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Saturday, November 21, 2015

OCCUPATION AND INCOME FOR NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH AREA

 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 5-Year American Community Survey

 
This information is sorted with the highest earning Occupations at the top, in a descending order. 
  
 
 

Occupation by Sex and Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months

Total

Male

Female

Median earnings (dollars)

Median earnings (dollars) for male

Median earnings (dollars) for female

Law enforcement workers including supervisors

39

100.00%

0.00%

$91,583.00

$91,583.00

-

Protective service occupations:

45

86.70%

13.30%

$91,083.00

$91,583.00

-

Management occupations

263

57.80%

42.20%

$74,135.00

$74,808.00

71,953

Education, training, and library occupations

167

42.50%

57.50%

$72,614.00

$80,750.00

66,833

Architecture and engineering occupations

153

84.30%

15.70%

$71,250.00

$71,103.00

-

Management, business, and financial occupations:

407

56.30%

43.70%

$71,108.00

$73,542.00

60,000

Computer, engineering, and science occupations:

235

76.60%

23.40%

$70,221.00

$71,324.00

55,795

Computer and mathematical occupations

66

53.00%

47.00%

$63,500.00

$66,528.00

48,482

Management, business, science, and arts occupations:

1,211

50.10%

49.90%

$60,843.00

$71,055.00

54,444

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations

133

15.80%

84.20%

$54,861.00

$134,063.00

54,167

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations:

154

19.50%

80.50%

$54,722.00

$49,375.00

55,132

Business and financial operations occupations

144

53.50%

46.50%

$54,688.00

$72,574.00

41,750

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

142

75.40%

24.60%

$51,346.00

$52,806.00

50,069

Education, legal, community service, arts, and media occupations:

415

40.50%

59.50%

$48,785.00

$63,500.00

45,208

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations:

324

76.20%

23.80%

$48,750.00

$42,457.00

52,292

Transportation occupations

118

78.80%

21.20%

$44,375.00

$50,284.00

21,607

Community and social services occupations

142

24.60%

75.40%

$44,318.00

$44,375.00

44,271

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

30

83.30%

16.70%

$43,077.00

-

-

Health technologists and technicians

21

42.90%

57.10%

$42,361.00

-

57,500

Civilian employed population 16 years and over

3,261

51.70%

48.30%

$41,632.00

$49,417.00

34,615

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations:

367

82.00%

18.00%

$39,702.00

$41,161.00

32,143

Material moving occupations

49

75.00%

24.50%

$38,958.00

$26,250.00

-

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

90

68.90%

31.10%

$38,125.00

$48,947.00

13,529

Production occupations

200

85.50%

14.50%

$36,618.00

$37,096.00

-

Construction and extraction occupations

152

75.70%

24.30%

$34,667.00

$28,472.00

-

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

131

82.40%

17.60%

$33,068.00

$38,182.00

16,063

Office and administrative support occupations

587

23.90%

76.10%

$32,051.00

$25,500.00

32,841

Sales and office occupations:

926

36.30%

63.70%

$31,481.00

$31,250.00

31,511

Healthcare support occupations

51

0.00%

100.00%

$27,011.00

-

27,011

Service occupations:

433

45.30%

54.70%

$23,388.00

$43,750.00

17,313

Sales and related occupations

339

57.80%

42.20%

$21,835.00

$40,000.00

20,505

Personal care and service occupations

83

44.60%

55.40%

$19,964.00

-

19,722

Food preparation and serving related occupations

123

9.80%

90.20%

$10,885.00

-

10,260

Life, physical, and social science occupations

16

100.00%

0.00%


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