Occupational employment / Sioux Falls, SD

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 "Sioux Falls, SD" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 135,110 $17.03 $35,420
Office and administrative support occupations 27,430 $13.29 $27,650
Sales and related occupations 15,580 $17.05 $35,460
Food preparation and serving related occupations 11,640 $8.85 $18,400
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,280 $13.49 $28,060
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 9,990 $29.04 $60,400
Production occupations 9,700 $13.89 $28,890
Construction and extraction occupations 6,960 $16.13 $33,560
Business and financial operations occupations 6,370 $26.07 $54,230
Customer service representatives 5,470 $12.49 $25,980
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,260 $17.94 $37,320
Retail salespersons 5,090 $11.66 $24,250
Education, training, and library occupations 5,020 $17.23 $35,830
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,390 $10.81 $22,490
Registered nurses 4,320 $26.23 $54,550
Personal care and service occupations 3,870 $10.48 $21,790
Management occupations 3,680 $42.92 $89,260
Healthcare support occupations 3,290 $12.37 $25,720
Computer and mathematical occupations 3,250 $26.06 $54,210
Cashiers 3,130 $9.03 $18,780
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,880 $16.68 $34,700
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 2,700 $13.36 $27,780
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,430 $7.88 $16,390
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,430 $10.21 $21,250
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,430 $10.91 $22,690
Bill and account collectors 2,310 $14.00 $29,120
Waiters and waitresses 2,260 $7.87 $16,370
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 2,100 $16.29 $33,890
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 2,030 $25.07 $52,150
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,870 $11.35 $23,610
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,830 $10.12 $21,050
Protective service occupations 1,800 $17.69 $36,800
Receptionists and information clerks 1,630 $11.00 $22,870
Community and social services occupations 1,610 $17.66 $36,730
Accountants and auditors 1,550 $27.19 $56,550
Carpenters 1,370 $15.10 $31,400
Loan interviewers and clerks 1,370 $13.41 $27,900
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,370 $11.80 $24,550
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,300 $27.38 $56,950
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,210 $22.13 $46,030
Office clerks, general 1,190 $10.51 $21,870
Food preparation workers 1,160 $8.96 $18,640
Team assemblers 1,110 $11.86 $24,680
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 1,070 $16.01 $33,310
Packers and packagers, hand 1,070 $9.88 $20,540
Child care workers 1,050 $9.38 $19,500
General and operations managers 1,040 $53.79 $111,870
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,010 $21.19 $44,080
Elementary school teachers, except special education 930 Not available $36,590
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 930 $9.42 $19,580
Teacher assistants 900 Not available $22,700
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 860 $8.56 $17,810
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 850 $14.08 $29,280
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 790 $12.81 $26,640
Construction laborers 770 $11.69 $24,320
Management analysts 770 $31.25 $64,990
Residential advisors 770 $10.67 $22,190
Computer support specialists 760 $17.51 $36,410
Cooks, fast food 750 $8.22 $17,090
Tellers 750 $10.59 $22,020
Electricians 740 $19.32 $40,190
Life, physical, and social science occupations 740 $30.59 $63,640
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 730 $8.67 $18,030
Insurance sales agents 710 $28.16 $58,570
Maintenance and repair workers, general 710 $13.80 $28,710
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 690 Not available $38,190
Bartenders 680 $8.52 $17,720
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 680 $11.92 $24,790
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 680 $16.03 $33,340
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 670 $17.11 $35,600
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 650 $13.59 $28,270
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 630 $11.73 $24,410
Legal occupations 630 $30.61 $63,660
Driver/sales workers 600 $13.61 $28,310
Network and computer systems administrators 600 $26.23 $54,570
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 590 $39.48 $82,110
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 570 $10.94 $22,760
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 570 Not available Not available
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 560 $11.68 $24,290
Counter and rental clerks 540 $9.75 $20,280
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 530 $8.41 $17,490
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 510 $25.57 $53,190
Loan officers 510 $23.72 $49,340
Parts salespersons 500 $14.93 $31,060
Pharmacists 500 $43.47 $90,420
Security guards 500 $11.98 $24,930
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 490 Not available $38,960
Cooks, restaurant 480 $10.63 $22,120
Cement masons and concrete finishers 470 $14.25 $29,640
Dishwashers 470 $8.40 $17,460
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 460 $12.44 $25,870
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 460 $13.60 $28,300
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 460 $24.19 $50,310
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 460 $18.51 $38,500
