Table 4: The Fifteen Highest Paying Occupations for Wyoming - Hourly Mean, Entry and Experienced Wage by Occupation for 1996 and 1997

OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS (OES)
1996		Hourly Wage
Code	Title	Mean	Entry Level	Median	Experienced Level
13002	Financial Managers	$22.81	$15.39	$22.04	$31.70
13017	Engineering, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Managers	24.31	17.97	22.67	33.49
15005	Education Administrators	24.14	20.28	23.46	32.48
15021	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Well Drilling Managers	31.14	27.06	34.06	41.06
22108	Mining Engineers, including Mine Safety	25.85	21.51	27.48	35.34
22111	Petroleum Engineers	27.41	21.41	27.27	37.04
25103	Data Base Administrators	21.96	15.55	18.97	31.60
28108	Lawyers	23.57	17.21	21.16	30.28
32102	Physicians and Surgeons	44.68	41.55	51.17	59.62
32305	Occupational Therapists	23.50	19.81	22.70	30.36
32308	Physical Therapists	22.59	19.16	21.83	26.05
32511	Physician's Assistants	22.01	19.39	21.51	23.62
32517	Pharmacists	23.14	18.04	22.72	31.59
81011	First-Line Supervisors and Managers - Transportation and Material-Moving	21.43	15.24	19.58	29.97
81099	All Other First-Line Supervisors and Managers - Production, Construction, Maintenance, and Related Workers	23.72	16.08	26.61	35.15
1997		Hourly Wage
Code	Title	Mean	Entry Level	Median	Experienced Level
13017	Engineering, Mathematical and Natural Sciences Managers	$29.40	$23.34	$31.49	$39.50
15021	Mining, Quarrying, Oil and Gas Well Drilling Managers	28.54	19.15	32.49	40.78
22108	Mining Engineers, including Mine Safety	26.95	22.47	28.22	36.47
22111	Petroleum Engineers	30.57	25.84	32.82	39.80
22114	Chemical Engineers	30.90	27.72	33.96	40.19
22128	Industrial Engineers, except Safety	27.06	23.03	27.87	35.99
22132	Safety Engineers, except Mining	29.35	27.67	32.99	38.32
24111	Geologists, Geophysicists and Oceanographers	27.63	20.58	28.29	38.22
32102	Physicians and Surgeons	48.77	46.84	58.30	N.A.*
32105	Dentists	41.41	31.25	41.98	N.A.
32108	Optometrists	26.92	17.60	29.86	39.48
32199	Other Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners	30.20	29.00	33.75	38.50
87905	Blasters and Explosives Workers	26.00	21.81	24.59	34.24
87949	Other Mining Machine Operators	26.93	22.79	28.46	36.48
97926	Dragline Operators	26.52	21.99	27.85	36.27

* N.A = Not Applicable