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Highest employment to lowest employment occupations

Chico-Paradise, CA MSA

This list of OES occupational earnings and employment estimates for the Chico-Paradise, California, area is ordered by occupational employment. 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 employment

Chico-Paradise, California

National, all industries, November 2004

EmploymentOccupationMedian annual wageMean annual wage
72,190All Occupations
(area) (ind)
$26,850$34,310
12,840Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind)
$25,140$27,150
7,460Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind)
$20,380$27,370
6,830Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind)
$16,930$18,870
5,920Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind)
$45,590$48,880
4,480Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind)
$52,060$62,450
4,070Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind)
$21,460$24,930
3,740Production occupations
(area) (ind)
$24,060$27,780
3,340Management occupations
(area) (ind)
$60,390$68,440
3,270Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind)
$20,920$22,720
3,230Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind)
$33,770$37,070
3,060Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind)
$32,290$34,740
2,830Retail salespersons
(area) (ind)
$17,800$22,270
2,560Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind)
$17,590$21,250
2,410Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind)
$45,370$50,050
2,400Office clerks, general
(area) (ind)
$21,590$22,990
2,310Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind)
$20,090$22,460
2,090Cashiers
(area) (ind)
$17,530$21,460
1,580Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind)
$16,440$17,180
1,450Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind)
$36,710$37,320
1,400Registered nurses
(area) (ind)
$57,510$58,490
1,310Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind)
$27,120$28,020
1,280Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind)
$20,040$20,740
1,270Protective service occupations
(area) (ind)
$35,050$35,600
1,100Teacher assistants
(area) (ind)
$25,530$25,480
1,090General and operations managers
(area) (ind)
$66,560$77,230
1,040Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$53,080$53,060
980Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind)
$16,670$19,250
960Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind)
$27,160$28,960
960Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind)
$17,410$20,020
930First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind)
$37,390$38,880
930Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$20,310$22,210
920Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$19,730$21,990
910Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind)
$20,700$23,020
890Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind)
$47,760$50,490
860Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind)
$20,860$21,530
800Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind)
$27,120$33,470
750Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind)
$39,800$39,670
730Food preparation workers
(area) (ind)
$16,560$17,660
720Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind)
$32,970$33,730
690Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind)
$26,970$27,690
690Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind)
$35,970$39,070
680Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$43,080$47,880
670Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
(area) (ind)
$16,750$17,160
660First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$33,620$35,980
630Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$21,430$23,160
590Home health aides
(area) (ind)
$16,970$17,610
580Construction laborers
(area) (ind)
$26,800$29,470
560Recreation workers
(area) (ind)
$18,010$18,940
560Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind)
$51,660$53,510
540Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind)
$16,540$16,540
530Customer service representatives
(area) (ind)
$25,920$28,250
510First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind)
$26,670$28,550
500Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind)
$16,390$17,120
500Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind)
$31,640$31,200
490Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind)
$24,560$25,150
490Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind)
$55,710$56,020
470Medical assistants
(area) (ind)
$25,110$25,170
460Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind)
$16,310$16,480
450Dishwashers
(area) (ind)
$16,210$16,120
440Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind)
$31,890$32,430
440Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$53,710$53,590
440Property, real estate, and community association managers
(area) (ind)
$19,470$26,260
430Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind)
$19,910$20,480
420Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind)
$16,770$17,230
410Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$38,580$47,370
410Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind)
$17,180$20,460
400Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$17,420$19,380
390Tellers
(area) (ind)
$21,130$22,070
380Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$53,230$53,790
350Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind)
$43,800$48,320
340Child care workers
(area) (ind)
$17,270$19,430
330Carpenters
(area) (ind)
$38,230$39,110
320Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind)
$22,260$24,890
300Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind)
$18,640$27,860
300Team assemblers
(area) (ind)
$20,930$21,970
300Data entry keyers
(area) (ind)
$18,600$19,230
300Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind)
$47,940$48,860
290First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind)
$41,910$45,550
290Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$18,610$21,740
280First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind)
$54,090$58,470
280Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind)
$24,670$28,860
270Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
(area) (ind)
$35,290$36,980
270Security guards
(area) (ind)
$19,060$19,290
270Dental assistants
(area) (ind)
$26,550$28,040
250Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind)
$36,100$36,240
250Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind)
$16,320$16,170
250Bartenders
(area) (ind)
$16,560$17,630
240Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
(area) (ind)
$28,160$29,240
240Legal occupations
(area) (ind)
$52,860$71,440
240Computer support specialists
(area) (ind)
$33,020$34,780
230Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind)
