Wages for Balance of State

May 2012 Wages in Alaska
Balance of State

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These wage data are grouped into 22 occupational groupings. Click on the following group title to go to those occupations.

Architecture and Engineering
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
Business and Financial Operations
Community and Social Services
Computer and Mathematical
Construction and Extraction
Education, Training, and Library
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Food Preparation and Serving Related
Healthcare Practitioner and Technical

Healthcare Support
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Legal
Life, Physical, and Social Science
Management
Office and Administrative Support
Personal Care and Service
Production
Protective Service
Sales and Related
Transportation and Material Moving

Hourly wage rates for some occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available. In these cases, annual wages are provided.

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Management
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
11-3011	Administrative Services Managers	42.59	46.39	50.19	31.25	45.47	68.13
11-9041	Architectural and Engineering Managers	67.87	77.12	86.37	49.30	70.49	(1)
11-1011	Chief Executives	64.00	69.11	74.22	46.73	62.40	(1)
11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	46.88	50.09	53.30	36.21	50.21	68.65
11-9021	Construction Managers	48.76	61.10	73.44	30.73	58.45	(1)
11-9032	Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	81,987	88,730	95,473	67,880	87,860	114,990
11-9031	Education Administrators, Preschool and Childcare Center/Program	20.52	24.37	28.22	16.77	23.30	33.39
11-3031	Financial Managers	47.33	54.28	61.23	31.43	48.79	86.85
11-1021	General and Operations Managers	40.93	44.11	47.29	22.27	36.46	76.05
11-3121	Human Resources Managers	48.61	50.85	53.09	38.66	51.90	65.23
11-1031	Legislators	51,237	63,100	74,963	39,420	65,810	101,100
11-0000	Management Occupations	43.39	45.58	47.77	21.63	40.42	75.06
11-9199	Managers, All Other	41.45	45.85	50.25	21.42	43.17	71.78
11-9111	Medical and Health Services Managers	46.35	49.52	52.69	27.81	47.24	68.43
11-9121	Natural Sciences Managers	45.36	46.57	47.78	37.34	45.84	57.54
11-9131	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	20.10	20.47	20.84	12.46	18.19	29.87
11-9141	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	22.71	28.53	34.35	13.68	26.78	43.47
11-9151	Social and Community Service Managers	27.72	31.72	35.72	19.29	29.06	49.92
11-3071	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	40.04	43.43	46.82	26.13	43.33	62.17

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Business and Financial Operations
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
13-2011	Accountants and Auditors	34.28	36.16	38.04	22.61	34.13	52.38
13-2021	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	19.53	28.30	37.07	12.91	27.32	49.11
13-2031	Budget Analysts	46.15	48.99	51.83	30.15	50.81	68.96
13-0000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations	32.93	34.23	35.53	18.03	32.84	52.73
13-1199	Business Operations Specialists, All Other	32.73	34.89	37.05	18.32	34.39	50.13
13-1041	Compliance Officers	33.78	35.63	37.48	25.01	35.44	47.94
13-1051	Cost Estimators	41.60	46.53	51.46	37.95	43.93	63.58
13-2099	Financial Specialists, All Other	37.58	42.22	46.86	27.12	42.05	57.35
13-1071	Human Resources Specialists	26.20	27.75	29.30	16.58	27.31	39.80
13-1075	Labor Relations Specialists	28.37	30.50	32.64	19.30	33.01	43.19
13-1081	Logisticians	39.25	40.89	42.53	26.96	38.34	62.57
13-1111	Management Analysts	32.42	36.26	40.10	17.88	37.96	52.19
13-1161	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	29.67	37.37	45.07	23.62	36.22	53.91
13-1121	Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	16.44	18.31	20.18	14.59	17.86	22.51
13-1023	Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	31.62	34.37	37.12	20.14	31.39	55.08
13-1151	Training and Development Specialists	28.88	33.90	38.92	17.68	31.60	52.20
13-1022	Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	16.39	20.29	24.19	11.37	16.39	39.98

