Occupational employment / Racine, WI

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 "Racine, WI" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 76,530 $18.30 $38,060
Office and administrative support occupations 12,390 $15.00 $31,200
Production occupations 10,230 $15.80 $32,860
Sales and related occupations 8,030 $15.11 $31,440
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,320 $14.40 $29,950
Food preparation and serving related occupations 6,070 $9.21 $19,160
Education, training, and library occupations 4,230 $20.39 $42,420
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 3,680 $29.78 $61,940
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,000 $20.23 $42,070
Construction and extraction occupations 2,910 $22.55 $46,900
Healthcare support occupations 2,830 $13.13 $27,310
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,810 $11.02 $22,910
Retail salespersons 2,790 $10.32 $21,460
Management occupations 2,690 $46.78 $97,300
Business and financial operations occupations 2,660 $27.17 $56,510
Cashiers 2,310 $8.53 $17,750
Protective service occupations 1,830 $19.90 $41,400
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,790 $8.33 $17,320
Team assemblers 1,720 $14.31 $29,770
Office clerks, general 1,540 $12.54 $26,080
Personal care and service occupations 1,530 $10.89 $22,650
Customer service representatives 1,490 $17.60 $36,610
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,410 $31.18 $64,860
Registered nurses 1,400 $28.99 $60,310
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,370 $10.58 $22,000
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,290 $10.65 $22,160
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,260 $13.35 $27,770
Community and social services occupations 1,230 $19.84 $41,270
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,230 $10.69 $22,240
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,200 $14.98 $31,160
Waiters and waitresses 1,100 $8.26 $17,170
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,020 $22.77 $47,360
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 990 $31.25 $65,000
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 980 Not available $49,350
Computer and mathematical occupations 950 $30.41 $63,260
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 860 $14.13 $29,400
Elementary school teachers, except special education 840 Not available $47,020
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 840 $11.39 $23,700
Life, physical, and social science occupations 830 $28.40 $59,080
Industrial truck and tractor operators 800 $14.03 $29,170
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 760 $27.10 $56,370
Bartenders 660 $8.55 $17,790
Teacher assistants 660 Not available $22,570
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 640 $19.61 $40,790
Maintenance and repair workers, general 640 $19.15 $39,830
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 630 $18.28 $38,030
General and operations managers 630 $52.24 $108,660
Carpenters 620 $19.52 $40,590
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 620 $18.50 $38,480
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 580 $21.15 $44,000
Machinists 580 $15.75 $32,760
Packers and packagers, hand 580 $9.39 $19,540
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 580 $14.61 $30,380
Receptionists and information clerks 560 $11.37 $23,650
Correctional officers and jailers 550 $18.24 $37,940
Home health aides 550 $9.71 $20,200
Business operations specialists, all other 520 $25.43 $52,890
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 520 $14.09 $29,320
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 520 $8.26 $17,180
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 520 $16.39 $34,080
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 500 $23.30 $48,470
Tellers 500 $11.42 $23,750
Industrial machinery mechanics 480 $24.95 $51,900
Accountants and auditors 420 $28.88 $60,060
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 410 $16.08 $33,440
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 380 $15.60 $32,450
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 370 $16.64 $34,610
Bus drivers, school 370 $10.82 $22,500
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 370 Not available $46,850
Preschool teachers, except special education 370 $10.43 $21,700
Social and human service assistants 360 $15.37 $31,960
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 350 $8.77 $18,250
Construction laborers 340 $18.76 $39,020
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 340 $16.52 $34,350
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 340 $26.25 $54,600
Child, family, and school social workers 320 $20.72 $43,100
Security guards 320 $11.70 $24,330
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 310 $15.66 $32,570
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 310 $14.11 $29,340
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 290 $14.28 $29,710
Food preparation workers 290 $9.07 $18,850
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 290 $11.18 $23,250
Industrial engineers 280 $35.85 $74,570
Mechanical engineers 280 $36.60 $76,120
Sales managers 280 $53.10 $110,450
Amusement and recreation attendants 270 $8.63 $17,940
Child care workers 270 $9.24 $19,220
Electricians 270 $25.50 $53,030
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 270 $19.28 $40,100
Dishwashers 260 $7.79 $16,210
Legal occupations 260 $38.28 $79,620
Machine feeders and offbearers 260 $15.34 $31,910
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 260 $22.80 $47,420
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 250 $10.79 $22,440
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 250 $27.55 $57,300
Counter and rental clerks 240 $9.45 $19,650
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 240 $25.60 $53,260
Postal service mail carriers 230 Not available Not available
Production workers, all other 230 $13.22 $27,500
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 220 $34.29 $71,330
Market research analysts 220 $31.23 $64,960
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 210 $12.03 $25,030
