Occupational employment / Topeka, KS

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 "Topeka, KS" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 109,330 $18.26 $37,980
Office and administrative support occupations 20,000 $14.04 $29,210
Sales and related occupations 9,340 $14.05 $29,220
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,320 $8.42 $17,510
Education, training, and library occupations 7,310 $18.68 $38,840
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 7,160 $28.67 $59,630
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,490 $13.48 $28,040
Management occupations 6,140 $38.20 $79,460
Business and financial operations occupations 6,060 $25.97 $54,020
Production occupations 5,780 $17.12 $35,620
Construction and extraction occupations 5,250 $18.91 $39,340
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,190 $19.23 $39,990
Healthcare support occupations 3,730 $12.07 $25,100
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,650 $10.58 $22,000
Personal care and service occupations 3,320 $10.42 $21,680
Cashiers 2,780 $8.02 $16,690
Protective service occupations 2,630 $18.42 $38,320
Registered nurses 2,530 $26.63 $55,390
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 2,510 $16.42 $34,160
Computer and mathematical occupations 2,480 $28.77 $59,840
Retail salespersons 2,420 $11.92 $24,800
General and operations managers 2,160 $38.52 $80,110
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 2,130 $10.32 $21,460
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,020 $11.81 $24,560
Office clerks, general 2,000 $11.86 $24,660
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,950 $17.35 $36,100
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,770 $7.57 $15,750
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,730 $12.03 $25,020
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,720 $14.37 $29,890
Community and social services occupations 1,630 $18.43 $38,340
Teacher assistants 1,620 Not available $19,350
Waiters and waitresses 1,480 $7.75 $16,110
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,460 $12.17 $25,320
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,430 $19.15 $39,830
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,400 $10.04 $20,890
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,360 Not available $41,580
Legal occupations 1,340 $31.53 $65,570
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,330 $28.51 $59,300
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,330 $15.91 $33,090
Accountants and auditors 1,320 $25.63 $53,300
Customer service representatives 1,290 $14.41 $29,980
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,280 Not available $44,570
Personal and home care aides 1,210 $9.02 $18,770
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,150 $28.49 $59,250
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,100 $14.41 $29,980
Business operations specialists, all other 1,060 $25.98 $54,040
Construction laborers 1,030 $14.26 $29,660
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,020 $17.37 $36,140
Food preparation workers 960 $8.41 $17,500
Maintenance and repair workers, general 940 $15.48 $32,200
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 880 Not available $44,260
Receptionists and information clerks 850 $11.07 $23,040
Correctional officers and jailers 760 $15.04 $31,280
Lawyers 760 $37.15 $77,270
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 760 $25.12 $52,240
Cooks, fast food 750 $7.45 $15,500
Chief executives 710 $53.53 $111,330
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 710 $18.63 $38,750
Packers and packagers, hand 690 $13.52 $28,120
Carpenters 650 $17.03 $35,430
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 650 $7.88 $16,390
Tellers 630 $10.09 $20,980
Cooks, restaurant 620 $9.04 $18,790
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 600 $12.59 $26,190
Home health aides 600 $9.78 $20,340
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 560 $25.34 $52,710
Bus drivers, school 530 $12.50 $25,990
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 500 $16.69 $34,710
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 500 $28.24 $58,730
Computer support specialists 490 $20.74 $43,130
All other information and record clerks 480 $13.93 $28,970
Management analysts 480 $27.56 $57,330
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 480 $14.25 $29,630
Counter and rental clerks 470 $10.39 $21,600
Computer programmers 460 $30.41 $63,240
Financial managers 460 $36.87 $76,690
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 460 $10.67 $22,200
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 450 $26.66 $55,460
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 440 $18.20 $37,850
Child care workers 430 $9.00 $18,730
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 430 $10.66 $22,180
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 430 $24.79 $51,560
Electricians 410 $21.40 $44,520
Recreation workers 410 $11.97 $24,890
Industrial truck and tractor operators 400 $14.32 $29,790
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 390 $13.87 $28,850
Pharmacy technicians 390 $12.19 $25,360
