Occupational employment / Peabody, MA NECTA Division

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 "Peabody, MA NECTA Division" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 102,510 $21.87 $45,500
Office and administrative support occupations 17,170 $17.01 $35,390
Sales and related occupations 12,490 $17.73 $36,870
Food preparation and serving related occupations 9,330 $11.39 $23,690
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,160 $34.75 $72,280
Education, training, and library occupations 6,520 $25.11 $52,230
Production occupations 6,440 $18.05 $37,540
Management occupations 5,240 $49.66 $103,300
Healthcare support occupations 4,950 $14.62 $30,410
Retail salespersons 4,780 $14.33 $29,800
Transportation and material moving occupations 4,340 $14.71 $30,600
Business and financial operations occupations 4,260 $32.28 $67,140
Cashiers 3,600 $9.56 $19,880
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,520 $21.67 $45,070
Construction and extraction occupations 3,260 $23.97 $49,850
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,800 $13.24 $27,540
Community and social services occupations 2,750 $20.67 $43,000
Registered nurses 2,550 $35.38 $73,600
Protective service occupations 2,380 $21.39 $44,500
Waiters and waitresses 2,360 $11.04 $22,960
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,220 $36.06 $75,000
Customer service representatives 1,840 $16.21 $33,720
Office clerks, general 1,830 $14.51 $30,180
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,790 $9.76 $20,300
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,760 $17.65 $36,710
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,660 $12.86 $26,750
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,530 $35.68 $74,210
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,490 $13.85 $28,810
General and operations managers 1,320 $51.59 $107,310
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,180 $13.19 $27,440
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,140 $22.22 $46,210
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,140 Not available $58,320
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,140 $22.08 $45,930
Teacher assistants 1,060 Not available $25,060
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,030 $20.70 $43,050
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,020 $17.45 $36,300
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,010 $25.66 $53,380
Home health aides 1,000 $11.79 $24,520
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 920 $19.13 $39,780
Food preparation workers 920 $10.31 $21,440
Life, physical, and social science occupations 880 $37.18 $77,330
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 870 $22.40 $46,580
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 860 Not available $57,860
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 810 $10.25 $21,320
Receptionists and information clerks 790 $14.11 $29,340
Packers and packagers, hand 770 $10.25 $21,310
Cooks, restaurant 740 $12.91 $26,850
Maintenance and repair workers, general 740 $18.69 $38,870
Medical secretaries 740 $17.49 $36,370
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 720 $15.89 $33,050
Legal occupations 680 $33.01 $68,670
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 680 $36.81 $76,560
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 670 $12.57 $26,130
Accountants and auditors 660 $29.21 $60,760
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 660 $26.45 $55,010
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 620 $16.28 $33,860
Management analysts 590 $39.75 $82,670
Business operations specialists, all other 580 $27.78 $57,790
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 570 $14.53 $30,220
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 550 $17.77 $36,950
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 550 Not available $58,920
Carpenters 530 $23.86 $49,630
Financial managers 530 $48.13 $100,110
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 520 $16.27 $33,830
Bus drivers, school 520 $14.80 $30,770
Tellers 520 $12.99 $27,020
Bartenders 510 $10.87 $22,600
Construction laborers 500 $18.50 $38,480
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 500 $17.93 $37,290
Child care workers 480 $10.89 $22,650
Chief executives 470 $75.23 $156,470
Security guards 470 $13.46 $28,000
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 440 $14.81 $30,800
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 440 $30.20 $62,820
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 430 $9.98 $20,750
Computer support specialists 410 $26.50 $55,110
Electricians 410 $28.47 $59,210
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 410 $18.79 $39,090
Cooks, fast food 390 $10.83 $22,530
Dishwashers 390 $9.62 $20,010
Fire fighters 390 $23.06 $47,960
Mental health counselors 390 $18.10 $37,650
Team assemblers 390 $13.26 $27,580
