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Prescott, AZ

This list of OES earnings and employment estimates for occupations in the Prescott, Arizona, 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

Prescott, Arizona

Metropolitian area, all industries, May 2005

Mean annual wageOccupationMedian annual wageEmployment
$193,190Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
(area) (ind)
>$145Kn.a.
$177,610Dentists, general
(area) (ind)
>$145Kn.a.
$101,060Chief executives
(area) (ind)
$96,360 180
$87,720Pharmacists
(area) (ind)
$88,780 110
$86,760Chiropractors
(area) (ind)
$85,220 40
$79,470Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$73,960n.a.
$78,030Nuclear medicine technologists
(area) (ind)
$66,820n.a.
$77,480Computer and information systems managers
(area) (ind)
$78,160 60
$77,000Real estate brokers
(area) (ind)
$66,970n.a.
$75,940Education administrators, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$79,220 70
$75,890Civil engineers
(area) (ind)
$65,160 90
$75,760Dental hygienists
(area) (ind)
$77,050 190
$74,050Engineering managers
(area) (ind)
$75,410 30
$70,910Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
(area) (ind)
$69,430 30
$69,020General and operations managers
(area) (ind)
$64,700 650
$68,660Financial managers
(area) (ind)
$66,680 150
$68,620Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind)
$66,970 70
$67,640Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind)
$49,560 3,050
$67,190Physician assistants
(area) (ind)
$66,700n.a.
$66,130Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind)
$65,930 40
$61,800First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
(area) (ind)
$61,310 50
$61,600Computer programmers
(area) (ind)
$60,210 120
$60,460Management occupations
(area) (ind)
$56,090 2,580
$60,040Electronics engineers, except computer
(area) (ind)
$55,190 30
$58,800Diagnostic medical sonographers
(area) (ind)
$56,970n.a.
$58,670Veterinarians
(area) (ind)
$56,870 40
$56,880Physical therapists
(area) (ind)
$56,160 30
$56,610Construction managers
(area) (ind)
$50,170 110
$56,550Lawyers
(area) (ind)
$59,690 140
$56,540Managers, all other
(area) (ind)
$52,420 120
$56,410Computer software engineers, applications
(area) (ind)
$51,340 40
$55,540Sales managers
(area) (ind)
$51,570 160
$54,920Management analysts
(area) (ind)
$46,870n.a.
$54,310First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$50,700 40
$54,130Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind)
$47,270 390
$53,960Occupational therapists
(area) (ind)
$55,920 30
$53,730First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind)
$54,740 180
$53,660Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$49,770 90
$53,150Tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$59,990 120
$52,460Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind)
$46,780 540
$52,130Social and community service managers
(area) (ind)
$51,920 50
$52,080Marketing managers
(area) (ind)
$49,300 100
$52,070Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
(area) (ind)
$52,160 120
$51,610Registered nurses
(area) (ind)
$51,610 880
$51,150Instructional coordinators
(area) (ind)
$39,550 80
$51,140Legal occupations
(area) (ind)
$44,580 270
$49,960Fire inspectors and investigators
(area) (ind)
$50,610n.a.
$49,780Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$50,720 100
$49,680Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind)
$46,320 450
$49,380Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind)
$49,640 150
$49,010Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind)
$41,820 1,620
$48,920Real estate sales agents
(area) (ind)
$49,950 110
$47,670Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind)
$50,260 30
$47,440First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind)
$43,960 400
$47,240Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind)
$49,020 50
$46,250Administrative services managers
(area) (ind)
$44,030 120
$45,740Surveyors
(area) (ind)
$43,380 80
$44,960Postal service clerks
(area) (ind)
$44,540 50
$44,890Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$43,880 40
$44,310Urban and regional planners
(area) (ind)
$43,010n.a.
$43,810Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind)
$38,700 100
$43,670First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind)
$35,740 80
$43,370Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind)
$38,430 40
$43,320Vocational education teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$42,330 30
$43,150Architectural and civil drafters
(area) (ind)
$41,810 50
$42,920Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind)
$45,590 90
$42,730Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind)
$34,440 170
$42,710Lodging managers
(area) (ind)
$29,140 40
$42,670Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$45,870 50
$42,540First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind)
$41,190 200
$42,180Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$41,240 370
$42,120Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind)
$41,440 390
$41,720Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind)
$35,670 60
$41,510Public relations specialists
(area) (ind)
$41,480 50
$41,490Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind)
$40,740 30
$41,400Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
(area) (ind)
$31,750n.a.
$41,390Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind)
$41,480 190
$40,830Editors
(area) (ind)
$33,980n.a.
$40,820Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind)
$42,320 30
$40,750Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind)
$40,160 300
$39,710Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind)
$35,690 110
$39,700Loan counselors
(area) (ind)
$34,840 40
$39,410Construction and building inspectors
(area) (ind)
$39,890 70
$39,280Meeting and convention planners
(area) (ind)
$40,560n.a.
$39,040Training and development specialists
(area) (ind)
$35,230 120
$39,020Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind)
$40,010 190
$38,790First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind)
$35,900 550
$38,550First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$37,260 110
$38,360Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$29,400 130
$37,910Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind)
$33,310 60
$37,540Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind)
$37,110 140
$37,340Cost estimators
(area) (ind)
$37,500 130
$37,150Mechanical drafters
(area) (ind)
$34,560n.a.
$36,880Writers and authors
(area) (ind)
$32,420 40
