Southwest Valley Profile
Company and Industry Data
Phoenix Metropolitan Area Wages in Selected Occupations, 2003
 
MSA Mean
Hourly

MSA Median
Hourly
Teacher Assistants $15.45 $16.07
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education N/A N/A
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education N/A N/A
Slaughterers and meat packers $10.35 $9.94
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers $14.33 $15.24
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders $8.97 $8.27
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers $17.14 $15.09
Retail salespersons $11.48 $9.10
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand $9.55 $8.86
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks $8.33 $8.25
Waiters and waitresses $6.73 $6.29
Cooks, restaurant $9.63 $9.51
Electricians $18.88 $18.88
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers $22.98 $22.10
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters $18.87 $18.79
Stock clerks and order fillers $10.37 $9.50
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks $10.55 $9.54
Packers and packagers, hand $7.64 $7.02
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand $9.55 $8.86
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer $16.40 $15.75
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand $9.55 $8.86
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse $6.84 $6.42
Graders and sorters, agricultural products $10.26 $9.04
Agricultural equipment operators $8.47 $6.63
Parts salespersons $15.60 $14.79
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers $17.14 $15.09
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment $7.61 $7.07
Note: See Appendix for data source and methodology