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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

43-4061 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.


National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
139,780 3.4 % $22.65 $47,110 0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $15.47 $17.87 $22.40 $26.91 $30.21
Annual Wage (2) $32,180 $37,160 $46,590 $55,960 $62,840


Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 47,400 0.86 $23.06 $47,960
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 45,640 2.10 $21.53 $44,780
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) 28,810 1.43 $23.88 $49,670
Individual and Family Services 2,260 0.09 $19.57 $40,710
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 1,510 0.03 $21.40 $44,500

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 45,640 2.10 $21.53 $44,780
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) 28,810 1.43 $23.88 $49,670
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 47,400 0.86 $23.06 $47,960
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services 710 0.39 $19.13 $39,790
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 390 0.12 $20.80 $43,270

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) 28,810 1.43 $23.88 $49,670
Elementary and Secondary Schools 180 (7) $23.38 $48,630
Grantmaking and Giving Services 40 0.03 $23.34 $48,560
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) 47,400 0.86 $23.06 $47,960
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals 80 0.03 $22.94 $47,720


Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 21,160 1.22 1.28 $26.21 $54,530
New York 12,130 1.27 1.34 $24.24 $50,420
Texas 11,580 0.93 0.98 $19.28 $40,110
Pennsylvania 9,440 1.60 1.68 $24.21 $50,360
North Carolina 6,810 1.53 1.60 $18.90 $39,310




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Pennsylvania 9,440 1.60 1.68 $24.21 $50,360
North Carolina 6,810 1.53 1.60 $18.90 $39,310
Alabama 2,980 1.51 1.58 $20.47 $42,570
Alaska 480 1.50 1.58 $26.44 $55,000
Missouri 4,020 1.43 1.50 $19.67 $40,910




Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 570 0.79 0.83 $31.49 $65,490
Connecticut 1,000 0.60 0.63 $28.57 $59,430
Massachusetts 2,430 0.67 0.70 $27.63 $57,480
Iowa 1,010 0.65 0.68 $26.97 $56,100
Rhode Island 580 1.20 1.26 $26.50 $55,120





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 7,950 0.82 0.87 $25.40 $52,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 7,030 1.13 1.18 $26.29 $54,680
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,030 1.40 1.47 $24.95 $51,890
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,640 1.72 1.80 $23.93 $49,780
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 2,550 0.84 0.88 $21.15 $43,990
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 2,460 0.89 0.94 $20.20 $42,010
Fresno, CA 2,440 6.29 6.60 $22.73 $47,270
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,280 0.62 0.65 $20.69 $43,030
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 2,110 1.41 1.48 $24.24 $50,410
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 2,090 0.75 0.79 $27.89 $58,010




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Topeka, KS 720 6.53 6.86 $18.98 $39,470
Fresno, CA 2,440 6.29 6.60 $22.73 $47,270
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1,080 4.10 4.30 $21.92 $45,580
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 950 3.64 3.83 $23.42 $48,710
Waco, TX 420 3.60 3.78 $19.46 $40,470
Altoona, PA 180 3.13 3.29 $22.42 $46,640
Fayetteville, NC 400 3.12 3.27 $16.88 $35,100
Redding, CA 180 2.71 2.85 $20.09 $41,780
Elmira, NY 90 2.59 2.72 $21.69 $45,120
El Centro, CA 150 2.59 2.72 $21.95 $45,660




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 960 0.84 0.88 $37.93 $78,890
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 1,940 0.79 0.83 $32.91 $68,450
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 40 0.25 0.26 $31.20 $64,900
Napa, CA 50 0.65 0.68 $30.93 $64,340
New Haven, CT 140 0.50 0.52 $29.57 $61,510
Waterbury, CT 130 1.98 2.08 $28.85 $60,010
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 420 0.71 0.75 $28.72 $59,740
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 2,090 0.75 0.79 $27.89 $58,010
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 200 0.49 0.51 $27.88 $57,990
Salinas, CA 270 1.46 1.53 $27.71 $57,630

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 660 2.65 2.78 $16.87 $35,090
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 440 1.69 1.77 $16.89 $35,130
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 370 2.88 3.03 $16.42 $34,160
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area 320 1.78 1.87 $21.31 $44,320
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area 300 2.42 2.55 $16.32 $33,940

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area 240 3.91 4.11 $16.63 $34,590
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 110 2.89 3.03 $19.93 $41,460
Mountain North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 370 2.88 3.03 $16.42 $34,160
Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 660 2.65 2.78 $16.87 $35,090
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area 170 2.53 2.65 $18.02 $37,490

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska nonmetropolitan area 190 1.73 1.81 $26.97 $56,100
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area 70 0.30 0.31 $26.84 $55,830
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area 50 0.58 0.61 $26.45 $55,020
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 170 1.41 1.48 $26.15 $54,380
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area 40 0.32 0.33 $25.95 $53,970


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020