U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Employment Statistics

2002 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Healthcare Support Occupations

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. These and other data elements, including the 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages are available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

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			Wage Estimates
SOC Code Number	Occupation Title	Employment (1)	Median Hourly	Mean Hourly	Mean Annual (2)	Mean RSE (3)
31-0000	Healthcare Support Occupations	3,173,400	$10.11	$10.77	$22,410	0.2 %
31-1011	Home Health Aides	569,670	$8.70	$9.16	$19,050	0.4 %
31-1012	Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants	1,329,310	$9.59	$9.87	$20,540	0.3 %
31-1013	Psychiatric Aides	56,260	$11.04	$11.42	$23,760	0.7 %
31-2011	Occupational Therapist Assistants	17,970	$17.62	$17.76	$36,950	0.6 %
31-2012	Occupational Therapist Aides	8,040	$10.60	$11.78	$24,510	1.2 %
31-2021	Physical Therapist Assistants	50,430	$17.34	$17.48	$36,360	0.6 %
31-2022	Physical Therapist Aides	37,330	$9.94	$10.63	$22,120	1.0 %
31-9011	Massage Therapists	27,160	$13.75	$16.21	$33,720	2.0 %
31-9091	Dental Assistants	268,220	$13.10	$13.42	$27,910	1.4 %
31-9092	Medical Assistants	361,960	$11.51	$11.93	$24,810	0.4 %
31-9093	Medical Equipment Preparers	35,490	$11.04	$11.50	$23,910	0.7 %
31-9094	Medical Transcriptionists	99,160	$13.05	$13.33	$27,730	0.4 %
31-9095	Pharmacy Aides	58,020	$8.86	$9.47	$19,700	0.6 %
31-9096	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	62,740	$8.55	$9.07	$18,870	0.9 %

About 2002 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Estimates for residual, "All Other", occupations are not available.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

National OES estimates by SOC major group