Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008
      51-9199 Production Workers, All Other
      All production workers not listed separately.
      National 
      estimates for this occupation
Industry profile 
      for this occupation
State profile for 
      this occupation
Metropolitan area 
      profile for this occupation
      
      
      National estimates for this occupation: Top
      Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
      
        
        
          | Employment (1) | Employment RSE (3)
 | Mean hourly wage
 | Mean annual wage (2)
 | Wage RSE (3) | 
        
          | 280,160 | 1.8 % | $14.57 | $30,310 | 0.7 % | 
      Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
      
        
        
          | Percentile | 10% | 25% | 50% (Median)
 | 75% | 90% | 
        
          | Hourly Wage | $8.12 | $9.66 | $12.86 | $17.86 | $24.62 | 
        
          | Annual Wage (2) | $16,880 | $20,090 | $26,750 | $37,140 | $51,200 | 
      
      
      Industry profile for this occupation: Top
      Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this 
      occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in 
      this occupation, see the Create Customized 
      Tables function.
      Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation: 
      
      
        
        
          | Industry | Employment | Hourly mean wage | Annual mean wage | 
        
          | Employment 
            Services | 68,300 | $11.44 | $23,790 | 
        
          | Animal 
            Slaughtering and Processing | 10,810 | $12.05 | $25,050 | 
        
          | Motor 
            Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | 10,680 | $19.96 | $41,520 | 
        
          | Plastics 
            Product Manufacturing | 7,090 | $14.19 | $29,520 | 
        
          | Semiconductor 
            and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | 5,730 | $15.46 | $32,160 | 
      Top paying industries for this occupation: 
      
      
      
      State profile for this occupation: Top
      States with the highest published employment concentrations and wages 
      for this occupation are provided. For a list of all States with employment 
      in this occupation, see the Create Customized 
      Tables function.
      States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation: 
      
      
        
        
          | State | Employment | Hourly mean wage | Annual mean wage | Percent of State employment | 
        
          | Michigan | 31,650 | $17.68 | $36,770 | 0.764% | 
        
          | Illinois | 34,090 | $14.76 | $30,690 | 0.577% | 
        
          | Tennessee | 14,030 | $12.00 | $24,960 | 0.509% | 
        
          | Iowa | 7,470 | $13.19 | $27,440 | 0.497% | 
        
          | Oregon | 8,340 | $12.29 | $25,560 | 0.489% | 
      Top paying States for this occupation: 
      
        
        
          | State | Employment | Hourly mean wage | Annual mean wage | Percent of State employment | 
        
          | Alaska | 90 | $25.28 | $52,580 | 0.029% | 
        
          | District of 
            Columbia | 120 | $24.16 | $50,250 | 0.019% | 
        
          | Delaware | 450 | $22.22 | $46,220 | 0.106% | 
        
          | Wyoming | 410 | $20.09 | $41,790 | 0.144% | 
        
          | Indiana | 8,400 | $19.90 | $41,390 | 0.287% | 
      
      
      Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top
      Metropolitan areas with the highest published employment concentrations 
      and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all Metropolitan 
      areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized 
      Tables function.
      Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this 
      occupation: 
      
        
        
          | MSA | Employment | Hourly mean wage | Annual mean wage | Percent of MSA employment | 
        
          | Holland-Grand 
            Haven, MI | 2,990 | $14.60 | $30,360 | 2.764% | 
        
          | Cleveland, TN | 990 | $12.83 | $26,680 | 2.735% | 
        
          | Elkhart-Goshen, 
            IN | 2,450 | $25.19 | $52,390 | 1.984% | 
        
          | Kankakee-Bradley, 
            IL | 680 | $13.36 | $27,790 | 1.611% | 
        
          | Sandusky, OH | 500 | $15.26 | $31,740 | 1.401% | 
      Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation: 
      
        
        
          | MSA | Employment | Hourly mean wage | Annual mean wage | Percent of MSA employment | 
        
          | Anderson, IN | 310 | $28.61 | $59,510 | 0.779% | 
        
          | Flint, MI | 1,040 | $26.47 | $55,060 | 0.733% | 
        
          | Elkhart-Goshen, 
            IN | 2,450 | $25.19 | $52,390 | 1.984% | 
        
          | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, 
            MI Metropolitan Division | (8) | $22.23 | $46,240 | (8) | 
        
          | Duluth, MN-WI | 380 | $21.72 | $45,180 | 0.301% | 
      
      About May 2008 
      National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational 
      Employment and Wage Estimates
      These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in 
      all industry sectors in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in every 
      State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage 
      figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files 
      (XLS).
      Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an 
      occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn 
      more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of 
      workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than 
      the median. More about 
      percentile wages.
      (1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because 
      the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not 
      include self-employed workers.
      (2) 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.
      (3) 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.
      (8) Estimate not released.
      
      Other OES estimates and related information:
      May 2008 National 
      Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
      May 2008 State 
      Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
      May 2008 
      Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage 
      Estimates
      May 2008 National 
      Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
      List of 
      Occupations in SOC Code Number Order
      List of 
      Occupations in Alphabetical Order
      Download May 2008 
      Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in Zipped Excel files
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      Last Modified Date: May 04, 2009