Occupational employment / Rockford, IL

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 "Rockford, IL" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 154,230 $19.04 $39,610
Production occupations 26,200 $17.18 $35,730
Office and administrative support occupations 22,930 $14.87 $30,930
Sales and related occupations 15,210 $15.30 $31,830
Transportation and material moving occupations 14,600 $14.33 $29,810
Food preparation and serving related occupations 11,710 $9.42 $19,600
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 9,160 $32.69 $68,000
Education, training, and library occupations 8,940 $24.96 $51,920
Construction and extraction occupations 6,650 $25.37 $52,770
Management occupations 5,510 $42.05 $87,460
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,480 $20.47 $42,570
Business and financial operations occupations 5,280 $26.60 $55,330
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 5,070 $13.28 $27,620
Machinists 4,810 $18.95 $39,410
Retail salespersons 4,360 $12.04 $25,040
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,310 $11.51 $23,950
Healthcare support occupations 3,720 $13.09 $27,220
Team assemblers 3,710 $15.54 $32,330
Cashiers 3,700 $9.37 $19,480
Registered nurses 3,210 $27.75 $57,710
Personal care and service occupations 3,160 $10.04 $20,890
Customer service representatives 2,770 $14.47 $30,090
Waiters and waitresses 2,700 $9.35 $19,440
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,580 Not available $62,990
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,570 $8.44 $17,550
Office clerks, general 2,520 $12.22 $25,420
Protective service occupations 2,480 $21.51 $44,740
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,420 $31.19 $64,880
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,330 $11.09 $23,060
Stock clerks and order fillers 2,260 $11.58 $24,090
Community and social services occupations 2,240 $20.69 $43,030
Packers and packagers, hand 2,020 $9.52 $19,800
Carpenters 1,930 $22.66 $47,120
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,880 $20.11 $41,840
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,760 $11.84 $24,620
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,710 Not available $65,740
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,700 $13.85 $28,810
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,680 $16.53 $34,390
Helpers--production workers 1,600 $15.17 $31,550
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,540 $16.66 $34,660
Business operations specialists, all other 1,490 $24.93 $51,860
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,450 $28.48 $59,230
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,350 $22.04 $45,840
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,340 $17.23 $35,840
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,340 $25.14 $52,290
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,300 $17.72 $36,860
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,260 $19.17 $39,880
General and operations managers 1,260 $46.52 $96,750
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,190 $13.79 $28,680
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,160 $26.25 $54,610
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,160 $21.10 $43,890
Receptionists and information clerks 1,150 $11.95 $24,860
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,110 $13.41 $27,880
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 1,080 $14.86 $30,900
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 1,070 $14.21 $29,550
Production workers, all other 1,060 $16.44 $34,200
Food preparation workers 990 $8.63 $17,960
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 960 $11.22 $23,340
Accountants and auditors 920 $28.66 $59,610
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 920 $14.50 $30,150
Teacher assistants 910 Not available $20,370
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 900 $18.45 $38,380
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 890 $19.56 $40,680
Cooks, restaurant 870 $9.72 $20,230
Sales and related workers, all other 840 $13.89 $28,900
Life, physical, and social science occupations 800 $28.17 $58,600
Child care workers 770 $9.37 $19,490
Cooks, fast food 720 $8.01 $16,650
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 700 $16.33 $33,970
Tellers 690 $10.35 $21,530
Electricians 680 $25.23 $52,480
Physicians and surgeons, all other 680 $83.87 $174,440
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 670 $17.10 $35,570
Security guards 660 $12.81 $26,640
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 640 $15.30 $31,830
Personal and home care aides 620 $8.77 $18,250
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 600 $9.18 $19,100
Driver/sales workers 590 $12.84 $26,700
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 590 $17.78 $36,980
Bartenders 580 $9.73 $20,240
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 580 $15.32 $31,860
Legal occupations 570 $55.65 $115,750
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 560 $27.66 $57,540
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 560 Not available $69,160
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 550 $9.06 $18,840
Construction laborers 540 $24.20 $50,330
Mechanical engineers 540 $36.07 $75,030
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 540 Not available $48,910
Home health aides 530 $9.83 $20,440
Managers, all other 520 $38.34 $79,740
Tool and die makers 510 $22.70 $47,220
Counter and rental clerks 500 $11.53 $23,980
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 490 $31.52 $65,560
Dishwashers 470 $8.10 $16,850
Legal secretaries 460 $16.53 $34,380
Fire fighters 450 $24.03 $49,980
