Occupational wage rates are a product of the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. The Workforce Information and Analysis (WI&A) Division of the Georgia Department of Labor surveys over 4,000 employers
semi-annually to determine Georgia's wage rates for over 800 occupations. This pamphlet includes the average wage rates for the 200 occupations with the most expected job openings in this area of the state.
Wage data in this brochure are reprinted from the 2003 edition of
the Georgia Wage Survey.
Other career guidance publications made possible by the OES survey:

We wish to express our appreciation
to all employers who responded to the
OES survey. Your support enables WI&A to continue with its mission of providing valuable occupational and wage information. Without your participation this publication would not
be possible.

2003 GEORGIA
Area Occupational
Wages
Employers and job seekers: know the " fair market value"
of positions to be filled.
WIA Area #10 Macon-Bibb Co.
Bibb

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Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$18.42

Administrative Services Managers

$26.47

Advertising Sales Agents

$16.44

All Other Construction Trades and Related Workers

$15.05

All Other Counselors, Social and Religious Workers

$14.38

All Other Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians

$15.27

All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks

$12.31

All Other Legal and Related Workers

$15.53

All Other Secretaries, Admin. Assts., & Other Office Support

$12.71

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

$6.64

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

$16.72

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

$13.72

Bartenders

$7.30

Bill and Account Collectors

$11.72

Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$12.21

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$11.76

Budget Analysts

$26.24

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists

$16.90

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

$10.48

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$24.03

Carpenters

$14.45

Cashiers

$7.00

Chief Executives

$45.83

Child Care Workers

$7.38

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

$18.78

Civil Engineers

$24.73

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

$25.70

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

$8.28

Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food

$6.80

Compliance Officers, Ex. Ag., Const., Health & Safety, & Transp. $18.48

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$37.59

Computer Programmers

$25.00

Computer Software Engineers, Applications

$25.39

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software

$24.42

Computer Specialists, All Other

$14.56

Computer Support Specialists

$18.25

Computer Systems Analysts

$28.91

Construction Laborers

$8.34

Construction Managers

$26.41

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.58

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$7.27

Cooks, Restaurant

$6.53

Cooks, Short Order

$7.84

Cost Estimators

$24.59

Counter and Rental Clerks

$7.99

Counter Attendants, Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop

$6.75

Customer Service Representatives

$13.78

Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $11.23

Cutting & Slicing Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders

$12.97

Data Entry Keyers

$10.39

Database Administrators

$30.87

Dental Assistants

$10.90

Dental Hygienists

$22.22

Detectives and Criminal Investigators

$24.11

Dietetic Technicians

$8.63

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$6.82

Dishwashers

$6.62

Driver/Sales Workers

$12.98

Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School

*$64,532

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

$37.61

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

$22.09

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians

$20.97

Electrical Engineers

$32.22

Electricians

$18.40

Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Special Education

*$39,399

Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

$11.90

Employment, Recruitment, & Placement Specialists

$18.50

Engineering Managers

$38.14

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants

$13.59

Extrud., Form., Press., & Compact.Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. $10.60

Family and General Practitioners

$67.31

File Clerks

$9.17

Financial Analysts

$29.26

Financial Managers

$28.01

Financial Specialists, All Other

$27.11

Food Preparation & Serving Related Workers, All Other

$7.09

Food Preparation Workers

$9.21

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$7.80

Food Service Managers

$16.89

General and Operations Managers

$31.63

Graphic Designers

$15.53

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

$9.64

$Health Educators Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Helpers--Production Workers Home Health Aides
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Human Resources Assistants, Ex. Payroll & Timekeeping Human Resources Managers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Production Managers
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Instructional Coordinators Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
Insurance Sales Agents Insurance Underwriters Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
Janitors & Cleaners, Ex. Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Lawyers
Legal Secretaries Library Technicians
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses Loan Officers
Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Mail Clerks & Mail Mach. Operators, Ex. Postal Service Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

$17.08 $10.23 $9.53
$10.65 $7.38
$6.62 $8.27
$13.84 $27.92
$18.82 $30.85
$12.94 $11.26
$27.79 $12.02
$19.00 $20.96 $10.76
$7.52 *$41,018
$9.23 $8.85
$7.64 $36.03
$13.97 $9.93
$12.80 $19.69
$14.14 $6.89
$9.14 $13.61

Managers, All Other

$28.90

Market Research Analysts

$15.50

Marketing Managers

$26.78

Mechanical Engineers

$29.64

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

$10.51

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

$19.16

Medical and Health Services Managers

$35.90

Medical and Public Health Social Workers

$16.28

Medical Assistants

$13.07

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$11.22

Medical Secretaries

$11.01

Medical Transcriptionists

$12.71

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$15.71

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$25.43

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$21.74

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$8.09

Occupational Therapists

$26.59

Office Clerks, General

$9.84

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Operators

$11.45

Operations Research Analysts

$23.06

Order Clerks

$11.91

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders Packers and Packagers, Hand
Painters, Construction and Maintenance Parts Salespersons
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Personal and Home Care Aides
Pest Control Workers Pharmacists
Pharmacy Technicians Physical Therapist Assistants
Physical Therapists Physician Assistants
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Printing Machine Operators Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Property, Real Estate, & Community Association Managers
Public Relations Specialists Purchasing Agents, Ex. Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products
Purchasing Managers Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Real Estate Sales Agents Receptionists and Information Clerks
Recreation Workers Registered Nurses
Respiratory Therapists Retail Salespersons
Sales and Related Workers, All Other Sales Managers
Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Tech. & Scientific Products Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Securities, Commodities, & Financial Services Sales Agents Security Guards
Sheet Metal Workers Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Social and Community Service Managers Social and Human Service Assistants
Speech-Language Pathologists Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors Suprvs. of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers
Suprvs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Suprvs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Suprvs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers Suprvs. of Office and Admin. Support Workers
Suprvs. of Personal Service Workers Suprvs. of Production and Operating Workers
Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers Suprvs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Opers.
Surgeons Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents Teacher Assistants
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Telemarketers
Tellers Training and Development Specialists
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary Waiters and Waitresses
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$10.97 $8.19
$12.76 $14.72
$10.71 $7.54
$11.65 $36.48
$9.24 $17.52
$22.08 $42.17
$17.10 $9.38
$13.86 $13.48 $17.67
$18.80 $20.42
$28.24 $17.08
$17.57 $9.80
$9.52 $21.34
$17.90 $9.63
$16.98 $33.13
$19.72 $22.60 $11.16
$23.52 $8.47
$13.58 $11.62
$21.40 $8.74
$24.13 $9.89
$13.95 $19.31
$12.88 $11.11
$21.20 $19.82 $17.36
$16.11 $21.45
$16.11 $22.41
$70.31 $9.31
$23.99 *$18,580
$15.35 $10.55
$9.87 $21.58
$27.60 $16.63 $11.96
$18.90 $6.65
$14.68

* Denotes annual salaries

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