Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Occupation | Total employment | Mean hourly wage | Mean annual wage |
| All Occupations | 62,820 | $15.55 | $32,350 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 10,630 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,820 | $14.32 | $29,790 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6,460 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,560 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,440 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,010 | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,990 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,890 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,560 | $9.14 | $19,010 |
| Production occupations | 2,550 | $12.78 | $26,570 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,430 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,290 | $7.11 | $14,790 |
| Management occupations | 2,220 | $39.66 | $82,500 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,150 | $8.93 | $18,560 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,970 | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,900 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Cashiers | 1,820 | $8.31 | $17,290 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,600 | $8.38 | $17,420 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,550 | $9.82 | $20,430 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,500 | $11.39 | $23,700 |
| Registered nurses | 1,380 | $26.89 | $55,920 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,370 | $8.88 | $18,470 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,170 | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 990 | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 990 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| General and operations managers | 940 | $45.00 | $93,600 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 940 | $7.08 | $14,730 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 840 | $8.38 | $17,430 |
| Customer service representatives | 810 | $12.20 | $25,380 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 810 | Not available | $42,640 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 800 | $16.27 | $33,850 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 780 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 710 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Home health aides | 710 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 670 | $22.62 | $47,060 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 660 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 650 | $19.80 | $41,180 |
| Accountants and auditors | 640 | $24.47 | $50,910 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 630 | $7.68 | $15,980 |
| Teacher assistants | 630 | Not available | $18,570 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 620 | $26.44 | $55,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 610 | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 600 | $23.81 | $49,520 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | 600 | $19.74 | $41,050 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 590 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 570 | $27.49 | $57,180 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 560 | Not available | $42,930 |
| Personal and home care aides | 550 | $7.28 | $15,140 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 500 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 500 | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 440 | $9.42 | $19,600 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 440 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 420 | Not available | $44,290 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 420 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Construction laborers | 400 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 400 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 390 | $14.66 | $30,480 |
| Driver/sales workers | 390 | $9.96 | $20,730 |
| Cooks, fast food | 380 | $7.46 | $15,520 |
| Food preparation workers | 340 | $7.49 | $15,570 |
| Electricians | 330 | $19.76 | $41,090 |
| Tellers | 330 | $9.33 | $19,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 320 | $26.29 | $54,670 |
| Helpers--production workers | 300 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Legal occupations | 300 | $29.27 | $60,890 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 290 | $8.34 | $17,360 |
| Child care workers | 260 | $8.05 | $16,740 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 250 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 250 | $23.46 | $48,790 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 230 | $11.88 | $24,720 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 230 | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Carpenters | 220 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Computer support specialists | 210 | $21.17 | $44,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 210 | $21.62 | $44,970 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 210 | $10.26 | $21,330 |
| Service station attendants | 210 | $9.01 | $18,730 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 200 | $10.89 | $22,660 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 200 | $7.56 | $15,720 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 200 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 190 | $6.95 | $14,450 |
| Helpers--electricians | 180 | $11.00 | $22,870 |
| Pharmacists | 180 | $53.76 | $111,820 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 170 | $22.70 | $47,220 |
| Dishwashers | 170 | $6.94 | $14,440 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 170 | $8.55 | $17,770 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 170 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Medical and health services managers | 170 | $35.94 | $74,750 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 160 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Data entry keyers | 160 | $10.60 | $22,040 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 160 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 160 | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 160 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 160 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 160 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Bartenders | 150 | $8.13 | $16,920 |
| Insurance sales agents | 150 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 150 | $12.85 | $26,720 |
| Parts salespersons | 150 | $13.40 | $27,860 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 150 | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Recreation workers | 150 | $8.44 | $17,560 |
| Security guards | 150 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 150 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 140 | $20.78 | $43,210 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical assistants | 140 | $11.15 | $23,200 |
| Medical secretaries | 140 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 140 | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Team assemblers | 140 | $9.64 | $20,050 |
| Coaches and scouts | 130 | Not available | $28,080 |
| Computer programmers | 130 | $23.79 | $49,490 |
| Loan officers | 130 | $27.80 | $57,830 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 130 | $13.24 | $27,550 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 130 | $18.41 | $38,280 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 130 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Bus drivers, school | 120 | $8.80 | $18,300 |
| Construction managers | 120 | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 120 | $7.39 | $15,360 |
| Instructional coordinators | 120 | $19.96 | $41,520 |
| Lawyers | 120 | $45.98 | $95,630 |
| Management analysts | 120 | $20.31 | $42,230 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 120 | $20.93 | $43,540 |
| Bill and account collectors | 110 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 110 | $15.56 | $32,350 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 110 | $8.28 | $17,220 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 110 | Not available | $65,990 |
| Financial managers | 110 | $38.15 | $79,350 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 110 | Not available | $41,740 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 110 | $21.98 | $45,720 |
| Occupational therapists | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 110 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 110 | Not available | $41,390 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 110 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Administrative services managers | 100 | $38.00 | $79,040 |
