Occupational employment / Salem, OR

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 "Salem, OR" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 151,890 $18.12 $37,690
Office and administrative support occupations 26,970 $15.30 $31,820
Sales and related occupations 15,300 $14.68 $30,530
Food preparation and serving related occupations 13,030 $10.22 $21,250
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,340 $13.83 $28,770
Education, training, and library occupations 10,210 $19.65 $40,880
Production occupations 8,880 $13.71 $28,510
Construction and extraction occupations 8,500 $18.98 $39,480
Business and financial operations occupations 8,240 $26.04 $54,160
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,560 $33.42 $69,510
Management occupations 6,460 $39.26 $81,670
Retail salespersons 5,890 $12.10 $25,170
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 5,040 $12.13 $25,240
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,860 $19.14 $39,810
Personal care and service occupations 4,500 $11.66 $24,250
Healthcare support occupations 4,350 $13.36 $27,780
Office clerks, general 4,170 $13.64 $28,380
Cashiers 4,160 $9.95 $20,690
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 3,800 $11.54 $24,000
Community and social services occupations 3,400 $19.19 $39,920
Protective service occupations 3,320 $20.57 $42,780
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,980 $28.96 $60,240
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,770 $9.29 $19,330
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,520 $13.13 $27,320
Customer service representatives 2,470 $14.18 $29,490
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,450 $12.14 $25,250
Teacher assistants 2,440 Not available $27,410
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 2,400 $14.80 $30,770
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 2,250 $16.91 $35,170
Registered nurses 2,240 $33.10 $68,840
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 2,200 $9.23 $19,200
Carpenters 2,050 $16.88 $35,110
Waiters and waitresses 2,010 $9.92 $20,640
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,980 $17.36 $36,120
General and operations managers 1,760 $48.60 $101,090
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,690 Not available $48,910
Computer specialists, all other 1,560 $30.23 $62,890
Managers, all other 1,500 $34.65 $72,060
Construction laborers 1,490 $14.13 $29,390
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,450 $28.75 $59,810
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,430 $21.65 $45,020
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,410 $18.86 $39,220
Receptionists and information clerks 1,410 $12.57 $26,150
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,390 $11.38 $23,680
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,370 $19.44 $40,430
Management analysts 1,360 $27.42 $57,030
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,350 Not available $49,320
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 1,270 $9.51 $19,780
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,250 $18.16 $37,780
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,240 $12.79 $26,600
Legal occupations 1,200 $34.98 $72,750
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,200 $12.97 $26,970
Personal care and service workers, all other 1,190 $11.10 $23,080
Accountants and auditors 1,170 $26.87 $55,890
Food preparation workers 1,130 $10.34 $21,510
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,110 $24.59 $51,140
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,100 $28.68 $59,650
Team assemblers 1,050 $12.60 $26,210
Business operations specialists, all other 1,020 $24.98 $51,960
Cooks, fast food 1,020 $9.01 $18,730
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,000 Not available $44,830
Home health aides 990 $9.58 $19,920
Maintenance and repair workers, general 910 $16.50 $34,310
Industrial truck and tractor operators 830 $13.06 $27,160
Medical assistants 830 $14.55 $30,260
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 820 $15.94 $33,150
Cooks, restaurant 790 $11.52 $23,960
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 790 $9.91 $20,610
Dishwashers 770 $9.14 $19,020
Medical secretaries 770 $14.44 $30,030
Electricians 730 $26.71 $55,550
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 730 $20.00 $41,590
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 720 $10.28 $21,390
Lawyers 680 $41.28 $85,860
Personal and home care aides 680 $10.30 $21,430
Packers and packagers, hand 670 $9.24 $19,230
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 650 $29.07 $60,460
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 630 $14.15 $29,430
Service station attendants 620 $9.49 $19,740
Bartenders 610 $9.53 $19,830
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 610 $25.94 $53,950
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 590 $13.75 $28,600
Social and human service assistants 590 $14.21 $29,560
Tellers 590 $10.81 $22,490
Training and development specialists 590 $23.25 $48,350
Preschool teachers, except special education 580 $12.84 $26,710
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 570 $24.30 $50,540
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 570 $9.81 $20,400
Helpers--production workers 570 $9.91 $20,610
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 570 $20.40 $42,440
Clergy 540 $19.51 $40,580
Bus drivers, school 520 $12.68 $26,380
Painters, construction and maintenance 510 $12.95 $26,940
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 500 $17.47 $36,330
Security guards 500 $11.98 $24,920
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 490 $10.97 $22,820
Legal secretaries 490 $15.95 $33,180
All other information and record clerks 470 $13.59 $28,260
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 470 $15.82 $32,900
