Occupational employment / Visalia-Porterville, CA

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 "Visalia-Porterville, CA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 135,850 $17.13 $35,620
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 22,150 $9.44 $19,640
Office and administrative support occupations 19,820 $14.24 $29,620
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 19,040 $9.05 $18,820
Sales and related occupations 12,000 $15.43 $32,100
Education, training, and library occupations 11,380 $25.97 $54,020
Transportation and material moving occupations 10,620 $13.16 $27,380
Production occupations 9,460 $14.23 $29,600
Food preparation and serving related occupations 9,280 $9.34 $19,420
Construction and extraction occupations 5,170 $18.72 $38,940
Management occupations 4,900 $41.37 $86,060
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,730 $18.10 $37,650
Retail salespersons 4,410 $11.63 $24,190
Healthcare support occupations 4,290 $12.58 $26,170
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,930 $11.86 $24,670
Office clerks, general 3,560 $11.57 $24,070
Cashiers 3,380 $9.95 $20,700
Business and financial operations occupations 3,100 $27.48 $57,170
Teacher assistants 2,950 Not available $26,340
Community and social services occupations 2,500 $20.17 $41,950
Elementary school teachers, except special education 2,470 Not available $64,020
Registered nurses 2,310 $49.84 $103,660
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,280 $8.89 $18,490
Protective service occupations 2,150 $20.37 $42,370
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 2,090 $17.00 $35,370
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 2,020 $11.45 $23,810
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 2,000 $14.03 $29,190
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,950 $11.02 $22,910
Packers and packagers, hand 1,860 $9.20 $19,140
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,780 $11.04 $22,960
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 1,650 Not available $64,370
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,600 $16.32 $33,940
Personal care and service occupations 1,560 $11.45 $23,820
General and operations managers 1,500 $45.07 $93,740
Waiters and waitresses 1,360 $8.83 $18,370
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,330 $10.09 $20,980
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 1,270 $18.06 $37,570
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 1,270 $8.96 $18,640
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,210 $13.65 $28,380
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 1,160 $20.57 $42,790
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 1,160 $11.37 $23,640
Cooks, fast food 1,150 $8.56 $17,800
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,120 $16.12 $33,530
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,010 $11.80 $24,540
Food preparation workers 980 $9.64 $20,050
Medical secretaries 960 $12.34 $25,660
Customer service representatives 940 $14.50 $30,160
Home health aides 910 $12.23 $25,440
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 890 $12.14 $25,240
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 860 $18.39 $38,250
Medical assistants 840 $13.31 $27,680
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 830 $12.90 $26,830
Life, physical, and social science occupations 810 $25.35 $52,720
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 800 $33.05 $68,750
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 790 $13.98 $29,080
Computer and mathematical occupations 770 $28.79 $59,880
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 720 $12.32 $25,620
Agricultural equipment operators 710 $13.22 $27,500
Architecture and engineering occupations 710 $28.91 $60,140
Food batchmakers 710 $17.22 $35,810
Accountants and auditors 690 $29.17 $60,680
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 690 $13.80 $28,710
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 680 $19.12 $39,770
Carpenters 660 $17.79 $37,010
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 650 $9.10 $18,930
Receptionists and information clerks 650 $12.04 $25,030
Business operations specialists, all other 630 $28.60 $59,480
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 620 $9.15 $19,030
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 610 $14.54 $30,240
Construction laborers 580 $17.87 $37,170
Tellers 570 $11.35 $23,600
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 550 $16.74 $34,820
Counter and rental clerks 540 $10.26 $21,340
Legal occupations 540 $32.11 $66,800
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 540 $26.74 $55,610
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 520 Not available $86,210
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 520 $20.77 $43,200
Cooks, restaurant 510 $10.36 $21,550
Dental assistants 490 $15.73 $32,720
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 490 $23.66 $49,220
Security guards 480 $10.19 $21,190
Bus drivers, school 470 $13.48 $28,030
Electricians 470 $16.65 $34,620
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 460 $28.65 $59,600
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 460 $17.03 $35,420
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 440 $19.85 $41,290
Helpers--production workers 430 $9.84 $20,470
Industrial machinery mechanics 430 $19.55 $40,670
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 410 $29.22 $60,780
Dishwashers 380 $8.68 $18,050
All other information and record clerks 370 $12.73 $26,480
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 370 $9.07 $18,870
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 370 Not available $63,120
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 360 $9.78 $20,350
Sheet metal workers 360 $12.30 $25,590
Child care workers 350 $9.80 $20,380
Cement masons and concrete finishers 340 $20.11 $41,830
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 340 $27.33 $56,850
Self-enrichment education teachers 340 $17.54 $36,480
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 330 $19.55 $40,660
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 330 $17.75 $36,920
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 310 $21.47 $44,660
Postal service mail carriers 310 Not available Not available
Rehabilitation counselors 310 $16.29 $33,870
Sales representatives, services, all other 310 $35.75 $74,360
File clerks 300 $11.35 $23,600
Pharmacy technicians 290 $14.83 $30,860
Team assemblers 290 $10.87 $22,600
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 280 $19.46 $40,480
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 280 $19.84 $41,260
Sales managers 280 $44.41 $92,370
Social and human service assistants 280 $14.21 $29,560
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 270 $8.74 $18,170
Healthcare support workers, all other 270 $15.89 $33,060
Property, real estate, and community association managers 270 $19.09 $39,710
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 270 $13.75 $28,600
Computer support specialists 260 $19.88 $41,360
Financial managers 260 $45.55 $94,750
Medical and health services managers 260 $37.88 $78,800
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 250 $15.03 $31,250
Bill and account collectors 240 $12.85 $26,730
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 240 $15.73 $32,710
Fire fighters 230 $20.29 $42,210
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 230 $8.71 $18,110
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 230 $42.39 $88,160
Amusement and recreation attendants 220 $8.96 $18,640
Cost estimators 220 $22.04 $45,830
Data entry keyers 220 $12.49 $25,980
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 220 $18.51 $38,510
Protective service workers, all other 220 $15.64 $32,520
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 220 Not available $83,220
Driver/sales workers 210 $9.96 $20,710
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 210 $19.27 $40,080
Butchers and meat cutters 200 $13.57 $28,230
Food service managers 200 $20.65 $42,960
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 190 $24.64 $51,250
Lawyers 190 $48.45 $100,770
Management analysts 190 $27.32 $56,830
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 190 $20.89 $43,460
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 180 $11.66 $24,250
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $10.65 $22,160
Painters, construction and maintenance 180 $16.33 $33,960
Parts salespersons 180 $15.10 $31,420
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 170 $13.20 $27,450
Chief executives 170 $57.61 $119,820
Court, municipal, and license clerks 170 $15.26 $31,750
Maintenance workers, machinery 170 $12.44 $25,870
Paralegals and legal assistants 170 $16.75 $34,830
Production workers, all other 170 $10.95 $22,770
Recreation workers 170 $9.86 $20,510
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 170 $14.49 $30,140
Administrative services managers 160 $41.28 $85,860
Bartenders 160 $8.69 $18,070
Farm equipment mechanics 160 $17.39 $36,170
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 160 $19.18 $39,900
Printing machine operators 160 $19.48 $40,520
Respiratory therapists 160 $30.25 $62,920
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 150 $34.16 $71,050
Insurance sales agents 150 $31.92 $66,400
Loan officers 150 $37.51 $78,030
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 150 $17.56 $36,530
Social and community service managers 150 $29.74 $61,850
Switchboard operators, including answering service 150 $10.35 $21,520
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 140 $18.05 $37,530
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 140 $11.31 $23,530
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 140 $9.03 $18,770
Loan interviewers and clerks 140 $15.01 $31,220
Order clerks 140 $13.96 $29,030
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 130 $11.37 $23,660
Family and general practitioners 130 $63.14 $131,320
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 130 $10.24 $21,300
Instructional coordinators 130 $38.03 $79,110
Training and development specialists 130 $20.15 $41,900
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 130 $35.25 $73,320
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 130 Not available $70,560
Agricultural inspectors 120 $19.84 $41,280