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Computer and Mathematical
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
15-0000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	33.50	35.12	36.74	21.16	34.84	51.02
15-1152	Computer Network Support Specialists	30.40	34.78	39.16	21.09	37.85	44.86
15-1199	Computer Occupations, All Other	36.29	38.94	41.59	25.23	37.68	53.00
15-1131	Computer Programmers	38.92	41.76	44.60	32.14	42.34	53.25
15-1121	Computer Systems Analysts	36.09	37.83	39.57	27.98	38.33	48.41
15-1151	Computer User Support Specialists	23.34	24.94	26.54	16.63	24.18	35.32
15-1142	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	33.42	35.11	36.80	24.44	34.19	49.37
15-1133	Software Developers, Systems Software	39.75	43.87	47.99	30.84	44.08	57.85

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Architecture and Engineering
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
17-0000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations	41.37	45.07	48.77	23.33	42.39	71.11
17-3022	Civil Engineering Technicians	24.95	26.43	27.91	20.09	26.54	34.05
17-2051	Civil Engineers	46.45	50.05	53.65	36.96	50.10	66.16
17-3023	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians	26.63	32.55	38.47	23.20	28.49	48.80
17-2071	Electrical Engineers	45.11	50.69	56.27	36.93	45.96	76.58
17-3029	Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	25.36	27.15	28.94	17.13	26.91	36.02
17-2199	Engineers, All Other	55.03	58.05	61.07	35.11	57.91	78.83
17-3025	Environmental Engineering Technicians	22.99	26.07	29.15	19.91	25.86	34.31
17-2081	Environmental Engineers	42.57	47.62	52.67	25.18	49.85	69.89
17-2111	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	53.81	56.29	58.77	40.30	59.04	70.76
17-3026	Industrial Engineering Technicians	44.93	47.39	49.85	38.96	48.71	56.13
17-2112	Industrial Engineers	46.70	51.21	55.72	38.29	48.83	68.96
17-2141	Mechanical Engineers	56.18	60.67	65.16	39.24	60.13	86.00
17-2151	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	48.92	65.57	82.22	39.45	54.60	(1)
17-2171	Petroleum Engineers	58.76	72.37	85.98	47.92	64.44	(1)
17-3031	Surveying and Mapping Technicians	24.92	27.63	30.34	14.64	27.04	41.35
17-1022	Surveyors	23.08	26.71	30.34	17.04	28.79	35.18

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Life, Physical, and Social Science
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
19-1029	Biological Scientists, All Other	29.92	31.56	33.20	16.44	32.16	43.35
19-4021	Biological Technicians	17.23	18.17	19.11	13.10	16.58	22.46
19-4031	Chemical Technicians	26.89	28.01	29.13	23.13	27.32	35.65
19-3031	Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	27.41	30.39	33.37	18.47	30.49	42.98
19-1031	Conservation Scientists	37.22	38.37	39.52	30.14	39.12	46.98
19-4091	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	14.35	19.13	23.91	12.16	14.01	34.60
19-2041	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	25.41	28.17	30.93	16.79	25.89	44.78
19-4093	Forest and Conservation Technicians	18.79	19.37	19.95	14.69	16.57	26.58
19-4041	Geological and Petroleum Technicians	26.39	28.19	29.99	20.64	28.84	35.58
19-2042	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	38.94	42.23	45.52	29.13	41.14	58.57
19-0000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	26.30	27.86	29.42	15.42	26.67	41.95
19-4099	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	25.14	26.24	27.34	17.41	26.30	35.00
19-3051	Urban and Regional Planners	28.43	34.59	40.75	17.01	36.24	50.47
19-1023	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	28.71	31.27	33.83	18.50	31.11	44.78

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Community and Social Services
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
21-1021	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	18.61	21.89	25.17	14.24	20.99	32.67
21-1099	Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	17.44	19.12	20.80	14.12	19.23	22.82
21-0000	Community and Social Services Occupations	22.20	23.52	24.84	15.02	22.29	34.75
21-1094	Community Health Workers	19.87	21.05	22.23	15.64	20.60	28.20
21-1019	Counselors, All Other	23.84	25.25	26.66	19.57	25.06	32.28
21-2021	Directors, Religious Activities and Education	13.07	14.30	15.53	9.08	14.85	17.67
21-1012	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	26.98	29.20	31.42	19.14	30.39	37.83
21-1091	Health Educators	19.26	21.07	22.88	14.80	18.29	33.36
21-1022	Healthcare Social Workers	21.62	23.05	24.48	15.78	20.31	34.82
21-1023	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	21.09	22.82	24.55	15.42	19.70	35.94
21-1014	Mental Health Counselors	26.62	28.81	31.00	19.45	27.29	42.01
21-1015	Rehabilitation Counselors	26.99	28.71	30.43	19.56	27.80	40.39
21-1093	Social and Human Service Assistants	18.91	21.01	23.11	10.28	21.72	28.33
21-1011	Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	24.38	25.50	26.62	18.96	25.31	33.84

