2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #7 - metro Atlanta

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 #7 Metro Atlanta

Cherokee

Gwinnett

Douglas

Clayton Rockdale

Fayette

Henry

Includes the following counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$23.85

Administrative Services Managers

$26.50

Advertising Sales Agents

$20.79

All Other Construction Trades & Related Workers

$7.35

All Other Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians

$20.46

All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks

$14.19

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

$14.10

All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult

*$30,584

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

$7.19

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

$34.87

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other

$12.94

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

$19.41

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

$17.14

Bakers

$12.38

Bartenders

$8.53

Bill and Account Collectors

$13.46

Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$13.62

Bindery Workers

$13.35

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$13.38

Brickmasons and Blockmasons

$15.47

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists

$15.93

Bus Drivers, School

$8.68

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$24.05

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

$11.79

Carpenters

$14.32

Cashiers

$8.56

Chief Executives

$60.42

Child Care Workers

$7.74

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

$16.18

Civil Engineering Technicians

$15.69

Civil Engineers

$27.55

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

$20.14

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

$9.30

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

$7.83

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$42.17

Computer Programmers

$28.62

Computer Software Engineers, Applications

$38.92

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software

$35.08

Computer Specialists, All Other

$26.00

Computer Support Specialists

$22.11

Computer Systems Analysts

$33.72

Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Mach. Repairers

$18.27

Construction Laborers

$11.26

Construction Managers

$30.02

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.39

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$7.94

Cooks, Restaurant

$8.76

Cooks, Short Order

$8.00

Correctional Officers and Jailers

$13.88

Cost Estimators

$31.66

Counter and Rental Clerks

$9.72

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

$9.35

Customer Service Representatives

$13.40

Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $12.37

Data Entry Keyers

$11.33

Database Administrators

$25.48

Demonstrators and Product Promoters

$14.14

Dental Assistants

$12.61

Dental Hygienists

$25.05

Dining Room & Caf. Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$7.89

Dishwashers

$7.58

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, & Ambulance

$17.82

Driver/Sales Workers

$8.65

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers

$17.72

Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School

*$74,844

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

$26.75

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians

$19.55

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

$11.61

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Electrical Engineers

$32.21

Electricians

$14.73

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

$32.92

Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed.

*$44,429

Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists

$19.60

Engineering Managers

$54.40

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$18.09

File Clerks

$9.18

Financial Analysts

$27.14

Financial Managers

$38.37

Financial Specialists, All Other

$18.99

Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors

$11.43

Floral Designers

$10.77

Food Preparation Workers

$8.90

$FoodServers,Nonrestaurant Food Service Managers General and Operations Managers
Graphic Designers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics & Installers
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other 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
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
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

$7.87 $20.65 $37.46
$19.44 $9.41
$38.12 $20.87
$10.21 $11.77
$11.45 $10.51
$12.57 $9.48
$8.07 $6.69
$14.73 $28.44 $16.68
$31.75 $12.52
$12.88 $15.14
$30.54 $9.63
*$42,052 $11.64
$9.10 $8.65
$14.51 $11.05
$15.12 $8.45

Mail Clerks & Mail Mach. Operators, Ex. Postal Service

$9.96

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

$14.95

Management Analysts

$28.74

Managers, All Other

$34.46

Marketing Managers

$44.89

Mechanical Engineers

$28.08

Medical and Health Services Managers

$28.93

Medical Assistants

$12.31

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$12.62

Medical Secretaries

$11.76

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other

$11.22

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

*$41,766

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$17.19

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$28.53

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$29.45

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$9.46

Office Clerks, General

$11.70

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Operators

$15.32

Operations Research Analysts

$23.97

Order Clerks

$12.66

Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders

$11.32

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Packers and Packagers, Hand Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Parts Salespersons Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Personal and Home Care Aides Pharmacists
Pharmacy Technicians Physical Therapists
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Postal Service Mail Carriers Prepress Technicians and Workers
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education Printing Machine Operators
Production Workers, All Other Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Public Relations Specialists
Purch. Agents, Ex. Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products Purchasing Managers
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Receptionists and Information Clerks
Recreation Workers Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Registered Nurses Retail Salespersons
Roofers Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Sales Engineers Sales Managers
Sales Reps., Whlsl. & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products Sales Reps., Whlsl. & Manuf., Tech. & Scientific Products Secondary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. & Voc. Ed.
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Security Guards
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers Sheet Metal Workers
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks Social and Human Service Assistants
Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
Suprvs. of Const. Trades & Extraction Workers Suprvs. of Food Preparation & Serving Workers
Suprvs. of Helpers, Laborers, & Material Movers, Hand Suprvs. of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers
Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Suprvs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers Suprvs. Of Office & 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 Teacher Assistants
Team Assemblers Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Telemarketers Tellers
Training and Development Specialists Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
Waiters and Waitresses Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

$8.92 $13.95
$14.91 $14.85
$9.60 $36.81
$10.23 $28.82
$21.01 $17.24
$18.02 $13.97
$8.42 $15.24
$11.50 $15.75 $18.09
$21.64 $40.33
$18.14 $9.28
$7.71 $14.36
$21.36 $10.93
$13.06 $17.87
$33.17 $40.06
$24.84 $29.02 *$44,230
$12.15 $10.67
$12.43 $15.67
$11.96 $11.60
*$44,721 $10.47
$21.93 $13.23
$19.47 $13.92
$22.43 $27.91 $18.44
$21.46 $16.92
$26.30 $10.58
$19.25 *$15,428
$11.70 $15.89
$10.38 $10.71
$23.76 $30.26
$19.90 $13.49 $6.76
$6.21 $13.03
$17.37

* Denotes annual salaries

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