2003 Georgia area occupational wages: WIA area #18 - South 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 #18 South GA

Turner Tift

Ben Hill Irwin

Berrien

Cook

Lanier

Brooks

Lowndes Echols

Includes the following counties: Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, and Turner
Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Area Occupational Wages

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Accountants and Auditors

$20.09

Administrative Services Managers

$23.91

All Other Counselors, Social and Religious Workers

$13.61

All Other Drafters, Engineering, & Mapping Technicians

$16.32

All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks

$9.95

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

$16.43

All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult

*$19,524

Amusement and Recreation Attendants

$8.15

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

$13.62

Bakers

$12.62

Bartenders

$6.56

Bill and Account Collectors

$11.24

Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators

$11.09

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

$11.41

Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists

$13.67

Bus Drivers, School

$6.71

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

$8.95

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

$10.80

Carpenters

$12.07

Cashiers

$6.77

Chief Executives

$49.88

Child Care Workers

$7.38

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

$12.45

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

$7.58

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

$6.35

Compli. Officers, Ex. Ag., Const., Health & Safety, & Transp.

$19.92

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$33.92

Computer Programmers

$22.45

Computer Software Engineers, Applications

$21.35

Computer Support Specialists

$16.30

Computer Systems Analysts

$23.84

Computer-Controlled Mach. Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic $12.17

Construction Laborers

$9.28

Construction Managers

$22.84

Cooks, Fast Food

$6.17

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

$6.92

Cooks, Restaurant

$7.99

Cooks, Short Order

$6.77

Correctional Officers and Jailers

$12.93

Cost Estimators

$17.45

Counter and Rental Clerks

$7.79

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

$6.75

Customer Service Representatives

$11.48

Cut. & Slic. Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$12.94

Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal

and Plastic

$10.16

Database Administrators

$25.60

Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers

$6.75

Dishwashers

$6.53

Driver/Sales Workers

$14.74

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers

$12.82

Ed. Administrators, Elementary & Secondary School

*$71,248

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

$39.18

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

$23.85

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians

$21.01

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

$19.79

Electricians

$13.14

Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed.

*$43,549

Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics

$10.91

Engineering Managers

$33.30

Executive Secretaries & Admin. Assts.

$13.10

Extrud. & Draw. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal and Plastic $10.52

Extrud., Form., Press., & Compact. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs. $9.51

Farm, Ranch, and Other Agricultural Managers

$21.42

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

$7.52

File Clerks

$8.27

Financial Analysts

$19.58

Financial Managers

$27.44

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Fire Fighters

$12.77

Food Preparation Workers

$6.77

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

$8.68

Food Service Managers

$18.64

General and Operations Managers

$29.09

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

$11.47

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

$9.38

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

$12.12

Helpers--Carpenters

$9.23

Helpers--Electricians

$9.34

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

$9.65

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$9.46

Helpers--Production Workers

$9.37

Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop

$6.39

$Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks Human Resources Assistants, Ex. Payroll & Timekeeping Human Resources Managers
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 & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Librarians Library Technicians Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Machine Feeders and Offbearers Machinists Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Management Analysts Managers, All Other
Marketing Managers Mechanical Engineers 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

$7.23 $11.51 $25.50
$19.12 $29.17 $11.59
$12.63 $25.03 $22.82
$14.05 $7.55 *$39,045
$9.58 $9.16 $6.60
$25.11 $9.08 $11.86
$9.94 $14.07 $6.31
$12.12 $23.39 $26.15
$37.77 $26.80 $11.82
$18.61 $27.82 $17.25
$11.13 $9.75 $8.00

Medical Transcriptionists

$11.23

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

*$46,794

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$11.28

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

$15.04

Mold., Coremak., & Cast. Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs.,

Metal and Plastic

$8.83

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$28.07

Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts

$24.45

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

$7.25

Occupational Therapists

$31.08

Office Clerks, General

$9.43

Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators $10.79

Order Clerks

$10.03

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

$8.61

Packers and Packagers, Hand

$8.09

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

$11.74

Parts Salespersons

$8.23

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

$10.15

Personal and Home Care Aides

$7.71

Pharmacists

$33.43

Pharmacy Technicians

$8.78

Occupation Title

Average Wage

Physical Therapist Assistants

$16.08

Physical Therapists

$27.85

Physician Assistants

$40.83

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

$16.06

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

$12.58

Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Processors, & Process. Machine Operators $11.83

Postal Service Mail Carriers

$18.60

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

*$63,440

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

$7.10

Printing Machine Operators

$13.28

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

$16.07

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

$15.54

Protective Service Workers, All Other

$11.50

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

$19.21

Purchasing Managers

$27.22

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

$14.51

Receptionists and Information Clerks

$9.72

Recreation Workers

$8.95

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors

$8.92

Registered Nurses

$18.73

Respiratory Therapists

$16.73

Retail Salespersons

$9.58

Sales and Related Workers, All Other

$15.37

Sales Managers

$30.26

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products $20.95

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

$9.42

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

*$41,808

Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

$10.30

Security Guards

$10.16

Self-Enrichment Education Teachers

$13.73

Sheet Metal Workers

$10.17

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

$9.60

Social and Community Service Managers

$16.36

Social and Human Service Assistants

$11.55

Spec. Ed. Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem. School *$39,917

Special Education Teachers, Middle School

*$41,969

Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

*$39,764

Speech-Language Pathologists

$22.06

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers

$8.78

Suprvsrs. of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

$19.41

Suprvsrs. of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

$16.10

Suprvsrs. of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

$10.77

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

$16.74

Suprvsrs. of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

$11.24

Suprvsrs. of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

$19.18

Suprvsrs. of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$17.07

Suprvsrs. of Police and Detectives

$21.50

Suprvsrs. of Production and Operating Workers

$19.16

Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers

$12.54

Suprvsrs. of Transp. & Material-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Operators $17.86

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

$9.07

Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents

$14.70

Teacher Assistants

*$14,415

Team Assemblers

$10.65

Tellers

$9.04

Tire Repairers and Changers

$8.43

Training and Development Specialists

$15.12

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

$21.67

Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer

$15.01

Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services

$11.71

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers

$6.80

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

$20.64

Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School

*$46,973

Waiters and Waitresses

$6.59

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

$13.73

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

$9.29

* Denotes annual salaries

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