Short-term on-the-job Training

Area Average Wages by Education and Training Level 2007 Georgia

Amusement & Recreation Attendants 9.86

Area
Bartenders 8.87 Hourly Annual
Bill & Account Collectors 13.86 Education/Training/Experience Wage Wage
Bus Drivers, School 6.99 Bachelor’s or higher degree.................................................$26.54 $55,200
Cashiers 7.17 First professional degree......................................................... $44.28 $92,100
Child Care Workers
Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment
Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food
Cooks, Fast Food
6.57
9.31
7.21
6.78
Doctoral degree....................................................................... $26.45
Master’s degree........................................................................$26.16
Work experience plus Bachelor’s or higher degree................ $38.27
$55,000
$54,400
$79,600
Occupational
Bachelor’s degree.....................................................................$21.54 $44,800
Cooks, Short Order
Counter & Rental Clerks
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, & Coffee Shop
7.17
8.06
6.83
Postsecondary education but less than Bachelor’s............ $14.33
Associate’s degree....................................................................$21.93
$29,800
$45,600
Wages
Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers 6.92 Postsecondary vocational training........................................... $11.78 $24,500
Dishwashers 6.92
Driver/Sales Workers 13.45 All Other (no formal postsecondary education required).....$11.50 $23,900
Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse 7.20 Work experience in a related occupation................................. $17.70 $36,800 Employers and job seekers: know the
Food Preparation Workers 8.36 Long-term on-the-job training of more than one year............ $15.73 $32,700
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 7.92 Moderate-term on -the-job training of 1-12 months................$12.07 $25,100 “ fair market value” of positions to be filled.
Helpers--Electricians 11.20 Short-term on-the-job training of less than one month............ $9.28 $19,300
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers 8.25
Helpers--Production Workers 10.16 All categories combined....................................................... $13.95 $29,000 Workforce Investment Area #16
Home Health Aides 8.15 Heart of Georgia/Altamaha
Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop 6.62
Hotel, Motel, & Resort Desk Clerks 7.67
Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators 11.21
Johnson
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 8.54
Emanuel
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 8.41 Laurens
Bleckley
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 8.48 Treutlen Candler
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 6.94

omery
Evans
Office Clerks, General 9.62 Dodge Wheeler Toombs

Montg
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders 10.44 Wilcox
Telfair
Tattnall

Packers & Packagers, Hand 7.74 Jeff Davis Appling

Personal & Home Care Aides 7.70
Postal Service Mail Carriers 21.33 Wayne
Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks 16.14
Receptionists & Information Clerks 9.42
Retail Salespersons 9.84
Security Guards 10.11
Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks 12.08 Includes the following counties: Appling, Bleck-
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 9.29 ley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis,
Teacher Assistants 14,969 Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair,
Tellers 10.10 Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler and Wilcox
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services 10.25
Waiters & Waitresses 6.49 For more information, please contact Yvonne Little at Georgia Department of Labor
(404) 232-3875 • Fax (404) 232-3888 Michael L. Thurmond
Email: Workforce_Info@dol.state.ga.us Commissioner
www.dol.state.ga.us/wp/lmi_publications.htm

Occupational wage rates are a product of the Occupational Employment
Statistics (OES) Wage Survey. The Workforce Information and Analysis
(WI&A) Division of the Georgia Department of Labor surveys over 9,400
Georgia employers annually to determine wage rates for nearly 800 occupations.
This pamphlet includes wages for the 150 occupations with the most expected
job openings statewide that meet disclosure criteria in this WIA area.
Wages in this pamphlet are reprinted from the 2007 edition of the Georgia
Wage Survey.
Occupation Average Wage
More than a Bachelor’s Degree Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians 14.77
Administrative Services Managers 24.54
Chief Executives 58.95
Computer & Information Systems Managers 32.94
Ed Administrator, Elem & Secondary School 72,776
Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors 20.20
Engineering Managers 41.90
Financial Managers 34.82
General & Operations Managers 32.89
Instructional Coordinators 24.46
Lawyers 35.50
Management Analysts 44.06
Medical & Health Services Managers 37.91
Pharmacists 48.65
Sales Managers 32.60
Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary 19.93
Bachelor’s Degree Food Service Managers 22.49
Accountants & Auditors 30.44
Child, Family, & School Social Workers 18.93
Civil Engineers 26.64
Computer Programmers 25.14
Computer Software Engineers, Applications 34.71
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 33.86
Computer Systems Analysts 26.21
Construction Managers 28.45
Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed 45,781
Employment, Recruitment, & Placement Specialists 17.99
Industrial Engineers 31.44
Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed 47,057
Loan Officers 26.69
Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists 23.84
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program • Auxiliary Aids and Services Available upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities
Area Occupational Wages
Middle School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed 49,484
Network & Computer Systems Administrators 24.67
Network Systems & Data Communications Analysts 25.13
Property, Real Estate, & Community Association Managers 23.55
Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special & Voc Ed 50,695
Special Ed Teachers, Middle School 46,492
Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem School 55,372
Training & Development Specialists 22.45
Associate’s Degree Police & Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 14.92
Computer Support Specialists 17.72
Dental Hygienists 23.53
Paralegals & Legal Assistants 32.60
Radiologic Technologists & Technicians 19.63
Registered Nurses 27.38
Postsecondary Vocational Training Construction Laborers 10.14
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 13.54
Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists 13.73
Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics 12.98
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 8.62
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses 15.42
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 8.26
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Ed 20.00
Work Experience in a Related Occupation Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers 7.53
Cost Estimators 21.46
Purchasing Agents, Exc Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products 20.20
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 15.30
Supervisors of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers 20.74
Supervisors of Food Preparation & Serving Workers 12.05
Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, & Material Movers, Hand 17.33
Supervisors of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers 12.24
Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, & Groundskeeping Workers 14.12
Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 20.68
Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 33.16
Supervisors of Office & Admin Support Workers 17.71
Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 12.15
Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers 19.96
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 13.68
Supervisors of Transport & Material-Moving Machine & Vehicle Operators 20.70
Long-term on-the-job Training
Carpenters 13.96
Cooks, Restaurant 8.16
Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers 20.79
Electricians 17.99
Fire Fighters 12.60
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 20.28
Machinists 13.91
Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters 18.59
Sheet Metal Workers 11.62
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers 13.02
Moderate-term on-the-job Training
Billing & Posting Clerks & Machine Operators 11.30
Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 12.72
Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers 12.49
Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria 7.89
Correctional Officers & Jailers 14.89
Customer Service Representatives 11.31
Data Entry Keyers 10.97
Dental Assistants 13.64
Dispatchers, Exc Police, Fire, & Ambulance 14.15
Executive Secretaries & Admin Assistants 15.76
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers 14.58
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 13.18
Medical Assistants 10.85
Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders 14.35
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators 13.55
Painters, Construction & Maintenance 14.66
Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks 12.77
Pharmacy Technicians 12.38
Printing Machine Operators 14.08
Sales Reps, Wholesale & Manufacturing, Exc Tech & Scientific Products 21.80
Sales Reps, Wholesale & Manufacturing, Tech & Scientific Products 30.70
Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive 10.91
Slaughterers & Meat Packers 9.56
Social & Human Service Assistants 12.25
Team Assemblers 9.40
Textile Winding, Twisting, & Drawing Out Machine Setters,
  Operators, & Tenders 11.03
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 16.94