Occupational employment / Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

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 "Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 88,310 $16.36 $34,030
Production occupations 13,610 $15.28 $31,770
Office and administrative support occupations 13,530 $13.70 $28,490
Sales and related occupations 9,120 $14.76 $30,690
Food preparation and serving related occupations 8,220 $8.70 $18,100
Education, training, and library occupations 6,740 $18.98 $39,480
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,020 $14.22 $29,580
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 5,040 $26.57 $55,260
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,740 $17.89 $37,220
Construction and extraction occupations 3,470 $17.57 $36,540
Retail salespersons 3,390 $10.35 $21,520
Management occupations 3,010 $36.57 $76,060
Healthcare support occupations 2,900 $11.99 $24,940
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,560 $11.22 $23,330
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 2,470 $8.05 $16,750
Business and financial operations occupations 2,340 $23.85 $49,610
Cashiers 2,190 $8.66 $18,010
Personal care and service occupations 2,140 $10.41 $21,650
Registered nurses 1,890 $23.70 $49,300
Office clerks, general 1,840 $12.05 $25,070
Customer service representatives 1,800 $13.76 $28,610
Waiters and waitresses 1,610 $8.18 $17,020
Industrial truck and tractor operators 1,560 $14.00 $29,120
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,560 $10.97 $22,820
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,380 $15.75 $32,760
Community and social services occupations 1,310 $15.86 $32,990
Teacher assistants 1,280 Not available $16,580
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 1,220 $10.99 $22,860
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,180 $14.29 $29,720
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,140 $9.88 $20,550
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,090 Not available $39,860
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,070 $26.42 $54,960
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 1,030 $11.47 $23,870
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,010 $12.91 $26,850
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,000 $16.33 $33,970
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 960 $11.70 $24,330
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 960 $24.86 $51,720
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 840 $18.43 $38,330
Cooks, restaurant 830 $9.15 $19,030
Home health aides 830 $10.20 $21,220
Maintenance and repair workers, general 830 $16.24 $33,770
Machinists 820 $16.51 $34,330
Computer and mathematical occupations 810 $24.76 $51,500
Protective service occupations 810 $17.60 $36,600
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 760 $16.03 $33,350
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 750 Not available Not available
Receptionists and information clerks 710 $11.61 $24,160
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 670 $19.74 $41,060
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 670 $16.38 $34,060
Industrial machinery mechanics 620 $21.45 $44,610
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 610 $12.76 $26,540
Bartenders 600 $8.12 $16,890
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 600 $24.06 $50,040
Child care workers 590 $7.92 $16,480
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 560 $16.95 $35,260
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 550 $15.59 $32,440
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 540 $12.31 $25,600
Construction laborers 530 $13.89 $28,900
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 520 $22.02 $45,800
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 510 $10.03 $20,860
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 500 Not available $40,490
General and operations managers 470 $45.32 $94,270
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 470 $20.35 $42,320
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 450 $14.83 $30,850
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 450 $13.37 $27,810
Accountants and auditors 430 $25.31 $52,640
Carpenters 430 $14.20 $29,550
Tellers 430 $10.90 $22,670
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 420 $10.44 $21,710
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 410 Not available $41,070
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 400 Not available $44,210
Child, family, and school social workers 390 $15.80 $32,870
Packers and packagers, hand 390 $11.61 $24,160
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 390 $14.49 $30,140
Business operations specialists, all other 360 $21.54 $44,810
Production workers, all other 360 $13.31 $27,680
Electricians 350 $21.30 $44,310
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 350 $11.39 $23,700
Legal occupations 340 $26.42 $54,950
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 340 $21.82 $45,380
Bus drivers, school 330 Not available Not available
Dishwashers 330 $8.40 $17,470
Food preparation workers 330 $8.72 $18,140
Personal and home care aides 330 $10.50 $21,830
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 320 $13.41 $27,890
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 320 $8.42 $17,510
Industrial engineers 320 $28.45 $59,170
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 300 $14.61 $30,380
Helpers--production workers 300 $12.82 $26,660
Loan officers 300 $25.28 $52,590
Life, physical, and social science occupations 290 $23.09 $48,030
Social and human service assistants 290 $9.95 $20,690
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 270 $20.16 $41,940
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 260 $16.87 $35,090
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 260 $8.19 $17,040
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 260 $12.30 $25,570
Computer support specialists 250 $18.08 $37,610
Legislators 250 Not available $27,160
Medical and health services managers 250 $33.45 $69,580
