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 | 395,210 | $18.65 | $38,800 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 70,400 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Sales and related occupations | 42,020 | $15.17 | $31,560 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 35,950 | $8.62 | $17,920 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 27,140 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 23,300 | $20.53 | $42,690 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 21,510 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 20,760 | $33.14 | $68,940 |
| Management occupations | 17,900 | $41.11 | $85,520 |
| Production occupations | 17,690 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 14,950 | $29.07 | $60,460 |
| Retail salespersons | 14,930 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 14,820 | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 14,020 | $35.97 | $74,810 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 13,430 | $10.06 | $20,930 |
| Protective service occupations | 12,310 | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 12,070 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 11,400 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Customer service representatives | 10,030 | $13.32 | $27,690 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 9,430 | $7.61 | $15,820 |
| Cashiers | 9,250 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 8,280 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 7,790 | $36.22 | $75,340 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 6,730 | $7.80 | $16,220 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 6,710 | $9.73 | $20,230 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,630 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Registered nurses | 5,970 | $31.06 | $64,600 |
| Community and social services occupations | 5,890 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Construction laborers | 5,820 | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 5,740 | $14.60 | $30,370 |
| General and operations managers | 5,710 | $46.63 | $96,980 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 5,300 | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,830 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 4,820 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 4,500 | $31.47 | $65,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 4,410 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 4,270 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,210 | Not available | $16,830 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 4,180 | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Personal and home care aides | 4,140 | $9.40 | $19,550 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,950 | Not available | $48,150 |
| Security guards | 3,930 | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 3,930 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 3,780 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 3,680 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Home health aides | 3,580 | $9.79 | $20,360 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 3,570 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Accountants and auditors | 3,310 | $28.82 | $59,950 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,280 | $8.48 | $17,630 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 3,280 | $25.82 | $53,710 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 3,160 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,160 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Telemarketers | 2,860 | $11.21 | $23,330 |
| Legal occupations | 2,820 | $31.88 | $66,320 |
| Carpenters | 2,780 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,680 | $8.14 | $16,940 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,600 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,550 | $26.82 | $55,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 2,530 | $13.42 | $27,920 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,390 | Not available | $48,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 2,350 | $25.94 | $53,960 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,220 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,010 | $16.73 | $34,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,970 | $33.01 | $68,660 |
| Tellers | 1,960 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Dishwashers | 1,890 | $7.89 | $16,410 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,760 | $22.36 | $46,500 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,760 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Electricians | 1,750 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Medical assistants | 1,740 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,730 | Not available | $60,480 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,690 | $31.50 | $65,510 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 1,690 | $28.88 | $60,080 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,630 | $7.70 | $16,020 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,630 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,590 | $14.25 | $29,630 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,540 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,530 | $20.52 | $42,680 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,500 | $9.65 | $20,060 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 1,460 | $47.02 | $97,800 |
| Lawyers | 1,440 | $43.90 | $91,300 |
| Management analysts | 1,400 | $38.26 | $79,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,390 | $24.09 | $50,110 |
| Team assemblers | 1,390 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Financial managers | 1,340 | $42.38 | $88,150 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,340 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Recreation workers | 1,320 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,300 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Sales managers | 1,290 | $38.98 | $81,090 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 1,280 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,270 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,270 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,260 | $25.12 | $52,260 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,250 | $48.02 | $99,870 |
| Bartenders | 1,220 | $7.88 | $16,390 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,210 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Civil engineers | 1,200 | $39.50 | $82,170 |
| Helpers--electricians | 1,190 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,190 | $13.14 | $27,330 |
| Computer programmers | 1,130 | $42.57 | $88,550 |
| Pharmacists | 1,120 | $47.44 | $98,680 |
| Construction managers | 1,110 | $32.61 | $67,840 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,100 | $8.05 | $16,750 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,080 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Engineers, all other | 1,070 | $48.33 | $100,520 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,040 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 1,040 | $16.85 | $35,060 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,030 | $38.30 | $79,650 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,020 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,020 | $10.62 | $22,100 |
| Bus drivers, school | 980 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Child care workers | 970 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 960 | $38.90 | $80,910 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 960 | Not available | $50,510 |
| Dental assistants | 950 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 950 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Engineering managers | 920 | $64.75 | $134,680 |
| Parts salespersons | 920 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 920 | $19.75 | $41,070 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 920 | $22.47 | $46,730 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 910 | $12.64 | $26,280 |
| File clerks | 900 | $10.15 | $21,100 |
| Mechanical engineers | 890 | $44.83 | $93,260 |
| Sheet metal workers | 890 | $19.22 | $39,980 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 880 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Training and development specialists | 860 | $25.58 | $53,210 |
