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 | 339,830 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 59,230 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Sales and related occupations | 38,040 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 28,770 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Production occupations | 28,070 | $16.36 | $34,030 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 27,840 | $9.45 | $19,660 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 22,170 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 21,770 | $30.95 | $64,380 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 15,360 | $20.12 | $41,850 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 13,170 | $22.11 | $45,990 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 12,860 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 12,720 | $28.15 | $58,560 |
| Retail salespersons | 12,600 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Management occupations | 12,340 | $44.88 | $93,350 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 11,030 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Cashiers | 10,570 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Office clerks, general | 9,340 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 8,600 | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 7,930 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Registered nurses | 7,530 | $29.71 | $61,800 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 7,130 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Customer service representatives | 6,730 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 5,980 | $8.43 | $17,520 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,730 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 5,640 | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| Community and social services occupations | 5,530 | $18.88 | $39,270 |
| Protective service occupations | 5,340 | $19.35 | $40,250 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 5,210 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 5,070 | Not available | $55,020 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 5,010 | $32.88 | $68,400 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 4,900 | $30.67 | $63,800 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 4,760 | $31.54 | $65,590 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,690 | $19.75 | $41,080 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 4,340 | $15.70 | $32,660 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,160 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,510 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 3,360 | $16.02 | $33,330 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 3,330 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,300 | Not available | $21,840 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 3,260 | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Team assemblers | 3,200 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Home health aides | 2,920 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,770 | Not available | $52,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,720 | $24.30 | $50,550 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,720 | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| Carpenters | 2,680 | $20.86 | $43,400 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,640 | $11.96 | $24,880 |
| General and operations managers | 2,550 | $50.52 | $105,070 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,380 | $19.16 | $39,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,360 | $21.95 | $45,660 |
| Accountants and auditors | 2,350 | $30.27 | $62,970 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,340 | $13.09 | $27,220 |
| Child care workers | 2,230 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,220 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,210 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,170 | $9.67 | $20,120 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 2,140 | $27.96 | $58,150 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,050 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,010 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,980 | Not available | $55,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,900 | $27.23 | $56,640 |
| Construction laborers | 1,860 | $15.98 | $33,250 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,790 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,770 | $11.51 | $23,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,770 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,710 | $16.87 | $35,100 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,680 | $9.88 | $20,550 |
| Security guards | 1,620 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,610 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,600 | $14.02 | $29,150 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,580 | $11.73 | $24,400 |
| Medical assistants | 1,560 | $13.02 | $27,070 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,540 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,530 | $25.37 | $52,780 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,500 | $25.72 | $53,500 |
| Legal occupations | 1,490 | $34.93 | $72,650 |
| Tellers | 1,480 | $11.12 | $23,140 |
| Electricians | 1,460 | $31.58 | $65,690 |
| Dishwashers | 1,240 | $8.27 | $17,200 |
| Bartenders | 1,220 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,200 | $13.45 | $27,970 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,130 | $30.04 | $62,490 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,100 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,070 | $29.42 | $61,190 |
| Machinists | 1,060 | $19.00 | $39,520 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,050 | $8.42 | $17,520 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,050 | $13.22 | $27,510 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,050 | Not available | Not available |
| Chief executives | 1,020 | $69.58 | $144,720 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,020 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,010 | $41.65 | $86,620 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,000 | $29.67 | $61,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,000 | $30.19 | $62,800 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 990 | $8.46 | $17,590 |
| Financial managers | 970 | $44.91 | $93,410 |
| Medical and health services managers | 970 | $36.72 | $76,380 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 960 | $14.13 | $29,390 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 950 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 950 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 940 | $21.41 | $44,530 |
| Sewing machine operators | 940 | $9.96 | $20,730 |
| Computer support specialists | 920 | $21.03 | $43,750 |
| Insurance sales agents | 920 | $27.25 | $56,670 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 920 | $17.00 | $35,350 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 910 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 900 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 890 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 860 | $8.92 | $18,560 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 840 | $11.93 | $24,800 |
| Social and human service assistants | 840 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 830 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 830 | $11.68 | $24,280 |
| Lawyers | 820 | $45.01 | $93,620 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 820 | $25.43 | $52,900 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 800 | Not available | $55,550 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 800 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Dental assistants | 790 | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 790 | $24.53 | $51,020 |
| Management analysts | 770 | $38.76 | $80,620 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 750 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 740 | Not available | $30,730 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 730 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Legal secretaries | 720 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Financial analysts | 700 | $30.84 | $64,150 |
| Computer programmers | 690 | $34.29 | $71,330 |
| Cooks, short order | 690 | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 690 | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Recreation workers | 690 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 680 | $30.77 | $64,010 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 670 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 660 | $24.86 | $51,720 |
