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 |
439,110 |
$21.35 |
$44,400 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
85,650 |
$16.02 |
$33,320 |
| Sales and related occupations |
42,020 |
$16.50 |
$34,310 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
33,870 |
$24.36 |
$50,670 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
31,360 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
24,580 |
$32.22 |
$67,010 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
23,600 |
$29.59 |
$61,560 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
22,460 |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Management occupations |
20,840 |
$47.38 |
$98,550 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
17,680 |
$22.14 |
$46,050 |
| Production occupations |
17,060 |
$17.55 |
$36,490 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
16,000 |
$20.79 |
$43,240 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
14,670 |
$12.39 |
$25,780 |
| Retail salespersons |
14,110 |
$12.39 |
$25,780 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
13,710 |
$31.40 |
$65,310 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
12,820 |
$12.84 |
$26,700 |
| Cashiers |
12,100 |
$9.09 |
$18,900 |
| Protective service occupations |
12,070 |
$22.36 |
$46,510 |
| Office clerks, general |
10,670 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| Community and social services occupations |
9,870 |
$20.27 |
$42,170 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
9,620 |
$15.86 |
$32,990 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
8,970 |
$29.18 |
$60,680 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
8,810 |
$34.73 |
$72,230 |
| Registered nurses |
8,810 |
$28.58 |
$59,450 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
8,490 |
$12.14 |
$25,260 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
7,820 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
7,490 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,350 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
7,020 |
$21.07 |
$43,830 |
| Teacher assistants |
6,370 |
Not available |
$25,250 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
5,830 |
$11.22 |
$23,330 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
5,790 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
5,290 |
$23.05 |
$47,950 |
| Legal occupations |
5,250 |
$40.08 |
$83,370 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,070 |
$8.77 |
$18,230 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,740 |
$13.03 |
$27,090 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
4,650 |
$12.22 |
$25,410 |
| Home health aides |
4,570 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| General and operations managers |
4,500 |
$52.90 |
$110,040 |
| Computer programmers |
4,410 |
$30.16 |
$62,730 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
4,360 |
$28.04 |
$58,330 |
| Accountants and auditors |
4,340 |
$33.09 |
$68,830 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
4,280 |
Not available |
$57,140 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,190 |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Food preparation workers |
4,160 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
4,040 |
$17.31 |
$36,010 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
4,020 |
Not available |
$67,540 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,950 |
Not available |
$57,690 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,950 |
$12.49 |
$25,970 |
| Child care workers |
3,860 |
$10.62 |
$22,100 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
3,760 |
$24.13 |
$50,200 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
3,120 |
$11.96 |
$24,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,000 |
$20.46 |
$42,570 |
| Lawyers |
3,000 |
$50.01 |
$104,010 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,810 |
$18.78 |
$39,070 |
| Bus drivers, school |
2,800 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Construction laborers |
2,760 |
$18.97 |
$39,450 |
| Security guards |
2,720 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Carpenters |
2,570 |
$20.41 |
$42,460 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,470 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Management analysts |
2,450 |
$30.68 |
$63,820 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,380 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,330 |
$15.12 |
$31,460 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
2,300 |
Not available |
$32,020 |
| Word processors and typists |
2,280 |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,170 |
Not available |
$56,290 |
| Financial managers |
2,150 |
$49.68 |
$103,330 |
| Computer support specialists |
2,090 |
$21.36 |
$44,420 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
2,050 |
$8.67 |
$18,030 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
2,040 |
$27.23 |
$56,640 |
| Electricians |
2,010 |
$22.75 |
$47,330 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,970 |
$9.97 |
$20,740 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,950 |
$29.73 |
$61,850 |
| Dishwashers |
1,910 |
$8.56 |
$17,800 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,860 |
$13.38 |
$27,820 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,760 |
$74.69 |
$155,350 |
| Medical and health services managers |
1,670 |
$42.27 |
$87,920 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,620 |
$26.29 |
$54,690 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,590 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,570 |
$29.34 |
$61,030 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,560 |
$35.82 |
$74,500 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,550 |
$28.82 |
$59,940 |
| Tellers |
1,520 |
$11.38 |
$23,670 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,490 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,480 |
$33.57 |
$69,820 |
| Bartenders |
1,470 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,440 |
$16.57 |
$34,460 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,400 |
$22.50 |
$46,810 |
| Civil engineers |
1,380 |
$36.98 |
$76,910 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,380 |
$11.93 |
$24,810 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
1,370 |
$33.00 |
$68,630 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
1,370 |
$35.53 |
$73,900 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
1,360 |
$24.45 |
$50,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,330 |
$27.25 |
$56,670 |
| Chief executives |
1,300 |
$66.29 |
$137,890 |
| Public relations specialists |
1,290 |
$27.37 |
$56,940 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
1,280 |
$27.66 |
$57,540 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,270 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Data entry keyers |
1,270 |
$13.49 |
$28,050 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
1,260 |
$48.84 |
$101,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,260 |
$28.82 |
$59,950 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,260 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,250 |
$17.90 |
$37,230 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,220 |
$9.46 |
$19,670 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
1,220 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
1,220 |
$17.23 |
$35,830 |
| Managers, all other |
1,220 |
$37.29 |
$77,560 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
1,170 |
$19.51 |
$40,590 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,160 |
$11.81 |
$24,560 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
1,120 |
$24.65 |
$51,280 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,100 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Recreation workers |
1,080 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,070 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
1,070 |
Not available |
$52,520 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,060 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
1,030 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Electrical engineers |
1,010 |
$45.38 |
$94,380 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,000 |
$12.96 |
$26,970 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
1,000 |
$21.72 |
$45,170 |
| Team assemblers |
1,000 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
990 |
$11.97 |
$24,900 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
980 |
$14.88 |
$30,940 |
| Legislators |
960 |
Not available |
$78,510 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
950 |
$16.66 |
$34,660 |
| Bill and account collectors |
900 |
$16.39 |
$34,100 |
| Pharmacists |
890 |
$45.08 |
$93,760 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
880 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
880 |
$8.75 |
$18,190 |
| Administrative services managers |
870 |
$40.79 |
$84,850 |
| Computer operators |
870 |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
870 |
$31.26 |
$65,010 |
| Printing machine operators |
870 |
$20.25 |
$42,110 |
| Market research analysts |
850 |
$29.50 |
$61,360 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
840 |
$31.29 |
$65,080 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
840 |
$16.63 |
$34,600 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
830 |
$28.55 |
$59,380 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
820 |
$10.11 |
$21,020 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
820 |
$25.81 |
$53,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
800 |
$39.45 |
$82,060 |
| Insurance underwriters |
800 |
$31.91 |
$66,380 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
800 |
$14.00 |
$29,130 |
| Training and development specialists |
800 |
$27.37 |
$56,930 |
| Environmental engineers |
790 |
$32.11 |
$66,790 |
| Mechanical engineers |
790 |
$41.51 |
$86,330 |
| File clerks |
770 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Instructional coordinators |
770 |
$26.69 |
$55,520 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
770 |
$30.35 |
$63,120 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
770 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
760 |
$20.36 |
$42,360 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
750 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Librarians |
750 |
$26.04 |
$54,170 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
740 |
Not available |
$59,170 |
| Loan officers |
720 |
$33.52 |
$69,720 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
720 |
$11.88 |
$24,720 |
| Dental assistants |
710 |
$16.33 |
$33,970 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
710 |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Machinists |
710 |
$23.31 |
$48,490 |
| Financial analysts |
700 |
$30.97 |
$64,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
700 |
$24.12 |
$50,170 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
700 |
$24.64 |
$51,250 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
700 |
$26.53 |
$55,190 |
| Parts salespersons |
690 |
$16.57 |
$34,460 |
| Social and community service managers |
690 |
$37.06 |
$77,090 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
680 |
$20.84 |
$43,350 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
670 |
$37.46 |
$77,920 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
670 |
$17.53 |
$36,470 |
| Helpers--production workers |
670 |
$12.60 |
$26,200 |
| Construction managers |
660 |
$49.61 |
$103,190 |
| Dental hygienists |
660 |
$28.84 |
$59,980 |
| Driver/sales workers |
660 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
660 |
$20.48 |
$42,600 |
| Graduate teaching assistants |
660 |
Not available |
$31,930 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
660 |
$10.51 |
$21,850 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
650 |
$24.52 |
$50,990 |
| Medical assistants |
650 |
$14.90 |
$31,000 |
| Personal financial advisors |