| Fire fighters | 850 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 850 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 840 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 840 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 840 | $18.24 | $37,940 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 830 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Machinists | 820 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 800 | $26.00 | $54,070 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 800 | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Roofers | 790 | $13.67 | $28,420 |
| Computer systems analysts | 780 | $37.55 | $78,100 |
| Insurance sales agents | 780 | $27.01 | $56,190 |
| Data entry keyers | 770 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 770 | $34.62 | $72,010 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 770 | $8.17 | $16,980 |
| Loan officers | 770 | $32.06 | $66,690 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 770 | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| All other information and record clerks | 760 | $16.11 | $33,500 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 750 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 750 | Not available | $56,250 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 740 | $9.14 | $19,000 |
| Industrial engineers | 720 | $46.18 | $96,050 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 710 | Not available | $58,720 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 710 | $8.77 | $18,230 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 710 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Medical and health services managers | 700 | $45.59 | $94,820 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 690 | $17.48 | $36,350 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 690 | $14.02 | $29,150 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 680 | $13.66 | $28,410 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 680 | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 680 | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Mental health counselors | 670 | $22.08 | $45,920 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 660 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Electrical engineers | 660 | $41.90 | $87,160 |
| Advertising sales agents | 650 | $24.82 | $51,630 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 650 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 650 | $11.49 | $23,890 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 640 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 640 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 640 | $17.22 | $35,830 |
| Social and community service managers | 640 | $25.18 | $52,360 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 640 | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Bakers | 610 | $10.99 | $22,860 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 610 | $24.04 | $50,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 610 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Social and human service assistants | 610 | $13.03 | $27,090 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 610 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 600 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Legal secretaries | 590 | $15.66 | $32,560 |
| Cost estimators | 570 | $27.98 | $58,200 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 560 | $19.48 | $40,520 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 560 | Not available | Not available |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 550 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Managers, all other | 550 | $41.60 | $86,520 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 530 | $26.80 | $55,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 530 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 530 | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 530 | $21.06 | $43,790 |
| Aerospace engineers | 520 | $51.26 | $106,620 |
| Cooks, short order | 520 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 520 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 520 | $12.97 | $26,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 510 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Medical secretaries | 510 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 500 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 500 | $11.46 | $23,850 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 490 | $36.68 | $76,290 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 490 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Order clerks | 490 | $11.13 | $23,140 |
| Pipelayers | 490 | $20.44 | $42,510 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 490 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 490 | Not available | $60,450 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 480 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Librarians | 480 | $23.80 | $49,510 |
| Dental hygienists | 450 | $36.09 | $75,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 450 | $25.33 | $52,700 |
| Family and general practitioners | 440 | $80.56 | $167,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 440 | $25.10 | $52,210 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 430 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 430 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 430 | $32.82 | $68,270 |
| Public relations specialists | 430 | $26.52 | $55,170 |
| Graphic designers | 420 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 420 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 410 | $30.57 | $63,580 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 410 | $17.39 | $36,160 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 410 | $21.75 | $45,250 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 410 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 400 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 400 | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Slot key persons | 400 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 400 | Not available | $50,270 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 390 | $17.29 | $35,950 |
| Gaming dealers | 390 | $8.30 | $17,270 |
| Physical therapists | 390 | $30.81 | $64,090 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 380 | $24.00 | $49,910 |
| Glaziers | 380 | $12.90 | $26,840 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 380 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 370 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 370 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Real estate sales agents | 370 | $35.77 | $74,390 |
| Tapers | 370 | $16.14 | $33,580 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 360 | Not available | $63,790 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 360 | $46.91 | $97,570 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 360 | $90.92 | $189,110 |
| Service station attendants | 360 | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 360 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 350 | $17.62 | $36,660 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 350 | $21.70 | $45,140 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 350 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 350 | $14.90 | $30,980 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 350 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 340 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 340 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 340 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 340 | Not available | $59,510 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 340 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Budget analysts | 330 | $30.62 | $63,690 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 330 | $15.50 | $32,230 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 330 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 330 | $26.71 | $55,550 |
| Tile and marble setters | 330 | $13.88 | $28,860 |
| Database administrators | 320 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 320 | $28.48 | $59,250 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 320 | $13.76 | $28,630 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 320 | $33.68 | $70,050 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 320 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Hydrologists | 310 | $34.22 | $71,180 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 310 | Not available | $59,700 |
