2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #4 - Cobb County

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 #4 Cobb County
Cobb

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Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors Administrative Services Managers Advertising and Promotions Managers
Advertising Sales Agents All Other Drafters, Engineering, & Mapping Technicians All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks
All Other Secretaries, Admin. Assts., & Other Office Support All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Architectural and Civil Drafters Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Bakers Bartenders
Bill and Account Collectors Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters Carpenters Cashiers
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Chemical Technicians Chemists
Chief Executives Child Care Workers Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Civil Engineering Technicians Civil Engineers Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
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, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers Construction Laborers Construction Managers
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Cooks, Restaurant Cooks, Short Order
Cost Estimators Counter and Rental Clerks Counter Attendants, Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop
Customer Service Representatives Data Entry Keyers Database Administrators
Demonstrators and Product Promoters Dental Assistants Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers
Dishwashers Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Driver/Sales Workers
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Education Administrators, Elem. & Secondary School Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians Electrical Engineers Electricians
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

$25.35 $28.04 $34.85
$19.99 $21.53 $14.13
$15.72 *$33,267
$7.17
$24.90 $16.16 $23.36
$17.67 $10.57 $8.74
$13.41 $13.26 $13.84
$18.49 $14.21 $26.60
$10.92 $15.35 $7.98
$12.77 $17.20 $29.50
$61.92 $7.54 $15.52
$16.28 $25.27 $23.41
$8.20 $7.41 $48.05
$29.72 $35.75 $32.04
$33.82 $20.90 $32.05
$19.73 $11.28 $31.48
$10.21 $8.96 $9.26
$27.44 $8.66 $7.90
$14.59 $11.42 $30.72
$9.70 $16.99 $8.94
$7.54 $15.68 $12.60
$14.71 *$75,021
$25.43
$23.44 $30.77 $20.85
*$46,818 $12.53

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists

$22.34

Engineering Managers

$43.60

Engineers, All Other

$32.71

Environmental Engineers

$23.90

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$17.30

Family and General Practitioners

$64.02

File Clerks

$10.22

Financial Analysts

$30.74

Financial Managers

$41.98

Financial Specialists, All Other

$23.96

Food Preparation Workers

$8.84

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$8.47

Food Service Managers

$18.43

General and Operations Managers

$38.15

$Graphic Designers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics & Installers Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
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 Assts., Except Payroll & Timekeeping
Human Resources Managers Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industrial Production Managers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks Insurance Sales Agents
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
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Loan Officers
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Management Analysts Managers, All Other

$18.91 $11.10 $14.59
$19.71 $11.09
$10.70 $14.11
$11.55 $10.34
$9.37 $7.42
$9.03 $13.02
$32.28 $20.96
$35.89 $13.53 $14.68
$17.88 $43.62
$8.72 *$43,329
$9.23 $10.29
$8.62 $36.97
$14.34 $18.18
$7.64 $14.03
$32.64 $36.38

Market Research Analysts

$29.13

Marketing Managers

$35.32

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

$7.28

Mechanical Drafters

$26.35

Mechanical Engineers

$28.18

Medical and Health Services Managers

$29.05

Medical Assistants

$12.54

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$12.20

Medical Secretaries

$13.64

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers

$12.71

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$14.67

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$30.26

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$29.65

Office Clerks, General

$12.49

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Opers.

$15.32

Operations Research Analysts

$29.58

Order Clerks

$14.67

Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders

$12.65

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$8.45

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$16.02

Parts Salespersons

$19.05

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Personal and Home Care Aides
Pest Control Workers Pharmacists
Pharmacy Technicians Physical Therapists
Pipelayers Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
Printing Machine Operators Production Workers, All Other
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Property, Real Estate, & Community Assoc. Mngrs.
Public Relations Managers Public Relations Specialists Purch. Agents, Ex. Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products
Purchasing Managers Real Estate Sales Agents
Receptionists and Information Clerks Recreation Workers
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Retail Salespersons
Roofers Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Sales Managers Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Prods.
Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Tech. & Scientific Products Secondary School Teachers, Except Spec. & Voc. Ed.
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Securities, Commodities, & Financial Services Sales Agents Security Guards
Sheet Metal Workers Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Social and Human Service Assistants Spec. Ed. Teachers, Presch., Kndgrtn., & Elem. School
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers Suprvs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Suprvs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Suprvs. of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
Suprvs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Suprvs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers Suprvs. of Production and Operating Workers
Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers Suprvs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Opers. Surveying and Mapping Technicians
Surveyors Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Tax Preparers Teacher Assistants
Team Assemblers Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Telemarketers Tellers
Training and Development Specialists Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Travel Agents Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Waiters and Waitresses Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Wholesale & Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

$14.68 $8.47
$16.03 $38.23
$10.11 $27.26
$17.92 $19.83
*$72,352 $8.85
$17.64 $12.10
$15.77 $19.20
$30.32 $18.70 $22.15
$34.30 $13.48
$10.57 $8.66
$13.07 $11.61
$14.21 $15.02
$43.51 $27.97
$26.81 *$47,132
$13.67 $29.99 $10.27
$17.81 $12.38
$13.09 *$45,762
$10.50 $25.43
$15.86 $23.28
$14.23 $28.35
$19.96 $22.75
$13.46 $23.76 $15.62
$16.84 $11.15
$13.11 *$16,853
$11.71 $18.72
$15.34 $9.80
$26.80 $34.29
$12.72 $19.46
$16.15 $6.67 $15.59
$7.81 $12.90
$27.41

* Denotes annual salaries

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