Table 5: Central-Southeast Region Hourly, Mean, Entry and Experienced Level Wage by Industry and Occupation |
Hourly Wage | |||||
Total | Mean | Entry | Experienced | ||
Code | Occupational Title | Employment | Wage | Level | Level |
I. Managerial and Administrative Occupations | |||||
A. Staff and Administrative Specialty Managerial Occupations | |||||
13002 | Financial managers | 70 | $21.92 | $12.69 | $25.14 |
13005 | Personnel, training & labor relations managers | 30 | 17.46 | 12.42 | 22.82 |
13008 | Purchasing managers | 40 | 13.06 | 8.35 | 15.51 |
13011 | Marketing/advertising/public relations managers | 30 | 16.82 | 11.55 | 17.55 |
13014 | Administrative managers | 50 | 10.86 | 8.64 | 13.23 |
13017 | Engineering, mathematical & natural sciences managers | 40 | 34.60 | 29.40 | 43.24 |
B. Line and Middle Management Industry Specific Managerial Occupations | |||||
15002 | Postmasters and mail superintendents | 40 | 18.54 | 12.79 | 22.13 |
15005 | Education administrators | 70 | 27.59 | 24.54 | 38.46 |
15008 | Health services managers | 30 | 22.91 | 16.28 | 32.21 |
15011 | Property/real estate managers | 70 | 6.34 | 5.49 | 7.35 |
15017 | Construction managers | 70 | 20.67 | 15.26 | 22.62 |
15021 | Mining/quarrying/oil-gas well drilling managers | 40 | 12.34 | 10.35 | 11.05 |
15023 | Communications/transportation & utilities managers | 30 | 25.19 | 21.12 | 34.98 |
15026 | Food service/lodging managers | 170 | 8.67 | 6.63 | 9.86 |
C. Other Managerial and Administrative Occupations | |||||
19005 | General managers & top executives | 780 | 18.24 | 10.00 | 23.56 |
19999 | All other managers & administrators | 140 | 17.77 | 12.51 | 22.15 |
II. Professional, Paraprofessional, and Technical Occupations | |||||
A. Management Support Occupations | |||||
1. Accountants, Auditors, and Other Financial Specialists | |||||
21108 | Loan officers & counselors | 50 | $15.59 | $12.29 | $18.04 |
21114 | Accountants & auditors | 140 | 15.80 | 11.79 | 18.77 |
2. Purchasing Agents and Buyers | |||||
21308 | Purchasing agents | 20 | 13.48 | 7.53 | 17.79 |
3. Personnel, Training, Labor Relations Specialists, and Related Workers | |||||
21511 | Personnel, training & labor relations specialists | 80 | 24.84 | 20.48 | 29.04 |
4. Other Management Support Workers | |||||
21902 | Cost estimators | 30 | 12.94 | 9.76 | 15.79 |
21911 | Compliance officers, except construction | 20 | 20.75 | 14.80 | 25.87 |
21999 | All other management support workers | 70 | 16.87 | 12.88 | 19.92 |
B. Engineers and Related Occupations | |||||
1. Engineers | |||||
22121 | Civil engineers, including traffic | 30 | 22.55 | 20.19 | 23.77 |
22127 | Computer engineers | 10 | 16.65 | 11.90 | 18.59 |
2. Architects and Surveying and Mapping Scientists | |||||
22311 | Surveying & mapping scientists | 10 | 15.58 | 13.99 | 15.48 |
3. Engineering and Related Technicians and Technologists | |||||
22514 | Drafters | 20 | 10.25 | 7.95 | 11.86 |
22521 | Surveying & mapping technicians & technologists | 10 | 8.51 | 6.63 | 8.40 |
C. Natural Scientists and Related Workers | |||||
1. Life Scientists | |||||
24302 | Foresters & conservation scientists | 40 | 20.45 | 17.72 | 22.66 |