| Couriers and messengers | 300 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 300 | $24.09 | $50,100 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 300 | $18.63 | $38,750 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 300 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Word processors and typists | 300 | $13.21 | $27,470 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 290 | $43.16 | $89,760 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 290 | $9.31 | $19,360 |
| Environmental engineers | 290 | $42.82 | $89,060 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 290 | $7.97 | $16,580 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 290 | $26.03 | $54,130 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 290 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 290 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Technical writers | 290 | $31.40 | $65,310 |
| Dentists, general | 280 | $79.05 | $164,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 280 | $18.48 | $38,450 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 280 | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| Market research analysts | 280 | $27.93 | $58,100 |
| Personal financial advisors | 280 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 270 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Computer operators | 270 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 270 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 270 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 270 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| New accounts clerks | 270 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 270 | Not available | $63,070 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 270 | $16.25 | $33,810 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 260 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Physician assistants | 260 | $26.02 | $54,130 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 260 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 260 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 260 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 250 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Surgical technologists | 250 | $16.61 | $34,550 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 250 | $17.87 | $37,180 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $50,350 |
| Gaming supervisors | 240 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 240 | $42.99 | $89,420 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 240 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Coaches and scouts | 230 | Not available | $40,790 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 230 | Not available | $73,060 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 230 | $19.46 | $40,490 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 230 | $28.92 | $60,150 |
| Occupational therapists | 230 | $25.87 | $53,800 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 230 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Parking lot attendants | 230 | $9.72 | $20,230 |
| Postal service clerks | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 230 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 220 | $26.70 | $55,540 |
| Editors | 220 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 220 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 220 | $8.61 | $17,920 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 210 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Instructional coordinators | 210 | $23.17 | $48,190 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 210 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Natural sciences managers | 210 | $43.44 | $90,350 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 210 | $14.29 | $29,710 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 210 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 210 | $16.15 | $33,580 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 210 | $38.30 | $79,660 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 200 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Food service managers | 200 | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Mechanical drafters | 200 | $24.12 | $50,170 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 200 | $92.41 | $192,220 |
| Pharmacy aides | 200 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 190 | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 190 | $61.78 | $128,500 |
| Gaming cage workers | 190 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 190 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Printing machine operators | 190 | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Broadcast technicians | 180 | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 180 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 180 | $33.72 | $70,130 |
| Helpers--roofers | 180 | $8.38 | $17,430 |
| Industrial production managers | 180 | $38.22 | $79,490 |
| Logisticians | 180 | $35.22 | $73,250 |
| Photographers | 180 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Producers and directors | 180 | $33.51 | $69,710 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 170 | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $13.31 | $27,670 |
| Food batchmakers | 170 | $9.53 | $19,820 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 170 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Procurement clerks | 170 | $19.23 | $40,010 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 160 | $27.32 | $56,820 |
| Financial analysts | 160 | $26.17 | $54,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 160 | $29.11 | $60,540 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 160 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Physical therapist aides | 160 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Travel agents | 160 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 150 | $30.07 | $62,550 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 150 | $19.09 | $39,710 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $63,930 |
| Home appliance repairers | 150 | $13.59 | $28,280 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 150 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Marketing managers | 150 | $43.01 | $89,460 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 150 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Production workers, all other | 150 | $11.27 | $23,450 |
| Purchasing managers | 150 | $39.22 | $81,580 |
| Surgeons | 150 | $102.11 | $212,380 |
| Chemical engineers | 140 | $45.32 | $94,270 |
| Interior designers | 140 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 140 | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Pest control workers | 140 | $14.81 | $30,810 |
| Radio and television announcers | 140 | $23.77 | $49,450 |
| Sewing machine operators | 140 | $9.42 | $19,600 |
| Social workers, all other | 140 | $19.11 | $39,740 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 140 | $26.58 | $55,280 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 140 | $12.50 | $26,010 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $55,950 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 130 | $19.50 | $40,560 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 130 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 130 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Materials engineers | 130 | $42.14 | $87,650 |
| Operations research analysts | 130 | $42.26 | $87,910 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 130 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Chemists | 120 | $39.21 | $81,560 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 120 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 120 | $23.31 | $48,480 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $55,100 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 110 | $7.46 | $15,510 |
| Chemical technicians | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 110 | $34.35 | $71,450 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 110 | $14.69 | $30,540 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 110 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 110 | $14.92 | $31,040 |
| Legislators | 110 | Not available | $21,240 |
