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www.ocouha.com consists of over 400 articles from the Occupational Outlook Handbook containing descriptions, statistics, and other employment, earnings, and demographic information for over 700 occupations: Management, business and financial; Professional; Service; Sales; Office and administrative; Farming, fishing, and forestry; Construction; Installation, maintenance, and repair; Production; Transportation; and Military.

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O, Christmas Trees

Buy at Art.com On The Christmas Tree Lot (The Washington Post; December 15, 2008): managing the Christmas Tree lots … obtaining the trees from the growers, supervising the staff …

… Faith Rodell, co-owner of North Star Christmas Trees, one of the largest independent Christmas tree retailers/wholesalers around Washington …
If you buy a tree at a local military base such as Fort Meade or Fort Belvoir, you are putting a few bucks in Faith’s pocket. She sells trees wholesale to Boy Scout Troops, Lions Clubs, churches, schools like Oyster Elementary in Northwest D.C. and other non-profits. She also has a few retail locations, including a location in Cherry Hill, one on East-West Highway and one on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Norwood Drive, less than a mile from my house.
“It’s a really good spot,” said Faith, referring to the Wisconsin Avenue location. “It’s on a main artery coming out of a city. People head downtown from Montgomery County and boom, this is one of the first lots they get to.”
Faith, 66, and her son, Hugh, 38, run North Star. They sell trees, wreaths, tree stands and other goodies. They sell flowers, pumpkins, and garden plants during the off-season to bring in more money. The Rodells were reluctant to be too specific about their business for fear of tipping off the competition (there is a Christmas tree rival a block down the street on Wisconsin). But I was able to coax some information out of them with the promise I would not reveal state secrets.

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www.ocouha.com is an occupational gazetteer: an internet presentation of the Occupational Outlook Handbook (occupational outlook handbook) plus related information about careers and occupations, including employment and earnings estimates by area and industry.

A few ocouha examples:

Significant Points from Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks:

  • Job opportunities should be plentiful, because of substantial replacement needs.
  • Evening, weekend, and part-time work hours create potential for flexible schedules.  ...

Employment from Diagnostic Medical Sonographers:

Diagnostic medical sonographers held about 42,000 jobs in 2004. About 6 out of 10 sonographer jobs were in hospitals—public and private. ...

Earnings from Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers:

Earnings vary with the particular forestry or logging occupation and with experience. Earnings range from the minimum wage in some beginning forestry and conservation positions to about $25. ...

Quick Stats from Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators:

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators

Average and Percentile Wages from Economists:

National Average and Percentile Annual Earnings, May 2005

Metropolitan area and State estimates.

OES Statistics from Communications Equipment Operators:

May 2005 Mean Annual Earnings and Employment, wage and salary workers

Switchboard operators, including answering service
— National
U.S.: $23,020
— by State
AL: $19,780
AK: $27,880
AZ: $22,220
AR: $20,350
CA: $25,060
CO: $23,240
CT: $26,480
DE: $23,810
DC: $29,110
FL: $20,750
GA: $23,020
HI: $27,250
ID: $19,820
IL: $23,290
IN: $21,900
IA: $21,760
KS: $21,910
KY: $21,550
LA: $18,890
ME: $21,870
MD: $23,520
MA: $25,370
MI: $24,050
MN: $24,940
MS: $18,980
MO: $22,150
MT: $20,460
NE: $21,440
NV: $25,430
NH: $24,140
NJ: $25,070
NM: $19,980
NY: $26,580
NC: $22,450
ND: $20,550
OH: $22,240
OK: $20,020
OR: $24,180
PA: $22,690
RI: $23,690
SC: $21,370
SD: $23,230
TN: $21,970
TX: $21,080
UT: $22,710
VT: $21,650
VA: $22,190
WA: $24,810
WV: $19,270
WI: $22,840
WY: $20,220
GU: $18,470
PR: $15,600
VI: $18,240
— by NAICS Industry Sector
22 $28,650
23 $22,670
31-33 $24,370
42 $24,690
44-45 $21,110
48-49 $22,590
51 $24,620
52 $24,720
53 $24,140
54 $26,760
55 $24,720
56 $20,860
61 $24,650
62 $22,840
71 $22,010
72 $23,220
81 $23,680
92 $27,010
Also see State and Metropolitan Area and industry estimates of employment and percentile earnings for switchboard operators, including answering service.
Telephone operators
— National
U.S.: $31,030
— by State
AK: $30,210
AZ: $25,160
CA: $32,950
CT: $31,780
DE: $32,760
FL: $26,140
GA: $28,330
ID: $25,660
IL: $37,890
KY: $27,420
LA: $21,800
MD: $28,590
MA: $33,870
MN: $33,300
MO: $28,390
NV: $24,990
NY: $35,750
OH: $28,430
PA: $30,030
SC: $21,270
VA: $35,560
WA: $26,350
WI: $35,200
PR: $17,160
— by NAICS Industry Sector
42 $33,330
44-45 $22,970
48-49 $23,550
51 $32,740
52 $28,100
53 $29,940
54 $29,240
55 $24,100
56 $20,190
61 $24,600
62 $28,620
72 $25,970
81 $18,800
92 $30,040
Also see State and Metropolitan Area and industry estimates of employment and percentile earnings for telephone operators.

Width of bars indicates mean annual wages; color of bars indicates employment.

CPS Statistics from Artists and Related Workers:

Artists and related workers

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