Occupational employment / Valdosta, 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 "Valdosta, GA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 55,100 $14.65 $30,470
Office and administrative support occupations 10,030 $12.32 $25,620
Sales and related occupations 6,220 $11.41 $23,730
Food preparation and serving related occupations 6,020 $7.99 $16,620
Transportation and material moving occupations 5,410 $12.61 $26,240
Education, training, and library occupations 3,970 $19.75 $41,080
Production occupations 3,660 $12.19 $25,350
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 3,160 $27.41 $57,020
Retail salespersons 2,590 $10.20 $21,210
Construction and extraction occupations 2,440 $14.93 $31,060
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 2,410 $16.62 $34,560
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,090 $7.27 $15,120
Management occupations 1,980 $35.82 $74,510
Customer service representatives 1,970 $9.91 $20,610
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 1,890 $10.73 $22,310
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 1,810 $9.47 $19,690
Cashiers 1,810 $8.06 $16,750
Healthcare support occupations 1,490 $11.55 $24,020
Protective service occupations 1,440 $14.19 $29,520
Personal care and service occupations 1,410 $8.97 $18,660
Business and financial operations occupations 1,160 $24.54 $51,050
Registered nurses 1,070 $25.23 $52,480
Waiters and waitresses 1,070 $7.18 $14,920
Stock clerks and order fillers 970 $10.20 $21,210
General and operations managers 910 $34.25 $71,240
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 910 $18.79 $39,080
Office clerks, general 870 $10.16 $21,130
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 820 $13.84 $28,790
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 800 $11.73 $24,390
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 770 $9.29 $19,330
Industrial truck and tractor operators 760 $12.85 $26,730
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 760 $9.22 $19,170
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 730 $20.10 $41,800
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 720 $15.27 $31,750
Community and social services occupations 700 $18.43 $38,330
Maintenance and repair workers, general 700 $13.95 $29,010
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 690 $9.79 $20,360
Amusement and recreation attendants 680 $9.37 $19,480
Cooks, fast food 680 $7.76 $16,140
Helpers--production workers 640 $9.37 $19,490
Teacher assistants 640 Not available $16,090
Construction laborers 530 $12.61 $26,220
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 530 Not available $51,060
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 470 $7.86 $16,350
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 450 $15.58 $32,400
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 430 $15.05 $31,300
Receptionists and information clerks 430 $10.63 $22,110
Team assemblers 420 $11.08 $23,050
Elementary school teachers, except special education 380 Not available $45,070
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 360 $16.08 $33,440
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 360 $9.56 $19,890
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 360 $11.30 $23,510
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 330 $15.79 $32,850
Child care workers 320 $6.87 $14,290
Dishwashers 310 $7.22 $15,020
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 300 $6.93 $14,420
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 300 $21.84 $45,420
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 280 $16.61 $34,550
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 280 $12.69 $26,390
Counter and rental clerks 280 $10.29 $21,410
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 280 $7.11 $14,780
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 280 Not available $47,620
Architecture and engineering occupations 270 $23.10 $48,040
Packers and packagers, hand 260 $8.00 $16,640
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 250 $16.61 $34,550
Carpenters 250 $13.99 $29,110
Computer and mathematical occupations 250 $22.70 $47,220
Medical assistants 250 $12.52 $26,050
Security guards 250 $10.53 $21,890
Accountants and auditors 240 $26.25 $54,610
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 240 $24.17 $50,280
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 240 $22.53 $46,860
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 230 $8.33 $17,320
Medical secretaries 230 $14.03 $29,180
Tellers 230 $10.29 $21,400
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 220 $7.09 $14,750
Electricians 210 $18.65 $38,780
Special education teachers, secondary school 210 Not available $48,460
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 210 $15.47 $32,180
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 200 $12.05 $25,060
Legal occupations 200 $27.37 $56,920
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 200 $9.27 $19,280
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 190 $17.15 $35,680
Bus drivers, school 180 $7.24 $15,050
Food preparation workers 180 $8.50 $17,680
Cooks, restaurant 170 $9.05 $18,830
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 170 $27.16 $56,500
Cooks, short order 160 $7.94 $16,510
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 160 $13.04 $27,110
Order clerks 150 $13.56 $28,200
Bill and account collectors 140 $13.21 $27,480
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 140 $15.42 $32,080
Business operations specialists, all other 140 $24.31 $50,560
Chief executives 140 $58.72 $122,140
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 140 $8.84 $18,390
Driver/sales workers 140 $12.90 $26,830
Legal secretaries 140 $13.16 $27,360
Postal service mail carriers 140 Not available Not available
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 140 Not available Not available
Child, family, and school social workers 130 $15.02 $31,240
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 130 $11.09 $23,060
Helpers--electricians 130 $9.55 $19,850
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 130 $19.29 $40,120
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 130 $17.24 $35,860
Pharmacy technicians 130 $11.95 $24,850
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 130 $23.38 $48,620
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 120 $8.00 $16,630
Dental assistants 120 $13.87 $28,850
Life, physical, and social science occupations 120 $21.09 $43,880
Logging equipment operators 120 $15.66 $32,570
Medical records and health information technicians 120 $9.01 $18,750
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 120 $14.29 $29,720
Radiologic technologists and technicians 120 $17.84 $37,100
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 120 Not available $53,350
Administrative services managers 110 $20.86 $43,390
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 110 $21.45 $44,610
Medical and health services managers 110 $37.36 $77,710
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 110 $21.78 $45,300