$36,620Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind)
$35,320 780
$36,280Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$35,420 30
$35,940Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$36,440 570
$35,870Librarians
(area) (ind)
$32,550 90
$35,720Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind)
$34,110 40
$35,520Food service managers
(area) (ind)
$34,170 120
$35,510Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind)
$35,710 310
$35,420First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$30,960 610
$35,310Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind)
$32,550 430
$35,210Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind)
$34,010 2,160
$35,190All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind)
$34,020 110
$35,100Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind)
$31,520 3,670
$35,070Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind)
$36,050 200
$34,740Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$34,490 80
$34,510First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind)
$37,130 30
$34,450Carpenters
(area) (ind)
$31,400 880
$34,430Paralegals and legal assistants
(area) (ind)
$33,520 70
$34,350Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind)
$33,290 270
$34,290Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind)
$34,040 90
$34,210First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$33,170 90
$34,200Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$32,900 250
$34,060Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind)
$37,200 80
$34,060Brickmasons and blockmasons
(area) (ind)
$34,190 170
$33,620Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind)
$33,950 30
$33,620Electricians
(area) (ind)
$34,490 300
$33,390Graphic designers
(area) (ind)
$32,790 70
$33,070Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$32,890 670
$32,990Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind)
$33,290 240
$32,990Market research analysts
(area) (ind)
$29,070 30
$32,980Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind)
$32,720 190
$32,950Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
(area) (ind)
$33,250n.a.
$32,430Procurement clerks
(area) (ind)
$33,420 40
$32,420Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind)
$33,730 190
$32,090Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind)
$28,880 720
$32,080Dental assistants
(area) (ind)
$33,290 160
$31,740Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind)
$31,750 60
$31,710Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$31,810 510
$31,600Earth drillers, except oil and gas
(area) (ind)
$33,970 30
$31,590Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind)
$29,580 6,300
$31,500Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$30,790n.a.
$31,460Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind)
$30,730 50
$31,310All Occupations
(area) (ind)
$25,020 58,970
$31,100Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
(area) (ind)
$31,340 30
$31,050Protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$29,990 60
$30,970Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind)
$30,760 70
$30,290Eligibility interviewers, government programs
(area) (ind)
$29,910 120
$30,110Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind)
$28,120 70
$29,830Construction and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$27,880 40
$29,830Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind)
$27,380n.a.
$29,770Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind)
$30,440 240
$29,530Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$27,650 40
$29,430Printing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$26,950 40
$29,320Protective service occupations
(area) (ind)
$26,110 1,840
$29,140Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind)
$28,120 150
$29,030Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind)
$26,610n.a.
$29,020Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind)
$27,340 640
$28,990Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$27,010 30
$28,920Computer support specialists
(area) (ind)
$25,680 110
$28,910Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind)
$26,650 140
$28,660Roofers
(area) (ind)
$28,010 190
$28,600Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind)
$26,560 70
$28,530Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind)
$29,030 480
$28,510Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$27,850 40
$28,300Photographers
(area) (ind)
$30,510 40
$28,240Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind)
$28,130 190
$28,080Carpet installers
(area) (ind)
$30,420 90
$28,040Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind)
$27,600 130
$27,950Parts salespersons
(area) (ind)
$26,690 130
$27,930Coaches and scouts
(area) (ind)
$29,330 60
$27,920Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$25,520 60
$27,770Self-enrichment education teachers
(area) (ind)
$13,760 80
$27,740Animal control workers
(area) (ind)
$27,440n.a.
$27,670Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$22,490n.a.
$27,670Customer service representatives
(area) (ind)
$26,030 470
$27,530Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
(area) (ind)
$30,410n.a.
$27,500Legal secretaries
(area) (ind)
$26,960 100
$27,450Job printers
(area) (ind)
$28,010n.a.
$27,360Tapers
(area) (ind)
$28,020 100
$27,320Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind)
$28,040 860
$27,280Medical secretaries
(area) (ind)
$24,970 220
$27,190Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind)
$23,170 3,470
$27,190Security and fire alarm systems installers
(area) (ind)
$28,500n.a.
$27,160Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind)
$26,460 190
$27,130Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$24,430 60
$27,110Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,390 5,900
$27,030Office machine operators, except computer
(area) (ind)
$24,520n.a.
$26,970Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind)
$25,670 90
$26,860Bakers
(area) (ind)
$26,690 70
$26,850Machinists
(area) (ind)
$28,000 70
$26,800Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind)
$24,060 610
$26,720Plasterers and stucco masons
(area) (ind)
$26,750 80
$26,520Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind)
$26,270 60
$26,270Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
(area) (ind)
$29,060 30
$26,150Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
(area) (ind)
$21,750 120
$25,740Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind)
$26,440 280