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Legal
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
23-1011	Lawyers	51.21	56.65	62.09	39.63	52.17	73.85
23-0000	Legal Occupations	41.96	46.83	51.70	23.65	45.43	68.03
23-2011	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	23.94	26.60	29.26	17.92	26.14	35.27

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Education, Training, and Library
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
25-2032	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	66,043	70,710	75,377	54,720	71,690	88,940
25-0000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations	24.84	25.50	26.16	12.49	25.50	38.44
25-9099	Education, Training, and Library Workers, All Other	17.47	19.54	21.61	14.90	17.37	27.80
25-2021	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	60,483	61,970	63,457	42,110	60,320	86,920
25-9031	Instructional Coordinators	13.86	20.69	27.52	12.59	14.89	35.46
25-2012	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	59,067	63,650	68,233	47,280	65,280	82,490
25-4021	Librarians	19.95	21.87	23.79	10.92	20.92	33.11
25-4031	Library Technicians	17.09	18.58	20.07	14.96	18.45	22.67
25-2022	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	60,027	62,140	64,253	42,830	61,680	85,120
25-2011	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	16.40	17.94	19.48	12.08	17.26	23.81
25-2031	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	62,330	64,390	66,450	50,880	63,770	81,650
25-3021	Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	11.51	13.51	15.51	10.12	11.91	19.36
25-2059	Special Education Teachers, All Other	45,693	55,860	66,027	34,130	51,330	92,240
25-2052	Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	59,559	66,770	73,981	49,060	65,930	90,850
25-2053	Special Education Teachers, Middle School	64,422	69,570	74,718	50,170	70,080	90,750
25-2051	Special Education Teachers, Preschool	59,843	62,860	65,877	44,790	63,930	82,430
25-2054	Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	59,273	64,010	68,747	50,420	63,060	83,120
25-9041	Teacher Assistants	27,747	31,820	35,893	21,670	29,080	46,890
25-3099	Teachers and Instructors, All Other	45,239	49,280	53,321	33,590	46,600	70,190
25-1194	Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary	34.76	36.82	38.88	29.16	35.96	46.12

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Hourly wage rates for some occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available. In these cases, annual wages are provided.

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
27-0000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	21.11	22.70	24.29	9.17	21.74	35.69
27-2022	Coaches and Scouts	25,833	32,950	40,067	17,330	20,040	56,950
27-3031	Public Relations Specialists	27.21	29.64	32.07	23.62	29.69	36.32
27-3011	Radio and Television Announcers	15.89	20.58	25.27	10.25	20.45	33.18
27-3022	Reporters and Correspondents	17.84	20.13	22.42	15.47	19.32	27.32
27-3043	Writers and Authors	27.95	30.31	32.67	19.95	30.12	42.52

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Healthcare Practitioner and Technical
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
29-2021	Dental Hygienists	27.55	38.26	48.97	20.55	40.46	54.60
29-1021	Dentists, General	69.88	90.05	110.22	34.62	86.23	(1)
29-2032	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	35.75	37.79	39.83	31.61	37.83	45.26
29-2041	Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	27.60	28.75	29.90	22.10	28.01	36.82
29-1062	Family and General Practitioners	82.12	110.38	138.64	64.04	(1)	(1)
29-0000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	37.83	41.76	45.69	18.45	34.99	72.58
29-2061	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	23.29	25.48	27.67	16.87	24.18	38.63
29-2012	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians	24.36	26.83	29.30	19.20	23.15	41.71
29-2011	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	29.97	32.58	35.19	16.62	34.53	43.93
29-2071	Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	18.25	19.42	20.59	13.34	18.42	27.56
29-1171	Nurse Practitioners	45.65	51.29	56.93	37.63	48.49	75.82
29-9011	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	30.75	34.24	37.73	16.14	37.29	52.21
29-9012	Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	22.86	27.54	32.22	10.36	31.15	40.64
29-1122	Occupational Therapists	30.27	32.00	33.73	24.46	31.91	42.03
29-2081	Opticians, Dispensing	15.55	20.09	24.63	10.57	21.25	27.35
29-1051	Pharmacists	60.08	62.45	64.82	52.90	64.19	72.45
29-2052	Pharmacy Technicians	16.87	17.98	19.09	13.35	17.47	23.22
29-1123	Physical Therapists	30.51	33.98	37.45	20.26	35.45	45.40
29-1071	Physician Assistants	39.58	42.93	46.28	30.15	42.55	62.80
29-1069	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	82.86	118.04	153.22	83.13	(1)	(1)
29-2034	Radiologic Technologists	32.62	34.05	35.48	26.88	33.64	43.37
29-1141	Registered Nurses	35.48	36.73	37.98	26.74	36.29	46.34
29-1127	Speech-Language Pathologists	28.15	32.51	36.87	24.35	31.19	43.45
29-2056	Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	15.84	16.85	17.86	14.37	16.80	20.22

