Occupational Employment and Wages: Total all industries in National

Comparative Occupational Wages 2009 (4th Quarter)
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Construction and Extraction Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE Entry wage Exp. wage 10th pct 25th pct Median wage 75th pct 90th pct

Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas 47-5021 20,220 4.30 42,337 1.40 n/a n/a 26,420 31,210 39,143 50,567 64,365

20.35 n/a n/a 12.70 15.01 18.82 24.31 30.94

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 47-5031 6,060 4.10 45,541 1.70 n/a n/a 29,460 35,151 42,951 52,655 64,518

21.90 n/a n/a 14.17 16.90 20.66 25.31 31.02

Continuous Mining Machine Operators 47-5041 10,920 9.00 46,646 1.80 n/a n/a 30,749 38,478 47,025 54,456 63,075

22.43 n/a n/a 14.78 18.50 22.61 26.18 30.33

Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators 47-5042 9,190 5.50 42,490 1.50 n/a n/a 27,238 34,158 42,460 49,830 55,152

20.43 n/a n/a 13.09 16.43 20.41 23.95 26.52

Mining Machine Operators, All Other 47-5049 4,650 8.80 44,261 1.70 n/a n/a 28,641 36,410 43,903 51,007 61,130

21.28 n/a n/a 13.77 17.50 21.11 24.53 29.39

Rock Splitters, Quarry 47-5051 4,210 9.00 30,872 2.40 n/a n/a 20,083 23,543 28,559 35,090 43,596

14.84 n/a n/a 9.65 11.32 13.73 16.87 20.96

Roof Bolters, Mining 47-5061 4,950 6.70 46,769 1.20 n/a n/a 37,270 41,600 46,278 51,068 55,337

22.49 n/a n/a 17.91 20.00 22.25 24.56 26.60

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 47-5071 62,540 4.80 33,431 1.20 n/a n/a 21,138 24,956 31,333 40,504 50,106

16.07 n/a n/a 10.16 12.00 15.07 19.47 24.09

Helpers--Extraction Workers 47-5081 25,550 5.00 34,834 1.20 n/a n/a 21,588 26,112 33,503 41,784 50,536

16.75 n/a n/a 10.38 12.56 16.11 20.09 24.30

Extraction Workers, All Other 47-5099 7,800 7.60 42,347 2.10 n/a n/a 26,225 31,220 39,358 51,222 64,641

20.36 n/a n/a 12.61 15.01 18.93 24.63 31.08

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NOTES

'Current' denotes 4th Quarter 2009. Wages are base year 2008, aged forward using the Employment Cost Index.

Entry Wage: Average of the lowest 1/3 employed.

Experienced Wage: Average of the highest 2/3 employed.

Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.