| Order clerks | 660 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 660 | $76.29 | $158,690 |
| Sales managers | 660 | $48.61 | $101,100 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 650 | $12.83 | $26,700 |
| Parts salespersons | 650 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 630 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Pharmacists | 630 | $48.23 | $100,320 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 620 | $24.11 | $50,150 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 620 | $29.46 | $61,270 |
| Data entry keyers | 610 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Mental health counselors | 600 | $20.03 | $41,660 |
| Bakers | 590 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 590 | Not available | $57,120 |
| Civil engineers | 580 | $34.53 | $71,810 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 580 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 580 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Administrative services managers | 570 | $33.12 | $68,880 |
| File clerks | 570 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 570 | $28.22 | $58,690 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 570 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 560 | Not available | $85,440 |
| Market research analysts | 560 | $28.47 | $59,220 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 550 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 550 | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| Physical therapists | 550 | $35.59 | $74,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 540 | $40.07 | $83,350 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 530 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 530 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Family and general practitioners | 520 | $77.66 | $161,540 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 520 | $14.65 | $30,480 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 520 | $33.35 | $69,360 |
| Personal and home care aides | 520 | $10.50 | $21,850 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 520 | $25.40 | $52,830 |
| Dental hygienists | 510 | $26.45 | $55,010 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 510 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 510 | $24.12 | $50,160 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 510 | Not available | $52,950 |
| Loan officers | 510 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Industrial production managers | 500 | $42.11 | $87,600 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 500 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 490 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 480 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 480 | $18.27 | $37,990 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 460 | $20.49 | $42,610 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 460 | $15.14 | $31,500 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 460 | $29.03 | $60,380 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 450 | $53.02 | $110,290 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 450 | $42.16 | $87,690 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 450 | $44.22 | $91,970 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 450 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Industrial engineers | 450 | $36.44 | $75,800 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 450 | $18.02 | $37,480 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 450 | Not available | $58,020 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 440 | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Cost estimators | 440 | $28.30 | $58,860 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 440 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Advertising sales agents | 430 | $25.14 | $52,300 |
| Graphic designers | 420 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 420 | $16.39 | $34,080 |
| Real estate sales agents | 420 | $20.08 | $41,760 |
| Travel agents | 420 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 420 | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 410 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Public relations specialists | 410 | $24.96 | $51,920 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 410 | $41.22 | $85,730 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 400 | $16.41 | $34,120 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 400 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Training and development specialists | 400 | $22.61 | $47,020 |
| Printing machine operators | 390 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 390 | $25.35 | $52,730 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 380 | $24.47 | $50,900 |
| Home appliance repairers | 380 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Mechanical engineers | 380 | $37.99 | $79,010 |
| Social and community service managers | 380 | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| Coaches and scouts | 370 | Not available | $33,530 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 370 | $16.65 | $34,630 |
| Legislators | 370 | Not available | $21,320 |
| Managers, all other | 370 | $40.77 | $84,790 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 370 | $23.82 | $49,540 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 370 | $24.62 | $51,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 360 | $20.28 | $42,190 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 360 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 360 | $20.63 | $42,900 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 360 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Fire fighters | 350 | $21.39 | $44,480 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 350 | $11.41 | $23,740 |
| Physician assistants | 350 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Sheet metal workers | 350 | $26.78 | $55,710 |
| Librarians | 340 | $26.85 | $55,850 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 340 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Construction managers | 330 | $47.30 | $98,390 |
| Mechanical drafters | 330 | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 330 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Food batchmakers | 320 | $12.62 | $26,260 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 320 | $9.79 | $20,350 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 310 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Crossing guards | 310 | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $13.73 | $28,570 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 310 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 310 | $14.30 | $29,730 |
| Word processors and typists | 310 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 300 | $21.28 | $44,270 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 300 | $28.69 | $59,680 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 300 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Food service managers | 300 | $26.51 | $55,130 |
| Instructional coordinators | 300 | $25.14 | $52,290 |
| Marketing managers | 300 | $58.26 | $121,190 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 300 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 290 | $33.34 | $69,350 |
| Electrical engineers | 290 | $39.06 | $81,250 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 290 | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 290 | $36.72 | $76,380 |
| Personal financial advisors | 290 | $29.88 | $62,150 |
| Psychiatric aides | 290 | $14.80 | $30,780 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 290 | $19.23 | $39,990 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 280 | $37.03 | $77,010 |
| Engineering managers | 280 | $52.05 | $108,250 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 280 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 280 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 280 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 280 | $22.27 | $46,320 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 270 | $24.52 | $50,990 |
| Computer operators | 270 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Editors | 270 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 270 | $50.32 | $104,670 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 270 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 270 | $42.77 | $88,970 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 260 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 260 | $17.51 | $36,420 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 260 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 260 | $21.67 | $45,080 |
