Accountants and Auditors
2002
$10.65 - 15.34
($13.42)
$9.78 - 21.58
($16.79)
$12.79 - 26.37
($20.20)
Adult and Child Day Care Center Directors
2002
$7.65 - 22.77
($9.00)
$8.25 - 27.57
($17.74)
$10.50 - 31.16
($19.18)
Aerospace Engineers
2003
$18.65 - 22.00
($20.38)
$17.50 - 33.56
($29.18)
$28.77 - 54.00
($36.02)
Union Wages:
 
$20.14 - 21.58
($20.46)
$23.97 - 28.13
($26.37)
$26.37 - 31.16
($30.68)
Amusement and Recreation Attendants
Combined Union and Non-Union Wages:
2001
$6.25 - 7.35
($6.25)
$6.25 - 10.00
($7.00)
$7.00 - 13.00
($8.00)
Assemblers and Fabricators - except Machine, Electrical, Electronic, and Precision
2002
$6.75 - 8.00
($6.75)
$6.75 - 12.00
($8.00)
$8.00 - 18.00
($11.00)
Bioinformaticians
Estimated Wages:
2002
$19.40 - 21.43
($19.66)
$26.05 - 33.56
($28.29)
$37.21 - 40.75
($38.36)
Biotechnology Research Assistants
2001
$7.00 - 12.47
($12.00)
$12.00 - 19.18
($14.38)
$13.62 - 21.58
($16.78)
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
2003
$8.00 - 13.84
($12.00)
$8.44 - 20.50
($14.97)
$8.82 - 28.77
($16.21)
Brick Masons
2001
$8.00 - 12.00
($9.50)
$11.00 - 18.00
($16.00)
$17.00 - 26.00
($22.50)
Broadcast Technicians
2001
$7.00 - 13.01
($9.50)
$9.00 - 21.58
($13.50)
$10.00 - 22.16
($16.58)
Union Wages:
 
$11.51 - 22.90
($13.50)
$14.38 - 30.00
($25.28)
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
2003
$7.00 - 14.00
($9.50)
$9.00 - 20.00
($15.25)
$11.00 - 24.50
($18.00)
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
2003
$6.75 - 9.00
($7.69)
$9.00 - 16.00
($11.00)
$12.00 - 25.00
($15.00)
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
2003
$17.00 - 23.00
($19.50)
$15.00 - 25.00
($20.09)
$16.00 - 37.00
($25.00)
Carpenters
2002
$8.00 - 10.00
($9.00)
$10.00 - 25.00
($17.50)
$15.50 - 30.00
($22.75)
Child Care Workers
2001
$6.50 - 8.00
($7.75)
$7.50 - 10.00
($9.00)
$8.80 - 14.38
($11.00)
Civil Engineering Technicians and Technologists
Combined Union and Non Union Wages:
2002
$14.00 - 16.00
($15.00)
$11.99 - 23.01
($17.50)
$14.38 - 33.50
($25.89)
Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technicians
2002
$7.19 - 14.00
($10.33)
$7.19 - 21.58
($14.71)
$10.55 - 28.50
($19.18)
Computer Animators
2001
$8.00 - 16.00
($12.71)
$10.50 - 18.00
($15.34)
$16.00 - 22.50
($19.18)
Computer Hardware Engineers
2003
$10.00 - 41.00
($14.38)
$13.00 - 55.00
($21.99)
$16.54 - 70.00
($30.00)
Computer Programmers, including Aides
2002
$13.97 - 21.58
($16.78)
$13.95 - 33.56
($21.58)
$17.43 - 38.36
($28.77)
Construction Managers
Combined Union and Non-Union Wages:
2001
$17.00 - 25.97
($21.21)
$19.00 - 44.44
($29.38)
Cooks - Restaurant
2002
$6.75 - 11.00
($8.00)
$8.00 - 15.50
($11.25)
Customer Service Representatives - Utilities
2001
$7.00 - 11.00
($9.00)
$8.00 - 15.45
($11.00)
$10.00 - 20.00
($15.00)
Database Administrators
2003
$6.75 - 26.37
($16.56)
$11.03 - 33.06
($24.76)
$21.58 - 36.44
($33.56)
Desktop Publishing - Graphic Designers
2001
$8.00 - 14.50
($11.48)
$10.00 - 20.00
($15.00)
Driver/Sales Workers
2003
$6.75 - 12.00
($8.00)
$6.75 - 16.50
($9.00)
$6.75 - 20.00
($11.50)
Electrical and Electronic Assemblers
2002
$6.75 - 10.00
($7.00)
$6.75 - 10.00
($8.00)
$8.00 - 12.00
($10.00)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians and Technologists
2002
$9.00 - 19.18
($14.00)
$14.50 - 23.97
($20.00)
Electrical and Electronic Engineers
2002
$16.78 - 20.00
($19.18)
$17.98 - 31.16
($23.97)
$19.50 - 38.36
($28.77)
Electricians
2003
$7.00 - 20.00
($9.00)
$9.00 - 29.00
($17.00)
$10.00 - 31.50
($21.00)
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
2003
$11.51 - 19.18
($12.83)
$12.00 - 23.49
($16.78)
$13.00 - 28.77
($21.58)
Fiber Optic Technicians
2002
$10.00 - 16.00
($15.00)
$12.00 - 20.00
($18.00)
Union Wages:
 