24305 | Agricultural & food scientists | 10 | 22.26 | 18.38 | 27.81 |
D. Computer, Mathematical, Operations Research, and Related Occupations | |||||
1. Computer Scientists and Related Workers | |||||
25102 | Systems analysts | 10 | 18.85 | 13.98 | 22.61 |
25104 | Computer support specialists | 20 | 12.69 | 8.45 | 17.35 |
25108 | Computer programmer aides | 20 | 9.99 | 8.32 | 11.55 |
E. Social Scientists and Other Social, Recreational, and Religious Occupations | |||||
1. Other Social Science Related Workers | |||||
27302 | Social workers, medical & psychiatric | 40 | 14.59 | 12.66 | 15.85 |
27307 | Residential counselors | 220 | 7.61 | 6.70 | 8.34 |
27308 | Human services workers | 140 | 7.71 | 6.73 | 8.26 |
27311 | Recreation workers | 110 | 7.04 | 5.55 | 7.84 |
F. Law and Related Occupations | |||||
1. Layers and Related Workers | |||||
28108 | Lawyers | 10 | 18.69 | 17.40 | 19.51 |
G. Teachers, Educators, Librarians, and Related Occupations | |||||
1. Other Teachers and Instructors | |||||
31305 | Teachers, elementary school | 320 | 15.74 | 13.76 | 18.20 |
31321 | Instructors & coaches, sports & physical training | 140 | 8.67 | 6.60 | 9.93 |
31399 | All other teachers/instructors | 240 | 10.64 | 8.71 | 11.94 |
2. Librarians, Archivists, Curators, and Other Education Related Workers | |||||
31514 | Vocation/education counselors | 30 | 13.08 | 10.57 | 15.53 |
31521 | Teacher aides, paraprofessional | 260 | 6.52 | 5.58 | 7.55 |
H. Health Practitioners, Technologists, Technicians, and Related Health Occupations | |||||
1. Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners | |||||
32102 | Physicians & surgeons | 100 | 53.39 | 52.02 | N.A. |
32105 | Dentists | 30 | 44.11 | 33.46 | N.A. |
32114 | Veterinarians & veterinary inspectors | 30 | 18.25 | 15.74 | 18.51 |
2. Therapists | |||||
32302 | Respiratory therapists | 20 | 11.64 | 5.84 | 15.34 |
32305 | Occupational therapists | 10 | 24.60 | 20.84 | 33.80 |
32317 | Recreational therapists | 10 | 9.75 | 8.86 | 11.03 |
3. Health Care Maintenance and Treating Workers | |||||
32502 | Registered nurses | 410 | 15.51 | 13.35 | 17.97 |
32505 | Licensed practical nurses | 190 | 11.09 | 9.59 | 12.41 |
32508 | Emergency medical technicians | 150 | 8.29 | 6.21 | 9.33 |
32517 | Pharmacists | 40 | 24.48 | 20.01 | 32.49 |
32518 | Pharmacy technicians | 30 | 9.31 | 7.99 | 10.80 |
32521 | Dietitians & nutritionists | 10 | 11.01 | 7.12 | 15.22 |
4. Other Health Professionals, Paraprofessionals, and Technicians | |||||
32908 | Dental hygienists | 70 | 18.84 | 17.45 | 19.65 |
32911 | Medical records technicians | 20 | 11.09 | 7.79 | 13.08 |
32919 | Radiologic technologists | 30 | 13.72 | 11.67 | 15.33 |
I. Writers, Artists, Entertainers, Athletes, and Related Occupations | 34008 | Public relations specialists & publicity writers | 20 | 18.52 | 12.23 | 18.86 |
34011 | Reporters & correspondents | 20 | 8.04 | 6.32 | 9.37 |
34038 | Designers, except interior | 20 | 6.52 | 5.64 | 7.51 |
J. Other Professional, Paraprofessional, and Technical Occupations | 39999 | All other professional, paraprofessional/technicians | 70 | 16.40 | 10.24 | 22.78 |
III. Sales and Related Occupations | |||||