Pharmacy technicians 430 $13.50 $28,070
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 420 $17.58 $36,560
Network systems and data communications analysts 410 $28.06 $58,360
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 410 $17.74 $36,910
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 410 $14.73 $30,630
Industrial truck and tractor operators 400 $13.05 $27,150
Radiologic technologists and technicians 390 $22.95 $47,740
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 380 $11.92 $24,790
Public relations specialists 380 $20.30 $42,220
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 380 $13.77 $28,650
Computer software engineers, applications 370 $32.96 $68,560
Financial analysts 370 $25.59 $53,220
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 370 $23.25 $48,350
Property, real estate, and community association managers 370 $16.24 $33,780
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 360 $28.24 $58,730
Medical records and health information technicians 360 $14.39 $29,940
Personal and home care aides 360 $9.72 $20,210
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 350 $39.84 $82,860
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 350 Not available Not available
Computer systems analysts 340 $30.93 $64,330
Child, family, and school social workers 330 $17.14 $35,660
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 330 $12.11 $25,180
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 320 $27.51 $57,220
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 320 $13.87 $28,850
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 310 $23.70 $49,300
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 310 $13.99 $29,100
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 310 $18.20 $37,850
Medical assistants 310 $12.43 $25,850
Printing machine operators 310 $16.33 $33,960
Computer programmers 300 $24.12 $50,180
Credit analysts 300 $27.78 $57,770
Financial managers 290 $52.98 $110,200
Graphic designers 290 $17.06 $35,490
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 290 $8.97 $18,660
Lawyers 290 $42.48 $88,350
Medical transcriptionists 290 $14.31 $29,770
Painters, construction and maintenance 290 $12.85 $26,730
Postal service mail carriers 290 Not available Not available
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 280 $21.21 $44,110
Amusement and recreation attendants 270 $9.09 $18,910
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 270 $12.10 $25,160
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 270 $8.88 $18,470
Cargo and freight agents 260 $21.91 $45,580
Cost estimators 260 $22.56 $46,920
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 260 $10.05 $20,900
Preschool teachers, except special education 260 $12.75 $26,530
Bus drivers, school 250 $12.76 $26,550
Cooks, short order 250 $9.46 $19,680
Food service managers 250 $22.32 $46,420
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 250 $16.30 $33,900
Training and development specialists 250 $19.78 $41,140
Industrial machinery mechanics 240 $18.38 $38,220
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 240 Not available Not available
Social and human service assistants 240 $10.33 $21,490
Home health aides 230 $12.47 $25,930
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 230 $18.89 $39,280
Physical therapists 230 $29.68 $61,730
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 230 $15.96 $33,190
Computer software engineers, systems software 220 $32.36 $67,310
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 220 $22.35 $46,480
Recreation workers 220 $11.24 $23,380
Sheet metal workers 220 $15.08 $31,360
Telemarketers 220 $11.91 $24,770
Civil engineers 210 $32.11 $66,780
Dental assistants 210 $15.38 $31,990
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 210 $12.75 $26,520
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 210 $15.17 $31,550
Advertising sales agents 200 $21.98 $45,720
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 200 $21.86 $45,480
Dental hygienists 200 $30.48 $63,400
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 200 $16.34 $34,000
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 200 $10.87 $22,600
Medical and health services managers 200 $41.39 $86,100
Chief executives 190 $85.86 $178,590
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 190 $12.82 $26,670
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 190 $15.01 $31,220
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 190 $14.33 $29,800
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 190 $18.71 $38,920
Surgical technologists 190 $17.80 $37,020
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 190 $12.41 $25,820
Correspondence clerks 180 $13.53 $28,130
Paralegals and legal assistants 180 $18.57 $38,620
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 180 $23.89 $49,680
Civil engineering technicians 170 $17.93 $37,300
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 170 $25.43 $52,890
Helpers--electricians 170 $11.74 $24,420
Insurance underwriters 170 $28.49 $59,250
Medical and public health social workers 170 $21.65 $45,030
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 170 $11.14 $23,170
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 160 $13.97 $29,060
Data entry keyers 160 Not available Not available
Physician assistants 160 $39.88 $82,950
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 160 Not available $35,690
Business operations specialists, all other 150 $29.56 $61,480
Butchers and meat cutters 150 $13.28 $27,620
