Occupational employment / Spartanburg, SC

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 "Spartanburg, SC" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 123,030 $17.96 $37,360
Production occupations 21,020 $17.39 $36,180
Office and administrative support occupations 18,190 $14.07 $29,270
Sales and related occupations 11,390 $15.57 $32,380
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,860 $13.91 $28,930
Food preparation and serving related occupations 10,510 $8.69 $18,080
Education, training, and library occupations 6,730 $19.67 $40,920
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 6,510 $30.01 $62,420
Team assemblers 6,230 $22.63 $47,070
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,760 $18.30 $38,060
Management occupations 5,660 $44.94 $93,480
Construction and extraction occupations 4,950 $16.01 $33,300
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,380 $10.55 $21,950
Cashiers 3,790 $8.51 $17,700
Retail salespersons 3,360 $11.62 $24,180
Business and financial operations occupations 3,230 $27.26 $56,710
Healthcare support occupations 3,020 $11.37 $23,640
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,910 $11.51 $23,950
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,750 $16.84 $35,030
Office clerks, general 2,540 $10.89 $22,650
Registered nurses 2,440 $27.12 $56,420
Waiters and waitresses 2,400 $7.82 $16,260
Personal care and service occupations 2,240 $10.03 $20,870
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,080 $7.49 $15,570
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,020 $9.85 $20,490
Customer service representatives 1,980 $14.10 $29,330
Protective service occupations 1,970 $14.79 $30,770
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,920 $30.40 $63,230
Helpers--production workers 1,810 $10.49 $21,810
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,760 Not available $44,930
Computer and mathematical occupations 1,690 $31.83 $66,210
General and operations managers 1,680 $44.84 $93,270
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,680 $16.84 $35,020
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,590 $10.88 $22,640
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,550 $14.22 $29,580
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,540 $10.97 $22,830
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,440 $14.39 $29,940
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 1,340 $25.28 $52,570
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 1,200 $14.77 $30,730
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,200 $33.66 $70,020
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,180 $20.21 $42,050
Teacher assistants 1,110 Not available $17,630
Accountants and auditors 1,070 $28.24 $58,730
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,010 $13.29 $27,650
Community and social services occupations 980 $17.86 $37,150
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 980 $20.01 $41,620
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 930 $10.36 $21,540
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 930 $9.46 $19,680
Cooks, restaurant 890 $9.64 $20,040
Food preparation workers 890 $8.90 $18,510
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 890 $14.91 $31,010
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 870 $19.30 $40,150
Industrial machinery mechanics 840 $23.00 $47,840
Packers and packagers, hand 840 $8.30 $17,260
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 810 $13.89 $28,890
Machinists 740 $16.18 $33,660
Receptionists and information clerks 740 $12.86 $26,750
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 710 $16.95 $35,260
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 690 $18.68 $38,860
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 690 $16.83 $35,010
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 670 $16.97 $35,300
Cooks, fast food 660 $7.17 $14,920
Carpenters 590 $15.14 $31,480
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 580 $25.21 $52,430
Home health aides 580 $8.74 $18,180
Tellers 570 $11.63 $24,190
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 550 $15.90 $33,070
Industrial engineers 550 $34.03 $70,780
Life, physical, and social science occupations 550 $26.10 $54,300
Child care workers 540 $8.51 $17,710
Electricians 530 $16.30 $33,890
Legal occupations 530 $37.07 $77,100
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 530 Not available $47,550
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 520 $19.17 $39,870
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 520 Not available $50,090
Security guards 510 $11.78 $24,500
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders 500 $12.02 $25,000
Chief executives 490 $80.48 $167,390
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 490 $25.27 $52,570
Construction laborers 480 $11.29 $23,490
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 470 $14.74 $30,660
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 450 $16.35 $34,020
Sales managers 420 $48.27 $100,400
Cooks, short order 410 $8.12 $16,890
Medical secretaries 410 $12.47 $25,940
Pharmacy technicians 410 $12.63 $26,260
Computer programmers 400 $35.27 $73,360
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 390 $17.71 $36,830
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 380 $11.30 $23,510
Dishwashers 380 $8.38 $17,430
Computer support specialists 370 $21.84 $45,420
Financial managers 370 $44.56 $92,680
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 370 $8.56 $17,810
