Table 2: 30 Occupations with the Lowest Hourly Wages in Wyoming, 1999^*

Standard Occupational Classification			Mean
Code	Title	Employment	Wage
35-9021	Dishwashers	1,700	$5.85
39-3031	Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	ND**	5.94
35-3031	Waiters and waitresses	ND	5.95
27-4011	Audio and video equipment technicians	ND	5.95
35-3021	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	ND	5.98
51-3099	Food processing workers, all other	ND	5.98
35-9011	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	550	6.25
35-2011	Cooks, fast food	1,000	6.34
39-9011	Child care workers	ND	6.35
51-6011	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	480	6.38
35-3022	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	570	6.55
35-9031	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	270	6.56
51-6021	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	ND	6.61
35-3041	Food servers, nonrestaurant	ND	6.63
43-5021	Couriers and messengers	40	6.66
53-6031	Service station attendants	150	6.70
35-3011	Bartenders	1,560	6.74
53-6021	Parking lot attendants	ND	6.75
51-9132	Photographic processing machine operators	110	6.88
53-7064	Packers and packagers, hand	1,660	6.88
39-9099	Personal care and service workers, all other	150	6.88
39-6011	Baggage porters and bellhops	90	6.94
41-2021	Counter and rental clerks	1,030	7.05
37-2012	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	3,960	7.09
43-4071	File clerks	230	7.11
39-3093	Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants	30	7.12
35-2021	Food preparation workers	740	7.12
43-4081	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	660	7.16
41-2011	Cashiers	4,330	7.23
53-7061	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	360	7.25
Total***		19,670

* Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning, 1999 Wage Survey, March 2001.
** Employment estimates for occupations having fewer than 30 employees are not disclosable, due to confidentiality.
*** Total employment does not include employment from nondisclosable occupations.

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