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 150 $17.01 $35,390
Court, municipal, and license clerks 150 $13.16 $27,360
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 150 $16.40 $34,110
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 150 $13.82 $28,740
Library technicians 150 $12.62 $26,250
Machinists 150 $15.49 $32,210
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 140 $14.80 $30,770
Automotive body and related repairers 140 $14.98 $31,150
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 140 $17.87 $37,170
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 140 Not available $67,520
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 140 $26.24 $54,570
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 140 $17.17 $35,700
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 140 $12.35 $25,690
Order clerks 140 $12.95 $26,940
Sales managers 140 $50.70 $105,460
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 140 $8.48 $17,630
Computer and information systems managers 130 $46.71 $97,170
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 130 $22.77 $47,370
File clerks 130 $10.90 $22,680
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 130 Not available $35,580
Legal secretaries 130 $15.92 $33,120
Mental health counselors 130 $20.77 $43,210
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 130 $12.05 $25,070
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 130 $11.89 $24,720
Self-enrichment education teachers 130 $15.46 $32,160
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 130 $9.95 $20,690
Administrative services managers 120 $37.45 $77,900
Architectural and civil drafters 120 $17.87 $37,170
Coaches and scouts 120 Not available $32,950
Conveyor operators and tenders 120 $12.80 $26,630
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 120 $20.34 $42,310
Family and general practitioners 120 $63.51 $132,100
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 120 $20.78 $43,220
Highway maintenance workers 120 $14.68 $30,540
Machine feeders and offbearers 120 $11.00 $22,880
Opticians, dispensing 120 $14.85 $30,890
Physicians and surgeons, all other 120 $104.38 $217,110
Prepress technicians and workers 120 $13.96 $29,040
Respiratory therapists 120 $23.26 $48,390
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $13.61 $28,310
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 110 $15.94 $33,160
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 110 $12.10 $25,170
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 110 $31.03 $64,530
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $13.67 $28,440
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 110 $14.94 $31,070
Occupational therapists 110 $27.55 $57,310
Physical therapist assistants 110 $14.56 $30,290
Rehabilitation counselors 110 $18.00 $37,450
Roofers 110 $13.22 $27,500
Sales representatives, services, all other 110 $18.22 $37,890
Special education teachers, secondary school 110 Not available $36,850
Surgeons 110 $75.00 More than $145,600
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 110 $20.06 $41,730
Anesthesiologists 100 $70.42 $146,470
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 100 $30.03 $62,470
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 100 $23.97 $49,850
Helpers--carpenters 100 $9.75 $20,280
Internists, general 100 $101.65 $211,430
Librarians 100 $20.44 $42,510
Market research analysts 100 $23.69 $49,280
Photographic processing machine operators 100 $9.86 $20,510
Radio and television announcers 100 $13.72 $28,540
Speech-language pathologists 100 $23.56 $49,000
Tool and die makers 100 $22.03 $45,830
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 100 $20.80 $43,260
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 90 $22.32 $46,430
Bakers 90 $11.48 $23,870
Couriers and messengers 90 $11.30 $23,510
Demonstrators and product promoters 90 $10.20 $21,220
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 90 $12.69 $26,400
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 90 $11.37 $23,640
Industrial production managers 90 $38.31 $79,680
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 90 $9.33 $19,410
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants 90 $10.67 $22,200
Mechanical engineers 90 $29.98 $62,360
Medical equipment repairers 90 $23.89 $49,690
Medical secretaries 90 $14.87 $30,930
Nonfarm animal caretakers 90 $9.08 $18,880
Office machine operators, except computer 90 $11.50 $23,910
Operations research analysts 90 $22.71 $47,230
Pipelayers 90 $15.43 $32,100
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 90 $25.29 $52,590
Real estate sales agents 90 $21.89 $45,530
Service station attendants 90 $8.94 $18,600
Social and community service managers 90 $29.20 $60,740
Bindery workers 80 $12.08 $25,130
Construction managers 80 $35.58 $74,000
Database administrators 80 $31.23 $64,970
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 80 $20.60 $42,840
Industrial engineers 80 $30.19 $62,800
Medical equipment preparers 80 $12.27 $25,510
Meeting and convention planners 80 $13.33 $27,720
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $14.98 $31,170
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 80 $15.25 $31,710
Personal financial advisors 80 $35.74 $74,340
Sales engineers 80 $37.06 $77,080
Special education teachers, middle school 80 Not available $37,670
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $20.67 $43,000
Brokerage clerks 70 $17.91 $37,260
Commercial pilots 70 Not available $55,970
Editors 70 $20.38 $42,390
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 70 $14.61 $30,390
