Occupational employment / San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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 "San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 105,030 $19.91 $41,410
Office and administrative support occupations 16,740 $15.95 $33,180
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,500 $10.27 $21,370
Sales and related occupations 11,500 $14.44 $30,030
Education, training, and library occupations 7,820 $25.89 $53,860
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,710 $14.69 $30,550
Construction and extraction occupations 5,700 $21.91 $45,560
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 5,160 $11.86 $24,670
Retail salespersons 4,980 $11.91 $24,780
Production occupations 4,680 $17.52 $36,430
Management occupations 4,420 $42.42 $88,230
Business and financial operations occupations 3,800 $29.83 $62,050
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,530 $21.15 $43,980
Protective service occupations 3,420 $28.63 $59,550
Personal care and service occupations 3,020 $12.27 $25,510
Office clerks, general 2,920 $13.36 $27,790
Cashiers 2,800 $10.61 $22,060
Healthcare support occupations 2,630 $13.31 $27,680
Waiters and waitresses 2,620 $10.33 $21,490
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2,230 $10.07 $20,950
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,190 $9.11 $18,950
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,080 $35.03 $72,860
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,800 $9.47 $19,700
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 1,670 $9.32 $19,380
Registered nurses 1,660 $37.22 $77,410
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,620 $12.62 $26,260
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,570 $16.90 $35,150
Business operations specialists, all other 1,540 $24.96 $51,910
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,500 Not available $60,500
General and operations managers 1,490 $45.27 $94,170
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,420 $12.39 $25,780
Teacher assistants 1,380 Not available $24,710
Community and social services occupations 1,370 $24.33 $50,610
Construction laborers 1,310 $17.67 $36,750
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,250 $20.28 $42,180
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,210 $24.00 $49,930
Cooks, restaurant 1,180 $11.86 $24,670
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,130 $12.23 $25,440
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,070 $19.19 $39,910
Food preparation workers 1,050 $10.04 $20,890
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,020 $29.91 $62,210
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,000 $36.56 $76,050
Dishwashers 950 $8.84 $18,390
Stock clerks and order fillers 940 $11.15 $23,200
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 890 $24.25 $50,440
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 880 $9.52 $19,790
Carpenters 870 $23.49 $48,870
Maintenance and repair workers, general 850 $16.92 $35,200
Receptionists and information clerks 840 $12.53 $26,050
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 810 $15.20 $31,610
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 780 $12.31 $25,600
Cooks, fast food 760 $8.91 $18,530
Customer service representatives 710 $14.76 $30,700
Medical assistants 710 $14.16 $29,450
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 710 Not available $57,270
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 710 $18.18 $37,820
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 690 $8.87 $18,460
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 660 $13.73 $28,560
Medical secretaries 660 $15.54 $32,320
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 660 $23.43 $48,730
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 600 $14.52 $30,190
Tellers 590 $12.77 $26,550
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 570 $13.33 $27,730
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 560 $35.99 $74,860
Recreation workers 550 $10.65 $22,160
Security guards 540 $23.04 $47,910
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 530 $31.28 $65,060
Counter and rental clerks 520 $10.59 $22,020
Child care workers 500 $10.24 $21,290
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 450 $20.17 $41,950
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 450 $10.44 $21,720
Legal occupations 430 $38.38 $79,830
Preschool teachers, except special education 430 $13.78 $28,660
Accountants and auditors 420 $33.68 $70,050
Amusement and recreation attendants 390 $9.43 $19,620
Fire fighters 390 $26.10 $54,290
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 390 $16.23 $33,760
Electricians 380 $24.41 $50,780
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 380 $32.58 $67,760
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 380 $9.97 $20,730
Team assemblers 380 $14.23 $29,600
Civil engineers 360 $39.40 $81,940
Bartenders 350 $9.89 $20,570