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 210 $8.30 $17,260
Medical assistants 210 $15.14 $31,490
Medical secretaries 210 $14.90 $31,000
Pharmacy technicians 210 $12.83 $26,680
Loan officers 200 $20.48 $42,610
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 200 $11.58 $24,090
Sales representatives, services, all other 200 $27.73 $57,680
Computer software engineers, applications 190 $35.95 $74,770
Cost estimators 190 $27.36 $56,910
Financial managers 190 $52.73 $109,680
Helpers--production workers 190 $10.53 $21,900
Insurance sales agents 190 $34.34 $71,430
Dental assistants 180 $17.38 $36,140
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 180 $24.29 $50,520
Lawyers 180 $45.43 $94,490
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 170 $16.96 $35,280
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 170 $12.94 $26,930
Industrial production managers 170 $45.66 $94,980
Mechanical drafters 170 $24.69 $51,360
Automotive body and related repairers 160 $17.64 $36,690
Bakers 160 $10.07 $20,940
Computer support specialists 160 $19.76 $41,110
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 160 $8.98 $18,670
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 160 $7.94 $16,510
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 160 $16.24 $33,780
Parts salespersons 160 $12.56 $26,130
Printing machine operators 160 $18.11 $37,680
Sheet metal workers 160 $23.08 $48,010
Chief executives 150 $81.85 $170,260
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 140 $20.87 $43,410
Computer programmers 140 $27.50 $57,190
Data entry keyers 140 $11.84 $24,620
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 140 $22.24 $46,260
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 140 $36.49 $75,900
File clerks 140 $12.61 $26,230
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 140 $23.36 $48,590
Food servers, nonrestaurant 140 $10.60 $22,050
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 140 $14.44 $30,040
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 140 $30.57 $63,590
Tool and die makers 140 $23.79 $49,490
Dental hygienists 130 $29.45 $61,260
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 130 Not available Not available
Managers, all other 130 $43.74 $90,990
Order clerks 130 $14.85 $30,890
Pharmacists 130 $52.56 $109,330
Teachers and instructors, all other 130 Not available $41,460
Computer systems analysts 120 $33.51 $69,700
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 120 Not available $81,310
Graphic designers 120 $22.08 $45,920
Medical transcriptionists 120 $16.08 $33,450
Network and computer systems administrators 120 $33.52 $69,720
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 120 $13.14 $27,330
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 120 $31.64 $65,810
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 120 Not available $46,850
All other information and record clerks 110 $16.00 $33,280
Chemists 110 $32.81 $68,250
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 110 $23.86 $49,630
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 110 $12.48 $25,960
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 110 Not available $45,790
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 110 $17.36 $36,110
Marketing managers 110 $51.76 $107,660
Motor vehicle operators, all other 110 $9.88 $20,550
Nonfarm animal caretakers 110 $8.45 $17,570
Bill and account collectors 100 $14.91 $31,020
Computer and information systems managers 100 $49.00 $101,920
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 100 $36.12 $75,120
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 100 $8.31 $17,290
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 100 $17.80 $37,030
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 100 $8.35 $17,370
Radiologic technologists and technicians 100 $24.70 $51,380
Recreation workers 100 $10.15 $21,100
Speech-language pathologists 100 $25.74 $53,540
Administrative services managers 90 $32.01 $66,580
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 90 $25.26 $52,530
Electrical engineers 90 $36.68 $76,280
Legal secretaries 90 $17.16 $35,690
Library assistants, clerical 90 $9.11 $18,950
Management analysts 90 $39.81 $82,800
Medical and health services managers 90 $38.62 $80,330
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 90 $22.77 $47,360
Painters, construction and maintenance 90 $21.15 $43,990
Physical therapists 90 $31.49 $65,500
Travel agents 90 $12.07 $25,110
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 80 $28.02 $58,280
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 80 $19.54 $40,650
Engineers, all other 80 $34.14 $71,010
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $24.82 $51,630
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 80 $16.90 $35,150
Logisticians 80 $32.65 $67,910
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 80 $25.22 $52,450
Surgical technologists 80 $20.42 $42,460
Training and development specialists 80 $21.66 $45,050
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 80 $11.09 $23,060
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 80 $34.66 $72,090
Brickmasons and blockmasons 70 $24.75 $51,480
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 70 $17.02 $35,410
Cement masons and concrete finishers 70 $23.41 $48,690
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $26.82 $55,780
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $14.16 $29,450
Engineering managers 70 $48.44 $100,760
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 70 $16.97 $35,310
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $25.03 $52,070
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 70 Not available Not available
Food service managers 70 $19.59 $40,750
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 70 $11.70 $24,330
Highway maintenance workers 70 $21.23 $44,160
Librarians 70 $21.78 $45,290
Library technicians 70 $13.02 $27,090
Paralegals and legal assistants 70 $22.34 $46,460
Roofers 70 $16.94 $35,240
Service station attendants 70 $8.28 $17,230
Switchboard operators, including answering service 70 $11.99 $24,930
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $16.06 $33,410
