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 | 41,880 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Production occupations | 7,160 | $8.17 | $16,980 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 6,240 | $8.17 | $17,000 |
| Sales and related occupations | 5,360 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,460 | $7.92 | $16,460 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 2,910 | $7.13 | $14,820 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,700 | $7.46 | $15,510 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,350 | $7.09 | $14,740 |
| Team assemblers | 2,120 | $7.80 | $16,220 |
| Cashiers | 2,020 | $6.78 | $14,110 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,740 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,510 | $7.15 | $14,870 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,350 | $7.48 | $15,560 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,120 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Management occupations | 1,080 | $23.98 | $49,870 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 840 | $6.99 | $14,530 |
| Construction laborers | 820 | $6.91 | $14,360 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 820 | $7.04 | $14,640 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 780 | $7.03 | $14,620 |
| Office clerks, general | 760 | $7.37 | $15,340 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 740 | $12.78 | $26,570 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 740 | $7.09 | $14,750 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 720 | $7.69 | $16,000 |
| Protective service occupations | 680 | $7.42 | $15,430 |
| Registered nurses | 660 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Food preparation workers | 640 | $6.76 | $14,050 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 610 | $19.95 | $41,490 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 590 | $6.74 | $14,010 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 530 | $6.84 | $14,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 500 | $10.75 | $22,350 |
| Cooks, fast food | 480 | $6.80 | $14,140 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 480 | $7.34 | $15,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 440 | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 430 | $8.41 | $17,490 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 420 | Not available | $24,480 |
| Community and social services occupations | 410 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Carpenters | 400 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 340 | $6.84 | $14,220 |
| Security guards | 340 | $7.15 | $14,880 |
| Production workers, all other | 330 | $8.94 | $18,590 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 320 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 310 | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 300 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Pharmacy aides | 300 | $7.93 | $16,500 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 290 | $6.81 | $14,170 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 270 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 260 | $9.86 | $20,510 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 260 | $8.05 | $16,750 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 250 | $7.69 | $16,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 250 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Tellers | 250 | $7.86 | $16,340 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 240 | $19.02 | $39,550 |
| Customer service representatives | 240 | $7.59 | $15,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 240 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Medical secretaries | 240 | $6.92 | $14,390 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 230 | $7.80 | $16,220 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 230 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 230 | $6.86 | $14,270 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 220 | $6.97 | $14,500 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 220 | $7.35 | $15,300 |
| Accountants and auditors | 210 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Helpers--electricians | 210 | $7.21 | $14,990 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 200 | $6.86 | $14,260 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 200 | $6.82 | $14,190 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 190 | $6.86 | $14,260 |
| Legal secretaries | 190 | $7.14 | $14,840 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 180 | $6.96 | $14,470 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 170 | $7.07 | $14,710 |
| Helpers--production workers | 170 | $7.22 | $15,020 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 160 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Managers, all other | 160 | $17.90 | $37,240 |
| Bakers | 150 | $7.29 | $15,160 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 150 | $7.39 | $15,380 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 150 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 150 | $6.96 | $14,480 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 140 | $9.19 | $19,120 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 140 | $7.17 | $14,920 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 130 | $7.67 | $15,960 |
| Electricians | 130 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| General and operations managers | 130 | $25.32 | $52,650 |
| Industrial engineers | 130 | $27.78 | $57,790 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 130 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 120 | $7.58 | $15,770 |
| Dental assistants | 120 | $7.11 | $14,780 |
| Financial managers | 120 | $25.18 | $52,380 |
| Civil engineers | 110 | $25.62 | $53,280 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 110 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Personal and home care aides | 110 | $6.87 | $14,290 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 110 | $6.89 | $14,320 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 100 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 100 | $6.84 | $14,240 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 100 | $10.69 | $22,240 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 100 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 100 | $6.96 | $14,470 |
| Teacher assistants | 100 | Not available | $14,030 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 90 | $6.79 | $14,120 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 90 | $7.66 | $15,940 |
| Bill and account collectors | 80 | $9.15 | $19,030 |
| Data entry keyers | 70 | $7.60 | $15,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 70 | $6.82 | $14,180 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 70 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Recreation workers | 70 | $7.34 | $15,260 |
| Social and human service assistants | 70 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Word processors and typists | 70 | $7.61 | $15,840 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 60 | $8.90 | $18,520 |
| Bus drivers, school | 60 | $6.99 | $14,540 |
| Computer support specialists | 60 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 60 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 60 | $7.36 | $15,300 |
| Industrial production managers | 60 | $40.33 | $83,890 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 60 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Loan officers | 60 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 60 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Pharmacists | 60 | $28.24 | $58,740 |
| All other information and record clerks | 50 | $9.65 | $20,060 |
| Chief executives | 50 | $40.67 | $84,600 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 50 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 50 | $7.01 | $14,590 |
| Home health aides | 50 | $6.89 | $14,330 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 50 | $8.60 | $17,890 |
| Physical therapists | 50 | $11.42 | $23,740 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 50 | $10.66 | $22,180 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 50 | $7.44 | $15,470 |
| Bartenders | 40 | $6.99 | $14,550 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 40 | $7.09 | $14,750 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $7.47 | $15,530 |
| Dishwashers | 40 | $7.20 | $14,980 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 40 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $7.89 | $16,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Food service managers | 40 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 40 | $6.83 | $14,210 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 40 | $7.89 | $16,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 40 | $9.66 | $20,090 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 40 | $7.25 | $15,090 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 40 | $8.38 | $17,430 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $7.23 | $15,040 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $7.14 | $14,840 |
| Sales managers | 40 | $17.26 | $35,900 |
| Surgical technologists | 40 | $7.02 | $14,590 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 40 | $8.73 | $18,160 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 30 | $6.84 | $14,230 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $8.91 | $18,540 |
| Computer systems analysts | 30 | $24.01 | $49,930 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 30 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 30 | $9.37 | $19,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 30 | $9.36 | $19,480 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 30 | $6.84 | $14,230 |
| Child care workers | Not available | $6.71 | $13,960 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $7.63 | $15,880 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $7.76 | $16,140 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Opticians, dispensing | Not available | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Order clerks | Not available | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Parts salespersons | Not available | $6.62 | $13,770 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $18.82 | $39,150 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $6.90 | $14,350 |
| Tool and die makers | Not available | $13.99 | $29,090 |
