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.
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2003 GEORGIA
Area Occupational
Wages

Employers and job seekers: know the " fair market value"
of positions to be filled.

WIA Area #1 NW Georgia

Dade

Catoosa

Whitfield Murray Walker

Fannin Gilmer

Chattooga

Gordon

Pickens

Floyd

Bartow

Polk Haralson

Paulding

Includes the following counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker and Whitfield.
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$20.93

Administrative Services Managers

$22.86

All Other Construction Trades & Related Workers

$12.13

All Other Drafters, Engnr., & Mapping Technicians

$14.60

All Other Financial, Information, & Record Clerks

$10.97

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

$14.92

All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, & Adult

*$28,154

Amusement & Recreation Attendants

$9.42

Automotive Body & Related Repairers

$15.63

Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics

$16.76

Bakers

$9.53

Bartenders

$9.35

Bill & Account Collectors

$11.60

Billing & Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$11.69

Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks

$12.34

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists

$15.24

Bus Drivers, School

$6.54

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$15.58

Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters

$10.64

Carpenters

$15.50

Cashiers

$7.35

Chemical Plant & System Operators

$16.32

Chemical Technicians

$14.54

Chief Executives

$55.94

Child Care Workers

$7.17

Child, Family, & School Social Workers

$15.20

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, & Investigators

$21.46

Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment

$9.07

Coat., Paint., & Spraying Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders

$11.33

Comb. Food Prep. & Serv. Wrkrs. , Incl. Fast Food

$6.72

Computer & Information Systems Managers

$31.79

Computer Programmers

$24.47

Computer Software Engineers, Applications

$30.52

Computer Specialists, All Other

$15.33

Computer Support Specialists

$16.74

Computer Systems Analysts

$22.57

Construction Laborers

$11.91

Construction Managers

$25.16

Conveyor Operators & Tenders

$11.50

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.61

Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria

$7.49

Cooks, Restaurant

$8.48

Cooks, Short Order

$7.96

Correctional Officers & Jailers

$12.39

Cost Estimators

$21.53

Counter & Rental Clerks

$8.47

Counter Attndnts., Caf., Food Concsn., & Coffee Shop

$7.36

Customer Service Representatives

$12.08

Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs.,

Metal & Plastic

$12.75

Cutting & Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders

$10.50

Data Entry Keyers

$9.96

Database Administrators

$27.05

Dental Assistants

$10.59

Dental Hygienists

$21.55

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$7.65

Dishwashers

$8.34

Driver/Sales Workers

$11.75

Educ. Administrators, Elem. & Secondary School

*$71,358

Educ. Administrators, Postsecondary

$33.90

Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors

$25.60

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians

$18.20

Electricians

$17.81

Elem. School Teachers, Except Sp. Ed.

*$50,386

Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics

$11.52

Engineering Managers

$35.49

Executive Secretaries & Admin. Assts.

$14.14

Extrud. & Draw. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders, Metal & Plastic $13.72

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Extrud. & Form. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders, Synthetic

& Glass Fibers

$12.75

Extrud., Form., Press., & Compact. Mach. Setrs., Operators,

& Tenders

$12.60

Family & General Practitioners

$63.75

File Clerks

$9.22

Financial Managers

$34.05

Fire Fighters

$13.50

Food Preparation Workers

$6.80

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$6.70

Food Service Managers

$17.81

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators and Tenders

$11.00

General & Operations Managers

$31.99

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists

$16.11

$Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

$9.14

Heat Treating Equipmt. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $11.54

Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics & Installers

$18.13

Helpers--Electricians

$9.87

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers

$11.14

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

$11.66

Helpers--Production Workers

$9.24

Home Health Aides

$8.18

Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

$6.81

Human Res. Assts., Except Payroll & Timekeeping

$13.68

Human Resources Managers

$26.98

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

$14.92

Industrial Production Managers

$29.17

Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators

$11.74

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers

$11.22

Instructional Coordinators

$24.20

Insurance Sales Agents

$17.54

Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

$8.64

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

*$42,169

Laborers & Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

$9.22

Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers

$9.44

Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers

$7.34

Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses

$12.84

Machine Feeders & Offbearers

$10.33

Machinists

$14.61

Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners

$7.63

Maintenance & Repair Workers, General

$13.82

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

$13.25

Management Analysts

$33.89

Managers, All Other

$29.13

Marketing Managers

$32.53

Material Moving Workers, All Other

$8.71

Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters and Trimmers

$8.87

Mechanical Engineers

$27.08

Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists

$19.26

Medical & Health Services Managers

$28.88

Medical & Public Health Social Workers

$16.44

Medical Assistants

$10.99

Medical Records & Health Info. Technicians

$14.20

Medical Secretaries

$10.93

Middle School Teachers, Exc. Spec. & Voc. Ed.

*$45,704

Mix. & Blend. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders

$12.54

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$16.75

Network & Computer Systems Administrators

$25.18

Network Systems & Data Communications Analysts

$21.46

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants

$7.95

Office Clerks, General

$9.87

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipmt. Operators

$13.19

Order Clerks

$11.84

Packaging & Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$11.59

Packers & Packagers, Hand

$9.24

Painters, Construction & Maintenance

$13.10

Parts Salespersons

$11.15

Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks

$12.92

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Personal & Home Care Aides

$7.42

Pharmacists

$33.97

Pharmacy Technicians

$9.60

Physical Therapists

$26.29

Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

$15.90

Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$13.96

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$17.92

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

*$61,612

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$12.36

Printing Machine Operators

$12.87

Production Workers, All Other

$8.47

Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks

$14.37

Purch. Agents, Exc. Whlsale., Retail, & Farm Products

$19.19

Purchasing Managers

$25.33

Radiologic Technologists & Technicians

$17.84

Receptionists & Information Clerks

$8.91

Recreation Workers

$9.17

Refuse & Recyclable Material Collectors

$12.45

Registered Nurses

$20.40

Retail Salespersons

$10.48

Sales & Related Workers, All Other

$13.27

Sales Managers

$39.10

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Exc. Tech. & Scientific Prods. $22.06

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Tech. & Scientific Prods.

$25.51

Secondary School Teachers, Exc. Spec. & Voc. Ed.

*$44,212

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive

$10.84

Security Guards

$8.64

Sewers, Hand

$12.21

Sewing Machine Operators

$9.38

Sheet Metal Workers

$12.74

Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks

$12.39

Social & Human Service Assistants

$10.62

Spec. Ed. Teachers, Presch., Kindergarten, & Elem. School

*$43,082

Stock Clerks & Order Fillers

$9.87

Structural Metal Fabricators & Fitters

$12.79

Suprvs. of Const. Trades & Extraction Workers

$20.82

Suprvs. of Food Prep. & Serving Workers

$11.82

Suprvs. of Helpers, Laborers, & Material Movers, Hand

$14.70

Suprvs. of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers

$14.14

Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers

$21.88

Suprvs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers

$25.87

Suprvs. of Office & Admin. Support Workers

$17.08

Suprvs. of Production & Operating Workers

$20.07

Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers

$13.76

Suprvs. of Transp. & Mat.-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Operators

$20.51

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$10.01

Teacher Assistants

*$15,583

Team Assemblers

$10.96

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$17.95

Tellers

$9.36

Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Mach. Opers. & Tenders

$10.11

Textile Cutting Mach. Setters, Opers., & Tenders

$9.72

Textile Knitting & Weaving Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders

$12.15

Textile Wind., Twist., & Draw. Out Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders $11.02

Textile, Apparel, & Furnishings Workers, All Other

$11.90

Tire Repairers & Changers

$9.65

Training & Development Specialists

$17.65

Transportation, Storage, & Distribution Managers

$23.71

Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer

$14.74

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$11.32

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, & Ticket Takers

$6.30

Voc. Ed. Teachers, Postsecondary

$26.20

Voc. Ed. Teachers, Secondary School

*$47,920

Waiters & Waitresses

$6.75

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, & Samplers, Recordkeeping

$11.69

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers

$13.24

Woodworking Mach. Setrs., Opers., & and Tenders, Exc. Sawing $10.14

* Denotes annual salaries

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