Teachers and instructors, all other 450 Not available $22,710
Bill and account collectors 440 $14.09 $29,310
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 440 $12.80 $26,620
Postal service mail carriers 440 Not available Not available
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 430 $17.08 $35,520
Medical secretaries 430 $15.23 $31,670
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 420 $8.36 $17,390
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 420 $28.63 $59,550
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 410 $19.88 $41,360
Recreation workers 410 $9.65 $20,070
Sales representatives, services, all other 400 $26.39 $54,880
Office and administrative support workers, all other 390 $13.53 $28,140
Pharmacy technicians 390 $12.78 $26,580
Financial managers 380 $48.69 $101,280
Loan officers 380 $23.21 $48,280
Social and human service assistants 380 $13.11 $27,280
Sales managers 370 $49.20 $102,340
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 350 $12.33 $25,640
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 350 $39.34 $81,830
Industrial machinery mechanics 350 $22.44 $46,670
Sheet metal workers 350 $25.31 $52,640
Chief executives 340 $68.29 $142,050
Dental assistants 340 $15.50 $32,240
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 340 $24.31 $50,560
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 340 $20.70 $43,060
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 330 $18.80 $39,110
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 330 Not available $91,820
Coaches and scouts 320 Not available $20,100
Cost estimators 320 $27.73 $57,670
Industrial engineers 320 $32.92 $68,470
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 310 $24.30 $50,550
Special education teachers, middle school 310 Not available $61,070
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 300 $10.36 $21,550
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 300 $19.71 $41,010
Lawyers 300 $80.49 $167,420
Preschool teachers, except special education 300 $10.36 $21,550
Social workers, all other 300 $28.54 $59,370
Cement masons and concrete finishers 290 $25.22 $52,460
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 290 $11.06 $23,010
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 290 $33.69 $70,070
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 290 $17.58 $36,560
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 290 $32.00 $66,570
Painters, construction and maintenance 290 $17.13 $35,620
Child, family, and school social workers 280 $21.76 $45,260
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 280 $13.03 $27,110
Food batchmakers 280 $12.15 $25,270
Library assistants, clerical 280 $10.20 $21,210
Library technicians 280 $12.06 $25,080
Industrial production managers 270 $38.42 $79,920
Engineers, all other 260 $31.97 $66,500
Machine feeders and offbearers 260 $10.76 $22,380
Market research analysts 260 $25.12 $52,250
Medical assistants 260 $13.84 $28,780
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 260 $27.03 $56,220
Computer programmers 250 $28.36 $58,990
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 250 $18.03 $37,490
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 250 $15.64 $32,520
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 250 Not available Not available
Computer support specialists 240 $17.78 $36,990
Electrical engineers 240 $34.03 $70,780
Pharmacists 240 $53.51 $111,290
Dental hygienists 230 $32.31 $67,210
Maintenance workers, machinery 230 $21.07 $43,820
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 230 $13.54 $28,160
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $22.19 $46,160
Administrative services managers 220 $25.43 $52,890
Advertising sales agents 220 $27.02 $56,210
Butchers and meat cutters 220 $13.82 $28,750
File clerks 220 $11.61 $24,140
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 220 $8.86 $18,420
Insurance sales agents 220 $19.74 $41,070
Medical and health services managers 220 $38.34 $79,740
Parts salespersons 220 $14.99 $31,190
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 220 Not available Not available
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 220 $16.47 $34,250
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 220 $33.67 $70,040
Medical records and health information technicians 210 $11.94 $24,830
Order clerks 210 $13.91 $28,940
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 210 $16.74 $34,820
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 200 $17.29 $35,960
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 190 $24.77 $51,520
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 190 $12.87 $26,760
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 190 $10.37 $21,570
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 190 Not available Not available
Speech-language pathologists 190 $32.86 $68,340
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 180 $18.94 $39,390
Graphic designers 180 $19.62 $40,810
Loan interviewers and clerks 180 $16.05 $33,370
New accounts clerks 180 $14.86 $30,910
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 180 $18.22 $37,890
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 180 $20.08 $41,760
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 170 $30.62 $63,680
Automotive body and related repairers 170 $22.08 $45,930
Engineering managers 170 $45.35 $94,320
Network and computer systems administrators 170 $28.96 $60,240
Physical therapists 170 $38.14 $79,330
Physician assistants 170 $50.42 $104,870
Roofers 170 $29.99 $62,370
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 160 Not available Not available
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 160 $12.91 $26,850
Food service managers 160 $21.28 $44,270
Nonfarm animal caretakers 160 $9.24 $19,210
All other information and record clerks 150 $15.59 $32,420
Health technologists and technicians, all other 150 $19.56 $40,680
Mechanical drafters 150 $21.77 $45,290
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 140 $17.09 $35,550
Computer and information systems managers 140 $42.90 $89,230
Highway maintenance workers 140 $20.69 $43,020
Management analysts 140 $42.07 $87,500
Respiratory therapists 140 $26.92 $55,990
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 140 $8.61 $17,920
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 130 $17.89 $37,210
Computer specialists, all other 130 $23.05 $47,950
Construction managers 130 $44.31 $92,160
Data entry keyers 130 $12.57 $26,140
Detectives and criminal investigators 130 $34.22 $71,170
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 130 $14.17 $29,470
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $16.38 $34,070
Insurance underwriters 130 $31.07 $64,620
Legislators 130 Not available $24,870
Physical therapist assistants 130 $21.85 $45,450
Printing machine operators 130 $15.24 $31,690
Training and development specialists 130 $22.97 $47,770
Amusement and recreation attendants 120 $9.02 $18,760
Chemists 120 $31.36 $65,220
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 120 $17.21 $35,790
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 120 $12.88 $26,790
Floral designers 120 $11.34 $23,580
Librarians 120 $29.80 $61,980
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 120 $8.44 $17,560
Medical and public health social workers 120 $26.11 $54,320
Mental health counselors 120 $17.86 $37,150
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 120 $13.35 $27,780
Reporters and correspondents 120 $18.12 $37,680
Self-enrichment education teachers 120 $11.37 $23,640
Special education teachers, secondary school 120 Not available $51,710
Chefs and head cooks 110 $14.58 $30,320
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 110 $34.16 $71,060
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $23.56 $49,010
Marketing managers 110 $49.12 $102,180
Sales engineers 110 $33.00 $68,640
Switchboard operators, including answering service 110 $11.28 $23,470
Bakers 100 $10.83 $22,530
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 100 $27.52 $57,230
Financial analysts 100 $33.42 $69,510
Healthcare support workers, all other 100 $14.12 $29,370
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 100 $15.62 $32,480
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 100 $11.95 $24,860
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 100 $9.33 $19,410
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 100 Not available $39,180
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders 100 $17.35 $36,080
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $22.12 $46,000
Purchasing managers 100 $32.29 $67,170
Real estate sales agents 100 Not available Not available
Surgical technologists 100 $21.92 $45,590
Tile and marble setters 100 $31.66 $65,860
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 100 $40.74 $84,750
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 100 $24.50 $50,970
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 90 $25.06 $52,120
Editors 90 $24.82 $51,630
Education administrators, postsecondary 90 $27.41 $57,020
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 90 $29.80 $61,980
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 90 $18.45 $38,380
Food servers, nonrestaurant 90 $9.29 $19,310
Occupational therapists 90 $34.42 $71,600
Prepress technicians and workers 90 $16.26 $33,820
Property, real estate, and community association managers 90 $37.59 $78,190
Social and community service managers 90 $21.13 $43,950
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 90 $16.07 $33,420
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 90 $22.76 $47,340
Architects, except landscape and naval 80 $31.78 $66,110
Brickmasons and blockmasons 80 $27.46 $57,110
Civil engineers 80 $38.82 $80,760
Computer systems analysts 80 $33.20 $69,050
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 80 $18.34 $38,140
Couriers and messengers 80 $10.64 $22,130
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 80 $15.09 $31,390
Drafters, all other 80 $20.52 $42,680
Financial specialists, all other 80 $26.70 $55,530
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 80 $42.71 $88,850
Medical transcriptionists 80 $15.51 $32,250
Numerical tool and process control programmers 80 $25.52 $53,080
Personal financial advisors 80 $42.86 $89,150
Pharmacy aides 80 $11.29 $23,480
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 80 $13.98 $29,070
Compensation and benefits managers 70 $29.30 $60,950
Counselors, all other 70 $17.70 $36,820
Credit analysts 70 $21.57 $44,860
Diagnostic medical sonographers 70 $34.95 $72,690
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 70 $22.26 $46,310
Network systems and data communications analysts 70 $27.22 $56,610
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 70 $9.39 $19,530
Photographic processing machine operators 70 $10.83 $22,530
Radio and television announcers 70 $10.17 $21,160
Therapists, all other 70 $22.59 $46,980
Travel agents 70 $11.23 $23,360
Chiropractors 60 $43.67 $90,840
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 60 $14.85 $30,880
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 60 $18.91 $39,330
Construction and building inspectors 60 $25.13 $52,260
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $14.38 $29,920
Demonstrators and product promoters 60 $13.57 $28,230