A. First Line Supervisors and Managers/Supervisors-Sales and Related Workers | |||||
41002 | First line supervisors, sales & related | 370 | $11.17 | $8.23 | $13.06 |
B. Sales Occupations, Service | |||||
43023 | Sales agents, advertising | 30 | 8.72 | 6.50 | 10.60 |
C. Merchandise, Products, and Other Sales and Sales-Related Occupations | |||||
49005 | Salespersons, scientific products & services | 70 | 17.71 | 14.44 | 18.64 |
49008 | Salespersons, except scientific & retail | 40 | 8.73 | 5.54 | 8.43 |
49011 | Salespersons, retail | 610 | 6.94 | 5.48 | 7.67 |
49014 | Salespersons, parts | 120 | 8.46 | 6.08 | 9.72 |
49017 | Counter & rental clerks | 160 | 6.05 | 5.41 | 6.83 |
49021 | Stock clerks, sales floor | 340 | 7.27 | 5.63 | 8.55 |
49023 | Cashiers | 970 | 6.31 | 5.44 | 7.03 |
49999 | All other sales & related workers | 70 | 7.47 | 6.25 | 7.96 |
IV. Clerical and Administrative Support Occupations | |||||
A. First Line Supervisors & Managers/Supervisors | |||||
51002 | First line supervisors, clerical & administrative | 240 | $11.86 | $8.11 | $14.09 |
B. Industry Specific Clerical and Administrative Support Occupations | |||||
1. Banking, Security, Finance, and Credit Workers | |||||
53102 | Tellers | 80 | 7.70 | 6.68 | 8.38 |
53105 | New accounts clerks | 20 | 6.98 | 6.19 | 7.77 |
53121 | Loan & credit clerks | 20 | 8.10 | 6.85 | 9.28 |
2. Insurance Workers | |||||
53314 | Insurance policy processing clerks | 10 | 8.11 | 6.71 | 8.66 |
3. Investigative and Related Workers, Except Insurance | |||||
53508 | Bill & account collectors | 20 | 9.26 | 6.05 | 12.06 |
4. Municipal and Related Workers | |||||
53702 | Court clerks | 20 | 10.55 | 8.82 | 12.01 |
5. Lodging and Travel Workers | |||||
53808 | Hotel desk clerks | 80 | 6.06 | 5.42 | 6.83 |
6. Other Industry Specific Workers | |||||
53905 | Teachers' aides & assistants, clerical | 80 | 6.59 | 5.64 | 7.51 |
C. Secretarial and General Office Occupations | |||||
1. Secretaries | |||||
55105 | Medical secretaries | 80 | 8.97 | 7.12 | 10.50 |
55108 | Secretaries, except legal & medical | 400 | 8.46 | 6.83 | 9.67 |
2. Other Secretarial Related and General Office Workers | |||||
55305 | Receptionists & information clerks | 170 | 8.13 | 6.60 | 9.25 |
55307 | Typists, including word processing | 50 | 6.32 | 5.53 | 7.32 |
55314 | Personnel clerks, except payroll & timekeeping | 10 | 12.54 | 8.00 | 15.11 |
55321 | File clerks | 40 | 7.57 | 6.49 | 8.34 |
55323 | Order clerks, materials, merchandise & service | 10 | 8.99 | 7.17 | 10.45 |
55338 | Bookkeeping, accounting & auditing clerks | 480 | 8.41 | 6.59 | 9.63 |
55341 | Payroll & timekeeping clerks | 10 | 9.84 | 6.99 | 12.58 |
55344 | Billing, cost & rate clerks | 20 | 7.36 | 5.80 | 8.23 |
55347 | General office clerks | 470 | 8.00 | 6.17 | 9.18 |
D. Electronic Data Processing and Other Office Machine Occupations | |||||
56002 | Operators, billing/posting/calculating machines | 40 | 9.16 | 7.40 | 10.26 |
56011 | Computer operators, except peripheral equipment | 10 | 9.04 | 7.46 | 10.14 |
E. Communications Equipment Operators | |||||
1. Communications Equipment Operators | |||||
