Occupational employment / Olympia, WA

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 "Olympia, WA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 96,260 $21.37 $44,440
Office and administrative support occupations 18,330 $16.30 $33,910
Sales and related occupations 8,880 $16.03 $33,350
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,570 $11.45 $23,820
Business and financial operations occupations 8,550 $29.59 $61,540
Education, training, and library occupations 6,620 $22.01 $45,770
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,190 $15.93 $33,130
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 4,550 $34.84 $72,460
Construction and extraction occupations 4,220 $22.62 $47,050
Computer and mathematical occupations 4,210 $33.64 $69,960
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,170 $20.58 $42,810
Management occupations 3,060 $44.63 $92,830
Office clerks, general 3,000 $13.85 $28,800
Business operations specialists, all other 2,850 $34.34 $71,420
Cashiers 2,840 $10.63 $22,110
Life, physical, and social science occupations 2,610 $28.70 $59,690
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,600 $13.35 $27,760
Retail salespersons 2,580 $12.86 $26,750
Computer software engineers, applications 2,520 $34.76 $72,290
Personal care and service occupations 2,520 $13.25 $27,550
Production occupations 2,460 $16.01 $33,300
Community and social services occupations 2,340 $21.90 $45,560
Healthcare support occupations 2,190 $15.56 $32,370
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,060 $10.08 $20,960
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,970 $18.19 $37,840
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,800 $31.90 $66,350
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,700 $12.24 $25,470
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,650 $16.56 $34,450
Protective service occupations 1,510 $26.86 $55,880
Registered nurses 1,490 $34.59 $71,950
Waiters and waitresses 1,480 $13.75 $28,600
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,380 $22.68 $47,170
Teacher assistants 1,320 Not available $26,570
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,270 $13.12 $27,280
Legal occupations 1,140 $33.23 $69,110
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 960 $23.40 $48,670
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 950 $12.93 $26,900
Teachers and instructors, all other 930 Not available $38,430
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 900 $20.10 $41,810
Receptionists and information clerks 880 $12.70 $26,420
Budget analysts 870 $24.33 $50,600
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 850 $9.67 $20,110
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 850 $23.62 $49,120
Elementary school teachers, except special education 840 Not available $53,090
Maintenance and repair workers, general 820 $18.55 $38,570
Civil engineers 810 $35.17 $73,150
Cooks, restaurant 810 $12.34 $25,660
Carpenters 800 $23.46 $48,790
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 770 $25.76 $53,580
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 710 $25.26 $52,530
General and operations managers 700 $53.05 $110,350
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 680 $13.50 $28,080
Construction laborers 620 $16.76 $34,860
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 620 $27.60 $57,410
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 600 $18.95 $39,410
Medical secretaries 600 $17.22 $35,820
Accountants and auditors 580 $30.61 $63,680
Computer support specialists 580 $22.82 $47,470
Counter and rental clerks 580 $13.23 $27,510
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 550 $11.29 $23,490
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 550 $15.17 $31,550
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 530 $28.04 $58,330
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 530 Not available $55,960
Public relations specialists 520 $31.89 $66,340
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 510 $17.34 $36,080
Medical assistants 490 $15.83 $32,920
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 470 $26.23 $54,570
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 470 Not available $52,980
Dishwashers 450 $9.14 $19,010
Lawyers 450 $42.27 $87,910
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 440 $10.49 $21,830
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 430 $16.64 $34,620
Cooks, fast food 430 $9.32 $19,380
Bus drivers, school 420 $15.55 $32,340
Packers and packagers, hand 410 $11.31 $23,530
Bartenders 400 $13.09 $27,220
Electricians 400 $25.69 $53,430
Food preparation workers 400 $10.37 $21,570
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 400 $30.76 $63,990
Urban and regional planners 400 $31.35 $65,200
Health educators 390 $27.03 $56,210
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 380 $23.43 $48,740