650 |
$56.29 |
$117,090 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
650 |
$34.77 |
$72,320 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
640 |
$20.79 |
$43,250 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
630 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
630 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social workers, all other |
630 |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
630 |
$31.99 |
$66,540 |
| Cost estimators |
620 |
$27.72 |
$57,650 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
620 |
$8.86 |
$18,440 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
620 |
$11.52 |
$23,970 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
620 |
$27.74 |
$57,690 |
| Coaches and scouts |
610 |
Not available |
$40,580 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
610 |
$30.18 |
$62,770 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
610 |
$37.16 |
$77,290 |
| All other information and record clerks |
600 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
600 |
$8.90 |
$18,500 |
| Editors |
590 |
$28.91 |
$60,130 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
590 |
$23.52 |
$48,930 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
590 |
$12.46 |
$25,910 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
590 |
$22.38 |
$46,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
590 |
$37.23 |
$77,440 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
580 |
$14.74 |
$30,650 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
580 |
Not available |
$113,590 |
| Budget analysts |
570 |
$29.14 |
$60,610 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
570 |
$14.83 |
$30,850 |
| Medical secretaries |
570 |
$13.88 |
$28,880 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
560 |
$41.91 |
$87,180 |
| Biological technicians |
550 |
$16.63 |
$34,600 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
550 |
$20.12 |
$41,850 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
550 |
$14.09 |
$29,300 |
| Database administrators |
540 |
$34.43 |
$71,620 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
530 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
530 |
Not available |
$92,550 |
| Graphic designers |
530 |
$24.02 |
$49,960 |
| Industrial engineers |
530 |
$41.20 |
$85,700 |
| Sales managers |
530 |
$57.90 |
$120,440 |
| Bakers |
520 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
520 |
$23.66 |
$49,200 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
520 |
$17.01 |
$35,370 |
| Occupational therapists |
520 |
$29.36 |
$61,070 |
| Physical therapists |
520 |
$30.59 |
$63,630 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
510 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
490 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
490 |
$26.28 |
$54,660 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
490 |
$43.90 |
$91,320 |
| Clergy |
480 |
$23.74 |
$49,370 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
480 |
$17.63 |
$36,670 |
| Chemists |
470 |
$40.28 |
$83,780 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
470 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Fire fighters |
470 |
$23.40 |
$48,660 |
| Parking lot attendants |
470 |
$10.00 |
$20,800 |
| Sales engineers |
470 |
$38.96 |
$81,030 |
| Advertising sales agents |
460 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
460 |
$20.64 |
$42,930 |
| Food service managers |
460 |
$22.60 |
$47,020 |
| Health educators |
460 |
$23.76 |
$49,430 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
460 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
460 |
Not available |
$57,340 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
460 |
$13.51 |
$28,100 |
| Physician assistants |
460 |
$41.30 |
$85,910 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
460 |
$26.55 |
$55,230 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
460 |
$23.46 |
$48,800 |
| Financial examiners |
450 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
450 |
$21.61 |
$44,940 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
450 |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
450 |
$26.12 |
$54,340 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
440 |
$26.23 |
$54,550 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
440 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
440 |
$41.49 |
$86,300 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
430 |
$33.32 |
$69,300 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
430 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Couriers and messengers |
430 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
430 |
$10.66 |
$22,170 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
410 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Telemarketers |
410 |
$12.22 |
$25,410 |
| Engineering managers |
400 |
$65.73 |
$136,720 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
390 |
$26.25 |
$54,600 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
380 |
$26.16 |
$54,400 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
380 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
380 |
$23.04 |
$47,910 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
380 |
$9.25 |
$19,250 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
380 |
Not available |
$56,270 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
370 |
$24.31 |
$50,560 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
370 |
$17.85 |
$37,120 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
370 |
$10.80 |
$22,460 |
| Veterinarians |
370 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemical technicians |
360 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Chemical engineers |
350 |
$43.98 |
$91,480 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
350 |
$10.55 |
$21,940 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
350 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
350 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