Sales representatives, services, all other 380 $18.35 $38,160
Bartenders 370 $7.71 $16,040
Dishwashers 370 $7.45 $15,500
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 350 $11.24 $23,380
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 350 $25.50 $53,030
Medical secretaries 340 $12.58 $26,170
Computer systems analysts 330 $31.85 $66,260
Managers, all other 330 $42.12 $87,610
Social and human service assistants 330 $14.24 $29,620
Network and computer systems administrators 320 $26.78 $55,690
Postal service mail carriers 320 Not available Not available
Security guards 320 $13.87 $28,840
Coaches and scouts 310 Not available $21,380
Public relations specialists 310 $27.18 $56,530
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 310 $15.26 $31,740
Team assemblers 310 $13.81 $28,720
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 300 $10.56 $21,970
Civil engineers 290 $33.98 $70,670
Loan officers 290 $25.47 $52,980
Medical and health services managers 290 $35.69 $74,230
Civil engineering technicians 280 $20.62 $42,890
Pharmacists 280 $44.17 $91,880
Dental assistants 260 $13.77 $28,650
Paralegals and legal assistants 260 $18.98 $39,470
Data entry keyers 250 $11.27 $23,450
Driver/sales workers 250 $12.10 $25,180
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 250 $11.37 $23,660
Legal secretaries 250 $12.01 $24,980
Medical assistants 250 $11.83 $24,610
Preschool teachers, except special education 250 $14.42 $29,990
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 250 $22.20 $46,170
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 240 $14.26 $29,650
Insurance sales agents 240 $20.16 $41,940
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 240 $12.95 $26,950
Computer software engineers, applications 230 $37.59 $78,190
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 230 $26.52 $55,170
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 230 $28.86 $60,020
Network systems and data communications analysts 230 $23.85 $49,610
Printing machine operators 230 $16.70 $34,730
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 230 $13.45 $27,970
Computer and information systems managers 220 $40.96 $85,190
Cooks, short order 220 $8.36 $17,400
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 220 $26.15 $54,390
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 220 $12.54 $26,090
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 220 $13.81 $28,720
Training and development specialists 220 $23.82 $49,540
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 210 $8.24 $17,140
Couriers and messengers 210 $9.90 $20,580
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 210 $8.21 $17,070
Family and general practitioners 210 $96.44 $200,600
Graphic designers 210 $17.09 $35,540
Industrial machinery mechanics 210 $19.33 $40,200
Market research analysts 210 $29.17 $60,660
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 210 $9.46 $19,670
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 210 $16.75 $34,840
Parts salespersons 200 $12.57 $26,150
Physical therapists 200 $26.98 $56,120
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 200 $28.99 $60,300
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 200 Not available $46,790
Bill and account collectors 190 $13.57 $28,230
Medical records and health information technicians 190 $14.92 $31,040
Administrative services managers 170 $32.96 $68,560
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 170 $26.95 $56,060
Computer operators 170 $15.64 $32,540
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 170 Not available $72,810
File clerks 170 $11.10 $23,090
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 170 $15.62 $32,500
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 170 $25.07 $52,150
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 170 $22.91 $47,640
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 170 $7.59 $15,800
Legislators 170 Not available $35,710
Librarians 170 $25.17 $52,350
Painters, construction and maintenance 170 $20.79 $43,250
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 170 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, secondary school 170 Not available $55,990
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 160 $24.88 $51,750
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 160 $13.80 $28,710
Detectives and criminal investigators 160 $25.02 $52,040
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 160 $15.54 $32,330
Insurance underwriters 160 $23.38 $48,640
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 160 Not available $46,320
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 160 $10.10 $21,010
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 160 $26.84 $55,830
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 160 $16.98 $35,310
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 150 $19.29 $40,120
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 150 $19.36 $40,280
Instructional coordinators 150 Not available Not available
Library assistants, clerical 150 $11.56 $24,040
Prepress technicians and workers 150 $16.50 $34,320
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 150 $11.86 $24,670
