DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

43-9081 Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Occupational Description:
Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. Includes proofreaders of braille.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Central Minnesota 204$18.18/hr$0.80/hr$13.00/hr$14.09/hr$15.83/hr$22.39/hr$26.93/hr
Minnesota 270125$20.01/hr$0.76/hr$13.80/hr$15.59/hr$19.01/hr$23.89/hr$29.02/hr
U S 7,730472$21.02/hr$0.34/hr$11.98/hr$15.40/hr$19.78/hr$26.34/hr$31.10/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Proofreaders and Copy Markers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Information20$15.83/hr
Other Regional Data For Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Central Minnesota 20 $15.83/hr N/A
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Northeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN N/A $19.00/hr 4.9%
Southeast Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
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