2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #15 - middle Flint

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 #15 Middle Flint

Taylor

Marion

Macon

Schley

Webster Sumter

Dooly Crisp

Includes the following counties: Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor and Webster
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors Administrative Services Managers All Other Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maint. Workers
All Other Counselors, Social and Religious Workers All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks All Other Legal and Related Workers
All Other Secretaries, Admin. Assts., & Other Office Support Amusement and Recreation Attendants Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
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 Butchers and Meat Cutters Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Carpenters Cashiers Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders
Chief Executives Child, Family, and School Social Workers Civil Engineers
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Coat., Paint., & Spraying Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Compliance Officers, Ex. Ag., Const., Health & Safety, & Transportation
Computer and Information Systems Managers Computer Operators Computer Programmers
Computer Software Engineers, Applications Computer Support Specialists Computer Systems Analysts
Construction and Building Inspectors Construction Laborers Construction Managers
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria Cooks, Restaurant Correctional Officers and Jailers
Cost Estimators Counter and Rental Clerks Counter Attendants, Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks Crossing Guards Crush., Grind., & Polish. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs.
Customer Service Representatives Data Entry Keyers Database Administrators
Detectives and Criminal Investigators Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers Dishwashers
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Driver/Sales Workers Ed. Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors Electrical Engineers Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Electricians Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Special Education Engineering Managers
Engineers, All Other Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants

$22.19 $26.61 $8.94
$11.80 $10.79 $18.65
$9.84 $7.12 $12.98
$11.85 $10.48 $7.22
$13.43 $11.28 $11.06
$13.35 $6.39 $9.55
$18.76 $10.17 $9.88
$10.15 $7.24 $9.26
$42.60 $13.76 $28.34
$8.75 $12.49 $6.88
$17.18
$16.38
$40.54 $11.61 $25.17
$22.92 $19.26 $27.97
$16.11 $9.96 $23.44
$7.08 $8.59 $11.08
$22.39 $9.09 $7.26
$12.49 $9.26 $11.45
$11.95 $9.75 $23.42
$22.33 $6.49 $7.55
$12.54 $12.92 *68,299
$22.13 $34.50 $20.09
$12.00 *43,580 $34.29
$24.81 $14.05

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Extrud., Form., Press., & Compact. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. $11.42

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

$6.81

File Clerks

$9.40

Financial Managers

$33.52

Fire Fighters

$12.71

Food Batchmakers

$7.81

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

$7.76

Food Preparation Workers

$6.78

Food Service Managers

$14.98

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

$15.49

General and Operations Managers

$30.61

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

$7.28

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

$8.64

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

$17.92

$Helpers--Electricians Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Helpers--Production Workers
Highway Maintenance Workers Home Health Aides Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Human Resources Assistants, 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 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other 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
Librarians Library Assistants, Clerical Library Technicians
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Loan Officers Logging Equipment Operators
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Mail Clerks & Mail Machine Operators, Ex. Postal Service Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Maintenance Workers, Machinery

$12.13 $10.77 $7.96
$10.62 $7.14 $6.68
$14.44 $24.63 $27.04
$16.29 $27.84 $10.69
$12.86 $14.60 $20.55
$15.31 $7.34 *$25,806
$8.30 $8.13 $9.32
$22.43 $7.55 $11.15
$11.67 $20.71 $15.39
$9.07 $13.15 $6.74
$8.16 $12.26 $12.88

Management Analysts

$29.87

Managers, All Other

$28.21

Marketing Managers

$29.15

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

$8.77

Mechanical Drafters

$14.81

Medical and Health Services Managers

$38.25

Medical Transcriptionists

$11.47

Meter Readers, Utilities

$15.66

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

*$41,888

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

$12.16

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$26.47

Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

$9.13

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$7.15

Office Clerks, General

$9.18

Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipment Operators

$11.45

Order Clerks

$10.39

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$11.80

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$7.63

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$12.60

Parts Salespersons

$13.12

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$11.52

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Pharmacists

$42.12

Pharmacy Technicians

$11.01

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$12.98

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$13.20

Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers

$10.37

Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Operators $11.02

Postal Service Clerks

$19.04

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$18.47

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$11.76

Procurement Clerks

$12.57

Production Workers, All Other

$12.50

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$15.46

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

$31.93

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$16.24

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

$18.72

Purchasing Managers

$30.04

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$16.29

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$8.35

Recreation Workers

$10.71

Registered Nurses

$19.73

Retail Salespersons

$7.35

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$18.27

Sales Managers

$32.28

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $18.10

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

$21.45

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

$8.62

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

*$32,730

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$10.06

Security Guards

$8.58

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$23.68

Sewing Machine Operators

$7.98

Sheet Metal Workers

$10.70

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$9.61

Social and Human Service Assistants

$10.71

Special Education Teachers, Middle School

*$40,480

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

*$39,513

Speech-Language Pathologists

$24.24

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$9.94

Suprvsrs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$21.37

Suprvsrs. of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

$25.03

Suprvsrs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$10.56

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

$19.04

Suprvsrs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$11.74

Suprvsrs.ofLandscaping,LawnService,&GroundskeepingWorkers $14.31

Suprvsrs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$23.03

Suprvsrs. of Non-Retail Sales Workers

$31.45

Suprvsrs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$15.00

Suprvsrs. of Production and Operating Workers

$18.89

Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers

$13.97

Suprvsrs. of Transportation & Material-Moving Mach.

& Vehicle Operators

$16.12

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

$17.64

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$8.25

Teacher Assistants

*$13,611

Team Assemblers

$10.39

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$13.19

Tellers

$8.70

Training and Development Specialists

$16.66

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$27.05

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$15.65

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$10.68

Waiters and Waitresses

$6.91

Water & Liquid Waste Treatment Plant & System Operators

$14.30

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping $12.68

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$13.45

Woodwork. Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Ex. Sawing

$7.99

* Denotes annual salaries

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