Occupational employment / Yuma, AZ

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 "Yuma, AZ" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 61,320 $15.18 $31,580
Office and administrative support occupations 8,720 $13.43 $27,940
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 8,440 $9.21 $19,150
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 7,580 $8.50 $17,680
Sales and related occupations 6,220 $13.41 $27,880
Food preparation and serving related occupations 4,890 $9.14 $19,020
Transportation and material moving occupations 4,030 $12.41 $25,810
Construction and extraction occupations 3,720 $15.34 $31,900
Education, training, and library occupations 3,370 $17.30 $35,980
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 2,890 $17.20 $35,780
Protective service occupations 2,650 $20.26 $42,140
Production occupations 2,460 $12.62 $26,240
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,430 $10.25 $21,330
Management occupations 2,110 $34.60 $71,970
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 2,090 $30.47 $63,380
Cashiers 1,920 $9.53 $19,830
Business and financial operations occupations 1,670 $25.56 $53,170
Retail salespersons 1,650 $12.06 $25,080
Office clerks, general 1,450 $11.65 $24,230
Healthcare support occupations 1,440 $12.45 $25,900
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,260 $25.55 $53,140
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,150 $10.16 $21,120
Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,020 $15.48 $32,200
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,010 $8.80 $18,300
Waiters and waitresses 940 $8.87 $18,450
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 930 $10.33 $21,490
Registered nurses 930 $29.86 $62,110
Community and social services occupations 870 $19.52 $40,600
Elementary school teachers, except special education 860 Not available $39,290
Telemarketers 820 $10.14 $21,090
General and operations managers 770 $38.05 $79,140
Detectives and criminal investigators 760 $24.97 $51,940
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 740 $13.93 $28,980
Packers and packagers, hand 740 $8.75 $18,200
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 720 $12.12 $25,220
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 700 $18.20 $37,860
Stock clerks and order fillers 680 $10.72 $22,290
Personal care and service occupations 660 $10.42 $21,680
Teacher assistants 660 Not available $20,780
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 640 Not available $41,580
Receptionists and information clerks 610 $12.21 $25,390
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 600 $9.77 $20,320
Correctional officers and jailers 580 $17.22 $35,810
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 550 $7.88 $16,390
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 540 $12.90 $26,830
Construction laborers 520 $12.92 $26,880
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 520 $15.75 $32,770
Customer service representatives 510 $13.57 $28,220
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 510 $18.80 $39,110
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 470 $11.95 $24,850
Cooks, restaurant 460 $9.38 $19,500
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 450 $8.58 $17,840
Carpenters 440 $14.64 $30,450
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 440 $12.37 $25,730
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 430 $17.60 $36,610
Home health aides 400 $9.87 $20,520
Industrial truck and tractor operators 390 $13.15 $27,350
Computer and mathematical occupations 340 $28.58 $59,450
Helpers--production workers 340 $10.84 $22,550
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 340 $26.26 $54,630
Security guards 340 $10.19 $21,200
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 330 $13.48 $28,040
Agricultural equipment operators 310 $10.60 $22,050
Accountants and auditors 300 $26.73 $55,600
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 300 $24.71 $51,400
Electricians 300 $19.89 $41,370
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 300 $21.33 $44,360
Bartenders 290 $9.38 $19,510
Life, physical, and social science occupations 280 $26.04 $54,160
Business operations specialists, all other 270 $27.68 $57,570
Tellers 270 $11.30 $23,500
Food preparation workers 260 $8.95 $18,620
Medical assistants 260 $14.35 $29,840
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 250 $14.66 $30,490
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 240 $24.91 $51,820
Legal occupations 230 $31.00 $64,480
Counter and rental clerks 220 $11.27 $23,440
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 210 $26.40 $54,910
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 210 $32.29 $67,170
Cement masons and concrete finishers 190 $14.00 $29,130
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 190 $28.99 $60,290
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 180 $13.44 $27,950
Court, municipal, and license clerks 180 $15.67 $32,600
Fire fighters 180 $17.20 $35,780
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 180 $9.37 $19,480
Brickmasons and blockmasons 170 $14.25 $29,640
Dishwashers 170 $8.15 $16,950
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 170 $21.57 $44,860
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 170 $20.71 $43,070
Plasterers and stucco masons 170 $12.82 $26,670
Preschool teachers, except special education 170 $8.92 $18,560
Bus drivers, school 160 $11.71 $24,350
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 160 $8.58 $17,840
Industrial machinery mechanics 160 $17.64 $36,700
Parts salespersons 150 $13.22 $27,500
Postal service mail carriers 150 Not available Not available
Child, family, and school social workers 140 $18.39 $38,240
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 140 $12.16 $25,290
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 140 $16.80 $34,950
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 140 $7.82 $16,270
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 140 $8.58 $17,850
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 140 $19.70 $40,980
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 130 $14.09 $29,310
Bill and account collectors 120 $15.14 $31,480
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 120 $8.45 $17,570
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 120 $23.00 $47,830
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 120 $12.86 $26,750
Lawyers 120 $37.59 $78,190
Management analysts 120 $33.85 $70,400
Painters, construction and maintenance 120 $13.55 $28,190
Sheet metal workers 120 $13.67 $28,440
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 110 $15.94 $33,150
Glaziers 110 $10.56 $21,960
Legal secretaries 110 $15.58 $32,400
Medical and health services managers 110 $31.95 $66,450
Pharmacy technicians 110 $12.88 $26,800
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 110 $11.47 $23,860
Sales managers 110 $33.65 $70,000
Administrative services managers 100 $30.27 $62,950
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 100 $23.56 $49,000
Bakers 100 $9.65 $20,080
Cost estimators 100 $23.53 $48,950
Health educators 100 $17.04 $35,450
Managers, all other 100 $38.05 $79,150
Recreation workers 100 $12.17 $25,310
Butchers and meat cutters 90 $12.55 $26,100
Computer support specialists 90 $19.83 $41,250
Dental assistants 90 $14.78 $30,740
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 90 Not available $78,780
Engineering managers 90 $33.76 $70,230
File clerks 90 $10.13 $21,060
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 90 $20.05 $41,700
Pharmacists 90 $54.56 $113,480
Stonemasons 90 $13.11 $27,270
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 90 $16.34 $33,990
Civil engineers 80 $35.50 $73,840
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 80 $13.19 $27,430
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 80 $15.28 $31,790
Farm equipment mechanics 80 $14.63 $30,430
Financial managers 80 $37.22 $77,420
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 80 $21.70 $45,140
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 80 $24.37 $50,690
Radiologic technologists and technicians 80 $25.07 $52,150
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 80 $31.75 $66,030
All other information and record clerks 70 $17.13 $35,620
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 70 $19.89 $41,360
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 70 $14.70 $30,570
Construction and building inspectors 70 $20.56 $42,770
Construction managers 70 $36.43 $75,780
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 70 $17.15 $35,670
Engineers, all other 70 $44.76 $93,100
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers 70 $41.37 $86,040
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 70 $21.72 $45,180
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 70 $11.07 $23,030
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 70 $11.79 $24,520
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 70 $16.74 $34,830
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 70 $19.66 $40,880
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 70 Not available $40,510
Medical records and health information technicians 70 $12.18 $25,330
Medical secretaries 70 $12.67 $26,360
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 70 $15.40 $32,040
Protective service workers, all other 70 $15.38 $31,990
Social and community service managers 70 $26.12 $54,340
Agricultural inspectors 60 $17.68 $36,780
Automotive body and related repairers 60 $10.58 $22,010
Child care workers 60 $8.35 $17,360
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 60 $13.94 $28,980
Food servers, nonrestaurant 60 $8.49 $17,650
Food service managers 60 $22.33 $46,440
Instructional coordinators 60 $22.07 $45,900
Mechanical engineers 60 $33.63 $69,950
