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 | 61,450 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 10,660 | $13.01 | $27,050 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,410 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,640 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Production occupations | 5,630 | $17.96 | $37,360 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,190 | $7.77 | $16,160 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,110 | $19.42 | $40,400 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,050 | $28.14 | $58,530 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,700 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,550 | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,510 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Management occupations | 2,360 | $37.99 | $79,020 |
| Protective service occupations | 2,220 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,060 | $30.32 | $63,070 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,990 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Team assemblers | 1,980 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,710 | $9.67 | $20,120 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,630 | $7.23 | $15,040 |
| Cashiers | 1,600 | $7.68 | $15,980 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,570 | $9.88 | $20,560 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,490 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Registered nurses | 1,440 | $24.01 | $49,940 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,230 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,220 | $15.89 | $33,040 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,150 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,130 | $8.63 | $17,940 |
| General and operations managers | 1,070 | $36.93 | $76,820 |
| Customer service representatives | 920 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 880 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 880 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 850 | Not available | $51,320 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 850 | $6.91 | $14,370 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 810 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 810 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 790 | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| Community and social services occupations | 760 | $16.61 | $34,550 |
| Teacher assistants | 760 | Not available | Not available |
| Security guards | 750 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 690 | $8.25 | $17,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 620 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 610 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 610 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Construction laborers | 600 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Bus drivers, school | 530 | $7.27 | $15,120 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 520 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 510 | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 510 | Not available | $52,050 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 500 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 450 | $30.52 | $63,490 |
| Medical secretaries | 440 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 430 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 410 | Not available | $54,630 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 400 | $9.66 | $20,080 |
| Child care workers | 390 | $7.34 | $15,270 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 390 | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 370 | $33.51 | $69,700 |
| Home health aides | 370 | $8.28 | $17,210 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 350 | $15.76 | $32,780 |
| Cooks, fast food | 350 | $7.79 | $16,200 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 350 | $7.38 | $15,360 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 350 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 350 | Not available | $15,900 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 340 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 310 | $23.25 | $48,350 |
| Accountants and auditors | 300 | $33.67 | $70,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 300 | $28.82 | $59,940 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 300 | $10.37 | $21,580 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 290 | $12.76 | $26,550 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 290 | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Legal occupations | 280 | $40.64 | $84,540 |
| Medical assistants | 280 | $11.55 | $24,020 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 270 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Logisticians | 270 | $34.72 | $72,210 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 270 | $7.17 | $14,920 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 260 | $26.29 | $54,670 |
| Food preparation workers | 250 | $7.50 | $15,610 |
| Chief executives | 230 | $58.51 | $121,700 |
| Fire fighters | 230 | $14.73 | $30,650 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 230 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 220 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 220 | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Electricians | 210 | $18.59 | $38,660 |
| Administrative services managers | 200 | $36.03 | $74,950 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 200 | $7.29 | $15,170 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 200 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 200 | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 190 | $7.06 | $14,680 |
| Dishwashers | 190 | $6.91 | $14,370 |
| Carpenters | 180 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Machinists | 180 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Management analysts | 180 | $38.67 | $80,440 |
| Tellers | 180 | $11.45 | $23,810 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 170 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 170 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Medical and health services managers | 170 | $36.30 | $75,500 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 170 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Driver/sales workers | 160 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 160 | $22.82 | $47,470 |
| Lawyers | 160 | $54.74 | $113,860 |
| Legal secretaries | 160 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Physical therapists | 160 | $27.13 | $56,430 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Insurance sales agents | 150 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 150 | $7.73 | $16,090 |
| Pharmacists | 150 | $49.47 | $102,900 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 150 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Bill and account collectors | 140 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 140 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Training and development specialists | 140 | $24.56 | $51,090 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 130 | $16.50 | $34,310 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 130 | $23.54 | $48,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 130 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 130 | $7.74 | $16,100 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 130 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| Social and human service assistants | 130 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 130 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Bartenders | 120 | $7.21 | $15,010 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 120 | $19.27 | $40,070 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 120 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 120 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 120 | $19.62 | $40,820 |