Computer support specialists 470 $19.28 $40,110
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 470 $27.74 $57,700
Loan officers 470 $28.27 $58,800
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 460 $11.40 $23,710
Child care workers 460 $9.57 $19,910
Dental assistants 450 $17.21 $35,790
Counter and rental clerks 430 $12.01 $24,970
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 410 $25.57 $53,190
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 410 $16.74 $34,820
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 390 $27.24 $56,670
Data entry keyers 390 $12.51 $26,030
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 390 $12.97 $26,980
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 390 $9.36 $19,460
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 390 $12.27 $25,520
Parts salespersons 390 $15.05 $31,310
Civil engineers 380 $35.33 $73,490
Machine feeders and offbearers 380 $10.90 $22,670
Sales representatives, services, all other 380 $20.67 $42,980
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 370 $21.70 $45,140
Pharmacy technicians 360 $14.87 $30,920
Teachers and instructors, all other 360 Not available $47,110
Cost estimators 350 $29.56 $61,480
Driver/sales workers 350 $11.84 $24,630
Medical records and health information technicians 350 $14.05 $29,230
Postal service mail carriers 350 Not available Not available
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 350 $14.88 $30,960
Construction managers 330 $36.67 $76,280
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 330 $16.10 $33,480
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 330 $23.66 $49,210
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 320 $9.29 $19,320
Crossing guards 310 $14.65 $30,470
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 310 $8.97 $18,660
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 310 $15.72 $32,700
Child, family, and school social workers 300 $20.40 $42,440
Court, municipal, and license clerks 300 $16.95 $35,260
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 290 $15.23 $31,690
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 290 $10.07 $20,950
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 290 Not available $82,150
Loan interviewers and clerks 290 $15.10 $31,410
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 280 $9.25 $19,240
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 270 $21.06 $43,800
Sewing machine operators 270 $9.52 $19,800
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 260 $19.36 $40,260
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 260 $14.88 $30,950
Directors, religious activities and education 250 $15.32 $31,860
Food servers, nonrestaurant 250 $9.10 $18,930
Production workers, all other 250 $12.73 $26,470
Dental hygienists 240 $36.06 $75,010
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 240 $24.81 $51,600
Financial managers 240 $42.85 $89,130
Healthcare support workers, all other 240 $16.85 $35,060
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 240 $18.79 $39,090
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 230 $17.89 $37,200
Pharmacists 230 $50.23 $104,470
Psychiatric aides 230 Not available Not available
Civil engineering technicians 220 $25.21 $52,430
File clerks 220 $12.97 $26,970
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 220 $31.28 $65,060
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 220 $24.07 $50,070
Insurance sales agents 220 $31.66 $65,840
Library technicians 220 $14.14 $29,400
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 220 $13.01 $27,070
Order clerks 220 $16.31 $33,930
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 210 $29.97 $62,340
Chief executives 210 $60.32 $125,470
Coaches and scouts 210 Not available $24,780
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 210 $14.89 $30,980
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 210 $20.14 $41,900
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 210 $19.33 $40,210
Industrial machinery mechanics 210 $21.13 $43,940
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 210 Not available $46,910
Librarians 210 $25.15 $52,310
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 210 $19.34 $40,230
Recreation workers 210 $14.02 $29,150
Fire fighters 200 $23.45 $48,770
Food service managers 200 $22.91 $47,660
Medical and health services managers 200 $40.03 $83,250
Printing machine operators 200 $14.67 $30,520
Roofers 200 $15.55 $32,350
Telemarketers 200 $10.69 $22,230
Budget analysts 190 $27.20 $56,580
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 190 $17.69 $36,800
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 190 $10.06 $20,920
Paralegals and legal assistants 190 $19.57 $40,700
Public relations specialists 190 $29.73 $61,830
Cement masons and concrete finishers 180 $23.11 $48,080
Community and social service specialists, all other 180 $18.81 $39,120
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 180 $28.61 $59,500
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 180 $16.33 $33,960
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 180 Not available Not available
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 180 Not available Not available
Bill and account collectors 170 $15.10 $31,400
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 170 $16.23 $33,770
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 170 $11.85 $24,650
Occupational health and safety specialists 170 $19.27 $40,080
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 170 $17.68 $36,770
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 170 $16.80 $34,950
Sales and related workers, all other 170 $15.71 $32,680
Self-enrichment education teachers 170 $14.54 $30,250
Social and community service managers 170 $25.08 $52,160
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 170 $24.92 $51,830