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 240 $16.20 $33,690
Advertising sales agents 230 $24.29 $50,520
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 230 $16.20 $33,700
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 230 $25.50 $53,030
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 230 $10.43 $21,700
Security guards 230 $12.98 $27,010
Special education teachers, secondary school 230 Not available $42,380
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 220 $13.84 $28,790
Medical assistants 220 $14.75 $30,670
Medical secretaries 220 $12.41 $25,820
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 210 $12.47 $25,930
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 210 $9.05 $18,820
Loan interviewers and clerks 210 $13.65 $28,390
Parts salespersons 210 $15.70 $32,660
Postal service mail carriers 210 Not available Not available
Recreation workers 210 $9.64 $20,050
Tool and die makers 210 $21.73 $45,200
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 200 $10.39 $21,620
Dental assistants 200 $16.03 $33,340
Financial managers 200 $42.78 $88,990
Preschool teachers, except special education 200 $12.78 $26,590
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 200 $33.89 $70,500
Social and community service managers 200 $20.63 $42,920
Coaches and scouts 190 Not available $29,500
Counter and rental clerks 190 $9.58 $19,920
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 190 $28.28 $58,820
Mechanical engineers 190 $28.97 $60,260
Pharmacy technicians 190 $12.19 $25,360
Administrative services managers 180 $35.51 $73,850
Radiologic technologists and technicians 180 $22.19 $46,150
Sales representatives, services, all other 180 $28.50 $59,280
Speech-language pathologists 180 $24.50 $50,960
Automotive body and related repairers 170 $16.03 $33,340
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 170 $16.60 $34,520
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 170 $8.16 $16,970
Medical records and health information technicians 170 $13.81 $28,730
Chief executives 160 $66.61 $138,550
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 150 $45.60 $94,850
Healthcare support workers, all other 150 $13.15 $27,340
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 150 $8.50 $17,690
Lawyers 150 $33.92 $70,560
Managers, all other 150 $36.06 $74,990
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 150 $13.92 $28,950
Pharmacists 150 $45.07 $93,740
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 150 $9.25 $19,250
Butchers and meat cutters 140 $12.13 $25,230
Computer programmers 140 $28.45 $59,180
Medical transcriptionists 140 $15.56 $32,360
Cement masons and concrete finishers 130 $13.38 $27,830
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 130 $15.80 $32,860
Highway maintenance workers 130 $17.20 $35,770
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 130 $16.42 $34,150
Physicians and surgeons, all other 130 More than $70 More than $145,600
Postsecondary teachers, all other 130 Not available $32,010
Training and development specialists 130 $19.49 $40,540
Cost estimators 120 $26.93 $56,000
Family and general practitioners 120 $70.20 $146,020
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 120 $16.26 $33,830
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 120 $11.79 $24,530
Graphic designers 120 $17.70 $36,820
Library technicians 120 $12.72 $26,460
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 120 $18.77 $39,050
Nonfarm animal caretakers 120 $8.51 $17,710
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $15.79 $32,850
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 120 Not available Not available
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 120 $20.99 $43,660
Agricultural equipment operators 110 $11.94 $24,830
Community and social service specialists, all other 110 $12.73 $26,480
Data entry keyers 110 $10.57 $21,980
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 110 Not available $74,830
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 110 $22.64 $47,090
Health technologists and technicians, all other 110 $18.29 $38,050
Industrial production managers 110 $38.08 $79,210
Insurance sales agents 110 $34.81 $72,410
Network and computer systems administrators 110 $25.47 $52,980
Physical therapists 110 $30.49 $63,410
Rehabilitation counselors 110 $16.60 $34,530
Sales managers 110 $41.91 $87,180
Computer systems analysts 100 $27.75 $57,720
Construction managers 100 $40.48 $84,190
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 100 $12.93 $26,890
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 100 $22.27 $46,320
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 100 $16.25 $33,800
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 100 $15.13 $31,460
Market research analysts 100 $20.45 $42,530
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 100 $18.16 $37,780
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 $17.46 $36,320
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 90 $18.94 $39,400
Computer operators 90 $15.13 $31,470
Court, municipal, and license clerks 90 $16.42 $34,150
Education administrators, postsecondary 90 $40.50 $84,240
Farm equipment mechanics 90 $15.34 $31,910
File clerks 90 $9.33 $19,410
Food service managers 90 $19.43 $40,410
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $18.30 $38,060
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 90 $18.17 $37,800
Management analysts 90 $32.12 $66,810
Mechanical drafters 90 $23.89 $49,700
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 90 $24.33 $50,600
Order clerks 90 $14.53 $30,220
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 90 $14.99 $31,180
Printing machine operators 90 $14.87 $30,920
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 90 $28.06 $58,360
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 90 $25.00 $52,010
All other information and record clerks 80 $13.70 $28,500
Amusement and recreation attendants 80 $8.81 $18,330
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 80 $23.37 $48,610
Dental hygienists 80 $28.80 $59,890
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 80 $20.82 $43,300