$23,610$25,920
230Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind)
$27,890$26,860
220Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind)
$33,680$38,910
220Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind)
$36,430$41,160
220Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$27,500$27,610
220Pharmacists
(area) (ind)
$109,790$109,230
210Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind)
$27,750$28,270
210Electricians
(area) (ind)
$44,310$51,000
210Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind)
$46,020$43,950
210Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind)
$26,050$27,350
200Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind)
$21,730$23,040
200Protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$24,500$28,250
200Food service managers
(area) (ind)
$38,880$39,830
190Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$26,370$26,510
190First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind)
$47,230$50,060
190Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind)
$16,540$16,630
190Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind)
$33,380$34,140
190Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$43,260$44,490
190Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind)
$46,350$47,500
190Financial managers
(area) (ind)
$63,990$68,430
180Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind)
$27,460$28,450
170Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind)
$41,770$41,100
170Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$19,610$21,630
170Medical secretaries
(area) (ind)
$24,350$25,040
170Legal secretaries
(area) (ind)
$29,620$28,950
170Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind)
$15,990$16,730
170Management analysts
(area) (ind)
$51,830$56,550
160Cooks, short order
(area) (ind)
$18,930$19,520
160Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind)
$24,780$25,730
150Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind)
$20,150$20,720
150Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind)
$35,650$51,950
150Chief executives
(area) (ind)
>$145K$148,280
140Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind)
$18,250$19,550
140Bakers
(area) (ind)
$21,260$23,630
140Telecommunications line installers and repairers
(area) (ind)
$47,190$43,400
140Parts salespersons
(area) (ind)
$28,670$31,340
140Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind)
$49,450$49,470
140Computer programmers
(area) (ind)
$46,480$48,260
130Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind)
$25,090$27,970
130Machinists
(area) (ind)
$33,130$33,980
130Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$34,630$38,320
130Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind)
$24,820$25,620
130Fire fighters
(area) (ind)
$37,240$38,890
130Physical therapists
(area) (ind)
$73,400$74,200
130Coaches and scouts
(area) (ind)
$25,830$30,550
130Loan officers
(area) (ind)
$45,730$45,060
130Sales managers
(area) (ind)
$71,220$78,150
120Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$30,360$36,500
120Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind)
$18,010$18,360
120Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind)
$16,320$17,000
120First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind)
$27,150$28,710
120Pest control workers
(area) (ind)
$22,370$25,430
120Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind)
$15,350$16,180
120Managers, all other
(area) (ind)
$77,610$75,190
110Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind)
$23,430$24,960
110Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
(area) (ind)
$52,640$52,840
110Order clerks
(area) (ind)
$20,260$24,210
110File clerks
(area) (ind)
$17,410$21,320
110Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind)
$32,830$32,810
110Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind)
$19,750$20,350
110Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
(area) (ind)
$37,520$60,510
110Library technicians
(area) (ind)
$31,390$31,450
110Self-enrichment education teachers
(area) (ind)
$35,030$39,780
110Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind)
$51,150$51,150
110Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$54,060$54,220
110Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind)
$81,590$79,510
110Administrative services managers
(area) (ind)
$56,830$61,870
100Roofers
(area) (ind)
$41,530$41,830
100Dental hygienists
(area) (ind)
$70,290$70,350
100Lawyers
(area) (ind)
$107,250$104,150
100Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind)
$60,110$62,400
90First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind)
$41,430$44,110
90Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind)
$40,130$38,450
90Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind)
$27,660$28,860
90Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind)
$36,140$37,070
90Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind)
$28,220$29,310
90All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind)
$26,890$30,180
90Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind)
$27,510$29,060
90Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind)
$37,520$51,170
90Personal care and service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$30,390$27,630
90First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind)
$30,610$32,720
90Rehabilitation counselors
(area) (ind)
$34,070$37,390
90Computer software engineers, applications
(area) (ind)
$67,880$74,310
90Cost estimators
(area) (ind)
$40,360$44,270
90Social and community service managers
(area) (ind)
$41,320$45,520
80Machine feeders and offbearers
(area) (ind)
$17,880$19,110
80First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$34,010$36,330
80Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind)
$19,410$19,320
80Printing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$26,300$27,030
80Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind)
$36,960$36,220
80Computer operators
(area) (ind)
$28,750$29,540
80Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
(area) (ind)
$27,550$28,860
80Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$21,020$26,170
80Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
(area) (ind)
$16,450$16,530
80First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
(area) (ind)
$51,480$52,450
80Public relations specialists
(area) (ind)
$35,550$39,900
80Graphic designers
(area) (ind)
$28,850$30,840
80Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind)
$33,010$37,900
80Civil engineers
(area) (ind)
$64,780$64,240
80Network systems and data communications analysts
(area) (ind)
$51,410$51,400
80Computer and information systems managers
(area) (ind)
$58,770$66,030
70Service station attendants
(area) (ind)
$17,060$18,210
70Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
(area) (ind)
$17,280$18,160
70Sewing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$17,540$18,080
70Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind)
$21,470$23,010
70Farm equipment mechanics
(area) (ind)
$31,680$30,940
70Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind)
$32,390$34,960
70Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind)
$33,800$34,760
70Word processors and typists
(area) (ind)
$30,840$33,960
70Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind)
$29,540$30,240
70Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind)
$23,230$25,910
70First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$47,070$49,800
70Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
(area) (ind)
$17,320$18,540
70Massage therapists
(area) (ind)
$47,970$44,830
70Librarians
(area) (ind)
$50,500$54,810
70Market research analysts
(area) (ind)
$61,490$65,630
70Computer software engineers, systems software
(area) (ind)
$60,970$65,680
70Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
(area) (ind)
$31,110$33,130
60Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind)
$17,390$18,260
60Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind)
$35,100$35,130
60Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
(area) (ind)
$17,040$18,510
60Postal service clerks
(area) (ind)
$47,310$45,710
60Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind)
$16,970$17,680
60First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$33,330$34,370
60Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind)
$28,200$28,080
60Health technologists and technicians, all other
(area) (ind)
$29,620$31,310
60Dentists, general
(area) (ind)
>$145K$156,130
60Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind)
$38,500$40,720
50Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$21,960$22,560
50Food batchmakers
(area) (ind)
$22,900$24,080
50Maintenance workers, machinery
(area) (ind)
$34,520$38,730
50Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind)
$60,980$54,800
50Home appliance repairers
(area) (ind)
$24,630$32,400
50Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind)
$18,770$19,850
50Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind)
$29,320$34,210
50Physical therapist aides
(area) (ind)
$20,450$20,810
50Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind)
$33,170$34,260
50Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind)
$65,130$66,310
50Reporters and correspondents
(area) (ind)
$26,420$32,300
50Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
(area) (ind)
$20,990$23,600
50Instructional coordinators
(area) (ind)
$59,930$51,170
50Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$62,190$60,050
50Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
(area) (ind)
$25,940$26,600
50Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind)
$31,000$38,630
50Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind)
$53,680$55,810
50Financial specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$28,080$37,850
50Training and development specialists
(area) (ind)
$38,890$41,200
50Construction managers
(area) (ind)
$64,500$65,920
50Marketing managers
(area) (ind)
$76,620$81,840
40Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind)
$49,780$49,990
40Power plant operators
(area) (ind)
$61,980$56,450
40Job printers
(area) (ind)
$21,820$24,690
40Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$27,020$26,840
40Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind)
$29,790$27,890
40First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
(area) (ind)
$33,670$39,780
40Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$46,430$39,460
40Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind)
$34,780$34,480
40Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind)
$23,860$24,070
40Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$52,440$63,240
40Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind)
$29,980$30,020
40Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind)
$44,070$43,900
40Veterinary technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$33,020$31,370
40Interior designers
(area) (ind)
$27,470$29,940
40Floral designers
(area) (ind)
$25,920$26,600
40Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
(area) (ind)
$37,410$40,320
40Mental health and substance abuse social workers
(area) (ind)
$27,430$29,160
40Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind)
$59,190$62,960
40Civil engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$43,010$43,380
40Engineers, all other
(area) (ind)
$67,880$67,420
40Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$41,640$41,910
40Industrial production managers
(area) (ind)
$71,030$83,440
30Photographic processing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$20,290$21,510
30Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind)
$23,820$23,390
30Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
(area) (ind)
$31,150$31,800
30Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind)
$25,990$30,190
30Occupational therapists
(area) (ind)
$66,350$65,020
30Physician assistants
(area) (ind)
$77,830$76,840
30Agricultural and food science technicians
(area) (ind)
$30,590$33,730
30Electronics engineers, except computer
(area) (ind)
$66,270$68,400
30Architects, except landscape and naval
(area) (ind)
$59,880$74,710
n.a.Production workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$16,920$18,030
n.a.Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$22,360$23,710
n.a.Cutters and trimmers, hand
(area) (ind)
$20,540$20,450
n.a.Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind)
$24,290$25,720
n.a.Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
(area) (ind)
$29,900$31,970
n.a.Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind)
$29,910$30,870
n.a.Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall
(area) (ind)
$31,920$32,920
n.a.Office machine operators, except computer
(area) (ind)
$26,520$27,210
n.a.Brokerage clerks
(area) (ind)
$29,180$32,800
n.a.Pharmacy aides
(area) (ind)
$18,260$19,620
n.a.Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind)
$30,990$28,790
n.a.Surgical technologists
(area) (ind)
$41,380$42,970
n.a.Diagnostic medical sonographers
(area) (ind)
$56,420$59,590
n.a.Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind)
$65,160$64,600
n.a.Respiratory therapists
(area) (ind)
$48,820$51,190
n.a.Surgeons
(area) (ind)
>$145K$196,300
n.a.Family and general practitioners
(area) (ind)
$88,880$104,520
n.a.Loan counselors
(area) (ind)
$42,920$52,230
n.a.Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind)
$77,020$70,480

source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates

The Chico-Paradise, California metropolitan area consists of:

Butte County