Amusement and recreation attendants 160 $9.31 $19,370
Automotive body and related repairers 160 $19.35 $40,240
Bakers 160 $11.85 $24,640
Computer systems analysts 160 $33.55 $69,780
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 160 $19.91 $41,400
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 160 $19.07 $39,670
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 160 $16.81 $34,970
Instructional coordinators 160 $32.29 $67,160
Radiologic technologists and technicians 160 $27.21 $56,600
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 160 $17.66 $36,730
Advertising sales agents 150 $18.95 $39,410
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 150 $17.75 $36,910
Family and general practitioners 150 $91.63 $190,590
Financial specialists, all other 150 $22.12 $46,010
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 150 $38.38 $79,830
Highway maintenance workers 150 $18.36 $38,180
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 150 $9.35 $19,440
Network and computer systems administrators 150 $32.00 $66,560
Rehabilitation counselors 150 $21.06 $43,800
Computer programmers 140 $29.65 $61,670
Graphic designers 140 $18.59 $38,680
Health technologists and technicians, all other 140 $19.16 $39,860
Industrial production managers 140 $34.08 $70,890
Machinists 140 $17.22 $35,820
Sales managers 140 $44.95 $93,500
Administrative services managers 130 $34.10 $70,930
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 130 $10.43 $21,690
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 130 $16.60 $34,520
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $9.36 $19,470
Physical therapists 130 $34.73 $72,240
Property, real estate, and community association managers 130 $22.38 $46,560
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 130 Not available $52,000
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 130 $17.71 $36,830
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 130 $23.75 $49,390
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 120 $13.43 $27,920
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 120 $17.27 $35,920
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $14.35 $29,860
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 120 $30.71 $63,880
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 120 $21.52 $44,770
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 120 $15.61 $32,470
Urban and regional planners 120 $29.41 $61,180
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 120 $14.47 $30,100
Architectural and civil drafters 110 $20.90 $43,470
Chefs and head cooks 110 $19.76 $41,110
Computer and information systems managers 110 $45.65 $94,960
Detectives and criminal investigators 110 $26.46 $55,040
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 110 $19.78 $41,140
Forest and conservation technicians 110 $19.11 $39,760
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 110 $9.70 $20,170
Library assistants, clerical 110 $11.74 $24,420
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 110 $18.97 $39,450
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 110 $22.07 $45,900
Brickmasons and blockmasons 100 $29.79 $61,960
Construction and building inspectors 100 $28.30 $58,850
Dentists, general 100 $59.73 $124,230
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 100 $12.07 $25,100
Purchasing managers 100 $29.01 $60,350
Social workers, all other 100 $20.41 $42,450
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 100 $11.32 $23,540
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 100 $16.11 $33,500
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $16.54 $34,410
Computer software engineers, applications 90 $32.01 $66,580
Construction and related workers, all other 90 $18.41 $38,290
Demonstrators and product promoters 90 $12.79 $26,610
Editors 90 $18.71 $38,920
Medical transcriptionists 90 $16.99 $35,340
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 90 $14.66 $30,500
Physicians and surgeons, all other 90 $84.99 $176,780
Postal service clerks 90 Not available Not available
Postsecondary teachers, all other 90 Not available Not available
Protective service workers, all other 90 $14.78 $30,730
Real estate brokers 90 $24.15 $50,240
Surveying and mapping technicians 90 $19.61 $40,780
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $13.74 $28,580
Veterinary technologists and technicians 90 $14.03 $29,170
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 90 $21.40 $44,510
Architects, except landscape and naval 80 $34.73 $72,230
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 80 $31.77 $66,070
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $11.32 $23,550
Education administrators, postsecondary 80 $43.98 $91,470
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 80 $27.16 $56,500
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 80 $22.22 $46,210
Floral designers 80 $10.74 $22,340
Foresters 80 $28.85 $60,000
Insurance underwriters 80 $29.78 $61,950
Interpreters and translators 80 $21.18 $44,050
Mental health counselors 80 $23.32 $48,500
Network systems and data communications analysts 80 $31.29 $65,090
Photographers 80 $15.20 $31,620
Photographic processing machine operators 80 $12.42 $25,840
Procurement clerks 80 $16.45 $34,210
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 80 $37.87 $78,770
Veterinarians 80 $37.77 $78,560
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 70 $19.78 $41,140
Couriers and messengers 70 $13.93 $28,960
Desktop publishers 70 $18.27 $37,990
Dietitians and nutritionists 70 $25.01 $52,020
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 Not available Not available
Farm equipment mechanics 70 $18.45 $38,380
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 70 $12.18 $25,330
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 70 $19.85 $41,300
