Short-term on-the-job Training

Area Average Wages by Education and Training Level 2007 Georgia

Amusement & Recreation Attendants 9.91

Area
Bartenders 8.13 Hourly Annual
Bill & Account Collectors 13.05 Education/Training/Experience Wage Wage
Cashiers 7.74 Bachelor’s or higher degree.................................................$34.38 $71,500
Child Care Workers 8.71 First professional degree..........................................................$53.75 $111,800
Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment
Combined Food Prep & Serving Workers, Incl Fast Food
Cooks, Fast Food
Cooks, Short Order
8.71
6.97
7.25
7.32
Doctoral degree........................................................................$29.86 $62,100
Master’s degree....................................................................... $25.44 $52,900
Work experience plus Bachelor’s or higher degree.................$44.14 $91,800
Occupational
Bachelor’s degree.....................................................................$28.13 $58,500
Counter & Rental Clerks
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, & Coffee Shop
Dining Room & Cafeteria Attendants & Bartender Helpers
8.36
7.34
7.22
Postsecondary education but less than Bachelor’s............ $19.28
Associate’s degree....................................................................$24.19
$40,100
$50,300
Wages
Dishwashers 7.05 Postsecondary vocational training...........................................$15.92 $33,100
Driver/Sales Workers 10.62
Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, & Greenhouse 8.20 All Other (no formal postsecondary education required)......$14.24 $29,600
Food Preparation Workers 9.14 Work experience in a related occupation.................................$21.88 $45,500 Employers and job seekers: know the
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 9.28 Long-term on-the-job training of more than one year............$18.37 $38,200
Helpers--Electricians 13.54 Moderate-term on -the-job training of 1-12 months................$16.83 $35,000 “ fair market value” of positions to be filled.
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers 12.62 Short-term on-the-job training of less than one month...........$10.73 $22,300
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters 12.25
Helpers--Production Workers 10.47 All categories combined....................................................... $18.18 $37,800 Workforce Investment Area #8
Home Health Aides 8.47 West Central Georgia
Hosts & Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, & Coffee Shop 7.06
Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators 12.53
Janitors & Cleaners, Exc Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 8.45
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 10.64
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 9.31
Carroll
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, & Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 8.74
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 8.22
Coweta
Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters & Trimmers 9.79 Heard
Spalding Butts
Office Clerks, General 10.78
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders 12.43 Pike Lamar
Troup Meriwether
Packers & Packagers, Hand 9.89
Postal Service Mail Carriers 21.15 Upson
Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks 18.04
Receptionists & Information Clerks 10.98
Retail Salespersons 10.28
Security Guards 10.21
Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks 12.96
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 10.40 Includes the following counties: Butts, Carroll,
Teacher Assistants 18,597 Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spald-
Tellers 10.54 ing, Troup and Upson
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services 12.76
Waiters & Waitresses 6.93 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 Paralegals & Legal Assistants 15.53
Administrative Services Managers 26.89
Chief Executives 71.52
Computer & Information Systems Managers 33.03
Ed Admins, Elem & Secondary School 79,176
Educational, Vocational, & School Counselors 20.67
Engineering Managers 46.20
Financial Managers 37.87
General & Operations Managers 36.24
Instructional Coordinators 27.60
Lawyers 59.86
Management Analysts 33.64
Marketing Managers 42.39
Medical & Health Services Managers 31.65
Pharmacists 44.16
Sales Managers 47.03
Bachelor’s Degree Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders 14.23
Accountants & Auditors 26.28
Child, Family, & School Social Workers 19.78
Computer Programmers 25.49
Computer Software Engineers, Applications 34.46
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software 33.56
Computer Systems Analysts 31.26
Construction Managers 48.40
Elem School Teachers, Exc Special Ed 47,857
Employment, Recruitment, & Placement Specialists 19.95
Financial Analysts 26.87
Industrial Engineers 34.45
Kindergarten Teachers, Exc Special Ed 42,216
Loan Officers 30.47
Market Research Analysts 29.68
Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technologists 22.32
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 47,173
Network & Computer Systems Administrators 23.98
Network Systems & Data Communications Analysts 30.48
Secondary School Teachers, Exc Special & Vocl Ed 50,584
Special Ed Teachers, Middle School 46,691
Special Ed Teachers, Preschool, Kindergarten, & Elem School 46,078
Training & Development Specialists 20.05
Associate’s Degree Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters 14.50
Computer Support Specialists 18.74
Dental Hygienists 27.80
Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians 17.71
Radiologic Technologists & Technicians 22.05
Registered Nurses 26.11
Postsecondary Vocational Training Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers 15.38
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 14.42
Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists 21.70
Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics 13.25
Fitness Trainers & Aerobics Instructors 13.35
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists 8.30
Legal Secretaries 11.93
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses 17.14
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 9.18
Preschool Teachers, Exc Special Ed 17.70
Work Experience in a Related Occupation Medical Assistants 13.38
Cost Estimators 22.73
Food Service Managers 21.10
Purchasing Agents, Exc Wholesale, Retail, & Farm Products 22.67
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 18.45
Supervisors of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers 27.07
Supervisors of Food Prep & Serving Workers 12.71
Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, & Material Movers, Hand 19.93
Supervisors of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers 14.35
Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, & Groundskeeping Workers 18.35
Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers 23.11
Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 28.99
Supervisors of Office & Admin Support Workers 18.72
Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 15.94
Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers 22.07
Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 15.75
Supervisors of Transport & Material-Moving Machine & Vehicle Operators 24.06
Long-term on-the-job Training
Carpenters 15.44
Cooks, Restaurant 9.10
Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers 24.98
Electricians 19.93
Fire Fighters 15.62
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 17.28
Machinists 16.44
Police & Sheriff’s Patrol Officers 16.65
Sheet Metal Workers 14.03
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, & Brazers 15.66
Moderate-term on-the-job Training
Billing & Posting Clerks & Machine Operators 13.82
Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks 13.93
Construction Laborers 11.65
Cooks, Institution & Cafeteria 8.02
Correctional Officers & Jailers 13.80
Customer Service Representatives 12.06
Data Entry Keyers 10.96
Dental Assistants 14.76
Exec Secretaries & Admin Assistants 16.76
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers 14.21
Laundry & Dry-Cleaning Workers 9.53
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 16.25
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators 15.47
Painters, Construction & Maintenance 16.51
Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks 16.11
Pharmacy Technicians 10.61
Printing Machine Operators 15.14
Sales Rep, Wholesale & Manufacturing, Tech & Scientific Products 20.56
Sales Reps, Wholesale & Manufacturing, Exc Tech & Scientific Products 27.00
Secretaries, Exc Legal, Medical, & Executive 12.45
Social & Human Service Assistants 15.77
Team Assemblers 11.54
Textile Winding, Twisting, & Drawing Out Machine Setters,
  Operators, & Tenders 12.25
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 16.19