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 | 62,400 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 9,480 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,460 | $12.00 | $24,950 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 5,700 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,800 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,590 | $8.30 | $17,270 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,900 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,310 | $15.78 | $32,810 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,290 | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Production occupations | 3,090 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 3,010 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| Management occupations | 2,700 | $34.55 | $71,870 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,500 | $9.37 | $19,500 |
| Registered nurses | 2,280 | $25.63 | $53,300 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,170 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Cashiers | 2,120 | $7.78 | $16,190 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,990 | $17.98 | $37,390 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,960 | $10.55 | $21,940 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,640 | $9.98 | $20,770 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,560 | $24.01 | $49,940 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,460 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,350 | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,240 | $9.49 | $19,750 |
| General and operations managers | 1,190 | $38.53 | $80,140 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,070 | $7.58 | $15,760 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,060 | $8.88 | $18,470 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 960 | $7.18 | $14,930 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 950 | Not available | $38,040 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 950 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 940 | $14.89 | $30,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 870 | $16.85 | $35,060 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 860 | $16.60 | $34,540 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 820 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Office clerks, general | 820 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 750 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Teacher assistants | 700 | Not available | $14,980 |
| Home health aides | 650 | $8.51 | $17,690 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 640 | $26.94 | $56,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 630 | $15.82 | $32,900 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 620 | $7.40 | $15,400 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 590 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 580 | $9.39 | $19,530 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 570 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Construction laborers | 550 | $12.07 | $25,090 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 540 | $19.11 | $39,760 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 480 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 460 | $15.34 | $31,920 |
| Carpenters | 450 | $15.37 | $31,970 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 450 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 430 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 430 | $7.63 | $15,870 |
| Customer service representatives | 420 | $13.76 | $28,630 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 420 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 390 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Child care workers | 380 | $6.88 | $14,300 |
| Legal occupations | 380 | $32.47 | $67,540 |
| Bus drivers, school | 370 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Helpers--production workers | 360 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Psychiatric aides | 340 | $9.27 | $19,290 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 320 | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| Medical secretaries | 320 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Tellers | 320 | $9.24 | $19,230 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 310 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 310 | $24.85 | $51,680 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 300 | $24.25 | $50,450 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 300 | $9.99 | $20,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 290 | $21.91 | $45,580 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 280 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 260 | $13.52 | $28,110 |
| Cooks, fast food | 260 | $7.33 | $15,240 |
| Driver/sales workers | 260 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 260 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 260 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 260 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 250 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 250 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Social and human service assistants | 240 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Accountants and auditors | 230 | $30.23 | $62,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 230 | $22.88 | $47,600 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 230 | $8.34 | $17,350 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 220 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Insurance sales agents | 220 | $15.55 | $32,340 |
| Pharmacists | 220 | $44.79 | $93,170 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 220 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 200 | $12.20 | $25,370 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 200 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 200 | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| Loan officers | 200 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 200 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 200 | $88.13 | $183,310 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 200 | $21.07 | $43,810 |
| Security guards | 200 | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| Medical and health services managers | 190 | $34.28 | $71,300 |
| All other information and record clerks | 180 | $16.63 | $34,580 |
| Financial managers | 180 | $31.08 | $64,650 |
| Medical assistants | 180 | $11.27 | $23,450 |
| Dishwashers | 170 | $7.22 | $15,010 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 170 | $8.49 | $17,660 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 170 | $21.41 | $44,540 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 160 | $12.30 | $25,590 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Lawyers | 160 | $50.10 | $104,200 |
| Legal secretaries | 160 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 160 | $16.34 | $33,990 |
| Bill and account collectors | 150 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Electricians | 150 | $22.16 | $46,080 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 150 | Not available | $36,920 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 150 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 150 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 140 | $24.87 | $51,730 |
| Managers, all other | 140 | $27.41 | $57,020 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 140 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 140 | $17.37 | $36,130 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 140 | $14.91 | $31,010 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 140 | $21.93 | $45,600 |
| Bakers | 130 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 130 | Not available | $63,870 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 130 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 130 | $24.50 | $50,960 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 130 | $10.52 | $21,890 |
| Logging equipment operators | 130 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 130 | $17.15 | $35,660 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 130 | $23.32 | $48,510 |