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 360 $16.67 $34,680
Bill and account collectors 350 $13.87 $28,850
Counter and rental clerks 350 $10.27 $21,360
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 350 $14.36 $29,870
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 350 $19.41 $40,370
Food batchmakers 350 $11.38 $23,680
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 350 Not available Not available
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 340 $19.48 $40,520
Bartenders 320 $7.97 $16,580
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 320 $37.51 $78,020
Fire fighters 310 $13.36 $27,780
Computer systems analysts 300 $36.82 $76,580
Postal service mail carriers 300 Not available Not available
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers 290 $17.43 $36,260
Printing machine operators 290 $16.16 $33,600
Administrative services managers 280 $36.92 $76,780
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 280 $10.10 $21,000
Medical assistants 280 $13.23 $27,520
Recreation workers 280 $9.45 $19,650
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 280 $26.40 $54,900
Chemical plant and system operators 270 $18.40 $38,280
Driver/sales workers 270 $13.07 $27,190
Family and general practitioners 270 $86.41 $179,730
Mechanical engineers 270 $32.85 $68,320
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 260 $17.24 $35,860
Insurance sales agents 260 $20.53 $42,700
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 260 Not available $47,880
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 260 $12.72 $26,460
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 260 $24.93 $51,860
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 260 Not available $42,380
Chemical technicians 250 $20.74 $43,140
Industrial production managers 250 $44.53 $92,630
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 240 $21.50 $44,720
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 240 $13.14 $27,340
Food service managers 240 $21.70 $45,140
Lawyers 240 $60.57 $125,990
Pharmacists 240 $50.53 $105,100
Bus drivers, school 230 $11.36 $23,620
Construction managers 230 $41.41 $86,120
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 230 $13.94 $28,990
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 230 $16.33 $33,960
Preschool teachers, except special education 230 $15.21 $31,650
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 220 Not available $71,030
Helpers--electricians 220 $11.05 $22,970
Sewing machine operators 220 $11.75 $24,450
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 210 $14.34 $29,830
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 210 $15.88 $33,030
Teachers and instructors, all other 210 Not available $26,030
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 200 $25.61 $53,270
Machine feeders and offbearers 200 $10.94 $22,750
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 200 $18.38 $38,240
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 200 $21.34 $44,390
Paralegals and legal assistants 200 $17.94 $37,320
Tire repairers and changers 200 $9.76 $20,310
Dental assistants 190 $15.17 $31,550
Radiologic technologists and technicians 190 $21.30 $44,300
Tool and die makers 190 $19.91 $41,410
Cement masons and concrete finishers 180 $13.09 $27,220
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 180 $12.31 $25,610
Parts salespersons 180 $15.99 $33,250
Physical therapists 180 $32.51 $67,610
Switchboard operators, including answering service 180 $10.96 $22,800
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 170 $15.27 $31,760
Computer and information systems managers 170 $43.78 $91,070
Dental hygienists 170 $25.23 $52,470
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 170 $9.98 $20,750
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 170 $15.88 $33,030
Legal secretaries 170 $15.80 $32,870
Network and computer systems administrators 170 $29.06 $60,440
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders 170 $11.16 $23,210
Engineering managers 160 $43.56 $90,610
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 160 $9.03 $18,780
Loan officers 160 $22.31 $46,410
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 160 $11.12 $23,120
Marketing managers 160 $54.35 $113,040
Physicians and surgeons, all other 160 $72.14 $150,060
Roofers 160 $12.16 $25,290
Child, family, and school social workers 150 $16.98 $35,320
Couriers and messengers 150 $8.21 $17,090
Librarians 150 $24.58 $51,130
Management analysts 150 $36.37 $75,640
Social and human service assistants 150 $12.76 $26,540
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 150 $10.84 $22,560
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 140 Not available $39,620
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 140 $16.57 $34,470
Coaches and scouts 140 Not available $36,930
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 140 $14.33 $29,800
Library assistants, clerical 140 $11.28 $23,470
Bindery workers 130 $18.19 $37,830
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 130 $17.31 $36,000
Cost estimators 130 $26.72 $55,580
Data entry keyers 130 $11.71 $24,360
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 130 $23.68 $49,250
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 130 $16.12 $33,520
Library technicians 130 $13.32 $27,710
Surgical technologists 130 $17.44 $36,280
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders 130 $12.57 $26,140