Data entry keyers 350 $14.20 $29,540
Dental assistants 350 $16.12 $33,540
Home health aides 340 $11.34 $23,590
Painters, construction and maintenance 340 $22.14 $46,050
Computer support specialists 330 $23.18 $48,220
Driver/sales workers 320 $12.72 $26,460
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 320 $28.01 $58,260
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 320 $25.40 $52,830
Management analysts 310 $37.09 $77,150
Property, real estate, and community association managers 310 $31.40 $65,310
Food service managers 300 $21.89 $45,530
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 300 $22.76 $47,340
Industrial truck and tractor operators 290 $15.54 $32,320
Teachers and instructors, all other 290 Not available $35,540
Sales managers 280 $40.28 $83,780
Postal service mail carriers 270 Not available Not available
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 260 $16.26 $33,820
Cement masons and concrete finishers 260 $22.99 $47,820
Dental hygienists 260 $39.72 $82,620
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 260 Not available $64,370
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 260 $24.61 $51,190
All other information and record clerks 250 $14.90 $31,000
Loan officers 250 $34.71 $72,190
Child, family, and school social workers 240 $22.84 $47,510
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 240 $9.20 $19,130
Architectural and civil drafters 230 $21.56 $44,850
Financial managers 230 $46.17 $96,040
Sales representatives, services, all other 230 $26.65 $55,440
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 220 $22.49 $46,770
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 220 $20.00 $41,610
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 200 $13.90 $28,920
Loan interviewers and clerks 200 $16.12 $33,530
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 190 $18.60 $38,690
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 190 $10.59 $22,020
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 190 $16.00 $33,280
Machinists 190 $19.57 $40,710
Personal and home care aides 190 $10.78 $22,420
Pharmacy technicians 190 $17.14 $35,660
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 190 $30.02 $62,440
Tour guides and escorts 190 Not available Not available
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 180 $30.05 $62,510
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 180 $12.75 $26,520
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 180 $16.44 $34,190
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $25.97 $54,030
Administrative services managers 170 $43.73 $90,950
Bus drivers, school 170 $16.93 $35,210
Cost estimators 170 $32.06 $66,690
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 170 Not available $100,570
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 170 Not available $64,790
Lawyers 170 $54.40 $113,160
Pharmacists 170 $55.59 $115,620
Protective service workers, all other 170 $18.44 $38,350
Switchboard operators, including answering service 170 $12.33 $25,640
Bill and account collectors 160 $15.70 $32,650
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 160 $53.64 $111,580
Library technicians 160 $16.48 $34,270
Medical and health services managers 160 $43.97 $91,460
Parts salespersons 160 $17.29 $35,950
Chief executives 150 $71.59 $148,910
Construction managers 150 $48.78 $101,470
Mechanical engineers 150 $34.77 $72,330
New accounts clerks 150 $15.58 $32,400
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 150 $18.37 $38,210
Physician assistants 150 $31.65 $65,840
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 150 $23.02 $47,870
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 150 $33.56 $69,810
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 140 $13.59 $28,270
Medical and public health social workers 140 $30.86 $64,190
Order clerks 140 $12.75 $26,520
Sales and related workers, all other 140 $17.89 $37,210
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 140 Not available $55,550
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 140 $10.80 $22,460
Computer systems analysts 130 $32.79 $68,200
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 130 $17.69 $36,790
Engineers, all other 130 $43.26 $89,980
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 130 $23.52 $48,930
Graphic designers 130 $19.86 $41,300
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 130 $15.72 $32,690
Network and computer systems administrators 130 $31.39 $65,300
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $10.02 $20,850
Physical therapists 130 $31.84 $66,220
Bakers 120 $15.36 $31,950
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 120 $19.31 $40,170
Chefs and head cooks 120 $20.18 $41,960
Computer programmers 120 $30.08 $62,570
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 120 $26.17 $54,440
Engineering managers 120 $54.09 $112,520
Helpers--carpenters 120 $12.58 $26,160
Instructional coordinators 120 $25.94 $53,950
Managers, all other 120 $49.03 $101,970
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $16.22 $33,730
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 120 $28.55 $59,390
Social and human service assistants 120 $13.59 $28,270
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 120 $23.66 $49,210
Word processors and typists 120 $16.04 $33,350
Education, training, and library workers, all other 110 $21.82 $45,380
File clerks 110 $11.05 $22,990
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 110 $18.82 $39,160
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 110 $23.58 $49,040
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 110 $16.82 $34,990
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 110 $19.52 $40,590
Industrial production managers 110 $48.10 $100,040
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 110 $20.64 $42,930
Insurance sales agents 110 $33.80 $70,300
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 110 $11.23 $23,350
Radiologic technologists and technicians 110 $28.00 $58,240
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 110 $30.10 $62,600
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 110 $23.15 $48,150
Advertising sales agents 100 $24.20 $50,330
Electrical engineers 100 $43.77 $91,040
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 100 $31.36 $65,230
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 100 $10.87 $22,610
Network systems and data communications analysts 100 $34.57 $71,910
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 100 $11.50 $23,930
Public relations specialists 100 $27.08 $56,320
Roofers 100 $21.23 $44,160
Surgical technologists 100 $19.62 $40,800
Telemarketers 100 $12.38 $25,760
Training and development specialists 100 $37.34 $77,660
Travel agents 100 $14.98 $31,150
Agricultural equipment operators 90 $11.00 $22,890
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 90 $15.53 $32,300
Automotive body and related repairers 90 $22.03 $45,830
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $15.21 $31,640
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 90 $18.75 $39,000
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 90 $20.46 $42,560
Postal service clerks 90 Not available Not available
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 90 $13.40 $27,860
Social and community service managers 90 $30.85 $64,170
Surveyors 90 $36.30 $75,500
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 90 $24.00 $49,910
Tire repairers and changers 90 $11.54 $23,990
Coaches and scouts 80 Not available $37,150
Computer and information systems managers 80 $41.60 $86,520
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 80 $20.72 $43,100
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 80 $27.05 $56,270
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $13.15 $27,340
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 80 $31.64 $65,800
Market research analysts 80 $26.40 $54,910
Meter readers, utilities 80 $22.88 $47,600
Physical therapist aides 80 $10.83 $22,530
Service station attendants 80 $9.64 $20,050
Surveying and mapping technicians 80 $24.12 $50,160
Veterinary technologists and technicians 80 $14.28 $29,700
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $61,940
Budget analysts 70 $33.81 $70,330
Civil engineering technicians 70 $27.02 $56,200
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 70 $23.13 $48,100
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $24.85 $51,680
Health educators 70 $18.40 $38,280
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 70 $19.22 $39,980
Lodging managers 70 $25.80 $53,660
Meeting and convention planners 70 $24.21 $50,360
Mental health counselors 70 Not available Not available
Production workers, all other 70 $16.86 $35,060
Self-enrichment education teachers 70 $17.42 $36,230
Social workers, all other 70 $19.84 $41,260
Special education teachers, secondary school 70 Not available $50,760
Urban and regional planners 70 $32.06 $66,690
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 70 $9.24 $19,220
Architects, except landscape and naval 60 $30.81 $64,090
Computer software engineers, systems software 60 $36.78 $76,510
Computer specialists, all other 60 $30.73 $63,910
Editors 60 $25.09 $52,190
Electronics engineers, except computer 60 $48.76 $101,420
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 60 $30.15 $62,710
Forest and conservation technicians 60 $16.32 $33,950
Landscape architects 60 $44.17 $91,880
Librarians 60 $29.98 $62,350
Machine feeders and offbearers 60 $10.12 $21,050
Painters, transportation equipment 60 $22.67 $47,150
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 60 $25.34 $52,710
Procurement clerks 60 $18.63 $38,760
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 60 $19.33 $40,210
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 60 $13.81 $28,730
Chemical technicians 50 $19.06 $39,640
Clergy 50 $22.87 $47,570
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 50 $23.80 $49,510
Concierges 50 $9.01 $18,750
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 50 $21.21 $44,110
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 50 $13.85 $28,800
Family and general practitioners 50 $70.46 $146,550
Industrial machinery mechanics 50 $35.02 $72,840
Maintenance workers, machinery 50 $22.80 $47,420
Material moving workers, all other 50 Not available Not available
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 50 $18.89 $39,300
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 50 $24.33 $50,610
Rehabilitation counselors 50 $14.09 $29,310
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 50 $19.23 $39,990
Special education teachers, middle school 50 Not available $49,450
Veterinarians 50 $50.87 $105,820
Community and social service specialists, all other 40 $15.24 $31,710
Computer operators 40 $19.10 $39,720
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other 40 $19.43 Not available
Financial specialists, all other 40 $24.16 $50,260
Floral designers 40 $11.27 $23,450
Healthcare support workers, all other 40 $16.21 $33,720
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 40 $16.04 $33,370
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 40 $36.02 $74,920
Speech-language pathologists 40 $32.43 $67,450
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 40 $27.15 $56,480
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 40 $10.08 $20,970
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 40 $51.54 $107,200
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 40 $13.07 $27,190
Baggage porters and bellhops 30 $9.15 $19,030
Chemists 30 $44.96 $93,530
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 30 $17.59 $36,590
Construction and building inspectors 30 $30.62 $63,690
Crossing guards 30 $14.53 $30,210
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $30.86 $64,180
Emergency management specialists 30 $34.58 $71,930
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 30 $50.89 $105,860
Food batchmakers 30 $11.44 $23,790
Highway maintenance workers 30 $24.61 $51,180
Medical equipment preparers 30 $15.78 $32,810
Medical transcriptionists 30 $19.20 $39,930
Real estate sales agents 30 Not available Not available
Bindery workers Not available $12.90 $26,830
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Not available $21.21 $44,110
Bus drivers, transit and intercity Not available $16.01 $33,300
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Not available $24.81 $51,610
Cooks, short order Not available $13.15 $27,350
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.14 $27,320
Dental laboratory technicians Not available $15.41 $32,060
Dentists, general Not available $95.60 $198,850
Detectives and criminal investigators Not available $40.69 $84,640
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists Not available $34.87 $72,530
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $13.60 $28,290
Health technologists and technicians, all other Not available $23.27 $48,410
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Not available $36.91 $76,770
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $18.98 $39,480
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Not available $10.89 $22,640
Helpers--production workers Not available $11.29 $23,470
Industrial engineering technicians Not available $47.16 $98,100
Legal secretaries Not available $18.37 $38,210
Library assistants, clerical Not available $13.26 $27,580
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Not available $11.45 $23,820
Marketing managers Not available $31.14 $64,770
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $12.01 $24,980
Mechanical drafters Not available $25.18 $52,380
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $15.28 $31,780
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Not available $16.04 $33,350
Motor vehicle operators, all other Not available $21.70 $45,130
Motorboat mechanics Not available $13.81 $28,720
Musicians and singers Not available $28.32 Not available
Office and administrative support workers, all other Not available $18.50 $38,470
Opticians, dispensing Not available $17.25 $35,880
Packers and packagers, hand Not available $9.12 $18,960
Paralegals and legal assistants Not available $23.27 $48,400
Parking lot attendants Not available $11.15 $23,190
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Not available $22.35 $46,490
Pediatricians, general Not available $46.36 $96,430
Personal financial advisors Not available $52.37 $108,920
Pharmacy aides Not available $9.73 $20,240
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available More than $70 More than $145,600
Printing machine operators Not available $18.40 $38,260
Proofreaders and copy markers Not available $12.60 $26,200
Real estate brokers Not available $20.51 $42,670
Sales engineers Not available $46.64 $97,000
Tile and marble setters Not available $16.70 $34,730
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