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%		-	-