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 60 $21.29 $44,270
Electronics engineers, except computer 60 $38.39 $79,860
Engine and other machine assemblers 60 $18.28 $38,010
Health educators 60 $25.72 $53,500
Instructional coordinators 60 $25.06 $52,130
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic 60 $27.90 $58,040
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 60 $16.07 $33,420
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Veterinarians 60 $43.92 $91,360
Athletes and sports competitors 50 Not available $33,710
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 50 $11.25 $23,390
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 50 $21.58 $44,890
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $20.96 $43,590
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $20.25 $42,120
Human resources managers, all other 50 $43.74 $90,970
Logisticians 50 $24.27 $50,480
Mechanical engineering technicians 50 Not available Not available
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 50 $15.91 $33,100
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 50 $12.59 $26,200
Physical therapist aides 50 $14.58 $30,320
Procurement clerks 50 $16.50 $34,320
Public relations specialists 50 $21.59 $44,920
Surveying and mapping technicians 50 $16.82 $34,990
Tire repairers and changers 50 $9.87 $20,520
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 50 $8.72 $18,140
Clergy 40 $23.93 $49,770
Computer operators 40 $17.83 $37,090
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $36.17 $75,230
Database administrators 40 $28.72 $59,750
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles 40 $17.39 $36,180
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 40 $24.76 $51,500
Funeral attendants 40 $13.85 $28,800
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 40 $16.11 $33,500
Job printers 40 $21.98 $45,720
Protective service workers, all other 40 $13.00 $27,040
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 40 $28.66 $59,620
Civil engineering technicians 30 $24.79 $51,570
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 30 $18.44 $38,360
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 30 $30.93 $64,340
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 30 $12.71 $26,440
Pest control workers 30 $14.50 $30,170
Recreational therapists 30 $16.14 $33,570
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Not available $28.85 $60,010
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Not available $24.24 $50,430
Bindery workers Not available $16.41 $34,130
Broadcast technicians Not available $21.09 $43,870
Bus drivers, school Not available $15.47 $32,170
Cargo and freight agents Not available $16.39 $34,100
Community and social service specialists, all other Not available $16.90 $35,150
Computer software engineers, applications Not available $28.13 $58,500
Construction and related workers, all other Not available $18.46 $38,400
Cooks, all other Not available $9.00 $18,720
Cooks, short order Not available $9.68 $20,130
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $8.35 $17,370
Court reporters Not available $17.86 $37,160
Court, municipal, and license clerks Not available $15.28 $31,790
Crossing guards Not available $9.75 $20,270
Dentists, general Not available $62.83 $130,690
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.10 $29,330
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $13.49 $28,070
Family and general practitioners Not available $94.70 $196,980
Floor sanders and finishers Not available $12.91 $26,840
Food cooking machine operators and tenders Not available $11.80 $24,540
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $19.95 $41,490
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Not available $17.72 $36,850
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Not available $21.21 $44,110
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $12.56 $26,120
Home appliance repairers Not available $16.02 $33,330
Industrial engineering technicians Not available $20.90 $43,470
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $18.25 $37,960
Insurance appraisers, auto damage Not available $22.01 $45,770
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Not available $16.56 $34,450
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Not available $14.54 $30,250
Massage therapists Not available $12.90 $26,840
Material moving workers, all other Not available $12.93 $26,900
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Not available $21.57 $44,870
Model makers, metal and plastic Not available $17.74 $36,900
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $14.54 $30,230
Occupational therapist assistants Not available $27.21 $56,600
Opticians, dispensing Not available $14.23 $29,600
Paralegals and legal assistants Not available $23.74 $49,380
Personal care and service workers, all other Not available $8.51 $17,700
Photographers Not available $17.47 $36,330
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $8.94 $18,600
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Not available $25.75 $53,560
Producers and directors Not available $19.88 $41,340
Respiratory therapy technicians Not available $18.11 $37,670
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Not available $10.20 $21,220
Service station attendants Not available $8.92 $18,560
Surgeons Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Tapers Not available $23.68 $49,250
Tax preparers Not available $12.98 $27,000
Telemarketers Not available $10.25 $21,320
Transportation workers, all other Not available $11.72 $24,380
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $13.38 $27,830
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