2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #17 - SW Georgia

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 #17 SW Georgia

Terrell

Lee

Calhoun Dougherty

Early Miller

Baker Mitchell

Worth Colquitt

Seminole Decatur

Grady Thomas

Includes the following counties: Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas and Worth
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$21.29

Administrative Services Managers

$21.68

All Other Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Workers $8.65

All Other Construction Trades and Related Workers

$12.05

All Other Counselors, Social and Religious Workers

$14.30

All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks

$17.05

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

$10.82

All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult

*$27,728

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

$7.43

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

$15.61

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

$15.79

Bakers

$11.49

Bartenders

$7.45

Bill and Account Collectors

$10.78

Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$11.94

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$12.26

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists

$14.07

Bus Drivers, School

$6.62

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$21.77

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

$9.65

Carpenters

$12.22

Cashiers

$6.46

Chief Executives

$52.55

Child Care Workers

$7.07

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

$13.98

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

$8.12

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

$6.63

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$32.24

Computer Programmers

$21.50

Computer Software Engineers, Applications

$29.78

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software

$40.81

Computer Specialists, All Other

$14.18

Computer Support Specialists

$16.43

Computer Systems Analysts

$28.34

Construction Laborers

$8.80

Construction Managers

$28.25

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.38

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$7.44

Cooks, Restaurant

$8.11

Cooks, Short Order

$6.51

Correctional Officers and Jailers

$12.42

Cost Estimators

$18.76

Counter and Rental Clerks

$7.30

Counter Attendants, Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop

$7.01

Customer Service Representatives

$11.21

Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. Metal & Plastic $9.86

Data Entry Keyers

$9.86

Database Administrators

$15.93

Dental Assistants

$9.36

Dental Hygienists

$18.28

Dentists

$49.62

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$6.74

Dishwashers

$6.62

Driver/Sales Workers

$12.43

Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School

*$71,536

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

$36.05

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

$22.12

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

$18.79

Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Special Education

*$43,227

Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

$11.51

Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$13.91

Extrud. & Draw. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic $11.39

Family and General Practitioners

$60.91

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

$7.08

File Clerks

$8.55

Financial Managers

$28.68

Fire Fighters

$11.46

Food Preparation Workers

$7.81

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Food Service Managers

$17.50

General and Operations Managers

$30.54

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

$6.53

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

$8.28

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

$9.09

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

$14.42

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

$9.90

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$9.97

Helpers--Production Workers

$8.66

Home Health Aides

$7.46

Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop

$7.44

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

$7.14

Human Resources Assistants, Ex. Payroll & Timekeeping

$13.69

Human Resources Managers

$29.35

$Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Production Managers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Instructional Coordinators Insurance Sales Agents
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 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
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Logging Equipment Operators Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Management Analysts Managers, All Other Marketing Managers
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Medical and Health Services Managers Medical and Public Health Social Workers Medical Assistants
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians Medical Secretaries Medical Transcriptionists
Middle School Teachers, Ex. Spec. & Voc. Ed. Mix. & Blend. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$16.57 $29.51 $11.99
$12.50 $20.99 $23.27
$10.01 $7.28 *$42,514
$8.45 $8.39 $8.04
$12.07 $10.35 $7.99
$12.88 $6.80 $14.15
$25.13 $27.78 $33.78
$7.33 $10.59 $19.09
$29.56 $16.99 $11.54
$9.59 $10.56 $11.96
*$43,958 $10.52 $17.63

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$23.17

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$20.92

Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

$8.39

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$7.68

Occupational Therapists

$29.99

Office Clerks, General

$9.10

Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators $11.68

Order Clerks

$10.36

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$16.17

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$8.08

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$11.81

Parts Salespersons

$11.36

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$11.87

Personal and Home Care Aides

$6.87

Pharmacists

$34.04

Pharmacy Technicians

$10.44

Physical Therapists

$26.21

Physician Assistants

$35.18

Pipelayers

$10.58

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$14.03

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$14.20

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Mach. Operators $15.08

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$18.37

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

*$50,438

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$11.22

Printing Machine Operators

$12.68

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

$16.21

Procurement Clerks

$13.87

Production Workers, All Other

$14.75

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$14.87

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$25.93

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

$19.68

Purchasing Managers

$30.52

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$18.38

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$9.15

Recreation Workers

$9.92

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

$9.51

Registered Nurses

$20.41

Respiratory Therapists

$18.12

Retail Salespersons

$9.85

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$12.83

Sales Managers

$30.94

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $20.03

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Technical & Scientific Products $20.43

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

$8.79

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

*$48,497

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$10.44

Security Guards

$7.93

Sewing Machine Operators

$9.04

Sheet Metal Workers

$14.10

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$11.90

Social and Community Service Managers

$19.73

Social and Human Service Assistants

$10.56

Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School *$42,607

Speech-Language Pathologists

$21.99

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$9.68

Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors

$14.92

Suprvisrs. of Production and Operating Workers

$21.09

Suprvsrs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$18.38

Suprvsrs. of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

$18.81

Suprvsrs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$11.51

Suprvsrs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$11.57

Suprvsrs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$21.89

Suprvsrs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$16.50

Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers

$11.70

Suprvsrs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Opers. $16.44

Surgical Technologists

$13.14

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$8.73

Teacher Assistants

*$15,213

Team Assemblers

$9.78

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

$15.56

Tellers

$8.75

Textile Wind., Twist., & Draw. Out Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. $9.74

Tire Repairers and Changers

$8.06

Training and Development Specialists

$16.18

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$26.89

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$15.19

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$11.55

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

$6.37

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers

$7.63

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$19.79

Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School

*$51,149

Waiters and Waitresses

$6.77

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$12.08

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

$8.80

* Denotes annual salaries

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