2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #11 - middle GA

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 #11 Middle GA

Putnam

Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

Crawford

Wilkinson Twiggs

Peach

Houston

Pulaski

Includes the following counties: Baldwin, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$20.84

Administrative Services Managers

$28.38

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

$18.30

All Other Counselors, Social and Religious Workers

$15.07

All Other Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians

$21.59

All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks

$19.25

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

$13.07

All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult

*$35,626

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

$8.38

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

$15.20

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

$13.53

Bakers

$8.33

Bartenders

$7.65

Bill and Account Collectors

$10.20

Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$12.65

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$11.42

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

$16.62

Bus Drivers, School

$6.54

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$23.17

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

$11.45

Carpenters

$12.00

Cashiers

$6.77

Chief Executives

$49.80

Child Care Workers

$6.37

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

$15.04

Civil Engineers

$27.57

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

$8.85

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

$6.36

Compli. Officers, Ex. Ag., Const., Health & Safety, & Transp.

$17.34

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$34.10

Computer Programmers

$24.51

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software

$31.21

Computer Specialists, All Other

$17.25

Computer Support Specialists

$15.53

Computer Systems Analysts

$25.45

Construction Laborers

$9.73

Construction Managers

$26.16

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.47

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$7.52

Cooks, Restaurant

$8.25

Cooks, Short Order

$7.05

Correctional Officers and Jailers

$12.70

Cost Estimators

$24.28

Counter and Rental Clerks

$8.22

Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, & Coffee Shop $6.56

Customer Service Representatives

$12.07

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$12.76

Data Entry Keyers

$11.15

Database Administrators

$24.24

Dental Assistants

$11.97

Dental Hygienists

$21.53

Detectives and Criminal Investigators

$18.48

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$7.55

Dishwashers

$6.80

Driver/Sales Workers

$6.89

Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School

*$71,958

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

$30.84

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

$24.01

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians

$22.31

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers

$10.48

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

$19.75

Electricians

$15.08

Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Special Education

*

$47,790

Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

$10.76

Engineering Managers

$38.81

Environmental Scientists & Specialists, Incl. Health

$23.44

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$13.74

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Family and General Practitioners

$59.66

File Clerks

$7.35

Financial Managers

$34.09

Financial Specialists, All Other

$20.03

Fire Fighters

$12.22

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

$7.19

Food Preparation Workers

$8.76

Food Service Managers

$15.73

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

$12.92

General and Operations Managers

$30.09

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

$8.74

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

$11.81

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

$14.90

Helpers--Electricians

$9.24

$Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Helpers--Production Workers
Home Health Aides Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Human Resources Assistants, Ex. Payroll & Timekeeping Human Resources Managers Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industrial Production Managers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Instructional Coordinators Insurance Sales Agents Janitors and 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 Logging Equipment Operators Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Management Analysts Managers, All Other Marketing Managers
Mechanical Engineers Medical and Health Services Managers Medical and Public Health Social Workers

$11.73 $11.05 $9.10
$8.04 $7.03 $7.69
$15.33 $29.88 $18.29
$31.74 $12.10 $13.98
$27.26 $18.39 $7.65
*$38,282 $8.89 $9.15
$7.39 $36.17 $12.27
$23.71 $11.60 $12.91
$16.54 $7.12 $12.76
$25.72 $32.40 $41.91
$28.33 $29.64 $17.41

Medical Assistants

$11.68

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$10.02

Medical Secretaries

$11.04

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

*$43,432

Mix. & Blend. Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders

$10.12

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$16.32

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$26.34

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$21.11

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$8.62

Office Clerks, General

$9.32

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Operators

$11.78

Operations Research Analysts

$29.61

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$12.19

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$8.17

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$13.89

Parts Salespersons

$9.92

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$11.19

Personal and Home Care Aides

$7.79

Pharmacists

$32.64

Pharmacy Technicians

$8.88

Physical Therapists

$27.70

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$14.37

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$14.60

Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Operators $11.09

Postal Service Clerks

$18.78

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$18.20

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

*$58,657

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$11.76

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

$15.72

Procurement Clerks

$15.64

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$19.46

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

$26.92

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$13.82

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

$24.37

Purchasing Managers

$34.91

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$17.27

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$9.01

Recreation Workers

$10.22

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

$10.78

Registered Nurses

$20.68

Retail Salespersons

$10.98

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$9.05

Sales Managers

$32.01

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $23.29

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

$29.11

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

$11.87

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

*$43,524

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$11.57

Securities, Commodities, & Financial Services Sales Agents

$21.55

Security Guards

$10.33

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$12.98

Sewing Machine Operators

$7.86

Sheet Metal Workers

$16.95

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$10.87

Social and Community Service Managers

$26.85

Social and Human Service Assistants

$10.28

Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School *$43,082

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

*$46,402

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$10.64

Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors

$15.69

Suprvs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$19.76

Suprvs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$12.36

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

$15.41

Suprvs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$11.86

Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$23.02

Suprvs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$18.72

Suprvs. of Production and Operating Workers

$22.74

Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers

$14.21

Suprvs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Operators $22.31

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

$13.06

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$10.14

Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents

$18.48

Tax Preparers

$13.59

Teacher Assistants

*$18,169

Telemarketers

$9.91

Tellers

$8.30

Training and Development Specialists

$20.04

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$28.00

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$15.29

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$10.52

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

$6.27

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$18.12

Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School

*$44,137

Waiters and Waitresses

$7.70

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$14.11

Woodwork. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Ex. Sawing

$9.23

* Denotes annual salaries

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