350 |
$20.32 |
$42,270 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
350 |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
340 |
$40.10 |
$83,420 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
330 |
$20.08 |
$41,760 |
| New accounts clerks |
330 |
$14.64 |
$30,460 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
330 |
$26.02 |
$54,120 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
320 |
$39.65 |
$82,470 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
320 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
320 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Order clerks |
320 |
$14.52 |
$30,200 |
| Purchasing managers |
320 |
$43.44 |
$90,360 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
320 |
$22.62 |
$47,050 |
| Survey researchers |
320 |
$28.50 |
$59,290 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
310 |
$19.00 |
$39,520 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
310 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Library technicians |
310 |
$15.21 |
$31,640 |
| Public relations managers |
310 |
$45.56 |
$94,770 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
310 |
$20.01 |
$41,630 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
300 |
$16.22 |
$33,750 |
| Cooks, short order |
300 |
$10.14 |
$21,100 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
300 |
$14.51 |
$30,180 |
| Psychiatric aides |
300 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Real estate sales agents |
300 |
$24.54 |
$51,050 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
290 |
$20.10 |
$41,810 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
290 |
$24.59 |
$51,150 |
| Respiratory therapists |
290 |
$25.65 |
$53,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
280 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
280 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Food batchmakers |
270 |
$8.82 |
$18,340 |
| Mental health counselors |
260 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Postal service clerks |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
260 |
$16.69 |
$34,720 |
| Boilermakers |
250 |
$23.47 |
$48,820 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
250 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
250 |
$26.28 |
$54,660 |
| Marketing managers |
250 |
$60.74 |
$126,340 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
250 |
$21.14 |
$43,970 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
240 |
$36.23 |
$75,350 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
240 |
$45.01 |
$93,620 |
| Industrial production managers |
240 |
$45.88 |
$95,420 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
240 |
$9.71 |
$20,190 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$16.84 |
$35,030 |
| Helpers--electricians |
230 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
230 |
$13.62 |
$28,340 |
| Producers and directors |
230 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
220 |
$26.29 |
$54,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
220 |
$31.27 |
$65,030 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
220 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Natural sciences managers |
220 |
$53.94 |
$112,190 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
220 |
$24.28 |
$50,500 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
210 |
$29.60 |
$61,570 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
210 |
$14.42 |
$29,990 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
210 |
$24.76 |
$51,490 |
| Musicians and singers |
210 |
$18.61 |
Not available |
| Surgical technologists |
210 |
$16.25 |
$33,800 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
200 |
$15.13 |
$31,480 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
200 |
$30.02 |
$62,450 |
| Sewing machine operators |
200 |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Tax preparers |
200 |
$15.53 |
$32,300 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$25.38 |
$52,790 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
190 |
$42.40 |
$88,190 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
190 |
$40.95 |
$85,180 |
| Crossing guards |
190 |
$9.40 |
$19,550 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
190 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
190 |
$29.75 |
$61,880 |
| Floral designers |
190 |
$12.28 |
$25,530 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
190 |
$55.97 |
$116,410 |
| Mechanical drafters |
190 |
$24.87 |
$51,740 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
190 |
$25.43 |
$52,900 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
180 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
180 |
$31.00 |
$64,480 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
180 |
$41.79 |
$86,920 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
180 |
$23.28 |
$48,430 |
| Technical writers |
180 |
$29.50 |
$61,360 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
180 |
$41.36 |
$86,020 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$79,380 |
| Bindery workers |
170 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$94,880 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
170 |
$24.82 |
$51,620 |
| Engineers, all other |
170 |
$33.94 |
$70,600 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$79,990 |
| Photographers |
170 |
$17.53 |
$36,470 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
170 |
$18.43 |
$38,340 |
| Production workers, all other |
170 |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
170 |
$8.91 |
$18,530 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
$82,800 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
160 |
$45.14 |
$93,880 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
160 |
$14.23 |
$29,610 |
| Dentists, general |
160 |
$71.01 |
$147,700 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
160 |
$24.28 |
$50,500 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