Medical and public health social workers 60 $22.13 $46,040
Pest control workers 60 $13.60 $28,280
Property, real estate, and community association managers 60 $21.85 $45,450
Real estate sales agents 60 Not available Not available
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 60 Not available $38,150
Special education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $48,360
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 60 $12.63 $26,270
Computer programmers 50 $27.01 $56,180
Data entry keyers 50 $12.15 $25,280
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 50 $14.46 $30,080
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 50 $28.79 $59,890
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 50 $9.12 $18,980
Helpers--carpenters 50 $10.21 $21,240
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 50 $8.40 $17,480
Librarians 50 $20.34 $42,310
Lodging managers 50 $20.08 $41,770
Maintenance workers, machinery 50 $12.87 $26,760
Meter readers, utilities 50 $9.70 $20,180
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 50 $21.65 $45,030
Network and computer systems administrators 50 $27.09 $56,350
Order clerks 50 $11.79 $24,520
Paralegals and legal assistants 50 $19.80 $41,190
Pipelayers 50 $14.88 $30,940
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 50 $18.62 $38,720
Respiratory therapists 50 $24.51 $50,980
Social and human service assistants 50 $14.82 $30,830
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 50 $21.98 $45,720
Switchboard operators, including answering service 50 $10.99 $22,870
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 50 $20.34 $42,310
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 40 $19.90 $41,400
Chefs and head cooks 40 $15.77 $32,800
Dentists, general 40 Not available Not available
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 40 $16.78 $34,900
Highway maintenance workers 40 $14.99 $31,180
Library technicians 40 $12.87 $26,760
Machinists 40 $17.97 $37,370
Nonfarm animal caretakers 40 $10.48 $21,800
Postal service clerks 40 Not available Not available
Surveying and mapping technicians 40 $27.68 $57,580
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 40 $10.54 $21,920
Tire repairers and changers 40 $9.82 $20,430
Training and development specialists 40 $17.47 $36,340
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 40 $35.12 $73,050
Word processors and typists 40 $14.38 $29,910
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 30 $9.64 $20,050
Chief executives 30 $55.79 $116,040
Civil engineering technicians 30 $24.94 $51,870
Computer and information systems managers 30 $42.40 $88,200
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 30 $32.89 $68,420
Graphic designers 30 $17.06 $35,480
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons 30 $10.42 $21,670
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 30 $25.54 $53,120
Legislators 30 Not available $25,760
Physician assistants 30 $39.01 $81,140
Procurement clerks 30 $15.41 $32,050
Surveyors 30 $23.01 $47,860
Urban and regional planners 30 $25.25 $52,520
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $10.29 $21,400
Cooks, fast food Not available $8.30 $17,260
Driver/sales workers Not available $13.01 $27,060
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Not available $9.05 $18,820
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics Not available $13.64 $28,370
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists Not available $17.82 $37,060
Fence erectors Not available $13.64 $28,360
Financial specialists, all other Not available $24.48 $50,920
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Not available $12.58 $26,160
Food batchmakers Not available $9.53 $19,830
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Not available $10.89 $22,650
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Not available $13.47 $28,020
Insurance sales agents Not available $19.11 $39,750
Internists, general Not available $92.27 $191,920
Loan interviewers and clerks Not available $18.98 $39,470
Loan officers Not available $23.44 $48,750
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $11.98 $24,920
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Not available $20.31 $42,230
Personal and home care aides Not available $9.69 $20,160
Physicians and surgeons, all other Not available $80.55 $167,540
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Not available $13.13 $27,300
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Not available $19.31 $40,160
Roofers Not available $14.91 $31,020
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Not available $15.65 $32,560
Tile and marble setters Not available $15.82 $32,900
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer Not available $14.87 $30,930
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $11.07 $23,030
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