Postal service mail carriers 380 Not available Not available
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 370 $10.20 $21,210
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 370 $24.02 $49,970
Medical assistants 370 $16.36 $34,030
Child, family, and school social workers 340 $25.47 $52,980
Dental hygienists 340 $35.31 $73,440
Lawyers 340 $41.76 $86,850
Loan officers 340 $36.14 $75,170
Dental assistants 330 $19.32 $40,190
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 330 $27.02 $56,200
Sales representatives, services, all other 330 $29.61 $61,590
Counter and rental clerks 320 $17.23 $35,840
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 310 $9.97 $20,740
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 300 $16.76 $34,850
Healthcare support workers, all other 300 $17.09 $35,550
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 300 $14.84 $30,860
Machinists 300 $21.37 $44,440
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 300 $30.79 $64,050
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 290 $32.14 $66,860
Recreation workers 290 $11.66 $24,240
Marketing managers 280 $47.72 $99,270
Paralegals and legal assistants 280 $19.53 $40,630
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 270 $10.87 $22,600
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 270 $36.11 $75,100
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 270 $36.58 $76,090
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 260 $10.27 $21,360
Mechanical engineers 260 $39.66 $82,480
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 260 $13.13 $27,300
Pharmacy technicians 260 $12.47 $25,930
Physical therapists 250 $35.31 $73,440
Administrative services managers 240 $36.09 $75,060
Helpers--production workers 240 $13.74 $28,570
Electrical engineers 230 $47.31 $98,400
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 230 $30.66 $63,770
Medical and health services managers 230 $43.78 $91,070
Preschool teachers, except special education 230 $15.13 $31,470
Sales managers 230 $54.59 $113,550
Industrial truck and tractor operators 220 $18.13 $37,710
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 220 $19.07 $39,670
Painters, construction and maintenance 220 $18.62 $38,730
Physicians and surgeons, all other 220 $62.82 $130,660
Self-enrichment education teachers 220 $21.75 $45,230
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 220 Not available $54,260
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 210 $26.94 $56,040
Computer systems analysts 210 $37.60 $78,200
File clerks 210 $11.96 $24,880
Food servers, nonrestaurant 210 $10.72 $22,290
Pharmacists 210 $45.71 $95,080
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 210 $20.98 $43,630
Radiologic technologists and technicians 210 $32.74 $68,100
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 200 $40.45 $84,130
Sales engineers 200 $46.27 $96,240
Social and community service managers 200 $26.03 $54,150
Bakers 190 $13.39 $27,840
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 190 $30.60 $63,650
Food service managers 190 $32.25 $67,080
Market research analysts 190 $29.24 $60,830
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 190 $30.22 $62,850
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 190 $40.29 $83,800
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 180 $15.48 $32,200
Education administrators, postsecondary 180 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 180 $35.92 $74,710
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 180 $20.19 $42,000
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 180 $24.71 $51,400
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 170 $31.06 $64,610
Electronics engineers, except computer 170 $41.29 $85,880
Medical records and health information technicians 170 $17.18 $35,740
Rehabilitation counselors 170 $17.25 $35,890
Switchboard operators, including answering service 170 $13.22 $27,500
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 160 Not available $90,280
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 160 $11.69 $24,310
Insurance sales agents 160 $36.12 $75,120
Bill and account collectors 150 $18.31 $38,090
Computer and information systems managers 150 $55.12 $114,650
Computer software engineers, applications 150 $41.79 $86,920
Cost estimators 150 $35.14 $73,090
Industrial production managers 150 $53.64 $111,570
Instructional coordinators 150 $28.88 $60,080
Loan interviewers and clerks 150 $19.02 $39,570
Network and computer systems administrators 150 $35.17 $73,150
Occupational therapists 150 $35.55 $73,950
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $19.95 $41,490
Butchers and meat cutters 140 $17.16 $35,690
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 140 $11.47 $23,870
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 140 $40.55 $84,350
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 140 $27.59 $57,390
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 140 $15.66 $32,580
