Occupational employment / Savannah, GA

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 "Savannah, GA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 154,830 $18.15 $37,750
Office and administrative support occupations 25,900 $14.28 $29,710
Food preparation and serving related occupations 16,590 $9.59 $19,950
Sales and related occupations 16,520 $14.33 $29,810
Transportation and material moving occupations 15,490 $16.26 $33,820
Education, training, and library occupations 8,860 $19.58 $40,730
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,540 $34.15 $71,030
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 8,480 $20.11 $41,820
Construction and extraction occupations 8,070 $16.63 $34,590
Production occupations 7,720 $17.82 $37,070
Management occupations 7,610 $41.61 $86,550
Retail salespersons 6,660 $10.54 $21,920
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 6,160 $10.15 $21,100
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 5,670 $14.26 $29,650
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 5,120 $7.79 $16,200
Business and financial operations occupations 4,570 $28.35 $58,960
Protective service occupations 4,540 $15.31 $31,850
Waiters and waitresses 4,050 $9.76 $20,300
Cashiers 3,840 $8.11 $16,880
Personal care and service occupations 3,650 $10.76 $22,380
Registered nurses 3,630 $33.07 $68,790
Healthcare support occupations 3,590 $10.94 $22,760
Office clerks, general 3,330 $11.82 $24,590
General and operations managers 3,050 $41.54 $86,410
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,680 $9.58 $19,920
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,530 $31.18 $64,850
Customer service representatives 2,420 $13.29 $27,640
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 2,120 $14.99 $31,170
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 2,120 $16.85 $35,050
Teacher assistants 2,000 Not available $19,330
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,990 $21.98 $45,720
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,980 $11.45 $23,820
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,960 $18.76 $39,010
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,930 $11.82 $24,590
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,820 $8.20 $17,060
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,780 $10.09 $20,980
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,730 $16.08 $33,450
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,720 $25.74 $53,540
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 1,670 $15.27 $31,770
Construction laborers 1,650 $11.81 $24,560
Community and social services occupations 1,610 $18.67 $38,820
Security guards 1,580 $10.29 $21,410
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,570 $17.18 $35,730
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,450 $33.44 $69,550
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,390 Not available $47,950
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 1,330 $15.15 $31,520
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,290 $25.66 $53,360
Receptionists and information clerks 1,250 $10.70 $22,260
Cooks, restaurant 1,180 $10.88 $22,620
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 1,160 $23.27 $48,400
Electricians 1,110 $21.23 $44,160
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,110 $15.30 $31,820
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,050 $11.59 $24,120
Child care workers 1,030 $7.73 $16,080
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 960 $17.93 $37,300
Food preparation workers 950 $10.21 $21,240
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 940 $17.21 $35,790
Cooks, fast food 900 $9.18 $19,080
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 900 $26.13 $54,360
Accountants and auditors 890 $28.68 $59,650
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 880 $9.12 $18,970
Dishwashers 830 $8.40 $17,470
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 820 $27.06 $56,290
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 790 $26.83 $55,800
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 760 $15.62 $32,490
Packers and packagers, hand 750 $7.72 $16,060
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 720 $17.71 $36,830
Industrial machinery mechanics 690 $23.45 $48,770
Counter and rental clerks 650 $9.69 $20,150
Life, physical, and social science occupations 650 $27.33 $56,850
Bus drivers, school 630 $15.13 $31,470
Legal occupations 630 $39.64 $82,450
Team assemblers 630 $14.02 $29,170
Carpenters 590 $16.38 $34,080
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 580 $14.57 $30,300
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 530 $24.93 $51,850
Chief executives 520 $72.21 $150,200
Fire fighters 500 $17.19 $35,760
Sales managers 490 $46.95 $97,660
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 480 $8.48 $17,630
Medical assistants 480 $12.64 $26,290
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 480 $14.48 $30,110
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 470 $19.86 $41,310
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 460 $16.30 $33,900
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 460 $33.13 $68,920
Bartenders 450 $8.14 $16,940
Loan officers 450 $36.09 $75,060
Medical secretaries 450 $14.32 $29,780
Preschool teachers, except special education 450 $11.00 $22,870