$20.00-20.00
($20.00)
$21.46 - 25.00
($23.23)
$23.59 - 30.00
($26.80)
Firefighters
Union Wages:
2002
$6.75 - 18.09
($13.00)
$10.67 - 18.27
($13.15)
$10.50 - 25.00
($18.04)
Fitness / Wellness Coordinators
2001
$7.50 - 47.95
($25.00)
$12.00 - 47.95
($30.00)
Food Preparation Workers
2002
$6.75 - 6.75
($6.75)
$6.75 - 7.50
($6.88)
$7.00 - 13.00
($10.00)
Food Service Managers
2003
$9.00 - 12.91
($11.22)
$9.59 - 16.56
($12.27)
$10.00 - 20.86
($14.06)
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
2001
$10.93 - 50.00
($17.75)
$13.00 - 51.14
($21.75)
Union Wages:
 
$14.38 - 35.00
($17.98)
$19.18 - 40.00
($21.58)
General Office Clerks
2001
$7.00 - 9.00
($8.00)
$9.00 - 12.00
($10.00)
$10.00 - 17.00
($14.00)
Union Wages:
 
$7.48 - 14.00
($10.33)
$10.25 - 15.00
($11.30)
Graphic Art Designer
2001
$8.00 - 10.00
($8.92)
$8.52 - 16.78
($12.87)
$12.00 - 20.00
($16.78)
Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigerator Mechanics, and Installers
2003
$6.75 - 17.00
($10.00)
$6.75 - 25.00
($15.00)
$15.00 - 27.00
($21.50)
Union Wages:
 
$8.00 - 13.00
($11.00)
$13.50 - 20.50
($20.00)
$19.00 - 35.00
($20.50)
Home Health Aides
2001
$7.00 - 8.00
($7.25)
$7.50 - 10.00
($8.25)
$7.50 - 12.00
($9.63)
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
2003
$6.75 - 9.50
($8.50)
$7.25 - 11.00
($9.08)
$8.00 - 12.50
($10.00)
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
2003
$10.00 - 13.42
($11.01)
$11.61 - 15.34
($12.95)
$12.88 - 18.22
($14.75)
Interior Designers
2001
$8.50 - 19.18
($12.25)
$8.52 - 20.00
($14.38)
$12.79 - 30.00
($19.00)
Janitors and Cleaners - except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
2002
$6.75 - 7.50
($7.00)
$6.75 - 10.00
($7.50)
$6.75 - 13.00
($8.75)
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
2003
$6.75 - 10.00
($7.80)
$6.75 - 11.00
($8.50)
$6.75 - 13.00
($10.50)
Union Wages:
 
$6.75 - 15.13
($7.45)
$9.00 - 17.90
($13.57)
$12.00 - 19.00
($15.45)
Librarians - Professional
2002
$11.06 - 15.34
($13.97)
$13.44 - 21.58
($18.83)
$15.56 - 35.96
($23.11)
Union Wages:
 
