2003 Georgia area occupational wages. WIA area #12, Richmond and Burke Counties

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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to all employers who responded to the
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be possible.

2003 GEORGIA
Area Occupational
Wages
Employers and job seekers: know the " fair market value"
of positions to be filled.
WIA Area #12 Richmond & Burke Counties
Richmond
Burke

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Includes the fiollowing counties: Burke and Richmond
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors Administrative Services Managers Advertising and Promotions Managers
Advertising Sales Agents Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians All Other Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Workers
All Other Drafters, Engineering, and 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 Architectural and Civil Drafters
Automotive Body and Related Repairers Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Bartenders
Bill and Account Collectors Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators Bindery Workers
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters Carpenters Cashiers
Chemical Plant and System Operators Chemical Technicians Chemists
Chief Executives Child Care Workers Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Civil Engineers 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 Data Entry Keyers Database Administrators
Demonstrators and Product Promoters Dental Assistants Dental Hygienists
Dentists Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers Dishwashers
Driver/Sales Workers Editors Education Administrators, Postsecondary
Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians Electrical Engineers
Electricians Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

$21.30 $26.23 $24.90
$15.32 $22.58 $12.53
$20.57 $14.63 $9.17
*$35,278 $6.28 $21.12
$19.99 $14.16 $8.61
$9.82 $11.79 $9.79
$11.17 $15.60 $24.09
$13.27 $13.89 $7.06
$22.49 $17.94 $29.90
$41.94 $6.92 $15.15
$25.80 $7.44 $7.18
$39.84 $23.69 $23.62
$31.31 $20.60 $15.66
$25.50 $14.17 $9.92
$31.68 $6.22 $7.53
$7.15 $7.21 $12.81
$27.53 $8.33 $7.89
$11.49 $10.00 $22.88
$11.08 $10.99 $18.69
$57.77 $6.65 $6.79
$9.33 $16.74 $52.26
$22.89 $25.67 $30.47
$19.70 $13.13

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists

$16.99

Engineering Managers

$39.16

Environmental Engineers

$27.49

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$14.23

Family and General Practitioners

$43.31

File Clerks

$8.67

Financial Managers

$30.51

Financial Specialists, All Other

$19.17

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

$8.96

Food Preparation Workers

$8.02

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$8.77

Food Service Managers

$17.30

General and Operations Managers

$32.37

Graphic Designers

$14.76

$Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics & Installers
Helpers--Electricians Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters Helpers--Production Workers
Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Human Resources Assts., Ex. Payroll & Timekeeping Human Resources Managers
Industrial Production Managers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Instructional Coordinators
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
Librarians Library Assistants, Clerical
Library Technicians Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Mail Clerks & Mail Mach. Operators, Ex. Postal Serv.
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Management Analysts

$10.48 $11.68 $14.34
$10.87 $9.67
$9.43 $7.76
$6.92 $8.40
$14.47 $31.00
$30.96 $11.48
$14.10 $23.98
$15.95 $7.91 *$42,678
$9.42 $8.53
$8.53 $41.02
$22.60 $8.99
$12.23 $13.42
$11.11 $15.52
$7.41 $10.36
$15.19 $24.19

Managers, All Other

$31.86

Marketing Managers

$34.31

Mechanical Drafters

$14.59

Mechanical Engineers

$28.76

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

$12.59

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

$19.94

Medical and Health Services Managers

$37.03

Medical and Public Health Social Workers

$18.07

Medical Assistants

$12.40

Medical Records & Health Information Technicians

$13.29

Medical Secretaries

$9.70

Medical Transcriptionists

$12.80

Mixing & Blending Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tenders

$13.39

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$14.88

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$25.06

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$21.21

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$8.25

Office Clerks, General

$9.88

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Operators

$11.85

Operations Research Analysts

$22.17

Order Clerks

$10.83

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders

$10.69

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$8.83

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$11.72

Parts Salespersons

$11.85

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$12.90

Pest Control Workers

$11.93

Pharmacists

$34.49

Pharmacy Technicians

$10.65

Physical Therapists

$31.21

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$17.11

Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Opers. $15.85

Postal Service Clerks

$19.35

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$18.70

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

*$70,454

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$11.67

Printing Machine Operators

$12.98

Production Workers, All Other

$10.01

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$16.39

Property, Real Estate, & Community Association Managers

$18.76

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$13.66

Public Relations Specialists

$18.04

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

$19.07

Purchasing Managers

$28.14

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$18.02

Real Estate Sales Agents

$14.01

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$9.64

Recreation Workers

$11.57

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

$13.42

Registered Nurses

$22.72

Retail Salespersons

$9.44

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$13.43

Sales Managers

$29.87

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $21.72

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

$10.33

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$11.50

Security Guards

$9.00

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$14.77

Sheet Metal Workers

$13.36

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$11.28

Social and Community Service Managers

$26.37

Social and Human Service Assistants

$11.26

Speech-Language Pathologists

$26.09

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$9.62

Suprvs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$19.35

Suprvs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$11.83

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

$15.95

Suprvs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$12.00

Suprvs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$23.92

Suprvs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$16.22

Suprvs. of Production and Operating Workers

$25.81

Suprvs. of Retail Sales Workers

$14.79

Suprvs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Operators $18.78

Surgeons

$70.18

Tax Preparers

$13.06

Teacher Assistants

*$14,592

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$14.73

Tellers

$9.22

Training and Development Specialists

$18.84

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$25.45

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$15.84

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$11.32

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$19.09

Waiters and Waitresses

$6.65

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$16.32

Word Processors and Typists

$11.67

* Denotes annual salaries

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