$25,730Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind)
$25,750 80
$25,700Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind)
$24,030 9,720
$25,630Production occupations
(area) (ind)
$22,390 2,960
$25,570Pourers and casters, metal
(area) (ind)
$25,740n.a.
$25,320Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind)
$24,170 260
$25,270Construction laborers
(area) (ind)
$23,750 1,070
$25,050Library technicians
(area) (ind)
$25,410 60
$25,010Order clerks
(area) (ind)
$23,450 50
$25,010First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind)
$23,260 100
$24,860Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
(area) (ind)
$24,420 30
$24,800First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind)
$22,830 430
$24,620Medical assistants
(area) (ind)
$24,970 150
$24,390Data entry keyers
(area) (ind)
$24,990 80
$24,260Tellers
(area) (ind)
$22,150 120
$24,200Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind)
$24,600n.a.
$23,980Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$22,670 60
$23,880Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$22,010n.a.
$23,690Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind)
$22,360 50
$23,610Recreation workers
(area) (ind)
$21,220 120
$23,610Pest control workers
(area) (ind)
$20,970 40
$23,560Office clerks, general
(area) (ind)
$20,890 1,330
$23,320Veterinary technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$21,550 70
$23,020Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind)
$21,970 70
$22,960Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind)
$21,800 450
$22,920Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$21,990 40
$22,880Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,100 1,700
$22,560Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind)
$21,650 820
$22,510Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind)
$21,640 710
$22,510Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind)
$22,800n.a.
$22,480Security guards
(area) (ind)
$20,690 470
$22,460Retail salespersons
(area) (ind)
$19,970 1,630
$22,380Residential advisors
(area) (ind)
$20,390n.a.
$22,350Radio and television announcers
(area) (ind)
$20,210 30
$22,320Floral designers
(area) (ind)
$23,340 60
$22,290Service station attendants
(area) (ind)
$19,210n.a.
$22,280Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind)
$21,990 110
$22,110Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind)
$21,890 110
$22,020Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind)
$21,210 70
$21,990Pharmacy aides
(area) (ind)
$23,660n.a.
$21,620Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$20,980 660
$21,510Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind)
$21,030 100
$21,140Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind)
$18,940 80
$21,120Cooks, short order
(area) (ind)
$20,590 50
$21,060Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind)
$19,000 150
$21,030Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$18,460 920
$21,030Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind)
$19,920 620
$20,930Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind)
$20,300 110
$20,920Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
(area) (ind)
$20,550n.a.
$20,560Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind)
$20,110n.a.
$20,500Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
(area) (ind)
$17,460 120
$20,500Cashiers
(area) (ind)
$18,610 2,010
$20,000Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind)
$18,630 1,860
$19,980Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind)
$20,670n.a.
$19,920Word processors and typists
(area) (ind)
$19,600 30
$19,880Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind)
$15,750 90
$19,880Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind)
$19,780 630
$19,860Team assemblers
(area) (ind)
$18,700 600
$19,800Food batchmakers
(area) (ind)
$18,590 30
$19,780Photographic process workers
(area) (ind)
$20,280n.a.
$19,770Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
(area) (ind)
$17,060n.a.
$19,670Nonfarm animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$19,550 80
$19,530Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind)
$18,450 2,630
$19,430Grinding and polishing workers, hand
(area) (ind)
$17,100n.a.
$19,400Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind)
$20,050 220
$19,100Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind)
$18,980 50
$18,660Travel agents
(area) (ind)
$17,560n.a.
$18,450Home health aides
(area) (ind)
$18,500 700
$18,350Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$18,090 1,040
$18,200Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind)
$17,910 580
$18,160Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind)
$17,010 90
$18,140Computer operators
(area) (ind)
$13,670n.a.
$18,130Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind)
$16,270 250
$18,070Food preparation workers
(area) (ind)
$17,210 710
$17,950Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind)
$17,570 90
$17,600Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
(area) (ind)
$17,100 40
$17,520Teacher assistants
(area) (ind)
$17,630 590
$17,240Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind)
$16,930 290
$17,080Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind)
$16,760n.a.
$16,770Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind)
$15,800 6,310
$16,510Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$16,520 40
$16,450Child care workers
(area) (ind)
$14,960n.a.
$16,440Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$16,290 230
$16,350Tour guides and escorts
(area) (ind)
$13,330 190
$16,000Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$16,010 610
$15,790Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind)
$15,080 1,200
$15,560Bartenders
(area) (ind)
$14,520 310
$15,390Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind)
$15,630 60
$15,000Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$14,230 150
$14,820Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind)
$14,540 330
$14,780Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$14,860 250
$14,770Dishwashers
(area) (ind)
$15,140 450
$14,310Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind)
$13,710 1,270
$14,120Legislators
(area) (ind)
$13,470n.a.
$13,030Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind)
$12,980 300
n.a.Network systems and data communications analysts
(area) (ind)
n.a. 40
n.a.Loan officers
(area) (ind)
n.a. 100
n.a.Appraisers and assessors of real estate
(area) (ind)
n.a. 80

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates