.16 $37,780
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 70 $20.00 $41,610
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 70 Not available Not available
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 70 $54.78 $113,930
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 70 $21.68 $45,090
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 70 $20.36 $42,350
Surgical technologists 70 $20.95 $43,570
Diagnostic medical sonographers 60 $35.33 $73,490
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $26.88 $55,910
Editors 60 Not available Not available
Education administrators, postsecondary 60 $49.90 $103,790
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 60 $33.07 $68,790
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 60 $10.23 $21,270
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 60 $17.21 $35,790
Photographers 60 $14.61 $30,380
Photographic processing machine operators 60 $11.35 $23,610
Protective service workers, all other 60 $11.50 $23,920
Sewing machine operators 60 $13.22 $27,490
Statisticians 60 $25.45 $52,930
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $36.90 $76,760
Advertising and promotions managers 50 $33.54 $69,760
Advertising sales agents 50 $23.39 $48,650
Budget analysts 50 $29.79 $61,960
Couriers and messengers 50 $13.55 $28,190
Database administrators 50 $34.42 $71,600
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 50 $24.40 $50,750
Emergency management specialists 50 $37.61 $78,230
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $36.73 $76,400
Industrial engineering technicians 50 Not available Not available
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants 50 $10.36 $21,550
Lodging managers 50 $27.70 $57,610
Medical transcriptionists 50 $17.76 $36,940
Procurement clerks 50 $18.75 $39,010
Production workers, all other 50 $12.04 $25,050
Social workers, all other 50 $25.24 $52,500
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 50 $33.97 $70,660
Veterinarians 50 $40.50 $84,250
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 50 $25.96 $54,000
Word processors and typists 50 $15.43 $32,090
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 40 $26.30 $54,690
Cargo and freight agents 40 $19.95 $41,500
Construction and related workers, all other 40 $19.42 $40,390
Credit analysts 40 $23.63 $49,140
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $18.03 $37,500
Environmental engineers 40 $39.07 $81,260
Financial specialists, all other 40 $28.51 $59,290
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 40 $29.36 $61,070
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 40 $14.06 $29,250
Health educators 40 $20.99 $43,670
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 Not available Not available
Marriage and family therapists 40 $23.30 $48,460
Massage therapists 40 $23.62 $49,130
Medical equipment repairers 40 $21.88 $45,510
Meeting and convention planners 40 $24.59 $51,140
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $16.41 $34,130
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $15.48 $32,190
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $30.86 $64,190
Private detectives and investigators 40 $18.57 $38,620
Producers and directors 40 $35.63 $74,110
Recreational therapists 40 $20.76 $43,180
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 40 $15.96 $33,210
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other 40 $15.26 $31,740
Travel agents 40 $16.51 $34,340
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 Not available Not available
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 30 $25.71 $53,470
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 30 $18.55 $38,590
Legislators 30 Not available $27,500
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 30 $16.47 $34,260
Operations research analysts 30 $35.95 $74,770
Postmasters and mail superintendents 30 $30.93 $64,330
Prepress technicians and workers 30 $16.65 $34,630
Roofers 30 Not available Not available
Architects, except landscape and naval Not available $48.66 $101,200
Audio and video equipment technicians Not available $15.59 $32,430
Baggage porters and bellhops Not available $9.57 $19,910
Biological technicians Not available $17.09 $35,540
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $19.89 $41,370
Cement masons and concrete finishers Not available $25.53 $53,100
Computer and information scientists, research Not available $59.29 $123,330
Computer hardware engineers Not available $44.55 $92,660
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $45.92 $95,510
Crane and tower operators Not available $27.59 $57,380
Electrical engineers Not available $43.85 $91,210
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $15.96 $33,200
Financial examiners Not available $40.54 $84,320
Food batchmakers Not available $11.09 $23,070
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Not available $33.95 $70,620
Healthcare support workers, all other Not available $18.68 $38,860
Helpers--electricians Not available $14.93 $31,060
Home appliance repairers Not available $15.07 $31,350
Internists, general Not available $79.71 $165,790
Legal secretaries Not available $19.86 $41,310
Marine engineers and naval architects Not available $40.72 $84,700
Mechanical drafters Not available $26.28 $54,670
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $19.15 $39,830
Mechanical engineers Not available $39.46 $82,090
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Not available $32.57 $67,730
Mental health counselors Not available $27.34 $56,860
Natural sciences managers Not available $48.06 $99,960
Nonfarm animal caretakers Not available $10.05 $20,900
Office and administrative support workers, all other Not available $13.41 $27,890
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $14.60 $30,370
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $13.54 $28,150
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $11.73 $24,400
Parking lot attendants Not available $10.32 $21,450
Physicists Not available $48.30 $100,460
Refuse and recyclable material collectors Not available $16.69 $34,710
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $18.04 $37,530
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $22.37 $46,540
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