57102 | Switchboard operators | 10 | 8.13 | 6.14 | 10.42 |
2. Mail and Message Distribution Workers | |||||
57302 | Mail clerks, except machine operators | 10 | 7.60 | 6.32 | 8.30 |
57311 | Messengers | 20 | 5.74 | 5.41 | 5.93 |
F. Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Occupations | |||||
58002 | Dispatchers, police, fire & ambulance | 50 | 8.80 | 6.78 | 10.70 |
58005 | Dispatchers, except police, fire & ambulance | 30 | 7.29 | 5.41 | 7.72 |
58023 | Stock clerks, stockroom, warehouse or storage yard | 90 | 9.09 | 6.66 | 10.70 |
58028 | Traffic, shipping, & receiving clerks | 100 | 12.20 | 7.65 | 16.07 |
V. Service Occupations | |||||
A. First Line Supervisors and Managers/Supervisors-Service | |||||
61008 | Housekeeping supervisors | 40 | $8.22 | $5.62 | $10.64 |
61099 | All other service supervisors | 110 | 9.47 | 6.90 | 11.34 |
B. Protective Service Occupations | |||||
63008 | Fire fighters | 60 | 14.51 | 13.60 | 15.44 |
63014 | Police patrol officers | 100 | 13.97 | 10.96 | 16.23 |
63047 | Guards & watch guards | 10 | 7.25 | 5.49 | 9.00 |
C. Food and Beverage Preparation and Service Occupations | |||||
65002 | Hosts & hostesses, lounge, restaurant & coffee shop | 90 | 5.78 | 5.38 | 5.92 |
65005 | Bartenders | 140 | 6.15 | 5.41 | 6.62 |
65008 | Waiters & waitresses | 470 | 5.97 | 5.40 | 6.44 |
65014 | Dining room & cafeteria attendants, bartender helpers | 70 | 6.04 | 5.43 | 6.78 |
65017 | Counter attendants, coffee shop, lunchroom, cafeteria | 200 | 5.49 | 5.32 | 5.65 |
65021 | Bakers, bread & pastry | 60 | 6.89 | 5.73 | 7.84 |
65023 | Butchers & meat cutters | 70 | 9.45 | 7.20 | 11.70 |
65026 | Cooks, restaurant | 180 | 7.83 | 5.62 | 10.18 |
65028 | Cooks, institution or cafeteria | 180 | 7.33 | 6.43 | 8.08 |
65032 | Cooks, fast food | 210 | 5.57 | 5.36 | 5.80 |
65035 | Cooks, short order | 70 | 6.77 | 5.93 | 7.65 |
65038 | Food preparation workers | 290 | 6.19 | 5.47 | 7.09 |
65041 | Combined food preparation & service workers | 550 | 5.51 | 5.36 | 5.78 |
65099 | All other food service workers | 60 | 6.15 | 5.44 | 7.03 |
D. Health Service and Related Occupations | |||||
66002 | Dental assistants | 70 | 8.29 | 6.98 | 9.17 |
66005 | Medical assistants | 50 | 7.75 | 6.05 | 9.13 |
66008 | Nursing aides, orderlies & attendants | 500 | 7.38 | 6.62 | 8.08 |
66011 | Home health aides | 80 | 7.56 | 6.71 | 8.25 |
66017 | Physical & corrective therapy assistants & aides | 10 | 10.03 | 7.12 | 13.77 |
66099 | All other health service workers | 10 | 8.67 | 7.01 | 10.45 |
E. Cleaning and Building Service Occupations | |||||
67002 | Maids & housekeeping cleaners | 490 | 6.71 | 5.64 | 7.75 |
67005 | Janitors & cleaners | 340 | 6.86 | 5.51 | 8.22 |
67099 | All other cleaning & building service workers | 50 | 7.97 | 6.00 | 9.29 |
F. Personal Service Occupations | |||||
68005 | Hairdressers, hairstylists & cosmetologists | 140 | 8.64 | 7.05 | 10.53 |
68014 | Amusement & recreation attendants | 180 | 5.60 | 5.33 | 5.69 |
68017 | Guides | 30 | 8.68 | 7.06 | 10.38 |
68035 | Personal and home care aides | 20 | 6.70 | 5.76 | 7.76 |
68038 | Child care workers | 80 | 5.41 | 5.36 | 5.80 |
G. Other Service Occupations | |||||