| Chemists | 250 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Helpers--electricians | 250 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 250 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 250 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 240 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 240 | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Service station attendants | 240 | $9.06 | $18,840 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 240 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 230 | Not available | $87,600 |
| Chemical technicians | 230 | $20.91 | $43,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 230 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Library technicians | 230 | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 230 | $18.78 | $39,070 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 230 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Sales engineers | 230 | $36.52 | $75,970 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 230 | $43.68 | $90,860 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $79,080 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 220 | $20.16 | $41,940 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Pharmacy aides | 220 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Postal service clerks | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 210 | $16.13 | $33,540 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 210 | $9.51 | $19,770 |
| Procurement clerks | 210 | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 210 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Respiratory therapists | 210 | $27.25 | $56,680 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 210 | $11.28 | $23,450 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 200 | $18.90 | $39,320 |
| Couriers and messengers | 200 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 200 | $13.59 | $28,270 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 200 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Parking lot attendants | 200 | $9.75 | $20,290 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 190 | $14.77 | $30,720 |
| Database administrators | 190 | $28.32 | $58,920 |
| Dentists, general | 190 | $66.49 | $138,290 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 190 | $18.01 | $37,470 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 190 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 190 | $19.90 | $41,400 |
| Tool and die makers | 190 | $20.88 | $43,420 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 190 | $21.35 | $44,410 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 180 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 180 | $21.12 | $43,920 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 180 | $27.55 | $57,310 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 180 | $21.95 | $45,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 180 | $23.14 | $48,140 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 180 | $10.16 | $21,140 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 180 | $18.33 | $38,120 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 180 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $62,550 |
| Bindery workers | 170 | $13.40 | $27,880 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 170 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 170 | $34.93 | $72,660 |
| Millwrights | 170 | $22.13 | $46,030 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $68,980 |
| Residential advisors | 170 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 170 | $22.22 | $46,220 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 160 | $22.58 | $46,970 |
| All other information and record clerks | 160 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 160 | $41.09 | $85,460 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 160 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 160 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 160 | $45.99 | $95,650 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $81,080 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 160 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| Photographers | 160 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 160 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Production workers, all other | 160 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Purchasing managers | 160 | $40.45 | $84,140 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 160 | $10.23 | $21,280 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 150 | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 150 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 150 | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 150 | $19.49 | $40,550 |
| Surgeons | 150 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Surgical technologists | 150 | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 140 | $18.36 | $38,180 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 140 | $24.88 | $51,750 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 140 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 140 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Public relations managers | 140 | $40.84 | $84,950 |
| Budget analysts | 130 | $29.97 | $62,330 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 130 | $45.71 | $95,070 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 130 | $20.79 | $43,250 |
| Floral designers | 130 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Funeral directors | 130 | $39.02 | $81,160 |
| Tax preparers | 130 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Veterinarians | 130 | $42.28 | $87,940 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 130 | Not available | $53,170 |
| Correspondence clerks | 120 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 120 | $18.31 | $38,090 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $77,740 |
| Health educators | 120 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Materials engineers | 120 | $42.04 | $87,440 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 120 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 120 | $20.44 | $42,500 |
| Producers and directors | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreational therapists | 120 | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 120 | $12.77 | $26,560 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 120 | $21.40 | $44,510 |
| Clergy | 110 | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 110 | $17.96 | $37,360 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 110 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 110 | $19.26 | $40,060 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $67,960 |
| Physical therapist aides | 110 | $12.21 | $25,410 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $21.36 | $44,430 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 100 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Brokerage clerks | 100 | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $85,740 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 100 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 100 | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Landscape architects | 100 | $23.27 | $48,400 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 100 | $20.14 | $41,890 |
| Urban and regional planners | 100 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 90 | $19.53 | $40,620 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 90 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| Crane and tower operators | 90 | $18.65 | $38,780 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 90 | $34.61 | $71,990 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 90 | $20.19 | $42,000 |
| Fence erectors | 90 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Internists, general | 90 | $85.41 | $177,660 |
| Logisticians | 90 | $27.84 | $57,900 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 90 | $31.29 | $65,080 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 90 | $28.68 | $59,650 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 90 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 90 | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 90 | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Skin care specialists | 90 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Surveyors | 90 | $27.51 | $57,230 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 90 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 90 | $8.52 | $17,730 |