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 440 $17.25 $35,880
Business operations specialists, all other 430 $28.62 $59,540
Computer support specialists 430 $19.42 $40,400
Bill and account collectors 410 $14.95 $31,100
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 400 $10.63 $22,110
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 400 $13.90 $28,910
Dental assistants 390 $13.47 $28,020
Financial managers 390 $42.93 $89,290
Real estate sales agents 390 $15.62 $32,490
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 380 Not available $57,710
Construction managers 380 $39.33 $81,810
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 380 $11.99 $24,930
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 380 $23.40 $48,680
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 370 $26.76 $55,670
Loan interviewers and clerks 370 $15.09 $31,390
Medical and health services managers 370 $37.95 $78,940
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 370 $24.75 $51,480
Administrative services managers 360 $28.15 $58,560
Lawyers 360 $49.07 $102,050
Postal service mail carriers 350 Not available Not available
Sheet metal workers 350 $16.35 $34,000
Computer systems analysts 340 $28.92 $60,160
Physicians and surgeons, all other 340 $97.69 $203,190
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 330 $14.26 $29,670
Pharmacy technicians 330 $12.83 $26,690
Training and development specialists 330 $26.49 $55,090
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 320 $20.90 $43,470
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 320 $9.98 $20,770
Tellers 310 $11.65 $24,230
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 310 $18.65 $38,800
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 300 Not available $77,820
Legal secretaries 300 $15.94 $33,160
Machinists 300 $20.04 $41,690
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 300 $20.94 $43,550
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 290 $8.32 $17,310
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 290 $14.49 $30,130
Tour guides and escorts 290 $11.80 $24,540
Helpers--electricians 280 $11.73 $24,410
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 280 $9.04 $18,800
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 280 $19.88 $41,350
Amusement and recreation attendants 270 $8.81 $18,320
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 260 $18.00 $37,430
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 260 $22.24 $46,250
Painters, construction and maintenance 260 $13.61 $28,300
Pharmacists 260 $47.84 $99,500
Social and human service assistants 260 $11.49 $23,900
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 260 $7.30 $15,180
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 250 $18.66 $38,800
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 250 $15.06 $31,320
Industrial engineers 250 $40.96 $85,200
Instructional coordinators 250 $24.24 $50,410
Management analysts 250 $48.62 $101,130
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 250 $15.07 $31,340
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 240 $25.46 $52,960
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 240 $13.21 $27,470
Parts salespersons 240 $14.40 $29,960
Switchboard operators, including answering service 240 $10.89 $22,660
Civil engineers 230 $35.20 $73,210
File clerks 230 $10.51 $21,860
Insurance sales agents 230 $25.17 $52,360
Radiologic technologists and technicians 230 $22.50 $46,810
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 220 $18.91 $39,340
Cooks, short order 220 Not available Not available
Surgical technologists 220 $15.57 $32,390
Automotive body and related repairers 210 $19.91 $41,400
Librarians 210 $26.89 $55,920
Library assistants, clerical 210 $11.21 $23,310
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 210 $12.29 $25,560
Social and community service managers 210 $24.69 $51,350
All other information and record clerks 200 $15.34 $31,900
Child, family, and school social workers 200 $19.31 $40,170
Cost estimators 200 $26.67 $55,460
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 200 $29.32 $60,980
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 200 $10.37 $21,560
Helpers--production workers 200 $11.93 $24,820
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 200 $26.08 $54,250
Cement masons and concrete finishers 190 $14.40 $29,950
Detectives and criminal investigators 190 $25.91 $53,900
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 190 $19.46 $40,470
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 190 $23.68 $49,250
Roofers 190 $14.41 $29,980
Financial analysts 180 $33.91 $70,520
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 180 $13.46 $27,990
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 180 $19.22 $39,970
Order clerks 180 $11.75 $24,440
Paralegals and legal assistants 180 $22.66 $47,140
Recreation workers 180 $12.82 $26,660
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 180 $31.94 $66,440
Brickmasons and blockmasons 170 $17.82 $37,060
Community and social service specialists, all other 170 $13.83 $28,770
Dental hygienists 170 $29.47 $61,300
Editors 170 Not available Not available
Graphic designers 170 $18.00 $37,440
Medical and public health social workers 170 $25.05 $52,110
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 170 Not available Not available