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Healthcare Support
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
31-9091	Dental Assistants	15.87	18.54	21.21	11.84	17.41	26.72
31-0000	Healthcare Support Occupations	16.16	17.41	18.66	10.33	16.28	26.64
31-9099	Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	22.07	23.53	24.99	15.14	22.48	34.48
31-1011	Home Health Aides	10.69	11.49	12.29	9.36	11.03	14.45
31-9011	Massage Therapists	36.02	40.65	45.28	32.39	41.40	50.28
31-9092	Medical Assistants	18.94	20.81	22.68	15.01	20.84	27.55
31-9094	Medical Transcriptionists	20.03	21.04	22.05	16.38	21.01	26.76
31-1014	Nursing Assistants	15.75	16.58	17.41	12.39	16.21	21.90

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Protective Service
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
33-3012	Correctional Officers and Jailers	28.20	30.06	31.92	22.18	29.82	38.00
33-2011	Firefighters	25.40	26.62	27.84	20.73	25.57	34.86
33-1021	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	37.82	42.49	47.16	25.43	40.74	59.10
33-1012	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	29.60	35.07	40.54	13.96	35.94	53.77
33-1099	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	34.37	36.03	37.69	26.40	35.57	46.47
33-3051	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	31.03	34.86	38.69	24.58	33.53	48.49
33-0000	Protective Service Occupations	26.08	27.98	29.88	16.32	26.75	42.45
33-9099	Protective Service Workers, All Other	20.96	22.39	23.82	16.06	20.37	32.24
33-9032	Security Guards	19.25	21.87	24.49	13.56	21.05	32.00

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		Mean Wage and 95% Confidence Interval			Wage by Percentile

Food Preparation and Serving Related
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
35-3011	Bartenders	9.77	10.90	12.03	8.35	10.54	14.26
35-1011	Chefs and Head Cooks	17.35	27.45	37.55	15.09	20.97	52.43
35-3021	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	9.32	10.13	10.94	8.20	9.39	13.71
35-2019	Cooks, All Other	14.88	16.50	18.12	8.91	16.58	24.57
35-2012	Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	15.99	17.01	18.03	11.73	16.44	23.82
35-2014	Cooks, Restaurant	10.55	11.75	12.95	9.70	11.09	14.65
35-2015	Cooks, Short Order	10.09	13.00	15.91	9.36	12.97	17.45
35-3022	Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop	9.23	10.46	11.69	8.28	10.23	13.67
35-9011	Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	8.95	9.52	10.09	8.09	9.18	11.31
35-9021	Dishwashers	7.88	9.95	12.02	8.08	8.80	19.03
35-1012	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	16.48	18.31	20.14	10.85	18.13	25.67
35-0000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	11.55	12.16	12.77	8.30	10.59	18.08
35-2021	Food Preparation Workers	12.78	13.62	14.46	8.63	13.39	18.23
35-9031	Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	8.15	9.06	9.97	8.17	8.99	10.68
35-3031	Waiters and Waitresses	8.39	8.83	9.27	8.10	8.83	10.19