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 370 $19.14 $39,800
Tellers 370 $12.27 $25,530
Child care workers 360 $10.40 $21,630
Dental assistants 360 $17.84 $37,120
Management analysts 360 $31.83 $66,200
Social and human service assistants 360 $13.91 $28,940
Financial managers 340 $46.13 $95,940
Industrial truck and tractor operators 330 $15.25 $31,720
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 330 $20.63 $42,920
Coaches and scouts 320 Not available $29,760
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 310 $9.10 $18,940
Fire fighters 310 $29.35 $61,050
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 300 $35.33 $73,480
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 300 $9.32 $19,390
Preschool teachers, except special education 300 $12.36 $25,710
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 290 $12.64 $26,290
Office and administrative support workers, all other 280 $15.24 $31,710
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 280 $25.17 $52,360
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 270 $21.89 $45,530
Driver/sales workers 270 $14.58 $30,320
Painters, construction and maintenance 270 $17.54 $36,480
Loan officers 260 $28.67 $59,630
Zoologists and wildlife biologists 260 $30.42 $63,270
Legal secretaries 250 $20.14 $41,890
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 240 $18.82 $39,150
Civil engineering technicians 240 $24.37 $50,680
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 240 $27.49 $57,180
Postal service mail carriers 240 Not available Not available
Recreation workers 240 $12.27 $25,520
Rehabilitation counselors 240 $23.47 $48,810
Team assemblers 240 $13.13 $27,310
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 230 $22.07 $45,910
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 230 $16.56 $34,440
Amusement and recreation attendants 220 $9.98 $20,760
Bill and account collectors 220 $19.61 $40,790
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 220 $29.94 $62,280
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 220 $14.00 $29,110
Computer software engineers, systems software 210 $43.00 $89,440
Legal support workers, all other 210 $24.51 $50,990
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 200 $10.48 $21,790
Machine feeders and offbearers 200 $12.83 $26,680
Sheet metal workers 200 $28.52 $59,310
All other information and record clerks 190 $17.71 $36,830
Child, family, and school social workers 190 $21.23 $44,170
Computer systems analysts 190 $37.51 $78,020
Dental hygienists 190 $42.70 $88,810
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 190 $9.34 $19,420
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 190 $13.76 $28,620
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 180 $19.79 $41,170
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 180 $27.87 $57,970
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 180 $14.74 $30,660
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 170 $25.31 $52,640
Legislators 170 Not available $52,670
Network and computer systems administrators 170 $31.69 $65,920
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 160 $23.36 $48,580
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 160 Not available $91,610
Insurance sales agents 160 $27.25 $56,690
Massage therapists 160 $30.02 $62,440
Paralegals and legal assistants 160 $23.47 $48,820
Pharmacists 160 $48.40 $100,670
Pharmacy technicians 160 $16.89 $35,130
Sales and related workers, all other 160 $20.52 $42,680
Sales representatives, services, all other 160 $29.14 $60,620
Administrative services managers 150 $46.46 $96,630
Parts salespersons 150 $15.29 $31,800
Biological technicians 140 $17.81 $37,040
Librarians 140 $27.21 $56,590
Loan interviewers and clerks 140 $17.39 $36,180
Managers, all other 140 $45.69 $95,030
Property, real estate, and community association managers 140 $25.74 $53,540
Social science research assistants 140 $22.49 $46,790
Automotive body and related repairers 130 $21.09 $43,870
Cost estimators 130 $24.95 $51,890
Environmental engineers 130 $39.57 $82,300
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 130 $27.69 $57,600
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 130 $28.19 $58,630
Forest and conservation technicians 130 $23.94 $49,800
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 130 $31.42 $65,340
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 $11.84 $24,630
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $18.19 $37,830
Medical transcriptionists 130 $16.69 $34,720
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $10.95 $22,770
Radiologic technologists and technicians 130 $28.07 $58,390
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 130 $40.57 $84,380
Security guards 130 $15.83 $32,930
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 130 Not available $51,630
Statisticians 130 $30.00 $62,390
