Occupational employment / Springfield, IL

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 "Springfield, IL" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 106,540 $19.86 $41,300
Office and administrative support occupations 22,940 $15.39 $32,020
Sales and related occupations 10,510 $14.85 $30,900
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,940 $9.50 $19,770
Management occupations 7,450 $36.22 $75,340
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,310 $30.31 $63,040
Business and financial operations occupations 6,970 $27.81 $57,850
Education, training, and library occupations 6,000 $19.85 $41,290
Transportation and material moving occupations 4,370 $14.86 $30,910
Construction and extraction occupations 4,130 $21.66 $45,060
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,810 $20.31 $42,240
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,420 $12.08 $25,130
Retail salespersons 3,410 $10.87 $22,600
Personal care and service occupations 3,280 $11.38 $23,670
Computer and mathematical occupations 3,220 $33.38 $69,440
Office clerks, general 3,080 $13.59 $28,260
Healthcare support occupations 2,960 $14.46 $30,070
Cashiers 2,900 $8.76 $18,220
Production occupations 2,740 $15.72 $32,700
General and operations managers 2,610 $35.20 $73,210
Registered nurses 2,600 $28.95 $60,210
Office and administrative support workers, all other 2,080 $15.88 $33,040
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 2,060 $22.42 $46,630
Waiters and waitresses 2,040 $9.67 $20,120
Community and social services occupations 2,030 $20.92 $43,520
Protective service occupations 2,030 $22.11 $45,980
Business operations specialists, all other 1,970 $28.26 $58,770
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,870 $14.69 $30,550
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,760 $14.26 $29,660
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,610 $11.86 $24,670
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,600 $8.20 $17,060
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,570 Not available $53,940
Customer service representatives 1,550 $15.77 $32,810
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,260 $33.69 $70,070
Accountants and auditors 1,190 $28.79 $59,880
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,180 $14.61 $30,400
Receptionists and information clerks 1,110 $11.51 $23,940
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,070 $20.93 $43,530
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,060 $28.67 $59,630
Legal occupations 1,030 $32.66 $67,940
Teacher assistants 1,030 Not available $20,670
Chief executives 1,000 Not available Not available
Administrative services managers 990 $27.24 $56,660
Computer systems analysts 990 $37.94 $78,920
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 970 $19.36 $40,270
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 950 $13.07 $27,190
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 950 $9.58 $19,920
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 920 $21.53 $44,780
Stock clerks and order fillers 900 $11.70 $24,340
Food preparation workers 810 $9.23 $19,190
Construction laborers 800 $15.29 $31,800
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 770 $19.58 $40,730
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 750 $18.72 $38,950
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 730 $18.46 $38,400
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 730 $13.97 $29,060
Data entry keyers 700 $13.46 $28,000
Maintenance and repair workers, general 680 $16.55 $34,430
Bill and account collectors 670 $12.95 $26,940
Cooks, fast food 670 $8.61 $17,900
Cooks, restaurant 650 $10.34 $21,510
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 640 $26.18 $54,450
Bartenders 610 $8.92 $18,550
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 580 $23.07 $47,990
Computer support specialists 570 $21.18 $44,060
Dishwashers 550 $8.60 $17,890
Carpenters 540 $19.32 $40,190
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 540 $14.62 $30,400
Tellers 540 $10.33 $21,480
Managers, all other 500 $35.86 $74,590
Counter and rental clerks 490 $10.10 $21,000
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 480 $13.60 $28,300
Sales representatives, services, all other 470 $24.33 $50,610
Healthcare support workers, all other 460 $16.21 $33,710
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 460 Not available $44,800
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 440 $14.15 $29,420
Pharmacy technicians 440 $11.45 $23,810
Child care workers 430 $9.55 $19,870
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 430 $22.23 $46,240
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 430 $16.04 $33,360
Lawyers 430 $45.57 $94,790
Computer specialists, all other 420 $31.76 $66,060
Child, family, and school social workers 400 $21.15 $44,000