Protective service workers, all other 170 $11.33 $23,560
Sales representatives, services, all other 170 $23.21 $48,270
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 170 Not available $49,070
Architects, except landscape and naval 160 $30.05 $62,500
Court, municipal, and license clerks 160 $14.18 $29,480
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 160 $21.97 $45,700
Painters, transportation equipment 160 $19.97 $41,540
Computer and information systems managers 150 $40.89 $85,040
Conveyor operators and tenders 150 $17.50 $36,400
Data entry keyers 150 $11.81 $24,560
Network and computer systems administrators 150 $25.59 $53,230
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 150 $17.13 $35,640
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 150 $11.96 $24,880
Sailors and marine oilers 150 $16.78 $34,890
Self-enrichment education teachers 150 $25.68 $53,420
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 140 Not available Not available
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 140 $17.88 $37,190
Coaches and scouts 140 Not available $32,330
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 140 $15.62 $32,500
Couriers and messengers 140 $10.37 $21,560
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 140 $19.74 $41,060
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 140 $15.91 $33,100
Industrial production managers 140 $37.73 $78,480
Maintenance workers, machinery 140 $23.64 $49,170
Marketing managers 140 $43.96 $91,440
Medical records and health information technicians 140 $13.39 $27,860
Pest control workers 140 $13.76 $28,610
Speech-language pathologists 140 $27.07 $56,310
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 140 Not available Not available
Advertising sales agents 130 $18.81 $39,120
Physical therapists 130 $30.68 $63,810
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 130 $14.01 $29,140
Printing machine operators 130 $13.25 $27,550
Public relations specialists 130 $21.63 $45,000
Upholsterers 130 $20.14 $41,890
Education administrators, postsecondary 120 $40.48 $84,190
Engineering managers 120 $47.76 $99,340
Surveyors 120 $21.21 $44,110
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 120 $18.50 $38,470
Veterinary technologists and technicians 120 $12.23 $25,430
Baggage porters and bellhops 110 $8.39 $17,440
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 110 $13.03 $27,100
Food service managers 110 $26.29 $54,690
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 110 $11.59 $24,110
Nonfarm animal caretakers 110 $8.64 $17,980
Parking lot attendants 110 $7.17 $14,900
Production workers, all other 110 $17.10 $35,570
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 110 $17.21 $35,790
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 110 $19.01 $39,530
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available $42,630
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 100 $16.26 $33,830
Food servers, nonrestaurant 100 $7.45 $15,500
Pipelayers 100 $13.35 $27,770
Construction and building inspectors 90 $20.74 $43,140
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 90 $25.69 $53,440
Logisticians 90 $29.00 $60,320
Social workers, all other 90 $25.97 $54,020
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 90 $7.50 $15,600
Business teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $64,820
Chemical plant and system operators 80 $19.36 $40,260
Computer programmers 80 $28.10 $58,450
Dentists, general 80 $89.33 $185,800
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 80 $23.78 $49,470
Electrical engineers 80 $44.21 $91,950
Elevator installers and repairers 80 $27.98 $58,200
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 80 $21.91 $45,570
Health educators 80 $22.60 $47,020
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 80 $25.31 $52,640
Library technicians 80 $11.94 $24,840
Lodging managers 80 $22.88 $47,590
Managers, all other 80 $34.73 $72,240
Market research analysts 80 $25.00 $51,990
Meeting and convention planners 80 $19.28 $40,110
Postal service clerks 80 Not available Not available
Procurement clerks 80 $16.27 $33,830
Rehabilitation counselors 80 $17.32 $36,020
Surveying and mapping technicians 80 $14.84 $30,860
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 80 $27.32 $56,830
Architectural and civil drafters 70 $20.82 $43,300
Chemical technicians 70 $20.41 $42,460
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 70 $26.70 $55,530
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $25.46 $52,950
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $16.37 $34,050
Diagnostic medical sonographers 70 $25.90 $53,880
Family and general practitioners 70 $92.83 $193,080
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 70 $17.12 $35,610
Helpers--roofers 70 $10.03 $20,860
Medical transcriptionists 70 $16.94 $35,230
Millwrights 70 $20.82 $43,310
Photographers 70 $12.93 $26,900
Purchasing managers 70 $44.38 $92,310
Travel agents 70 $14.93 $31,060
Tree trimmers and pruners 70 $15.12 $31,460
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 60 $19.45 $40,450
Chemists 60 $32.54 $67,680
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 60 $28.76 $59,810
Database administrators 60 $27.65 $57,500
Financial specialists, all other 60 Not available Not available