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 120 $22.01 $45,780
Helpers--production workers 120 $12.17 $25,320
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 120 $18.11 $37,680
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $16.12 $33,530
New accounts clerks 120 $15.54 $32,330
Physical therapists 120 $30.14 $62,700
Roofers 120 $17.14 $35,650
Sales managers 120 $43.06 $89,560
Self-enrichment education teachers 120 $17.88 $37,180
Social and community service managers 120 $38.50 $80,090
Architects, except landscape and naval 110 $35.38 $73,590
Construction managers 110 $46.10 $95,880
Cooks, short order 110 $10.44 $21,710
Graphic designers 110 $20.37 $42,380
Healthcare support workers, all other 110 $17.14 $35,650
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 110 Not available Not available
Service station attendants 110 $11.56 $24,050
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 110 $18.52 $38,530
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 110 $21.09 $43,870
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 110 Not available $59,520
Architectural and civil drafters 100 $19.15 $39,840
Bakers 100 $14.61 $30,390
Data entry keyers 100 $12.73 $26,490
Education, training, and library workers, all other 100 $28.09 $58,430
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 100 $43.30 $90,050
Highway maintenance workers 100 $22.50 $46,800
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $16.35 $34,010
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 90 $33.30 $69,260
Construction and building inspectors 90 $30.60 $63,640
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 90 $19.67 $40,910
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 90 $18.43 $38,330
File clerks 90 $10.53 $21,900
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 90 $43.04 $89,520
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 90 $42.17 $87,720
Human resources managers, all other 90 $39.72 $82,620
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 90 $15.03 $31,260
Medical and health services managers 90 $51.49 $107,100
Medical equipment preparers 90 $15.68 $32,610
Order clerks 90 $18.00 $37,440
Production workers, all other 90 $13.66 $28,410
Speech-language pathologists 90 $31.91 $66,360
Training and development specialists 90 $23.04 $47,930
Computer and information systems managers 80 $48.87 $101,650
Computer programmers 80 $38.83 $80,770
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 80 $24.20 $50,330
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 80 $27.18 $56,540
Engineering managers 80 $53.58 $111,450
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 80 $22.67 $47,150
Helpers, construction trades, all other 80 $14.63 $30,430
Instructional coordinators 80 $27.71 $57,640
Library technicians 80 $16.23 $33,750
Market research analysts 80 $28.55 $59,390
Medical and public health social workers 80 $23.80 $49,500
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 80 $20.69 $43,040
Public relations managers 80 $46.15 $95,990
Structural iron and steel workers 80 $27.37 $56,920
Advertising sales agents 70 $23.98 $49,870
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 70 $12.85 $26,720
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 70 $10.15 $21,120
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 70 $20.68 $43,020
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $20.34 $42,310
Gaming supervisors 70 $23.21 $48,270
Job printers 70 $17.34 $36,080
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 70 Not available $51,030
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 70 $9.36 $19,480
Material moving workers, all other 70 $16.34 $33,990
Social scientists and related workers, all other 70 $37.03 $77,020
Special education teachers, secondary school 70 Not available $52,380
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 70 $10.83 $22,520
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 70 $17.03 $35,420
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $15.92 $33,110
Computer operators 60 $16.36 $34,040
Dentists, general 60 $89.67 $186,500
Financial analysts 60 $43.87 $91,250
Financial specialists, all other 60 $32.28 $67,150
Food service managers 60 $27.44 $57,080
Insurance underwriters 60 $23.37 $48,610
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 60 $10.60 $22,050
Library assistants, clerical 60 $13.50 $28,090
Logging equipment operators 60 $23.26 $48,390
Machinists 60 $17.56 $36,530
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $30.12 $62,650
Office machine operators, except computer 60 $12.38 $25,740
Physician assistants 60 $42.32 $88,020
Printing machine operators 60 $20.77 $43,200
Procurement clerks 60 $16.58 $34,490
Surveying and mapping technicians 60 $22.91 $47,660
Telemarketers 60 $18.66 $38,810
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $51.90 $107,950
Veterinarians 60 $42.22 $87,820