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Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
37-0000	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations	13.85	14.92	15.99	8.66	14.34	22.20
37-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	18.58	21.60	24.62	9.15	23.68	32.35
37-3019	Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	11.67	17.26	22.85	8.85	19.18	22.41
37-2011	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	15.17	16.38	17.59	10.17	16.33	22.57
37-3011	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	15.86	17.90	19.94	9.43	18.77	22.86
37-2012	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	10.51	11.21	11.91	8.23	10.23	15.98

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Personal Care and Service
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
39-3091	Amusement and Recreation Attendants	14.62	17.83	21.04	14.93	17.71	21.97
39-9011	Childcare Workers	12.19	13.40	14.61	9.36	13.17	17.96
39-3099	Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other	11.57	13.39	15.21	10.09	12.92	17.66
39-1021	First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	20.33	23.48	26.63	16.02	21.92	34.28
39-9031	Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12.95	17.89	22.83	8.52	17.31	27.74
39-3012	Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners	9.99	11.35	12.71	9.57	10.66	15.06
39-3011	Gaming Dealers	13.45	15.39	17.33	10.75	16.13	17.94
39-3019	Gaming Service Workers, All Other	13.90	17.91	21.92	11.17	19.38	22.98
39-9021	Personal Care Aides	11.76	12.76	13.76	9.74	12.34	17.06
39-0000	Personal Care and Service Occupations	13.78	15.18	16.58	9.69	14.03	23.87
39-9032	Recreation Workers	14.77	17.14	19.51	9.56	16.50	24.91
39-7011	Tour Guides and Escorts	11.92	12.99	14.06	10.43	13.10	14.70

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Sales and Related
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
41-2011	Cashiers	11.39	12.33	13.27	8.43	11.49	17.69
41-2021	Counter and Rental Clerks	11.27	13.55	15.83	8.72	11.82	20.68
41-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	17.66	19.11	20.56	12.11	17.50	28.81
41-3021	Insurance Sales Agents	15.82	19.34	22.86	15.05	17.99	22.54
41-2022	Parts Salespersons	15.95	18.08	20.21	14.88	17.21	23.37
41-2031	Retail Salespersons	10.72	11.53	12.34	8.46	10.71	16.09
41-0000	Sales and Related Occupations	13.24	14.12	15.00	8.56	12.03	21.74
41-9099	Sales and Related Workers, All Other	14.11	16.76	19.41	11.37	16.47	22.47
41-4011	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	40.39	47.52	54.65	37.92	44.74	72.92

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Office and Administrative Support
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
43-3011	Bill and Account Collectors	19.52	21.17	22.82	15.20	18.71	29.90
43-3021	Billing and Posting Clerks	18.86	19.89	20.92	14.13	19.54	27.14
43-3031	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19.58	20.74	21.90	12.60	19.00	30.06
43-5011	Cargo and Freight Agents	15.41	16.93	18.45	12.40	16.75	20.82
43-4021	Correspondence Clerks	21.38	25.76	30.14	20.16	26.03	31.41
43-5021	Couriers and Messengers	14.59	16.50	18.41	10.83	16.83	19.00
43-4031	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	20.31	22.87	25.43	16.48	21.24	33.29
43-4051	Customer Service Representatives	17.05	18.53	20.01	10.71	17.95	27.78
43-9021	Data Entry Keyers	16.37	18.23	20.09	12.89	17.35	25.74
43-5032	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	20.89	23.52	26.15	14.86	21.78	34.38
43-4061	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	25.58	26.59	27.60	19.76	24.51	37.33
43-6011	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	23.11	24.07	25.03	16.50	22.87	33.76
43-4071	File Clerks	17.39	19.32	21.25	12.42	18.02	27.67
43-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	25.83	27.66	29.49	15.85	26.79	41.31
43-4081	Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	10.90	11.98	13.06	8.88	11.17	16.90
43-4161	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	18.47	19.12	19.77	14.85	17.99	26.23
43-4199	Information and Record Clerks, All Other	19.68	20.54	21.40	14.70	19.55	26.55
43-6012	Legal Secretaries	20.60	23.57	26.54	16.42	23.45	30.84
43-4121	Library Assistants, Clerical	15.46	16.91	18.36	10.94	17.45	21.68
43-6013	Medical Secretaries	20.91	22.34	23.77	16.11	22.28	28.53
43-5041	Meter Readers, Utilities	17.88	20.32	22.76	15.26	19.71	27.89
43-0000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	19.14	19.65	20.16	11.32	18.43	28.97
43-9199	Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	22.21	23.99	25.77	14.35	21.85	38.30
43-9061	Office Clerks, General	17.35	17.96	18.57	11.06	17.44	26.03
43-3051	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	21.20	22.22	23.24	15.65	21.53	30.91
43-5031	Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	17.25	19.51	21.77	9.24	19.50	27.66
43-5051	Postal Service Clerks	23.12	23.88	24.64	14.61	25.52	26.55
43-5053	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	12.09	12.34	12.59	9.45	10.85	16.80
43-3061	Procurement Clerks	23.46	24.96	26.46	18.32	24.89	29.11
43-5061	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	25.59	27.64	29.69	17.31	26.20	41.90
43-4171	Receptionists and Information Clerks	14.97	16.17	17.37	9.45	16.02	23.37
43-4181	Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	15.64	17.07	18.50	12.18	16.61	23.01
43-6014	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	18.43	19.16	19.89	12.99	19.24	26.24
43-5071	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	18.00	21.63	25.26	9.56	22.48	33.11
43-5081	Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	12.40	13.45	14.50	8.58	12.86	19.02
43-3071	Tellers	14.19	14.91	15.63	12.38	14.82	17.82