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $13.07 $27,190
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 70 $9.92 $20,630
Financial examiners 70 $35.55 $73,950
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 70 $19.40 $40,350
Floral designers 70 $10.89 $22,660
Food servers, nonrestaurant 70 $10.89 $22,650
Human resources managers, all other 70 $43.43 $90,330
Legislators 70 Not available $39,310
Managers, all other 70 $44.11 $91,760
Nuclear medicine technologists 70 $26.56 $55,250
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers 70 $15.36 $31,940
Reporters and correspondents 70 Not available Not available
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $14.12 $29,370
Clergy 60 $19.30 $40,150
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 60 $35.38 $73,590
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $83,670
Dentists, general 60 $78.35 $162,970
Diagnostic medical sonographers 60 $24.37 $50,680
Dietitians and nutritionists 60 $23.31 $48,470
Electrical engineers 60 $31.84 $66,220
Environmental engineers 60 $25.48 $53,010
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 60 $11.79 $24,510
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 60 $18.55 $38,580
Massage therapists 60 $16.70 $34,730
Mechanical drafters 60 $16.13 $33,550
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 60 $14.62 $30,410
Painters, transportation equipment 60 $14.63 $30,420
Parking lot attendants 60 $10.74 $22,340
Photographic process workers 60 $12.22 $25,420
Procurement clerks 60 $14.54 $30,240
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $37,440
Business teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $53,670
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 50 $12.49 $25,990
Chiropractors 50 Not available Not available
Construction and building inspectors 50 $23.18 $48,210
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $17.06 $35,480
Farm equipment mechanics 50 $15.13 $31,470
Health educators 50 $20.18 $41,980
Instructional coordinators 50 $19.67 $40,920
Interpreters and translators 50 $19.46 $40,470
Occupational health and safety specialists 50 $27.73 $57,680
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 50 $13.35 $27,780
Photographers 50 $15.24 $31,700
Producers and directors 50 $24.06 $50,050
Recreational vehicle service technicians 50 $14.29 $29,720
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 50 $11.02 $22,910
Structural iron and steel workers 50 $21.47 $44,660
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 50 $23.03 $47,900
Technical writers 50 $20.71 $43,070
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $37.26 $77,510
Travel agents 50 $13.77 $28,650
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $13.48 $28,030
Architects, except landscape and naval 40 $49.17 $102,260
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available Not available
Audiologists 40 $29.21 $60,770
Broadcast technicians 40 $11.56 $24,050
Budget analysts 40 $27.83 $57,890
Commercial and industrial designers 40 $16.72 $34,780
Computer operators 40 $15.69 $32,640
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $13.27 $27,610
Engineering managers 40 $43.60 $90,690
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 40 $12.52 $26,050
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $12.41 $25,810
Interior designers 40 $19.62 $40,810
Mechanical engineering technicians 40 $16.41 $34,140
Multi-media artists and animators 40 $19.27 $40,090
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $13.38 $27,830
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 40 $12.83 $26,680
Pest control workers 40 $14.90 $31,000
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Postmasters and mail superintendents 40 $29.69 $61,760
Switchboard operators, including answering service 40 $13.19 $27,440
Veterinarians 40 $30.32 $63,070
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture 30 $10.73 $22,310
Chefs and head cooks 30 $15.94 $33,150
Dental laboratory technicians 30 $13.79 $28,690
Desktop publishers 30 $11.92 $24,790
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 30 $21.72 $45,180
Funeral directors 30 $25.11 $52,220
Healthcare support workers, all other 30 $18.15 $37,750
Marketing managers 30 $51.34 $106,800
Obstetricians and gynecologists 30 $100.83 $209,720
Optometrists 30 $47.20 $98,170
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 30 $8.19 $17,040
Public address system and other announcers 30 $10.44 $21,710
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $51,720
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $13.57 $28,230
Sewing machine operators 30 $11.37 $23,640
Soil and plant scientists 30 $26.31 $54,730
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 30 $9.38 $19,500
Audio and video equipment technicians Not available $14.29 $29,730
Automotive glass installers and repairers Not available $17.43 $36,260
Avionics technicians Not available $16.98 $35,330
Brickmasons and blockmasons Not available $15.84 $32,950
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $34.17 $71,060
Landscape architects Not available $29.66 $61,700
Sales and related workers, all other Not available $10.61 $22,070
Tire repairers and changers Not available $10.49 $21,830
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $19.11 $39,740
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners Not available $13.58 $28,240
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $14.01 $29,130
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $14.32 $29,780
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