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 #20 Coastal GA Bulloch Effingham Bryan Chatham Liberty Long Mcintosh Glynn Camden Includes the following counties: Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner Area Occupational Wages Occupation Title Average Wage Accountants and Auditors Administrative Services Managers Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians All Other Building & Grounds Clean. & Maint. Wrkrs. All Other Construction Trades & Related Wrkrs. All Other Financial, Information, and Record Clerks All Other Legal and Related Workers All Other Sectrs. , Admin. Assts., & Other Office Support All Other Teachers, Primary, Secondary, and Adult Amusement and Recreation Attendants Automotive Body and Related Repairers Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Bakers Bartenders Bill and Account Collectors Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists Bus Drivers, School Business Operations Specialists, All Other Carpenters Cashiers Chief Executives Child Care Workers Child, Family, and School Social Workers Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Comb. Food Prep & Serv. Wrkrs. , Incl. Fast Food Compl. Offcrs., Ex. Ag., Const., Hlth. & Safety, & Transp. Computer & 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 Attndnts., Caf., Food Concession, & Coffee Shop Customer Service Representatives Cut., Punch., & Press Mach. Setrs., Opers., & Tndrs., Metal & Plastic Data Entry Keyers Database Administrators Dental Assistants Dental Hygienists Dentists Detectives and Criminal Investigators Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers Dishwashers Driver/Sales Workers Educ. Admins., Elem. & Sec. School Education Administrators, Postsecondary Education Teachers, Postsecondary Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors Electricians Elem. School Teachers, Except Special Ed. Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics Exec. Secretaries & Admin. Assistants Family and General Practitioners File Clerks Financial Managers $20.47 $27.54 $21.74 $10.43 $12.22 $16.54 $16.60 $12.44 *$49,559 $7.27 $14.07 $14.11 $10.81 $7.46 $11.78 $11.73 $11.89 $15.37 $8.85 $22.88 $13.98 $6.92 $44.27 $6.89 $15.20 $8.84 $6.82 $29.12 $33.58 $24.41 $28.22 $30.19 $20.73 $15.83 $24.41 $10.12 $26.08 $6.44 $7.65 $7.97 $7.85 $13.24 $21.73 $8.00 $6.78 $12.59 $10.97 $9.85 $25.00 $10.94 $17.92 $55.98 $24.45 $7.06 $6.67 $9.66 *$63,906 $30.05 *$52,094 $21.96 $16.87 *$43,046 $11.57 $13.82 $43.35 $7.91 $32.03 Occupation Title Average Wage Financial Specialists, All Other $20.91 Fire Fighters $14.83 Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors $8.39 Food Preparation & Serv. Related Workers, All Other $7.93 Food Preparation Workers $6.97 Food Servers, Nonrestaurant $7.65 Food Service Managers $16.53 General and Operations Managers $30.43 Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists $8.31 Healthcare Support Workers, All Other $11.40 Heating, Air Cond., & Refrig. Mechanics & Installers $15.90 Helpers--Electricians $9.22 Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers $10.07 Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters $10.17 $Helpers--Production Workers Home Health Aides Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks Human Resources Assts., Except Payroll & Timekeeping Human Resources Managers Industrial Machinery Mechanics Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers Instructional Coordinators Insurance Sales Agents Janitors & Cleaners, Exc. Maids & Hsekeep. Cleaners Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers Lawyers Librarians Library Technicians Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses Machine Feeders & Offbearers Machinists Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Management Analysts Managers, All Other Marketing Managers Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters and Trimmers Mechanical Engineers Medical & and Clinical Laboratory Technicians Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists Medical & Health Services Managers Medical Assistants $8.63 $7.79 $7.57 $8.71 $13.69 $27.50 $18.41 $12.96 $15.05 $19.87 $20.90 $7.83 *$37,526 $9.84 $9.68 $7.37 $30.91 $22.52 $13.77 $12.53 $11.26 $18.34 $6.88 $14.14 $24.51 $29.36 $32.09 $8.31 $27.99 $12.25 $20.02 $25.19 $11.27 Medical Records & Health Information Technicians $10.31 Medical Secretaries $10.29 Medical Transcriptionists $12.32 Middle School Teachers, Except Special & Voc. Ed. *$42,610 Network & Computer Systems Administrators $23.67 Network Systems & Data Communications Analysts $18.79 Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants $7.47 Office Clerks, General $10.00 Operating Engineers & Other Const. Equipmt. Operators $13.65 Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders $8.49 Packers and Packagers, Hand $7.87 Painters, Construction and Maintenance $13.36 Painters, Transportation Equipment $13.16 Paper Goods Mach. Setters, Operators, & Tenders $18.25 Parking Lot Attendants $7.53 Parts Salespersons $12.69 Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks $11.61 Personal & Home Care Aides $7.80 Pharmacists $35.32 Pharmacy Technicians $9.52 Physical Therapists $27.11 Occupation Title Average Wage Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters $18.71 Police & Sheriff's Patrol Officers $15.90 Postal Serv. Mail Sorters, Procsrs., & Proc. Mach. Operators $15.99 Postal Service Clerks $18.41 Postal Service Mail Carriers $18.28 Postsecondary Teachers, All Other *$48,038 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $9.19 Printing Machine Operators $12.67 Production Workers, All Other $10.57 Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks $17.71 Protective Service Workers, All Other $12.84 Purch. Agents, Exc. Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products $21.14 Radiologic Technologists & Technicians $15.96 Real Estate Sales Agents $15.75 Receptionists & Information Clerks $9.09 Recreation Workers $8.90 Refuse & Recyclable Material Collectors $8.95 Registered Nurses $21.56 Respiratory Therapists $18.65 Retail Salespersons $9.26 Roofers $11.37 Sales and Related Workers, All Other $15.60 Sales Managers $34.77 Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Except Tech. & Scientific Prods. $21.12 Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Tech. & Scientific Prods. $28.46 Sec. School Teachers, Except Spec. & Voc. Ed. *$44,579 Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive $11.04 Security Guards $9.57 Self-Enrichment Education Teachers $15.00 Service Station Attendants $7.81 Sheet Metal Workers $15.91 Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks $11.14 Social & Community Service Managers $20.50 Social & Human Service Assistants $10.16 Sp. Ed. Teachers, Middle School *$44,364 Sp. Ed. Teachers, Presch., Kindgrtn., & Elem. School *$42,917 Sp. Ed. Teachers, Secondary School *$44,655 Speech-Language Pathologists $27.34 Stock Clerks & Order Fillers $9.35 Suprvsrs. of Const. Trades & Extract. Wrkrs. $21.02 Suprvsrs. of Food Prep. & Serving Wrkrs. $12.59 Suprvsrs. of Housekeep. & Janitorial Workers $11.96 Suprvsrs. of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers $22.05 Suprvsrs. of Office & Admin. Support Workers $18.24 Suprvsrs. of Production and Operating Workers $22.13 Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers $13.84 Suprvsrs. of Transp. & Mat.-Moving Mach. & Vehicle Opers. $19.91 Surgeons $71.17 Switchboard Operators, Incl. Answering Service $8.94 Tax Examiners, Collectors, & Revenue Agents $20.44 Teacher Assistants *$14,806 Team Assemblers $11.24 Telemarketers $9.08 Tellers $9.70 Tire Repairers & Changers $11.21 Training & Development Specialists $19.36 Transportation, Storage, & Distribution Managers $28.74 Travel Agents $13.20 Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer $15.28 Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services $11.34 Ushers, Lobby Attendants, & Ticket Takers $7.34 Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary $21.75 Vocational Education Teachers, Secondary School *$46,198 Waiters & Waitresses $6.86 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers $15.74 * Denotes annual salaries Equal Opportunity Employer/Program Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities