Table 2.

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Top 25 Occupations with the Most Job Vacancies
Local Area I
Job Average Average
Number of Full-Time Part-Time Permanent Temporary
Occupational Title Vacancy Minimum Maximum Wage
Vacancies Positions Positions Positions Positions
Rate Wage Offer Offer
Laborers & Freight, Stock & Material Movers, Hand 987 822 165 872 115 33.8% $9.72 $11.36
Retail Salespersons 493 138 355 489 4 8.0% $6.98 $7.40
Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants 466 385 81 420 46 8.0% $8.92 $9.68
Cashiers 438 172 266 438 0 6.1% $6.48 $8.09
Waiters & Waitresses 411 241 170 411 0 10.4% $5.46 $5.46
Construction Laborers 379 379 0 379 0 29.4% $8.87 $13.47
Registered Nurses 339 278 61 320 19 7.1% $19.37 $22.13
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators 318 316 2 316 2 21.5% $10.07 $14.26
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 241 241 0 241 0 4.7% $20.27 $20.72
Medical Assistants 237 0 237 237 0 62.4% $7.00 $7.00
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 207 135 72 207 0 8.1% $6.58 $7.41
Personal & Home Care Aides 177 161 16 162 15 16.1% $7.03 $9.14
Combined Food Preparation & Serving Workers, including Fast Food 174 174 0 174 0 4.7% $6.32 $7.64
Customer Service Representatives 169 125 44 169 0 9.6% $7.43 $7.59
Conveyor Operators & Tenders 166 166 0 166 0 83.0% $8.00 $12.00
Telemarketers 165 165 0 165 0 71.7% $8.00 $8.00
Carpenters 164 164 0 164 0 17.3% $13.00 $17.00
Chief Executives 140 140 0 140 0 14.7% $32.62 $34.76
Electricians 136 136 0 136 0 30.9% $14.10 $17.26
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 136 135 1 135 1 5.7% $9.69 $12.66
Welders, Cutters, Solderers & Brazers 122 122 0 122 0 7.3% $8.83 $11.94
Assemblers & Fabricators, All Other 120 120 0 120 0 42.9% $8.67 $10.07
Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery & Greenhouse 115 115 0 115 0 NA NA NA
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 114 69 45 105 9 9.6% $8.91 $9.40
Secondary School Teachers, except Special & Vocational Education 110 105 5 110 0 3.3% $29,956.75 $34,538.97 *A
Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services. Second Quarter 2007 Job Vacancy Survey.
*A This occupation has been identified as an occupation where the standard work-year varies, therefore the starting wage offer is reported as an annual wage.
NA = Not Available - Data are not available or reportable due to failure to meet confidentiality or reliability standards.