160 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
160 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
160 |
$10.04 |
$20,880 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
160 |
$10.27 |
$21,370 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
160 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Travel agents |
160 |
$13.85 |
$28,800 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
150 |
$30.67 |
$63,800 |
| Internists, general |
150 |
$83.90 |
$174,510 |
| Music directors and composers |
150 |
$17.84 |
$37,110 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
150 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
150 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| Residential advisors |
150 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Training and development managers |
150 |
$48.80 |
$101,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
150 |
Not available |
$55,490 |
| Bailiffs |
140 |
$21.58 |
$44,890 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
140 |
$13.14 |
$27,340 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
140 |
$21.83 |
$45,410 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$14.82 |
$30,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
140 |
$25.53 |
$53,100 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
140 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
130 |
$53.99 |
$112,300 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
130 |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Curators |
130 |
$24.68 |
$51,330 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
130 |
$14.91 |
$31,010 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
130 |
$25.66 |
$53,360 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
130 |
$22.40 |
$46,600 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
130 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
130 |
$10.36 |
$21,550 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
130 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Actuaries |
120 |
$41.13 |
$85,540 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
120 |
$47.28 |
$98,350 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
120 |
$28.32 |
$58,910 |
| Broadcast technicians |
120 |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
120 |
$31.25 |
$65,010 |
| Education administrators, all other |
120 |
$34.38 |
$71,510 |
| Funeral directors |
120 |
$29.87 |
$62,130 |
| Logisticians |
120 |
$31.38 |
$65,260 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$83,850 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
120 |
$17.00 |
$35,350 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
120 |
$13.30 |
$27,650 |
| Statisticians |
120 |
$31.71 |
$65,950 |
| Transportation inspectors |
120 |
$28.21 |
$58,680 |
| Writers and authors |
120 |
$28.39 |
$59,060 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
110 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
110 |
$16.43 |
$34,170 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
110 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
110 |
$32.32 |
$67,230 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
110 |
$16.96 |
$35,270 |
| Materials engineers |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical equipment repairers |
110 |
$22.37 |
$46,520 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
110 |
$24.95 |
$51,900 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$65,660 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
110 |
$13.90 |
$28,900 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
110 |
$30.16 |
$62,740 |
| Sheet metal workers |
110 |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
100 |
$13.01 |
$27,060 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
100 |
$26.28 |
$54,660 |
| Credit analysts |
100 |
$29.88 |
$62,150 |
| Economists |
100 |
$39.31 |
$81,760 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
100 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$10.87 |
$22,620 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pest control workers |
100 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Pharmacy aides |
100 |
$10.80 |
$22,460 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Urban and regional planners |
100 |
$25.22 |
$52,450 |
| Animal control workers |
90 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
90 |
$16.65 |
$34,630 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
90 |
$43.39 |
$90,240 |
| Landscape architects |
90 |
$33.03 |
$68,700 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
90 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
90 |
$17.66 |
$36,730 |
| Physical therapist aides |
90 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Skin care specialists |
90 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$33.80 |
$70,300 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
90 |
$29.20 |
$60,730 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$76,990 |
| Conservation scientists |
80 |
$24.52 |
$50,990 |
| Drafters, all other |
80 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Family and general practitioners |
80 |
$66.81 |
$138,970 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
80 |
$24.19 |
$50,320 |
| Life scientists, all other |
80 |
$23.60 |
$49,100 |
| Loan counselors |
80 |
$20.70 |
$43,050 |
| Millwrights |
80 |
$25.83 |
$53,720 |
| Psychiatrists |
80 |
$84.64 |
$176,050 |
| Real estate brokers |
80 |
$33.14 |
$68,940 |
| Recreational therapists |
80 |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Statistical assistants |
80 |
$18.99 |
$39,500 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
80 |
$16.14 |
$33,560 |
| Counselors, all other |
70 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
70 |
$14.98 |
$31,160 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
70 |
$18.25 |
$37,960 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
70 |
$24.06 |
$50,040 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