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Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
45-4021	Fallers	22.38	23.76	25.14	19.35	23.28	28.34
45-0000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations	21.49	23.41	25.33	12.72	23.75	32.50

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Construction and Extraction
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
47-2031	Carpenters	27.78	29.87	31.96	21.83	28.12	43.61
47-4011	Construction and Building Inspectors	22.06	29.03	36.00	13.79	31.83	42.11
47-0000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	28.40	29.83	31.26	18.70	28.03	44.56
47-4099	Construction and Related Workers, All Other	27.66	29.81	31.96	24.61	29.17	35.60
47-2061	Construction Laborers	21.35	23.51	25.67	14.58	21.67	37.49
47-5011	Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	26.24	28.34	30.44	21.09	29.37	34.91
47-5021	Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	21.68	24.98	28.28	13.91	22.97	34.48
47-2111	Electricians	33.46	35.98	38.50	23.57	35.93	51.67
47-5031	Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	26.04	29.19	32.34	23.47	28.90	36.34
47-5099	Extraction Workers, All Other	18.99	21.78	24.57	18.68	20.81	29.99
47-3012	Helpers--Carpenters	9.55	13.72	17.89	9.67	11.25	22.00
47-5081	Helpers--Extraction Workers	19.67	21.20	22.73	13.02	23.88	28.00
47-4051	Highway Maintenance Workers	16.47	19.75	23.03	12.85	17.68	28.65
47-2073	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	27.91	29.50	31.09	22.61	29.39	36.91
47-2141	Painters, Construction and Maintenance	21.94	24.06	26.18	18.73	22.11	34.08
47-2152	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	36.98	38.93	40.88	24.73	39.47	54.50
47-5012	Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	31.39	34.96	38.53	24.29	37.55	44.09
47-5071	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	23.96	25.17	26.38	19.67	25.21	32.40
47-5013	Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas, and Mining	22.84	24.25	25.66	15.52	22.74	35.35
47-2221	Structural Iron and Steel Workers	23.40	26.71	30.02	16.15	26.61	37.91
47-1011	Supervisors of Construction and Extraction Workers	38.52	43.87	49.22	24.22	41.17	70.11

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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
49-3011	Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	28.43	30.90	33.37	20.09	31.60	38.95
49-3023	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	26.03	28.54	31.05	15.51	30.24	38.17
49-3031	Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	25.43	28.25	31.08	19.44	27.31	40.11
49-2095	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	30.90	34.88	38.86	24.84	37.81	45.28
49-9051	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	36.27	38.42	40.57	29.13	39.49	45.78
49-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	36.48	38.24	40.00	23.14	39.47	52.58
49-9021	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	31.28	39.60	47.92	18.13	47.53	56.65
49-9098	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	13.73	15.53	17.33	8.40	15.79	25.35
49-9041	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	25.22	28.02	30.82	13.09	29.80	40.82
49-0000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	26.32	27.42	28.52	13.96	27.66	41.19
49-9099	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	23.04	25.04	27.04	17.08	25.10	34.43
49-9071	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	21.95	23.01	24.07	12.74	23.08	34.01
49-9043	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	22.61	26.48	30.35	11.58	28.86	36.16
49-9044	Millwrights	29.92	32.74	35.56	22.54	33.50	41.23
49-3042	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	30.11	31.50	32.89	23.92	31.98	40.40
49-2022	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	25.81	30.95	36.09	16.85	32.74	44.27
49-9052	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	28.31	31.74	35.17	21.57	32.78	41.53
49-3093	Tire Repairers and Changers	9.76	12.36	14.96	8.33	10.46	17.73

