| Occupation |
Occ. code |
Est. empl. |
Mean wage |
Entry wage |
Exp. wage |
25th pct |
Median wage |
75th pct |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4081 | 117,300 | $36,190
$17.40 | |
|
$27,320
$13.13 | $34,340
$16.51 | $43,150
$20.75 |
| Nuclear Power Reactor Operators | 51-8011 | 7,170 | $91,370
$43.93 | |
|
$78,640
$37.81 | $91,170
$43.83 | $104,490
$50.24 |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | 51-9083 | 28,570 | $34,220
$16.45 | |
|
$25,130
$12.08 | $30,640
$14.73 | $38,850
$18.68 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 51-9111 | 386,520 | $30,910
$14.86 | |
|
$22,540
$10.84 | $28,290
$13.60 | $36,970
$17.77 |
| Painters, Transportation Equipment | 51-9122 | 54,860 | $46,270
$22.25 | |
|
$33,000
$15.87 | $42,150
$20.27 | $55,700
$26.78 |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers | 51-9123 | 15,450 | $32,040
$15.40 | |
|
$23,600
$11.34 | $30,030
$14.44 | $37,930
$18.23 |
| Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 51-9196 | 93,100 | $38,570
$18.54 | |
|
$28,240
$13.58 | $36,990
$17.79 | $47,520
$22.85 |
| Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic | 51-4062 | 3,420 | $44,490
$21.39 | |
|
$33,750
$16.23 | $44,210
$21.25 | $54,880
$26.38 |
| Patternmakers, Wood | 51-7032 | 970 | $47,850
$23.01 | |
|
$35,260
$16.95 | $46,510
$22.36 | $60,410
$29.04 |
| Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers | 51-8093 | 41,630 | $67,870
$32.63 | |
|
$53,430
$25.69 | $67,400
$32.40 | $80,860
$38.88 |
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 51-9151 | 26,430 | $31,740
$15.26 | |
|
$22,100
$10.63 | $26,470
$12.73 | $35,970
$17.29 |
| Plant and System Operators, All Other | 51-8099 | 11,970 | $55,340
$26.61 | |
|
$41,740
$20.07 | $54,930
$26.41 | $66,290
$31.87 |
| Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 51-4193 | 35,570 | $33,690
$16.20 | |
|
$25,550
$12.28 | $31,280
$15.04 | $39,380
$18.93 |
| Pourers and Casters, Metal | 51-4052 | 8,560 | $37,300
$17.93 | |
|
$28,990
$13.94 | $36,180
$17.39 | $44,770
$21.53 |
| Power Distributors and Dispatchers | 51-8012 | 11,380 | $81,500
$39.18 | |
|
$67,580
$32.49 | $81,900
$39.37 | $96,870
$46.57 |
| Power Plant Operators | 51-8013 | 35,010 | $73,800
$35.48 | |
|
$59,550
$28.63 | $74,690
$35.91 | $89,390
$42.98 |
| Prepress Technicians and Workers | 51-5111 | 33,340 | $40,640
$19.54 | |
|
$30,270
$14.55 | $38,930
$18.72 | $49,680
$23.89 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | 51-6021 | 45,150 | $22,270
$10.71 | |
|
$18,930
$9.10 | $21,300
$10.24 | $24,710
$11.88 |
| Print Binding and Finishing Workers | 51-5113 | 52,730 | $33,270
$16.00 | |
|
$24,460
$11.76 | $31,410
$15.10 | $40,110
$19.29 |
| Printing Press Operators | 51-5112 | 169,910 | $37,460
$18.01 | |
|
$26,860
$12.91 | $35,530
$17.08 | $46,250
$22.23 |
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