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. Other career guidance publications made possible by the OES survey: We wish to express our appreciation to all employers who responded to the OES survey. Your support enables WI&A to continue with its mission of providing valuable occupational and wage information. Without your participation this publication would not be possible. Workforce Information and Analysis 223 Courtland Street, Suite 300 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Phone (404) 232-3875 1-800-338-2082 Fax (404) 232-3888 Visit our web site: www.dol.state.ga.us/lmi 2003 GEORGIA Area Occupational Wages Employers and job seekers: know the " fair market value" of positions to be filled. WIA Area #16 Heart of GA/Altamaha Bleckley Johnson Emanuel Laurens Treutlen Candler Montgomer y Dodge Wheeler Wilcox Telfair Toombs Evans Tattnall Jeff Davis Appling Wayne Includes the following counties: Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner Area Occupational Wages Occupation Title Average Wage Accountants and Auditors $22.58 Administrative Services Managers $25.90 All Other Counselors, Social and Religious Workers $17.04 All Other Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians $18.69 All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks $14.48 All Other Legal and Related Workers $14.43 All Other Secretaries, Admin. Assts., & Other Office Support $9.85 All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult *$27,370 Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other $16.47 Automotive Body and Related Repairers $12.90 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $13.66 Bartenders $8.57 Bill and Account Collectors $11.10 Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators $10.77 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $11.17 Budget Analysts $21.00 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $14.60 Bus Drivers, School $7.18 Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity $7.57 Business Operations Specialists, All Other $25.63 Butchers and Meat Cutters $9.01 Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters $9.89 Carpenters $11.96 Cashiers $6.73 Chief Executives $50.72 Child Care Workers $6.65 Child, Family, and School Social Workers $14.73 Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment $10.41 Coat., Paint., & Spray. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. $10.84 Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food $6.52 Compli. Officers, Ex. Ag., Const., Health & Safety, & Transportation $17.33 Computer and Information Systems Managers $32.02 Computer Programmers $24.62 Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software $35.55 Computer Support Specialists $15.64 Computer Systems Analysts $27.17 Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal & Plastic $11.47 Construction Laborers $9.65 Construction Managers $31.03 Cooks, Fast Food $6.24 Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria $7.03 Cooks, Restaurant $7.37 Cooks, Short Order $6.35 Correctional Officers and Jailers $12.62 Cost Estimators $22.08 Counter and Rental Clerks $8.18 Counter Attendants, Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop $6.66 Customer Service Representatives $13.16 Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $9.61 Database Administrators $22.12 Dental Assistants $8.72 Dental Hygienists $19.62 Detectives and Criminal Investigators $15.76 Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $7.42 Dishwashers $6.07 Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School $67,235 Ed. Administrators, Postsecondary $27.60 Ed. Administrators, Preschool & Child Care Center/Program $17.88 Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors $20.98 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians $20.21 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers $10.46 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $20.86 Electricians $18.02 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $42,320 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics $10.02 Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists $15.77 Engineering Managers $38.32 Occupation Title Average Wage Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $13.22 Family and General Practitioners $59.92 File Clerks $8.13 Financial Managers $27.98 Financial Specialists, All Other $16.20 Fire Fighters $7.82 Food Preparation Workers $6.49 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant $6.49 Food Service Managers $16.60 Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, & Kettle Operators and Tenders $7.10 Furniture Finishers $10.79 General and Operations Managers $28.00 Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products $6.85 Grind., Lap., Polish., & Buff. Mach. Tool Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., $Metal & Plastic Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Health Educators Healthcare Support Workers, All Other Helpers--Electricians Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Home Health Aides Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping Human Resources Managers Industrial Production Managers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Instructional Coordinators 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 Library Technicians Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Loan Officers Logging Equipment Operators Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Maintenance Workers, Machinery Management Analysts Managers, All Other Marketing Managers Mechanical Drafters Mechanical Engineers Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians $8.70 $7.55 $11.64 $10.38 $9.55 $9.51 $6.80 $11.96 $27.28 $26.01 $11.60 $11.05 $20.81 $7.36 *$45,025 $8.24 $8.84 $6.71 $20.50 $8.75 $11.64 $21.95 $12.55 $13.19 $6.77 $12.77 $12.85 $27.03 $30.48 $32.69 $17.23 $26.21 $12.88 Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists $20.15 Medical and Health Services Managers $30.17 Medical and Public Health Social Workers $15.20 Medical Assistants $11.84 Medical Records and Health Information Technicians $13.28 Medical Secretaries $10.01 Middle School Teachers, Ex. Special & Vocational Education *44,650 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines $13.80 Network and Computer Systems Administrators $24.46 Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants $7.24 Office Clerks, General $8.97 Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators $11.61 Order Clerks $9.96 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders $7.80 Packers and Packagers, Hand $7.58 Painters, Construction and Maintenance $11.03 Parts Salespersons $10.10 Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks $11.31 Personal and Home Care Aides $6.43 Pharmacists $35.22 Pharmacy Technicians $8.30 Occupation Title Average Wage Physical Therapists $25.62 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters $16.87 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers $11.46 Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Operators $11.88 Postal Service Clerks $18.68 Postal Service Mail Carriers $18.14 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $12.66 Printing Machine Operators $8.87 Procurement Clerks $12.76 Production Workers, All Other $7.93 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks $14.55 Protective Service Workers, All Other $9.60 Purch. Agents, Ex. Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products $18.64 Purchasing Managers $29.35 Radiologic Technologists and Technicians $15.83 Receptionists and Information Clerks $8.18 Recreation Workers $8.86 Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors $8.42 Registered Nurses $23.20 Residential Advisors $14.67 Retail Salespersons $8.29 Sales and Related Workers, All Other $12.39 Sales Managers $32.47 Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Technical & Scientific Products $19.78 Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Tech. & Scientific Products $28.79 Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood $10.37 Secondary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. & Voc. Ed. *$40,362 Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $9.49 Security Guards $12.20 Sewing Machine Operators $7.99 Sheet Metal Workers $9.73 Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks $8.91 Slaughterers and Meat Packers $7.97 Social and Community Service Managers $23.17 Social and Human Service Assistants $10.77 Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School *$40,801 Special Education Teachers, Secondary School *$42,987 Stock Clerks and Order Fillers $9.03 Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters $13.36 Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors $13.02 Suprvsrs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers $17.65 Suprvsrs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers $8.90 Suprvsrs. of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand $15.05 Suprvsrs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers $11.59 Suprvsrs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $23.03 Suprvsrs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers $15.81 Suprvsrs. of Production and Operating Workers $19.14 Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers $13.19 Suprvsrs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Operators $18.15 Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service $8.99 Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents $16.70 Teacher Assistants *$13,787 Team Assemblers $9.01 Tellers $8.95 Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $8.16 Textile Knit. & Weav. Mach. Setrs., Operators, & Tndrs. $11.40 Training and Development Specialists $16.64 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $27.06 Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer $15.46 Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services $9.84 Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary $17.54 Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School *$48,436 Waiters and Waitresses $6.60 Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, & Samplers, Recordkeeping $10.74 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers $12.53 Woodworking Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Ex. Sawing $9.98 * Denotes annual salaries Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities