2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #5 - DeKalb 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.

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 #5 DeKalb County

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DeKalb
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$25.99

Administrative Services Managers

$30.39

Advertising Sales Agents

$17.44

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

$26.84

All Other Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians

$25.32

All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks

$17.97

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

$17.24

All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult

*$44,308

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

$7.92

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

$24.59

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

$20.35

Bakers

$11.01

Bartenders

$8.10

Bill and Account Collectors

$13.36

Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$13.91

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$12.86

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists

$17.69

Bus Drivers, School

$7.06

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$26.22

Carpenters

$17.35

Cashiers

$7.98

Chief Executives

$60.49

Child Care Workers

$8.98

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

$19.02

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

$27.15

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

$8.74

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

$7.04

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$44.11

Computer Programmers

$32.18

Computer Software Engineers, Applications

$37.22

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software

$35.88

Computer Specialists, All Other

$26.98

Computer Support Specialists

$20.54

Computer Systems Analysts

$31.93

Construction Laborers

$11.25

Construction Managers

$34.59

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.01

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$8.11

Cooks, Restaurant

$8.53

Cooks, Short Order

$9.08

Cost Estimators

$25.00

Counter and Rental Clerks

$8.25

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

$8.53

Customer Service Representatives

$14.25

Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $13.71

Data Entry Keyers

$12.16

Database Administrators

$31.51

Demonstrators and Product Promoters

$11.06

Dental Assistants

$17.86

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$7.51

Dishwashers

$7.69

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

$17.26

Door-to-Door Sales Wrkrs., News & Street Vndrs., & Related Wrkrs.$21.27

Driver/Sales Workers

$12.49

Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School

*$81,068

Ed. Administrators, Preschool & Child Care Center/Program

$22.32

Education Teachers, Postsecondary

*$42,972

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

$24.30

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians

$23.17

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

$12.05

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

$20.35

Electricians

$22.56

Employment, Recruitment, & Placement Specialists

$21.80

Engineering Managers

$42.74

Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants

$17.24

Extrud. & Draw. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $15.61

Family and General Practitioners

$45.63

File Clerks

$10.26

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Financial Analysts

$27.23

Financial Managers

$37.70

Financial Specialists, All Other

$22.58

Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors

$20.62

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

$9.73

Food Preparation Workers

$8.18

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$9.93

Food Service Managers

$18.93

General and Operations Managers

$38.29

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

$9.80

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

$26.75

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

$20.91

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers

$12.04

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters

$10.48

$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
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers Instructional Coordinators
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks Insurance Sales Agents
Janitors & Cleaners, Ex. Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Lawyers Legal Secretaries Librarians
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Loan Officers
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Mail Clerks & Mail Mach. Opers., Ex. Postal Service
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Management Analysts
Managers, All Other Marketing Managers
Mechanical Engineers Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists Medical and Health Services Managers

$10.91 $8.97 $8.17
$12.38 $14.96
$36.34 $18.81
$13.37 $22.83
$19.05 $19.50
$9.13 $10.70
$9.40 $9.69
$46.46 $19.18 $27.41
$14.24 $23.39
$10.98 $13.96
$8.17 $10.91
$14.38 $29.57
$37.19 $39.55
$30.00 $12.87
$20.76 $33.37

Medical and Public Health Social Workers

$16.87

Medical Assistants

$12.27

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$12.89

Medical Secretaries

$13.14

Medical Transcriptionists

$13.98

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

*$45,511

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$18.50

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$27.92

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$27.32

News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents

$12.84

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$9.56

Office Clerks, General

$13.02

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Opers.

$14.40

Operations Research Analysts

$21.97

Order Clerks

$13.38

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$10.68

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$8.93

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$17.04

Parts Salespersons

$15.77

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$15.87

Personal and Home Care Aides

$8.38

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Pharmacists

$33.55

Pharmacy Technicians

$11.82

Photographers

$18.90

Physical Therapists

$32.72

Pipelayers

$10.66

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$23.05

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$17.93

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

*$58,230

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$11.37

Printing Machine Operators

$13.37

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$16.93

Property, Real Estate, & Community Assoc. Managers

$22.56

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$15.00

Public Relations Specialists

$22.65

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

$22.76

Purchasing Managers

$30.38

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$18.69

Real Estate Sales Agents

$11.04

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$11.05

Registered Nurses

$24.24

Respiratory Therapists

$19.79

Retail Salespersons

$10.43

Roofers

$13.63

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$21.79

Sales Managers

$42.22

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $22.01

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

$29.34

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$13.93

Securities, Commodities, & Financial Services Sales Agents

$26.67

Security Guards

$9.43

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$25.13

Sheet Metal Workers

$20.10

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$11.23

Social and Community Service Managers

$35.92

Social and Human Service Assistants

$9.31

Speech-Language Pathologists

$26.99

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$10.98

Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors

$13.53

Suprvs. of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers

$25.06

Suprvs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$18.69

Suprvs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$12.43

Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$22.33

Suprvs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers

$29.54

Suprvs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$21.97

Suprvs. of Personal Service Workers

$21.69

Suprvs. of Production and Operating Workers

$21.68

Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers

$15.34

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

$22.32

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$10.94

Teacher Assistants

*$19,446

Team Assemblers

$11.62

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$17.71

Telemarketers

$10.59

Tellers

$11.39

Training and Development Specialists

$23.42

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$32.35

Travel Agents

$13.15

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$18.55

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$14.88

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$21.16

Waiters and Waitresses

$11.27

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$13.74

Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

$18.29

Word Processors and Typists

$14.96

Writers and Authors

$25.49

* Denotes annual salaries

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