69999 | All other service workers | 20 | 7.21 | 5.61 | 8.23 |
VI. Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing, and Related Occupations | |||||
A. First Line Supervisors | |||||
72002 | First line supervisors, agricultural/forestry/fishing | 10 | $16.93 | $14.09 | $16.00 |
B. Timber Cutting and Logging Occupations-see also material moving next division | |||||
73002 | Fallers & buckers | 30 | 10.87 | 9.44 | 12.45 |
73008 | Log handling equipment operators | 30 | 15.47 | 12.11 | 18.33 |
C. Other Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing, and Related Occupations | |||||
79002 | Forest/conservation workers | 20 | 13.05 | 9.73 | 14.65 |
79041 | Laborers, landscaping & groundskeeping | 290 | 7.71 | 6.36 | 8.36 |
79999 | All other agricultural, forestry & fishing workers | 60 | 8.93 | 7.06 | 9.64 |
VII. Production, Construction, Operating, Maintenance, and Material | |||||
A. First Line Supervisors and Managers/Supervisors-Production, Construction, | |||||
81002 | First line supervisors, mechanics/installers/repairers | 90 | $20.03 | $13.50 | $27.25 |
81005 | First line supervisors, trades & extractive | 90 | 15.74 | 9.92 | 19.44 |
81008 | First line supervisors, production & operating | 60 | 17.78 | 9.75 | 23.27 |
81011 | First line supervisors, transport/moving machines | 20 | 19.89 | 17.40 | 21.98 |
81099 | All other first line supervisors, product/construct/maintenance | 30 | 17.23 | 11.34 | 21.47 |
B. Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | |||||
1. Machinery and Related Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | |||||
85132 | Maintenance repairers, general utility | 330 | 9.35 | 6.20 | 11.04 |
2. Mobile Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | |||||
85302 | Automotive mechanics | 140 | 11.21 | 8.93 | 11.93 |
85305 | Automotive body & related repairers | 30 | 12.97 | 9.89 | 16.02 |
85311 | Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists | 100 | 14.76 | 11.86 | 17.53 |
85314 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 30 | 15.13 | 12.75 | 17.40 |
85321 | Farm equipment mechanics | 20 | 11.70 | 9.51 | 14.21 |
85723 | Electrical powerline installers & repairers | 40 | 17.82 | 16.63 | 19.32 |
3. Other Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | |||||
85999 | All other mechanics, installers & repairers | 20 | 11.69 | 9.70 | 10.95 |
C. Construction Trades and Extractive Occupations, Except Material Moving | |||||
1. Carpentry and Related Workers | |||||
87102 | Carpenters | 190 | 11.67 | 9.42 | 13.16 |
2. Masonry and Related Workers | |||||
87311 | Concrete & terrazzo finishers | 50 | 11.48 | 9.35 | 12.89 |
3. Painting and Related Workers | |||||
87402 | Painters & paperhangers, construction & maintenance | 80 | 8.91 | 5.49 | 11.52 |
4. Road, Rail, and Related Construction and Maintenance Workers, Except Masonry Workers | |||||
87708 | Paving, surfacing & tamping equipment operators | 60 | 12.00 | 10.29 | 14.27 |
87711 | Highway maintenance workers | 60 | 10.44 | 9.11 | 11.14 |
5. Other Construction Trades Workers | |||||
87808 | Roofers | 70 | 8.74 | 6.70 | 10.65 |
D. Precision Production Occupations | |||||