| Credit analysts | 80 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 80 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 80 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 80 | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $70,880 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 80 | $51.07 | $106,220 |
| Lodging managers | 80 | $24.39 | $50,730 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 80 | $26.13 | $54,340 |
| New accounts clerks | 80 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 80 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Pediatricians, general | 80 | $86.69 | $180,320 |
| Pest control workers | 80 | $15.32 | $31,860 |
| Psychologists, all other | 80 | $25.16 | $52,330 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $75,290 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 80 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 70 | $40.91 | $85,100 |
| Athletic trainers | 70 | Not available | $38,310 |
| Chemical engineers | 70 | $37.00 | $76,960 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 70 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 70 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Funeral attendants | 70 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Gas plant operators | 70 | $19.84 | $41,260 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 70 | $30.77 | $64,000 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $83,290 |
| Operations research analysts | 70 | $34.10 | $70,930 |
| Optometrists | 70 | $51.21 | $106,520 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $15.61 | $32,460 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 70 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Psychiatrists | 70 | $65.54 | $136,320 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 60 | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 60 | $8.60 | $17,880 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 60 | $33.83 | $70,370 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 60 | $32.21 | $66,990 |
| Fashion designers | 60 | $31.32 | $65,150 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 60 | $20.86 | $43,390 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 60 | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 60 | $14.98 | $31,150 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 60 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 60 | $22.74 | $47,300 |
| Training and development managers | 60 | $46.34 | $96,400 |
| Air traffic controllers | 50 | $35.77 | $74,410 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $74,650 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 50 | $24.95 | $51,900 |
| Counselors, all other | 50 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 50 | $26.74 | $55,620 |
| Environmental engineers | 50 | $45.82 | $95,310 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 50 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Massage therapists | 50 | $23.55 | $48,990 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 50 | $44.02 | $91,570 |
| Natural sciences managers | 50 | $76.81 | $159,760 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 50 | $16.41 | $34,140 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $83,020 |
| Upholsterers | 50 | $12.75 | $26,530 |
| Bailiffs | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Biomedical engineers | 40 | $37.49 | $77,990 |
| Desktop publishers | 40 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Education administrators, all other | 40 | $42.01 | $87,390 |
| Emergency management specialists | 40 | $20.89 | $43,450 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 40 | $20.23 | $42,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 40 | $26.64 | $55,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 40 | $20.39 | $42,400 |
| Furniture finishers | 40 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 40 | $30.35 | $63,140 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 40 | $12.94 | $26,900 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 40 | $21.32 | $44,350 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 40 | $97.81 | $203,440 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $75,390 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 40 | $17.99 | $37,430 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 40 | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Technical writers | 40 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Transportation inspectors | 40 | $40.55 | $84,340 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 40 | Not available | $55,390 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $20.21 | $42,030 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 30 | $13.42 | $27,920 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 30 | Not available | $54,650 |
| Bookbinders | 30 | $18.00 | $37,440 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 30 | $9.57 | $19,920 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 30 | $26.58 | $55,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 30 | $21.65 | $45,040 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 30 | $22.46 | $46,720 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 30 | $20.31 | $42,250 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Social workers, all other | 30 | $25.51 | $53,060 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 30 | $19.89 | $41,380 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $94.87 | $197,330 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Biological technicians | Not available | $18.45 | $38,390 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | Not available | $24.08 | $50,090 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | Not available | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Commercial pilots | Not available | Not available | $53,500 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $59,780 |
| Computer hardware engineers | Not available | $51.12 | $106,320 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $28.57 | $59,430 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $8.18 | $17,020 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Dietetic technicians | Not available | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | Not available | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | Not available | $32.55 | $67,710 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $34.47 | $71,700 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $67,200 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $16.12 | $33,520 |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers | Not available | $22.69 | $47,190 |
| Financial examiners | Not available | $37.64 | $78,290 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $32.14 | $66,850 |
| Interior designers | Not available | $21.26 | $44,220 |
| Job printers | Not available | $16.61 | $34,540 |
| Law clerks | Not available | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Mechanical door repairers | Not available | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Musical instrument repairers and tuners | Not available | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Musicians and singers | Not available | $28.53 | Not available |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $11.44 | $23,780 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | Not available | $19.17 | $39,880 |
| Occupational therapists | Not available | $39.87 | $82,920 |
| Orthodontists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Paperhangers | Not available | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | Not available | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Physical therapist assistants | Not available | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | Not available | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $26.80 | $55,750 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $21.45 | $44,620 |
| Radio and television announcers | Not available | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Roofers | Not available | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $22.26 | $46,310 |
| Shampooers | Not available | $8.82 | $18,350 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $81,000 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $24.81 | $51,610 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $11.72 | $24,390 |
| Telephone operators | Not available | $16.23 | $33,750 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $9.32 | $19,390 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $22.15 | $46,080 |