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 120 $9.05 $18,820
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 120 $18.47 $38,420
Industrial production managers 120 $54.33 $113,010
Legal secretaries 120 $18.48 $38,430
Library technicians 120 $15.08 $31,370
Managers, all other 120 $37.87 $78,760
Special education teachers, secondary school 120 Not available $75,770
Agricultural and food science technicians 110 $16.98 $35,320
Civil engineers 110 $35.27 $73,360
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 110 $14.06 $29,240
Computer programmers 110 $37.97 $78,980
Construction managers 110 $49.03 $101,970
Cooks, short order 110 $9.45 $19,650
Dental hygienists 110 $36.99 $76,940
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 110 $39.95 $83,090
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 110 $18.79 $39,070
Gaming dealers 110 $10.43 $21,700
Network and computer systems administrators 110 $25.43 $52,900
Office and administrative support workers, all other 110 $14.37 $29,880
Pest control workers 110 $14.79 $30,770
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 110 $28.00 $58,240
Speech-language pathologists 110 $35.52 $73,880
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 110 $14.65 $30,480
Advertising sales agents 100 $19.44 $40,440
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 100 $13.43 $27,940
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 100 $22.98 $47,800
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 100 $13.95 $29,020
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 100 $18.68 $38,860
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 100 $26.16 $54,410
Medical records and health information technicians 100 $13.68 $28,450
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 $13.23 $27,520
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 100 $11.93 $24,810
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 90 $25.19 $52,400
Construction and building inspectors 90 $26.78 $55,710
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $12.76 $26,530
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 90 $35.87 $74,620
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 90 $12.11 $25,190
Marketing managers 90 $48.03 $99,910
Medical and public health social workers 90 $23.54 $48,960
New accounts clerks 90 $15.64 $32,530
Pharmacists 90 $58.48 $121,650
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 90 $8.53 $17,740
Radiologic technologists and technicians 90 $31.54 $65,590
Service station attendants 90 $12.89 $26,810
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 90 $23.50 $48,880
Woodworkers, all other 90 $9.21 $19,150
Architectural and civil drafters 80 $21.35 $44,410
Bakers 80 $11.75 $24,450
Biological technicians 80 $14.84 $30,880
Civil engineering technicians 80 $20.15 $41,910
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 80 $13.14 $27,320
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 80 $45.79 $95,250
Computer software engineers, applications 80 $41.52 $86,360
Dentists, general 80 $81.90 $170,350
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers 80 $36.38 $75,660
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 80 $16.44 $34,200
Graphic designers 80 $21.52 $44,760
Helpers--electricians 80 $13.81 $28,710
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 80 $34.38 $71,510
Pipelayers 80 $16.59 $34,500
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 80 $18.08 $37,610
Postal service clerks 80 Not available Not available
Surgical technologists 80 $21.19 $44,080
Urban and regional planners 80 $27.44 $57,080
Automotive body and related repairers 70 $20.67 $43,000
Community and social service specialists, all other 70 $15.82 $32,910
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 70 $25.02 $52,030
Computer and information systems managers 70 $46.00 $95,680
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 70 $8.92 $18,560
Law clerks 70 $17.54 $36,470
Machinists 70 $15.81 $32,880
Meter readers, utilities 70 $21.43 $44,580
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 70 $19.80 $41,180
Public relations specialists 70 $21.00 $43,670
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 70 $13.01 $27,060
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 70 $19.50 $40,550
Carpet installers 60 $15.02 $31,250
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 60 $13.30 $27,670
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 60 $18.48 $38,450
Education administrators, all other 60 $56.18 $116,860
Engineering managers 60 $52.56 $109,330
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 60 $29.80 $61,980
Network systems and data communications analysts 60 $29.99 $62,380
Opticians, dispensing 60 $14.91 $31,020
Physical therapists 60 $36.93 $76,820
Social workers, all other 60 $18.41 $38,290
Veterinarians 60 $36.38 $75,670
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 60 $18.78 $39,060
Budget analysts 50 $28.71 $59,720
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 50 $16.25 $33,810
Conveyor operators and tenders 50 $11.88 $24,710
Education administrators, postsecondary 50 $54.16 $112,640
Health educators 50 $17.52 $36,450
Librarians 50 $20.06 $41,720
