Occupational Title
Special Education Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School Stock Clerks and Order Fillers Team Assemblers Tellers Training and Development Specialists Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Waiters and Waitresses Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Average Wage
45,210 8.72 8.99 9.43
19.59 15.09 11.67
7.01 13.99
11.49

Area Average Wages by Education and Training Level

Education/Training/Experience

Hourly Wage

Bachelor's or higher degree ................................................ $24.49 First professional degree ........................................................ $41.49 Doctoral degree ...................................................................... $17.71 Master's degree ...................................................................... $21.92 Work experience plus Bachelor's or higher degree ............... $31.92 Bachelor's degree ................................................................... $21.48

Annual Wage
$50,900 $86,300 $36,800 $45,600 $66,400 $44,700

Postsecondary education but less than Bachelor's ............ $16.45 $34,200 Associate's degree .................................................................. $21.43 $44,600 Postsecondary vocational training .......................................... $12.84 $26,700

All other (no formal postsec. education required) ............ $11.08 Work experience in a related occupation ............................... $17.65 Long-term on-the-job training ................................................ $14.68 Moderate-term on-the-job training ......................................... $11.60 Short-term on-the-job training ................................................. $8.87

$23,000 $36,700 $30,500 $24,100 $18,400

All categories combined ....................................................... $13.66 $28,400

For more information, please contact Yvonne Little at (404) 232-3875 Fax (404) 232-3888
Email: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us
www.dol.state.ga.us/wp/lmi_publications.htm

2005 GEORGIA
Area Occupational
Wages
Employers and job seekers: know the " fair market value" of positions to be filled.
Workforce Investment Area #16 Heart of Georgia/Altamaha

Bleckley

Johnson

Emanuel

Laurens Treutlen

Candler

Montgomery

Dodge

Wheeler

Wilcox

Telfair

Toombs

Evans

Tattnall

Jeff Davis Appling

Wayne

Includes the following counties: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

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 9,400 Georgia employers annually to determine wage rates for nearly 800 occupations. This pamphlet includes the 125 or so occupations with the most expected job openings in this area of the state.

Wages in this pamphlet are reprinted from the 2005 edition of the Georgia Wage Survey.

Occupational Title
Accountants and Auditors Administrative Services Managers Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and GED Teachers and Instructors Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Bartenders Bill and Account Collectors Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Bus Drivers, School Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters Carpenters Cashiers Chief Executives Child Care Workers Child, Family, and School Social Workers Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food Computer Support Specialists Computer Systems Analysts Construction Laborers Construction Managers Cooks, Fast Food Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Cooks, Restaurant Correctional Officers and Jailers Counter and Rental Clerks Customer Service Representatives Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Average Wage
26.06 32.42
17.61 13.48 10.92 11.79 11.49 14.48 6.62
9.83 12.53 6.94 54.37 6.37 14.61 9.83
6.39 14.35 27.17 10.22 39.53 6.34
7.23 7.61 14.53 8.67 12.01
11.13

Occupational Title
Detectives and Criminal Investigators Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers Dishwashers Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Electricians Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants Financial Managers Fire Fighters First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal Service Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers Food Preparation Workers Food Service Managers General and Operations Managers Home Health Aides Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Instructional Coordinators Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Loan Officers Logging Equipment Operators Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists

Average Wage
15.67 8.33 6.36
67,354 21.79 16.35
42,901 14.10 33.48 10.22
20.08
18.11
9.50
22.71 24.05
17.32 11.24
22.04 14.73
6.99 19.45 31.28
7.10 17.27 12.99 12.88 21.52
8.36 44,204
8.75 8.88 8.00 12.80 26.39 12.32 9.74 15.84

Occupational Title
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Management Analysts Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists Medical and Health Services Managers Medical and Public Health Social Workers Medical Assistants Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education Network and Computer Systems Administrators Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants Office Clerks, General Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Packers and Packagers, Hand Personal and Home Care Aides Pharmacists Pharmacy Technicians Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Postal Service Mail Carriers Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists Receptionists and Information Clerks Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Registered Nurses Retail Salespersons Sales Managers Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Produc Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Security Guards Sewing Machine Operators Sheet Metal Workers Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks Social and Human Service Assistants

Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities

Average Wage
6.60 13.48 26.35 12.97 20.82 32.14 16.22 10.83
47,390 22.29 7.49 8.86
12.54 9.92 9.15 7.80
41.15 9.22
19.71 13.44 19.82
16.11 13.14
9.15 9.27 23.60 9.62 37.63
20.09
26.05
47,758 9.59 11.59 7.91
10.14 11.36 10.36