Medical and public health social workers 70 $26.25 $54,590
Motor vehicle operators, all other 70 $10.19 $21,200
Office machine operators, except computer 70 $14.88 $30,960
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 70 $47.78 $99,390
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 70 $14.16 $29,450
Special education teachers, middle school 70 Not available $53,990
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers 60 $34.78 $72,350
Bindery workers 60 $14.29 $29,720
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $25.13 $52,280
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 60 $17.88 $37,190
Dental laboratory technicians 60 $17.90 $37,240
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 60 $33.14 $68,930
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 60 $19.98 $41,560
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $11.25 $23,410
Helpers--electricians 60 $17.53 $36,460
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 60 $53.15 $110,560
Music directors and composers 60 $30.93 $64,340
Musicians and singers 60 $30.10 Not available
Occupational therapists 60 $30.92 $64,320
Opticians, dispensing 60 $16.60 $34,520
Painters, transportation equipment 60 $17.31 $36,010
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 60 $21.10 $43,890
Residential advisors 60 $13.52 $28,110
Surveyors 60 $31.79 $66,120
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 60 $14.86 $30,900
Chiropractors 50 $32.60 $67,810
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders 50 $14.27 $29,680
Credit analysts 50 $31.03 $64,540
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 Not available Not available
Database administrators 50 $31.58 $65,690
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $18.48 $38,440
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 50 $13.92 $28,950
Food batchmakers 50 $13.29 $27,650
Forest and conservation workers 50 $12.77 $26,560
Maintenance workers, machinery 50 $14.77 $30,720
Mechanical drafters 50 $19.70 $40,970
Mechanical engineers 50 $32.74 $68,090
Physician assistants 50 $37.14 $77,250
Pipelayers 50 $21.56 $44,840
Reporters and correspondents 50 $17.67 $36,750
Special education teachers, secondary school 50 Not available $56,010
Surgical technologists 50 $19.77 $41,120
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 40 $13.52 $28,110
Brokerage clerks 40 $17.05 $35,470
Cargo and freight agents 40 Not available Not available
Conservation scientists 40 $27.48 $57,160
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 40 $25.86 $53,800
Diagnostic medical sonographers 40 $37.65 $78,320
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 40 $10.08 $20,970
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $18.47 $38,420
Health educators 40 $23.79 $49,470
Human resources managers, all other 40 $38.16 $79,360
Industrial engineers 40 $33.78 $70,250
Internists, general 40 $102.09 $212,340
Material moving workers, all other 40 $11.99 $24,930
Media and communication workers, all other 40 $17.37 $36,130
Meeting and convention planners 40 $19.11 $39,750
Optometrists 40 $32.86 $68,340
Physical therapist assistants 40 $21.03 $43,750
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $18.79 $39,090
Public relations managers 40 $37.65 $78,320
Real estate sales agents 40 Not available Not available
Religious workers, all other 40 $13.44 $27,950
Tax preparers 40 $18.86 $39,240
Travel agents 40 $11.62 $24,180
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $56,500
Word processors and typists 40 $15.30 $31,830
Biological technicians 30 $16.77 $34,890
Computer operators 30 $20.82 $43,310
Education administrators, all other 30 $25.47 $52,970
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 30 $20.26 $42,140
Engineering managers 30 $47.19 $98,160
Massage therapists 30 $16.02 $33,320
Meter readers, utilities 30 $17.04 $35,450
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 30 $13.47 $28,020
Recreational therapists 30 Not available Not available
Recreational vehicle service technicians 30 $16.19 $33,670
Athletic trainers Not available Not available $45,730
Commercial pilots Not available Not available $36,420
Computer software engineers, systems software Not available $40.04 $83,290
Cooks, short order Not available $10.21 $21,240
Curators Not available $21.26 $44,220
Earth drillers, except oil and gas Not available $22.07 $45,910
Education, training, and library workers, all other Not available $13.52 $28,130
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Not available $15.23 $31,670
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $26.67 $55,480
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers Not available $31.81 $66,150
Glaziers Not available $15.66 $32,580
Grounds maintenance workers, all other Not available $15.43 $32,100
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Not available $10.84 $22,560
Home appliance repairers Not available $16.17 $33,640
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Not available $11.76 $24,450
Job printers Not available $17.95 $37,330
Logging workers, all other Not available $16.60 $34,540
Marketing managers Not available $37.08 $77,130
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
New accounts clerks Not available $13.42 $27,910
Office and administrative support workers, all other Not available $15.75 $32,760
Producers and directors Not available $16.07 $33,420
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Not available $16.19 $33,670
Sheet metal workers Not available $26.24 $54,590
Speech-language pathologists Not available $29.71 $61,800
Surgeons Not available $75.00 More than $145,600
Tapers Not available $13.90 $28,910
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $24.51 $50,980
Tire repairers and changers Not available $13.60 $28,280
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