Commercial and industrial designers 130 $27.80 $57,820
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 130 $15.68 $32,620
Engineering managers 130 $61.26 $127,430
Financial analysts 130 $36.76 $76,460
Graphic designers 130 $20.28 $42,180
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 130 Not available $56,710
Pharmacy aides 130 $10.73 $22,320
Production workers, all other 130 $14.58 $30,320
Speech-language pathologists 130 $35.02 $72,850
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 130 $11.94 $24,830
Travel agents 130 $17.40 $36,200
All other information and record clerks 120 $19.96 $41,510
Community and social service specialists, all other 120 $21.73 $45,200
Data entry keyers 120 $14.44 $30,040
Dietitians and nutritionists 120 $21.08 $43,850
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 120 $30.60 $63,650
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 120 $20.48 $42,600
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $17.51 $36,420
Industrial machinery mechanics 120 $27.64 $57,500
Medical and public health social workers 120 $29.97 $62,340
Nonfarm animal caretakers 120 $10.29 $21,410
Order clerks 120 $15.27 $31,760
Special education teachers, secondary school 120 Not available $56,570
Teachers and instructors, all other 120 Not available $29,320
Training and development specialists 120 $29.38 $61,110
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 120 $25.44 $52,910
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 110 $10.87 $22,610
Chefs and head cooks 110 $28.63 $59,550
Court, municipal, and license clerks 110 $20.98 $43,630
Family and general practitioners 110 $85.22 $177,250
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 110 $30.46 $63,350
Librarians 110 $26.52 $55,170
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 110 $14.95 $31,100
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available Not available
Public relations specialists 110 $24.58 $51,130
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 110 $13.07 $27,180
Advertising sales agents 100 $23.36 $48,600
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 100 $20.15 $41,910
Logisticians 100 $31.93 $66,410
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 100 $23.94 $49,790
Parts salespersons 100 $18.46 $38,400
Residential advisors 100 Not available Not available
Roofers 100 $22.68 $47,170
Service station attendants 100 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 90 $30.87 $64,200
Library technicians 90 $18.08 $37,600
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 90 $12.14 $25,250
Physical therapist assistants 90 $22.51 $46,820
Protective service workers, all other 90 $15.35 $31,920
Purchasing managers 90 $47.41 $98,610
Sheet metal workers 90 $23.27 $48,400
Veterinary technologists and technicians 90 $15.75 $32,770
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 80 $20.31 $42,240
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 80 $33.11 $68,860
Cooks, short order 80 $10.94 $22,750
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 80 $22.12 $46,020
Floral designers 80 $13.67 $28,440
Insurance underwriters 80 $32.33 $67,240
Library assistants, clerical 80 $11.33 $23,570
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 80 $15.65 $32,550
Occupational therapist assistants 80 $21.46 $44,650
Personal financial advisors 80 $43.02 $89,480
Special education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $57,610
Surgical technologists 80 $20.10 $41,810
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available Not available
Computer programmers 70 $37.33 $77,650
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 70 $18.20 $37,860
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 70 $25.03 $52,060
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 70 $16.89 $35,120
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 70 $13.68 $28,450
Managers, all other 70 $47.41 $98,600
Network systems and data communications analysts 70 $29.65 $61,670
Photographic processing machine operators 70 $10.04 $20,880
Printing machine operators 70 $18.14 $37,720
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 70 $24.91 $51,810
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 70 Not available Not available
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 70 $24.97 $51,930
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 70 $22.74 $47,300
Civil engineers 60 $37.99 $79,020
Coaches and scouts 60 Not available $28,290
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 60 $21.21 $44,110
Couriers and messengers 60 $14.09 $29,310
Editors 60 Not available Not available
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $30.96 $64,390
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 60 $23.71 $49,330
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 60 $18.39 $38,250
Medical transcriptionists 60 $17.24 $35,860