| Library technicians | 110 | $16.04 | $33,350 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 110 | $46.85 | $97,450 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $65,360 |
| Surveyors | 110 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Tax preparers | 110 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Floral designers | 100 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 100 | $40.67 | $84,590 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 100 | $26.29 | $54,680 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Psychologists, all other | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate brokers | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Training and development managers | 100 | $30.10 | $62,600 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 90 | $31.95 | $66,460 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 90 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 90 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 90 | $34.39 | $71,540 |
| Lodging managers | 90 | $23.56 | $49,010 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 90 | $26.36 | $54,830 |
| Optometrists | 90 | $43.40 | $90,270 |
| Public relations managers | 90 | $30.54 | $63,510 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 90 | $33.26 | $69,180 |
| Urban and regional planners | 90 | $27.11 | $56,380 |
| Chief executives | 80 | $85.25 | $177,310 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 80 | $19.84 | $41,270 |
| Credit analysts | 80 | $27.92 | $58,080 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 80 | $19.66 | $40,880 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 80 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 80 | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 80 | $38.97 | $81,060 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 80 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 80 | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 80 | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 80 | $12.17 | $25,320 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 80 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Sales engineers | 80 | $33.88 | $70,470 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 70 | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| Bindery workers | 70 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Chiropractors | 70 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 70 | $37.71 | $78,440 |
| Education administrators, all other | 70 | $33.94 | $70,600 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 70 | $16.38 | $34,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 70 | $27.45 | $57,090 |
| Funeral attendants | 70 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $9.86 | $20,520 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 70 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 70 | $16.40 | $34,120 |
| Pediatricians, general | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Psychiatrists | 70 | $91.84 | $191,030 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 70 | $16.61 | $34,560 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 70 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Writers and authors | 70 | $21.94 | $45,630 |
| Animal control workers | 60 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists | 60 | $27.09 | $56,340 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 60 | $28.63 | $59,540 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 60 | $28.75 | $59,800 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 60 | $14.10 | $29,340 |
| Insurance underwriters | 60 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 60 | $28.00 | $58,230 |
| Photographic process workers | 60 | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 60 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 60 | $24.19 | $50,310 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 60 | $28.31 | $58,880 |
| Actuaries | 50 | $59.88 | $124,560 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 50 | $27.54 | $57,290 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 50 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Biological technicians | 50 | $19.80 | $41,180 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 50 | $36.32 | $75,550 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 50 | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 50 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Law clerks | 50 | $19.00 | $39,510 |
| Materials scientists | 50 | $36.28 | $75,470 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Tool and die makers | 50 | $20.56 | $42,760 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 50 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 40 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Curators | 40 | $29.34 | $61,030 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 40 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Funeral directors | 40 | $23.75 | $49,410 |
| Mathematicians | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $10.61 | $22,080 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 40 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Podiatrists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 40 | $20.63 | $42,910 |
| Clergy | 30 | $22.18 | $46,140 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 30 | $24.26 | $50,470 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 30 | $30.95 | $64,380 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 30 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Statisticians | 30 | $45.75 | $95,160 |
| Traffic technicians | 30 | $18.12 | $37,700 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 30 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians | Not available | $19.05 | $39,630 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $22.48 | $46,750 |
| Animal trainers | Not available | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Art directors | Not available | $26.16 | $54,420 |
| Artists and related workers, all other | Not available | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | Not available | $15.36 | $31,960 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $28.31 | $58,890 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Camera and photographic equipment repairers | Not available | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Commercial pilots | Not available | Not available | $46,390 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $11.96 | $24,890 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $22.61 | $47,030 |
| Dietetic technicians | Not available | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $14.62 | $30,420 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $19.22 | $39,980 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | Not available | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Furniture finishers | Not available | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Health educators | Not available | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $17.69 | $36,790 |
| Interpreters and translators | Not available | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | Not available | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Job printers | Not available | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $35.34 | $73,520 |
| Loan counselors | Not available | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $23.21 | $48,280 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $20.23 | $42,090 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | Not available | $21.13 | $43,960 |
| Musicians and singers | Not available | $9.74 | Not available |
| Office machine operators, except computer | Not available | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | Not available | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $31.25 | $65,010 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $9.33 | $19,400 |
| Psychiatric aides | Not available | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| Respiratory therapists | Not available | $24.77 | $51,520 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | Not available | $18.27 | $38,010 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $13.06 | $27,150 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | Not available | $10.87 | $22,620 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $7.21 | $15,000 |
| Veterinarians | Not available | $28.83 | $59,970 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $12.28 | $25,540 |