70 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
70 |
$26.53 |
$55,190 |
| Job printers |
70 |
$19.00 |
$39,530 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
70 |
$23.11 |
$48,070 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
70 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Radio and television announcers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Telephone operators |
70 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Art directors |
60 |
$34.24 |
$71,230 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
60 |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$85,980 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
60 |
$26.78 |
$55,700 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$16.89 |
$35,120 |
| Dancers |
60 |
$8.38 |
Not available |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
60 |
$24.70 |
$51,370 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
60 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
60 |
$35.29 |
$73,400 |
| Historians |
60 |
$16.25 |
$33,810 |
| Interior designers |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Massage therapists |
60 |
$21.59 |
$44,910 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$33.65 |
$70,000 |
| Operations research analysts |
60 |
$32.54 |
$67,680 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
60 |
$12.71 |
$26,430 |
| Upholsterers |
60 |
$15.96 |
$33,190 |
| Athletic trainers |
50 |
Not available |
$40,460 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
50 |
$18.58 |
$38,650 |
| Concierges |
50 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
50 |
$33.47 |
$69,610 |
| Emergency management specialists |
50 |
$26.36 |
$54,830 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Lodging managers |
50 |
$25.63 |
$53,310 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
50 |
$26.06 |
$54,210 |
| Pediatricians, general |
50 |
$68.63 |
$142,740 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$105,020 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
50 |
$13.00 |
$27,040 |
| Surgeons |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$63,960 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$38.29 |
$79,640 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$96,710 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other |
40 |
$17.96 |
Not available |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
40 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
40 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
40 |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
40 |
$12.82 |
$26,670 |
| Plant and system operators, all other |
40 |
$25.08 |
$52,160 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
40 |
$14.52 |
$30,200 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
40 |
$18.78 |
$39,060 |
| Radiation therapists |
40 |
$38.07 |
$79,180 |
| Archivists |
30 |
$20.08 |
$41,770 |
| Biomedical engineers |
30 |
$42.40 |
$88,200 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
30 |
$16.37 |
$34,060 |
| Desktop publishers |
30 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$14.17 |
$29,460 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$10.30 |
$21,410 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$20.60 |
$42,850 |
| Avionics technicians |
Not available |
$26.34 |
$54,790 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
Not available |
$27.22 |
$56,610 |
| Commercial pilots |
Not available |
Not available |
$86,040 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.77 |
$34,870 |
| Correspondence clerks |
Not available |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$19.36 |
$40,270 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$21.17 |
$44,030 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
Not available |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$23.61 |
$49,100 |
| Farm and home management advisors |
Not available |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Film and video editors |
Not available |
$17.52 |
$36,450 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$21.00 |
$43,680 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$17.21 |
$35,800 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$18.93 |
$39,370 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
Not available |
$10.99 |
$22,850 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.66 |
$28,420 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
Not available |
$15.02 |
$31,250 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$18.31 |
$38,080 |
| Optometrists |
Not available |
$46.69 |
$97,110 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$20.43 |
$42,500 |
| Parking enforcement workers |
Not available |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Personal and home care aides |
Not available |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
Not available |
$11.50 |
$23,920 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$12.29 |
$25,560 |
| Physicists |
Not available |
$61.29 |
$127,480 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$31.81 |
$66,160 |
| Radio mechanics |
Not available |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Roofers |
Not available |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$17.49 |
$36,380 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$13.62 |
$28,340 |
| Shampooers |
Not available |
$9.46 |
$19,690 |
| Social science research assistants |
Not available |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$27.63 |
$57,460 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.86 |
$51,710 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$33.61 |
$69,900 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$11.11 |
$23,100 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$20.42 |
$42,480 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$17.96 |
$37,360 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
Not available |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
