Comparative Occupational Wages 2011: Total all industries in Workforce Investment Area 7

Comparative Occupational Wages 2011 (4th Quarter)
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Workforce Investment Area 7

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 97 2,050 8.34 25,814 5.01 16,831 30,306 18,494 22,850 30,255

12.41 8.09 14.57 8.89 10.99 14.54

Home Health Aides 31-1011 19 300 3.14 18,794 5.31 16,612 19,884 16,626 18,026 19,626

9.03 7.99 9.56 8.00 8.67 9.43

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants 31-1012 19 1,090 14.82 25,673 3.53 18,689 29,165 20,109 23,364 30,680

12.34 8.98 14.02 9.66 11.23 14.75

Occupational Therapist Assistants 31-2011 6 20 15.39 59,310 3.82 46,062 65,935 47,913 57,499 67,352

28.52 22.15 31.70 23.03 27.65 32.38

Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021 13 50 19.39 45,406 8.58 30,812 52,703 39,723 44,749 57,169

21.83 14.81 25.34 19.10 21.52 27.49

Massage Therapists 31-9011 5 40 33.09 39,697 15.63 22,780 48,155 25,297 31,665 60,234

19.09 10.95 23.15 12.16 15.22 28.96

Dental Assistants 31-9091 15 130 12.34 32,590 4.37 25,218 36,275 26,887 30,982 39,223

15.66 12.12 17.44 12.93 14.89 18.86

Medical Assistants 31-9092 31 220 8.24 25,413 2.20 21,228 27,505 21,723 24,238 28,141

12.21 10.21 13.23 10.45 11.65 13.53

Medical Equipment Preparers 31-9093 3 20 14.00 29,729 4.37 25,309 31,939 25,645 28,483 33,307

14.29 12.17 15.35 12.33 13.70 16.02

Medical Transcriptionists 31-9094 5 40 17.50 35,826 6.15 28,604 39,437 31,516 36,678 42,113

17.22 13.75 18.96 15.15 17.63 20.25

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other* 31-9799 13 90 10.35 37,913 9.12 23,908 44,917 27,060 40,649 47,999

18.22 11.49 21.60 13.01 19.54 23.08

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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.