| Employment and Annual Average Wages by Occupation, 2011 |
| |
NEI Employment |
NEI Wage |
U.S. Wage |
| Team Assemblers |
7,127 |
$28,142 |
$28,850 |
| Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other |
3,198 |
$36,317 |
$32,282 |
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers |
3,082 |
$53,477 |
$55,141 |
| Inspectors, Testors, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers |
2,538 |
$30,930 |
$34,840 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
1,751 |
$31,408 |
$36,629 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers |
1,300 |
$25,106 |
$30,680 |
| Molding, Coremakeing, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
1,275 |
$29,702 |
$29,744 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders |
1,216 |
$27,206 |
$27,310 |
| Tool and Die Makers |
1,088 |
$45,490 |
$48,734 |
| Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic |
1,057 |
$34,382 |
$35,568 |
| Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
1,002 |
$34,507 |
$32,323 |
| Mechanical Engineers |
962 |
$63,752 |
$80,579 |
| Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters |
924 |
$48,402 |
$52,499 |
| Industrial Engineers |
867 |
$60,757 |
$77,085 |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
729 |
$32,573 |
$31,366 |
| Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software |
537 |
$77,542 |
$96,616 |
| Electrical Engineers |
518 |
$78,478 |
$86,258 |