Computer programmers 400 $34.78 $72,350
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 390 Not available $52,090
Electricians 380 $30.48 $63,400
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 360 $15.80 $32,860
Fire fighters 350 $16.91 $35,170
Medical assistants 350 $14.58 $30,320
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 350 $12.65 $26,310
Financial managers 340 $47.95 $99,730
File clerks 330 $10.10 $21,010
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 330 $9.10 $18,930
Postal service mail carriers 330 Not available Not available
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 330 Not available $45,330
Management analysts 320 $36.05 $74,990
Market research analysts 310 $28.24 $58,740
Security guards 310 $18.14 $37,730
Social workers, all other 310 $23.75 $49,400
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 300 $28.96 $60,240
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 300 $30.22 $62,850
Loan officers 300 $28.17 $58,600
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 290 $27.82 $57,870
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 280 $10.63 $22,100
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 280 $8.36 $17,390
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 280 $26.35 $54,820
Sales managers 280 $38.79 $80,690
Packers and packagers, hand 270 $8.61 $17,900
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 270 Not available Not available
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 260 $8.38 $17,420
Loan interviewers and clerks 260 $14.76 $30,710
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers 250 $25.59 $53,230
Food service managers 250 $19.70 $40,980
Parts salespersons 250 $15.95 $33,170
Radiologic technologists and technicians 250 $23.75 $49,410
Industrial truck and tractor operators 230 $15.76 $32,780
Insurance sales agents 230 $25.14 $52,290
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 220 $12.92 $26,870
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 220 $25.93 $53,930
Training and development specialists 220 $21.88 $45,500
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 210 $29.10 $60,520
Pharmacists 210 $51.87 $107,880
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 200 $8.76 $18,230
Computer operators 200 $17.83 $37,080
Dental hygienists 200 $27.08 $56,330
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 200 $10.34 $21,500
Physicians and surgeons, all other 200 $98.66 $205,210
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 190 $17.08 $35,530
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 190 $12.02 $25,000
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 190 $18.18 $37,810
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 190 $28.60 $59,480
Paralegals and legal assistants 190 $19.46 $40,480
Dental assistants 180 $15.82 $32,900
Driver/sales workers 180 $10.63 $22,110
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 180 $44.68 $92,930
Health technologists and technicians, all other 180 $21.78 $45,300
Switchboard operators, including answering service 180 $11.28 $23,450
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 170 $8.41 $17,500
Environmental engineers 170 $35.02 $72,830
Highway maintenance workers 170 $20.32 $42,260
Insurance underwriters 170 $29.24 $60,820
Legal secretaries 170 $17.91 $37,250
Machinists 170 $13.55 $28,180
Network and computer systems administrators 170 $27.55 $57,310
Public relations specialists 170 $24.72 $51,420
Sales and related workers, all other 170 $18.55 $38,580
Tire repairers and changers 170 $11.09 $23,060
Community and social service specialists, all other 160 $24.93 $51,860
Cost estimators 160 $25.01 $52,020
Maintenance workers, machinery 160 $26.31 $54,730
Nonfarm animal caretakers 160 $9.72 $20,220
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 160 $28.94 $60,200
Printing machine operators 160 $17.30 $35,990
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 160 $38.76 $80,610
Computer and information systems managers 150 $44.49 $92,540
Computer software engineers, systems software 150 $39.88 $82,950
Couriers and messengers 150 $11.94 $24,830
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 150 $30.15 $62,710
Floral designers 150 $10.43 $21,690
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 150 $14.87 $30,920
Preschool teachers, except special education 150 $11.90 $24,750
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 150 $23.12 $48,090
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 150 $40.91 $85,080
Automotive body and related repairers 140 $20.51 $42,650
Cement masons and concrete finishers 140 $24.39 $50,730
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 140 $30.92 $64,310
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 140 $17.70 $36,810
Librarians 140 $22.13 $46,040
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 140 $15.40 $32,030