Food servers, nonrestaurant 80 $8.89 $18,480
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 80 $8.03 $16,690
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 80 $19.79 $41,150
Paralegals and legal assistants 80 $16.31 $33,930
Public relations specialists 80 $19.94 $41,480
Bindery workers 70 $12.26 $25,500
Engineering managers 70 $42.40 $88,190
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 70 $20.63 $42,910
Floral designers 70 $11.22 $23,340
Marketing managers 70 $42.35 $88,090
Personal financial advisors 70 $27.00 $56,170
Roofers 70 $15.07 $31,340
Tire repairers and changers 70 $12.63 $26,280
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 70 $18.08 $37,610
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 70 $11.74 $24,420
Word processors and typists 70 $12.88 $26,780
Bakers 60 $10.13 $21,060
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $69,570
Commercial and industrial designers 60 $17.27 $35,920
Computer software engineers, applications 60 $24.25 $50,440
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 60 $22.72 $47,270
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $60,090
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 60 $16.53 $34,390
Librarians 60 $25.53 $53,110
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 60 Not available $68,010
Physical therapist assistants 60 $16.29 $33,880
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 50 $22.32 $46,430
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 50 $25.35 $52,730
Computer and information systems managers 50 $39.22 $81,570
Editors 50 $16.14 $33,580
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 50 $21.46 $44,630
Food batchmakers 50 $16.66 $34,660
Insurance underwriters 50 $35.48 $73,800
Job printers 50 $14.56 $30,290
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 50 Not available $40,820
Medical and public health social workers 50 $19.60 $40,780
Occupational therapists 50 $27.48 $57,150
Office and administrative support workers, all other 50 $12.99 $27,010
Photographers 50 $12.16 $25,290
Photographic process workers 50 $12.46 $25,920
Photographic processing machine operators 50 $9.25 $19,230
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 50 $14.21 $29,550
Respiratory therapists 50 $20.43 $42,480
Structural iron and steel workers 50 $17.87 $37,170
Surveyors 50 $18.89 $39,280
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 50 $34.76 $72,300
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 40 $18.02 $37,480
Brickmasons and blockmasons 40 $23.47 $48,810
Broadcast technicians 40 $16.58 $34,490
Civil engineering technicians 40 $18.46 $38,390
Civil engineers 40 $28.43 $59,130
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 40 $16.23 $33,750
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 40 $14.21 $29,550
Dental laboratory technicians 40 $19.35 $40,260
Education administrators, all other 40 $43.75 $91,010
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 40 $24.04 $50,010
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 40 $31.24 $64,970
Health educators 40 $16.75 $34,840
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 40 $12.47 $25,930
Patternmakers, metal and plastic 40 $25.88 $53,820
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $68,700
Physician assistants 40 $41.25 $85,800
Recreational therapists 40 $14.36 $29,860
Residential advisors 40 Not available Not available
Sewing machine operators 40 $10.13 $21,080
Sheet metal workers 40 $19.05 $39,620
Switchboard operators, including answering service 40 $10.37 $21,580
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $38,150
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 40 $19.55 $40,650
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 30 $16.49 $34,310
Database administrators 30 $31.31 $65,120
Dentists, general 30 $78.44 $163,160
Desktop publishers 30 $14.96 $31,120
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 30 $13.86 $28,830
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 30 $22.89 $47,600
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 30 $14.21 $29,550
Financial specialists, all other 30 $19.65 $40,880
Helpers--carpenters 30 $10.86 $22,580
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 30 $11.24 $23,390
Human resources managers, all other 30 $33.90 $70,510
Network systems and data communications analysts 30 $26.94 $56,030
Occupational health and safety specialists 30 $20.98 $43,640
Property, real estate, and community association managers 30 Not available Not available
Purchasing managers 30 $34.48 $71,710
Veterinarians 30 $49.25 $102,430
Architectural and civil drafters Not available $17.73 $36,870
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Not available $14.00 $29,130
Cooks, fast food Not available $8.20 $17,050
Cooks, short order Not available $8.64 $17,970
Crane and tower operators Not available $19.74 $41,070
Driver/sales workers Not available $12.07 $25,110
Drywall and ceiling tile installers Not available $15.97 $33,220
Home appliance repairers Not available $16.01 $33,310
Interior designers Not available $18.79 $39,090
Legal secretaries Not available $14.74 $30,650
Locksmiths and safe repairers Not available $15.56 $32,360
Material moving workers, all other Not available $15.11 $31,430
Meter readers, utilities Not available $16.32 $33,940
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $15.71 $32,680
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $15.41 $32,040
Opticians, dispensing Not available $10.63 $22,100
Parking lot attendants Not available $8.76 $18,220
Procurement clerks Not available $13.85 $28,810
Reporters and correspondents Not available $12.89 $26,810
Structural metal fabricators and fitters Not available $17.10 $35,570
Surveying and mapping technicians Not available $14.93 $31,060
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Not available $11.61 $24,140
Team assemblers Not available $17.07 $35,500
Telemarketers Not available $10.08 $20,960
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Not available $16.60 $34,540
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