Comparative Occupational Wages 2011: Total all industries in Workforce Investment Area 5

Comparative Occupational Wages 2011 (4th Quarter)
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Workforce Investment Area 5

Healthcare Support Occupations

Occupation Occ. code Estabs. reporting occupation Est. empl. Empl %RSE Mean wage Mean %RSE Entry wage Exp. wage 25th pct Median wage 75th pct

HEALTHCARE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS 31-0000 93 2,510 9.54 21,394 3.08 16,974 23,602 17,295 19,198 23,964

10.29 8.16 11.35 8.32 9.23 11.52

Home Health Aides 31-1011 13 530 17.85 17,783 2.51 17,037 18,156 16,612 17,808 19,003

8.55 8.19 8.73 7.99 8.56 9.13

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants 31-1012 29 1,290 18.11 19,830 3.03 16,951 21,270 17,140 18,887 22,386

9.53 8.15 10.23 8.24 9.08 10.77

Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021 13 30 25.68 39,521 5.95 29,834 44,365 32,553 39,436 45,473

19.00 14.34 21.32 15.65 18.96 21.87

Physical Therapist Aides 31-2022 8 20 38.95 23,066 4.21 18,020 25,588 19,523 22,443 26,470

11.09 8.66 12.30 9.38 10.79 12.72

Massage Therapists 31-9011 8 20 28.61 31,123 6.63 19,779 36,794 21,090 30,938 37,319

14.96 9.51 17.69 10.14 14.87 17.94

Dental Assistants 31-9091 12 130 18.43 27,172 4.33 21,035 30,241 23,914 27,463 31,291

13.07 10.12 14.54 11.50 13.21 15.04

Medical Assistants 31-9092 27 200 20.80 24,670 3.44 20,692 26,659 21,597 24,499 27,656

11.86 9.94 12.81 10.39 11.78 13.30

Medical Equipment Preparers 31-9093 5 58.87 27,850 5.57 20,608 31,472 22,617 27,232 30,597

13.39 9.90 15.13 10.88 13.10 14.71

Medical Transcriptionists 31-9094 12 100 29.43 28,595 4.10 20,472 32,656 22,559 27,631 33,694

13.75 9.84 15.70 10.85 13.29 16.20

Pharmacy Aides 31-9095 6 20 43.37 21,747 5.10 16,952 24,144 18,194 21,624 25,561

10.46 8.15 11.61 8.75 10.40 12.29

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other* 31-9799 10 110 19.12 26,001 7.73 19,150 29,427 20,303 23,355 31,359

12.50 9.20 14.15 9.76 11.23 15.07

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NOTES

'Current' denotes 4th Quarter 2011. Wages are base year 2011, 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.