Occupational employment / Salinas, CA

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 "Salinas, CA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 158,310 $19.89 $41,370
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 24,590 $9.72 $20,220
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 21,230 $9.13 $18,990
Office and administrative support occupations 20,640 $16.99 $35,340
Food preparation and serving related occupations 14,920 $10.58 $22,000
Sales and related occupations 14,890 $16.93 $35,210
Education, training, and library occupations 12,630 $27.58 $57,360
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,650 $13.35 $27,760
Management occupations 7,190 $47.55 $98,890
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 5,980 $40.86 $84,980
Production occupations 5,810 $15.18 $31,570
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 5,630 $13.08 $27,200
Construction and extraction occupations 5,610 $23.93 $49,780
Business and financial operations occupations 5,030 $31.80 $66,130
Retail salespersons 5,000 $12.46 $25,920
Protective service occupations 4,770 $28.04 $58,330
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,410 $21.26 $44,220
Cashiers 4,000 $11.19 $23,270
Elementary school teachers, except special education 3,980 Not available $54,870
Healthcare support occupations 3,400 $16.31 $33,930
Waiters and waitresses 3,030 $9.70 $20,180
Personal care and service occupations 2,940 $11.76 $24,470
Office clerks, general 2,930 $13.96 $29,040
Packers and packagers, hand 2,420 $9.81 $20,410
Teachers and instructors, all other 2,340 Not available $77,370
Registered nurses 2,300 $42.21 $87,790
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 2,280 $27.31 $56,790
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,130 $9.80 $20,380
Community and social services occupations 2,120 $24.78 $51,530
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,040 $11.85 $24,650
General and operations managers 2,030 $50.44 $104,920
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,970 $39.35 $81,860
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,970 $10.21 $21,230
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,950 $18.97 $39,450
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,740 $13.07 $27,190
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,730 $19.92 $41,430
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,570 $11.96 $24,890
Food preparation workers 1,560 $10.06 $20,930
Business operations specialists, all other 1,510 $29.85 $62,090
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,510 $24.87 $51,730
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,490 $17.81 $37,050
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,470 $20.49 $42,620
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,460 $17.74 $36,900
Cooks, restaurant 1,340 $12.23 $25,450
Teacher assistants 1,270 Not available $25,580
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,210 $13.76 $28,620
Carpenters 1,200 $25.95 $53,970
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,200 $35.99 $74,870
Agricultural equipment operators 1,180 $12.75 $26,530
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,170 $12.94 $26,920
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,080 $35.31 $73,450
Dishwashers 1,080 $9.53 $19,820
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 1,070 $9.43 $19,610
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,070 $36.94 $76,830
Construction laborers 1,060 $17.44 $36,280
Medical secretaries 1,030 $16.53 $34,380
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 980 $16.15 $33,600
Cooks, fast food 950 $9.62 $20,000
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 950 $9.56 $19,880
Medical assistants 950 $17.39 $36,160
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 900 $10.80 $22,470
Industrial truck and tractor operators 900 $13.89 $28,900
Accountants and auditors 880 $31.17 $64,830
Customer service representatives 880 $17.50 $36,390
Receptionists and information clerks 870 $12.58 $26,180
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 850 $9.09 $18,900
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 830 $14.94 $31,070
Counter and rental clerks 820 $11.19 $23,270
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 810 $15.06 $31,330
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 810 $11.45 $23,820
Security guards 810 $11.28 $23,460
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 770 $34.33 $71,400
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 750 $19.36 $40,280
Child care workers 740 $10.18 $21,180
Legal occupations 700 $46.59 $96,900
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 640 $21.39 $44,500
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 640 $14.34 $29,830
Bartenders 580 $10.58 $22,000
Fire fighters 570 $26.06 $54,210
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 560 Not available $89,950
Driver/sales workers 540 $11.27 $23,440
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 530 $26.58 $55,290
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 510 Not available $60,400
Financial managers 500 $47.70 $99,220
Dental assistants 490 $18.17 $37,800
Painters, construction and maintenance 490 $22.60 $47,000
Sales representatives, services, all other 490 $25.62 $53,290
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 480 $12.05 $25,070
Home health aides 470 $10.95 $22,780