| Dental assistants | 100 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 100 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Food service managers | 100 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Machinists | 100 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 100 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 100 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 100 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 100 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 90 | $7.81 | $16,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 90 | $32.75 | $68,110 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 90 | $8.85 | $18,410 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 90 | $19.88 | $41,340 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 90 | $18.68 | $38,860 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $19.56 | $40,690 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 90 | $24.08 | $50,080 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 80 | $26.39 | $54,880 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 80 | $17.26 | $35,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 80 | $24.10 | $50,120 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 80 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Librarians | 80 | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 80 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| New accounts clerks | 80 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Social and community service managers | 80 | $24.11 | $50,140 |
| Training and development specialists | 80 | $22.10 | $45,960 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 80 | Not available | $48,330 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 70 | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 70 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| Civil engineers | 70 | $34.28 | $71,300 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 70 | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Floral designers | 70 | $9.58 | $19,930 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 70 | $25.73 | $53,520 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 70 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 70 | Not available | $40,700 |
| All other information and record clerks | 60 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Boilermakers | 60 | $29.64 | $61,650 |
| Chief executives | 60 | $60.85 | $126,560 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $31.99 | $66,550 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 60 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 60 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 60 | $9.64 | $20,050 |
| Mental health counselors | 60 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 60 | $8.03 | $16,700 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 60 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Physical therapists | 60 | $37.07 | $77,100 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 60 | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Sales managers | 60 | $59.96 | $124,710 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $40,740 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 60 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Advertising sales agents | 50 | $27.06 | $56,280 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 50 | $9.11 | $18,960 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 50 | $29.81 | $62,000 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $13.17 | $27,380 |
| Computer systems analysts | 50 | $23.29 | $48,440 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 50 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $20.67 | $43,000 |
| File clerks | 50 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Food batchmakers | 50 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| Graphic designers | 50 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 50 | $12.89 | $26,800 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $13.64 | $28,360 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 50 | $9.68 | $20,140 |
| Library technicians | 50 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 50 | $14.14 | $29,400 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 50 | $13.31 | $27,690 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 50 | $12.17 | $25,320 |
| Order clerks | 50 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Parking lot attendants | 50 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Personal financial advisors | 50 | $32.61 | $67,840 |
| Roofers | 50 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Social and human service assistants | 50 | $11.09 | $23,060 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 50 | $31.38 | $65,280 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 50 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Bakers | 40 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 40 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 40 | $15.32 | $31,860 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 40 | $11.91 | $24,760 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $23.42 | $48,720 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $47.09 | $97,960 |
| Cost estimators | 40 | $27.50 | $57,200 |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $19.57 | $40,700 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $8.40 | $17,480 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 40 | $9.71 | $20,190 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 40 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 40 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Insurance underwriters | 40 | $25.94 | $53,950 |
| Legal secretaries | 40 | $12.80 | $26,620 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 40 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| Photographers | 40 | $13.19 | $27,420 |
| Physical therapist aides | 40 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 40 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | $16.19 | $33,680 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 40 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 40 | $52.40 | $108,980 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 40 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 30 | $14.02 | $29,170 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 30 | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 30 | $11.39 | $23,680 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 30 | $11.79 | $24,530 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $88.80 | $184,710 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 30 | $13.58 | $28,250 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 30 | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 30 | $21.79 | $45,320 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 30 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| Market research analysts | 30 | $29.95 | $62,300 |
| Mechanical engineers | 30 | $36.05 | $74,990 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 30 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 30 | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| Physician assistants | 30 | $37.77 | $78,570 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 30 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | Not available | $33.39 | $69,460 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | Not available | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | Not available | $14.63 | $30,420 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.03 | $14,620 |
| Court reporters | Not available | $14.46 | $30,090 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas | Not available | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $46.03 | $95,750 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $18.34 | $38,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | Not available | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $8.81 | $18,320 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | Not available | $22.89 | $47,600 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $13.96 | $29,040 |
| Producers and directors | Not available | $34.62 | $72,000 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | Not available | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | Not available | $24.23 | $50,400 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | Not available | $10.77 | $22,390 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.87 | $22,610 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $8.52 | $17,710 |