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $15.14 $31,490
Parking lot attendants 60 $11.12 $23,120
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 60 $18.28 $38,010
Property, real estate, and community association managers 60 $32.81 $68,240
Recreational therapists 60 $17.38 $36,150
Surveyors 60 $23.24 $48,330
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 50 $16.65 $34,630
Computer operators 50 $22.47 $46,740
Dentists, general 50 $72.14 $150,040
Diagnostic medical sonographers 50 $35.12 $73,050
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 50 $25.56 $53,170
Helpers--electricians 50 $15.64 $32,540
Human resources managers, all other 50 $71.12 $147,930
Office and administrative support workers, all other 50 $15.10 $31,400
Pediatricians, general 50 $83.79 $174,280
Physical therapist aides 50 $14.28 $29,710
Physician assistants 50 $34.93 $72,650
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $41.30 $85,900
Word processors and typists 50 $16.50 $34,310
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 40 $19.20 $39,940
Compensation and benefits managers 40 $49.65 $103,270
Computer specialists, all other 40 $34.19 $71,120
Construction and building inspectors 40 $27.31 $56,790
Credit analysts 40 $29.32 $60,990
Desktop publishers 40 $20.19 $41,990
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 40 $22.02 $45,800
Engineers, all other 40 $47.96 $99,760
Environmental engineers 40 $39.20 $81,550
Internists, general 40 $92.29 $191,960
Interpreters and translators 40 $16.35 $34,010
Lodging managers 40 $25.95 $53,980
Maintenance workers, machinery 40 $24.31 $50,570
Mechanical drafters 40 $26.84 $55,820
Mechanical engineering technicians 40 $24.53 $51,020
Motorboat mechanics 40 $20.82 $43,300
Motorboat operators 40 $14.78 $30,730
Natural sciences managers 40 $77.31 $160,800
Opticians, dispensing 40 $21.99 $45,730
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 40 $19.24 $40,020
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 40 $18.63 $38,760
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 40 Not available Not available
Public relations managers 40 $42.05 $87,470
Sewing machine operators 40 $15.10 $31,400
Veterinarians 40 $58.21 $121,070
Audio and video equipment technicians 30 Not available Not available
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 30 $15.33 $31,890
Counselors, all other 30 $14.08 $29,290
Database administrators 30 $32.32 $67,230
Dental laboratory technicians 30 $26.16 $54,420
Food batchmakers 30 $15.41 $32,060
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 30 $28.44 $59,150
Real estate sales agents 30 $25.33 $52,690
Technical writers 30 $53.32 $110,900
Aerospace engineers Not available $46.25 $96,190
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $12.58 $26,170
Appraisers and assessors of real estate Not available $24.31 $50,560
Architects, except landscape and naval Not available $40.90 $85,080
Architectural and civil drafters Not available $23.26 $48,390
Automotive body and related repairers Not available $25.36 $52,760
Bindery workers Not available $17.41 $36,200
Biological technicians Not available $27.64 $57,490
Budget analysts Not available $35.46 $73,750
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $43.11 $89,660
Construction managers Not available $56.96 $118,470
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $20.76 $43,170
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Not available $11.82 $24,580
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other Not available $23.52 $48,930
Funeral attendants Not available $15.90 $33,080
Glaziers Not available $21.33 $44,370
Grinding and polishing workers, hand Not available $11.47 $23,860
Home appliance repairers Not available $18.21 $37,880
Industrial engineering technicians Not available $23.07 $47,980
Industrial engineers Not available $31.77 $66,070
Interior designers Not available $26.04 $54,160
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $21.47 $44,660
Legal secretaries Not available $15.83 $32,930
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $9.80 $20,390
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Not available $48.58 $101,060
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Not available $20.77 $43,210
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $17.49 $36,380
New accounts clerks Not available $22.56 $46,920
Prepress technicians and workers Not available $14.93 $31,060
Private detectives and investigators Not available $21.46 $44,630
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $27.11 $56,400
Shampooers Not available $10.67 $22,180
Social and human service assistants Not available $15.48 $32,190
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Not available $14.62 $30,420
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $31.97 $66,490
Telemarketers Not available $17.94 $37,310
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