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 50 $13.26 $27,590
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 50 $13.96 $29,030
Personal financial advisors 50 Not available Not available
Photographers 50 $16.61 $34,550
Physician assistants 50 $45.20 $94,010
Prepress technicians and workers 50 $21.86 $45,470
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 50 $10.97 $22,810
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 50 $26.63 $55,390
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 50 $12.00 $24,960
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 50 Not available Not available
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $20.20 $42,020
Computer systems analysts 40 $30.56 $63,570
Dietitians and nutritionists 40 $30.83 $64,120
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 40 $25.68 $53,410
Electronics engineers, except computer 40 $34.80 $72,370
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $25.81 $53,670
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles 40 $15.61 $32,460
Floral designers 40 $12.33 $25,640
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 40 $33.03 $68,710
Human resources managers, all other 40 $50.38 $104,790
Interpreters and translators 40 $21.28 $44,270
Library assistants, clerical 40 $12.99 $27,010
Market research analysts 40 $22.29 $46,370
Office machine operators, except computer 40 $13.85 $28,810
Operations research analysts 40 $35.98 $74,840
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 40 $9.92 $20,640
Physical therapist aides 40 $11.08 $23,040
Physical therapist assistants 40 $18.63 $38,740
Procurement clerks 40 $13.91 $28,930
Purchasing managers 40 $40.62 $84,500
Sales and related workers, all other 40 $17.78 $36,990
Sales engineers 40 $39.88 $82,940
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 40 $34.54 $71,840
Structural iron and steel workers 40 $15.62 $32,490
Word processors and typists 40 $14.16 $29,450
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 30 $15.02 $31,250
Credit analysts 30 $35.38 $73,590
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 30 $25.95 $53,980
Environmental engineering technicians 30 $16.27 $33,850
Helpers--carpenters 30 $10.98 $22,850
Painters, transportation equipment 30 $19.71 $40,990
Travel agents 30 $11.19 $23,280
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Not available $33.50 $69,670
Agricultural workers, all other Not available $11.05 $22,990
Appraisers and assessors of real estate Not available $21.30 $44,310
Architects, except landscape and naval Not available $34.49 $71,730
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Not available $14.75 $30,670
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $25.73 $53,510
Clergy Not available $22.26 $46,290
Coaches and scouts Not available Not available $31,960
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $12.70 $26,410
Detectives and criminal investigators Not available $19.43 $40,410
Diagnostic medical sonographers Not available $36.21 $75,320
Education, training, and library workers, all other Not available $15.18 $31,580
Electrical engineers Not available $36.23 $75,350
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Not available $16.10 $33,480
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $15.01 $31,220
Farm labor contractors Not available $13.54 $28,160
Food servers, nonrestaurant Not available $9.76 $20,300
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Not available $41.51 $86,330
Loan counselors Not available $16.24 $33,780
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $12.00 $24,960
Medical equipment preparers Not available $14.77 $30,730
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Not available $44.01 $91,530
Mental health and substance abuse social workers Not available $15.42 $32,070
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education Not available Not available $68,550
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $10.88 $22,640
Motor vehicle operators, all other Not available $20.58 $42,800
Obstetricians and gynecologists Not available $92.14 $191,650
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Not available $15.12 $31,460
Pharmacy aides Not available $8.83 $18,370
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $97.72 $203,260
Preschool teachers, except special education Not available $11.66 $24,250
Radio and television announcers Not available $13.29 $27,650
Roofers Not available $20.38 $42,380
Security and fire alarm systems installers Not available $15.95 $33,180
Special education teachers, middle school Not available Not available $82,930
Structural metal fabricators and fitters Not available $16.97 $35,290
Tapers Not available $20.99 $43,660
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents Not available $20.11 $41,830
Teachers and instructors, all other Not available Not available $73,890
Telemarketers Not available $13.27 $27,600
Tile and marble setters Not available $21.62 $44,960
Tire repairers and changers Not available $9.58 $19,920
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $17.55 $36,510
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $12.28 $25,540
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