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 470 $9.59 $19,940
Food service managers 460 $25.41 $52,860
Sales managers 460 $44.26 $92,070
Medical and health services managers 450 $63.22 $131,500
Management analysts 430 $46.32 $96,350
Tellers 430 $13.24 $27,530
All other information and record clerks 410 $19.41 $40,380
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 410 $9.24 $19,210
Computer specialists, all other 400 $40.30 $83,820
Social and human service assistants 400 $17.57 $36,540
Lawyers 390 $57.56 $119,730
Personal and home care aides 390 $11.81 $24,560
Education, training, and library workers, all other 380 $19.77 $41,130
Parts salespersons 380 $16.51 $34,350
Computer support specialists 360 $22.83 $47,480
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 350 $15.54 $32,320
Electricians 350 $30.32 $63,060
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 350 $33.63 $69,940
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 350 $31.60 $65,720
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 340 $10.54 $21,930
Postal service mail carriers 340 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 330 $25.09 $52,180
Computer systems analysts 320 $43.01 $89,460
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 300 $18.24 $37,950
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 300 $18.56 $38,600
Food servers, nonrestaurant 300 $11.44 $23,800
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 290 $18.11 $37,660
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 290 $44.19 $91,910
File clerks 280 $12.68 $26,380
Nonfarm animal caretakers 280 $11.65 $24,240
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 280 $27.24 $56,670
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 270 $11.38 $23,660
Amusement and recreation attendants 260 $10.08 $20,960
Graphic designers 260 $22.55 $46,900
Pharmacy technicians 260 $17.46 $36,310
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 250 $17.86 $37,140
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 250 $21.48 $44,690
Recreation workers 250 $12.14 $25,250
Administrative services managers 240 $34.36 $71,460
Chief executives 240 $84.91 $176,620
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 240 $19.28 $40,110
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 240 $17.77 $36,950
Marketing managers 240 $69.94 $145,480
Sheet metal workers 240 $29.82 $62,010
Computer software engineers, applications 230 $59.22 $123,180
Court, municipal, and license clerks 230 $20.32 $42,260
Office and administrative support workers, all other 220 $13.60 $28,280
Pharmacists 220 $56.72 $117,970
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 220 $9.47 $19,690
Public relations specialists 220 $31.54 $65,600
Bakers 210 $13.91 $28,940
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 210 $16.99 $35,340
Insurance sales agents 210 $28.16 $58,560
Property, real estate, and community association managers 210 $36.95 $76,860
Chefs and head cooks 200 $21.66 $45,060
Computer and information systems managers 200 $68.78 $143,060
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 200 $24.76 $51,510
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 200 $33.61 $69,900
Library technicians 200 $18.04 $37,520
Managers, all other 200 $49.02 $101,970
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 200 $11.22 $23,330
Telemarketers 200 $13.20 $27,450
Word processors and typists 200 $15.71 $32,670
Health educators 190 $18.47 $38,410
Lodging managers 190 $24.21 $50,360
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 190 Not available Not available
Postsecondary teachers, all other 190 Not available $60,230
Roofers 190 $21.73 $45,200
Bill and account collectors 180 $18.40 $38,280
Cost estimators 180 $30.11 $62,640
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 180 $24.56 $51,080
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 180 $20.91 $43,490
Massage therapists 180 $22.13 $46,030
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 180 $27.95 $58,140
Civil engineers 170 $34.45 $71,650
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 170 $28.22 $58,690
Instructional coordinators 170 $35.58 $74,010
Order clerks 170 $15.34 $31,900
Physical therapists 170 $39.05 $81,220
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 170 $22.73 $47,280
Baggage porters and bellhops 160 $10.72 $22,290
Cooks, short order 160 $11.23 $23,350
Helpers--production workers 160 $11.93 $24,820
Loan officers 160 $38.71 $80,510
Personal financial advisors 160 $38.34 $79,750
Sales and related workers, all other 160 $14.74 $30,650
Switchboard operators, including answering service 160 $15.22 $31,650
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 150 $22.59 $46,990
Construction managers 150 $68.34 $142,140
Data entry keyers 150 $16.16 $33,610
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 150 $15.50 $32,250
Legal secretaries 150 $23.14 $48,140
Medical records and health information technicians 150 $18.16 $37,780
Paralegals and legal assistants 150 $21.55 $44,830
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 150 $24.49 $50,930
Advertising sales agents 140 $23.04 $47,930
Cement masons and concrete finishers 140 $22.49 $46,770
Farm equipment mechanics 140 $18.39 $38,250
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers 140 $36.90 $76,760
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 140 $12.18 $25,340
Library assistants, clerical 140 $12.68 $26,370
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 140 $22.03 $45,820
Network and computer systems administrators 140 $34.42 $71,580
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 140 $20.05 $41,700
Social and community service managers 140 $30.99 $64,470
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 130 $13.38 $27,830
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 130 $33.66 $70,010
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 130 $26.29 $54,670
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 130 $21.57 $44,860
Financial specialists, all other 130 $33.90 $70,520
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 130 $22.27 $46,330
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 130 $11.75 $24,440
Motor vehicle operators, all other 130 $16.99 $35,350
Service station attendants 130 $10.03 $20,860
Tile and marble setters 130 $21.94 $45,640
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 130 $38.72 $80,540
Dental hygienists 120 $46.41 $96,530
Family and general practitioners 120 $73.66 $153,210
Healthcare support workers, all other 120 $15.19 $31,600
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 120 $15.80 $32,850
Pest control workers 120 $16.53 $34,380
Plasterers and stucco masons 120 $22.05 $45,870
Self-enrichment education teachers 120 $27.42 $57,040
Team assemblers 120 $14.78 $30,740
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 120 $27.41 $57,010
Computer software engineers, systems software 110 $38.63 $80,340
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $74,820
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 110 $37.15 $77,280
Forest and conservation workers 110 $12.16 $25,300
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 110 $27.76 $57,730
Loan interviewers and clerks 110 $16.80 $34,950
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 110 $26.85 $55,840
Parking lot attendants 110 $9.21 $19,160
Postal service clerks 110 Not available Not available
Protective service workers, all other 110 $18.36 $38,200
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 110 $36.03 $74,940
Veterinary technologists and technicians 110 $15.94 $33,150
Agricultural inspectors 100 $17.52 $36,430
Architects, except landscape and naval 100 $44.87 $93,340
Architectural and civil drafters 100 $25.24 $52,500
Automotive body and related repairers 100 $21.82 $45,390
Material moving workers, all other 100 $20.70 $43,060
Network systems and data communications analysts 100 $30.12 $62,640
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 100 Not available Not available
Radiologic technologists and technicians 100 $32.16 $66,900
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 100 $14.01 $29,150
Speech-language pathologists 100 $39.70 $82,580
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 100 $21.78 $45,300
Brickmasons and blockmasons 90 $28.16 $58,570
Computer programmers 90 $40.55 $84,340
Dentists, general 90 $93.37 $194,220
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 90 $23.66 $49,210
Librarians 90 $31.14 $64,770
Machinists 90 $19.46 $40,470
Market research analysts 90 $25.00 $52,000
Medical and public health social workers 90 $27.02 $56,190
Mental health counselors 90 Not available Not available
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 90 $14.45 $30,060
Urban and regional planners 90 $38.90 $80,920
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 90 $14.96 $31,120
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 80 $13.18 $27,420
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 80 $24.14 $50,220
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 80 $41.99 $87,330
Occupational therapists 80 $37.85 $78,730
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 80 $18.04 $37,520
Procurement clerks 80 $20.05 $41,700
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 80 Not available $53,150
Tour guides and escorts 80 $13.08 $27,210
Travel agents 80 $15.35 $31,930
Agricultural and food science technicians 70 $18.62 $38,740
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $26.93 $56,020
Construction and building inspectors 70 $33.25 $69,160
Engineering managers 70 $62.28 $129,550
Engineers, all other 70 $46.40 $96,520
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 70 $34.76 $72,290
Glaziers 70 $25.04 $52,080
Medical transcriptionists 70 $22.32 $46,420
Meter readers, utilities 70 $24.72 $51,410
New accounts clerks 70 $15.82 $32,910
Physical therapist aides 70 $16.51 $34,350
Respiratory therapists 70 $36.93 $76,810
Tax preparers 70 $20.38 $42,390
Budget analysts 60 $30.97 $64,420
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 60 $28.96 $60,230
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 60 $22.38 $46,550
Concierges 60 $11.27 $23,440
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $25.65 $53,350
Helpers--carpenters 60 $16.07 $33,430
Industrial machinery mechanics 60 $26.79 $55,720
Industrial production managers 60 $42.13 $87,630
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 60 Not available Not available
Legislators 60 Not available $37,780
Medical equipment preparers 60 $16.99 $35,340
Meeting and convention planners 60 $21.66 $45,050
Cargo and freight agents 50 $24.54 $51,040
Civil engineering technicians 50 $29.64 $61,650
Coaches and scouts 50 Not available $39,880
Database administrators 50 $33.77 $70,230
Floral designers 50 $14.00 $29,120
Health technologists and technicians, all other 50 $20.88 $43,430
Human resources managers, all other 50 $51.93 $108,010
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 50 $19.61 $40,790
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 50 $12.12 $25,200
Opticians, dispensing 50 $18.93 $39,380
Photographic processing machine operators 50 $13.25 $27,560
Pipelayers 50 $23.99 $49,890
Printing machine operators 50 $15.51 $32,260
Psychologists, all other 50 Not available Not available
Surgical technologists 50 $21.99 $45,730
Surveyors 50 $34.09 $70,910
Transportation workers, all other 50 $11.65 $24,220
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 50 $10.16 $21,130
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 50 $14.82 $30,830
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 50 $23.43 $48,730
Advertising and promotions managers 40 $38.77 $80,640
Art directors 40 $35.69 $74,220
Biological scientists, all other 40 Not available Not available
Broadcast technicians 40 Not available Not available
Chiropractors 40 $33.52 $69,730
Couriers and messengers 40 $15.78 $32,830
Credit analysts 40 $30.58 $63,610
Crossing guards 40 $11.04 $22,970
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $31.23 $64,970
Education administrators, postsecondary 40 $45.97 $95,610
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 40 $39.21 $81,560
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles 40 $13.12 $27,290
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 40 $11.60 $24,140
Logisticians 40 $35.05 $72,910
Physician assistants 40 $42.66 $88,730
Public relations managers 40 $39.25 $81,630
Purchasing managers 40 $39.16 $81,450
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 40 $19.32 $40,180
Surgeons 40 $92.08 $191,520
Surveying and mapping technicians 40 $29.96 $62,320
Veterinarians 40 $43.58 $90,650
Writers and authors 40 Not available Not available
Animal control workers 30 $19.44 $40,440
Clergy 30 $28.66 $59,610
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 30 Not available Not available
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $37.01 $76,990
Occupational health and safety specialists 30 $35.50 $73,840
Real estate sales agents 30 $34.23 $71,200
Sewing machine operators 30 $11.65 $24,240
Social workers, all other 30 $32.39 $67,370
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 30 $18.33 $38,120
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Not available $23.30 $48,460
Agricultural workers, all other Not available $12.44 $25,870
Animal trainers Not available $12.40 $25,780
Audio and video equipment technicians Not available $24.90 $51,800
Bus drivers, school Not available $16.19 $33,680
Bus drivers, transit and intercity Not available $19.87 $41,340
Business teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $66,210
Butchers and meat cutters Not available $16.43 $34,180
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $16.22 $33,730
Child, family, and school social workers Not available $20.17 $41,940
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Not available $43.05 $89,550
Community and social service specialists, all other Not available $23.62 $49,130
Counselors, all other Not available $19.93 $41,440
Editors Not available $25.07 $52,150
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program Not available $23.82 $49,550
Educational, vocational, and school counselors Not available $30.33 $63,090
Electrical engineers Not available $35.01 $72,810
Electromechanical equipment assemblers Not available $13.42 $27,900
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $41.75 $86,850
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Not available $27.90 $58,040
Financial analysts Not available $41.12 $85,520
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives Not available $52.06 $108,290
Food batchmakers Not available $9.17 $19,070
Interior designers Not available $25.23 $52,480
Interpreters and translators Not available $21.32 $44,340
Locksmiths and safe repairers Not available $18.68 $38,860
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $20.69 $43,030
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $9.77 $20,330
Mechanical engineers Not available $39.26 $81,650
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $56,690
Musicians and singers Not available $38.11 Not available
Office machine operators, except computer Not available $14.11 $29,350
Operations research analysts Not available $48.12 $100,090
Painters, transportation equipment Not available $21.72 $45,180
Pediatricians, general Not available $64.68 $134,530
Pharmacy aides Not available $14.79 $30,760
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $74.21 $154,350
Preschool teachers, except special education Not available $18.36 $38,180
Psychiatrists Not available $95.86 $199,380
Sales engineers Not available $38.28 $79,610
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $60,180
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $26.27 $54,640
Soil and plant scientists Not available $39.59 $82,350
Special education teachers, middle school Not available Not available $64,160
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $28.83 $59,970
Tire repairers and changers Not available $17.80 $37,030
Training and development specialists Not available $26.64 $55,400
Vocational education teachers, secondary school Not available Not available $49,790
Woodworkers, all other Not available $10.46 $21,750
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