$10.00 - 18.17
($16.38)
$10.00 - 23.15
($18.67)
$10.75 - 25.40
($19.68)
Machinists
2002
$8.25 - 19.00
($15.00)
$12.50 - 26.00
($20.00)
Maintenance Repairers - General Utility
Combined Union and Non-Union Wages:
2001
$7.00 - 14.38
($9.00)
$8.00 - 18.13
($12.00)
Marine Technicians
2001
$11.00 - 16.00
($14.00)
$15.00 - 39.95
($22.00)
Medical and Clinical Lab Technologists
2002
$8.50 - 15.00
($14.00)
$12.00 - 21.00
($16.30)
$14.00 - 23.93
($19.50)
Medical and Health Services Managers
2003
$8.00 - 15.00
($11.00)
$9.00 - 30.68
($17.50)
$11.00 - 38.36
($21.50)
Medical Assistants
2002
$8.00 - 11.00
($9.00)
$9.00 - 13.50
($11.30)
$12.00 - 16.00
($14.00)
Medical Records Technicians
2001
$7.25 - 9.00
($7.71)
$7.25 - 10.50
($8.00)
$8.50 - 11.00
($10.00)
Network Professionals
2002
$12.47 - 19.18
($15.58)
$14.38 - 23.97
($19.78)
$16.78 - 31.16
($24.57)
Nurse Aides
2002
$7.00 - 10.50
($9.00)
$7.75 - 11.00
($9.13)
$8.53 - 12.00
($10.50)
Nurse Practitioners
2001
$19.00 - 32.52
($25.57)
$23.97 - 43.15
($34.00)
Occupational Therapists
2003
$9.59 - 30.00
($24.00)
$11.32 - 35.00
($28.00)
$12.11 - 45.00
($30.00)
Operating Engineers
2001
$12.00 - 28.54
($16.00)
$18.00 - 30.00
($23.50)
Union Wages:
 
$12.00 - 17.06
($14.38)
$14.00 - 30.00
($20.25)
$20.00 - 35.00
($26.00)
Paralegal Personnel
2001
$9.00 - 11.99
($10.25)
$9.59 - 21.58
($13.94)
$13.42 - 25.17
($18.25)
Personal and Home Care Aides
2003
$6.75 - 10.00
($8.00)
$7.25 - 12.00
($9.00)
$7.50 - 15.00
($10.00)
Pest Control Workers
2003
$7.25 - 15.00
($10.00)
$8.63 - 17.00
($11.00)
$9.21 - 21.63
($14.38)
Pharmacy Technicians
2003
$7.00 - 13.00
($8.50)
$7.00 - 13.00
($10.00)
$10.00 - 16.00
($12.50)
Physician Assistants
2003
$16.73 - 32.00
($28.00)
$23.49 - 37.50
($31.00)
$31.00 - 40.00
($35.00)
Plasterers and Stucco Masons
2001
$6.75 - 11.00
($8.00)
$8.50 - 20.00
($16.00)
$12.00 - 22.00
($19.00)
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
2003
$8.50 - 18.50
($13.50)
$7.89 - 29.00
($20.00)
$16.00 - 30.21
($26.62)
Police Patrol Officers
2002
$16.52 - 21.10
($18.76)
$16.25 - 22.31
($20.14)
$21.10 - 28.77
($24.15)
Preschool Teachers, except Special Education
2003
$6.75 - 10.00
($7.50)
$7.50 - 11.00
($10.00)
$8.00 - 13.75
($11.00)
Public Relations Managers
2002
$9.59 - 14.38
($11.99)
$11.51 - 23.97
($15.13)
$14.38 - 28.77
($21.02)
Purchasing Agents - except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
2002
$14.38 - 26.70
($18.00)
$9.50 - 31.96
($21.58)
Radiologic Technologists
2001
$12.27 - 17.00
($15.50)
$13.00 - 22.00
($18.00)
$17.26 - 28.00
($24.00)
Registered Nurses
2001
$16.00 - 22.00
($18.50)
$17.50 - 24.00
($20.00)
$20.00 - 26.00
($22.00)
Respiratory Therapists
2003
$16.00 - 21.00
($16.83)
$16.00 - 26.00
($19.00)
$20.00 - 30.00
($24.79)
Sales Agents - Advertising Including Commissions and Bonuses:
2001
$10.00 - 21.58
($14.38)
$11.51 - 28.77
($20.14)
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
2003
$11.51 - 31.16
($20.28)
$13.42 - 43.15
($26.37)
Secretaries - except Legal and Medical
2002
$8.00 - 9.00
($8.50)
$8.00 - 13.50
($10.00)
$11.00 - 17.05
($13.00)
Union Wages:
 