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 150 $32.46 $67,510
Construction managers 140 $33.07 $68,780
Cost estimators 140 $26.95 $56,050
Dental hygienists 140 $34.20 $71,140
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 140 $34.13 $71,000
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 140 $29.45 $61,250
Food service managers 140 $21.83 $45,410
Loan interviewers and clerks 140 $13.70 $28,500
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 140 $21.17 $44,040
Radiologic technologists and technicians 140 $21.98 $45,730
Sales managers 140 $32.16 $66,890
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 140 $41.05 $85,380
Sheet metal workers 140 $20.39 $42,410
Amusement and recreation attendants 130 $8.15 $16,960
Cement masons and concrete finishers 130 $19.93 $41,460
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 130 $27.72 $57,650
Computer software engineers, systems software 130 $34.51 $71,780
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 130 $16.51 $34,340
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 130 $20.94 $43,550
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 130 $21.63 $44,980
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 130 $17.37 $36,130
Industrial production managers 130 $36.42 $75,760
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 130 $17.75 $36,920
Mental health counselors 130 $13.71 $28,520
Physical therapist assistants 130 $20.37 $42,370
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 130 $14.07 $29,260
Property, real estate, and community association managers 130 $23.17 $48,200
Switchboard operators, including answering service 130 $10.47 $21,770
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 130 $9.28 $19,300
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 120 $25.73 $53,510
Butchers and meat cutters 120 $12.22 $25,420
Child, family, and school social workers 120 $20.99 $43,670
Database administrators 120 $30.16 $62,730
Financial analysts 120 $31.49 $65,500
Fire fighters 120 $9.22 $19,170
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 120 $21.78 $45,300
Library technicians 120 $15.31 $31,840
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 120 $8.51 $17,690
Medical and public health social workers 120 $19.54 $40,640
Physicians and surgeons, all other 120 $91.78 $190,900
Production workers, all other 120 $12.18 $25,340
Tire repairers and changers 120 $10.13 $21,060
Bindery workers 110 $12.68 $26,380
Brickmasons and blockmasons 110 $24.55 $51,070
Computer specialists, all other 110 $34.68 $72,140
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 110 $24.53 $51,020
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $18.17 $37,800
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 110 $14.79 $30,770
Healthcare support workers, all other 110 $18.46 $38,400
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 110 $8.70 $18,090
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 110 $20.04 $41,680
Office and administrative support workers, all other 110 $13.66 $28,410
Opticians, dispensing 110 $11.40 $23,710
Photographers 110 $12.70 $26,410
Social and community service managers 110 $25.99 $54,070
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 110 $26.16 $54,410
Advertising sales agents 100 $19.42 $40,400
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 100 $22.78 $47,380
Court, municipal, and license clerks 100 $15.34 $31,910
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 100 $14.41 $29,970
Helpers--production workers 100 $9.67 $20,110
Mechanical drafters 100 $18.48 $38,430
Nonfarm animal caretakers 100 $8.96 $18,630
Occupational health and safety specialists 100 $27.51 $57,230
Order clerks 100 $11.21 $23,320
Roofers 100 $14.79 $30,760
Speech-language pathologists 100 $29.53 $61,430
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 100 $8.39 $17,460
Court reporters 90 $25.80 $53,670
Food servers, nonrestaurant 90 $7.80 $16,220
Machinists 90 $15.89 $33,050
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 90 $14.15 $29,430
Personal financial advisors 90 $38.33 $79,730
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 90 $19.66 $40,890
Respiratory therapists 90 $22.02 $45,800
Self-enrichment education teachers 90 $17.47 $36,340
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $21.84 $45,430
Community and social service specialists, all other 80 $18.27 $38,000
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $13.52 $28,120
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 80 $13.63 $28,350
Legal support workers, all other 80 $20.71 $43,070
Machine feeders and offbearers 80 $12.37 $25,730
Occupational therapists 80 $31.47 $65,460
Social workers, all other 80 $24.43 $50,810
Surgical technologists 80 $17.46 $36,310
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 80 Not available $48,490
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 70 $18.28 $38,010
Diagnostic medical sonographers 70 $26.27 $54,650
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 70 $12.30 $25,590
Health educators 70 $20.42 $42,470
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 70 $15.55 $32,350
Mechanical engineers 70 $44.96 $93,510