Bakers 130 $10.40 $21,630
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 130 $22.61 $47,030
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 130 $27.97 $58,180
Detectives and criminal investigators 130 $32.20 $66,990
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 130 $12.48 $25,960
Health educators 130 $17.12 $35,600
New accounts clerks 130 $13.88 $28,870
Personal care and service workers, all other 130 $9.46 $19,670
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 130 $9.13 $18,990
Civil engineers 120 $37.23 $77,430
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 120 $12.73 $26,480
Financial analysts 120 $34.38 $71,510
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 120 $18.11 $37,660
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 120 $16.89 $35,120
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 120 $18.69 $38,860
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $13.44 $27,950
Network systems and data communications analysts 120 $30.38 $63,190
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $23.34 $48,550
Self-enrichment education teachers 120 $13.56 $28,210
Speech-language pathologists 120 $27.50 $57,200
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 110 $28.16 $58,560
Financial specialists, all other 110 $27.98 $58,200
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 110 $25.19 $52,400
Medical and health services managers 110 $39.84 $82,860
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 110 $10.12 $21,050
Team assemblers 110 $13.94 $29,000
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 100 $29.35 $61,050
Graphic designers 100 $18.15 $37,760
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 100 $17.76 $36,940
Meter readers, utilities 100 $14.18 $29,490
Office machine operators, except computer 100 $15.21 $31,640
Personal financial advisors 100 $43.85 $91,210
Physician assistants 100 $32.77 $68,150
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 100 $17.38 $36,150
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 100 $14.83 $30,860
Roofers 100 $16.79 $34,910
Telemarketers 100 $13.40 $27,880
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 90 $27.22 $56,610
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 90 Not available $41,320
Medical transcriptionists 90 $16.90 $35,150
Physical therapists 90 $39.25 $81,640
Psychiatric technicians 90 $17.33 $36,040
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 90 $24.29 $50,520
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 90 $35.23 $73,270
All other information and record clerks 80 $18.23 $37,910
Brickmasons and blockmasons 80 $25.97 $54,010
Chefs and head cooks 80 $15.16 $31,530
Electrical and electronics drafters 80 $26.39 $54,890
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 80 $20.42 $42,470
Instructional coordinators 80 $17.90 $37,240
Order clerks 80 $12.37 $25,730
Protective service workers, all other 80 $23.40 $48,670
Security and fire alarm systems installers 80 $13.61 $28,310
Social and community service managers 80 $28.24 $58,740
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 80 $18.65 $38,800
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 80 $24.51 $50,980
Advertising sales agents 70 $28.28 $58,820
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 70 $18.28 $38,020
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 70 $33.48 $69,640
Database administrators 70 $34.95 $72,700
Diagnostic medical sonographers 70 $30.75 $63,950
Education, training, and library workers, all other 70 $26.82 $55,790
Engineering managers 70 $58.35 $121,380
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 70 $12.20 $25,370
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 70 $19.03 $39,580
Industrial machinery mechanics 70 $21.51 $44,740
Logisticians 70 $27.06 $56,280
Motor vehicle operators, all other 70 $13.86 $28,820
Transportation workers, all other 70 $18.87 $39,260
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 70 $12.73 $26,470
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 60 $26.36 $54,840
Architects, except landscape and naval 60 $32.46 $67,520
Avionics technicians 60 $26.86 $55,870
Brokerage clerks 60 $19.70 $40,980
Budget analysts 60 $26.05 $54,180
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $15.36 $31,960
Chemists 60 $24.91 $51,820
Correspondence clerks 60 $14.96 $31,110
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 60 $15.83 $32,930
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 60 $29.13 $60,580
Glaziers 60 Not available Not available
Plasterers and stucco masons 60 $29.47 $61,290
Procurement clerks 60 $15.36 $31,940
Property, real estate, and community association managers 60 Not available Not available
Real estate brokers 60 $18.84 $39,190
Shampooers 60 $8.11 $16,870
Architectural and civil drafters 50 $22.54 $46,880
Butchers and meat cutters 50 $10.88 $22,640