Veterinary technologists and technicians 60 $15.01 $31,210
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 60 $22.44 $46,680
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 60 $13.11 $27,260
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 50 $29.96 $62,320
Chief executives 50 $69.75 $145,070
Database administrators 50 $36.95 $76,860
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 $29.27 $60,890
Education administrators, postsecondary 50 $46.08 $95,840
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 50 $30.69 $63,840
Family and general practitioners 50 $64.59 $134,340
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 50 $11.40 $23,710
Industrial machinery mechanics 50 $22.93 $47,700
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 50 $18.99 $39,500
Log graders and scalers 50 $26.75 $55,640
Logging workers, all other 50 Not available Not available
Marketing managers 50 $40.39 $84,000
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 50 $28.66 $59,600
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 50 $20.61 $42,870
Occupational therapists 50 $31.77 $66,090
Personal financial advisors 50 $33.13 $68,920
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 50 $20.35 $42,320
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 50 $10.69 $22,230
Bindery workers 40 $16.22 $33,750
Chemists 40 $33.21 $69,070
Cooks, all other 40 $12.47 $25,940
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $35.53 $73,910
Editors 40 $23.83 $49,570
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 40 $21.87 $45,480
Health technologists and technicians, all other 40 $20.13 $41,870
Motor vehicle operators, all other 40 Not available Not available
Natural sciences managers 40 $45.85 $95,360
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 40 $14.90 $30,990
Physicians and surgeons, all other 40 $81.06 $168,600
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $20.03 $41,670
Protective service workers, all other 40 $12.95 $26,940
Real estate sales agents 40 $23.03 $47,900
Statistical assistants 40 $17.66 $36,740
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 40 $23.81 $49,510
Conservation scientists 30 $36.43 $75,770
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 30 $15.28 $31,770
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles 30 $18.77 $39,040
Fallers 30 Not available Not available
Floral designers 30 $15.59 $32,430
Industrial engineers 30 $29.69 $61,750
Industrial production managers 30 $45.76 $95,180
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 30 $15.78 $32,830
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists 30 $36.71 $76,350
Meter readers, utilities 30 $17.93 $37,290
Pest control workers 30 $14.65 $30,480
Photographers 30 $12.54 $26,080
Physical therapist aides 30 $13.80 $28,710
Special education teachers, middle school 30 Not available $52,180
Surveyors 30 $29.99 $62,390
Switchboard operators, including answering service 30 $13.81 $28,730
Transportation inspectors 30 $30.31 $63,040
Audio and video equipment technicians Not available $15.26 $31,750
Cement masons and concrete finishers Not available $22.06 $45,880
Community and social service specialists, all other Not available $20.32 $42,270
Computer specialists, all other Not available $38.25 $79,550
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $20.51 $42,660
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $17.45 $36,290
Engineers, all other Not available $38.17 $79,390
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Not available $10.86 $22,580
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators Not available $15.33 $31,890
Glaziers Not available $17.38 $36,150
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $18.56 $38,600
Helpers--carpenters Not available $12.22 $25,410
Home health aides Not available $9.39 $19,520
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $22.69 $47,200
Logisticians Not available $30.51 $63,460
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $19.73 $41,040
Mental health counselors Not available $21.38 $44,460
Occupational health and safety specialists Not available $40.10 $83,420
Parking lot attendants Not available $11.94 $24,840
Personal and home care aides Not available $11.32 $23,540
Photographic processing machine operators Not available $12.30 $25,590
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $22.95 $47,730
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $9.35 $19,460
Sales engineers Not available $38.55 $80,180
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Not available $22.35 $46,490
Tax preparers Not available $15.66 $32,580
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $27.82 $57,870
Tire repairers and changers Not available $10.98 $22,830
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $22.52 $46,850
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