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 60 $14.83 $30,850
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 60 $29.62 $61,610
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 60 Not available Not available
Floral designers 60 $11.47 $23,860
Loan interviewers and clerks 60 $15.82 $32,910
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $32.21 $67,010
Occupational therapists 60 $26.17 $54,430
Office and administrative support workers, all other 60 $12.70 $26,420
Physical therapist assistants 60 $19.87 $41,330
Procurement clerks 60 $26.12 $54,330
Protective service workers, all other 60 $16.28 $33,860
Purchasing managers 60 $41.99 $87,330
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 60 Not available Not available
Rehabilitation counselors 60 $16.81 $34,960
Social and community service managers 60 $24.22 $50,380
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 60 $42.74 $88,900
Butchers and meat cutters 50 $17.72 $36,850
Chefs and head cooks 50 $13.60 $28,290
Coaches and scouts 50 Not available $30,630
Commercial and industrial designers 50 $28.23 $58,720
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 50 $27.12 $56,400
Couriers and messengers 50 $11.43 $23,780
Court, municipal, and license clerks 50 $18.85 $39,220
Dental laboratory technicians 50 $14.00 $29,110
Family and general practitioners 50 $94.00 $195,530
Industrial engineering technicians 50 $23.25 $48,350
Legislators 50 Not available $17,310
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $12.88 $26,800
Maintenance workers, machinery 50 $19.49 $40,530
Medical and public health social workers 50 $21.00 $43,680
Medical records and health information technicians 50 $17.60 $36,610
Physical therapist aides 50 $10.23 $21,280
Physicians and surgeons, all other 50 $83.11 $172,860
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 50 Not available Not available
Prepress technicians and workers 50 $19.79 $41,170
Public relations specialists 50 $21.85 $45,440
Special education teachers, middle school 50 Not available $46,810
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 50 $10.78 $22,420
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 40 $15.27 $31,760
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $27.10 $56,370
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 40 $24.85 $51,690
Construction managers 40 $40.57 $84,390
Counselors, all other 40 $20.22 $42,050
Database administrators 40 $29.09 $60,510
Dentists, general 40 $84.59 $175,950
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 40 $20.25 $42,120
Insurance underwriters 40 Not available Not available
Job printers 40 $18.48 $38,430
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 40 $12.52 $26,040
Multi-media artists and animators 40 $18.60 $38,700
Numerical tool and process control programmers 40 $20.39 $42,400
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 40 $12.48 $25,950
Personal financial advisors 40 Not available Not available
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $11.63 $24,180
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 40 Not available Not available
Public relations managers 40 $30.50 $63,440
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 40 $17.06 $35,490
Tax preparers 40 $16.00 $33,280
Veterinarians 40 $37.85 $78,720
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 40 $20.06 $41,730
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 40 $15.26 $31,740
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 40 Not available Not available
Computer specialists, all other 30 $20.67 $43,000
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 30 $24.62 $51,200
Human resources managers, all other 30 $47.51 $98,830
Mental health counselors 30 $23.20 $48,250
Technical writers 30 $31.05 $64,580
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $14.55 $30,260
Brokerage clerks Not available $17.03 $35,420
Chemical technicians Not available $21.80 $45,340
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $37.79 $78,610
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $21.06 $43,800
Cooks, fast food Not available $8.31 $17,290
Cooks, restaurant Not available $10.74 $22,330
Cooks, short order Not available $12.29 $25,550
Credit analysts Not available $26.09 $54,270
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $16.58 $34,490
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $12.64 $26,290
Driver/sales workers Not available $12.80 $26,620
Electrical and electronics drafters Not available $21.39 $44,490
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $38.83 $80,770
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators Not available $13.55 $28,180
Food batchmakers Not available $13.42 $27,910
Funeral directors Not available $30.14 $62,700
Grinding and polishing workers, hand Not available $14.92 $31,040
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $18.66 $38,810
Healthcare support workers, all other Not available $13.02 $27,090
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $16.84 $35,020
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $20.52 $42,690
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Not available $24.44 $50,840
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Not available $25.87 $53,800
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Not available $16.92 $35,200
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.62 $30,400
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $19.33 $40,200
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $16.93 $35,210
Opticians, dispensing Not available $16.03 $33,340
Painting, coating, and decorating workers Not available $11.23 $23,350
Personal and home care aides Not available $10.82 $22,510
Respiratory therapists Not available $26.00 $54,070
Sales engineers Not available $36.06 $75,000
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $16.98 $35,320
Special education teachers, secondary school Not available Not available $54,080
Tire repairers and changers Not available $12.80 $26,630
Vocational education teachers, secondary school Not available Not available $52,520
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