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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