| Dental assistants | 110 | $12.27 | $25,510 |
| Dental hygienists | 110 | $20.61 | $42,880 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 110 | $21.04 | $43,770 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 110 | $24.50 | $50,950 |
| Family and general practitioners | 110 | $91.78 | $190,900 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 110 | $24.47 | $50,900 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 110 | $30.47 | $63,390 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 110 | $6.96 | $14,480 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 100 | $34.68 | $72,140 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 100 | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 100 | $14.96 | $31,130 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 100 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 100 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 100 | $10.14 | $21,100 |
| Recreation workers | 100 | $9.53 | $19,820 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 90 | $20.09 | $41,780 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 90 | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 90 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $18.59 | $38,670 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 90 | Not available | $88,660 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 90 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Order clerks | 90 | $11.15 | $23,200 |
| Personal and home care aides | 90 | $6.95 | $14,450 |
| Procurement clerks | 90 | $17.95 | $37,350 |
| Sales managers | 90 | $35.45 | $73,740 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 90 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Surgical technologists | 90 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 80 | $16.16 | $33,620 |
| Cost estimators | 80 | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Helpers--production workers | 80 | $8.98 | $18,680 |
| Internists, general | 80 | $102.85 | $213,930 |
| Parts salespersons | 80 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Pest control workers | 80 | $12.66 | $26,330 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 80 | $10.42 | $21,660 |
| Advertising sales agents | 70 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 70 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Computer systems analysts | 70 | $29.18 | $60,700 |
| File clerks | 70 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Financial managers | 70 | $40.78 | $84,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 70 | $14.04 | $29,200 |
| Helpers--electricians | 70 | $11.80 | $24,530 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 70 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 70 | $11.63 | $24,180 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 70 | $26.79 | $55,730 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 70 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $14.56 | $30,270 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 60 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Computer operators | 60 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Construction managers | 60 | $30.21 | $62,830 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 60 | $29.57 | $61,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Librarians | 60 | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Loan officers | 60 | $33.63 | $69,940 |
| Managers, all other | 60 | $34.54 | $71,850 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 60 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 60 | $17.46 | $36,310 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 60 | $18.28 | $38,030 |
| Sewing machine operators | 60 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 60 | $15.73 | $32,710 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 60 | $7.53 | $15,650 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $53,740 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 50 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | $20.28 | $42,180 |
| Data entry keyers | 50 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 50 | $29.51 | $61,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 50 | $29.60 | $61,570 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Instructional coordinators | 50 | $30.03 | $62,470 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $14,050 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $37.31 | $77,600 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 50 | $19.22 | $39,970 |
| Sheet metal workers | 50 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 50 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $39.46 | $82,070 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 40 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | $67.09 | $139,550 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 40 | $29.41 | $61,170 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 40 | $16.49 | $34,310 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 40 | $25.26 | $52,540 |
| Financial examiners | 40 | $33.04 | $68,730 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 40 | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Industrial engineers | 40 | $35.30 | $73,430 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 40 | $9.53 | $19,810 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 40 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $22.07 | $45,910 |
| Printing machine operators | 40 | $10.83 | $22,530 |
| Social workers, all other | 40 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 40 | $20.68 | $43,020 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $9.37 | $19,500 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 30 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 30 | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 30 | $7.10 | $14,760 |
| Engineering managers | 30 | $47.77 | $99,370 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Mechanical engineers | 30 | $38.26 | $79,580 |
| Physical therapist aides | 30 | $10.55 | $21,940 |
| Pipelayers | 30 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 30 | Not available | $48,010 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 30 | $25.69 | $53,430 |
| Civil engineers | Not available | $29.38 | $61,100 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Credit analysts | Not available | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $33.20 | $69,050 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $12.38 | $25,760 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | Not available | $7.15 | $14,870 |
| Library technicians | Not available | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | Not available | $8.03 | $16,690 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $7.74 | $16,090 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | Not available | $7.43 | $15,440 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $8.13 | $16,920 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | Not available | Not available | $49,970 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | Not available | $16.60 | $34,530 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $86.63 | $180,190 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $20.53 | $42,710 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $9.08 | $18,890 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $22.48 | $46,750 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | Not available | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $10.23 | $21,270 |