Human resources managers, all other 60 $43.81 $91,130
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 60 $11.44 $23,800
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $33.67 $70,030
Occupational therapists 60 $32.26 $67,110
Property, real estate, and community association managers 60 $30.02 $62,430
Telemarketers 60 $9.99 $20,770
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 60 $15.20 $31,610
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians 50 $10.05 $20,900
Budget analysts 50 $27.07 $56,310
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $20.38 $42,380
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 50 $25.57 $53,200
Environmental engineers 50 $32.33 $67,250
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 50 $22.79 $47,400
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 50 $34.35 $71,450
Logging equipment operators 50 $17.42 $36,220
Massage therapists 50 $11.76 $24,460
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 50 $15.96 $33,190
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 50 $15.98 $33,230
Office and administrative support workers, all other 50 $15.29 $31,800
Producers and directors 50 $27.57 $57,350
Residential advisors 50 $9.71 $20,200
Statistical assistants 50 Not available Not available
Veterinarians 50 $40.90 $85,080
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 40 $9.36 $19,470
Compensation and benefits managers 40 $35.19 $73,200
Computer operators 40 $13.95 $29,020
Computer software engineers, systems software 40 $33.98 $70,690
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 40 $18.93 $39,370
Crossing guards 40 $7.92 $16,470
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 40 $17.78 $36,980
Floral designers 40 $10.49 $21,820
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 40 $31.14 $64,780
Healthcare support workers, all other 40 $14.58 $30,320
Industrial engineering technicians 40 $22.12 $46,010
Interior designers 40 $16.92 $35,200
Internists, general 40 $98.73 $205,360
Legislators 40 Not available $17,340
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 40 $21.09 $43,870
Occupational health and safety specialists 40 $33.19 $69,040
Opticians, dispensing 40 $17.15 $35,680
Recreational therapists 40 $19.28 $40,090
Reporters and correspondents 40 $16.44 $34,200
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $45,310
Structural iron and steel workers 40 $19.94 $41,480
Advertising and promotions managers 30 $33.65 $69,980
Communications teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $54,690
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 30 $15.80 $32,870
Interpreters and translators 30 $15.89 $33,050
Legal support workers, all other 30 $21.66 $45,040
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $50,710
Physical scientists, all other 30 $46.79 $97,330
Public relations managers 30 $32.39 $67,380
Anesthesiologists Not available $92.49 $192,380
Bakers Not available $8.71 $18,110
Butchers and meat cutters Not available $11.00 $22,870
Cargo and freight agents Not available $17.77 $36,970
Chefs and head cooks Not available $17.15 $35,660
Civil engineering technicians Not available $13.18 $27,420
Commercial pilots Not available Not available $107,500
Concierges Not available $8.84 $18,390
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $9.87 $20,530
Crane and tower operators Not available $20.00 $41,600
Driver/sales workers Not available $12.16 $25,290
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $18.47 $38,420
Education teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $47,450
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $23.31 $48,480
Engineers, all other Not available $17.10 $35,580
Environmental engineering technicians Not available $15.52 $32,280
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $14.37 $29,890
Helpers--carpenters Not available $13.61 $28,300
Home health aides Not available $9.25 $19,230
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $18.52 $38,520
Insulation workers, mechanical Not available $17.07 $35,520
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Not available $12.05 $25,060
Loan counselors Not available $16.35 $34,000
Mechanical drafters Not available $36.38 $75,680
Mechanical engineers Not available $38.30 $79,660
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $48,510
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $14.83 $30,840
Personal and home care aides Not available $9.44 $19,640
Physical therapist aides Not available $9.99 $20,770
Physician assistants Not available $41.37 $86,060
Psychology teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $43,710
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $14.86 $30,910
Service station attendants Not available $8.08 $16,810
Sewing machine operators Not available $14.72 $30,630
Ship engineers Not available $28.37 $59,000
Special education teachers, middle school Not available Not available $48,230
Surgeons Not available More than $70 More than $145,600
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $45,800
Tire repairers and changers Not available $11.42 $23,760
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Not available $37.23 $77,430
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $11.15 $23,180
Word processors and typists Not available $11.39 $23,690
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