| Sales managers | 130 | $35.58 | $74,000 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 130 | $19.13 | $39,800 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 120 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 120 | $7.21 | $15,010 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 120 | Not available | $45,290 |
| Construction managers | 110 | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| Dental assistants | 110 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 110 | $14.84 | $30,880 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 100 | $20.82 | $43,310 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 100 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 100 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 100 | $24.68 | $51,340 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 100 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 100 | $8.98 | $18,670 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 100 | $12.76 | $26,550 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 100 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 100 | $26.62 | $55,370 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 100 | $9.79 | $20,360 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 100 | $18.81 | $39,120 |
| Administrative services managers | 90 | $33.69 | $70,070 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 90 | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 90 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| File clerks | 90 | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 90 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 90 | $16.31 | $33,930 |
| Industrial engineers | 90 | $32.51 | $67,610 |
| Respiratory therapists | 90 | $22.64 | $47,100 |
| Bartenders | 80 | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Cost estimators | 80 | $32.22 | $67,010 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 80 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 80 | $27.20 | $56,570 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $19.43 | $40,410 |
| Physical therapists | 80 | $43.37 | $90,210 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 80 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Radio and television announcers | 80 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Civil engineers | 70 | $35.19 | $73,200 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 70 | $24.98 | $51,960 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 70 | $7.77 | $16,170 |
| Helpers--electricians | 70 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 70 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 70 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Parts salespersons | 70 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 70 | $19.94 | $41,480 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 60 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 60 | $21.99 | $45,750 |
| Computer programmers | 60 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Computer support specialists | 60 | $21.13 | $43,950 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 60 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Couriers and messengers | 60 | $8.19 | $17,040 |
| Engineers, all other | 60 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 60 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Occupational therapists | 60 | $31.39 | $65,290 |
| Order clerks | 60 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 60 | Not available | $33,450 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 60 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Surgical technologists | 60 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Advertising sales agents | 50 | $20.97 | $43,620 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | 50 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 50 | $31.70 | $65,940 |
| Computer systems analysts | 50 | $24.39 | $50,730 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 50 | $7.30 | $15,180 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $25.72 | $53,500 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $38.21 | $79,470 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $28.02 | $58,270 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 50 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $35.71 | $74,270 |
| Production workers, all other | 50 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Public relations specialists | 50 | $23.47 | $48,830 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| Training and development specialists | 50 | $17.76 | $36,930 |
| Data entry keyers | 40 | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| Dental hygienists | 40 | $25.46 | $52,960 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | $50.35 | $104,720 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | $24.46 | $50,880 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 40 | $23.02 | $47,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 40 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Food service managers | 40 | $27.11 | $56,380 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 40 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 40 | $27.54 | $57,280 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $15.55 | $32,340 |
| Physical therapist aides | 40 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 40 | $15.62 | $32,500 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $21.23 | $44,150 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $7.68 | $15,980 |
| Veterinarians | 40 | $30.21 | $62,830 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 30 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 30 | $29.24 | $60,820 |
| Broadcast technicians | 30 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Chief executives | 30 | $74.44 | $154,830 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 30 | $25.05 | $52,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 30 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $8.86 | $18,430 |
| Graphic designers | 30 | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| Logisticians | 30 | $25.24 | $52,490 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreation workers | 30 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Recreational therapists | 30 | $18.90 | $39,320 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 30 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 30 | $29.06 | $60,440 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists | Not available | $29.82 | $62,030 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | Not available | $12.25 | $25,470 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | Not available | $19.10 | $39,730 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $20.50 | $42,650 |
| Coaches and scouts | Not available | Not available | $36,790 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $6.89 | $14,330 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $17.28 | $35,940 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $8.60 | $17,880 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | Not available | $18.37 | $38,220 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | Not available | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Market research analysts | Not available | $14.90 | $31,000 |
| Mental health counselors | Not available | $12.30 | $25,590 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Photographers | Not available | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Real estate sales agents | Not available | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $8.47 | $17,610 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $9.20 | $19,140 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Surgeons | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Team assemblers | Not available | $19.05 | $39,620 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $10.17 | $21,160 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | Not available | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $14.22 | $29,580 |