Computer software engineers, systems software 120 $30.10 $62,600
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 120 $17.14 $35,650
Graphic designers 120 $21.44 $44,590
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 120 $16.23 $33,760
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 120 $13.48 $28,040
Medical transcriptionists 120 $12.03 $25,030
Production workers, all other 120 $12.87 $26,780
Chemical engineers 110 $41.13 $85,540
Computer software engineers, applications 110 $31.52 $65,550
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 110 $20.02 $41,650
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $18.76 $39,030
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 110 $24.06 $50,050
Food servers, nonrestaurant 110 $8.92 $18,560
Medical and health services managers 110 $49.53 $103,020
Medical records and health information technicians 110 $14.37 $29,900
Network systems and data communications analysts 110 $28.29 $58,850
Order clerks 110 $15.29 $31,800
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 110 $13.52 $28,130
Public relations specialists 110 $22.81 $47,440
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $11.15 $23,190
Sheet metal workers 110 $15.28 $31,780
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 110 $36.88 $76,720
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 110 $18.55 $38,580
Advertising sales agents 100 $22.61 $47,020
Automotive body and related repairers 100 $18.07 $37,600
Civil engineers 100 $29.60 $61,570
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 100 $22.26 $46,290
Crane and tower operators 100 $17.26 $35,900
Helpers--carpenters 100 $10.86 $22,580
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 100 $23.44 $48,760
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available $56,410
Millwrights 100 $17.50 $36,400
Painters, construction and maintenance 100 $13.10 $27,250
Pipelayers 100 $14.29 $29,720
Self-enrichment education teachers 100 $18.94 $39,390
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 90 $19.14 $39,810
Brickmasons and blockmasons 90 $20.27 $42,160
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 90 $22.61 $47,030
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 90 Not available $43,270
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 90 $16.99 $35,330
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $14.15 $29,430
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 90 $10.83 $22,520
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 90 $16.83 $35,010
Nonfarm animal caretakers 90 $8.55 $17,790
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 90 $13.61 $28,310
Procurement clerks 90 $15.11 $31,430
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 90 $14.04 $29,200
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 90 $16.02 $33,330
Business teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $59,150
Butchers and meat cutters 80 $12.83 $26,690
Education administrators, all other 80 $30.55 $63,530
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 80 $17.93 $37,280
File clerks 80 $11.41 $23,730
Funeral attendants 80 $11.91 $24,780
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 80 $13.90 $28,910
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 80 $9.43 $19,620
Industrial engineering technicians 80 $19.98 $41,560
Operations research analysts 80 $56.59 $117,720
Property, real estate, and community association managers 80 $25.57 $53,180
Purchasing managers 80 $48.43 $100,740
Sales and related workers, all other 80 $12.32 $25,630
Special education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $53,260
Training and development specialists 80 $25.54 $53,120
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 80 $35.80 $74,460
Audio and video equipment technicians 70 $13.36 $27,790
Civil engineering technicians 70 $19.15 $39,830
Computer operators 70 $20.44 $42,520
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 70 $26.43 $54,980
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $15.05 $31,310
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 70 $21.30 $44,310
Maintenance workers, machinery 70 $18.42 $38,320
Mechanical drafters 70 $23.98 $49,880
Medical equipment preparers 70 $14.24 $29,620
Occupational therapists 70 $29.55 $61,470
Pest control workers 70 $13.99 $29,110
Prepress technicians and workers 70 $15.87 $33,010
Service station attendants 70 $9.97 $20,740
Special education teachers, middle school 70 Not available $48,250
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 70 $18.56 $38,610
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders 70 $11.75 $24,450
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 70 $13.08 $27,200
Architects, except landscape and naval 60 $37.52 $78,040
Business operations specialists, all other 60 $26.35 $54,800
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 60 Not available Not available
Chefs and head cooks 60 $20.03 $41,650
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $23.65 $49,180
Legislators 60 Not available $14,480
Managers, all other 60 $39.81 $82,810
Market research analysts 60 $43.81 $91,130
Painters, transportation equipment 60 $10.67 $22,190
Personal financial advisors 60 $33.04 $68,720
Pharmacy aides 60 $10.48 $21,810
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 60 $10.61 $22,060
Real estate brokers 60 Not available Not available
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 60 $20.31 $42,250
Speech-language pathologists 60 $24.78 $51,550