Coaches and scouts 50 Not available $30,690
Demonstrators and product promoters 50 $11.20 $23,310
Dental laboratory technicians 50 $15.86 $32,990
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $20.21 $42,040
Family and general practitioners 50 $75.00 More than $145,600
Financial examiners 50 $35.97 $74,820
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 50 $24.27 $50,480
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 50 $34.61 $71,980
Insurance appraisers, auto damage 50 $21.12 $43,930
Job printers 50 $17.78 $36,990
Manicurists and pedicurists 50 $14.40 $29,960
Marketing managers 50 $51.03 $106,140
Nuclear medicine technologists 50 $33.72 $70,150
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 50 $12.60 $26,210
Pest control workers 50 $13.90 $28,920
Postal service clerks 50 Not available Not available
Rehabilitation counselors 50 $23.60 $49,080
Residential advisors 50 $9.85 $20,500
Compensation and benefits managers 40 $42.51 $88,420
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 40 $15.22 $31,670
Engineers, all other 40 $46.93 $97,610
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 40 $10.56 $21,960
Helpers--production workers 40 $10.31 $21,440
Industrial engineers 40 $33.35 $69,370
Lodging managers 40 $25.58 $53,200
Medical and public health social workers 40 $23.38 $48,630
Meeting and convention planners 40 $26.30 $54,700
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 40 Not available Not available
Photographers 40 $26.57 $55,260
Photographic process workers 40 $11.13 $23,150
Photographic processing machine operators 40 $12.26 $25,500
Purchasing managers 40 $33.61 $69,900
Radiation therapists 40 Not available Not available
Reporters and correspondents 40 $36.31 $75,520
Skin care specialists 40 $18.03 $37,510
Surgeons 40 $75.00 More than $145,600
Surveyors 40 $30.01 $62,430
Veterinarians 40 $33.39 $69,460
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 40 $19.70 $40,970
Actuaries 30 $45.45 $94,530
Archivists 30 $24.59 $51,160
Dietitians and nutritionists 30 $25.06 $52,120
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 30 $25.44 $52,910
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 30 $20.94 $43,550
Internists, general 30 $75.00 More than $145,600
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 30 $11.44 $23,800
Occupational therapists 30 $29.54 $61,440
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 30 $17.60 $36,610
Social scientists and related workers, all other 30 $27.30 $56,790
Statisticians 30 $28.55 $59,370
Advertising and promotions managers Not available $30.19 $62,790
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $12.19 $25,350
Bus drivers, school Not available $10.62 $22,090
Civil engineering technicians Not available $24.81 $51,600
Computer software engineers, applications Not available $47.40 $98,600
Credit analysts Not available $19.73 $41,040
Dentists, general Not available $60.77 $126,390
Dietetic technicians Not available $13.58 $28,240
Editors Not available $33.39 $69,460
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school Not available Not available $79,170
Education administrators, postsecondary Not available $35.13 $73,060
Educational, vocational, and school counselors Not available $24.88 $51,740
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers Not available $12.54 $26,080
Electronics engineers, except computer Not available $46.19 $96,070
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $25.83 $53,730
Helpers--carpenters Not available $11.71 $24,360
Industrial engineering technicians Not available $19.63 $40,830
Law clerks Not available $17.12 $35,610
Legislators Not available Not available $38,600
Library assistants, clerical Not available $10.29 $21,410
Library technicians Not available $14.88 $30,950
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Not available $22.66 $47,140
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Not available $10.02 $20,840
Pharmacy aides Not available $9.34 $19,430
Physical therapist assistants Not available $20.26 $42,140
Private detectives and investigators Not available $16.69 $34,710
Production workers, all other Not available $13.24 $27,550
Recreation workers Not available $10.97 $22,820
Respiratory therapists Not available $25.23 $52,470
Sheet metal workers Not available $20.43 $42,500
Social and human service assistants Not available $13.30 $27,650
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Not available $16.40 $34,110
Surgical technologists Not available $19.94 $41,470
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $37,030
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Not available $32.02 $66,610
Telecommunications line installers and repairers Not available $21.70 $45,150
Upholsterers Not available $21.40 $44,510
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