2003 Georgia area occupational wages. WIA area #14 ; Lower Chattahoochee

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 # 14 Lower Chattahoochee

Harris

Talbot

Muscogee

Stewart
Quitman Randolph
Clay

Includes the following counties: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, and Talbot
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 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 Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 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, School Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Carpenters Cashiers Chemical Technicians
Chief Executives Child Care Workers Child, Family, and School Social Workers
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 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 Dental Assistants
Dental Hygienists Dentists Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
Dishwashers Driver/Sales Workers Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Electrical Engineers Electricians Electro-Mechanical Technicians
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists
Engineering Managers Engineers, All Other

$20.83 $29.33 $24.52
$15.32 $23.27 $20.84
$15.56 $11.74 *$42,125
$7.68 $19.28 $13.33
$14.62 $7.74 $11.39
$10.77 $11.63 $15.92
$7.79 $9.23 $22.65
$12.18 $7.26 $14.58
$49.64 $6.71 $12.87
$23.25 $24.16 $7.26
$7.02 $35.89 $20.30
$27.30 $28.52 $16.05
$17.03 $26.71 $8.75
$28.16 $6.63 $7.17
$7.49 $7.49 $12.94
$19.91 $8.05 $6.65
$11.37 $10.31 $12.69
$17.63 $50.61 $6.60
$6.66 $11.95 *$67,569
$24.18 $20.13 $10.47
$30.16 $16.04 $14.73
*$44,775 $12.58 $18.55
$41.27 $32.47

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$13.42

Family and General Practitioners

$64.38

File Clerks

$8.31

Financial Analysts

$23.04

Financial Managers

$30.88

Financial Specialists, All Other

$18.22

Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors

$16.39

Food Preparation & Serving Related Workers, All Other

$7.03

Food Preparation Workers

$7.80

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$6.41

Food Service Managers

$18.90

General and Operations Managers

$31.50

Graphic Designers

$13.97

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

$9.43

$Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Helpers--Electricians Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Helpers--Production Workers
Home Health Aides Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks Human Resources Assists., Ex. Payroll & Timekeeping
Human Resources Managers Industrial Engineers
Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Production Managers
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Instructional Coordinators Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks Insurance Sales Agents
Insurance Underwriters 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 & Licensed Vocational Nurses
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Mail Clerks & Mail Mach. Operators, Ex. Postal Service
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Management Analysts

$11.16 $10.01 $10.71
$8.43 $10.94
$7.96 $6.69
$7.33 $13.37
$28.59 $25.52
$15.30 $29.53
$11.38 $12.77
$17.78 $14.18 $23.55
$25.29 $8.13
*$44,854 $8.39
$8.85 $7.00
$39.86 $12.92
$10.80 $14.28
$6.67 $9.56
$13.44 $22.55

Managers, All Other

$26.58

Market Research Analysts

$16.72

Marketing Managers

$36.33

Mechanical Engineers

$29.22

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

$12.40

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

$19.39

Medical and Health Services Managers

$30.93

Medical and Public Health Social Workers

$17.29

Medical Assistants

$9.96

Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

$14.44

Medical Secretaries

$10.78

Medical Transcriptionists

$10.83

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$22.35

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$25.29

Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

$7.44

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$7.88

Occupational Therapists

$24.53

Office Clerks, General

$9.64

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Operators

$12.90

Operations Research Analysts

$26.29

Order Clerks

$10.72

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders

$8.51

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$7.48

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$11.31

Parts Salespersons

$14.69

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$12.70

Personal and Home Care Aides

$7.53

Pest Control Workers

$10.58

Pharmacists

$33.94

Pharmacy Technicians

$10.21

Physical Therapists

$28.27

Physician Assistants

$27.46

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$13.76

Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Operators $15.78

Postal Service Clerks

$18.37

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$18.75

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$9.94

Production Workers, All Other

$8.77

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$16.52

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

$21.31

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$11.53

Public Relations Specialists

$19.26

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

$19.26

Purchasing Managers

$27.87

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$17.39

Real Estate Sales Agents

$13.00

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$9.01

Recreation Workers

$9.09

Registered Nurses

$23.01

Retail Salespersons

$9.51

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$16.69

Sales Managers

$39.18

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $19.24

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

$23.75

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$10.93

Security Guards

$8.93

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$12.35

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$12.20

Social and Human Service Assistants

$9.10

Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School *$47,382

Speech-Language Pathologists

$23.87

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$9.48

Suprvsrs. of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers

$19.37

Suprvsrs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$11.76

Suprvsrs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$12.75

Suprvsrs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$20.63

Suprvsrs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers

$24.78

Suprvsrs. of Production and Operating Workers

$21.45

Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers

$13.64

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$8.70

Teacher Assistants

*$15,173

Team Assemblers

$11.18

Technical Writers

$23.66

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$17.30

Telemarketers

$9.45

Tellers

$8.87

Textile Wind., Twist., & Draw. Out Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. $10.80

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other

$11.34

Training and Development Specialists

$19.18

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$22.07

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$14.45

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$10.96

uprvsrs. of Office & Administrative Support Workers

$17.47

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

$6.34

Waiters and Waitresses

$6.26

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$13.29

* Denotes annual salaries

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