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 |