Surgeons 60 $95.23 $198,080
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $50,510
Chemists 50 $27.66 $57,540
Commercial pilots 50 Not available $62,010
Dietetic technicians 50 $11.30 $23,490
Dietitians and nutritionists 50 $19.60 $40,760
Editors 50 $21.81 $45,360
Education administrators, postsecondary 50 Not available Not available
Electrical engineers 50 $30.43 $63,300
Instructional coordinators 50 $31.35 $65,210
Medical and public health social workers 50 $25.02 $52,050
Producers and directors 50 $20.90 $43,470
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 50 Not available $52,120
Security and fire alarm systems installers 50 $17.91 $37,260
Surveying and mapping technicians 50 $17.98 $37,400
Surveyors 50 $18.99 $39,500
Training and development managers 50 Not available Not available
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 50 $9.88 $20,550
Veterinary technologists and technicians 50 $12.09 $25,150
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 40 $19.93 $41,450
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 40 $13.86 $28,820
Bakers 40 $8.98 $18,690
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 40 $41.38 $86,060
Construction and building inspectors 40 $19.64 $40,840
Conveyor operators and tenders 40 $14.79 $30,750
Credit analysts 40 $34.62 $72,000
Demonstrators and product promoters 40 $14.46 $30,070
Funeral directors 40 $26.52 $55,160
Insulation workers, mechanical 40 $14.40 $29,950
Internists, general 40 $87.89 $182,810
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 40 $15.84 $32,950
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $15.94 $33,160
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $14.51 $30,180
Physical therapist assistants 40 $22.84 $47,510
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $16.43 $34,170
Public relations managers 40 $32.93 $68,500
Real estate sales agents 40 $22.78 $47,390
Reporters and correspondents 40 $19.50 $40,570
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $17.44 $36,270
Social and community service managers 40 $31.51 $65,550
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 40 $11.24 $23,390
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 30 $28.08 $58,410
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $59,820
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $56,310
Court, municipal, and license clerks 30 $14.26 $29,670
Dental laboratory technicians 30 $15.48 $32,210
Detectives and criminal investigators 30 $18.06 $37,560
Floral designers 30 $9.80 $20,380
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $54,810
Human resources managers, all other 30 $45.96 $95,590
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 30 $25.80 $53,670
Logisticians 30 $27.39 $56,960
Occupational health and safety specialists 30 $20.39 $42,410
Office and administrative support workers, all other 30 $11.71 $24,360
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 30 Not available $53,560
Photographers 30 $17.39 $36,170
Postmasters and mail superintendents 30 $28.62 $59,530
All other information and record clerks Not available $16.97 $35,300
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $7.85 $16,330
Budget analysts Not available $26.44 $54,990
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $12.76 $26,540
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $29.13 $60,590
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $13.27 $27,600
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Not available $7.05 $14,660
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Not available $13.78 $28,660
Cutters and trimmers, hand Not available $11.32 $23,550
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $14.13 $29,400
Dentists, general Not available $82.19 $170,960
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Not available $7.35 $15,280
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $15.08 $31,370
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $16.23 $33,750
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $14.41 $29,970
Engineers, all other Not available $18.85 $39,200
Grounds maintenance workers, all other Not available $9.92 $20,640
Healthcare support workers, all other Not available $14.25 $29,630
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $17.28 $35,950
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Not available $8.32 $17,310
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $10.16 $21,140
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Not available $15.88 $33,030
Insurance underwriters Not available $17.15 $35,670
Interior designers Not available $19.04 $39,590
Mechanical engineering technicians Not available $23.49 $48,850
New accounts clerks Not available $15.46 $32,150
Numerical tool and process control programmers Not available $16.19 $33,680
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Not available $15.08 $31,370
Photographic processing machine operators Not available $10.77 $22,400
Plant and system operators, all other Not available $13.82 $28,740
Political science teachers, postsecondary Not available Not available $48,800
Sales representatives, services, all other Not available $17.17 $35,710
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Not available $37.96 $78,960
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $14.43 $30,010
Structural metal fabricators and fitters Not available $14.82 $30,830
Telemarketers Not available $11.72 $24,370
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