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Production
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
51-3011	Bakers	12.05	15.29	18.53	10.05	13.03	22.40
51-3021	Butchers and Meat Cutters	14.77	18.15	21.53	11.11	16.53	27.41
51-1011	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	32.46	40.17	47.88	14.11	36.59	70.71
51-3092	Food Batchmakers	9.32	9.89	10.46	8.13	9.11	13.29
51-9061	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	27.67	31.44	35.21	16.97	32.76	43.28
51-6011	Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	11.74	12.38	13.02	8.26	12.58	17.74
51-4041	Machinists	24.13	27.30	30.47	19.80	28.27	34.95
51-3022	Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	8.82	9.36	9.90	8.04	8.80	12.04
51-8093	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	30.61	33.56	36.51	24.64	34.30	42.95
51-8013	Power Plant Operators	23.44	25.87	28.30	16.02	23.22	41.11
51-0000	Production Occupations	15.91	19.54	23.17	8.20	12.51	38.70
51-8021	Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	27.57	30.36	33.15	19.31	31.96	36.41
51-8031	Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	23.11	24.85	26.59	14.64	24.66	35.91
51-4121	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	33.43	35.34	37.25	26.86	36.64	44.23

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Transportation and Material Moving
SOC	Occupation Title	Low	Mean	High	10th	Median	90th
53-2021	Air Traffic Controllers	41.87	45.81	49.75	40.68	46.45	54.89
53-2011	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	71,203	74,480	77,757	56,610	76,830	90,360
53-6031	Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	9.76	10.36	10.96	9.12	10.39	11.47
53-3022	Bus Drivers, School or Special Client	16.04	17.14	18.24	12.28	17.00	22.95
53-3021	Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	10.57	16.07	21.57	9.81	13.28	27.68
53-5021	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	23.54	30.26	36.98	16.16	28.98	46.70
53-2012	Commercial Pilots	69,778	74,390	79,002	45,740	75,730	100,640
53-7011	Conveyor Operators and Tenders	19.88	21.15	22.42	15.42	21.05	27.67
53-7021	Crane and Tower Operators	34.89	37.20	39.51	31.11	37.57	44.26
53-3031	Driver/Sales Workers	14.04	16.29	18.54	9.65	15.93	23.00
53-1021	First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand	21.80	24.89	27.98	13.98	22.06	41.02
53-1031	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators	30.19	32.74	35.29	23.54	32.15	43.98
53-3032	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	23.59	25.04	26.49	16.63	25.19	34.28
53-7051	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	14.24	16.41	18.58	10.22	14.44	25.05
53-7062	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	16.69	17.46	18.23	10.26	17.70	23.26
53-3033	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	20.82	23.66	26.50	13.39	24.49	34.34
53-7199	Material Moving Workers, All Other	25.01	27.01	29.01	14.36	25.73	45.68
53-7064	Packers and Packagers, Hand	8.53	12.51	16.49	8.18	9.38	24.88
53-7081	Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	17.39	19.58	21.77	12.06	20.60	27.92
53-5011	Sailors and Marine Oilers	17.49	20.34	23.19	13.20	20.60	28.40
53-5031	Ship Engineers	27.32	32.92	38.52	19.31	30.78	44.83
53-3041	Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs	12.04	13.14	14.24	9.89	13.33	15.00
53-0000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	21.81	23.15	24.49	11.17	21.10	38.22
53-6061	Transportation Attendants, Except Flight Attendants	10.21	12.07	13.93	10.12	12.04	14.21
53-6099	Transportation Workers, All Other	18.68	22.19	25.70	14.81	21.20	32.29

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(1) indicates an hourly wage greater than $90, or an annual wage greater than $187,200.

May 2012 Wages in Alaska Balance of State

May 2012 Wages in Alaska
Balance of State