$12.51 - 15.99
($14.25)
$7.19 - 16.58
($13.23)
$8.12 - 16.71
($14.54)
Security Guards
2003
$6.75 - 8.25
($8.00)
$7.75 - 10.50
($9.35)
$9.00 - 12.07
($10.00)
Stock Clerks - Sales Floor
2002
$6.75 - 7.00
($6.75)
$6.75 - 9.50
($7.00)
$7.75 - 15.00
($10.00)
Union Wages:
 
$6.75 - 6.75
($6.75)
$6.75 - 9.40
($7.62)
$12.00 - 15.00
($14.88)
Storage and Distribution Managers
2002
$11.51 - 14.79
($13.11)
$8.52 - 19.18
($14.62)
$10.65 - 23.44
($18.00)
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
2003
$6.75 - 10.00
($8.00)
$8.00 - 20.00
(12.00)
$12.00 - 20.00
($15.00)
Union Wages:
$8.00 - 20.00
($14.00)
$8.00 - 27.31
($17.50)
$11.00 - 32.00 $23.66)
Surgical Technicians
2002
$10.00 - 20.00
($14.19)
$16.00 - 30.00
($17.50)
Systems Analysts - Electronic Data Processing
2001
$14.00 - 28.77
($22.18)
$17.00 - 38.36
($28.39)
Union Wages:
 
$19.38 - 26.37
($24.23)
$23.50 - 33.56
($28.08)
Teachers - Elementary School
2002
$13.70 - 16.44
($15.07)
$15.34 - 18.63
($16.99)
Union Wages:
$18.63 - 19.75
($19.20)
$18.63 - 21.92
($20.34)
$20.00 - 26.30
($23.29)
Teachers - Kindergarten
2001
$6.90 - 13.70
($10.76)
$7.19 - 14.25
($11.51)
$11.51 - 15.98
($14.13)
Union Wages:
 
$13.42 - 22.37
($18.63)
$13.42 - 23.37
($18.63)
$14.86 - 26.23
($20.86)
Teachers - Secondary School
2002
$11.99 - 16.99
($16.44)
$10.07 - 19.73
($14.88)
$10.55 - 21.92
($17.06)
Union Wages:
 
$15.58 - 19.77
($18.15)
$17.76 - 19.73
($19.18)
$19.18 - 27.25
($21.20)
Technical Writers
2001
$16.78 - 19.18
($17.26)
$16.78 - 28.77
($20.62)
$19.18 - 33.56
($28.77)
Telecommunications Engineers
2002
$16.78 - 24.93
($20.40)
$19.18 - 32.60
($28.77)
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, except Line Installers
2003
$8.00 - 15.10
($11.00)
$12.00 - 21.00
($16.00)
$16.50 - 30.00
($20.00)
Travel Agents
2001
$6.25 - 9.00
($8.00)
$8.00 - 12.50
($10.00)
$9.00 - 15.00
($12.00)
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor Trailers
2003
$9.00 - 11.00
($10.50)
$7.00 - 16.25
($13.00)
$10.00 - 25.00
($16.00)
Truck Drivers, Light - include Delivery and Route Workers
2002
$6.75 - 10.00
($8.00)
$7.25 - 12.00
($10.00)
$8.00 - 17.26
($11.76)
Veterinary Assistants
2001
$6.25 - 8.50
($7.50)
$7.50 - 10.00
($8.50)
$8.50 - 13.50
($10.00)
Welders and Cutters Combined Union and Non-Union Wages:
2001
$6.50 - 10.00
($9.80)
$10.00 - 20.00
($15.00)
$12.00 - 23.97
($17.10)
Note: Insufficient Data for the Wages, New Hires, No Experience question results from not enough employers' responses. Typically, employers do hire individuals without experience, however, for the validity of this question at least three employers need to provide data.

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