Butchers and meat cutters 100 $10.80 $22,460
Cost estimators 100 $24.43 $50,820
Data entry keyers 100 $9.96 $20,730
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 100 Not available $70,800
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 100 $17.98 $37,400
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 100 $12.85 $26,730
Industrial machinery mechanics 100 $21.97 $45,700
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 100 $11.09 $23,060
Loan interviewers and clerks 100 $13.83 $28,760
Pharmacists 100 $46.54 $96,810
Training and development specialists 100 $22.07 $45,900
Bartenders 90 $7.39 $15,370
Computer support specialists 90 $18.16 $37,780
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 90 $6.85 $14,250
Financial managers 90 $52.56 $109,330
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 90 $19.18 $39,890
Instructional coordinators 90 $25.18 $52,380
Insurance sales agents 90 $14.38 $29,920
Loan officers 90 $30.20 $62,810
Painters, construction and maintenance 90 $11.84 $24,620
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 90 $14.29 $29,730
Switchboard operators, including answering service 90 $10.28 $21,390
Automotive body and related repairers 80 $13.53 $28,140
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 80 Not available Not available
Coaches and scouts 80 Not available $35,110
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 80 $12.73 $26,470
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 80 $7.26 $15,090
Medical and public health social workers 80 $20.04 $41,690
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 80 $16.39 $34,100
Parts salespersons 80 $15.26 $31,750
Recreation workers 80 $9.85 $20,480
Sales managers 80 $42.78 $88,980
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 80 $23.62 $49,120
Self-enrichment education teachers 80 $20.72 $43,100
Family and general practitioners 70 Not available Not available
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 70 $8.41 $17,490
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 70 $9.73 $20,240
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 70 $11.01 $22,890
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 70 Not available $48,140
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 70 $17.46 $36,310
Occupational therapists 70 $42.55 $88,500
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 70 $15.91 $33,090
Real estate sales agents 70 $16.20 $33,690
Social and human service assistants 70 $11.60 $24,130
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 70 $24.95 $51,900
Telemarketers 70 $8.16 $16,960
Tire repairers and changers 70 $11.66 $24,250
Community and social service specialists, all other 60 $14.93 $31,050
Couriers and messengers 60 $7.38 $15,350
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 60 $15.54 $32,310
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 60 $21.65 $45,040
Glaziers 60 Not available Not available
Highway maintenance workers 60 $10.73 $22,310
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 60 $14.14 $29,410
Lawyers 60 $43.11 $89,680
Millwrights 60 $18.95 $39,410
Pest control workers 60 $13.21 $27,470
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 60 $11.25 $23,400
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 60 $8.04 $16,720
Bakers 50 $10.16 $21,130
Construction managers 50 $31.35 $65,200
Court, municipal, and license clerks 50 $13.09 $27,230
Dentists, general 50 $83.43 $173,540
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 Not available Not available
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 50 $15.34 $31,910
File clerks 50 $8.65 $18,000
Floral designers 50 $9.80 $20,390
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 50 $14.04 $29,200
Network and computer systems administrators 50 $23.48 $48,850
Paralegals and legal assistants 50 $21.88 $45,510
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 50 $13.45 $27,980
Printing machine operators 50 $11.70 $24,330
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 50 $18.33 $38,130
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 50 Not available $49,530
Surveying and mapping technicians 50 $13.31 $27,690
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 50 $14.10 $29,320
Advertising sales agents 40 $24.56 $51,090
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 40 $19.52 $40,590
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 40 $16.69 $34,710
Graphic designers 40 $15.56 $32,370
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 40 $23.98 $49,880
Industrial engineers 40 $32.44 $67,470
Industrial production managers 40 $42.26 $87,900
Legislators 40 Not available $14,730
Librarians 40 $26.74 $55,630
Library assistants, clerical 40 $8.35 $17,360
Machinists 40 $14.20 $29,530
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 40 $14.16 $29,450
Medical transcriptionists 40 $12.85 $26,730
Mental health counselors 40 $17.49 $36,380
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 40 $11.93 $24,800
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 40 Not available Not available
Prepress technicians and workers 40 $11.24 $23,390
Procurement clerks 40 $16.99 $35,340
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 40 $14.83 $30,840
Respiratory therapists 40 $22.43 $46,660
Sheet metal workers 40 $13.86 $28,820
Social and community service managers 40 $20.81 $43,280
Architectural and civil drafters 30 $16.99 $35,340
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 30 $24.40 $50,750
Cement masons and concrete finishers 30 $13.37 $27,800
Computer systems analysts 30 $27.87 $57,980
Diagnostic medical sonographers 30 $25.58 $53,200
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 30 $11.59 $24,100
Healthcare support workers, all other 30 $15.60 $32,440
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 30 $15.76 $32,780
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Not available $12.30 $25,590
Crane and tower operators Not available $21.54 $44,800
Dental hygienists Not available $28.42 $59,120
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Not available $9.01 $18,750
Graders and sorters, agricultural products Not available $7.01 $14,580
Home health aides Not available $8.51 $17,700
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $11.85 $24,640
Law clerks Not available $16.45 $34,210
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $12.00 $24,960
Management analysts Not available $28.03 $58,300
New accounts clerks Not available $15.51 $32,270
Physical therapists Not available $41.64 $86,610
Physician assistants Not available $38.99 $81,090
Preschool teachers, except special education Not available $16.60 $34,520
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Not available $8.70 $18,090
Service station attendants Not available $8.42 $17,510
Special education teachers, middle school Not available Not available $52,070
Speech-language pathologists Not available $34.74 $72,250
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $21,180
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