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Madera, CA

This list of OES earnings and employment estimates for occupations in the Madera, California, 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

Madera, California

Metropolitian area, all industries, May 2005

Mean annual wageOccupationMedian annual wageEmployment
$127,890Lawyers
(area) (ind)
$127,470n.a.
$126,960Dentists, general
(area) (ind)
$129,930n.a.
$120,520Legal occupations
(area) (ind)
$121,000 100
$108,080Pharmacists
(area) (ind)
$108,850 90
$91,190Internists, general
(area) (ind)
$83,360n.a.
$85,760Credit analysts
(area) (ind)
$85,270n.a.
$82,750Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind)
$82,160 80
$81,950General and operations managers
(area) (ind)
$74,440 420
$75,590Administrative services managers
(area) (ind)
$75,730 30
$74,580Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind)
$63,660 120
$74,040Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind)
$65,030 50
$74,020Management occupations
(area) (ind)
$70,530 1,180
$73,800Industrial production managers
(area) (ind)
$75,490 30
$72,440Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
(area) (ind)
$71,600 30
$72,290Financial managers
(area) (ind)
$67,240 80
$70,720Management analysts
(area) (ind)
$55,420 40
$69,730Mental health counselors
(area) (ind)
$71,110 30
$69,250Construction managers
(area) (ind)
$60,860n.a.
$66,470Real estate sales agents
(area) (ind)
$53,620n.a.
$64,110Financial analysts
(area) (ind)
$65,710n.a.
$63,770Dietitians and nutritionists
(area) (ind)
$60,290 30
$63,260Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind)
$64,120 30
$62,640Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind)
$61,090 30
$60,420Civil engineers
(area) (ind)
$61,630 50
$56,760Stationary engineers and boiler operators
(area) (ind)
$59,100 40
$54,750Network systems and data communications analysts
(area) (ind)
$53,410n.a.
$54,620Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind)
$53,210 200
$51,560Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind)
$48,940 200
$51,360Protective service occupations
(area) (ind)
$57,890 1,740
$50,270Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind)
$50,330 180
$50,100First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind)
$46,300 80
$49,730Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind)
$47,540 830
$49,700Carpenters
(area) (ind)
$51,140 350
$49,340Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind)
$47,350 150
$49,250First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind)
$46,820 140
$48,990Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$45,740 260
$48,400Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind)
$45,660 3,230
$47,530First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$45,790 30
$47,000Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind)
$43,150 290
$46,990Loan officers
(area) (ind)
$44,920 50
$46,860Lodging managers
(area) (ind)
$45,540 30
$45,320Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind)
$46,950 180
$45,120First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind)
$43,370 30
$44,810Telecommunications line installers and repairers
(area) (ind)
$48,020 100
$44,550Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind)
$42,490 40
$44,120Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind)
$36,380 700
$43,520Electricians
(area) (ind)
$41,940 60
$43,270Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$41,080 120
$42,080Cost estimators
(area) (ind)
$40,880 30
$41,690Postal service clerks
(area) (ind)
$42,200 40
$41,520Protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$46,320 40
$41,250Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind)
$41,500 50
$41,240First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind)
$41,220 330
$41,220First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind)
$39,200 130
$40,860Computer support specialists
(area) (ind)
$40,540 80
$40,840Brickmasons and blockmasons
(area) (ind)
$48,680 40
$40,560Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$36,650 140
$40,340First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$38,880 250
$39,970Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind)
$44,380n.a.
$39,840Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind)
$40,200 80
$39,090Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$45,840 30
$38,960Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind)
$37,980 200
$38,790Residential advisors
(area) (ind)
$43,270n.a.
$38,760Tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$38,630n.a.
$38,510Mechanical drafters
(area) (ind)
$38,640n.a.
$38,190Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind)
$37,260 30
$37,730Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
(area) (ind)
$33,970n.a.
$37,690Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind)
$34,830 380
$37,390Health educators
(area) (ind)
$31,870 50
$37,100First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind)
$34,610 60
$37,090Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind)
$28,700 30
$36,780Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$26,610 30
$36,760Roofers
(area) (ind)
$39,840 100
$36,760Dental assistants
(area) (ind)
$38,340n.a.
$36,380Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind)
$34,550 60
$36,170Food service managers
(area) (ind)
$36,690 50
$36,130Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind)
$34,460 1,150
$36,130Vocational education teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$32,670n.a.
$36,020Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind)
$37,240 30
$35,580Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind)
$33,540 40
$34,440Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind)
$35,890 310
$34,130Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind)
$32,120 2,270
$34,090All Occupations
(area) (ind)
$26,310 37,410
$33,980Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind)
$33,210 40
$33,820Customer service representatives
(area) (ind)
$32,020 170
$33,350Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind)
$34,070 190
$33,330Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$35,970 190
$32,580Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind)
$31,150 170
$32,390Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$32,660n.a.
$31,960Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind)
$32,620n.a.
$31,790Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind)
$31,490 90
$31,090Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind)
$31,620 410
$30,950Printing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$31,730n.a.
$30,820Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind)
$28,510 30
$30,350First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$26,790 40
$30,010Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind)
$27,270 30
$29,860Word processors and typists
(area) (ind)
$30,680 100
$29,590Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind)
$29,580 90
$29,560Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind)
$29,770 140
$29,500First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind)
$27,130 30
$29,390Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind)
$27,200 110
$29,300First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
(area) (ind)
$25,500 80
$29,180Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind)
$26,510 190
$29,020Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind)
$27,580 120
$28,780Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind)
$26,380n.a.
$28,650Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind)
$26,840 190
$28,410Library technicians
(area) (ind)
$28,040 30
$28,360Medical assistants
(area) (ind)
$21,850 360
$28,270Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind)
$28,740 40
$28,230Production occupations
(area) (ind)
$25,490 2,390
$28,010Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind)
$24,880 40
$27,960Machinists
(area) (ind)
$27,040 110
$27,710Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,480 2,710
$27,220Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind)
$28,120 200
$27,040Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$22,030 90
$26,930Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind)
$26,200n.a.
$26,840Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind)
$27,450 70
$26,810Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind)
$24,700 1,850
$26,690Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind)
$25,960n.a.
$26,510Medical secretaries
(area) (ind)
$25,960 90
$26,400Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind)
$24,010 90
$26,330First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind)
$22,690 180
$26,050Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind)
$23,360 30
$25,950Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind)
$22,920 50
$25,910Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$23,960 300
$25,490Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind)
$23,640n.a.
$25,280Farm equipment mechanics
(area) (ind)
$23,840 50
$24,940Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind)
$22,330 30
$24,780Rehabilitation counselors
(area) (ind)
$22,940n.a.
$24,760Teacher assistants
(area) (ind)
$24,450 620
$24,700Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$21,450 220
$24,640Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind)
$22,220 260
$24,290Bakers
(area) (ind)
$24,340 40
$23,960Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,380 1,300
$23,810Retail salespersons
(area) (ind)
$20,740 820
$23,730Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind)
$20,020 40
$23,520Office clerks, general
(area) (ind)
$22,900 950
$23,330Parts salespersons
(area) (ind)
$22,430n.a.
$23,210Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind)
$18,270 130
$22,730Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$21,990n.a.
$22,650Construction laborers
(area) (ind)
$20,690 270
$22,530Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$20,940 660
$22,060Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind)
$19,780 1,340
$22,050Cashiers
(area) (ind)
$19,290 1,050
$21,950Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind)
$21,760 100
$21,790Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind)
$18,430 890
$21,710Recreation workers
(area) (ind)
$18,430 70
$21,450Food preparation workers
(area) (ind)
$21,070 260
$21,410Team assemblers
(area) (ind)
$21,180n.a.
$21,220Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind)
$19,870 80
$21,200Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$20,550 500
$21,000Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind)
$19,840 50
$20,640Security guards
(area) (ind)
$20,600n.a.
$20,620Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind)
$17,610 290
$20,350File clerks
(area) (ind)
$19,120 40
$20,190Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind)
$20,030 490
$20,050Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind)
$18,310 270
$19,470Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
(area) (ind)
$17,780n.a.
$19,370Child care workers
(area) (ind)
$17,410 200
$19,370Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind)
$17,280 2,340
$19,060Agricultural equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$19,360n.a.
$18,980Nonfarm animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$19,300n.a.
$18,790Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind)
$17,330 40
$18,730Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$17,670n.a.
$18,630Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind)
$16,840 30
$18,530Production workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$17,720 270
$18,230Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind)
$16,870 110
$17,780Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind)
$16,700 250
$17,590Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind)
$17,300 80
$17,480Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind)
$16,670 4,740
$17,310Bartenders
(area) (ind)
$16,670 70
$17,010Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
(area) (ind)
$16,460 4,120
$16,840Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$16,510 80
$16,470Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind)
$16,520 720
$16,430Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind)
$16,500n.a.
$16,390Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$16,260 340
$16,340Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind)
$16,250 200
$16,010Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind)
$16,250 180
$15,920Dishwashers
(area) (ind)
$16,100 90

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates