2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #2 - GA mountains

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 #2 GA Mountains

Towns Union

Rabun

White Habersham

Lumpkin

Stephens

Dawson

Hall

Banks Franklin Hart

Forsyth

Includes the following counties: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors Administrative Services Managers Advertising Sales Agents
All Other Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maint. Workers All Other Drafters, Engineering, & Mapping Technicians All Other Secretaries, Admin. Assts., & Other Office Support
All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, & Adult Amusement and Recreation Attendants Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Bakers Bartenders
Bill and Account Collectors Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators Bindery Workers
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists Bus Drivers, School
Business Operations Specialists, All Other Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters Carpenters
Cashiers Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Chief Executives
Child Care Workers Child, Family, and School Social Workers Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food Computer and Information Systems Managers Computer Programmers
Computer Software Engineers, Applications Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software Computer Specialists, All Other
Computer Support Specialists Computer Systems Analysts Computer-Controlled Mach. Tool Operators, Metal & Plastic
Construction Laborers Construction Managers Cooks, Fast Food
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Cooks, Restaurant Cooks, Short Order
Correctional Officers and Jailers Cost Estimators Counter and Rental Clerks
Counter Attendants, Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop Customer Service Representatives Cut., Punch., and Press Mach. Setrs., Opers. & Tndrs.,
Metal & Plastic Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Data Entry Keyers
Database Administrators Dental Assistants Dining Room & Caf. Attendants & Bartender Helpers
Dishwashers Driver/Sales Workers Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Editors Education Administrators, Elem. & Secondary School Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers Electrical Engineers
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Electricians Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

$21.56 $23.75 $17.88
$10.40 $17.66 $11.36
*$29,476 $7.37 $19.98
$12.58 $8.50 $9.72
$10.97 $11.81 $14.59
$12.34 $14.00 $7.26
$24.05 $11.85 $15.81
$7.43 $13.59 $49.67
$7.76 $12.64 $9.55
$7.11 $31.83 $25.94
$31.98 $33.47 $17.62
$17.73 $24.95 $14.65
$10.85 $23.96 $6.98
$7.37 $7.64 $8.78
$11.50 $22.91 $8.98
$6.83 $12.49
$12.54 $8.92 $10.75
$25.49 $11.66 $6.53
$6.83 $12.56 $14.34
$17.78 *$71,690
$21.08
$21.60 $10.85 $33.85
$19.99 $16.97 *$47,661
$11.73 $16.70

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Engineering Managers

$36.48

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$14.32

Extrud. & Draw. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $12.71

Family and General Practitioners

$62.20

File Clerks

$10.15

Financial Managers

$33.76

Fire Fighters

$11.47

Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors

$13.50

Food Preparation Workers

$7.60

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$7.52

Food Service Managers

$16.41

General and Operations Managers

$34.58

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

$8.07

Graphic Designers

$18.85

$Grind., Lap., Polish., & Buff. Mach. Tool Setrs., Opers. & Tndrs. Metal & Plastic Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics & Installers Helpers--Carpenters
Helpers--Electricians Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
Helpers--Production Workers Home Health Aides Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll & Timekeeping Human Resources Managers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Production Managers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks Insurance Sales Agents
Janitors & Cleaners, Except 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 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Management Analysts Managers, All Other

$14.91 $8.58
$10.24 $15.26 $10.68
$11.68 $12.35 $10.45
$9.11 $8.06 $7.09
$8.13 $14.29 $28.87
$15.69 $30.21 $11.55
$11.98 $14.77 $30.07
$8.37 *$39,555
$10.15
$9.72 $7.29 $12.92
$9.88 $14.38 $7.46
$14.20 $29.02 $29.77

Marketing Managers

$38.25

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

$8.75

Mechanical Engineers

$27.18

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

$12.49

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

$18.35

Medical and Health Services Managers

$30.58

Medical Assistants

$12.52

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$11.57

Medical Secretaries

$16.90

Middle School Teachers, Except Sp. & Voc. Education

*$41,395

Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders

$11.93

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$16.03

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$26.00

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$25.78

News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents

$15.75

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$8.48

Office Clerks, General

$9.88

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipmt. Operators

$13.40

Operations Research Analysts

$33.27

Order Clerks

$12.82

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$10.32

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$9.05

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$11.49

Parts Salespersons

$12.32

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$13.17

Pharmacists

$30.82

Pharmacy Technicians

$10.41

Physical Therapists

$25.36

Pipelayers

$11.54

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$18.03

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$12.19

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$17.73

Prepress Technicians and Workers

$12.80

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$9.87

Printing Machine Operators

$13.65

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$16.28

Purch. Agents, Ex. Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products

$20.24

Purchasing Managers

$29.44

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$17.58

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$9.55

Recreation Workers

$8.54

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

$8.57

Retail Salespersons

$10.13

Roofers

$13.39

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$12.44

Sales Managers

$36.80

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Prods. $25.56

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

$29.82

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

*$45,608

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$11.19

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $21.46

Security Guards

$8.95

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$18.68

Sewing Machine Operators

$8.72

Sheet Metal Workers

$12.81

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$11.58

Social and Human Service Assistants

$10.89

Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School *$44,370

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$10.27

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

$13.39

Suprvs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$18.61

Suprvs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$11.82

Suprvs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$11.96

Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$22.64

Suprvs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers

$27.71

Suprvs. of Office and Admin. Support Workers

$16.78

Suprvs. of Production and Operating Workers

$18.70

Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers

$14.73

Suprvs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle

$20.13

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$9.83

Teacher Assistants

*$15,145

Team Assemblers

$11.64

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$13.71

Telemarketers

$13.29

Tellers

$8.82

Textile Bleaching & Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders

$9.77

Textile Knit. & Weav. Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders

$12.41

Textile Wind., Twist., & Draw. Out Mach. Setrs., Opers, & Tenders $10.74

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other

$9.12

Training and Development Specialists

$18.85

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$24.39

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$16.65

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$13.74

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

$6.20

Waiters and Waitresses

$7.06

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$13.58

Woodworking Machine Setrs., Opers. & Tenders, Ex. Sawing

$10.67

* Denotes annual salaries

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