Medical transcriptionists 70 $14.84 $30,870
Office machine operators, except computer 70 $13.92 $28,950
Public relations managers 70 $48.85 $101,600
Veterinarians 70 $28.15 $58,560
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 60 $12.90 $26,820
Carpet installers 60 $17.70 $36,820
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 60 $13.84 $28,790
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 60 $26.18 $54,460
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 60 $20.64 $42,930
Highway maintenance workers 60 $14.62 $30,400
Human resources managers, all other 60 $40.81 $84,890
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 60 $12.67 $26,360
Pest control workers 60 $15.30 $31,820
Physician assistants 60 $41.08 $85,440
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Power plant operators 60 $22.86 $47,550
Procurement clerks 60 $16.75 $34,840
Purchasing managers 60 $35.52 $73,880
Service station attendants 60 $9.12 $18,970
Architectural and civil drafters 50 $19.48 $40,520
Bakers 50 $10.59 $22,020
Construction and building inspectors 50 $21.47 $44,650
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $13.66 $28,420
Demonstrators and product promoters 50 $12.37 $25,730
Dental laboratory technicians 50 $24.95 $51,890
Editors 50 $27.63 $57,480
Electrical engineers 50 $40.02 $83,240
Engineers, all other 50 $39.41 $81,970
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 50 $16.32 $33,950
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 50 $26.39 $54,880
Helpers--electricians 50 $12.48 $25,970
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 50 $10.18 $21,170
Industrial engineers 50 $33.03 $68,710
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 50 $18.92 $39,360
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 50 $64.85 $134,890
Law clerks 50 $12.21 $25,410
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 50 $11.53 $23,990
Motor vehicle operators, all other 50 $8.90 $18,520
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians 50 $12.31 $25,610
Optometrists 50 $52.90 $110,040
Sales and related workers, all other 50 $15.33 $31,890
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 50 $17.26 $35,890
Surveyors 50 $20.53 $42,710
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 50 $11.22 $23,350
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 40 $19.30 $40,150
Athletic trainers 40 Not available $33,490
Budget analysts 40 $33.16 $68,980
Dentists, general 40 $73.02 $151,890
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $24.79 $51,570
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $33.66 $70,020
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 40 $14.43 $30,010
Engineering managers 40 $44.60 $92,760
Financial specialists, all other 40 $29.99 $62,370
Floral designers 40 $9.75 $20,270
Interior designers 40 $19.96 $41,520
Maintenance workers, machinery 40 $23.34 $48,550
Medical equipment preparers 40 $12.63 $26,280
Meter readers, utilities 40 $7.99 $16,620
Nuclear medicine technologists 40 $31.44 $65,400
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 40 $11.09 $23,070
Physical therapist aides 40 $10.35 $21,540
Postmasters and mail superintendents 40 $26.45 $55,010
Recreational therapists 40 $20.03 $41,660
Special education teachers, middle school 40 Not available $42,690
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 40 $15.60 $32,440
Surveying and mapping technicians 40 $15.53 $32,310
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 40 $42.24 $87,870
Veterinary technologists and technicians 40 $10.11 $21,030
Agricultural equipment operators 30 $12.33 $25,660
Architects, except landscape and naval 30 $32.54 $67,680
Chemical technicians 30 $23.53 $48,930
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 30 $17.33 $36,040
Logisticians 30 $29.45 $61,260
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 30 $14.72 $30,620
Rehabilitation counselors 30 $15.09 $31,390
Word processors and typists 30 $13.52 $28,120
Automotive body and related repairers Not available $18.03 $37,500
Chefs and head cooks Not available $11.88 $24,720
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Not available $14.73 $30,630
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $9.70 $20,170
Desktop publishers Not available $15.14 $31,490
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $10.87 $22,600
Interpreters and translators Not available $13.59 $28,270
Marketing managers Not available $47.09 $97,950
Producers and directors Not available $24.22 $50,380
Real estate sales agents Not available $14.85 $30,880
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Not available $10.12 $21,060
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $14.86 $30,900
Tax preparers Not available $14.53 $30,220
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $17.69 $36,800
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $15.31 $31,830
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials Not available Not available $18,960
Upholsterers Not available $13.34 $27,740
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Not available $15.10 $31,400
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