Occupational Employment and Wages: Total all industries in Workforce Investment Area 5

Comparative Occupational Wages 2009 (4th Quarter)
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Workforce Investment Area 5

Life, Physical, and Social Science 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

LIFE, PHYSICAL, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS 19-0000 490 46.71 47,514 9.66 27,037 57,754 25,152 31,510 39,559 51,504 83,203

22.84 13.00 27.76 12.09 15.15 19.02 24.76 40.00

Chemists 19-2031 30 41.68 70,546 7.54 48,941 81,348 42,625 51,267 74,424 83,070 98,359

33.92 23.53 39.11 20.50 24.65 35.78 39.94 47.29

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 19-2041 30 17.62 45,074 3.46 30,835 52,194 26,990 35,316 43,914 51,989 63,351

21.67 14.82 25.09 12.98 16.98 21.11 24.99 30.46

Market Research Analysts 19-3021 50 27.98 37,004 5.30 21,931 44,541 20,746 24,491 35,472 43,084 54,790

17.79 10.54 21.42 9.97 11.77 17.06 20.71 26.34

Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 19-3031 20 6.81 47,076 5.23 32,713 54,256 29,681 34,966 41,723 57,345 73,651

22.63 15.72 26.09 14.27 16.81 20.06 27.57 35.41

Urban and Regional Planners 19-3051 20 34.82 45,177 6.30 34,939 50,295 33,475 38,171 43,409 51,569 64,581

21.72 16.80 24.18 16.09 18.36 20.87 24.80 31.05

Chemical Technicians 19-4031 90 44.52 38,103 8.82 27,403 43,452 26,210 30,032 36,561 45,794 51,644

18.31 13.18 20.89 12.60 14.43 17.58 22.02 24.83

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-4091 10 5.07 32,677 3.66 23,077 37,477 20,302 25,834 35,086 38,919 41,221

15.71 11.10 18.02 9.76 12.42 16.87 18.71 19.82

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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.