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

Protective Service 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

PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS 33-0000 1,290 9.93 27,478 2.78 18,564 31,935 16,686 20,590 24,342 31,458 42,973

13.21 8.93 15.35 8.02 9.90 11.70 15.12 20.66

First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Service Workers, All Other 33-1099 10 9.58 32,849 4.10 24,320 37,114 22,725 25,733 30,698 38,340 47,683

15.79 11.69 17.85 10.92 12.38 14.76 18.43 22.92

Fire Fighters 33-2011 90 3.90 21,621 3.24 19,102 22,880 17,752 18,843 20,661 23,753 26,270

10.39 9.19 11.00 8.54 9.06 9.93 11.42 12.63

Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012 n/a 0.03 24,875 3.36 23,169 25,729 21,436 22,512 24,302 26,093 30,759

11.96 11.14 12.37 10.30 10.83 11.68 12.54 14.79

Detectives and Criminal Investigators 33-3021 30 5.83 46,469 12.53 28,967 55,220 27,506 30,276 36,110 53,093 93,624

22.34 13.92 26.55 13.22 14.55 17.36 25.53 45.01

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 33-3051 330 7.85 37,339 3.70 25,970 43,023 23,918 29,579 36,829 45,647 51,980

17.95 12.49 20.68 11.50 14.22 17.70 21.94 24.99

Animal Control Workers 33-9011 20 29.84 17,276 3.85 15,387 18,222 14,612 15,139 16,015 18,956 22,911

8.31 7.40 8.76 7.03 7.28 7.70 9.11 11.01

Security Guards 33-9032 490 23.68 20,410 2.68 16,464 22,383 15,316 16,913 18,962 21,277 28,342

9.82 7.92 10.77 7.36 8.13 9.11 10.23 13.62

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092 100 8.41 15,741 2.95 15,201 16,011 14,441 14,832 15,486 16,164 18,045

7.57 7.31 7.70 6.95 7.13 7.44 7.77 8.68

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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.