1. Precision Metal Workers | |||||
89111 | Tool grinders, filers & sharpeners | 20 | 12.88 | 11.37 | 14.67 |
E. Machine Setters, Set-up Operators, Operators and Tenders | |||||
1. Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Related Workers | |||||
92308 | Sawing machine operators | 40 | 6.91 | 5.56 | 7.71 |
2. Textile and Related Setters, Operators, and Related Workers | |||||
92726 | Laundry & drycleaning operators, except pressing | 40 | 7.04 | 6.24 | 7.92 |
3. Other Machine Setters, Set-up Operators, Operators and Tenders-Except Metal and Plastic | |||||
92965 | Crushing/grinding/mixing/blending machine operators | 20 | 12.30 | 11.20 | 14.04 |
F. Hand Working Occupations, Including Assemblers and Fabricators | |||||
1. Other Hand Workers, Including Assemblers and Fabricators | |||||
93914 | Welders & cutters | 50 | 12.88 | 9.11 | 19.08 |
G. Plant and System Occupations | |||||
95002 | Water/liquid waste treatment plant & system operators | 30 | 16.15 | 11.82 | 20.70 |
95099 | All other plant & system operators | 130 | 13.72 | 10.10 | 17.50 |
H. Transportation and Material Moving Machines and Vehicle Operators | |||||
1. Motor Vehicle Operators | |||||
97102 | Truck drivers, heavy or tractor trailer | 420 | 11.02 | 9.20 | 13.21 |
97105 | Truck drivers-light, include delivery/route workers | 220 | 10.04 | 5.66 | 12.57 |
97108 | Bus drivers, except school | 30 | 6.64 | 5.64 | 7.68 |
97111 | Bus drivers, school | 100 | 7.89 | 6.13 | 9.50 |
97117 | Driver/sales workers | 140 | 12.96 | 10.15 | 15.65 |
97199 | All other motor vehicle operators | 40 | 19.06 | 7.13 | 20.83 |
2. All Other Transportation and Related Workers | |||||
97805 | Service station attendants | 240 | 6.03 | 5.40 | 5.91 |
3. Material Moving Equipment Operators | |||||
97923 | Excavating & loading machine operators | 180 | 11.81 | 10.84 | 12.88 |
97938 | Grader, bulldozer & scraper operators | 50 | 12.97 | 12.24 | 13.49 |
97947 | Industrial truck & tractor operators | 30 | 11.62 | 10.02 | 13.90 |
97956 | Operating engineers | 60 | 12.96 | 10.24 | 15.37 |
97989 | All other material moving equipment operators | 30 | 10.59 | 9.51 | 11.20 |
I. Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand-Excluding Agriculture | |||||
1. Helpers-Mechanics and Repairers | |||||
98102 | Helpers, mechanics & repairers | 90 | 8.00 | 6.83 | 9.19 |
98312 | Helpers, carpenters | 150 | 9.33 | 7.41 | 11.04 |
98319 | Helpers, other construction trades | 120 | 8.33 | 6.72 | 8.81 |
2. Machine Feeders & Offbearers | |||||
98502 | Machine feeders & offbearers | 150 | 10.32 | 8.73 | 11.50 |
3. Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | |||||
98705 | Refuse & recyclable material collectors | 60 | 9.51 | 6.59 | 11.58 |
98799 | All other freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 50 | 6.82 | 5.60 | 7.69 |
4. All Other Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand | |||||
98902 | Hand packers & packagers | 170 | 5.92 | 5.43 | 6.40 |
98905 | Vehicle washers & equipment cleaners | 90 | 5.42 | 5.31 | 5.64 |
98999 | All other helpers, laborers & material movers, hand | 270 | 8.02 | 5.61 | 10.59 |
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