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Hot Springs, AR

This list of OES earnings and employment estimates for occupations in the Hot Springs, Arkansas, area is ordered by average earnings. The occupation title is a link to the section of the Occupational Outlook Handbook that includes the occupation. (In some cases two or more OES occupations are included together in one OOH article.)

Occupations ranked by mean annual earnings

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Metropolitian area, all industries, May 2005

Mean annual wageOccupationMedian annual wageEmployment
$103,770Chief executives
(area) (ind)
$91,340 30
$102,660Dentists, general
(area) (ind)
$88,130n.a.
$87,080Sales managers
(area) (ind)
$81,450 50
$78,230General and operations managers
(area) (ind)
$65,090 450
$73,180Pharmacists
(area) (ind)
$79,170 90
$69,070First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$58,100 50
$66,380Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind)
$59,480 100
$65,600Physical therapists
(area) (ind)
$58,100 40
$65,450Management occupations
(area) (ind)
$56,380 1,350
$64,370Financial managers
(area) (ind)
$60,700 110
$63,270Loan officers
(area) (ind)
$57,770n.a.
$62,380Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind)
$63,560 70
$58,140Civil engineers
(area) (ind)
$57,300 30
$57,640Lawyers
(area) (ind)
$54,070 60
$57,620Administrative services managers
(area) (ind)
$41,890 80
$57,420Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind)
$47,320 30
$56,890Managers, all other
(area) (ind)
$60,280 30
$56,780Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind)
$54,930 30
$55,600Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$46,630 300
$51,950Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind)
$50,000 140
$50,410Construction managers
(area) (ind)
$46,160 30
$50,360Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind)
$45,250 110
$48,550Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$50,540n.a.
$47,420Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind)
$43,480 130
$46,770Registered nurses
(area) (ind)
$45,860 1,120
$46,340Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind)
$48,530 70
$45,950Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind)
$42,450 30
$44,790Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind)
$38,900 2,820
$44,390Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind)
$47,180 120
$44,330Respiratory therapists
(area) (ind)
$44,980 70
$44,090First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind)
$40,030 170
$44,090Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$47,340 30
$43,890Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind)
$39,580 220
$43,820Postal service clerks
(area) (ind)
$46,380 30
$43,810Librarians
(area) (ind)
$43,890 30
$43,000Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$41,890 40
$42,760First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind)
$38,240 60
$42,630Industrial production managers
(area) (ind)
$35,050 30
$42,610Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind)
$43,280n.a.
$42,550Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind)
$40,410 40
$41,890Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$41,810 320
$41,820Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind)
$43,230n.a.
$41,660Legal occupations
(area) (ind)
$39,700 150
$41,360Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$41,100 60
$41,300Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind)
$38,140 740
$41,270Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
(area) (ind)
$42,140 70
$41,000First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind)
$39,270 180
$40,140Property, real estate, and community association managers
(area) (ind)
$35,810 50
$40,130Rehabilitation counselors
(area) (ind)
$37,500 50
$40,110Management analysts
(area) (ind)
$28,300 30
$39,710Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind)
$39,710 30
$39,170Food service managers
(area) (ind)
$37,770 90
$38,680Massage therapists
(area) (ind)
$40,680 120
$38,610Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind)
$38,760 50
$38,530Public relations specialists
(area) (ind)
$35,570 30
$38,500Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$39,300 70
$38,350Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind)
$34,060 200
$37,320Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$36,970 350
$37,060Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$34,270n.a.
$36,480Cost estimators
(area) (ind)
$37,280 30
$36,390Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind)
$39,310 120
$35,980First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind)
$34,330 150
$35,640Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind)
$37,720 1,630
$35,140First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$37,280 30
$34,770First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind)
$35,080 410
$34,320Protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$33,200 50
$34,280Dietitians and nutritionists
(area) (ind)
$34,280n.a.
$33,830Electricians
(area) (ind)
$31,760 270
$33,830Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind)
$25,470 280
$33,480Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind)
$30,320 400
$33,140First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$32,760 50
$32,870Clergy
(area) (ind)
$33,280n.a.
$32,590Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind)
$34,500 40
$31,770Parts salespersons
(area) (ind)
$31,040 50
$31,190Brickmasons and blockmasons
(area) (ind)
$30,140 80
$31,130Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind)
$22,500 50
$30,920Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind)
$27,080 30
$30,850Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$29,360n.a.
$30,730First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$27,400 480
$30,480Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind)
$27,120 50
$30,410All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind)
$24,110 40
$29,950Computer support specialists
(area) (ind)
$24,750 80
$29,740Lodging managers
(area) (ind)
$23,730 30
$29,680Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind)
$26,470 90
$29,610Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind)
$29,080 180
$29,540Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind)
$28,480n.a.
$29,460Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
(area) (ind)
$30,190 60
$29,270Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind)
$27,470 1,870
$29,210New accounts clerks
(area) (ind)
$27,310 30
$29,170Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind)
$29,390n.a.
$29,130Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$26,930n.a.
$29,050Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind)
$28,280 50
$29,010Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind)
$27,010n.a.
$28,410Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind)
$28,070 620
$27,940Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind)
$27,290 40
$27,940Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$26,910 100
$27,870Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind)
$23,760 80
$27,860Painters, transportation equipment
(area) (ind)
$25,510 50
$27,810Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind)
$26,310 1,520
$27,790Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind)
$27,820 30
$27,600Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind)
$27,080 220
$27,510Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind)
$26,710 60
$27,510Carpenters
(area) (ind)
$26,310 150
$27,300All Occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,400 35,800
$27,270Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind)
$26,550 80
$27,220Protective service occupations
(area) (ind)
$24,120 630
$27,200Motorboat mechanics
(area) (ind)
$22,120 30
$26,880Machinists
(area) (ind)
$23,530 80
$26,810Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind)
$25,410 680
$26,410Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
(area) (ind)
$24,210n.a.
$26,410Meeting and convention planners
(area) (ind)
$25,740 40
$26,310Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind)
$26,240 130
$26,190First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind)
$22,280 70
$26,060Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind)
$23,020 60
$25,890Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind)
$26,150 30
$25,600Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$26,560 60
$25,190Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind)
$25,530 80
$25,060Production occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,790 2,710
$25,010Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind)
$25,730 90
$24,490Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
(area) (ind)
$24,720n.a.
$24,460Tellers
(area) (ind)
$22,990 310
$24,450Legal secretaries
(area) (ind)
$24,290n.a.
$24,320Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind)
$24,260 140
$24,310Stationary engineers and boiler operators
(area) (ind)
$22,210 60
$24,150Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind)
$23,050 460
$24,110Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$22,810n.a.
$24,100Mechanical engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$22,900n.a.
$24,050Order clerks
(area) (ind)
$19,200 50
$24,030Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$22,510n.a.
$23,890Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,780 5,770
$23,740Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
(area) (ind)
$22,000 30
$23,660Pest control workers
(area) (ind)
$20,730 50
$23,600Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind)
$16,800 4,890
$23,380Health technologists and technicians, all other
(area) (ind)
$21,300 60
$23,330Customer service representatives
(area) (ind)
$21,370 290
$23,290Medical equipment preparers
(area) (ind)
$20,500 30
$23,260Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind)
$21,110n.a.
$23,230Floral designers
(area) (ind)
$24,390n.a.
$23,160First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind)
$21,120 320
$23,160Medical assistants
(area) (ind)
$22,970n.a.
$22,970Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind)
$21,840 110
$22,810Dental laboratory technicians
(area) (ind)
$17,390 40
$22,630Medical secretaries
(area) (ind)
$22,110 60
$22,610Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind)
$21,410 420
$22,580Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind)
$21,150 170
$22,540Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind)
$21,200 40
$22,400Data entry keyers
(area) (ind)
$20,610 60
$22,040Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind)
$22,390 40
$22,000Dental assistants
(area) (ind)
$19,360 110
$21,940Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$20,880 50
$21,830Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind)
$21,050 90
$21,780Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind)
$21,510 230
$21,500Construction laborers
(area) (ind)
$21,370 160
$21,460Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind)
$21,070 40
$21,410Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind)
$21,200n.a.
$21,330Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind)
$20,830 100
$21,140Grinding and polishing workers, hand
(area) (ind)
$21,090n.a.
$20,690Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind)
$19,060 190
$20,600Helpers, construction trades, all other
(area) (ind)
$20,510n.a.
$20,590Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$20,240 60
$20,520Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind)
$17,970 2,130
$20,060Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind)
$18,720 1,850
$19,590Retail salespersons
(area) (ind)
$15,810 1,880
$19,540Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind)
$18,960 200
$19,420Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind)
$17,020n.a.
$19,380Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind)
$19,110 400
$19,360Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind)
$17,710 260
$19,180Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
(area) (ind)
$19,660 30
$19,140Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind)
$19,080 80
$18,970File clerks
(area) (ind)
$17,820 120
$18,950Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$18,910 360
$18,900Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$18,470n.a.
$18,810Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$18,670 50
$18,770Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind)
$18,770 590
$18,630Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind)
$18,200 30
$18,540Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind)
$17,740 120
$18,400Office clerks, general
(area) (ind)
$18,880 760
$18,150Team assemblers
(area) (ind)
$17,240 280
$18,080Home health aides
(area) (ind)
$18,290 530
$18,060Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind)
$16,910 1,500
$17,930Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind)
$17,030 380
$17,710Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$16,560n.a.
$17,230Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind)
$17,090 40
$17,180Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
(area) (ind)
$16,460 70
$17,000Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind)
$16,680 170
$16,660Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind)
$16,420 290
$16,580Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind)
$16,150 260
$16,540Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$16,190 530
$16,500Bartenders
(area) (ind)
$15,780 200
$16,280Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind)
$15,530 890
$16,260Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$16,190 690
$15,980Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind)
$13,970 100
$15,950Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind)
$15,150 90
$15,780Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$15,110 80
$15,740Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$15,770 450
$15,510Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind)
$14,250 80
$15,460Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind)
$15,390 110
$15,420Nonfarm animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$14,990 160
$15,200Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind)
$14,110 4,110
$15,160Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind)
$15,530n.a.
$15,100Food preparation workers
(area) (ind)
$15,280 270
$15,070Baggage porters and bellhops
(area) (ind)
$14,000 30
$15,070Teacher assistants
(area) (ind)
$13,850 170
$14,900Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind)
$15,160 220
$14,840Security guards
(area) (ind)
$14,190 260
$14,710Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind)
$14,900 90
$14,620Child care workers
(area) (ind)
$14,760 90
$14,560Personal care and service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$13,130n.a.
$14,500Cashiers
(area) (ind)
$13,780 1,360
$14,500Dishwashers
(area) (ind)
$14,740 240
$14,190Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$13,800 110
$14,150Cooks, short order
(area) (ind)
$13,570n.a.
$13,910Telemarketers
(area) (ind)
$13,330 110
$13,810Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind)
$13,360 960
$13,760Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind)
$13,120 150
$13,690Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind)
$13,700 130
$13,280Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$13,090 370
$13,250Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind)
$13,130 430
$13,230Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind)
$13,240 380
$12,830Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$12,780n.a.
n.a.Computer programmers
(area) (ind)
n.a. 30
n.a.Personal financial advisors
(area) (ind)
n.a. 40

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates